Rearview apparatus for vehicles
First Claim
1. A rearview apparatus for vehicles for providing a rear field of vision via the roof top of a vehicle comprising a pair of periscope devices, said pair of periscope devices each having an open rear end for interception therein of a portion of the forwardly projecting light rays extending from the rear of said vehicle towards the front of said vehicle and an open rear lower portion, said open rear lower portion being disposed adjacent the front windshield of said vehicle, an image viewing apparatus having a display panel, a pair of image diverting assemblies for directing light rays transmitted through said front windshield by said pair of periscope devices to said image viewing apparatus, image size expanding means for expanding said light rays directed by said image diverting assemblies into expanded size light rays so as to provide an expanded view thereof upon said display panel, said image viewing apparatus and said pair of image diverting assemblies being disposed within the interior confines of said vehicle and affixed thereto, light filtering means for selectively filtering said expanded size light rays before said expanded size light rays are displayed on said display panel, the apparatuses comprising said light filtering means and said image expanding means being located in a first housing, said apparatus comprising said light filtering means being located adjacent said display panel, flexible packing means for excluding vision obstructing objects from between said open rear lower portion and said front windshield.
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Abstract
This disclosure pertains to a rearview image projecting apparatus utilizing a pair of rearwardly turned periscopes providing a view from the rear of the vehicle, passing over the roof portions thereof, and thence through the front windshield into a pair of image diverting assemblies so as to cause the pair of projected images to enter, at opposite ends, an image viewing apparatus. The image viewing apparatus utilizes lens means and selective light intensity filter means to combine both images supplied thereto into a single projected image on a viewing screen visibly accessible to the operator of the vehicle.
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- 1. A rearview apparatus for vehicles for providing a rear field of vision via the roof top of a vehicle comprising a pair of periscope devices, said pair of periscope devices each having an open rear end for interception therein of a portion of the forwardly projecting light rays extending from the rear of said vehicle towards the front of said vehicle and an open rear lower portion, said open rear lower portion being disposed adjacent the front windshield of said vehicle, an image viewing apparatus having a display panel, a pair of image diverting assemblies for directing light rays transmitted through said front windshield by said pair of periscope devices to said image viewing apparatus, image size expanding means for expanding said light rays directed by said image diverting assemblies into expanded size light rays so as to provide an expanded view thereof upon said display panel, said image viewing apparatus and said pair of image diverting assemblies being disposed within the interior confines of said vehicle and affixed thereto, light filtering means for selectively filtering said expanded size light rays before said expanded size light rays are displayed on said display panel, the apparatuses comprising said light filtering means and said image expanding means being located in a first housing, said apparatus comprising said light filtering means being located adjacent said display panel, flexible packing means for excluding vision obstructing objects from between said open rear lower portion and said front windshield.
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