Patent ID: 6651339
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for producing a bandlike-elongated, spring-elastic element (12) for supporting a rubber-elastic wiper strip (22) of a windshield wiper for vehicles, which element has two spring rails (26, 28), located with a spacing (24) from one another and essentially parallel to one another, which at least on both of their end portions are solidly joined together by transverse ribs (30) that are disposed on one band face (14) of the spring rails and that span the spacing (24), characterized in that the prefabricated spring rails (26, 28) of a plurality of support elements (12) are solidly joined together in pairs and oriented essentially parallel to one another by means of at least one bandlike retaining element (44) oriented transversely to the spring rails and located between the two pairs of spring rails (26,28); that the gridlike combination (54) thus obtained is subjected to at least one further method step, by which, by cutting the retaining element (44) between the applicable pairs of spring rails (26, 28), the support elements (12) are released from the combination (54).