Vertebra for wiper with at least two wire elements
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorEckart Wunsch
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Abstract
The present invention provides a wiping blade (30) for removing water from a surface having one or more vertebrae (32, 34, 36, 38) comprising at least one rail (32, 34) and at least one spring (36, 38), wherein said rail (32, 34) is curved and provides an elastic force quasi perpendicular to the windscreen, and said wire spring (36, 38) is fitted to said rail over its entire length or a part thereof and provides an elastic force in the direction of the length of the vertebra.
Claims10
A vertebra for a windscreen wiper, said vertebra comprising at least one rail and at least one wire spring, said rail having a bent form in an unsolicited state so that it provides an elastic force quasi perpendicular to the windscreen, characterised in that said wire spring is attached to the under side of said rail so that said wire spring provides an additional force perpendicular to the windscreen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.