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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1998
Hideo Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A tilt hinge comprises a fixing member composed of a fixing base fixed to a main body of a device and a bearing plate; a rotating shaft having a small diameter part rotatably born at the bearing plate of this fixing member; a first friction washer placed between a large diameter part of the rotating shaft and one side surface of the bearing plate with its small diameter part being inserted into and passed through its central part; a second friction washer arranged to be contacted with the other side surface of the bearing plate with the small diameter part being inserted through its central part; a pressing plain washer arranged to be contacted with this second friction washer with the small diameter part being inserted into and passed through its central part; wherein the end part of the small diameter part is press fitted to cause the first friction washer to be press contacted between the bearing plate and the large diameter part and the second friction washer to be press contacted between the bearing plate and the spring washer.