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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Mary Anderson patented the windshield wiper in 1905.
Picture of Mary AndersonPicture: Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson's window cleaning device.
Patent drawing
Mary Anderson's
windshield wiper
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The History of the Automobile
Women Inventors

Prior to the manufacture of Henry Ford's Model A, Mary Anderson was granted her first patent for a window cleaning device in November of 1903. Her invention could clean snow, rain, or sleet from a windshield by using a handle inside the car. Her goal was to improve driver vision during stormy weather - Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper.
During a trip to New York City, Mary Anderson noticed that streetcar drivers had to open the windows of their cars when it rained in order to see, as a solution she invented a swinging arm device with a rubber blade that was operated by the driver from within the vehicle via a lever. The windsheld wipers became standard equipment on all American cars by 1916.

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