Mechanism for opening and closing a lid
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorToshio Hirohata
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Abstract
A mechanism for opening and closing a lid is disclosed, which includes a rotary damper and an auxiliary rotary damper. An input gear of the rotary damper is in mesh with an output gear of a lid. An input gear of the auxiliary rotary damper is in mesh with the output gear of the lid or the input gear of the rotary damper. Thus, the lid can be sufficiently braked during the opening and closing operations.
Claims5
A mechanism for pivotal opening and closing a lid through at least substantially 90 degrees, comprising a shaft connected to and pivoting with said lid, an output gear provided on said shaft, a rotary damper having an input gear in mesh with the output gear of said lid, and at least one auxiliary rotary damper having an input gear in mesh with the input gear of said rotary damper or the output gear of said lid, the diameter of the input gear of said at least one auxiliary rotary damper being smaller than than of the input gear of said rotary damper.
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