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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2000
Hans-Joachim Fuchs, Dorfprozelten, DE;
Peter Fuerst, Bürgstadt, DE;
Herwig Polzer, Miltenberg, DE;
Donnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
An arrangement for cleaning the mirror element of an outside rear view mirror is disclosed. The arrangement includes a washing nozzle, which is disposed in the region of the outside rear view mirror on a motor vehicle and from which a jet of a cleaning liquid may be discharged. The position of the mirror element ( ) relative to the body of the motor vehicle is variable, whereas the washing nozzle ( ) is connected in a fixed manner to the body. To improve the cleaning action of the washing to nozzle ( ), the mirror element ( ) may be adjusted between a normal position, in which the driver may observe the traffic behind him in the mirror element ( ), and a cleaning position, in which an advantageous angle for cleaning, in particular a steep angle arises between the mirror plane of the mirror element ( ) and the jet of cleaning liquid.