JPH0112991Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement of a foldable door mirror for an automobile.

For cars with door mirrors, when passing each other on a narrow road, entering or exiting a narrow garage, or when driving on a road with stone walls, fences, etc., the door mirrors protruding from the side of the car may come into contact with each other, causing damage or crushing. This often causes damage and accidents. Therefore, in order to prevent this accident, door mirrors with a foldable structure are becoming popular. However, in the case of conventional folding door mirrors, the damage accidents can only be reduced to some extent, but the damage itself cannot be prevented. Therefore, conventionally, in order to prevent these damage-related accidents, drivers have to be as careful as they would be when driving a wide car, even though the car is narrow. When driving, they tended to cause traffic congestion.

The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a foldable door mirror for an automobile that will not be damaged even if it comes into contact with an obstacle.

The present invention achieves this object in a folding automobile door mirror in which a mirror frame is foldably attached to a fixing member attached to the door, and in which a mirror frame is attached to a projecting end of the mirror frame from the outer surface of the end. The device is characterized in that a rotating roller is provided so that its surface protrudes outward.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates a fixing member to be attached to a car door, and 2 indicates a mirror frame attached to the fixing member 1 with a known folding mechanism so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction (in the direction of the arrow in the figure) and in the up-down direction. , 3 are mirrors held within the mirror frame 2.
Although not shown, an operating mechanism for adjusting the angle of the mirror 3 to an appropriate position from inside the vehicle is also provided. In the foldable automobile door mirror having this configuration, in this embodiment, the projecting end of the mirror frame 2 (i.e., the side opposite to the fixing member 1) is provided with a structure as shown in FIGS. A cylindrical rotating roller 4 having a surface shape is rotatable about a vertical axis (Z axis in the figure) so that its surface protrudes outward from the outer surface of the end of the projecting side of the mirror frame 2. It is provided. Note that this rotating roller 4 is desirably made of an elastic material such as rubber or vinyl chloride.

According to such a configuration, when a car equipped with this door mirror as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 passes through a narrow road, for example, and the mirror frame 2 approaches an obstacle 5 such as a wall, The rotating roller 4 protruding to the outermost side comes into contact with the obstacle 5, and the mirror frame 2 falls forward or backward through the contact of the rotating roller 4 with the obstacle 5. Furthermore, even if the car moves from this state,
The movement is converted into rolling of the rotary roller 4, and there is no sliding contact between the mirror frame 2 itself and the obstacle 5, and damage accidents such as damage to the door mirror and crushing are prevented.

The door mirror of the present invention can be attached to the door of a car with a sash as shown in FIG. 5, or the door of a car without a sash as shown in FIG. 6, using the fixing member 1. be.

By the way, in the above embodiment, only one cylindrical rotating roller 4 as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2D is supported at the end of the mirror frame 2 on the projecting side, but as shown in FIG. As shown in A, two can be provided at the front and rear of the projecting end of the mirror frame 2, two can be provided at the front and two at the rear as shown in FIG. Like, 2 before and after
It is also possible to provide five in total, one each and one in between, or even more.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8H, it is also possible to use the rotating roller 4 having a shape other than a cylindrical shape. That is, one with a spherical shape (Fig. 8A), one with a drum shape (Fig. 8B), and one with a drum shape of two upper and lower parts.
Divided (Fig. 8C), the drum shape is divided into upper, middle, and lower three parts.
Divided into a cylindrical middle part (Fig. 8D),
A combination of two conical shapes (Fig. 8E), a cylindrical body between the upper and lower cones (Fig. 8F),
The one shown in Figure 8F has irregularities formed on the surface of the cylindrical body (Figure 8G), and the drum shape is divided into upper, middle and lower parts and irregularities are formed on the surface of the upper and lower divided bodies (Figure 8 Figure H) etc. can be adopted.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated and described embodiments, but may also be applied to door mirrors as shown in FIG. 9, and various other changes may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. It's something you get.

As explained above, in the foldable automobile door mirror of the present invention, the rotating roller comes into contact with the obstacle and the mirror frame does not, so damage to the mirror frame, mirror, etc., and breakage accidents such as crushing can be prevented. I can do it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the door mirror of the present invention, Figs. 2 A to D are explanatory diagrams of examples of the shape of the rotating roller, and Fig. 3
Figure 4 is a plan view of a car equipped with the door mirror of the present invention, Figure 4 is a partially enlarged view of Figure 3 showing the operating state, Figure 5 is a diagram showing the state in which it is attached to the door of a car with a sash, and Figure 6 The figure shows how it is attached to the door of a shuttleless vehicle, Figures 7A to C are illustrations of other embodiments of the present invention, and Figures 8A to H show still other shapes of the rotating roller. An explanatory diagram showing an example,
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another type of door mirror shape. 1...Fixing member, 2...Mirror frame, 3...
... Mirror, 4 ... Rotating roller, 5 ... Obstacle.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a foldable automobile door mirror in which a mirror frame is foldably attached to a fixed member attached to the door, at the end of the mirror frame on the projecting side,
A foldable door mirror for an automobile, characterized in that a rotating roller is provided so that the surface thereof protrudes outward from the outer surface of the end portion.