US 5,634,234 A · Wiper accessory for a side mounted rear view mirror of a vehicle

Abstract

A wiper accessory for a side mounted rear view mirror of a vehicle, comprising; a wiper blade, a drive module having a rotary drive and a flexible pantograph arm for moving the wiper blade in a reciprocal movement across the reflective surface of the rear view mirror, and an auxiliary mirror mounted on the drive module for advantageously use the sightless area adjacent the side mounted rear view mirror. The drive module further has a U-shaped bracket comprising an horizontal member having one hole for mating onto a vertical mounting bolt of the rear view mirror in a rotatively adjustable manner about an axis defined by the bolt, and two spaced apart vertical members having each a retaining pivot horizontally in line with one another for retaining the drive module of the wiper accessory in a rotatively adjustable manner about an axis defined by the alignment of the two retaining pivots. The advantage of this U-shaped mounting member and the flexible pantograph arm is that both the auxiliary mirror and the side mounted rear view mirror are independently adjustable to different view points without adversely affecting the operation of the wiper accessory.

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Dependent claims

A wiper accessory for mounting on a rear view mirror of a vehicle, said wiper accessory having;

a wiper blade,
a drive module comprising a housing, a reciprocal wiper motion drive means mounted inside said housing and an elongated wiper motion transmitting means connected to both said reciprocal wiper motion drive means and said wiper blade, said elongated wiper motion transmitting means extending outside and away from said housing for moving said wiper blade in a reciprocal movement at a distance from said drive module;
a mounting means for mounting said drive module on said rear view mirror near a periphery of said rear view mirror;
and
an auxiliary mirror mounted on an outside surface of said housing, whereby when said drive module is mounted on said rear view mirror with said outside surface adjacent said rear view mirror, a sightless area caused by said drive module is advantageously covered by said auxiliary mirror for enhancing a rearward visibility of a person looking toward said rear view mirror.

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A combination of a side-mounted-type rear view mirror for a vehicle and a wiper accessory mounted thereon,

said rear view mirror having a vertical longitudinal axis, and a top and bottom mounting bolts,
said wiper accessory having;
a wiper blade,
a drive module comprising a housing and a rotary drive means mounted inside said housing for moving said wiper blade in a reciprocal movement across a reflective surface of said rear view mirror,
an arm means between said wiper blade and said rotary drive means for guiding said movement of said wiper blade at a radial distance from an axis of rotation of said rotary drive means, said arm means being flexible in a direction of said axis of rotation, and
a mounting means for retaining said drive module to one of said top and bottom mounting bolts, said mounting means being a U-shaped bracket comprising an horizontal member having one hole for mating onto said one of said top and bottom mounting bolts in a rotatively adjustable manner about an axis defined by said one of said top and bottom mounting bolts, and two spaced apart vertical members having each a retaining pivot means horizontally in line with one another and respectively connected to said housing for retaining said drive module in a rotatively adjustable manner about an axis defined by the alignment of said two retaining pivot means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Wiper accessory for a side mounted rear view mirror of a vehicle

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Wiper accessory for a side mounted rear view mirror of a vehicle

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Abstract

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