This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
A preferred embodiment of a wiper for an automobile rear-view mirror in the present invention, as shown in
The rear-view mirror 1 has its front side provided with a mirror surface 11 provided with one upper corner bored with an insert hole 12 extending through the rear side of the rear-view mirror 1, and its rear side bored with a plurality of threaded holes 13.
The wiper transmission device 2 installed at the rear side of the rear-view mirror 1 is composed of a base 20, a cover 21, a transmission motor 23, a speed-change gear unit 24 and a driven gear 25.
The base 20 is formed with an accommodating chamber 200 and provided in the interior with a bearing 201 with a shaft hole 202. The accommodating chamber 200 is disposed with a protruding stop block 203 and two recessed positioning holes 204 in the interior. The base 20 further has its outer circumferential edge disposed with a plurality of lugs 205 spaced apart and respectively bored with an insert hole 206.
The cover 21 to be covered on the base 20 is formed with an accommodating chamber 210 and has its outer circumferential edge fixed with plural lugs 211 spaced apart to match with the lugs 205 of the base 20 and respectively having an insert hole 212. A plurality of locking bolts 22 are respectively inserted through the insert holes 212 of the cover 21 and the insert holes 206 of the base 20 and firmly screwed with the threaded holes 13 at the rear side of the rear-view mirror 1 for fixing the base 20 on the rear side of the rear-view mirror 1. The cover 21 is fixed with a motor holder 213 having its inner side bored with an insert hole 214 communicating with the accommodating chamber 210, which is bored with two recessed positioning holes 215 in the inner side.
The transmission motor 23 is nearly half received in the motor holder 213 of the cover 21 and has its rotating shaft fixed thereon with a driving gear 230 inserted through the insert hole 214 in the inner side of the motor holder 213 and then positioned in the accommodating chamber 210 of the cover 21.
The speed-change gear unit 24 is installed in the accommodating chambers 200 and 210 of the base 20 and the cover 21, having two support shafts 240 respectively fitted thereon with plural different-sized gears engaged with each other. The two support shafts 240 have one end respectively inserted and positioned in the two recessed positioning holes 204 of the base 20 and the other end respectively positioned in the two recessed positioning holes 215 of the cover 21. A first gear 241 of the speed-change gear unit 24 is engaged with the driving gear 230 of the transmission motor 23.
The driven gear 25 is positioned in the accommodating chamber 200 of the base 20 and engaged with a second gear 242 of the speed-change gear unit 24. The driven gear 25 is provided with a projecting block 250 and fitted thereon with a rotating shaft 251 inserted through both the shaft hole 202 of the bearing 201 and the insert hole 12 of the rear-view mirror 1. The rotating shaft 251 of the driven gear 25 has one side formed with a cut face 252 and has its outer end bored with an annular groove 253.
The connecting rod 3 is connected with the rotating shaft 251 of the driven gear 25 and positioned on the front side of the rear-view mirror 1. The connecting rod 3 is bored with a shaft hole 30 having a same-shaped cross section as the cut face 252 of the rotating shaft 251 of the driven gear 25 for the rotating shaft 251 to be inserted and positioned stably therein.
The wiper 4 fitted on the connecting rod 3 is made of soft material and provided with an elastic strip 40 in the interior so that when the wiper 4 is swayed and has its end pushing against the edge of the mirror surface 11, the outer end of the wiper 4 will be elastically pressed to become curved. The outer end portion of the wiper 4 closely contacts with the surface 11 of the rear-view mirror 1.
The positioning member 5 is fixed at one side of the connecting rod 3 and firmly fitted on the outer end of the rotating shaft 251 of the driven gear 25. The positioning member 5 is bored inside with a recessed hole 40 having a projecting ring 51 secured in the interior to be engaged in the annular groove 253 of the rotating shaft 251 of the driven gear 25 for fixing one end of the connecting rod 3 on the rotating shaft 251 of the driven gear 25, thus finishing assembly of the wiper for the rear-view mirror 1.
To wipe out rain water on the surface 11 of the rear-view mirror 1, as shown in
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.