Patent ID: 7621016
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. Wiper lever ( 10 ) with a driven wiper arm ( 12 ) and a wiper blade ( 14 ) linked to it for cleaning the windows, which is provided with a band-like, elongated, 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 ) a coupling element ( 20 ) sits to connect the wiper blade to a coupling piece ( 18 ) of the wiper arm and the articulated connection is covered by a cap ( 100 ) that is held on the wiper blade, characterized in that this articulated connection includes means to secure the connection between the wiper arm ( 12 ) and the wiper blade ( 14 ) that can be actuated with at least one handle ( 80 ) and that the cap ( 100 ) accommodates the handle ( 80 ), characterized in that an adapter ( 40 ), which can be connected to the coupling piece ( 18 ) of the wiper arm and is a part of the articulated connection, is linked to the coupling element ( 20 ) of the wiper blade, on which adapter the handle ( 80 ) for the securing means is arranged and that the embodiment of the cap ( 100 ) permits the actuation of the securing means, characterized in that the cap ( 100 ) is embodied to be trough-like with its trough edge ( 102 ) facing the supporting element ( 22 ), that the cap is provided with a penetration opening ( 104 ) for the wiper arm and that the adapter ( 40 ) is equipped with the handle ( 80 ) projecting towards the longitudinal trough wall ( 106 ) of the cap, characterized in that the trough wall ( 106 ) of the cap ( 100 ) that is adjacent to the handle ( 80 ) is provided with a recess ( 112 ) allocated to this handle, and characterized in that the handle ( 80 ) projects into this recess ( 112 ).