Hinge
AssigneeSimotec Inc.
InventorShinichi KOBAYASHI
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Abstract
A hinge, wherein, inter alia, intrusion of foreign matter in a contacting portion of a slide member and a cam member and resulting adhesion of an oil provided in the cam member to the foreign matter is reliability prevented from the closed state to the open state of a second wing member. The hinge is provided with an oil fence disposed on the outside close to the contacting portion of the cam member and slide member, the oil fence preventing, from the closed slate to the open state of the second wing member, foreign matter front intruding into the contacting portion of the slide member and cant member from the outside of the slide member and cant member.
Claims3
A hinge comprising:
- a first wing member fastened to a first to-be-coupled object;
- a cam member fastened to the first wing member;
- a second wing member that is fastened to a second to-be-coupled object and rotatably coupled to the first wing member with a rotating shaft, and shifts between an open state and a closed state with respect to the first wing member;
- a sliding member that is housed in the second wing member and moves toward the cam member and away from the cam member;
- an energizing member that energizes the sliding member toward the cam member until the sliding member comes into contact with the cam member;
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- an oil fence that is disposed near and outside contact parts of the cam member and the sliding member, and prevents intrusion of a foreign matter into an area near the contact parts of the sliding member and the cam member from outside of the sliding member and the cam member, from the closed state to the open state of the second wing member, the oil fence is supported by the sliding member and the cam member and configured to move along with rotation of the second wing member, the oil fence is supported by the sliding member and the cam member and configured to move along with rotation of the second wing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.