Door mirror
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1. A door mirror assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a base fixed to a door;
a fixed shaft erected in said base;
a housing assembled with said fixed shaft through a support means;
a mirror freely swingably supported in said housing by said support means;
plural wires pulled by an operation rod, which is attached to said base, to swing said mirror; and
a wire slack preventing means, located at said housing, for applying a predetermined tension to the wires,wherein the wire slack preventing means includes a wire pressing body on which said wires are frictionally slid, and a spring member by which said wire pressing body is urged to press against said wires; and
further,the wires are inserted through tubes respectively and introduced from the operation rod into the housing through the base, and the tubes are held by a holder member located in the base.
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Abstract
Wires which are introduced from an operation rod into a mirror housing to adjust the swinging of a mirror are tensioned to a certain extent by a wire slack preventing member, which is located in the mirror housing, to precisely act the mirror without being loosened. Tubes through which the wires are inserted are positionally defined in a base and a fixed shaft to precisely guide the wires.
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7 Claims
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1. A door mirror assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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a base fixed to a door; a fixed shaft erected in said base; a housing assembled with said fixed shaft through a support means; a mirror freely swingably supported in said housing by said support means; plural wires pulled by an operation rod, which is attached to said base, to swing said mirror; and a wire slack preventing means, located at said housing, for applying a predetermined tension to the wires, wherein the wire slack preventing means includes a wire pressing body on which said wires are frictionally slid, and a spring member by which said wire pressing body is urged to press against said wires; and
further,the wires are inserted through tubes respectively and introduced from the operation rod into the housing through the base, and the tubes are held by a holder member located in the base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6)
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5. A door mirror assembly for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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a base fixed to a door; a fixed shaft erected on said base; a housing assembled with said fixed shaft through a support means; a mirror freely swingably supported in said housing by said support means; plural wires pulled by an operation rod, which is attached to said base, to swing said mirror; and a wire slack preventing means, located in said housing, for applying a predetermined tension to the wires, wherein the wire slack preventing means includes a wire pressing body on which the wires are frictionally slid, and a spring member by which the wire pressing body is urged to press the wires, in which said wire pressing body is a pulley freely rotatably suspended from a spring member; and
further,the wires are inserted through tubes respectively and introduced from the operation rod into the housing through the base, and the tubes are held by a holder member located in the base.
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7. A door mirror assembly for use on a vehicle door, comprising:
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an operation rod mounted on one side of the door; a housing mounting on an opposed side of the door; a base mounted intermediate the housing and the door; a mirror secured at a pivot point within said housing and pivotable with respect to said housing; a plurality of wires interconnecting said operation rod and said mirror, said wires adapted to transmit motion between said operation rod and said mirror; and tensioning means engaging said plurality of wires, located in said housing and responsive to changes in tension in said wires, for continuously tensioning said wires at a point close to the pivot point of said mirror.
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