1. A windshield wiper arm assembly for wiping a windshield of a motor vehicle comprising:
a wiper linkage head having a bore formed therein for being connected to a rotatable wiper-drive shaft;
a wiper arm coupled to the wiper linkage head through a pivot pin allowing pivoting movement of the wiper arm with respect to the wiper linkage head between a stable windshield-engaged position and a stable windshield-disengaged position; and
a beam compression spring for biasing the wiper arm and the wiper linkage head between the stable windshield-engaged position and the stable windshield-disengaged position.
2. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising:
the beam compression spring integrally formed with one of the wiper arm and the wiper linkage head.
3. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising:
the beam compression spring integrally formed with the wiper arm.
4. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising:
the beam compression spring attachable to the wiper arm.
5. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising:
the beam compression spring formed of a composite pultruded material.
6. The assembly of claim I further comprising:
the beam compression spring integrally stamped from a metal material forming the wiper arm.
7. The assembly of claim 1 further comprising:
the beam compression spring for a windshield wiper including a cross-woven elongate tri-axial glass fiber sock bathed in a thermoset resin and cured in a heated pultrusion die to form a pultruded elongate strip.
8. The assembly of claim 7 further comprising:
the pultruded elongate strip overmolded with thermoplastic extruded cylindrical bearing ends on opposite sides.
9. The assembly of claim 7 further comprising:
the elongate strip cut transversely to form a pultruded beam compression spring of a desired width having overmolded cylindrical bearing ends and cross-woven glass fibers oriented axially between the bearing ends at an angle of between approximately 0\xb0 and approximately 30\xb0, inclusive.
10. A process for assembling a windshield wiper arm for wiping a windshield of a motor vehicle comprising the steps of:
forming a wiper linkage head having a bore for being connected to a rotatable wiper-drive shaft;
coupling a wiper arm to the wiper linkage head through a pivot pin allowing pivoting movement of the wiper arm with respect to the wiper linkage head between a stable windshield-engaged position and a stable windshield-disengaged position; and
biasing the wiper arm and the wiper linkage head with a beam compression spring between the stable windshield-engaged position and the stable windshield-disengaged position.
11. The process of claim 10 further comprising the step of:
integrally forming the beam compression spring with one of the wiper arm and the wiper linkage head.
12. The process of claim 10 further comprising the step of:
integrally forming the beam compression spring with the wiper arm.
13. The process of claim 10 further comprising the step of:
attaching the beam compression spring to the wiper arm.
14. The process of claim 10 further comprising the step of:
forming the beam compression spring of a composite pultruded material.
15. The process of claim 10 further comprising the step of:
integrally stamping the beam compression spring from a metal material forming the wiper arm.
16. The process of claim 10, wherein the beam compression spring further comprising the steps of:
cross-weaving an elongate tri-axial glass fiber sock;
bathing the elongate cross-woven sock in a thermoset resin; and
curing the bathed cross-woven sock in a heated pultrusion die to form a pultruded elongate strip.
17. The process of claim 16 further comprising the step of:
overmolding thermoplastic extruded cylindrical bearing ends on opposite sides of the pultruded elongate strip.
18. The process of claim 16 further comprising the step of:
cutting the elongate strip transversely to form a pultruded beam compression spring of a desired width having overmolded cylindrical bearing ends and cross-woven glass fibers oriented axially between the bearing ends at an angle of between approximately 0\xb0 and approximately 30\xb0, inclusive.
19. A process for fabricating a beam compression spring for a windshield wiper arm assembly comprising the steps of
cross-weaving an elongate tri-axial glass fiber sock;
bathing the elongate cross-woven sock in a thermoset resin; and
curing the bathed cross-woven sock in a heated pultrusion die to form a pultruded elongate strip.
20. The process of claim 19 further comprising the step of
overmolding thermoplastic extruded cylindrical bearing ends on opposite sides of the pultruded elongate strip.
21. The process of claim 20 further comprising the step of:
cutting the elongate strip transversely to form a pultruded beam compression spring of a desired width having overmolded cylindrical bearing ends and cross-woven glass fibers oriented axially between the bearing ends at an angle of between approximately 0\xb0 and approximately 30\xb0, inclusive.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising the steps of:
inserting into soil an insect bait station, said bait station comprising:
a screw-shaped body member and a top member, said top member comprising a flange extending radially outwardly from said screw-shaped body member and also defining an opening to said toxicantbait receiving chamber; and
a sealing member for sealing said opening defined by said top member, said sealing member fitting flush with said flange, said sealing member bearing identifying indicia;
entering into an electronic data entrystorage device the identifying indicia for said insect bait station; and
entering into said electronic data entrystorage device information about the location of said insect bait station, such that said location information is associated with said identifying indicia.
2. A method comprising the steps of:
inserting into soil an insect bait station bearing identifying indicia, said bait station comprising:
a body member defining a hollow bait receiving chamber; and
a bait receiving bracket disposed in said bait receiving chamber, said bait receiving bracket being adapted to receive and retain an elongate bait member in an installation position, and further being adapted such that if said elongate bait member is at least partially consumed by an insect in said bait receiving chamber, said elongate bait member is no longer retained by said bait receiving bracket in said installation position;
entering into an electronic data entrystorage device the identifying indicia for said insect bait station; and
entering into said electronic data entrystorage device information about the location of said insect bait station, such that said location information is associated with said identifying indicia.