ASSISTING MECHANISM OF MOVABLE BODY
First Claim
1. An assisting mechanism for a movable body, comprising:
- a striker provided on one of a main body and a movable body combined on the main body to be capable of reciprocal movement between a reference position and a deployment position; and
a catcher provided on the other of the main body and the movable body for catching the striker in a prescribed position when the movable body is operated to move forward toward a reference position, and for assisting the forward movement of the movable body to the reference position;
wherein the catcher is supported on a base to be capable of reciprocal movement between a standby position where the striker can be caught or released and a final position, and sliding movement toward the final position after rotating at a fixed angle from the standby position during forward movement from the standby position; and
at least holding the catcher in the standby position and said sliding movement is made by urging of an urging device provided on the base;
said holding is released and forward rotation of the catcher is started when the striker is caught by the catcher in the standby position by the forward movement of the movable body, and the forward movement is assisted by said urging from a mid-course of the forward movement.
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Abstract
A catcher is supported on a base to be capable of reciprocal movement between a standby position where a striker can be caught or released and a final position, and moves slidingly toward the final position after rotating at a fixed angle from the standby position during forward movement from the standby position. Holding of the state in which the catcher is in the standby position, and the aforementioned sliding movement, are accomplished by urging of an urging device provided on the base. The aforementioned holding is released and forward rotation of the catcher is started when the striker is caught by the catcher in the standby position by forward movement of a movable body, and this forward movement is assisted by the aforementioned urging from mid-course of this forward movement.
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11 Claims
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1. An assisting mechanism for a movable body, comprising:
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a striker provided on one of a main body and a movable body combined on the main body to be capable of reciprocal movement between a reference position and a deployment position; and a catcher provided on the other of the main body and the movable body for catching the striker in a prescribed position when the movable body is operated to move forward toward a reference position, and for assisting the forward movement of the movable body to the reference position; wherein the catcher is supported on a base to be capable of reciprocal movement between a standby position where the striker can be caught or released and a final position, and sliding movement toward the final position after rotating at a fixed angle from the standby position during forward movement from the standby position; and at least holding the catcher in the standby position and said sliding movement is made by urging of an urging device provided on the base; said holding is released and forward rotation of the catcher is started when the striker is caught by the catcher in the standby position by the forward movement of the movable body, and the forward movement is assisted by said urging from a mid-course of the forward movement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An assisting mechanism for a movable body, comprising:
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a striker provided on either one of a main body and a movable body combined on the main body to be capable of reciprocal movement between a reference position and a deployment position; and a catcher, provided on the other of the main body and the movable body, for catching the striker in a prescribed position when the movable body is operated to move forward toward the reference position, and for assisting the forward movement of the movable body to the reference position; wherein the catcher is supported on a base to be capable of reciprocal movement between a standby position where the striker can be caught or released and a final position; at least holding the catcher in the standby position, and the forward movement from the standby position to the final position, are accomplished by urging of an urging device provided on the base;
a damping device is provided for applying a damping force to the forward movement of the catcher; andthe damping device is arranged between the catcher and one end of the base having a width and a length, and the urging device is arranged between the catcher and the other end of the base.
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