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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Yasuhiro Mitsui, Ichihara, JP;
Hironobu Sayama, Ichihara, JP;
Yasuhiro Mitsui, Ichihara, JP;
Hironobu Sayama, Ichihara, JP;
Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An opening/closing device includes a fixed plate, a moving plate movable relative to the fixed plate, a slide plate formed having a groove, a hinge including a first shaft connected to the fixed plate, a third shaft connected to the moving plate, and a second shaft between the first and third shafts, and moves the moving plate between closed and open positions relative to the fixed plate, a slide arm including a fourth shaft connected to the moving plate and a fifth shaft connected slidably along the groove, and moves the moving plate between the closed and open positions, a link arm having one end connected to the second shaft and the other to the fifth shaft. The fifth shaft slides inside the groove as the link arm moves along with the moving of the hinge when the moving plate is moved between the closed and open positions.