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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1998
Yoshitada Moriyasu, Katano, JP;
Abstract
A compact configuration of a video camera was conventionally hindered by a control mechanism which required a large space in a casing of a VTR unit. In the present invention, a reference numeral 6 represents a rotating shaft of a monitor screen unit (2), which passes through a holding member (8) and a open/close load member (10), and has a tip having a section in a D-like shape. A reference numeral 7 designates a fixed plate which is fixed to the monitor screen unit (2) and to which a rotating shaft (6) is fixed by caulking. A reference numeral 8 denotes the holding member, and a reference numeral 9 represents an open/close shaft which is fixed to a recorder/reproducer unit (1) with a screw, and passes through the holding member (8) and a carting portion of the open/close load member (10), and is forcibly fitted into the carting portion to produce a torque for rotating the holding member (8). An open/close shaft (9) has ends having an section in an oval shape, over which an open/close restricting plate (5) is forcibly fitted, and a side plate 4 is fitted over this open/close restricting plate from outside and fixed to the holding member (8) with a screw.