Original pressing plate hinge

• US 6,415,477 B1
• Filed: 12/08/1999
• Issued: 07/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kem HongKong Limited
• Original Assignee: Katoh Electrical Machinery Company Limited
• Inventors: Hosaka, Hiroaki, Kohda, Hirofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Browne, Lynne H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walsh, John B.
• Application Number:
  US09/456,578
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 163/27, 163/35, 162/86, 162/84, 162/92, 162/89
• US Class Current: 16/327
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/1064 with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1261 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 3/20 in hinges
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/10 with piston brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/21 Brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/256 with pistons or vanes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/264 linear
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/638 Cams; Ramps
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/46 in or on the wing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/608 for machines
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2999/00 Subject-matter not otherwise provided for in this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/605 Holders for originals or exposure platens for photographic purposes in general G03B

Abstract

In an original pressing plate hinge including a fixing member, an original pressing plate supporting member pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the fixing member, a slider slidably housed in the supporting member, a cam member fixed between the slider and the free end of the supporting member in contact with the slider, and a coil spring provided resiliently between the slider and the free end of the supporting member, the cam member is omitted to prevent an original or document set on the platen glass for copying or printing from being stained with or spoiled by a lubricant when the original touches the cam member to which the lubricant sticks, and instead a pressure receiving pin or roller is used and a cam slider is used in place of the slider. To prevent a heavy original pressing plate from abruptly falling, a damping member is housed in the coil spring and disposed between the cam slider and the top plate or free end of the supporting member.

Claims

1. An original pressing plate hinge, comprising:

a fixing member consisting of a base plate, which is to be fixed to a body of an object provided with an original pressing plate and on which the hinge is to be used, and opposite lateral plates rising from opposite lateral sides of the base plate;

a supporting member to support the original pressing plate and which consists of a back plate, top plate formed by bending the back plate, and opposite lateral plates, one end of each of the opposite lateral plates of the supporting member being pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member;

a cam slider having one end thereof formed as a cam-shaped portion and which is slidably housed in the supporting member and directed towards the fixing member;

a cylindrical roller fitted rotatably on a shaft mounted between the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member, the roller being rotatable and in contact with the cam portion of the cam slider;

a coil spring provided resiliently between the cam slider and the top plate of the supporting member; and

a fluid damping member with a piston rod, removably inserted from the top plate of the supporting member into the coil spring, it being activated as a damper with the piston rod caused to abut at the end thereof the cam slider when the supporting member is closed to a predetermined angular position as the original pressing plate is closed.

6. The original pressing plate hinge as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the fixing member has bearing members made of a non-conductive material and in which the hinge pin is pivotably supported, a conductive material shaped like a coil spring and being used to electronically connect the supporting member and fixing member to each other.

2. An original pressing plate hinge, comprising:

a fixing member consisting of a base plate, which is to be fixed to a body of an object provided with an original pressing plate and on which the hinge is to be used, and opposite lateral plates rising from opposite lateral sides of the base plate;

a supporting member to support the original pressing plate and which consists of a back plate, top plate formed by bending the back plate, and opposite lateral plates, one end of each of the opposite lateral plates of the supporting member being pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member;

a cam slider having one end thereof formed as a cam-shaped portion and which is slidably housed in the supporting member and directed towards the fixing member;

a cylindrical roller being in contact with the cam portion of the cam slider and rotatably fitted on a shaft mounted between the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member;

a coil spring provided resiliently between the cam slider and the free end of the supporting member; and

a fluid damping member having a piston rod and inserted in the coil spring, it being activated as a damper with the piston rod caused to abut at the end thereof the cam slider when the supporting member is closed to a predetermined angular position as the original pressing plate is closed.

3. An original pressing plate hinge, comprising:

a fixing member consisting of a base plate, which is to be fixed to a body of an object provided with an original pressing plate and on which the hinge is to be used, and opposite lateral plates rising from opposite lateral sides of the base plate;

a supporting member to support the original pressing plate and which consists of a back plate, top plate formed by bending the back plate, and opposite lateral plates, one end of each of the opposite lateral plates of the supporting member being pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member;

a cam slider having one end thereof formed as a cam-shaped portion and which is slidably housed in the supporting member and directed towards the fixing member;

a cylindrical roller fitted rotatably on a shaft mounted between the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member, the roller being rotatable and in contact with the cam portion of the cam slider;

a coil spring provided resiliently between the cam slider and the top plate of the supporting member; and

a fluid damping member with a piston rod and inserted in the coil spring, it being activated as a damper with the piston rod caused to abut at the end thereof the cam slider when the supporting member is closed to a predetermined angular position as the original pressing plate is closed.

4. An original pressing plate hinge, comprising:

a fixing member consisting of a base plate, which is to be fixed to a body of an object provided with an original pressing plate and on which the hinge is to be used, and opposite lateral plates rising from opposite lateral sides of the base plate;

a supporting member to support the original pressing plate and which consists of a back plate, top plate formed by bending the back plate, and opposite lateral plates, one end of each of the opposite lateral plates of the supporting member being pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member;

a cam slider having one end thereof formed as a cam-shaped portion and which is slidably housed in the supporting member and directed towards the fixing member;

a cylindrical roller fitted rotatably on a shaft mounted between the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member, the roller being rotatable and in contact with the cam portion of the cam slider;

a coil spring provided resiliently between the cam slider and the free end of the supporting member; and

a fluid damping member having a piston rod and inserted between the cam slider in the coil spring and the free end of the supporting member, it being activated as a damper with the piston rod caused to abut at the end thereof the cam slider when the supporting member is closed to a predetermined angular position as the original pressing plate is closed.

5. An original pressing plate hinge, comprising:

a fixing member consisting of a base plate, which is to be fixed to a body of an object provided with an original pressing plate and on which the hinge is to be used, and opposite lateral plates rising from opposite lateral sides of the base plate;

a supporting member to support the original pressing plate and which consists of a back plate, top plate formed by bending the back plate, and opposite lateral plates, one end of each of the opposite lateral plates of the supporting member being pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member;

a cam slider having one end thereof formed as a cam-shaped portion and which is slidably housed in the supporting member and directed towards the fixing member;

a cylindrical roller fitted rotatably on a shaft mounted between the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member the roller being rotatable and in contact with the cam portion of the cam slider;

a coil spring provided resiliently between the cam slider and the top plate of the supporting member; and

a fluid damping member with a piston rod, inserted between the cam slider in the coil spring and the top plate of supporting member, it being activated as a damper with the piston rod caused to abut at the end thereof the cam slider when the supporting member is closed to a predetermined angular position as the original pressing plate is closed.

7. An original pressing plate hinge, comprising:

a fixing member consisting of a base plate, which is to be fixed to a body of an object provided with an original pressing plate and on which the hinge is to be used, and opposite lateral plates rising from opposite lateral sides of the base plate;

a supporting member to support the original pressing plate and which consists of a back plate, top plate formed by bending the back plate, and opposite lateral plates, one end of each of the opposite lateral plates of the supporting member being pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member;

a cam slider having one end thereof formed as a cam-shaped portion and which is slidably housed in the supporting member and direct towards the fixing member;

a pressure receiving pin supported between the opposite lateral plates of the fixing member in contact with the cam portion of the cam slider;

a lubricant applied on the cam portion of the cam slider;

a coil spring provided resiliently between the cam slider and the top plate of the supporting member; and

a fluid damping member with a piston rod, removably inserted from the top plate of the supporting member into the coil spring, it being activated as a damper with the piston rod caused to abut at the end thereof the cam slider when the supporting member is closed to a predetermined angular position as the original pressing plate is closed.