Outside rear-view mirror having a mechanically adjustable mirror glass

Claim 1

Outside rear-view mirror for a vehicle having a pedestal and a mirror housing which is swingably mounted to the pedestal, a backing member for a mirror glass being mounted to a universal joint including a rocker and being fastened to a base of the mirror housing, a handle adapted to be mounted within the interior of the vehicle and manipulatable in one or both of two transverse directions, and an adjustment device for adjusting the position of the mirror glass in response to a manipulation of the handle, said adjustment device including a flexible shaft, a first end of which is hung into the rocker projecting from the backing member transversely to the mirror glass and including a pinion engaging a toothed segment of the rocker, and a second end of which is fixedly coupled to a gear engaging a toothed rack which may be displaced longitudinally upon manipulating the handle, the toothed segment being supported on stands mounted to the mirror housing, and a rod intersecting transversely a segment which is journalled rotatably into aligned holes of projections from the backing element so as to form said universal joint, the rocker being formed as a shackle embracing laterally the toothed segment between the stands, the pinion being held rotatably by arms of said shackle.