Title: Document reading apparatus

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Abstract: A document reading apparatus is disclosed which is worn on the head of a user in the manner of a pair of spectacles and which comprises an elongated frame having a near end worn in front of and close to the face of a user and a far end worn in front of and remote from the face of a user, a pair of temples connected to the near end of the frame and engageable over the ears of a user, a pair of spaced nose pads depending centrally from the near end of the frame between the temples and adapted to rest on the nose of a user, a document holder supported on and above the frame, and at least one mirror supported on the frame for reflecting the image appearing on a document held by the document holder into the eyes of a user. In one embodiment of the apparatus for reading a document having a reversed image the document holder is an upright panel supported on and across the near end of the frame, and a single mirror is supported across the remote end of the frame facing the document holder and user. In a second embodiment of the apparatus for reading a document having an erect image a pair of mirrors are provided, one across the near end of the frame and the other across the far end of the frame facing each other. The document holder of the second embodiment is a transparent panel supported in a downwardly inclined position across the top edges of the two mirrors. A document supported on top of the transparent panel with its indicia face down is viewed by the near mirror which reflects a reversed image of the document toward the remote mirror, the remote mirror in turn erects the image received from the near mirror and reflects the erected image into the eyes of the user.


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