Patent ID: 6547288
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B41J,B65H,E05C,G03G,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
A mechanism provided to a fixed member and to a pivotable member, the pivotable member being pivotably attached to the fixed member so as to be pivotable about an imaginary pivot line with respect to the fixed member, the mechanism comprising:a pin provided to one of the fixed member and the pivotable member, the pin protruding in a direction substantially parallel with the imaginary pivot line and being axially centered on an imaginary circle that is centered on the imaginary pivot line; and a resiliently deformable slide rib provided to another of the fixed member and the pivotable member, the slide rib having an outwardly-curved surface eccentric with the imaginary circle, a one of the slide rib and the pin that is provided to the pivotable member following the imaginary circle when the pivotable member is pivoted open away from the fixed member, so that the outwardly-curved surface and the pin pressingly slide against each other.