Patent ID: 8617660

Claim:
A wiping element made from a rubber-elastic or ductile-elastic material for the protection of a first outer and a second inner component, the first and the second components being mobile with respect to one another, the wiping element comprising: a wiping ring having at least one wiping lip, said wiping ring extending in a closed annular fashion about said second inner component, said wiping ring structured and dimensioned to be held within an annular groove fashioned in the first outer component and to seat on an outer surface of the second inner component, thereby sealing a gap between the first and the second components; a protective lip directly attached to said wiping ring in a detachable fashion at an attachment location; and at least one grip or strap attached to and extending radially outward from said protective lip, away from said attachment location, said grip or strap disposed, structured and dimensioned to be grasped and pulled for removing said protective lip from said wiping ring.