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Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the intermittent windscreen wiper (born 1927)
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Robert Kearns
American engineer and inventor
Robert William Kearns was an American mechanical engineer, educator and inventor who invented the most common intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most automobiles from 1969 to the present. His first patent for the invention was filed on December 1, 1964, after a few…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Windscreen wiper
Device on vehicle
A windscreen wiper or windshield wiper is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or other debris from a vehicle's front window. Almost all motor vehicles, including cars, trucks, buses, train locomotives, and watercraft with a cabin—and some aircraft—are…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)