Rear view mirror operating mechanism

Claim 2

A mechanism for operating a remotely disposed rear view mirror assembly having fixed axes of pivotal support and which allows the operating mechanism and the mirror assembly to be preassembled with sheathed cables of fixed length attached therebetween, said operating mechanism including a supporting member having pivotal means provided at one end thereof and reciprocal means at the other end thereof, said pivotal means including a first member pivotal in a horizontal plane and a second member pivotal in a vertical plane and each having cable ends attached thereto, said reciprocal means including first and second members providing abutment shoulders for the ends of the cable sheathes and having spring means acting against the supporting member for holding said first and second members in yielding engagement therewith, and a control lever attached to one of said pivotal members for selected actuation of both thereof.

Claim 3

The operating mechanism of claim 1, said second pivotal member being pinned to said first pivotal member for retaining the two pivotal members together and having the second member pivotal on the first member.

Claim 4

The operating mechanism of claim 2, including means for restricting said first pivotal member to movement solely within a horizontal plane.

Claim 5

The operating mechanism of claim 1, said supporting member including a transverse slot receptive of said first pivotal member therewithin and for precluding other than horizontal movement of said member in said slot, and complimentary concave and convex inner wall surfaces formed in said slot and on said first pivotal member conducive of pivotal movement in a horizontal plane therebetween.

Claim 6

The operating mechanism of claim 1, said first reciprocal member being guided on said supporting member and said second reciprocal member being guided on both said supporting member and said first reciprocal member.

Claim 7

An operating mechanism for a remotely disposed rear view mirror assembly having fixed axes of pivotal support and which allows preassembly of the operating mechanism and mirror assembly with sheathed cables of fixed length therebetween, said operating mechanism comprising; a supporting member for attachment to a receptive vehicle wall panel to provide a stationary fixed support, a transverse slot formed in said supporting member across one end and having a first pivotal member received in said slot, said slot having opposite side walls precluding other than transverse movement of said first pivotal member in said slot and an inner wall surface conducive of pivotal movement of said first member as held in engagement therewith, a slot opening in said first pivotal member transversely therethrough and having a second pivotal member received anD pinned for pivotal movement therewithin, means for attaching and fixing control cable ends to said first and second pivotal members on opposite sides of their respective pivotal axes, reciprocal means guided on the other end of said supporting member and formed to provide abutment shoulders for the ends of the sheathes about the control cables and to pass the cable ends therethrough, spring means in compression acting against said supporting member and on said reciprocal means for holding the latter in yielding engagement with the ends of said sheathes to relatively fix them as necessary for cable actuation therethrough, and a control lever attached to said second pivotal member for actuation thereof and for actuation of said first pivotal member therethrough.

Claim 8

An operating mechanism for a remotely disposed rear view mirror assembly having fixed axes of pivotal support and which allows preassembly of the operating mechanism and mirror assembly with sheathed cables of fixed length therebetween, said operating mechanism comprising; a supporting member for attachment to a receptive vehicle wall panel to provide a stationary fixed support, a transverse slot formed in said supporting member across one end and having a first pivotal member received in said slot, said slot having opposite side walls precluding other than transverse movement of said first pivotal member in said slot and an inner wall surface conducive of pivotal movement of said first member as held in engagement therewith, a slot opening in said first pivotal member transversely therethrough and having a second pivotal member received anD pinned for pivotal movement therewithin, means for attaching and fixing control cable ends to said first and second pivotal members on opposite sides of their respective pivotal axes, reciprocal means guided on the other end of said supporting member and formed to provide abutment shoulders for the ends of the sheathes about the control cables and to pass the cable ends therethrough, spring means in compression acting against said supporting member and on said reciprocal means for holding the latter in yielding engagement with the ends of said sheathes to relatively fix them as necessary for cable actuation therethrough, and a control lever attached to said second pivotal member for actuation thereof and for actuation of said first pivotal member therethrough.