Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/38—Wiper blades
  • B60S1/3806—Means, or measures taken, for influencing the aerodynamic quality of the wiper blades
  • B60S1/381—Spoilers mounted on the squeegee or on the vertebra
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/38—Wiper blades
  • B60S1/3848—Flat-type wiper blade, i.e. without harness
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
  • B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
  • B60S1/38—Wiper blades
  • B60S2001/3843—Wiper blades equipped with removable cover or protective elements
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
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• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
  • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for holding a pair of windscreen wiper blades each comprising a structural element and a wiper blade whose free end is intended to be in contact with a glass surface to be wiped.
• the invention also relates to a holding assembly comprising a plurality of holding devices, and a packaging and a corresponding mounting method.
• the device or the holding assembly is for example intended to be used for the commercialization, in store shelves, of a kit for replacing a pair of wiper blades of a vehicle, or for the purpose of transporting a pair of wiper blades from the place of production to the place of packing or to the place of assembly on a motor vehicle.
• a first broom is positioned vis-à-vis a first open channel of the device, its wiper blade being directed towards the inside of this channel. Pressure is then applied in a direction normal to a median plane of the rail, towards the bottom of the first channel, for fastening the blade by elastically fitting its structural element in retaining means arranged in pairs at different locations of the first channel. . Then, we return the assembly formed by the first blade attached to the holding device to proceed to the attachment of a second wiper blade in a second channel of the holding device.
• the invention proposes a solution for conditioning a pair of windscreen wiper blades to simplify the assembly process.
• the present invention relates to a device for holding a pair of windscreen wiper blades each provided with at least one structural element and a wiper blade, the holding device comprising a first and second housings each provided with means for retaining the respective structural elements of the two brushes, characterized in that the housing has an opening opening on the same side of a holding plane to ensure the insertion of the pair of brushes in the respective housings from the same side of the holding plane.
• the fitter gains an assembly step in the method of mounting the pair of brushes in the holding device or devices relative to the device of the prior art for which the device had to be returned after fixing a first of two brushes for fixing the second broom.
• the retaining means are made by elastic casing
• the resiliently formed retaining means comprise first and second pairs of elastic bosses arranged longitudinally in the respective housing for clipping a member of the corresponding wiper blade structure member,
• the resiliently formed retaining means comprise a first and a second elastic groove formed longitudinally in the respective housing for clipping a corresponding structural element member of the corresponding wiper blade;
• the retaining means made by elastic casing are associated with a disengagement means comprising a spacer tab of the retaining means,
• the holding device has a bottom wall common to the first and second housing, said common bottom wall being flat and parallel to the holding plane,
• the holding device comprises at least one closure cap of the first and second housings, the closure cap being formed by a hinge formed in a housing wall extension, and an end of the closure cap having a locking means adapted to cooperate with a complementary locking means of a housing wall extension end,
• the locking means cooperate by elastic deformation
• the holding device has a general shape in m
• the holding device has a longitudinal plane of symmetry between the first and the second housing and said housings are arranged side by side so that in the nested position of the pair of brushes, the two respective longitudinal plane of symmetry of the blades of the brushes are substantially parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal plane of symmetry,
• the holding device has a general shape of staple
• the holding device comprises a closure cover common to the first and second housing,
• the holding device has a longitudinal plane of symmetry between a first and a second housing and said housings are arranged side by side so that in the nested position of the pair of brushes, the two respective longitudinal plane of symmetry of the blades of brooms form an angle less than 180 °,
• the two respective longitudinal symmetry planes of the blades of the brushes form an angle of the order of 90 °.
• Another subject of the invention is a holding assembly for a pair of windscreen wiper blades comprising: a pair of windscreen wiper blades each comprising a structural element and a wiper blade and a plurality of devices as previously described spread over the length of the pair of wiper blades.
• the invention also relates to a package for a pair of windscreen wiper blades, comprising a holding device or a holding assembly as described above.
• FIG. 1 represents a perspective and side view of two wiper blade portions being mounted in a holding device according to a first embodiment
• FIG. 2 represents a substantially front view of two windscreen wiper blade portions being mounted in an alternative embodiment of the holding device
• FIG. 3 represents a perspective and side view of two wiper blade portions fitted into another embodiment of a holding device closed by a closing cap
• FIG. 4 represents a substantially front view of FIG. 3,
• FIG. 5 represents a cross-sectional view of the wiper blade portions and the holding device of FIG. 4 in the nested position rotated by about 180 °
• FIG. 6a represents a cross-sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the holding device of FIG. 5 with windscreen wiper blades being assembled
• FIG. 6b represents a view similar to FIG. 6a in the nested and closed position
• FIG. 7 represents a substantially front perspective view of two windscreen wiper blade portions being mounted in a fourth embodiment of the holding device
• FIG. 8 represents a view similar to FIG. 7 in which the wiper blade portions are nested in the holding device
• FIG. 9 represents a substantially side view of FIG. 8,
• FIG. 10 represents a cross-sectional view of the wiper blade portions and the holding device of FIG. 8,
• FIG. 11 shows a cross-sectional view of wiper blade portions fitted into a holding device according to another embodiment for holding windscreen wiper blades of another type of embodiment
• FIG. 12 shows a cross-sectional view of two wiper blade portions being mounted in a holding device according to a second embodiment
• Figure 13 shows a view similar to Figure 12 of windshield wiper portions nested in a holding device according to an alternative embodiment.
• the longitudinal, vertical and transverse directions indicated in this figure by the fixed trihedron (L, V, T) with respect to the holding device 10 will be adopted in a nonlimiting manner.
• the longitudinal direction L corresponds to the main direction of flat windscreen wiper blades.
• the horizontal plane corresponds to the plane (L, T).
• the "up” and “down” orientations are referred to with reference to the orientation of the holding device in FIG.
• the holding device 10 is adapted to receive a pair of wiper blades, for example of the flatblade type of curved shape. It has a room by plastic example obtained by extrusion, plastic injection or by thermoforming or any other material.
• a portion of a first wiper blade 12 ready to be mounted on the holding device 10 is shown above it, vertically plumb with an opening of a first housing 14 of the device. 10.
• This first brush 12 extends longitudinally in the direction L.
• Its wiper blade 16 is carried by a structural element which itself comprises a support frame 20.
• the support frame 20 comprises:
• the support mount 20 is for example integral and of a different material from that of the wiper blade 16.
• the first wiper blade 12 also has, arranged approximately in the middle, a connector (not shown) for connection to a first wiper drive arm generally connected to a motor.
• the wiper blade 16 has a longitudinal narrowing 17 allowing it to pivot relative to the longitudinal axis L at each change of direction when the first blade 12 is actuated by the arm of the corresponding wiper against the glass surface. Note also that the wiper blade 16 has a first broad end extending longitudinally adjacent the narrowing 17 and a second thin end and free, intended to be in contact with the glass surface to be wiped. At rest, the wiper blade 16 has a longitudinal plane of symmetry Pl.
• a portion of a second wiper blade 26 ready to be mounted on the holding device 10 is also shown above it, vertically plumb with a opening a second housing 28 of the holding device 10.
• this second brush 26 flat-blade type extends longitudinally in the direction L.
• This second brush 26 extends longitudinally in the direction L. Its wiper blade 30 is carried by a structural element which itself comprises a support mount 34.
• the support mount 34 comprises:
• a special aerodynamic deflector capable of performing a spoiler function to improve the adhesion of the blade to the glass surface
• the support mount 34 is for example in one piece and of a different material from that of the wiper blade 30.
• the second wiper blade 26 also comprises, arranged approximately in the middle, a connector (not shown) for connection to a second wiper drive arm.
• the wiper blade 30 has a longitudinal narrowing 18 enabling it to pivot relative to the longitudinal axis L at each change of direction when the first blade 12 is actuated by the wiper arm. corresponding ice against the glass surface.
• the wiper blade 30 has a longitudinal plane of symmetry P2.
• the wiper blades have been shown without a stop device (also called end-clip) at their ends, but of course, they can be provided.
• first housing 14 of the holding device 10 receives the first blade 12 with the wiper blade 16 facing downwards, in the opposite direction of the wiper blade 30 of the second blade 26 facing upwards, it is possible to reverse the first blade 12 in the first wiper blade housing 16 upwards and the second blade 26 in the second housing wiper blade 30 down.
• the respective wiper blades 16, 30 can also be housed in the same direction upwards or downwards.
• two holding devices are provided: one at the front end and one at the rear end (not shown).
• three holding devices two close to the ends of the brushes and one close to a central zone in which the connectors of the brushes are disposed to the windscreen wiper drive arms.
• four holding devices with two holding devices located in a central region intended to receive the connectors of the two brushes such that a holding device is placed on either side of these connectors longitudinally.
• the holding devices 10 furthermore have means for retaining the respective structural elements of the brushes 12, 26.
• the retaining means are, for example, made by elastic fitting, buttoning, gluing, welding or deformation (not shown) and are provided on parallel wall extensions of the first and second housing 14, 28 so as to maintain the respective structural member of the wiper to be fixed.
• the housings 14, 28 have an opening opening on the same side of a holding plane P to assemble the pair of brushes 12, 26 in the respective retaining means of the housings 14, 28 by inserting the brushes 12 , 26 from the same side of the maintenance plane P.
• the holding plane P is horizontal (that is to say defined by the longitudinal L and transverse T directions), so that the openings of the first and second housing 14, 28 open out. on the upper side to the horizontal plane P.
• the holding device 10 can have a bottom wall PF common to the first and second housing 14, 28 and substantially flat and parallel to the holding plane P. It can thus easily place the holding device 10 flat on a mounting station.
• the holding device 10, 101, 102, 103 has a general shape of U-shaped clip (or elastic fastener) with a wall
• the bottom wall PF extends laterally through two vertical wall extensions 42, 43.
• a common central section T at the first and second housing 14, 28 protrudes perpendicularly. bottom wall PF in the middle.
• the thickness el is for example of the order of 100 millimeters ( Figure 1). It can be narrower as illustrated by the holding device 101 of Figure 2 which has a thickness e2 of the order of 20 millimeters or wider as illustrated by the holding device 102 of Figure 3 which has a thickness e3 of the order of 200 millimeters.
• the thickness of the holding device is chosen according to the length of the wiper blades and the number of holding devices in the assembly so as to maintain the pair of brushes stably and firmly.
• the common central section T defines a longitudinal plane of symmetry E between the first and the second housing 14, 28.
• the housings 14, 28 are arranged side by side so that in the nested position of the pair of brushes 12, 26, the two longitudinal symmetry planes PI, P2 respectively of the blades of the brushes 16, 30 are substantially parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal plane of symmetry E.
• the retaining means of the holding device 10 in the form of staple are made by elastic casing. To this end, they comprise clips integral with the holding device 10, for example by extrusion, plastic injection or thermoforming.
• the clips take for example the form of four pairs of elastic bosses 44, 45, 46 and 47, longitudinal formed on parallel wall extensions of the first and second housing 14, 28.
• a first pair of elastic bosses 44 is thus made of material with the first vertical extension 42 of the first housing 14.
• a second pair of elastic bosses 45 similar to the first pair 44 is also integral with a first wall of the common central section T, the first wall being parallel to the first vertical extension 42.
• the bumps of the respective elastic boss pairs 44, 45 are offset vertically on the first vertical extension 42 and on the first wall of the common central section T and arranged facing each other, so as to define two grooves that can clipper by resilient deformation of the bosses, an element of the structural element of the first wiper blade 12.
• the elastic boss pairs 44, 45 frame the lateral edges 22 for example of material plastic, of the structural element of the first wiper blade 12.
• a third pair of resilient bosses 46 is integral with the second vertical extension 43 of the second housing 28 and a fourth pair of resilient bosses 47, similar to the other boss pairs 44, 45, and 46, is integral. with a second wall of the common central section T, parallel to the second vertical extension 43 for clipping the lateral edges 23 of the structural element of the second wiper blade 26.
• the vertical extensions 42, 43 are longer than the overall height of the wiper blades 16, 30 and the support mounts 20, 34 of the respective brushes 12, 26 for completely accommodate these in the first and second housing 14, 28.
• the openings of the housings 14, 28 can communicate with each other above the common central section T. They can also be closed by a common closure cap 48 of the holding device 10.
• the common closure cap 48 is for example formed by a longitudinal hinge 49 formed in a vertical wall extension 42 of the first housing 14 to close the openings of the housing 14, 28 by pivoting the cover 48 thereon.
• the free end 50 of the cover 48 has a locking means capable of cooperating with a complementary locking means 51 of the end of the vertical wall extension 43 of the second housing 28.
• the locking means can cooperate by elastic deformation.
• the free end 50 has a first longitudinal hook 51 snap elastically deformed with a second complementary hook 52 of the end of the vertical wall extension 43 of the second housing 28.
• the longitudinal hinge 49 is formed in a vertical extension 43 of the second housing 28 and the vertical wall extension 42 of the first housing 14 has a locking means supplementary 51.
• the locking means use a buttonhole system and complementary opening between the free end of the closure cap and the end of the vertical wall extension of the second housing (not shown).
• these locking means are not removable: the free end of the closure cap and the end of the vertical wall extension of the second housing are for example glued or welded together.
• the common closure cap 48 makes it possible to maintain the wall extensions 42, 43 of the holding device 10 so that they do not deform after the brushes 12, 26 have been inserted. Moreover, the closure cap 48 provides security to the holding device 10 ensuring that the brushes 12, 26 remain assembled in a kit even if one of them was to be detached from its retaining means.
• the assembler exerts pressure in a direction normal to the holding plane P (arrow F1) on this first wiper blade. wiper 12 to the bottom of the first housing 14 of the (or) holding devices 10, 101, 102, 103 ( Figures 1, 2 and 6a). The assembler thus acts against the retaining means 44, 45 by resiliently fitting the structural element of the first wiper blade 12.
• the assembler In order to mount the second wiper blade 26 in the holding device 10, 101, 102, 103, the assembler exerts a pressure in a direction normal to the holding plane P (arrow F2) on this second wiper blade. wiper 26, parallel and in the same direction as the direction of the pressure exerted on the first blade 12, towards the bottom of the second housing 28 of the holding device 10, 101, 102, 103.
• the fitter thus acts against the retaining means 46, 47 by resiliently fitting the structural element of the second wiper blade 26
• the editor can of course, conversely, mount the second wiper blade 26 before mounting the first wiper blade 12.
• FIGS. 3 to 5 and 6b illustrate the assembly comprising the holding device 10, 101, 102, 103 and two brushes 12, 26 mounted thereon.
• the device 10, 101, 102, 103, or the holding assembly makes it possible to maintain a pair of front windscreen wiper blades 12, 26 to be transported and / or put up for sale, with an optimized size.
• the first and second brushes are mounted on top of the holding device 10, 101, 102, the latter being closed by clipping of the locking means, which saves time.
• the fitter gains an assembly step in the method of mounting the pair of brushes 12, 26 in the one or more holding devices 10, 101, 102 relative to the devices of the prior art for which the device had to to be returned after the attachment of a first of the two brushes for fixing the second blade.
• a single assembly step is necessary for closing the two housings by pivoting the common closure cap 48.
• Figures 6a and 6b highlight a particular section of the holding device 103 according to a variant of the invention.
• the retaining means made by elastic casing are associated with a disengagement means comprising a spacer tab 53 retaining means.
• the spacer tab 53 may take the form of a wall extension of the common closure cap 48 projecting from the wall extension bracket forming the first hook 51 of the locking means.
• the user pulls on the spacer 53, making a catch to facilitate the release of the first hook 51 of the second complementary hook 52 and to separate the extensions of walls 42, 43 of the structure elements of the windscreen wiper blades.
• FIGS. 7, 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a fourth variant embodiment of the holding device 104.
• the holding device 104 has a shape in m (turned in the figures), the bridges of the m forming funds of housing 14, 28 rounded.
• the vertical extensions 42, 43 do not include the brushes 12, 26 and the housings are not closed by a closure cap.
• the S-shape of the bottom wall and a thicker holding device make it possible to reinforce the mechanical strength of the holding device 104.
• the retaining means of the holding device 10 in the form of staple are made by elastic casing. They comprise clips 44, 45, 46 and 47 formed on extensions of parallel walls of the first and second housings 14, 28.
• the retaining means made by elastic casing are associated with a disengagement means comprising a spacer tab 39 , 40 retaining means.
• the lateral extensions 42, 43 of the walls of the housings 14, 28 are respectively extended above the retaining means by a spacer tab 39, 40, bent outwards to facilitate their grip and to guide insertion. windscreen wiper blade in the center of its respective housing.
• the assembler In order to assemble the wiper blades 12, 26 in the holding device 103, the assembler only needs to exert pressure in a direction normal to the holding plane P (arrows F1, F2) on the wiper blades. wiper 12 to the bottom of the housing 14, 28. Thus, the assembly and disassembly of the brushes is even faster than the holding device 100, 101 or 102 with closure cap. To disengage the retaining means, the user pulls on the respective spacer tab 39, 40, spacing the extensions of walls 42, 43 of the windshield wiper structure elements.
• the first wiper blade 12 comprises two lateral vertebrae 54, for example metal, fixed in two lateral notches extending longitudinally in the support frame 20.
• the wiper blade 16, carried by the structural element of the first blade 12 is, in this example, integral with the support frame 20.
• the second wiper blade 26 has two lateral vertebrae 55 fixed in the support mount 34.
• the support mount 34 has two lateral notches extending longitudinally for receiving the two lateral vertebrae 55.
• the blade wiper 30 is also integral with the support mount 34.
• the clips of the retaining means made by elastic casing comprise four longitudinal elastic grooves 56, 57, 58, 59 arranged opposite one another on parallel wall extensions of the respective first and second housings 14, 28 for clipping a member of structure member of the corresponding wiper blade.
• a first elastic groove 56 is thus formed in a first vertical wall extension 42 of the first housing 14 and a second elastic groove 57 is formed in a first wall of the common central section T for clipping by elastic deformation of the grooves 56, 57, the vertebrae lateral 54 of the structural element of the first wiper blade 12.
• a third elastic groove 59 is formed by the second vertical wall extension 43 of the second housing 28 and a fourth elastic groove 58 is formed in the second wall of the common central section T, to clip the lateral vertebrae 55 of the structural element of the second wiper blade 26.
• the grooves 56, 47, 58, 59 may be framed by pairs of longitudinal bosses to enhance the mechanical strength of the housing wall extensions.
• the fitter exerts pressure in a direction normal to the holding plane P on the first wiper blade 12 towards the bottom of the first housing 14 of the (or) devices) of maintenance 105.
• the fitter thus acts against the means retainer 56, 57 by elastically fitting the lateral vertebrae 54 of the first wiper blade 12.
• the assembler In order to assemble the second wiper blade 26 in the holding device 105, the assembler exerts pressure in a direction normal to the holding plane P on this second wiper blade 26, parallel and in the same manner. the direction of the pressure exerted on the first blade 12, towards the bottom of the second housing 28 of the holding device 105.
• the assembler thus acts against the retaining means 58, 59 by resiliently fitting the lateral vertebrae 55 of the second wiper blade 26.
• the fitter can of course, proceed to the assembly of the second wiper blade 26 before mounting the first wiper blade 12.
• the first and second brushes 12, 26 are then kept two to two.
• the fitter then rotates the common closure cap 48 to cooperate the locking means.
• the holding device can therefore be common to all types of windscreen wiper blades.
• the holding device 200 has a common central wall 60 with a first and a second housing 14, 28 defining a longitudinal plane of symmetry E of the holding device 200.
• the housings 14, 28 are arranged side by side so that in the nested position of the pair of brushes 12, 26, the two respective longitudinal plane of symmetry PI, P2 of the brush blades 16, 30 form an angle less than 180 °.
• the two respective longitudinal symmetry planes PI, P2 of the blades of the brushes 16, 30 form an angle ⁇ of the order of 90 °.
• the housings 14, 28 have for example a bottom wall PF, flat, parallel to the holding plane P, common to the first and second housing 14, 28 and of which the common central wall 60 projects perpendicularly.
• This common central wall 60 is then divided by two first inclined planes 61, 62, one running to the right and the other starting to the left in the illustration of FIG. 8.
• the first two inclined planes 61, 62 are perpendicular to each other and can be interconnected by a transverse reinforcing plate 63.
• the housings 14, 28 respectively have two second inclined planes 64, 65, respectively parallel to the first inclined planes 61, 62 so that the housings 14, 28 open (or respectively). a closable opening) on the upper side of the holding plane P.
• the holding device 200 comprises two closing caps 66, 67 for each of the first and second housings 14, 28.
• the first closure cap 66 of the first housing 14 is formed by a first hinge 49 formed in a wall extension.
• a first inclined plane 61 of the first housing 14 and the complementary locking means 51 is formed in an end of a second inclined plane 64 of the first housing 14.
• the second closure cap 67 of the second housing 28 is formed by a second hinge 49 formed in a wall extension of a first inclined plane 62 of the second housing 28 and the complementary locking means 51 is formed in one end of a second inclined plane 65 of the second housing 28.
• the locking means of the closure caps 66, 67 can cooperate by elastic deformation, buttonhole, gluing or welding.
• the housings 14, 28 are provided with means for retaining the respective structural elements of the two brushes. These retaining means may also be made by elastic casing.
• the holding device 201 of FIG. 13 differs from that of FIG. 12 in that the retaining means made by elastic casing are associated with a disengagement means comprising a first and a second spacer 68, 69 restraint.
• the first spacer 68 is formed by a wall extension of the first closure cap 66 and the second spacer 69 is formed by a wall extension of the second closure cap 69.
• the fitter presses this first windscreen wiper blade 12 in a first inclined insertion direction (arrow F 1 on 12) of the upper side of the holding plane P towards the bottom of the first housing 14 of the (or) holding devices 200, 201.
• the assembler thus acts against the retaining means 44, 45 by resiliently fitting the lateral edges 22 of the first wiper blade 12.
• the fitter presses the second wiper blade 26 towards the bottom of the second housing 28 of the device (s). 200, 201 in a second inclined direction (arrow F2 in Figure 8) from the same upper side of the holding plane P as the first insertion direction Fl of the first blade 12.
• the editor thus acts against retaining means 46, 47 by resiliently fitting the side edges 23 of the second wiper blade 26.
• the fitter then rotates the second closure cap 67 on the opening of the second housing 28 to cooperate the means of lock 51, 52.
• the fitter can, of course, proceed to mount the second wiper blade 26 before mounting the first wiper blade 12.
• this holding device 200, 201 of the second embodiment has been described for molded vertebra wiper blades, this holding device 200, 201 is also suitable for other types of windscreen wiper blades. as shown in FIG. 11.

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