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Computer terminal including multi-position attached keyboard

  • US 5,262,762 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1992
  • Issued: 11/16/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer terminal, comprising:

  • a frame;

    a keyboard; and

    support means for supporting the keyboard for movement relative to the frame including rotational movement about an axis which is transversely movable in a direction perpendicular to itself;

    including;

    a shaft which rotatably supports the keyboard coaxially with said axis and has opposite end portions which extend from the keyboard; and

    a pair of guide units for rotatably supporting and guiding said end portions of the shaft respectively for transverse movement in said direction, each of the guide units including;

    a rack which extends in said direction and has a toothed surface;

    two pinion gears which are spaced from each other in said direction and mesh with said toothed surface of the rack;

    a carrier which is rotatably supported by the pinion gears and rotatably supports one of said end portions of the shaft; and

    a gear which is fixed to said one of said end portions of the shaft end meshes with one of said pinion gears.

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