Hinge

Abstract

This invention relates to a hinge providing a pivotal connection, with a braking force against pivoting between a cylindrical holding body and a shaft body. The hinge includes a cylindrical holding body having a circular section hollow portion and provided with a mounting part, a shaft body having, at its tip, a cylindrical portion in which at least one axially extending slot is formed and a mounting part on the base end side of the cylindrical part, and a spring press-fitted into a portion of the cylindrical part where the slot is formed. The portion of the cylindrical part where the slot is formed, in turn, is press-fitted into the hollow of the cylindrical holding body. Since the independent spring is press-fitted into the cylindrical part of the shaft body, the hinge acts a stable braking force on the pivoting motion between the cylindrical holding body and the shaft body over a long period of time without age-based reduction in elastic force of the spring 3, even if frequently operated.

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