Wiper lever with a driven wiper arm and a wiper blade
First Claim
1. A wiper blade (16) for cleaning windows of motor vehicles, the wiper blade being provided with an elastic supporting element (30) which is constructed as an elongated band and, on a lower band surface (31) facing a window (28), has an elongated, rubber elastic wiper strip (24) which can be placed against the window, and, on an upper band surface (29), proximate a longitudinal middle area of the supporting element, there is a coupling part (32) for connecting the wiper blade (16) to a wiper arm (12), and the wiper blade (16) is provided with a cap (60, 160) to cover the connection area between the wiper blade (16) and the wiper arm (12), wherein the covering cap (60), which is approximately U-shaped in cross-section, is fabricated of an elastic plastic and is provided with elastically deflectable locking means (74), which are assigned to counter-locking means (40) of the wiper blade, characterized in that the covering cap (60) has a trough-shaped central section (62) with a largely removed trough bottom, resulting in a U-shaped passage opening (64) for passage of a free end (14) of the wiper arm (12), and the locking means (74) are integrally formed on longitudinal walls (72) of the covering cap (60, 160) and the longitudinal walls (72) deflect elastically during locking.
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Abstract
Wiper lever (10) with a driven wiper arm (12) and a wiper blade (16) linked to it for cleaning windows, particularly those of motor vehicles, which is provided with a band-like, long-stretched-out, elastic supporting element (30), which features, on its lower band surface facing the window, a long-stretched-out, rubber elastic wiper strip (24) that can be applied to it, on whose upper band surface (29), particularly in the longitudinal middle area of the supporting element (30), a coupling part (32) is situated and wind deflector strip partial sections (52) extending to the ends of the supporting element are arranged on both sides of the coupling part (32). An especially harmonic transition between the wiper blade (16) and the wiper arm (12) is achieved in the area of the joint (46, 47) connecting these two wiper lever parts if the wiper lever (10) is provided with a cap (60) to cover the connection area between the wiper blade (16) and the wiper arm (12).
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Citations
11 Claims
- 1. A wiper blade (16) for cleaning windows of motor vehicles, the wiper blade being provided with an elastic supporting element (30) which is constructed as an elongated band and, on a lower band surface (31) facing a window (28), has an elongated, rubber elastic wiper strip (24) which can be placed against the window, and, on an upper band surface (29), proximate a longitudinal middle area of the supporting element, there is a coupling part (32) for connecting the wiper blade (16) to a wiper arm (12), and the wiper blade (16) is provided with a cap (60, 160) to cover the connection area between the wiper blade (16) and the wiper arm (12), wherein the covering cap (60), which is approximately U-shaped in cross-section, is fabricated of an elastic plastic and is provided with elastically deflectable locking means (74), which are assigned to counter-locking means (40) of the wiper blade, characterized in that the covering cap (60) has a trough-shaped central section (62) with a largely removed trough bottom, resulting in a U-shaped passage opening (64) for passage of a free end (14) of the wiper arm (12), and the locking means (74) are integrally formed on longitudinal walls (72) of the covering cap (60, 160) and the longitudinal walls (72) deflect elastically during locking.
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10. A wiper blade (16) for cleaning windows of motor vehicles, the wiper blade being provided with an elastic supporting element (30) which is constructed as an elongated band and, on a lower band surface (31) facing a window (28), has an elongated, rubber elastic wiper strip (24) which can be placed against the window, and, on an upper band surface (29), proximate a longitudinal middle area of the supporting element, there is a coupling part (32) for connecting the wiper blade (16) to a wiper arm (12), and the wiper blade (16) is provided with a cap (60, 160) to cover the connection area between the wiper blade (16) and the wiper arm (12), wherein the covering cap (60), which is approximately U-shaped in cross-section, is fabricated of an elastic plastic and is provided with elastically deflectable locking means (74), which are assigned to counter-locking means (40) of the wiper blade, characterized in that the covering cap (60) has a trough-shaped central section (62) with a largely removed trough bottom, resulting in a passage opening (64) for passage of a free end (14) of the wiper arm (12), and the locking means (74) are integrally formed on longitudinal walls (72) of the covering cap (60, 160) and the longitudinal walls (72) deflect elastically during locking;
characterized in that the counter-locking means of the wiper blade (16) are embodied on the outer longitudinal edges (40) of the supporting element (30).
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11. A windshield wiper apparatus comprising a wiper blade (16) for cleaning a motor vehicle window (28), the wiper blade including an elongated, elastic supporting element (30) constructed as a band having a longitudinal middle area, a coupling part on the longitudinal middle area, the coupling part to connect the wiper blade to a wiper arm (12), a lower band surface (31) having thereon a elongated, rubber elastic wiper strip (24), wind deflector strip partial sections (52) extending to the ends of the supporting element and arranged on both sides of the coupling part, a cap (60 or 160) to cover the coupling part, the cap having cap sections that cover adjacent areas of the wind deflector strip partial sections (52), the cap sections having a shape complementary to the shape of the wind deflector strip.
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