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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukio Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 8/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 8/800 ;
Abstract
A panel driving device turns an openable panel inside out by rotating the openable panel by 180° about a rotation center shaft and moving the rotation center shaft upward or downward during a specific period while the openable panel is rotated. The panel driving device is provided with a rotating mechanism for supporting the openable panel on a rotatable end of a rotary arm and rotating the openable panel, and a torque converting mechanism for converting part of a driving force of the rotating mechanism into a rotating force for rotating the rotary arm only during the specific period to rotate the rotary arm upward or downward. The openable panel can be turned inside out by a simple construction.