Patent ID: 9555774
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B60S

Claim:
1. A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated, one-piece wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for attachment to an oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm is pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near one end thereof, with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said wiper blade comprises a spoiler at a side thereof facing away from the windscreen to be wiped, wherein said connecting device has a substantially U-shaped cross-section, wherein legs of said U-shaped cross-section are connected to the flexible material of said wiper blade on opposite sides thereof with said spoiler being positioned between said legs, wherein an interior space is left open and is bound along its entire perimeter by said connecting device and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection, wherein said interior space forms a water channel for transporting rain water therethrough from a first side of said connecting device to a second side of said connecting device, and wherein said water channel acts to automatically carry rain water therethrough from said first side of said connecting device having an over pressure relative to the environment to said second side having an under pressure relative to the environment in response to an oscillatory movement of the oscillating arm, wherein said legs are elastically movable from an open position, wherein said wiper blade can be placed inside said connecting device at the location of their interconnection, to a closed position, and wherein said legs are clamped directly into engagement with the flexible material of said wiper blade.