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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juji Ojima, Ebina, JP;
Yuichi Nagase, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
16 85 ;
Abstract
A spring balancer having a compression coil spring and a friction ring. Properties of the spring and a friction force provided by the ring are designed to fit the moment of revolution of a lid that can be opened or closed upward and downward around a revolution or pivot axis. The balancer makes it possible to open or close the lid with a small force and allows stopping of the lid at any position in the whole process of the opening or the closing.