Outside rear vision mirror

• US 4,225,212 A
• Filed: 06/02/1978
• Issued: 09/30/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Werner Grabowski
• Original Assignee: Werner Grabowski
• Inventors: Grabowski, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Henry, Jon W.
• Application Number:
  US05/911,839
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 350/62, 350/307, 74/501 M
• US Class Current: 359/508
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/0602 comprising means for cleaning or deicing

Abstract

A rear-vision mirror for attachment to the outside of an automobile or other vehicle which is caused to spin by an electrical motor or relative wind to dislodge water, snow or ice. The mirror may be in the form of a disc or a cylinder.

Claims

1. A rear-vision mirror assembly which comprises a mirror, a supporting member for said mirror, a casing having an opening at its rear for connectably receiving said supporting member whereby said supporting member is connected to said casing by connecting means disposed only at said casing'"'"'s rear, a motor for rotating said mirror surrounded by said casing, said motor being mounted solely on said supporting member, said supporting member including a bearing for supporting said mirror on a shaft extending from said mirror into said bearing, a further shaft from said motor being rigidly connected to said first mentioned shaft, said motor and said mirror being removable as a unit from said casing by the disconnection of said connecting means only.

2. A rear-vision mirror in accordance with claim 1, wherein said motor is an electric motor, electrical conduit means from said motor extending through an opening in the front of said casing.

3. A rear-vision mirror in accordance with claim 2, where a ball-and-socket joint is provided at the front of said casing in front of and coaxial with said motor for adjustably connecting said casing to a vehicle, said electrical conduit passing through said ball-and-socket joint for connection to said vehicle.