Patent ID: 8402593

Claim:
A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece constructed as a separate component from said carrier element, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, wherein said wiper blade is detachably connected to said longitudinal strips, wherein at least one of said longitudinal strips comprises a recess at the location of its interior longitudinal edge, and wherein said wiper blade can be slidably connected to or disconnected from said longitudinal strips through said recess wherein said wiper blade can freely slide along said longitudinal strips between a first position, wherein said wiper blade is retained onto said longitudinal strips, and a second position, wherein said wiper blade is disconnected from said longitudinal strips in order to be replaced or repaired, and wherein said connecting pieces and said strips are slidably connected by a snap connection in a way that supports and maintains the strips sufficiently apart so that the wiper blade can slide longitudinally relative to the strips, and said connecting pieces are provided with a stop surface in order to block a relative movement of the wiper blade along the strips inside said connecting pieces during use, said stop surface forming an end wall of said connecting pieces.