EP1835101B1 - Hinge for a frame - Google Patents

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EP1835101B1
EP1835101B1 EP07103982A EP07103982A EP1835101B1 EP 1835101 B1 EP1835101 B1 EP 1835101B1 EP 07103982 A EP07103982 A EP 07103982A EP 07103982 A EP07103982 A EP 07103982A EP 1835101 B1 EP1835101 B1 EP 1835101B1
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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
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/04—Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame
    • E05D7/043—Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame by means of dowel attachments
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00—Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/04—Additional features or accessories of hinges relating to the use of free balls as bearing-surfaces
    • 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
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/02—Hinges with pins with one pin
    • E05D2003/025—Hinges with pins with one pin having three knuckles
    • E05D2003/027—Hinges with pins with one pin having three knuckles the end knuckles being mutually connected
    • 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
    • E05D2005/122—Screw-threaded pins externally threaded
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00—Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/04—Additional features or accessories of hinges relating to the use of free balls as bearing-surfaces
    • E05D2011/045—Additional features or accessories of hinges relating to the use of free balls as bearing-surfaces located in line with the hinge axis
    • 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
    • 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
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
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    • E05D5/14—Construction of sockets or sleeves
    • 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
    • E05D7/04—Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame
    • E05D7/0415—Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame with adjusting drive means
    • E05D7/0423—Screw-and-nut mechanisms
    • 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
    • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
    • E05Y2600/10—Adjustable
    • E05Y2600/30—Adjustment motion
    • E05Y2600/32—Rotary motion
    • 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
    • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
    • E05Y2600/10—Adjustable
    • E05Y2600/30—Adjustment motion
    • E05Y2600/32—Rotary motion
    • E05Y2600/322—Rotary motion around a horizontal axis
    • 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
    • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
    • E05Y2600/60—Mounting or coupling members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2600/61—Threaded members
    • 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
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  • the present invention concerns a hinge for a frame, such as for example a main door, a window, a door of a building or of a furnishing element, or other, provided with a closing element and a fixed structure.
  • the hinge according to the present invention is of the type with three elements, of which one, intermediate, fixed to the closing element, and two, terminal, or lateral, disposed respectively one above and one under the intermediate one, and fixed to the fixed structure, or vice versa.
  • the terminal elements are pivoted to the intermediate element along the same pivoting axis so as to allow the articulation of the closing element with respect to the fixed structure (see e.g. EP-A-0796969 ).
  • Hinges are known, used to articulate a closing element of a frame with respect to a fixed structure and comprising two terminal bushings, or elements, and one intermediate bushing, or element, interposed between the two terminal bushings, which is normally fixed to the closing element through screwing.
  • the three bushings are pivoted to each other by means of a single central pin, along the same pivoting axis.
  • known hinges require dismantling the central pin, moving the closing element away from the fixed structure, and screwing/unscrewing the intermediate bushing so as to move it closer to/away from the closing element.
  • the intermediate bushing must be disposed coaxial to the two terminal bushings, so as to allow the insertion of the pin, the above regulation does not allow a continuous variation of the distance, but only certain increases or decreases, with a consequent imprecise regulation.
  • One purpose of the present invention is to achieve a hinge of the type with three elements, which allows to vary the distance between the intermediate element and the structural element, for example the closing element or the fixed structure, of a frame, in a continuous and rapid manner, without needing to dismantle the frame or the hinge.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to achieve a hinge, which also allows to regulate, substantially along the pivoting axis, the position of the intermediate element with respect to the two terminal elements, in a continuous and rapid manner, without needing to dismantle the frame or the hinge.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • a hinge according to the present invention can be used in order to articulate a mobile structural element, such as the closing element of a frame, with respect to a fixed structural element, for example a fixed structure.
  • the hinge according to the present invention comprises:
  • the intermediate element comprises a central cavity which has a substantially orthogonal development with respect to the pivoting axis, and able to house a regulation element.
  • the regulation element is for example a screw, or suchlike, and is housed inside the central cavity, free to rotate with respect to the intermediate element.
  • the regulation element is also able to be disposed in cooperation with the structural element with which the intermediate element cooperates, and can be driven in order to modify the distance between the structural element and the pivoting axis.
  • the intermediate element also comprises two seatings, disposed on opposite sides with respect to the central cavity and developing substantially parallel to the pivoting axis.
  • the pivoting means comprises two pins each of which is associated with a corresponding terminal element and is able to cooperate with a respective seating, so as to allow the articulation of the mobile structural element with respect to the fixed structural element.
  • the hinge according to the present invention therefore allows to vary the distance between the intermediate element and the structural element with which the intermediate element cooperates, in a continuous and rapid manner, without needing to dismantle the frame or the hinge.
  • each pin comprises a respective end able to be disposed in cooperation with a sliding element, for example a ball, disposed in the corresponding seating.
  • each pin is joined to the corresponding terminal element by screwing, so as to maintain the respective end in contact with the respective sliding element.
  • the pins are able to be screwed/unscrewed with respect to the corresponding terminal element independently from each other, allowing to regulate the position of the intermediate element with respect to the two terminal elements in a continuous manner and without needing to dismantle the hinge.
  • a hinge 10 can be used in order to articulate a closing element 12 of a frame with respect to a fixed structure 14.
  • the hinge 10 comprises two terminal bushings, respectively first 16 and second 18, and an intermediate bushing 20 mounted between the two terminal bushings 16, 18 and pivoted thereto along a pivoting axis I.
  • the two terminal bushings 16, 18 ( figs. 1 , 2 and 3 ) each comprise a corresponding attachment shank 22, 24, able to be fixed to the fixed structure 14, and the intermediate bushing 20 comprises, in this specific case, two guiding shanks 26 able to be coupled to the closing element 12.
  • the intermediate bushing 20 also comprises a central cavity 32 ( fig. 1 ), developing substantially orthogonal with respect to the pivoting axis I, and able to house a regulation element, which, in the case shown here, is a screw 34 which can be screwed to the closing element 12.
  • the screw 34 has a circular seating 36 able to cooperate with a mating retaining element, of the known type and not shown in the drawings, such as a Seger ring, or one or more balls locked into the central cavity 32.
  • a mating retaining element of the known type and not shown in the drawings, such as a Seger ring, or one or more balls locked into the central cavity 32.
  • the screw 34 is therefore constrained transversely to the intermediate bushing 20, but can rotate with respect to a rotation axis R substantially orthogonal to the pivoting axis I, so that it can be screwed/unscrewed with respect to the closing element 12 in order to modify the distance between the intermediate bushing 20 and the closing element 12.
  • the intermediate bushing 20 also comprises two seatings, respectively first 40 and second 42, disposed on opposite sides with respect to the central cavity 32 and with a development substantially longitudinal and parallel to the pivoting axis I.
  • each seating 40 and 42 is lined internally with a lining 44 made of anti-wear material, preferably plastic material, such as polyamide.
  • Each seating 49 and 42 in the part facing towards the central cavity 32, comprises a hollow 46, able to contain a respective ball 48, for example made of hardened steel, or of a material with similar mechanical characteristics.
  • the hinge 10 also comprises two pins, respectively first 50 and second 52, each of which is provided with a threaded portion 54, cylindrical in shape and, on the opposite end, a ferrule 56.
  • Each pin 50, 52 also has a head, opposite with respect to the ferrule 56, in which a screwing seating 57 is made, for example hexagonal in shape, in order to insert a tool, such as a socket head wrench.
  • Each of the two terminal bushings 16, 18 comprises a threaded cylindrical seating 58, made internally.
  • Each pin 50, 52 is able to be connected to a respective terminal bushing 16, 18 by screwing the threaded portion 54 to the cylindrical threaded seating 58 of the corresponding terminal bushing 16, 18 and is able to be inserted into a respective seating 40, 42, disposing the ferrule 56 in contact with the corresponding ball 48.
  • the intermediate bushing 20 is constrained between the two pins 50, 52, without the possibility of axial movement.
  • the relative position of the intermediate bushing 20 with respect to the two terminal bushings 16, 18 can be regulated in height by screwing/unscrewing the pins 50, 52 with respect to the corresponding threaded portions 54.
  • the intermediate bushing 20 is free to rotate with respect to the two terminal bushings 16, 18, so as to allow the articulation of the closing element 12 with respect to the fixed structure 14.
  • the two terminal bushings 16, 18 are connected to each other by means of a platelet 60 made, for example, of metal.
  • the platelet 60 can be optionally provided with one or more lateral pins 62, in this specific case two, able to be inserted into corresponding guide holes made in the fixed structure 14.
  • the two lateral pins 62 are obtained, for example, by cutting to measure the surface of the platelet 60 so as to achieve two tongues that are then bent towards the outside until they are disposed substantially orthogonal to said surface.
  • the two terminal bushings 16, 18 are connected to each other by means of a retaining element 64, which is in turn fixed to the fixed structure 14 through screwing, or other method.
  • the hinge 10 also comprises two washers, or ring nuts, respectively first 66 and second 68, which can be screwed into the respective threaded portion 54 so as to function as lock nut for the relative pin 50, 52.
  • Each ring nut 66, 68 has a through screwing hole 70, for example hexagonal in shape, in order to facilitate the screwing/unscrewing of the ring nut 66, 68, for example by means of a socket head wrench.
  • the longitudinal axis of the through screwing hole 70 of each ring nut 66, 68 is misaligned with respect to the longitudinal axis of the screwing seating 57 of the relative pin 50, 52, so that, during the assembly phases, the socket head wrench does not contact the underlying screwing seating also screwing/unscrewing the pin 50, 52.

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IT000059A ITUD20060059A1 (it) 2006-03-14 2006-03-14 Cerniera per un serramento

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ATE449896T1 (de) 2009-12-15
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