Patent ID: 6904639

Claim:
A wiper blade ( 10 ) for windows, comprising: an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip ( 14 ), wherein said wiper strip can be placed against the window ( 22 ); an elongated, spring-elastic support element, wherein said wiper strip is connected in a longitudinally parallel fashion to the elongated, spring-elastic support element ( 12 ), wherein the elongated, spring elastic support element has a connecting device ( 16 ) for a wiper arm ( 18 ) and has two band-like spring strips ( 28 , 30 ), which are parallel to each other and are disposed in a plane spaced a distance ( 26 ) apart from the window ( 22 ) and wherein inner longitudinal edges ( 32 ) of the two band-like spring strips disposed close to each other are spaced a distance ( 34 ) apart from each other, and the wiper strip, which has a uniform cross section over its longitudinal span, has a strip-like wiper lip ( 101 ), wherein the wiper lip can be placed against the window and wherein the wiper lip is connected to a covering strip ( 104 ) secured to the support element ( 12 ) by means of a narrow intermediary strip ( 102 ) that is formed by opposing groove-like constrictions ( 106 ), and wherein the spring strips secure the wiper strip, wherein each, of the two inner longitudinal edges ( 32 ) of the spring strips ( 28 , 30 ) is disposed in one of the two groove-like constrictions ( 106 ) of the wiper strip ( 100 ), wherein the width of the constriction grooves ( 106 ), at least over an outer partial region, is greater than the thickness of the spring strips ( 28 , 30 ), wherein the two spring strips ( 28 , 30 ) are connected to each other by at least two crosspieces ( 36 , 38 ) disposed at their end sections, and wherein each crosspiece has a middle section ( 42 ), which extends spaced a distance ( 44 ) apart from the upper band surface ( 11 ) of the spring strips, thus producing bridge-like crosspieces, wherein the distance ( 34 ) between the two longitudinal spring strips ( 28 , 30 ) is less than the bridge width ( 46 ), and wherein each crosspiece ( 36 , 38 ) disposed at the end sections of the two spring strips ( 28 , 30 ) is provided with a covering cap ( 82 ) made of plastic.