CA1069261A - Hinge - Google Patents
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention provides a hinge for use with doors in furniture having a base plate attachable to part of a piece of said furniture in which base plate a hinge arm carrying toggle joints is anchorable, in which at an end remote from mounting points for spindles of the toggle joints the hinge arm is provided with a longitudinal slot which has a screw carried in the base plate passing therethrough, and between the longitudinal slot and the mounting points for said spindles, at least one retaining shoulder is disposed directly or indirectly on the hinge arm, which shoulder engages behind at least one projection on the base plate.
The present invention provides a hinge for use with doors in furniture having a base plate attachable to part of a piece of said furniture in which base plate a hinge arm carrying toggle joints is anchorable, in which at an end remote from mounting points for spindles of the toggle joints the hinge arm is provided with a longitudinal slot which has a screw carried in the base plate passing therethrough, and between the longitudinal slot and the mounting points for said spindles, at least one retaining shoulder is disposed directly or indirectly on the hinge arm, which shoulder engages behind at least one projection on the base plate.
Description
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The present invention relates to a hinge, in particular for doors in furniture, with a base plate attachable to part of a piece of furniture in which base plate a hinge arm carrying toggle joints or the like is anchorable.
Such hinges are widely used in the furniture industry and in particular used in the kitchen furniture industry. In these hinges the base plate is secuxed to a part of a piece of furniture, for example a side wall of a piece of furniture, by means of screws, dowels or the like and the hinge arm connected ~
to a dowel cup or the like by means of toggle joints is located -on the base plate when the door leaf of the piece is hung. Thus the piece can be pre-assembled. First the base plate is secured to the side wall of the piece and then the dowel cup on which the hinge arm is articulated is inserted in a corresponding dowel hole in the door leaf of the piece.
These hinges are subject to two requirements. When ~ -~
hanging the door leaf of the piece the hinge arm should be rapidly anchorable on the base plate and held thereon so that the weight of the door leaf does not have to be supported for ;-~
too long. In addition there should be one or more adjustment possibilities to allow compensation for any tolerances which have arisen for example when drilling the fixing holes in the parts of the piece. During this adjustment moreover it must not be necessary for the person entrusted with the work to have to support the door leaf of the piece.
According to the present invention there is provided a hinge for use with doors in furniture having a base plate attachable to part of a piece of said furniture in which base plate a hinge arm carrying toggle joints is anchorable, in 3~ which at an end remote from mounting points for spindles of the toggle joints the hinge arm is provided with a longitudinal slot ;
which has a screw carried in the base pIate passing therethrough -~,' ' '' ' ~069~Z6i and between the longitudinal slot and the mounting points for said spindles at least one retaining shoulder i~ disposed directly or indirectly on the hinge arm, which shoulder engages behind at least one projection on the base plate.
In the hinge in accordance with the present invention at its end remote from the mounting points for the toggle-joint spindles the hinge arm is provided with a longitudinal slot through which a screw mounted in the base plate is passed, and between the longitudinal slot and the mounting points for the toggle-joint spindles at least one holding shoulder is provided directly or indirectly disposed on the hinge arm, which shoulder engages behind a projection or projections on the base plate.
In the case of this hinge the screw is already screwed into the base plate before the hinge arm is located on the base plate. The hinge arm can now be pushed onto the base plate and is held there in its front area by the holding shoulder or shoulders and in its rear area by the screw, the longitudinal slot which allows movement of the hinge arm along the longitudinal median axis of the base plate and the hinge arm providing the possibility of adjustment of the hinge as regards depth in the piece of furniture.
In order to obtain adjustment as regards gap in the piece, in a preferred embodiment of the invention provision is ;
made for the holding shoulder to be disposed on an intermediate piece connected adjustably to the hinge arm. The intermediate piece can be for example a female threaded piece in the thread -of which is engaged an adjusting screw held in the hinge arm.
A further embodiment example of the invention the intermediate piece may be a threaded bolt which engages in a female thread 3Q in the hinge arm ~md exhibits the preferably circular holding -shoulder at its end facing the base plate. With this embodiment - the gap-adjustment is obtained with one part only.
The present invention relates to a hinge, in particular for doors in furniture, with a base plate attachable to part of a piece of furniture in which base plate a hinge arm carrying toggle joints or the like is anchorable.
Such hinges are widely used in the furniture industry and in particular used in the kitchen furniture industry. In these hinges the base plate is secuxed to a part of a piece of furniture, for example a side wall of a piece of furniture, by means of screws, dowels or the like and the hinge arm connected ~
to a dowel cup or the like by means of toggle joints is located -on the base plate when the door leaf of the piece is hung. Thus the piece can be pre-assembled. First the base plate is secured to the side wall of the piece and then the dowel cup on which the hinge arm is articulated is inserted in a corresponding dowel hole in the door leaf of the piece.
These hinges are subject to two requirements. When ~ -~
hanging the door leaf of the piece the hinge arm should be rapidly anchorable on the base plate and held thereon so that the weight of the door leaf does not have to be supported for ;-~
too long. In addition there should be one or more adjustment possibilities to allow compensation for any tolerances which have arisen for example when drilling the fixing holes in the parts of the piece. During this adjustment moreover it must not be necessary for the person entrusted with the work to have to support the door leaf of the piece.
According to the present invention there is provided a hinge for use with doors in furniture having a base plate attachable to part of a piece of said furniture in which base plate a hinge arm carrying toggle joints is anchorable, in 3~ which at an end remote from mounting points for spindles of the toggle joints the hinge arm is provided with a longitudinal slot ;
which has a screw carried in the base pIate passing therethrough -~,' ' '' ' ~069~Z6i and between the longitudinal slot and the mounting points for said spindles at least one retaining shoulder i~ disposed directly or indirectly on the hinge arm, which shoulder engages behind at least one projection on the base plate.
In the hinge in accordance with the present invention at its end remote from the mounting points for the toggle-joint spindles the hinge arm is provided with a longitudinal slot through which a screw mounted in the base plate is passed, and between the longitudinal slot and the mounting points for the toggle-joint spindles at least one holding shoulder is provided directly or indirectly disposed on the hinge arm, which shoulder engages behind a projection or projections on the base plate.
In the case of this hinge the screw is already screwed into the base plate before the hinge arm is located on the base plate. The hinge arm can now be pushed onto the base plate and is held there in its front area by the holding shoulder or shoulders and in its rear area by the screw, the longitudinal slot which allows movement of the hinge arm along the longitudinal median axis of the base plate and the hinge arm providing the possibility of adjustment of the hinge as regards depth in the piece of furniture.
In order to obtain adjustment as regards gap in the piece, in a preferred embodiment of the invention provision is ;
made for the holding shoulder to be disposed on an intermediate piece connected adjustably to the hinge arm. The intermediate piece can be for example a female threaded piece in the thread -of which is engaged an adjusting screw held in the hinge arm.
A further embodiment example of the invention the intermediate piece may be a threaded bolt which engages in a female thread 3Q in the hinge arm ~md exhibits the preferably circular holding -shoulder at its end facing the base plate. With this embodiment - the gap-adjustment is obtained with one part only.
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1~692~1 In addition provision is made in an embodiment of the present invention for the longitudinal slot to be made the shape of a keyhole through which the hinge arm can be located over the head of the screw and the screw then pushed into the narrow part of the slot. This possibility of pushing the screw in can also be ensured by having the longitudinal slot open to the end of the hinge arm. With such an embodiment example it is advantageous for the edge of the longitudinal slot to be beveled and for this bevelling to take the screw head. This results in support for the screw head at the end of the slot as well so that any tendency for the hinge arm to slip out when the screw is not fully tightened is avoided. This effect can also be obtained by a nose, preferably two noses, disposed at the end of the longitudinal slot on the hinge arm. Advantageously provision is made for the screw to be screwed in a socket formed on the base plate. This socket can provide a lateral guide for the -~
hinge arm at the same time.
In order to further counteract any tendency for the hinge arm to slip off the base plate when the screw is not fully tightened and in addition to hold the hinge arm securely fixed -to the base plate when the screw is tightened, provision is made in an embodiment of the present invention for the socket and/or the hinge arm to be ribbed in the area of the longitudinal slot.
In another embodiment of the present invention the ~
lateral support of the hinge arm in relation to the base plate ; ;
is improved in that the U-section hinge arm exhibits beading on ~-the inside of its parallel faces. Advantageously lateral guide walls for the hinge arm are also provided in the area of the projections on the base plate such that when beading is formed 3Q in this area it bears on the lateral guide walls.
In oxder to obtain vertical adjustment in the piece of ~urniture with such a hinge in addition to the possibilities of : ............................................................................ ... .. .
1~692~1 In addition provision is made in an embodiment of the present invention for the longitudinal slot to be made the shape of a keyhole through which the hinge arm can be located over the head of the screw and the screw then pushed into the narrow part of the slot. This possibility of pushing the screw in can also be ensured by having the longitudinal slot open to the end of the hinge arm. With such an embodiment example it is advantageous for the edge of the longitudinal slot to be beveled and for this bevelling to take the screw head. This results in support for the screw head at the end of the slot as well so that any tendency for the hinge arm to slip out when the screw is not fully tightened is avoided. This effect can also be obtained by a nose, preferably two noses, disposed at the end of the longitudinal slot on the hinge arm. Advantageously provision is made for the screw to be screwed in a socket formed on the base plate. This socket can provide a lateral guide for the -~
hinge arm at the same time.
In order to further counteract any tendency for the hinge arm to slip off the base plate when the screw is not fully tightened and in addition to hold the hinge arm securely fixed -to the base plate when the screw is tightened, provision is made in an embodiment of the present invention for the socket and/or the hinge arm to be ribbed in the area of the longitudinal slot.
In another embodiment of the present invention the ~
lateral support of the hinge arm in relation to the base plate ; ;
is improved in that the U-section hinge arm exhibits beading on ~-the inside of its parallel faces. Advantageously lateral guide walls for the hinge arm are also provided in the area of the projections on the base plate such that when beading is formed 3Q in this area it bears on the lateral guide walls.
In oxder to obtain vertical adjustment in the piece of ~urniture with such a hinge in addition to the possibilities of : ............................................................................ ... .. .
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depth and gap adjustment in the piece as already mentioned, provision is made in an embodiment of the present invention for a fixing plate to be disposed between the soc]cet and the lateral guide walls which fixing plate is located over the base plate and in practice clamps the latter between itself and the part of the piece of furniture, ~he fixing plate being attach-able by means of supporting screws or the like to the part of the piece and holding the base plate on the part of the piece of furniture in the assembled posit:ion. Here the fixing plate is normally aligned with the base plate.
To ensure with this embodiment that the base plate does not become twisted under the load of the door leaf, pro-vision is advantageously made for the base plate and the fixing plate to engage together by means of corresponding protrusions ~ -and recesses. For this the protrusions and the recesses exhibit -side faces disposed parallel to one another which are normally aligned with the longitudinal median axis of the hinge arm and the base plate. Advantageously provision is made for the recesses to be formed in the base plate and for the protrusions to be made on the fixing plate. In this way the means for vertical adjust-ment are concealed from the outside and the viewer is faced with a smooth surface which is desirable from the aesthetic standpoint. ;
In order to make the hinge as solid as possible in regard to its vertical adjustment, provision is also made for ~
the supporting screws for the fixing plate to be located in the ;
protrusions.
Although the vertical adjustment or setting might be achieved merely by pressing the fixing plate onto the base plate/
in a preferred em~odiment a vertical adjustment screw is provided 3~ which connects the base plate and the fixing plate in the assem-bled position. In this way one firstly achieves uniform pressure and secondly the supporting screws can be screwed as far as ~' ~6~6~
possible into the part of the piece of furniture right at the start of assembly to ensure the best possible support.
The present invention wil:L be further illustrated by : :
way of the accompanying drawings in which: -Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hinge in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; : ~ -Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through a hinge of Fig. 1 in which the toggle joints and the dowel cup on the door leaf are omitted;
Figure 3 is a section along the line I-I in Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a section along the line II-II in Figure 3; : :
Figure 5 is a top view of the hinge of Figure 1, in :~
the area of the end of the hinge arm; ~-Figure 6 is a longitudinal section through a hinge in :
accordance with a further embodiment of the invention, the toggle joints and the dowel cup on the door leaf again being omitted;
Figure 7 is a top view of the hinge of Figure 6;
Figure 8 is a cross-section through the hinge along the line III-III in Figure 7, thls cross-section showing the hinge ~ -without an intermediate piece; . ;
Figure 9 is a longitudinal section through a hinge in . .
accordance with the invention with another embodiment of the :: .
intermediate piece;
Figure 10 is a cross-section through the hinge along ~. .... .
the line IV-IV in Figure 9; and Figure 11 is an exploded view of a hinge in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention. ~ .
Referring particularly to Figure 1, the hinge comprises ~ .
a base plate 6, the hinge arm 1 and the dowel cup 27, the hinge 30 arm 1 and the dowel cup 27 being connected together by means of : ~
toggle joints 3. The dowel cup 27 is inserted in a hole in the .
door leaf 28 and the base plate 6 is secured to the other part 22 :
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~9261 of the piece of ~urniture, which may be a side wall of a piece of furniture for example, by means of supporting screws 21.
Figure 1 also shows the longitudinal slot 5 which is open at the end 4 of the hinge arm 1, the head 7' of the screw 7 which passes through this slot 5, and another screw end which belongs to the second retention means for the hinge arm 1. Figure 1 does not however show whether this is the head of the adjusting screw or the end of the intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt. Figure 1 also indicates the desired adjustment possibili-ties by means of arrows, and arrow A shows the direction of depth adjustment in the piece of furniture, arrow B the direction for adjusting the door gap and arrow C the direction for vertical adjustment in the piece.
Figures 2 to 5 show an embodiment of the hinge in which an intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 is provided. Such a hinge permits vertical adjustment in the piece of furniture (arrow A) and adjustment of the door gap (arrow B). The base plate 6 is secured to the part of the piece of furniture 22 by means of supporting screws 21. To the rear 2Q the base plate 6 is provided with a socket 16 which has an inter-nal thread 29 into which the screw 7 is threaded. To the front the base plate 6 exhibits projections 9 aligned with its long-itudinal median axis, as is particularly clear from Figure 3.
The hinge arm 1 is provided with a female thread 14 into which the intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 is inserted. In additi~n the hinge arm 1 has the longitudinal slot 5 at its end 4 remote from the mounting points 2 for the toggle-joint spindles. The longitudinal slot 5 is shaped like a keyhole -(Figure 5~.
To fit the door leaf 28 the hinge arm 1 is now placed on the base plate 6 in such a way that the screw head 7' passes through the longitudinal slot 5 at its widened end 5' whereupon ' ' ' - . ~ , ~ ,. . , ,, . : ~ , ~L~69~61 the hinge arm 1 is then moved in the direction of arrow D so that the retention shoulder 8 of the threaded bolt 13 comes under the projections 9 on the base plate 6. In this way the hinge arm 1 is securely anchored on the base plate 6 and the door leaf 28 held thereby.
By twisting the threaded bolt 13 the adjustment or more particularly the setting of the hinge as regards door-gap (arrow B) can be carried out. On completion of the door-gap adjustment the hinge arm 1 can be moved over a certain distance in the direction of arrow A so that it is exactly aligned in regard to depth in the piece of furniture. After this the screw 7 is tightened and the hinge arm 1 is fixed.
In Figure 4 beading 18 is disposed on the parallel faces 17 of the hinge arm 1, this beading bearing on the guide walls 19 at the side formed on the socket 16 and by means of which more precise guidance of the hinge arm 1 is achieved.
Referring to Figures 6 and 7 which show a further embodiment of the hinge again the part of the piece of furniture -22 and the door leaf 28 are not shown, as well as the supporting screws 21 for the base plate 6. The base plate 6 again includes a socket 16 with an internal thread 29 in which the screw 7 is inserted. Similarly the base plate 6 is provided with projections 9 beneath which engages the retaining shoulder 8 of the inter- ;
mediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 engages. ;
In contrast to the previous embodiment of the hinge `
the longitudinal slot 5 is open to the rear end of the hinge arm 1 so that when the hinge arm 1 is placed on the base plate 6 the hinge arm 1 can simply be pushed in from the front in the direction of the arrow D and at the same time its rear end passes undex the head 7~ of the screw 7 and at the front end the retain- ;
~ng shoulder 8 of the threaded bolt 13 passes under the projections 9. In a manner similar to that of the hinge of the previous ~06926~ , embodiment the hinge arm 1 is thus anchored on the base plate 6.
Then adjustment of the door gap can be effected again by twist-ing the threaded bolt 13, after which the adjustment of the depth in the piece of furniture can be carried out by moving the hinge arm 1 in the direction of arrow A. Then the hinge arm 1 is resecured on the base plate 6 by tightening up the screw 7.
As can be seen in Figures 6 and 7, in the area of the longitudinal slot 5 there is bevelling 15 which receives the head 7' of the screw 7. Through this bevelling 15 a certain hold on the hinge arm 1 is obtained to prevent it slipping out of its anchorage even when the screw 7 is not fully tightened.
In this embodiment of the hinge it can also be seen that the socket 16 and on the base plate side of the hinge arm 1 are each provided with ribbing 30 which improves the support between base plate 6 and hinge arm 1. In Figure 7 the beading 18 and the lateral guide walls 19 are shown by the dotted line.
Figure 8 shows an embodiment of the hinge corresponding to that of Figures 6 and 7 in which however the threaded bolt 13 `
and any intermediate piece is omitted. The Figure is a section -along the line III-III in Figure 7 obtained in-these circumstances.
While the area of the hinge arm 1 and the base plate 6 remote from the mounting points 2 for the toggle-joint spindles is completely identical to the hinge of Figures 6 and 7, in the area of the front mounting the retaining shoulders 8 are moulded or attached directly to the two parallel faces 17 of the hinge arm 1. These holding shoulders 8 again engage behind projections 9 on the base plate 6 which has a T-shaped cross-section in this area. With such ian embodiment of the hinge the same rapid anchoring is possible as with the previous embodiment, as is - -also the possibility of depth adjustment. But this embodiment does not offer the possibility of adjusting the door gap.
However in many cases this disadvantage is offset by the reduced ~6~Z61 production costs.
Figures 9 and 10 show a further embodiment of the hinge with an intermediate piece, this intermediate piece being a female threaded piece 10 which has a thread ll in which an adjustment screw 12 held in the hinge arm 1 engages. The female threaded piece 10 again has retaining shoulders 8 which engage beneath projections 9 on the base plate 6 in the assembled position. The longitudinal slot 5 is again open at the end 4 of the hinge arm 1 and has passing through it the screw 7 inserted in an internal thread 29 of the socket 16. To also ensure with this embodiment that a certain hold is maintained when the screw 7 is not fully tightened to prevent the hinge arm l slipping out, noses 31 are provided at the edge of the longitudinal slot 5 at the end of the hinge arm 1 on which noses the head 7 of the screw 7 can bear. In this embodiment of the hinge anchorage, adjustment and securing of the hinge arm 1 is effected in the same way as in the embodiment of the hinge given ~
in Figures 6 and 7. Here again there is the possibility of -depth adjustment in the piece of furniture and door-gap adjustment.
In the embodiment of the hinge shown in Figure ll there is the possibility of vertical adjustment in addition to the possibilities of depth adjustment and door-gap adjustment in the ~ `
piece of ~urniture. The base plate 6 is anchored with the fixing plate 20 to the part of the piece of furniture 22, the fixing plate 2~ covering the base plate 6 and being secured by means of -supporting screws 21 directly to the part of the piece 22. The base plate 6 is held to the part of the piece of furniture 22 by means of the fixing plate 20.
The base plate 6 has a central web 32 normally aligned with the longitudinal axis 25 of the hinge arm l and the base plate 6, which central web is provided with U-shaped recesses 24 _ g _ . . . .. . - - . -. - . ~ . . . .
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at both its ends. In the assembled position corresponding pro-trusions 23 on the fixing plate 20 engage in these U-shaped recesses 24 so that the fixing plate 20 fixed to the furniture part 22 by the supporting screws 21 guides the base plate 6 and holds it fast against twisting by means of the side walls 24' of the recesses 24.
In addition the base plate 6 has a female thread 33 for the vertical adjustment screw 26 which passes through a slot 34 in the fixing plate 20.
The base plate 6 is now adjustable vertically in the piece of furniture over the length l o~ the slot 34. On completion of the adjustment the vertical adjustment screw 26 is tightened and the base plate 6 is thus held to the fixing plate ~-20. The hinge arm l is again provided with an intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 which is inserted in the female thread 14 of the hinge arm 1 and can be pushed with its head which forms the circular retaining shoulder 8 into a T-shaped ;
groove in the base plate 6. In this way the retaining shoulder 8 again engages beneath the projections 9 on the base plate 6.
At its end 4 remote from the mounting points 2 for the toggle-joint spindles the hinge arm l is again provided with the slot S which is open to the rear. This slot 5 has the screw 7 passing through it as in the previous embodiments. The depth adjustment in the piece of furniture and the door-gap adjustment are effected exactly as in the previous embodiments, as is the anchor-ing of the hinge arm l on the base plate 6. In addition the hinge arm l has an opening 35 which makes it possible to slacken or tighten the vertical adjustment screw 26 with the hinge arm 1 ~
located in place. In this way the vertical adjustment of the ;
~ase plate 6 can be effected with the hinge arm 1 located and the doox lea~ 28 attached, thereby permitting accurate insertion of~
the door leaf 28. ~;
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depth and gap adjustment in the piece as already mentioned, provision is made in an embodiment of the present invention for a fixing plate to be disposed between the soc]cet and the lateral guide walls which fixing plate is located over the base plate and in practice clamps the latter between itself and the part of the piece of furniture, ~he fixing plate being attach-able by means of supporting screws or the like to the part of the piece and holding the base plate on the part of the piece of furniture in the assembled posit:ion. Here the fixing plate is normally aligned with the base plate.
To ensure with this embodiment that the base plate does not become twisted under the load of the door leaf, pro-vision is advantageously made for the base plate and the fixing plate to engage together by means of corresponding protrusions ~ -and recesses. For this the protrusions and the recesses exhibit -side faces disposed parallel to one another which are normally aligned with the longitudinal median axis of the hinge arm and the base plate. Advantageously provision is made for the recesses to be formed in the base plate and for the protrusions to be made on the fixing plate. In this way the means for vertical adjust-ment are concealed from the outside and the viewer is faced with a smooth surface which is desirable from the aesthetic standpoint. ;
In order to make the hinge as solid as possible in regard to its vertical adjustment, provision is also made for ~
the supporting screws for the fixing plate to be located in the ;
protrusions.
Although the vertical adjustment or setting might be achieved merely by pressing the fixing plate onto the base plate/
in a preferred em~odiment a vertical adjustment screw is provided 3~ which connects the base plate and the fixing plate in the assem-bled position. In this way one firstly achieves uniform pressure and secondly the supporting screws can be screwed as far as ~' ~6~6~
possible into the part of the piece of furniture right at the start of assembly to ensure the best possible support.
The present invention wil:L be further illustrated by : :
way of the accompanying drawings in which: -Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hinge in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; : ~ -Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through a hinge of Fig. 1 in which the toggle joints and the dowel cup on the door leaf are omitted;
Figure 3 is a section along the line I-I in Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a section along the line II-II in Figure 3; : :
Figure 5 is a top view of the hinge of Figure 1, in :~
the area of the end of the hinge arm; ~-Figure 6 is a longitudinal section through a hinge in :
accordance with a further embodiment of the invention, the toggle joints and the dowel cup on the door leaf again being omitted;
Figure 7 is a top view of the hinge of Figure 6;
Figure 8 is a cross-section through the hinge along the line III-III in Figure 7, thls cross-section showing the hinge ~ -without an intermediate piece; . ;
Figure 9 is a longitudinal section through a hinge in . .
accordance with the invention with another embodiment of the :: .
intermediate piece;
Figure 10 is a cross-section through the hinge along ~. .... .
the line IV-IV in Figure 9; and Figure 11 is an exploded view of a hinge in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention. ~ .
Referring particularly to Figure 1, the hinge comprises ~ .
a base plate 6, the hinge arm 1 and the dowel cup 27, the hinge 30 arm 1 and the dowel cup 27 being connected together by means of : ~
toggle joints 3. The dowel cup 27 is inserted in a hole in the .
door leaf 28 and the base plate 6 is secured to the other part 22 :
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~9261 of the piece of ~urniture, which may be a side wall of a piece of furniture for example, by means of supporting screws 21.
Figure 1 also shows the longitudinal slot 5 which is open at the end 4 of the hinge arm 1, the head 7' of the screw 7 which passes through this slot 5, and another screw end which belongs to the second retention means for the hinge arm 1. Figure 1 does not however show whether this is the head of the adjusting screw or the end of the intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt. Figure 1 also indicates the desired adjustment possibili-ties by means of arrows, and arrow A shows the direction of depth adjustment in the piece of furniture, arrow B the direction for adjusting the door gap and arrow C the direction for vertical adjustment in the piece.
Figures 2 to 5 show an embodiment of the hinge in which an intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 is provided. Such a hinge permits vertical adjustment in the piece of furniture (arrow A) and adjustment of the door gap (arrow B). The base plate 6 is secured to the part of the piece of furniture 22 by means of supporting screws 21. To the rear 2Q the base plate 6 is provided with a socket 16 which has an inter-nal thread 29 into which the screw 7 is threaded. To the front the base plate 6 exhibits projections 9 aligned with its long-itudinal median axis, as is particularly clear from Figure 3.
The hinge arm 1 is provided with a female thread 14 into which the intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 is inserted. In additi~n the hinge arm 1 has the longitudinal slot 5 at its end 4 remote from the mounting points 2 for the toggle-joint spindles. The longitudinal slot 5 is shaped like a keyhole -(Figure 5~.
To fit the door leaf 28 the hinge arm 1 is now placed on the base plate 6 in such a way that the screw head 7' passes through the longitudinal slot 5 at its widened end 5' whereupon ' ' ' - . ~ , ~ ,. . , ,, . : ~ , ~L~69~61 the hinge arm 1 is then moved in the direction of arrow D so that the retention shoulder 8 of the threaded bolt 13 comes under the projections 9 on the base plate 6. In this way the hinge arm 1 is securely anchored on the base plate 6 and the door leaf 28 held thereby.
By twisting the threaded bolt 13 the adjustment or more particularly the setting of the hinge as regards door-gap (arrow B) can be carried out. On completion of the door-gap adjustment the hinge arm 1 can be moved over a certain distance in the direction of arrow A so that it is exactly aligned in regard to depth in the piece of furniture. After this the screw 7 is tightened and the hinge arm 1 is fixed.
In Figure 4 beading 18 is disposed on the parallel faces 17 of the hinge arm 1, this beading bearing on the guide walls 19 at the side formed on the socket 16 and by means of which more precise guidance of the hinge arm 1 is achieved.
Referring to Figures 6 and 7 which show a further embodiment of the hinge again the part of the piece of furniture -22 and the door leaf 28 are not shown, as well as the supporting screws 21 for the base plate 6. The base plate 6 again includes a socket 16 with an internal thread 29 in which the screw 7 is inserted. Similarly the base plate 6 is provided with projections 9 beneath which engages the retaining shoulder 8 of the inter- ;
mediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 engages. ;
In contrast to the previous embodiment of the hinge `
the longitudinal slot 5 is open to the rear end of the hinge arm 1 so that when the hinge arm 1 is placed on the base plate 6 the hinge arm 1 can simply be pushed in from the front in the direction of the arrow D and at the same time its rear end passes undex the head 7~ of the screw 7 and at the front end the retain- ;
~ng shoulder 8 of the threaded bolt 13 passes under the projections 9. In a manner similar to that of the hinge of the previous ~06926~ , embodiment the hinge arm 1 is thus anchored on the base plate 6.
Then adjustment of the door gap can be effected again by twist-ing the threaded bolt 13, after which the adjustment of the depth in the piece of furniture can be carried out by moving the hinge arm 1 in the direction of arrow A. Then the hinge arm 1 is resecured on the base plate 6 by tightening up the screw 7.
As can be seen in Figures 6 and 7, in the area of the longitudinal slot 5 there is bevelling 15 which receives the head 7' of the screw 7. Through this bevelling 15 a certain hold on the hinge arm 1 is obtained to prevent it slipping out of its anchorage even when the screw 7 is not fully tightened.
In this embodiment of the hinge it can also be seen that the socket 16 and on the base plate side of the hinge arm 1 are each provided with ribbing 30 which improves the support between base plate 6 and hinge arm 1. In Figure 7 the beading 18 and the lateral guide walls 19 are shown by the dotted line.
Figure 8 shows an embodiment of the hinge corresponding to that of Figures 6 and 7 in which however the threaded bolt 13 `
and any intermediate piece is omitted. The Figure is a section -along the line III-III in Figure 7 obtained in-these circumstances.
While the area of the hinge arm 1 and the base plate 6 remote from the mounting points 2 for the toggle-joint spindles is completely identical to the hinge of Figures 6 and 7, in the area of the front mounting the retaining shoulders 8 are moulded or attached directly to the two parallel faces 17 of the hinge arm 1. These holding shoulders 8 again engage behind projections 9 on the base plate 6 which has a T-shaped cross-section in this area. With such ian embodiment of the hinge the same rapid anchoring is possible as with the previous embodiment, as is - -also the possibility of depth adjustment. But this embodiment does not offer the possibility of adjusting the door gap.
However in many cases this disadvantage is offset by the reduced ~6~Z61 production costs.
Figures 9 and 10 show a further embodiment of the hinge with an intermediate piece, this intermediate piece being a female threaded piece 10 which has a thread ll in which an adjustment screw 12 held in the hinge arm 1 engages. The female threaded piece 10 again has retaining shoulders 8 which engage beneath projections 9 on the base plate 6 in the assembled position. The longitudinal slot 5 is again open at the end 4 of the hinge arm 1 and has passing through it the screw 7 inserted in an internal thread 29 of the socket 16. To also ensure with this embodiment that a certain hold is maintained when the screw 7 is not fully tightened to prevent the hinge arm l slipping out, noses 31 are provided at the edge of the longitudinal slot 5 at the end of the hinge arm 1 on which noses the head 7 of the screw 7 can bear. In this embodiment of the hinge anchorage, adjustment and securing of the hinge arm 1 is effected in the same way as in the embodiment of the hinge given ~
in Figures 6 and 7. Here again there is the possibility of -depth adjustment in the piece of furniture and door-gap adjustment.
In the embodiment of the hinge shown in Figure ll there is the possibility of vertical adjustment in addition to the possibilities of depth adjustment and door-gap adjustment in the ~ `
piece of ~urniture. The base plate 6 is anchored with the fixing plate 20 to the part of the piece of furniture 22, the fixing plate 2~ covering the base plate 6 and being secured by means of -supporting screws 21 directly to the part of the piece 22. The base plate 6 is held to the part of the piece of furniture 22 by means of the fixing plate 20.
The base plate 6 has a central web 32 normally aligned with the longitudinal axis 25 of the hinge arm l and the base plate 6, which central web is provided with U-shaped recesses 24 _ g _ . . . .. . - - . -. - . ~ . . . .
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at both its ends. In the assembled position corresponding pro-trusions 23 on the fixing plate 20 engage in these U-shaped recesses 24 so that the fixing plate 20 fixed to the furniture part 22 by the supporting screws 21 guides the base plate 6 and holds it fast against twisting by means of the side walls 24' of the recesses 24.
In addition the base plate 6 has a female thread 33 for the vertical adjustment screw 26 which passes through a slot 34 in the fixing plate 20.
The base plate 6 is now adjustable vertically in the piece of furniture over the length l o~ the slot 34. On completion of the adjustment the vertical adjustment screw 26 is tightened and the base plate 6 is thus held to the fixing plate ~-20. The hinge arm l is again provided with an intermediate piece in the form of a threaded bolt 13 which is inserted in the female thread 14 of the hinge arm 1 and can be pushed with its head which forms the circular retaining shoulder 8 into a T-shaped ;
groove in the base plate 6. In this way the retaining shoulder 8 again engages beneath the projections 9 on the base plate 6.
At its end 4 remote from the mounting points 2 for the toggle-joint spindles the hinge arm l is again provided with the slot S which is open to the rear. This slot 5 has the screw 7 passing through it as in the previous embodiments. The depth adjustment in the piece of furniture and the door-gap adjustment are effected exactly as in the previous embodiments, as is the anchor-ing of the hinge arm l on the base plate 6. In addition the hinge arm l has an opening 35 which makes it possible to slacken or tighten the vertical adjustment screw 26 with the hinge arm 1 ~
located in place. In this way the vertical adjustment of the ;
~ase plate 6 can be effected with the hinge arm 1 located and the doox lea~ 28 attached, thereby permitting accurate insertion of~
the door leaf 28. ~;
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Claims (9)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A hinge for use with a door in furniture including base plate attachable to part of a piece of said furniture in which base plate a hinge arm carrying toggle joints is adapted to be anchored, the hinge arm, at an end remote from mounting points for spindles of the toggle joints, being provided with a longitudinal slot which has a screw carried in the base plate passing therethrough, said slot having ingress means for said screw and between the longitudinal slot and the mounting points for said spindles, at least one retaining shoulder disposed on an intermediate piece adjustably connected with the hinge arm and slideable with respect to said base plate, which shoulder engages behind at least one projection on the base plate.
2. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, in which the inter-mediate piece has a female thread in which an adjusting screw held in the hinge arm engages.
3. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, in which the inter-mediate piece is a threaded bolt which engages in a female thread in the hinge arm and has the retaining shoulder at an end facing the base plate.
4. A hinge as claimed in claim 3, in which the retain-ing shoulder is circular.
5. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 including bevelling of the edge of the longitudinal slot open at the end of the hinge arm to receive the head of the screw.
6. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, including at least one nose disposed at the end of the longitudinal slot open to the end of the hinge arm.
7. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the slot has a key-hole configuration.
8. A hinge as claimed in claim 1 in which the slot is open at the end of the hinge arm.
9. A hinge as claimed in claim 1 in which the slot is enlarged at the end of the hinge to allow the head of the screw to pass therethrough.
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| AT9174*#A AT335538B (en) | 1971-08-24 | 1974-01-07 | THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERTER |
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