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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A headlamp cleaner for a motorcycle includes a frame enclosing a headlamp lens. A cleaning nozzle is attached to an upper half of the frame. The nozzle ejects a cleaning agent downwardly over the lens against wind blowing upward during running of the motorcycle. Therefore, it is possible to minimize an amount of the cleaning agent scattered by the wind. Further, vehicle state detecting units are connected to a controller for the headlamp cleaner. No cleaning agent will be ejected, when the vehicle is detected to be in a condition, or state, where the cleaning agent is likely to disperse. The controller, in combination with the downwardly directed nozzle, is thus unlikely to disperse cleaning fluid toward a windscreen or rider of the motorcycle.