Slide hinge for small-sized information terminal

A slide hinge for a small-sized information terminal wherein a first casing provided with keyboard portion and a second casing provided with a display portion are relatively slid, said slide hinge comprising:

• a linear slide means provided between said first casing and said second casing;
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• a turning means for performing a turning operation accompanying linear slide operations of said first casing and said second casing by said slide means;
• said slide means composed of a first guide groove provided on an undersurface of said second casing, a guide pin engaged with said first groove and attached to an upper surface of said first casing;
• said turning means composed of a rotary hinge provided on an upper surface of one side portion of said first casing, a turning member rotatably attached to said rotary hinge by one end portion thereof in a horizontal direction, a second pin attached to a free end portion of said turning member and engaged with a second groove provided on said undersurface of said second casing in cross direction of said first guide groove.