Patent ID: 6584646
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: E05D,E05Y,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A tilt hinge for office automation equipment, comprising:a mounting member, having a mounting plate part and a bearing plate part provided at a right angle with respect to the mounting plate part; an engaging curl part provided with elasticity and disposed at a tip of said bearing plate part of the mounting member; a shaft having a torque generating part press fitted into the engaging curl part; and a bracket mounted on the said shaft; said engaging curl part is partitioned by an expanding slot, and thereby provided with a fastening curl part, having a fastening curl member and a bearing hole of a substantially circular cross-sectional shape through the fastening curl member, and a modified fastening part having a modified bearing hole of a substantially D-like cross-sectional shape with an axial center thereof being in common with the fastening curl part; said fastening curl member engaged to said bearing plate part by a screw via non-rotational washer; said torque generating part of said shaft comprising a main torque generating part, haying a substantially circular cross-sectional shape, press fitted into said fastening curl part; and, a sub torque generating part, having a substantially D-like cross-sectional shape, press fitted into said modified fastening part; said fastening curl part generating a relative rotational torque between said main torque generating part and said engaging curl part being adjustable by moving the fastening curl member of said fastening curl part in a circumferential direction by means of said screw; said modified fastening part generating a strong relative rotational torque in a predetermined rotation angle of said shaft between said sub torque generating part and said modified fastening part; and said bracket mounted on the shaft by inserting a mounting part to a modified mounting hole, and by passing through a fixing pin in a radial direction.