EP0351764A1 - Male element for hinges of door and window frames or the like - Google Patents
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- EP0351764A1 EP0351764A1 EP89113103A EP89113103A EP0351764A1 EP 0351764 A1 EP0351764 A1 EP 0351764A1 EP 89113103 A EP89113103 A EP 89113103A EP 89113103 A EP89113103 A EP 89113103A EP 0351764 A1 EP0351764 A1 EP 0351764A1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
- E05D5/02—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
- E05D5/10—Pins, sockets or sleeves; Removable pins
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
- E05Y2600/60—Mounting or coupling members; Accessories therefore
- E05Y2600/622—Dowels; Pins
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
- E05Y2800/26—Form, shape
- E05Y2800/29—Form, shape forming a unitary piece with another element
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
- E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
- E05Y2900/13—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof characterised by the type of wing
- E05Y2900/132—Doors
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
- E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
- E05Y2900/13—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof characterised by the type of wing
- E05Y2900/148—Windows
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- the present invention relates to a male element for hinges of door and window frames or the like.
- Hinges are currently universally known which have a rotoidal coupling between a male element and a female element; the male element in practice comprises a cylindrical body from which a rotation pivot axially extends, and the female element comprises a cup-like body counter-shaped to the pivot of the male element.
- a threaded stem is rigidly associated on the lateral surfaces of the bodies of the male and female elements in order to associate the hinge with the frames.
- a method currently used in the manufacture of hinges made of brass, stainless steel or materials which cannot be welded with conventional processes in order to fix the threaded stem to the body of the male element consists in a screw coupling between one end of said stem and a complementarily threaded recess provided radially to the body.
- Another method for coupling said hinges consists in interference fitting a smooth end of said stem in a complementarily shaped radial recess of the body and subsequently inserting a fixing dowel into a hole which traverses both said stem and said body.
- the process for the production of the final product comprises a series of steps, for example to thread the radial hole and to screw the threaded stem therein.
- the aim of the present invention is to provide a male element for said hinges which is less difficult to be manufactured and assembled from its various parts with respect to current ones.
- a consequent primary object is to reduce production costs and times for hinges.
- Not least object is to provide a male element for hinges which can be manufactured with conventional equipment.
- the male element for hinges is generally indicated by the reference numeral 1 and essentially comprises a cylindrical body 2 from which an also cylindrical rotation pivot 3 axially extends, the entire assembly being manufactured by turning metallic material on an automatic lathe.
- said male element 1 is axially traversed, from the top of said pivot 3 to a middle region of said body 2, by a first cylindrical hole 4, in which a corresponding cylindrical dowel 5 is stably inserted; an end 6 of said dowel protrudes from said pivot 3 and is mushroom-shaped, with a substantially hemispherical surface.
- Said end constitutes the frictionless resting and rotation point of the female element of the hinge.
- said body 2 is radially traversed by a second cylindrical hole 7; said hole 7 crosses said first hole 4, is larger in diameter than said first hole, and has a substantially spherical bottom centered on the longitudinal axis of said male element 1.
- a stable coupling between the cylindrical body 2 and the threaded stem 10 is thus provided.
- the bottom of the second cylindrical hole 7, now indicated by the reference numeral 108, is conical, so that when the end 9 of the stem 10 is inserted the elements of the fork undergo a plastic spreading, directly engaging the cylindrical body 2.
- the male element according to the invention is constructively simple and that it can be easily and rapidly assembled; its assembly consists in practice in the successive insertion of the male dowel 5 and of the threaded stem 10 in the male element 1; said stem 10 spontaneously engages the rest of the assembly due to the plastic deformation of its fork-like end 9.
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to a male element for hinges of door and window frames or the like.
- Hinges are currently universally known which have a rotoidal coupling between a male element and a female element; the male element in practice comprises a cylindrical body from which a rotation pivot axially extends, and the female element comprises a cup-like body counter-shaped to the pivot of the male element.
- A threaded stem is rigidly associated on the lateral surfaces of the bodies of the male and female elements in order to associate the hinge with the frames.
- A method currently used in the manufacture of hinges made of brass, stainless steel or materials which cannot be welded with conventional processes in order to fix the threaded stem to the body of the male element consists in a screw coupling between one end of said stem and a complementarily threaded recess provided radially to the body.
- Another method for coupling said hinges consists in interference fitting a smooth end of said stem in a complementarily shaped radial recess of the body and subsequently inserting a fixing dowel into a hole which traverses both said stem and said body.
- Both of the above described fixing methods considerably complicate and prolong the manufacture of the hinge.
- In fact, after an extremely rapid manufacture of the parts which compose the hinge, performed using automatic machines, the process for the production of the final product comprises a series of steps, for example to thread the radial hole and to screw the threaded stem therein.
- All this naturally negatively affects production costs and ultimately the retail price.
- The aim of the present invention is to provide a male element for said hinges which is less difficult to be manufactured and assembled from its various parts with respect to current ones.
- A consequent primary object is to reduce production costs and times for hinges.
- Not least object is to provide a male element for hinges which can be manufactured with conventional equipment.
- The above described aim and objects and others which will become apparent hereinafter are achieved by a male element for hinges of door and window frames or the like, as defined in appended claim 1.
- The characteristics and advantages will become apparent from the detailed description of two embodiments of the invention, illustrated only by way of non-limitative example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
- figure 1 is a side view of a first embodiment of the male element according to the invention;
- figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the male element of figure 1;
- figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the male element of figure 1 in two coupling steps between the threaded stem and the body;
- figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of a second embodiment of the male element in the two coupling steps between the threaded stem and the body.
- With reference to the above described figures, the male element for hinges is generally indicated by the reference numeral 1 and essentially comprises a
cylindrical body 2 from which an alsocylindrical rotation pivot 3 axially extends, the entire assembly being manufactured by turning metallic material on an automatic lathe. - According to the invention, said male element 1 is axially traversed, from the top of said
pivot 3 to a middle region of saidbody 2, by a first cylindrical hole 4, in which a correspondingcylindrical dowel 5 is stably inserted; anend 6 of said dowel protrudes from saidpivot 3 and is mushroom-shaped, with a substantially hemispherical surface. - Said end constitutes the frictionless resting and rotation point of the female element of the hinge.
- According to a first embodiment of the invention, illustrated in greater detail in figure 3, said
body 2 is radially traversed by a secondcylindrical hole 7; saidhole 7 crosses said first hole 4, is larger in diameter than said first hole, and has a substantially spherical bottom centered on the longitudinal axis of said male element 1. - A fork-like end of a threaded
stem 10, made of metallic material and obtained by molding on automatic machines, is inserted in said secondcylindrical hole 7. - When said
stem 10 is force inserted in the secondcylindrical hole 7, its fork-like end 9 embraces saiddowel 5, and each element of the fork undergoes a plastic deformation, following the contour of saidbottom 8 and engaging saiddowel 5. - A stable coupling between the
cylindrical body 2 and the threadedstem 10 is thus provided. - In a second embodiment of the invention, shown in figure 4, the bottom of the second
cylindrical hole 7, now indicated by thereference numeral 108, is conical, so that when theend 9 of thestem 10 is inserted the elements of the fork undergo a plastic spreading, directly engaging thecylindrical body 2. - From what has been described, it is evident that the male element according to the invention is constructively simple and that it can be easily and rapidly assembled; its assembly consists in practice in the successive insertion of the
male dowel 5 and of the threadedstem 10 in the male element 1; said stem 10 spontaneously engages the rest of the assembly due to the plastic deformation of its fork-like end 9. - The aim and all the intended objects are therefore brilliantly achieved.
- The present invention is susceptible to numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the inventive concept.
- All the details may furthermore be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.
- In practice the materials employed, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to the requirements.
- Where technical features mentioned in any claim are followed by reference signs, those reference signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility of the claims and accordingly such reference signs do not have any limiting effect on the scope of each element identified by way of example by such reference signs.
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Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT89113103T ATE81881T1 (en) | 1988-07-22 | 1989-07-18 | PIN ELEMENT FOR HINGES OF DOOR AND WINDOW FRAME OR SIMILAR. |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT8841645A IT1225233B (en) | 1988-07-22 | 1988-07-22 | MALE ELEMENT FOR HINGES OF WINDOWS OR SIMILAR |
IT4164588 | 1988-07-22 |
Publications (2)
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EP0351764A1 true EP0351764A1 (en) | 1990-01-24 |
EP0351764B1 EP0351764B1 (en) | 1992-10-28 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP89113103A Expired - Lifetime EP0351764B1 (en) | 1988-07-22 | 1989-07-18 | Male element for hinges of door and window frames or the like |
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EP (1) | EP0351764B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE81881T1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE68903305D1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2035460T3 (en) |
GR (1) | GR3006210T3 (en) |
IT (1) | IT1225233B (en) |
Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR1306514A (en) * | 1961-11-21 | 1962-10-13 | Hinge | |
FR2382571A1 (en) * | 1977-03-04 | 1978-09-29 | Blanc Lucien | Adjustable decorative door hinge - has cylindrical securing plugs held by locking devices allowing turning only |
EP0259618A2 (en) * | 1986-08-13 | 1988-03-16 | Gebr. Brotschi & Co. AG | Door and window hinge adjustable during and after its affixation |
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1988
- 1988-07-22 IT IT8841645A patent/IT1225233B/en active
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1989
- 1989-07-18 EP EP89113103A patent/EP0351764B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-07-18 AT AT89113103T patent/ATE81881T1/en active
- 1989-07-18 ES ES198989113103T patent/ES2035460T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-07-18 DE DE8989113103T patent/DE68903305D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1992
- 1992-11-12 GR GR920402019T patent/GR3006210T3/el unknown
Patent Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR1306514A (en) * | 1961-11-21 | 1962-10-13 | Hinge | |
FR2382571A1 (en) * | 1977-03-04 | 1978-09-29 | Blanc Lucien | Adjustable decorative door hinge - has cylindrical securing plugs held by locking devices allowing turning only |
EP0259618A2 (en) * | 1986-08-13 | 1988-03-16 | Gebr. Brotschi & Co. AG | Door and window hinge adjustable during and after its affixation |
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ES2035460T3 (en) | 1993-04-16 |
EP0351764B1 (en) | 1992-10-28 |
IT1225233B (en) | 1990-11-02 |
IT8841645A0 (en) | 1988-07-22 |
GR3006210T3 (en) | 1993-06-21 |
ATE81881T1 (en) | 1992-11-15 |
DE68903305D1 (en) | 1992-12-03 |
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