EP1452679B1 - Charnière pour éléments mobiles ou battants de meuble avec un mécanisme de réglage de la hauteur - Google Patents

Charnière pour éléments mobiles ou battants de meuble avec un mécanisme de réglage de la hauteur Download PDF

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EP1452679B1
EP1452679B1 EP04100794A EP04100794A EP1452679B1 EP 1452679 B1 EP1452679 B1 EP 1452679B1 EP 04100794 A EP04100794 A EP 04100794A EP 04100794 A EP04100794 A EP 04100794A EP 1452679 B1 EP1452679 B1 EP 1452679B1
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Lorenzo Piccolo
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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
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/0009—Adjustable hinges
    • E05D7/0018—Adjustable hinges at the hinge axis
    • E05D7/0027—Adjustable hinges at the hinge axis in an axial direction
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/02—Hinges with pins with one pin
    • E05D2003/025—Hinges with pins with one pin having three knuckles
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets

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  • the present invention concerns a hinge for mobile elements, for example for doors, main doors, windows or suchlike, or for wings of items of furniture.
  • wing shall be taken to mean any mobile structure intended to close an aperture, whether of a fixture, as in the case of doors or windows, or of an item of furniture.
  • the hinge according to the invention is provided with a mechanism that allows to adjust the height of the wing with respect to the fixed frame to which it is applied.
  • Such mechanism can be applied both in hinges with two elements, of the male-female type, and also in hinges with three elements rotating around a central pivot.
  • a bushing is screwed to one of the elements of the hinge, advantageously the lower one.
  • the bushing is screwed in, or unscrewed, by acting directly on the central pivot, to adjust the position in height of one element with respect to the other.
  • hinges are used which are formed by three coaxial elements hinged on a single central pivot.
  • the element arranged in the central position is usually attached to the wing, while the two elements arranged laterally, respectively one above and one below the central one, are attached to the frame of the fixture. More rarely, the connection between the three elements is inverted, so that the central one is attached to the fixed frame and the lateral ones are attached to the wing.
  • One of the shortcomings of such known hinges is that, to allow the central element to be adjusted in height, in order to distance the base of the wing from the floor or from the base of the piece of furniture, spacer washers are arranged between the lower element and the central element in order to raise the latter by some millimeters.
  • the aforesaid adjustment involves at least partly removing the pivot, lifting the wing, inserting one or more spacer washers between the lower element and the central element, and re-assembling the whole.
  • a simpler hinge is also known, with only two, male-female elements, which is provided with an integrated adjustment mechanism, comprising an adjustment bushing screwed onto the lower element.
  • the adjustment bushing is provided with an annular part on which the upper element rests.
  • the adjustment bushing is screwed or unscrewed with respect to the lower element, thus determining an axial movement of the upper element and consequently the wing is lifted or lowered with respect to the floor, or with respect to the base of the item of furniture.
  • a hinge for doors which comprises a central hinge element connectable to a door and two lateral hinge elements connectable to a fixed frame.
  • the regulation of the axial position of the central hinge element with respect to the two lateral hinge elements is achieved by means of a threaded tubular element which is screwed internally on the lower lateral hinge element.
  • a ball bearing is interposed between the tubular element and the central hinge element.
  • Two terminal screws are screwed to the external ends of the two lateral hinge elements.
  • a hinge for doors which comprises a lower hinge element, a central hinge element and an upper hinge element.
  • Inside the lower hinge element there are two bushes connected to a central tubular element treated on its external surface.
  • the upper bush is in contact with the central hinge element. The rotation of the two bushes, by means of an appropriate tool, causes the screwing of the central tubular element on the lower hinge element and the consequent axial displacement of the central tubular element with respect to the lower tubular element.
  • a hinge for doors with overhang, which has an axial bolt linking a top piece, with a top threaded bolt to engage the door leaf and a bottom piece, with a carrier bolt to engage the frame.
  • the axial bolt passes right through a guide socket on the bottom hinge piece, and is supported in a blind hole in the top piece. Part of the bolt section engaging the socket, and the socket hole are threaded.
  • the bottom bolt section has tool-engagement units, for twisting the axial bolt, for top hinge piece level adjustment.
  • the axial bolt which supports the axial load of the top piece and of the element connected thereto, is connected to the on the bottom hinge piece by means of its lower threaded portion.
  • One purpose of the present invention is to achieve a hinge, with one or two elements, for mobile elements or suchlike, which is provided with a mechanism to adjust the height of the mobile element or suchlike, which is simple and economical to make and at the same time allows to adjust, with maximum precision, the height of the wing simply and quickly, in order to reduce the times and costs of the operators' intervention.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to achieve a hinge for mobile elements or suchlike, whose adjustment mechanism does not provide the use of specific tools in order to actuate it.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain other purposes and advantages.
  • the hinge for fixtures comprises a couple of hinge elements able to be fixed together to the mobile structure or to the fixed frame, and a central hinge element disposed between the couple of hinge elements and able to be fixed to the fixed frame or, respectively, to the mobile structure.
  • Said three hinge elements are axially hinged therebetween by means of a pivoting element inserted in corresponding axial holes thereof.
  • An intermediate element provided with a through axial hole, is disposed between the a central hinge element and a first hinge element of the couple of hinge elements, coaxial to the pivoting element, for regulating the reciprocal axial position of the couple of hinge elements with respect to the central hinge element.
  • the said intermediate element comprises a bushing having at least a substantially cylindrical portion externally threaded, which is screwed on a corresponding internal thread provided in one of the axial holes of said first hinge element or of said central hinge element; moreover said bushing is provided in its axial hole with first coupling means able to couple, without reciprocal rotation, with second coupling means provided on the pivoting element in order to command, by means of the rotation of said pivoting element, the selective screwing or unscrewing of the bushing with respect to the first hinge element or to the central hinge element on which said bushing is screwed, whereby causing the reciprocal axial movement of the couple of hinge elements with respect to the central hinge element.
  • the pivoting element is also provided with at least a radial protuberance, which is able to interfere elastically with a wall of the hole of one of the elements, to determine the clamping thereof during the normal functioning of the hinge.
  • the hinge according to the present invention it is possible to adjust the distance between the various elements, and consequently the position of the wing with respect to its fixed frame, by acting directly on the pivoting element, before the latter is clamped inside the holes of the hinge elements.
  • the adjustment can be made with any type of known tool, for example an Allen key able to operate in a hexagonal hollow made on the head of the pivoting element.
  • the pivoting element can be provided with a knurling, a transverse notch made on the head, or otherwise.
  • a hinge 10 according to the present invention for a wing 11 comprises a first hinge element 12, a second hinge element 13 and a third hinge element 15, mounted rotatable axially on a central pivot 16.
  • the first hinge element 12 and the third hinge element 15 form a couple of hinge elements which is able to be fixed together to a fixed frame 22 with respect to which the wing 10 has to be hinged, while the second hinge element 13 is able to be disposed centrally between the couple of hinge elements 12 and 15 and fixed to wing 11.
  • the couple of hinge elements 12 and 15 can be fixed to wing 11, while the second, or central, hinge element 13 can be fixed to the fixed frame 22.
  • the first hinge element 12 is arranged below the central hinge element 13 and comprises a tubular body 19 provided with an axially threaded through hole 20 and with an external radial threaded pin 21, transversal to the axis of the threaded through hole 20 and by means of which the same first hinge element 12 can be fixed to the fixed frame 22, or to the wing, as explained above.
  • the central hinge element 13 comprises a tubular body 23 provided with an axial through hole 25 having a larger diameter than that of the pivot 16.
  • two anti-friction brasses 24 which improve the conditions of reciprocal axial rotatability between the central hinge element 13 and the pivot 16.
  • Bearings or other anti-friction elements of any suitable material and shape may be provided instead of the brasses 24, provided that this is not essential for the present invention.
  • a radial threaded pin 26 is also provided, which is able to allow to attach the central hinge element 13 to the wing 11, or to the fixed frame 22, as explained above.
  • the third hinge element 15 is arranged above the central hinge element 13 and comprises a tubular body 27 provided with an axial through hole 29 with a diameter mating with that of the pivot 16 and with an external radial threaded pin 30, identical to the pin 21, and able to allow to attach the same third hinge element 15, together with the first hinge element 12, to the fixed frame 22, or to the wing, as explained above.
  • the third hinge element 15 can also comprise, possibly, a transversal hole 37 inside which a clamping grub screw 39 is able to be screwed with a blocking function.
  • the hinge 10 also comprises a substantially cylindrical bushing 17 which has an external threaded portion 17a axially screwed to the threaded through hole 20 of the first hinge element 12.
  • the bushing 17 is also provided with an axial through hole 35 having a portion 35a provided with a polygonal transversal section, for example hexagonal.
  • the pivot 16 is substantially cylindrical, except for one lower end which comprises a shaped segment 31, with a polygonal transversal section, for example hexagonal, able to cooperate during use with the mating portion 35a of the through hole 35 of the bushing 17, in order to avoid any reciprocal rotation between the pivot 16 and the bushing 17.
  • the pivot 16 is also provided at one upper end with one or more radial protuberances 34 which interfere elastically with the through hole 29 of the third element 15 in order to determine the clamping of the pivot 16 itself with respect to the elements 12, 13 and 15, during the normal functioning of the hinge 10.
  • the radial protuberances 34 can be made either by molding or by mechanical deformation of the upper end of the pivot 16, for example as described in the European Patent application EP-A-1030020 in the name of the same Applicant hereof.
  • a dead hole 32 At the upper end of the pivot 16 there is also a dead hole 32, on whose bottom wall 32a there is in turn a polygonal seating 33, for example hexagonal, functioning as an interface, to allow to insert a suitable tool, for example a mating Allen key, with which it is possible to act easily on the pivot 16 in order to determine, as will be explained hereafter, the adjustment of the second element 13 with respect to the first element 12 and the third element 15.
  • a suitable tool for example a mating Allen key
  • the bushing 17 further comprises a transversal shoulder 36 which cooperates by contact with an edge of the central hinge element 13 to move it axially upwards or downwards with respect to the first hinge element 12.
  • both the first and third hinge elements 12 and 15 are attached to the fixed frame 22, by means of their threaded pins 21 and 30.
  • the axial distance between the couple of hinge elements 12 and 15 must be such as to allow to insert, with appropriate play, the central hinge element 13 between the couple of hinge elements 12 and 15.
  • the central hinge element 13 is then positioned axially, having been previously attached to the wing 11 by means of its own threaded pin 26, between the couple of hinge elements 12 and 15.
  • the bushing 17 is either screwed or unscrewed on the first hinge element 12, with a consequent upwards or downwards movement of the central hinge element 13 and of the wing attached thereto, with respect to the couple of hinge elements 12, 15 and to the fixed frame 22.
  • the shaped segment 31 could be fork-shaped and cooperate with a mating seating made in the bushing 17, or have any other type of shaping which prevents the reciprocal rotation between the pivot 16 and one of the hinge elements 12, 13 and 15 of the hinge 10.
  • first hinge element 12 and the third hinge element 15 can be connected to each other, with a pre-determined distance, by means of a plate element, not shown in the drawings, provided with through holes, inside which respective attachment screws are able to be inserted, which determine the attachment of the couple of hinge elements 12, 15 to the fixed frame 22, thus replacing the threaded pins 21 and 30.
  • bushing 17 could be screwed to the central hinge element 13 or to the third hinge element 15.

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  1. Charnière destinée à articuler une structure mobile (11) par rapport à un bâti fixe (22), comprenant une paire d'éléments de charnière (12, 15) pouvant être fixés ensemble à ladite structure mobile (11) ou audit bâti fixe (22), un élément de charnière central (13) disposé entre ladite paire d'éléments de charnière (12, 15) et pouvant être fixé audit bâti fixe (22) ou, respectivement, à ladite structure mobile (11), lesdits trois éléments de charnière (12, 13, 15) étant articulés axialement entre eux au moyen d'un élément pivotant (16) inséré dans des trous axiaux correspondants (20, 25, 29) desdits trois éléments de charnière (12, 13, 15), un élément intermédiaire (17) muni d'un trou axial traversant (35) étant disposé entre ledit élément de charnière central (13) et un premier élément de charnière (12) de ladite paire d'éléments de charnière (12, 15), dans l'axe dudit élément pivotant (16), afin d'ajuster la position axiale de ladite paire d'éléments de charnière (12, 15) par rapport audit élément de charnière central (13),
    dans laquelle ledit élément intermédiaire comporte une douille (17) présentant au moins une partie sensiblement cylindrique extérieurement filetée qui est vissée sur un filetage interne correspondant, ménagé dans l'un desdits trous axiaux (20, 25) dudit premier élément de charnière (12) ou dudit élément de charnière central (13),
    dans laquelle ladite douille (17) est munie dans son trou axial (35) d'un premier moyen d'accouplement (35a), ledit élément pivotant (16) est muni à sa première extrémité d'un second moyen d'accouplement (31) pouvant être couplé, sans rotation réciproque, audit premier moyen d'accouplement (35a) afin de commander, par la rotation dudit élément pivotant (16), le vissage ou le dévissage sélectif de ladite douille (17) par rapport audit premier élément de charnière (12) ou audit élément de charnière central (13) sur lequel est vissée ladite douille (17), en entraînant ainsi le mouvement axial réciproque de ladite paire d'éléments de charnière (12, 15) par rapport audit élément de charnière central (13),
    charnière caractérisée en ce que ledit élément pivotant (16) est muni à sa seconde extrémité d'au moins une protubérance radiale (34), apte à interférer de manière élastique avec une paroi du trou axial (29) ménagé dans un second élément de charnière (15) de ladite paire d'éléments de charnière (12, 15), afin de bloquer ledit élément pivotant (16) par rapport audit second élément de charnière (15) lors du fonctionnement normal de la charnière (10) et d'éviter ainsi toute rotation supplémentaire de ladite douille (17) par rapport audit premier élément de charnière (12) ou audit élément de charnière central (13).
  2. Charnière selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite douille (17) comprend en outre un épaulement (36) apte à coopérer par contact avec ledit premier élément de charnière (12) ou avec ledit élément de charnière central (13).
  3. Charnière selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que ladite partie sensiblement cylindrique de ladite douille (17) est vissée sur ledit premier élément de charnière (12), et en ce que ledit épaulement (36) coopère par contact avec ledit élément de charnière central (13).
  4. Charnière selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que ledit premier moyen d'accouplement (35a) et ledit second moyen d'accouplement (31) ont des sections transversales sensiblement polygonales.
  5. Charnière selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ledit élément pivotant, entre ladite première extrémité et ladite seconde extrémité, comporte un pivot sensiblement cylindrique (16).
  6. Charnière selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que ledit pivot (16), en correspondance avec sa seconde extrémité, est muni d'une interface axiale (33) permettant de faire tourner ledit pivot (16) au moyen d'un outil classique adapté.
EP04100794A 2003-02-28 2004-03-01 Charnière pour éléments mobiles ou battants de meuble avec un mécanisme de réglage de la hauteur Expired - Lifetime EP1452679B1 (fr)

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IT000046A ITUD20030046A1 (it) 2003-02-28 2003-02-28 Cerniera per serramenti o ante di mobili con meccanismo per la regolazione in altezza.

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