Patent ID: 8130488

Claim:
A display screen turning apparatus comprising: a display screen support member provided with a first gear and supporting a display screen portion; a horizontal rotating plate rotatable in a horizontal plane, supporting said display screen support member and rotating said display screen support member in the horizontal plane; a vertical support member fixed to said horizontal rotating plate and supporting said display screen support member rotatably in an anteroposterior direction with respect to a vertical plane; and a rack plate provided with a second gear meshing with said first gear and moveable linearly in a prescribed direction, regardless of a rotating angle of said horizontal rotating plate in the horizontal plane, wherein said second gear is provided rotatably with respect to said rack plate in the horizontal plane, corresponding to a rotating of said horizontal rotating plate in the horizontal plane, and said first gear meshed with said second gear moves by movement of said second gear in said prescribed direction following linear movement of said rack plate in said prescribed direction in the horizontal plane, thereby rotating said display screen support member in the anteroposterior direction by a prescribed angle with respect to the vertical plane.