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Non-glare mirror

  • US 3,075,430 A
  • Filed: 07/06/1960
  • Issued: 01/29/1963
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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2. AN ANTI-GLARE REAR VIEW MIRROR MECHANISM COMPRISING A SUPPORT, A MIRROR ASSEMBLY HAVING TWO REFLECTING SURFACES OF DIFFERENT REFLECTING POWERS, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID MIRROR ASSEMBLY TO SAID SUPPORT FOR TILTING MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO BETWEEN TWO EXTREME POSITIONS, YIELDABLE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT AND MIRROR ASSEMBLY TO URGE THE LATTER CONTINUOUSLY TOWARD ONE OF SAID POSITION, A DRIVING LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR DRIVING SAID MIRROR ASSEMBLY, COOPERATING CAMMING MEANS FORMED ON THE DRIVING LEVER AND THE MIRROR ASSEMBLY, SAID CAMMING MEANS INCLUDING A CURVED CAM AND AN ARCUATE CONCAVE BEARING SURFACE HAVING A RADIUS OF CURVATURE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE RADIUS OF CURVATURE OF THE CAM, SAID CONCAVE BEARING SURFACE BEING CONCAVE TOWARD SAID CAM, MEANS FOR PIVOTING THE LEVER TO CAUSE THE CAM TO MOVE ALONG THE BEARING SURFACE TO DRIVE THE MIRROR ASSEMBLY FROM ONE OF SAID POSITIONS TO THE OTHER OF SAID POSITIONS IN OPPOSITION TO THE YIELDABLE MEANS, SAID ARCUATE CONCAVE BEARING SURFACE PARTIALLY ENCIRCLING THE CAM AND MAINTAINING CONTINUOUS CONTACT THEREWITH SO THAT CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE CURVATURE OF THE BEARING SURFACE FORM STOPS TO LIMIT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE MIRROR ASSEMBLY TO SAID TWO EXTREME POSITIONS.

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