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windscreen wiper

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Also known as windshield wiper

device on vehicle

Wikidata facts

Part of
vehicle
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Commons category
Windshield wipers
discoverer or inventor
Mary Anderson
start time
1905-00-00
MCN code
8479.89.31
different from
street sweeper
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Windscreen wiper on a parked car. In this common design, the force from the arm is distributed evenly with a series of linkages known as a whippletree. A common windscreen wiper arm and blade A train windscreen wiper in operation (MRT Jakarta)

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