Windscreen wiper device
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Corporation
InventorXavier Boland
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AssigneeFederal-Mogul Corporation
InventorXavier Boland
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A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, the wiper blade comprising a wiper element which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes a central longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm is pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end thereof, with the special feature that the groove extends in downward direction beneath the longitudinal strip for forming at least two longitudinal hollow channels on opposite sides of the wiping element, the channels each being defined by the longitudinal strip and a bottom of the groove.
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A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, said wiper blade comprising a wiping element which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes a central longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm is pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near one end thereof, said groove extends in downward direction beneath the longitudinal strip for forming at least two longitudinal hollow channels on opposite sides of said wiping element, said channels each being defined by said longitudinal strip and a bottom of said groove wherein said bottom is provided with stop surfaces on opposite sides of said wiping element, and wherein said stop surfaces limit an oscillatory movement of said wiping element.
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