Re: LRO: Rain-X

From: Phil Norris (phil.norris@virgin.net)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 16:06:52 EDT

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    but this wouldn't give you a dirty smeared bit to pear 'round. What do you
    want to lose that bit of "character" for??
    PhilN
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Easton Trevor A <trevor_easton@dofasco.ca>
    To: 'lro@works.team.net' <lro@Works.Team.Net>
    Date: 06 June 2001 19:43
    Subject: RE: LRO: Rain-X

    >
    >
    >> Agreed. I just came home from the marina as it started to pour. Rain-X
    was
    >>
    >> reapplied to the Zit yesterday and it worked perfectly on the way home. I
    >> always wanted to rig up a sort of parallelogram-linkage type wiper system
    >> like they use on buses. The wiper remains in the vertical position and
    >> moves
    >> side to side with only a slight arc.
    >>
    >> Niall Forbes
    >>
    > Now your thinking. With the Rover's flat screens you could fit a
    >linear track across the top of the frame attach both wipers to this track
    >and use either an electric motor, vacuum or air to traverse the wipers side
    >to side. This would effectively clear the entire area of each pane. The
    >screen wash nozzle could be attached to the wiper arm and direct its blast
    >straight onto the window next to the top of the blade where it could do
    most
    >good.



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