EP0616105B1 - A butt hinge for door and window fixtures - Google Patents

A butt hinge for door and window fixtures Download PDF

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EP0616105B1
EP0616105B1 EP94830054A EP94830054A EP0616105B1 EP 0616105 B1 EP0616105 B1 EP 0616105B1 EP 94830054 A EP94830054 A EP 94830054A EP 94830054 A EP94830054 A EP 94830054A EP 0616105 B1 EP0616105 B1 EP 0616105B1
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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
    • E05D5/12—Securing pins in sockets, movably or not
    • 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
    • E05D5/12—Securing pins in sockets, movably or not
    • E05D5/121—Screw-threaded pins
    • 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
    • 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 butt hinge for door and window fixtures according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • this type of hinge (for example EP-A-0 425 794) consists in two bosses, generally aluminium, secured respectively to the moving sash and to the fixed frame (or to a terminal portion of the tilt stay rod, in the case of the tilt-and-turn type sash) by way of flanges, using screws of which the heads are accommodated in respective sockets afforded by the flanges and the shanks either impinge on clamp plates insertable into longitudinal channels afforded by the section, or are driven into the section itself.
  • the bosses exhibit respective through bores which, with the hinge fitted, are disposed substantially coaxial and accommodate a relative pivot allowing articulation of the sash and the frame; the hinge also incorporates an alignment sleeve embodied in plastic material, associated at least with the boss uppermost, which is interposed between the boss and the pivot and functions as a friction bearing.
  • the pivot is fashioned generally in such a manner as to allow its concealment at one end (typically the bottom end, being the end most often exposed to view) by means of a cap snap-fitted directly to the pivot itself, whilst the remaining end exhibits a circumferential groove positioned externally of the bores and designed to accept a circlip by which the pivot is retained internally of the bosses through mechanical interference.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the various drawbacks mentioned above through the provision of a hinge comprising a pivot that is structurally solid, practical and secure when installing, and of which the correct position can be verified swiftly whether by the installer or by the end user.
  • the hinge disclosed is of the type used to interconnect the topmost parts of a fixed frame and a moving sash, in particular side and/or horizontally hung sashes for windows and similar fixtures.
  • Such hinges comprise two bosses 1 and 2 (see fig 1) associated respectively with a moving sash and its fixed frame (neither of which is illustrated, being conventional in embodiment and only incidental to the invention) by means of relative flanges 3 and 4 (indicated in phantom lines) secured with fastening means (typically clamp plates anchored internally of the metal section with screws, conventional in embodiment and therefore not illustrated) to the corresponding sash or frame; the two bosses 1 and 2 are connected by a vertical pivot 5 (shown in the more usual arrangement with the hinge supporting a side-hung sash) which is accommodated together with an alignment sleeve 6 internally of two coaxially disposed through bores 7 and 8 afforded by the two bosses 1 and 2, respectively.
  • the sleeve 6 is interposed between the pivot 5 and the upper boss 1, the diameter of the relative bore 7 being greater than that of the remaining bore 8 in order to accommodate the sleeve 6, which affords a collar 6a at the bottom extremity and functions thus both as a stop and a friction bearing between the two bosses when in relative rotation, and as a means of reducing the bore 7 of the upper boss 1 to match the internal diameter D of the lower boss 2.
  • the hinge disclosed incorporates angular restraint and concealing means 9, interacting with the ends of the pivot 5, by which the pivot is respectively immobilized in relation to one of the bosses 1 or 2 and capped at the end occupying the remaining boss; restraint means 9 consist in a plunger element 10 freely accommodated within a corresponding radial socket 11 formed in the lower part of the pivot 5 and opening onto its circumferential surface.
  • the plunger element 10 is directly engaged by means 12 allowing the adjustment of its position, located at the bottom end of the pivot 5 and disposed in such a manner as to remain accessible from externally of the relative boss 2 for the purposes of operation.
  • the plunger element 12 appears as a simple ball seated in the radial socket 11, and the area of the socket emerging onto the external surface of the pivot 5 is upset, or caulked, in order to obtain a lip of reduced diameter such as will prevent the ball 10 from being forced out under the pressure applied by the adjustment means 12.
  • the adjustment means 12 are embodied as a screw 13, preferably a socket screw, insertable into a blind tapped hole 14 afforded by and disposed coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the pivot 5, which naturally will connect with the socket 11 occupied by the ball 10; the screw 13 affords a cone point, such that its rotation back and forward within the hole 14 has the effect of translating the ball 10 between two limit positions, namely a non-operative position in which the ball 10 is wholly encompassed by the socket 11 (as in fig 3), and an operative position (indicated by the phantom line in fig 3) in which a portion of the ball 10 projects beyond the circumferential compass of the pivot 5 and is driven forcibly against the internal surface of the relative boss 2, thereby immobilizing the pivot.
  • a screw 13 preferably a socket screw, insertable into a blind tapped hole 14 afforded by and disposed coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the pivot 5, which naturally will connect with the socket 11 occupied by the ball 10;
  • the plunger element 10 consists in a wedge 10c of which the two tapered working faces 10a and 10b are positioned to interact respectively with the radial socket 11 and with the cone point of the screw 13.
  • the end of the pivot 5 remote from that occupied by the ball 10 and the screw 13, or in effect the end located internally of the upper hinge boss 1, is capped by a concealing element 15 associated in a positive fit with a narrowed portion or groove 16 afforded by the corresponding end of the pivot 5 and, as already intimated, constituting a further element of the angular restraint and concealing means 9.
  • the concealing element 15 is embodied as a straightforward cap 17 comprising a disk 17p uppermost and a plug 17c beneath, of which the underside affords a U-profile seating 18 shaped in such a way as to allow its connection, bayonet fashion, to a button 5a integral with the pivot 5 and separated from the main body by the groove 16; whilst the plug 17c is matched in diameter to the corresponding bore 7 and therefore remains lodged in the upper hinge boss 1 once the cap 17 has been fitted, the disk 17p is of diameter Da greater than that of the bore 7 and thus provides the pivot 5 with a stop shoulder (for a reason to be described in due course).
  • the two bosses 1 and 2 are first secured to the relative parts of the fixture (sash and frame) by way of the fastening means; thereafter, with the sleeve 6 located in the upper boss 1, the pivot 5 is inserted with the ball 10 and screw 13 in the non-operative position and pushed up to the point at which the button 5a projects from the boss 1, whereupon the cap 17 is fitted so as to conceal the end in question and ensure that the pivot 5 cannot drop out of the bosses by reason of its own weight.
  • the overall length L of the pivot 5, screw 13 and cap 17, with the hinge assembled is substantially the same as that of the two hinge bosses 1 and 2 placed end to end, whilst the diameter 13d presented by the head 13t of the socket screw 13 is substantially identical to the diameter D of the corresponding bore 8.
  • the safety of the hinge is notably enhanced and its appearance likewise significantly improved; the operation of installing the pivot is especially swift, not least by virtue of the fact that the component parts (except for the cap) can be supplied stably preassembled. No less important is the fact that installer and end user alike can easily verify the position of the socket screw and thus be certain that the hinge has been correctly assembled.
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IT93BO000042A IT1266250B1 (it) 1993-02-12 1993-02-12 Cerniera di collegamento applicabile su infissi.
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DE (1) DE69400536T2 (es)
ES (1) ES2080035T3 (es)
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US7293329B2 (en) * 2004-02-27 2007-11-13 Newell Operating Company Vertically adjustable hinge
DE102004026392B3 (de) * 2004-05-29 2005-10-06 Simonswerk, Gmbh Türband
ES2306552B1 (es) * 2005-10-05 2009-09-16 Universidad De La Rioja Bisagra para puertas, ventanas y similares.
US7162774B1 (en) * 2005-10-07 2007-01-16 Ferco Architechtural Hardware Multi-position adjustable door hinge
DE202011052371U1 (de) * 2011-12-20 2013-03-21 Dr. Hahn Gmbh & Co. Kg Band zur schwenkbaren Verbindung eines Flügels mit einem Rahmen

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US2780830A (en) * 1955-06-20 1957-02-12 Jr Archer W Kammerer Pin retainer
US3188686A (en) * 1962-11-14 1965-06-15 Paul C Orcutt Butts and/or hinges
US3390419A (en) * 1965-11-05 1968-07-02 Lawrence Brothers Flush mounted arrangement of a hinge pintle
DE8912921U1 (es) * 1989-11-02 1989-12-07 Siegenia-Frank Kg, 5900 Siegen, De

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ITBO930042A0 (it) 1993-02-12
IT1266250B1 (it) 1996-12-27
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GR3021778T3 (en) 1997-02-28

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