Wiper for motor vehicle windshields

A wiping device for windshields of motor vehicles, comprising a driven wiper arm having a free end;

• a wiper blade pivotably connected to said free end of said wiper arm and provided with an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper strip, said wiper blade having a pivot axis extending at least approximately in a wiping direction and spaced apart from the window;
• a strip like, elongated, spring-elastic support element which holds said wiper strip parallel to a longitudinal axis of said support element;
• a connection device having one half provided on a middle portion of said support element and another half provided on said free end of said wiper arm, said wiper blade being disposed next to the wiper arm as viewed vertically to the window and is pivotably connected to said wiper arm via said connection device, said one of said halves of said connection device having a pivot pin, while the other of said halves of said connection device is provided with a bearing receptacle associated with said pivot pin, said pivot pin being disposed on said wiper blade, said bearing receptacle being located on said wiper arm.