Windscreen wiper device

A windscreen wiper device, comprising an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one groove, in which groove an elastic, elongated carrier element is disposed,

• wherein said windscreen wiper device further comprises a mounting head for transferring a reciprocal movement to said wiper blade,
• wherein said windscreen wiper device further comprises a longitudinal strip-shaped arm having opposing longitudinal exterior sides,
• wherein said arm near a first end thereof is directly connected to said mounting head and near an opposite second end thereof is directly connected to a connecting device of said wiper blade,
• wherein said arm is made of a resilient material and is biased in order to exert a pressure onto said wiper blade towards the windscreen to be wiped,
• and wherein said windscreen wiper device further comprises an elongated cap connected directly to said arm adjacent said first end thereof and connected directly to said connecting device adjacent said second end of said arm, wherein said cap comprises a stop service to limit a movement of said arm in a direction away from the windscreen to be wiped from a working position into a lifting position.