Vehicle mirror cleaning device

• US 4,134,612 A
• Filed: 09/12/1977
• Issued: 01/16/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John W. Hopping
• Original Assignee: John W. Hopping
• Inventors: Nelson, Joseph E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bertsch, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US05/832,437
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 296/84 B, 296/91, 296/95 Q, 296/95 R, 98/2.12, 98/2.19, 280/152 R, 280/153 R, 15/313
• US Class Current: 296/91
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/0602 comprising means for cleaning or deicing

Abstract

A vehicle mirror cleaning device for use with a motor vehicle having an outside rear view mirror. The device comprises an air deflection screen mounted on the vehicle and disposed between the associated outside rear view mirror and the driver. The air deflection screen is formed of a transparent material permitting the driver to observe the operative face of the associated mirror through the screen. The screen includes a substantial larger planar air engaging portion disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the associated vehicle and an air deflecting portion for directing the air impinging upon the air engaging portion onto the operative face of the associated mirror thereby to direct a stream of air across the face of the mirror and provide a cleaning effect thereon.

Claims

1. A vehicle mirror cleaning device for use with a motor vehicle having an outside rear view mirror used by the driver of such vehicle, said device comprising an air deflection screen mounted on said vehicle and disposed between the associated outside mirror and the driver, said air deflection screen being formed of a transparent material permitting the driver to observe the operative face of the associated mirror, said screen including a substantially larger planar air engaging portion disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the associated vehicle and including an air deflecting portion for directing a stream of air impinging upon said air engaging portion onto the operative face of the associated mirror thereby to direct a stream of air across the face of the mirror and provide a cleaning effect thereon, and means for mounting said air deflecting screen for pivotal movement relative to the associated mirror, said means comprising a pair of clamps carried by the upper and lower edges of said screen, each of said clamps having C-ends formed thereon for securing said clamp to mounting members carried by the associated vehicle, each of said clamps including a laterally extending arm having a slot therethrough, said screen having male members extending outwardly from the upper and lower edges thereof and through the respective slots in said arms, and means for releasably securing said arms to said male members whereby said air deflection screen is rotatably mounted relative to said clamps and also is movable within said slots for movement relative to said clamps, thereby to vary the angle and position of the air deflecting screen relative to the associated mirror so as to vary the pattern of the flow of air across the operative face of said mirror.

2. A vehicle mirror cleaning device for use with a motor vehicle having an outside rear view mirror used by the driver of such vehicle, said device comprising an air deflection screen mounted on said vehicle and disposed between the associated outside mirror and the driver, said air deflection screen being formed of a transparent material permitting the driver to observe the operative face of the associated mirror, said screen including a substantially larger planar air engaging portion disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the associated vehicle and including an air deflecting portion for directing a stream of air impinging upon said air engaging portion onto the operative face of the associated mirror thereby to direct a stream of air across the face of the mirror and provide a cleaning effect thereon, said air deflecting screen being mounted on the associated mirror by a pair of arms pivotally connected to both said screen and the associated mirror whereby said screen is mounted for both pivotal and relative movement with relation to the operative face of the associated mirror, thereby to vary the angle of the air deflecting screen relative to the associated mirror so as to vary the pattern of the flow of air across the operative face of said mirror.