Patent ID: 7380313

Claim:
A hinge device connected with an open/close hinge for opening and closing a main body and a lid body in an open/close direction and a turning hinge for turning said main body and said lid body in a direction orthogonal to said open/close direction of the open/close hinge: wherein said open/close hinge comprises a pair of mounting members for mounting said open/close hinge on said main body in a manner to face each other leaving a space between them, and a bracket member attached between respective mounting plates of the respective mounting members via a first shaft member and a second shaft member in a manner to be pivotable in the open/close direction; wherein said turning hinge comprises a third shaft member attached in a manner to be turnable in the direction orthogonal to the open/close direction with respect to said bracket member, and a supporting member attached to said lid body, which is fixed to the third shaft member; wherein a restriction means for restricting the open/close operation of said open/close hinge and turning operation of said turning hinge is provided between said open/close hinge and said turning hinge; and wherein said restriction means comprises: a restriction pin slidably supported between either any one of said first shaft member or said second shaft member and said third shaft member; an elastic means for slidably biasing the restriction pin in one direction; a locking groove provided at the outer periphery of the third shaft member so as to insert one end of said restriction pin therein in compliance with a rotation angle of said third shaft member; and an engaging groove provided on either one side of said first shaft member or said second shaft member, which faces onto the other end of the restriction pin so as to insert the other end of said restriction pin therein in compliance with a rotation angle of said bracket member so that the operation of said turning hinge is permissible only at a prescribed open angle of said open/close hinge, and the operation of said open/close hinge is permissible only at a prescribed turn angle of said turning hinge.