Patent ID: 8429786

Claim:
A connection device ( 10 ) for the articulated connection of a wiper blade ( 28 , 30 ) to a wiper arm, to the free end of which a joining element ( 12 , 120 , 126 ) is fixedly connected, said joining element being connected in an articulated manner via bearing means ( 88 , 122 , 124 ) to an adapter ( 22 , 24 ) which is seated fixedly on a support element ( 28 ) of the wiper blade ( 28 , 30 ), characterized in that a base cover ( 18 ) which surrounds the adapter ( 22 , 24 ) and can be fastened thereto or to the support element ( 28 ) has a guide rail ( 66 ) which runs in the longitudinal direction ( 136 ) and on which a push-spring ( 16 ) is mounted displaceably in the longitudinal direction ( 136 ), said push-spring being fixable by latching means ( 68 , 70 , 72 ) in various positions in the longitudinal direction ( 136 ) of the guide rail ( 66 ) at different distances ( 114 , 116 , 118 ) from a guide block ( 112 ) of the base cover ( 18 ), which guide block adjoins that end of the guide rail ( 66 ) which is on the wiper arm side.