摘要 |
A tilting hinge is provided which includes a first bracket consisting of a fixing plate portion and a bearing plate portion bent at a right angle relative to the fixing plate portion, the fixing plate portion being fixed to any one of the body of an apparatus and a component part of the apparatus, installed pivotably to the latter and the bearing plate portion having a non-circular bearing hole formed therein; a cylinder having a fixing portion formed at one end and a friction torque generating hole formed axially in it, the fixing end portion being inserted and fixed in the non-circular bearing hole in the bearing plate portion of the first bracket; a second bracket consisting of a fixing plate portion and a bearing plate portion bent at a right angle relative to the fixing plate portion, the fixing plate portion being fixed to the other of the body and component part of the apparatus and the bearing plate portion having formed in it a non-circular bearing hole; and a radially elastic spring pin having provided at one end a fixing end portion inserted and fixed in the non-circular bearing hole in the bearing plate portion of the second bracket; the spring pin being press-fitted at the free end into the friction torque generating hole in the cylinder to be rotatable with a friction with the outer surface of the cylinder and the wall surface of the friction torque generating hole.
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