EP0163790A1 - Miroir avec support - Google Patents

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EP0163790A1
EP0163790A1 EP84307209A EP84307209A EP0163790A1 EP 0163790 A1 EP0163790 A1 EP 0163790A1 EP 84307209 A EP84307209 A EP 84307209A EP 84307209 A EP84307209 A EP 84307209A EP 0163790 A1 EP0163790 A1 EP 0163790A1
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mirror
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Noel E. Zeller
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
    • A47G1/02—Mirrors used as equipment
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D42/00—Hand, pocket, or shaving mirrors

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  • This invention relates to mirrors and more particularly, to a novel and highly-effective magnifying mirror that is portable and lighted and that can be held in the hand or supported on a horizontal surface or in a wall-mounted holster in a variety of positions for convenient use.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a mirror that avoids the problems of conventional mirrors noted above.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a mirror that is easily portable, that can be held in the hand or separately supported in a position that can be adjusted for easy use, that can be utilized under conditions of dim ambient light regardless of the availability of house current, and that is inexpensive to manufacture.
  • a mirror comprising a housing, a reflector mounted on the housing, illuminating means mounted adjacent to the reflector for illuminating a subject postioned before the reflecor, land an electric circuit for actuating the illuminating means.
  • a handle is. provided, together with pivot means pivotally connecting the handle to the housing.
  • a detent selectively retains the handle in any of a plurality of different angular detent positions with respect to the reflector.
  • the mirror can thus be utilized optionally by placing it on a support or holding it by hand, the handle being retained in a selected one of the angular positions.
  • the reflector is concave, whereby the mirror produces a magnified image and the illuminating means comprises at least two lamps respectively positioned adjacent to opposite edges of the reflector.
  • the handle is hollow, the electric circuit is at least partly accommodated within the handle, and the handle pivot comprises a pair of hollow bearings.
  • the electric circuit is at least partly accommodated within the handle and comprises separate branches respectively extending through the bearings and to the lamps.
  • the handle can be pivoted from a first position in the well to second, third and fourth detent positions which are respectively angularly removed from the first position by substantially 45°, 85°, and 180°.
  • a bracket is selectively engageable with the mirror for storing the mirror in a position such that it can be used while so stored.
  • the bracket comprises a holster which accommodates the handle and a wall mount and means for pivotally connecting the holster to the wall mount.
  • the holster is formed with a lower opening permitting passage of the circuit, whereby the illuminating means can be powered by house current while the handle is accommodated in the holster.
  • the circuit comprises means for selectively connecting and disconnecting the circuit adjacent to the handle, whereby the illuminating means can be powered by house current with the handle inserted in or removed from the holster.
  • the plug is formed with a resilient portion which can be manually squeezed to facilitate the connecting and disconnecting and with stop means for fixing the position of the plug longitudinally with respect to the lower opening in the holster.
  • the circuit comprises means for rectifying and transforming house current and a second plug for connection to house current.
  • a power source is mounted in the handle, whereby the lamps can be actuated independently of house current.
  • the power source is rechargeable and comprises a plurality of nickel-cadmium batteries.
  • Figs. 1-15 show a mirror 10 constructed in accordance with the invention, and Figs. 1-7 additionally show bracket means 12 selectively engageable with the mirror 10 for storing the mirror in a position such that it can be used while so stored.
  • the mirror 10 comprises a housing 14 and a reflector 16 mounted on the housing 14.
  • Illuminating means 18 is mounted adjacent to the reflector 16 for illuminating a subject positioned before the reflector 16.
  • Circuit means 20, shown for example in Figs. 7 and 16, is connected to the illuminating means 18 for actuating the illuminating means 18.
  • a handle 22 is provided, together with pivot means 24 pivotally connecting the handle 22 to the housing 14.
  • Detent means 26 selectively retains the handle 22 in any of a plurality of different angular detent positions with respect to the reflector 16.
  • the housing means 14 comprises a hollow plastic casing formed by parts 28 and 30 which are united by a sonic weld 32.
  • the reflector 16 is attached to one side of the casing, as Fig. 6 for example shows, and the illuminating means 18 is mounted within the casing behind the reflector 16.
  • the casing is formed on the side 34 opposite the reflector 16 with a well 36, and the handle 22 can be pivoted so that it is substantially accommodated within the well 36.
  • the reflector 16 is concave, whereby the mirror 10 produces a magnified image.
  • the illuminating means 18 comprises two lamps 38 respectively positioned adjacent to opposite edges of the reflector 16.
  • the pivot means 24 comprises a pair of hollow bearings 40, and the circuit means 20 comprises separate branches 42 and 44 resspectively extending through the bearings 40 and to the lamps 38.
  • the handle 22 can be pivoted from a first position in the well, as illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15, to second, third and fourth detent positions which are respectively angularly removed from the first position by substantially 45°, 85° and 180°.
  • Fig. 13 illustrates the detent position in which the handle forms an angle of substantially 85° with respect to the position occupied by the handle when it is accommodated within the well as shown in Figs. 14 and 15.
  • Figs. 3, 6, 10 and 11, for example illustrate the detent position in which the handle is angularly removed from its position in the well by substantially 180°.
  • the bracket means 12 is selectively engageable with the mirror 10 for storing the mirror in a position such that it can be used while so stored.
  • Figs. 1-7 illustrate the mirror 10 stored in the bracket means 12, the handle 22 of the mirror 10 being fully opened to a position angularly removed from the well position by 180°.
  • the bracket means 12 comprises a holster 46 which accommodates the handle 22.
  • the bracket means 12 further comprises a wall mount 48 and means 50 for pivotally connecting the holster 46 to the wall mount 48.
  • the circuit means 20 comprises a plug 52 for selectively connecting and disconnecting the circuit 20 adjacent to the handle 22, whereby the illuminating means 18 can be powered by house current with the handle 22 inserted in or removed from the holster 46.
  • the plug 52 is formed with a resilient portion 54 best shown in Figs. 6 and 7 which can be manually squeezed to facilitate the connecting and disconnecting of the circuit means 20.
  • the plug 52 is also formed with stop means 56 in the form of protrusions engageable with the inside and outside of flanges 58 projecting inwardly into an aperture 60 formed in the bottom of the holster 46. Stop means 56 cooperates with the flanges 58 in order to fix the position of the plug 52 longitudinally with respect to the lower openings or aperture 60 in the holster 46.
  • the circuit 20 comprises means 62 (Fig. 16) for rectifying and transforming house current, and a second plug 64 for connection to house current.
  • the circuit 20 further comprises a power source such as battery means 66 (Fig. 16) mounted in the handle 22, whereby the illuminating means 18 can be actuated independently of house current.
  • a power source such as battery means 66 (Fig. 16) mounted in the handle 22, whereby the illuminating means 18 can be actuated independently of house current.
  • the power source 66 is preferably a rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery consisting of four cells connected in series. Such a battery delivers about 4.8 volts when fully charged and in normal operation about 4.5 volts at an output of 600 milliamperes.
  • the lamps 38 constituting the illuminating means 30 are connected in parallel as shown in Fig. 16.
  • the rectifier/transformer 62 when connected as shown in Fig. 16 also functions as a charger for the battery 66.
  • a switch 68 well shown in Figs. 2, 7 and 16 is adapted to turn both bulbs 38 on or off together while leaving the battery 66 connected to the charger 62 for charging.
  • Access doors 70 facilitate bulb replacement, and portions 72 on the front side of the mirror are transparent or, preferably, translucent, so that the illuminating means can irradiate a subject positioned before the mirror 10.
  • the mirror can be positioned in a multitude of ways for easy use. It can be positioned as shown in Fig. 1, for example, in its holster, and it can also be positioned pivoted 180° about the vertical axis. As shown in Fig. 3, the mirror would then be facing the wall 74 on which the wall support 48 is mounted. To use the mirror, it then needs merely to be pivoted counterclockwise until it faces the user.
  • the pivot 50 between the holster 46 and wall mount 48 enables the mirror to be pivoted clockwise or counterclockwise as seen in Fig. 4 and 5.
  • the mirror can be withdrawn from the holster and held in the band with the handle 22 fully extended as shown in Figs. 10 and 11.
  • the mirror can also be placed on a flat surface such as a dresser or table with the handle 22 retained in an intermediate detent position as shown in Fig. 13.
  • the mirror can be lighted by battery or by house current.
  • the opening 60 in the bottom of the holster 46 makes it possible to plug the circuit 20 into house current while the mirror 10 is accommodated within the holster 46.
  • the plug 52 can be disconnected, the mirror 10 withdrawn from the holster 46, and the plug 52 can then be reconnected with the mirror withdrawn from the holster 46 as shown in Figs. 10 and 11.
  • a novel and highly-effective magnifying mirror that is portable and lighted and that can be held in the hand or supported on a horizontal surface or in a wall-mounted holster in a variety of positions for convenient use.
  • the mirror avoids the problems of conventional mirrors and is easily portable, can be held in the hand or separately supported in a position that can be adjusted for easy use, and can be utilized under conditions of dim ambient light regardless of the availability of house current.
  • the mirror is inexpensive to manufacture.

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1991012753A1 (fr) * 1990-02-28 1991-09-05 John Derek Inwards Ensemble a miroir ameliore
GB2322547A (en) * 1997-02-28 1998-09-02 David Fabian Hand mirror with pivoting handle
GB2340618A (en) * 1998-07-22 2000-02-23 Gee Dental mirror
US8203098B2 (en) 2006-05-09 2012-06-19 Trumpf Laser-Und Systemtechnik Gmbh Laser processing machines and methods for providing a gas to the beam guide of a laser processing machine

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US708239A (en) * 1901-05-04 1902-09-02 Bernard C Lyon Folding mirror-support.
US856497A (en) * 1905-12-21 1907-06-11 Arthur Dudley Southam Illuminating-mirror.
AT101592B (de) * 1924-12-24 1925-11-10 Josef Dr Zelisko Elektrische Rasierlampe.
US2224259A (en) * 1938-11-03 1940-12-10 Florman Irving Toilet device
DE2323039A1 (de) * 1973-05-08 1974-11-28 Allstar Verbrauchsgueter Gmbh Spiegel mit handgriff und halter

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US708239A (en) * 1901-05-04 1902-09-02 Bernard C Lyon Folding mirror-support.
US856497A (en) * 1905-12-21 1907-06-11 Arthur Dudley Southam Illuminating-mirror.
AT101592B (de) * 1924-12-24 1925-11-10 Josef Dr Zelisko Elektrische Rasierlampe.
US2224259A (en) * 1938-11-03 1940-12-10 Florman Irving Toilet device
DE2323039A1 (de) * 1973-05-08 1974-11-28 Allstar Verbrauchsgueter Gmbh Spiegel mit handgriff und halter

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1991012753A1 (fr) * 1990-02-28 1991-09-05 John Derek Inwards Ensemble a miroir ameliore
GB2322547A (en) * 1997-02-28 1998-09-02 David Fabian Hand mirror with pivoting handle
GB2322547B (en) * 1997-02-28 2000-11-29 David Fabian Hand held mirror with movable handle
GB2340618A (en) * 1998-07-22 2000-02-23 Gee Dental mirror
US8203098B2 (en) 2006-05-09 2012-06-19 Trumpf Laser-Und Systemtechnik Gmbh Laser processing machines and methods for providing a gas to the beam guide of a laser processing machine

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