Abstract: To provide a tilt hinge capable of obtaining a great frictional torque despite of its small size and insuring a clip stop, the present invention comprises a bracket to be mounted on the body side of the equipment, a rotating shaft designed to be mounted to the end of an opening-closing body which is rotatably mounted on a bearing section of the bracket, a friction washer mounted between the large-diameter portion of the rotating shaft and the bearing section and/or on the other side face of the bearing section with the rotating shaft inserted into the central part, and an elastic means mounted with the rotating shaft inserted in the central part to press the friction washer against the large-diameter portion and/or the bearing section; and a click stop means is provided between the rotating shaft and the bracket.

Abstract: A metal laminate gasket of the invention is used for an internal combustion engine having a sealing hole and a plurality of bolt holes situated around the sealing hole. The gasket is formed of first and second metal plates having holes corresponding to the sealing hole and the bolt holes of the engine. The second metal plate includes a base portion, a curved portion extending from the base portion to define one hole therein and located inside one hole in the first plate, and a flange extending from the curved portion and disposed over the first plate. The flange has a plurality of wide flange portions and narrow flange portions alternately arranged to each other such that the wide flange portions are located near the bolt holes to support high tightening pressures applied thereto. A bead may be formed on one or both of the first and second plates outside the flange. The bead may have wide and narrow portions to provide equal surface pressures as a whole.