Patent ID: 7945987
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. Wiper lever ( 10 ) with a driven wiper arm ( 12 ) and a wiper blade ( 14 ) for cleaning windows, which is provided with a band-like, elongated elastic supporting element ( 22 ) which is curved in the longitudinal direction over its band surfaces ( 26 , 28 ) and on the concave curved band surface ( 26 ) of which there is a rubber-elastic wiper strip ( 30 ) engageable with a surface of a window to be cleaned, the wiper strip ( 30 ) having a width transverse to the longitudinal direction and generally parallel to the surface of the window, and on the convex curved band surface ( 28 ) of which a coupling element ( 20 ) for connecting the wiper blade ( 14 ) to the driven wiper arm ( 12 ) in an articulated manner is arranged, wherein the coupling element ( 20 ) is provided with an adapter ( 40 ), and wherein the coupling element ( 20 ) and its adapter ( 40 ) are covered by a cap ( 100 ) which has a passage ( 104 ) for the wiper arm ( 12 ), characterized in that the adapter ( 40 ) has means for securing the wiper blade ( 14 ) to the wiper arm ( 12 ), which securing means are moveable from a locking position into a release position in an actuation direction generally parallel to the width of the wiper strip ( 30 ), and the design of the cap ( 100 ) permits the actuation of the securing means; wherein the securing means includes a first projection and a second projection formed on one of the adapter ( 40 ) and the wiper arm ( 12 ) and a first recess and a second recess formed on the other of the adapter ( 40 ) and the wiper arm ( 12 ), the first projection and the second projection being respectively engageable in the first recess and the second recess in the locking position to secure the wiper blade ( 14 ) to the wiper arm ( 12 ), the cap ( 100 ) permitting actuation of the securing means from the locking position to the release position, in which the first projection and the second projection are disengaged from the first recess and the second recess such that the wiper blade ( 14 ) can be unsecured from the wiper arm ( 12 ); and wherein the securing means includes a first handle ( 80 ) operable to move the first projection and a second handle ( 80 ) operable to move the second projection, the first handle ( 80 ) and the second handle ( 80 ) extending generally parallel to the actuation direction.