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Sliding accommodation type liquid crystal display device

  • US 5,173,686 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1990
  • Issued: 12/22/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sliding accommodation type liquid crystal display device comprising:

  • a main body of an apparatus;

    a liquid crystal display unit supported slidably for movement between a first position where it is accommodated within said main body of the apparatus and a second where it is drawn out from said main body, and supported rotatably at a backside end thereof so as to be rotatable downward and by some amount upward with respect to said main body when in said second position where it is drawn out from said main body;

    excessive rotation detecting means for generating a detection signal when said unit is rotated by some amount upward when in said second position where it is drawn out from said main body;

    driving means for effecting sliding movement of said liquid crystal display unit from said second position to said first position with respect to said main body of the apparatus; and

    control means for causing said drive means to effect movement of said liquid crystal display unit from said second position to said first position with respect to said main body of the apparatus in response to said detection signal from said excessive rotation detecting means.

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