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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1989
Toshihide Kimisawa, Yokohama, JP;
Nifco, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An automobile ashtray device includes a housing open at the front end thereof, an ashtray body slidably disposed within the housing, a link mechanism including one pair of stays of equal length, a biasing device provided upon the link mechanism for elongating the link mechanism and biasing the ashtray body toward the opening of the housing, and a lock device for locking the ashtray body at an accommodated position within the housing against the biasing force of the biasing device. The stays are pivoted to each other in a manner having the configuration of the figure X and each of the stays has one end connected to the housing and the other end in contact with the ashtray body. The lock device is set releasable.