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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiharu Kitamura, Komagane, JP;
Makoto Saitoh, Komagane, JP;
Eiji Watadani, Komagane, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Komagane, JP;
Naohiko Otake, Komagane, JP;
Assignee:
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/108 ;
Abstract
A shaft lock apparatus, whose tilt angle between the apparatus's shaft and its rotating member is adjusted by a stable friction torque, and whose structure is simple. It is furnished with a rotating member ( ) through which a shaft ( ) passes in a condition of free rotation, and with elastic pressure members ( ) and ( ) through which the shaft ( ) passes in a condition of bound rotation so as to keep the angle between the rotating member ( ) and the shaft ( ) at a desired degree by pressing against the rotating member ( ).