Patent ID: 8565594
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An opening/closing cover mechanism comprising: a housing having an accommodation chamber which accommodates an object therein; an opening/closing cover pivotally supported at a base end portion thereof by a hinge axis so as to openably close the accommodation chamber; a slide plate disposed in the opening/closing cover in such a manner as to freely make an reciprocating motion along one direction so as to freely slide, the slide plate sliding in the one direction in a state in which the opening/closing cover is closed, to lock the opening/closing cover when the slide plate is at the locked position; and a cam mechanism disposed in a facing portion defined between an opening edge of the accommodation chamber and an outer peripheral edge portion of the opening/closing cover, both of the edges being faced with each other in the state in which the opening/closing cover is closed, to function when the slide plate slides in the one direction in the state in which the opening/closing cover is closed, the cam mechanism being equipped with function of acting a pressing force on the opening/closing cover in an axial direction of the hinge axis.