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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Jun Kondou, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Mitsumasa Ogihara, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Nisca Kabushiki Kaisha, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A hinge device which can be readjusted easily by bringing a rotating member into contact with a friction member. A first fixing member fixed to a copying machine and a second fixing member fixed to an ADF are connected to each other by means of a first shaft member bearing them so as to be free to rotate; the member has a rotating member fixed to a second shaft member arranged in parallel with the shaft member The member is put into contact with a friction member arranged on the shaft member to form a frictional portion. The member is always in contact with the member on its surface. A hole for bearing the shaft member is an oblong hole with its bottom surface which allows the shaft member to take rocking motions for an arbitrary adjustment of a contact pressure to the member A third shaft member is arranged as a shaft at the other end of the member apart from the portion where the shaft member is arranged, with a spring put between the shaft member and the shaft member