Wiper lever comprising a wiper arm and a wiper blade which is connected to the same in an articulated manner
First Claim
1. Wiper lever (10) with a wiper arm (12) having a longitudinal extent and a wiper blade (14) linked to it to clean windows (15) which is provided with an elastic supporting element (22) that is constructed as an elongated band, that has opposite concave-curved and convex-curved band surfaces (26, 28) and that is curved in the longitudinal direction over its band surfaces (26, 28), which features a rubber elastic wiper strip (30) that can be applied to the window (15) on its concave-curved band surface (26), on whose convex-curved band surface (28) an articulated part (20) sits, on which an adapter (40) is positioned so that it can move in a pendulum fashion, which has walls aligned in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade and above the band surfaces of the supporting element with planes situated at a distance from one another, and moveable locking means (68, 70) are arranged on the adapter, which cooperate with counter-locking means (66) of the wiper arm, characterized in that the locking means are arranged on at least one of the two walls (42) and are moveable essentially transverse to the surfaces of these walls, and characterized in that guiding means on the wiper arm and on the adapter cooperate during assembly to guide the wiper arm along an assembly path relative to the adapter, the guiding means including a guide slot extending along the assembly path and transverse to the longitudinal extent of the wiper arm.
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Abstract
A wiper lever (10) with a wiper arm (12) and a wiper blade (14) linked to it to clean windows of motor vehicles in particular is proposed, whose wiper blade is provided with a band-like, long-stretched-out, elastic supporting element (22) that is curved in the longitudinal direction over its band surfaces (26, 28), which features a rubber elastic wiper strip (30) that can be applied to the window on its concave-curved band surface (26), on whose convex-curved band surface (28) an articulated part (20) sits, on which an adapter (40) is positioned so that it can move in a pendulum fashion, which has walls (42) aligned in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade and standing on the band surfaces of the supporting element (22) with planes situated at a distance from one another, and locking means (72) are arranged on the adapter that are moveable against a restoring force, which cooperate with counter-locking means (66) of the wiper arm. A particularly operationally reliable connection between the wiper arm and the wiper blade to form the wiper lever is achieved if the locking means are arranged on at least one of the two walls (42) and are moveable essentially transverse to the surfaces of these walls.
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18 Claims
- 1. Wiper lever (10) with a wiper arm (12) having a longitudinal extent and a wiper blade (14) linked to it to clean windows (15) which is provided with an elastic supporting element (22) that is constructed as an elongated band, that has opposite concave-curved and convex-curved band surfaces (26, 28) and that is curved in the longitudinal direction over its band surfaces (26, 28), which features a rubber elastic wiper strip (30) that can be applied to the window (15) on its concave-curved band surface (26), on whose convex-curved band surface (28) an articulated part (20) sits, on which an adapter (40) is positioned so that it can move in a pendulum fashion, which has walls aligned in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade and above the band surfaces of the supporting element with planes situated at a distance from one another, and moveable locking means (68, 70) are arranged on the adapter, which cooperate with counter-locking means (66) of the wiper arm, characterized in that the locking means are arranged on at least one of the two walls (42) and are moveable essentially transverse to the surfaces of these walls, and characterized in that guiding means on the wiper arm and on the adapter cooperate during assembly to guide the wiper arm along an assembly path relative to the adapter, the guiding means including a guide slot extending along the assembly path and transverse to the longitudinal extent of the wiper arm.
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18. Wiper blade (14) to clean windows which is provided with an elastic supporting element (22) that is constructed as an elongated band, that has opposite concave-curved and convex-curved band surfaces (26, 28) and that is curved over its band surfaces (26, 28), which features a rubber elastic wiper strip (30) that can be applied to the window (15) on its concave-curved band surface (26), on whose convex-curved band surface (28) an articulated part (20) sits, on which an adapter (40) is positioned so that it can move in a pendulum fashion, which has a longitudinal extent and walls (42) aligned in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade and above the band surfaces of the supporting element (22) with planes situated at a distance from one another, and locking means are arranged on the adapter that are moveable against a restoring force, which can cooperate with counter-locking means (72) of a wiper arm (12) that can be connected in an articulated manner to the wiper blade, characterized in that the locking means are arranged on at least one of the two walls (42) and are moveable essentially transverse to the surfaces of these walls, characterized in that the articulated part has a longitudinal extent and includes a pin defining an articulation axis, and characterized in that, with the longitudinal extent of the articulated part extending parallel to the longitudinal extent of the adapter, the locking means and the pin are arranged along a line generally parallel to a longitudinal extent of the articulated part.
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