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Headlamp cleaning system

CA 1078560 A · Owner: Amann, Peter M. · Inventors: Amann, Peter M.

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A cleaning system particularly intended for use on automobile head lamps or tail lamps which system comprises a cylindrical transparent shield which is movably mounted about or in front of the head lamp and a plastic film which can be drawn off from a supply roller and which is guided around and supported by the transparent shield and connected to a winding roller. The shield and the plastic film are continuously or intermittently moved with the same surface speed avoiding any sliding friction between the shield and the film in the contacting area of which in order to, replace a dirty section of the film in the contacting area by an adjacent clean section.

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  • Granted June 3, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 3, 1997.
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GrantedJune 3, 1980
Term endedJune 3, 1997
Patent numberCA 1078560 A
Classification (IPC)B60R99/00 +2 more

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedJune 3, 1980Term endedJune 3, 1997

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