Patent ID: 7957129

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a display body having a display surface which displays information, at one surface side, the display body being attached to a main body; a supporting mechanism including a supporting axis provided to a lower portion of the display body and a cylinder provided to the main body to support the supporting axis rotatably inside the cylinder, wherein the supporting mechanism supports the display body to be movable between a vertical position at which the display surface is vertical and an inclined position at which the display surface is inclined; a pressing mechanism comprising an elastic member for storing repulsive force by being pressed by the display body as the display body moves from the vertical position to the inclined position, wherein the elastic member presses the display body in a direction from the inclined position to the vertical position via the repulsive force; and a position holding mechanism comprising a first contact member provided in the cylinder on the supporting axis and a second contact member provided in the cylinder for pressing the first contact member in an axis direction of the supporting axis, wherein the position holding mechanism holds the display body at an optional position, of the vertical position and the inclined position, by contact friction generated between the first contact member and the second contact member due to the pressing by the second contact member to the first contact member, wherein the elastic member comprises a torsion spring, whose opening/closing center of two arms thereof is provided concentric with the supporting axis, and wherein the pressing mechanism comprises: an arm holder for holding one of the arms; and an arm pressing part, which is a part of the display body, and which presses the other arm to be closed as the display body moves from the vertical position to the inclined position so that the torsion spring stores repulsive force.