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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
May. 14, 1987
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An arrangement for concealing a windshild wiper of an automobile comprises a structural portion for forming a hollow space for receiving the windshield wiper in a body of the automobile, a cover structure including a pair of plate members each provided for covering the hollow space and mounted on the body to be rotatable and movable up and down, a cover support mechanism for supporting the cover structure so as to cause the plate members selectively to be placed at respective first operating positions with their respective outer surfraces succeeding smoothly to an outer surface of an exterior panel member, such as a hood, and extending contiguously for closing the hollow space containing the windshield wiper and to be moved to get partially under the exterior panel member to be placed at respective second operating positions for opening the hollow space, and a driving device for driving the cover structure through the cover support mechanism to keep the plate members in the respective first operating positions when the windshield wiper is in an inoperative state and to keep the said plate members in the respective second operating positions when the windshield wiper operates. When the plate members are kept in the respective first operating positions, the windshield wiper placed in the hollow space is concealed.