Appeal 2006-1508
Application 10/254,979
1. A damping mechanism for opening and closing an opening
and closing member for a device with an opening, comprising:
a shaft part attached to each end of the opening and
closing member and having a first shaft and a second shaft at a
predetermined distance away from the first shaft,
a rotatable arm adapted to be rotatably attached to said
device to engage the shaft part for supporting the same and
having a first long hole part engaging the first shaft and a
second long hole part engaging the second shaft and arranged to
incline relative to the first long hole part,
forcing means for urging the arm toward an opening
direction of the opening and closing member,
locking means for holding the opening and closing member
in a closed state relative to said device against a force of
the forcing means, and
guide means formed in said device and engaging the first
and second shafts of the shaft part for changing a position of
the shaft part relative to the arm according to a movement of
the opening and closing member, said guide means having a first
guide groove part and a second guide groove part communicating
with the first guide groove part for moving the first and
second shafts along a same track to open the opening and
closing member from a predetermined angle to a completely open
state thereof, said first shaft located in the first guide
groove part rotating around the second shaft and moving along
the first guide groove part and the first long hole part while
the second shaft slides along the second long hole part so that
the opening and closing member opens from a closed state
thereof to the predetermined angle.
THE REFERENCES
Ichimaru et al.
(Ichimaru) US 2001/0052524 A1 Dec. 20, 2001
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