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US 8,261,404 B2Granted
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.
Claims11
A vertebra for a windscreen wiper, said vertebra comprising:
- at least one curved rail, said at least one curved rail being curved in its natural state such that the at least one curved rail is configured to provide a force on a windscreen in a direction perpendicular to the windscreen;
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- at least one wire spring, said at least one wire spring being attached to an underside of said at least one curved rail at two discrete points, a first point between a middle of the curved rail and a first end of the curved rail, and a second point between the middle of the curved rail and a second end of the curved rail,
- wherein the at least one wire spring is in tension in a longitudinal direction of the at least one wire spring, such that the at least one wire spring exerts a force on the at least one curved rail that acts to bend the at least one curved rail, whereby the at least one wire spring is configured to provide an additional force on the windscreen in the direction perpendicular to the windscreen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.