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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1991
Toranosuke Sakuma, Shimizu, JP;
Atsushi Yamada, Shimizu, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vanity mirror of the type including a mirror, an illuminating portion having a lamp, and a cover for covering and exposing the front surface of the mirror, with the lamp being turned on and off in response to opening and closing of the cover, and particularly adapted for incorporating in a sun visor of an automobile. A lens covering the front side of the lamp is displaceable in fore and aft directions, and there is provided a bias mechanism for biasing forward the lens and a mechanism for displacing the lens in response to the closing of the cover. The lens is displaced forward in response to the opening of the cover and by the bias mechanism, thus, the affect of the heat of the lamp on the lens can be minimized.