Metal armature for a tight strip or a seal, for use, in particular, in the automotive industry

Metal armature blank for a tight strip or seal, for use in the automotive industry for production of guides, slides, pane bottom or window car wiper rings, having a U shape in its operational condition and comprising a sequence of elements arranged at intervals and connected with each other, each element being composed of two nearly parallel strips joined by means of spacers and two adjacent elements being connected with each other using a connecting strip arranged approximately near median parts of the strips, wherein the spacers and the connecting strips are slanted with respect to a mean longitudinal direction of the armature but with opposite angles

• wherein the first spacer connecting two strips making up an element is provided between an end of a first strip and an intermediate zone of a second strip whilst a second spacer of said element is provided between an end of the second strip and an intermediate part of the first strip.