Supports – Pipe or cable – Extending through plate
Patent
1988-01-25
1989-05-23
Henry, Jon W.
Supports
Pipe or cable
Extending through plate
248467, G02B 718
Patent
active
048324752
ABSTRACT:
A conventional mirror will quickly fog when exposed to the extremely humid environment of the shower. This is because the moisture contained in the warm ambient air condenses on the relatively cooler mirror surface. An effective way to remedy this problem is to heat the mirror surface to a sufficient temperature to combat condensation of the moisture in the ambient air. This invention provides an effective method and apparatus to combat fog formation. This invention utilizes relatively simple construction to provide a low cost, safe, highly portable, efficient and effective method and apparatus to provide a non fogging shower mirror. To achieve this, the inventive device (10) incorporates a mirror, attached to a reservoir (14). This reservoir (14) holds a thermal mass of warm water. The thermal energy of this warm water is conducted through the mirror (12) substrate to the mirror surface, thus raising the temperature of the mirror (12) surface sufficiently to effectively combat moisture condensation and thus combat fog formation. The reservoir (14) includes a filling orifice (18), suspension hook hole (16) and water exit port (20). The user fills the inventive device (10) with water through the filling orifice (18) and hangs the inventive device (10) by a hook secured to the shower wall and inserted in suspension hook hole (16). The water in the reservoir (14) slowly escapes through the action of gravity through water exit port (20), thus leaving an empty reservoir.
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