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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2018
Tok, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Nobutoshi Orita, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sakamaki, Tokyo, JP;
TOK, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rotary damper having a simple self-standing mechanism which does not cause an inconvenience such as bounce of an opening/closing member at an end of an opening operation of the opening/closing member such as toilet lid is provided. A rotary damper has a housing, a shaft, a vane, a sliding member, an O ring, and a cap as main components. A shaft portion, formed in a pressure chamber of the housing, includes a blade portion protruding in an axial direction of the shaft portion. A cutout portion is formed in a center portion between both ends of the blade portion. On another side surface of the blade portion, a first groove is formed in a circumferential direction from a base of the blade portion to the outer periphery of the shaft portion. A second groove is formed on the outer periphery of the shaft portion spaced from the first groove.