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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Kem Hongkong Limited, Tsimshatsui Kowloon, HK;
Tetsuo Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
KEM HONGKONG LIMITED, Tsimshatsui Kowloon, HK;
Abstract
A hinge device for opening and closing a relatively lightweight cover, as well as office equipment using such a hinge device. A hinge device includes an attaching part attached to the office equipment side, the supporting part attached to the cover side, a hinge shaft for rotatably coupling the attaching part and the supporting part, a slider provided inside the supporting part so as to be slidable in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the hinge shaft, a cam portion formed on the attaching part, a cam bearing portion formed on the slider, an urging means for urging the slider toward the attaching member and bringing the cam bearing portion into a pressurized contact with the cam portion.