When Windscreen wipers were first invented, it was to assist the automobile driver to keep his windshield clean without the need to stick his hand outside of the car and clear the windshield maually.
Almost everywhere that glass is located, you may also find Wiper blades. These are not only used on the front window of a car, but often with hatchbacks are also attached to the back. Some cars also have Wiper blades on their headlamps. This is most helpful for dirty roads, or in snowy conditions, when headlamps would soon become much less effective without this great invention.
Even planes have Windscreen wipers and I would assume they require some of the best Wiper blades available. As they fly at such high speed and with huge temperature deviations anything less than the best would deteriorate quickly.
Public transport, either buses, trams or trains, all have Windscreen wipers in order to assist their drivers with visibility. Whilst trains are on rails, and so it may be wondered “well why is it necessary for a train driver to see so clearly?” there are still signals along the train line which the train operator needs to take notice of in order to ensure the safety of the public. The operator also needs to be able to see when arriving at a station that the train stops in the right place. Wiper blades, therefore, are necessary for all types of public transport.
Motorbikes do not look to have Windscreen wipers and this is most likely because not all motorbikes have windscreens. Motorbike riders wear crash helmets with visors and they often also have a special rain visor, so the necessity for Wiper blades on a scooter is not as necessary as it would be for other types of vehicle.
The best wiper blades away from transport have in my opinion got to be those used by window cleaners. How much easier it is to get a clean result on home, office and shop windows by the use of Wiper blades than ever it was with cream cleaners and elbow grease. I am not sure who first had the idea to move the Wiper blades away from the windscreen and used them on a building window, but I admire them hugely. Clear windows are now much more easy to attain.
Smaller Wiper blades are also available to purchase for use in the bathroom, on shower screens and tiles, in order to keep these streak-free and help prevent the build up of limescale.
This all just indicates how one person’s idea of how to make life easier for a certain set of people can in actual fact benefit many more people’s day to day chores eventually.
