Patent ID: 8789863

Claim:
A handle apparatus, comprising: a stationary member; a handle rotatably connected to the stationary member via a handle rotating shaft, the handle having a first member; and a damper including: a rotor, inside which a dampening material is disposed, and rotatably connected to the stationary member; and a second member fixed to the rotor, wherein the first member and the second member are interlocked with each other through a slit and a projection, the slit being provided in either of the first and second members, the projection being provided on the other of the first and second members so as to loosely fit in the slit from an open position of the handle to a closed position of the handle, and wherein the second member extends from the rotor in a radial direction of the rotor and the projection extends from a portion of the second member in an axial direction of the rotor.