Patent ID: 7895710

Claim:
A hinge apparatus comprising: a first hinge member, a second hinge member turnably connected to said first hinge member, a movable member arranged on a turning axial line of said first and second hinge members in such a manner as to be turnable about the turning axial line and movable in the direction of the turning axial line, and a biasing means adapted to bias said movable member toward said first hinge member, said first hinge member and said movable member having confronting surfaces, wherein one of said confronting surfaces is provided with a plurality of end face cam surfaces extending in a peripheral direction about the turning axial line and equally spacedly arranged in the peripheral direction about the turning axial line, and a raised wall surface disposed between two of said end face cam surfaces which are adjacent in the peripheral direction, a distal end portion of said raised wall surface extending toward the other of said confronting surfaces in the direction of the turning axial line, the other of said confronting surfaces being provided with a plurality of abutment parts being urged against said plurality of end face cam surfaces by the biasing force of said biasing means and adapted to co-act with said plurality of end face cam surfaces to convert the biasing force of said biasing means to a turn biasing force for turning said second hinge member through said movable member, a recess being formed in a basal end portion of said raised wall surface, said basal end portion located spacedly from said other of said confronting surfaces, said recess located at the intersection of said basal end portion of said raised wall surface and said end face cam surface so as to extend into said raised wall surface in the peripheral direction about said turning axial line and arranged on an extension of said end face cam surface, said raised wall surface being located between said recess and the other of said confronting surfaces in the direction of said turning axial line.