Windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type

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 at least one longitudinal slit in which slit at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for a rod-shaped extension of an oscillating arm, wherein:
• said rod-shaped extension can be pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near a free end thereof, wherein said connecting device comprises a first part and a second part, wherein said rod-shaped extension of said oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to said first part about said pivot axis, with the interposition of said second part, wherein said first part is connected to said wiper blade and said second part is pivotally connected onto said first part, wherein said second part comprises a channel arranged to receive said free end of said rod-shaped extension;
• said windscreen wiper device comprises a housing for said rod-shaped extension, wherein said housing is arranged to be connected to said second part, and wherein said housing comprises a channel to receive said rod-shaped extension, said channel of said housing in mounted position being co-axial with said channel of said second part;
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• said second part comprises a resilient tongue arranged to engage into a hole of said housing, and wherein said resilient tongue is hingeable along a hinge axis between an inward position retaining said wiper blade onto said rod-shaped extension and an outward position releasing said wiper blade from said housing and said rod-shaped extension.