Reflecting mirror for airplane

• US 5,847,889 A
• Filed: 04/21/1997
• Issued: 12/08/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: KOMY Kogei Company Limited
• Original Assignee: KOMY Kogei Company Limited
• Inventors: Koyama, Yoshinori, Komiyama, Sakae
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafer, Ricky D.
• Application Number:
  US08/845,030
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 359/850, 359/851, 359/853, 359/871, 359/546, 359/547, 359/548, 359/549, 359/550, 359/551, 359/552, 359/553, 359/627
• US Class Current: 359/851
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/10 with curved faces

Abstract

A large number of ring-like grooves having mutually different diameters are concentrically formed on the back of a planar transparent plastic plate to constitute a Fresnel lens having a concave lens function, a reflecting film is provided to the back so as to provide a convex mirror function to the surface of the transparent plastic plate, and a thin metal sheet is bonded to the reflecting film through an adhesive, thereby constituting a reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin.

Claims

1. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin comprising:

a transparent plastic plate having a large number of ring-like grooves having mutually different diameters formed on a back thereof, and constituting a Fresnel lens having a concave lens function;

a metal reflecting film formed on the back of said transparent plastic plate, providing a convex mirror function to said transparent plastic plate; and

a thin metal sheet bonded through an adhesive to said metal reflecting film, said adhesive being made from an elastic polymer,

said reflecting mirror being fitted flat to the wall of an airplane cabin.

2. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 1, wherein said adhesive comprises a double sided adhesive tape inserted between said metal reflecting film and said thin metal sheet.

3. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 1, wherein the pitch of a large number of said ring-like grooves is 0.1 to 0.5 mm.

4. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said thin metal sheet is 0.01 to 2 mm.

5. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 1, wherein a double-sided adhesive tape is further bonded to the outside of said thin metal sheet.

6. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 1, wherein a one-sided adhesive sheet is further bonded to the outside of said thin metal sheet.

7. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin comprising:

a transparent plastic plate having a large number of ring-like grooves having mutually different diameters formed on a back thereof, and constituting a Fresnel lens having a concave lens function;

a metal reflecting film formed on the back of said transparent plastic plate, providing a convex mirror function to said transparent plastic plate; and

a thin metal sheet bonded through an adhesive to said metal reflecting film,

said reflecting mirror being fitted flat to at least one of an upper wall surface near an inlet of an overhead bin having an openable input side and which is provided at an upper part of a cabin of an airplane, a right end wall surface of said bin, and a left end wall surface of said bin.

8. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 7, wherein said adhesive comprises a double sided adhesive tape inserted between said metal reflecting film and said thin metal sheet.

9. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 7, wherein the pitch of a large number of said ring-like grooves is 0.1 to 0.5 mm.

10. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 7, wherein the thickness of said thin metal sheet is 0.01 to 2 mm.

11. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 7, wherein said adhesive is made from an elastic polymer.

12. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim. 7, wherein a double-sided adhesive tape is further bonded to the outside of said thin metal sheet.

13. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 7, wherein a one-sided adhesive sheet is further bonded to the outside of said thin metal sheet.

14. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin comprising:

a transparent plastic plate having a large number of ring-like grooves having mutually different diameters formed on a back thereof, and constituting a Fresnel lens having a concave lens function;

a metal reflecting film formed on the back of said transparent plastic plate, providing a convex mirror function to said transparent plastic plate; and

a thin metal sheet bonded through an adhesive to said metal reflecting film,

wherein a cover is disposed to an inlet of an overhead bin having an openable inlet side and which is provided at an upper part of a cabin of an airplane, and wherein said reflecting mirror is fitted flat to an interior surface of said cover.

15. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 14, wherein said adhesive comprises a double sided adhesive tape inserted between said metal reflecting film and said thin metal sheet.

16. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 14, wherein the pitch of a large number of said ring-like grooves is 0.1 to 0.5 mm.

17. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 14, wherein the thickness of said thin metal sheet is 0.01 to 2 mm.

18. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 14, wherein said adhesive is made from an elastic polymer.

19. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 14, wherein a double-sided adhesive tape is further bonded to the outside of said thin metal sheet.

20. A reflecting mirror for an airplane cabin according to claim 14, wherein a one-sided adhesive sheet is further bonded to the outside of said thin metal sheet.