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Most wipers are between 16 and 22 inches long and sweep out an angle between 90° and 120°.

Robert William Kearns, the developer of the intermittent windshield wiper, has spent much of his life fighting for the rights of inventors. He had to go to court to secure rights to his invention.

 
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