JPH03194083A - Hinge - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify mounting and demounting of a hinge body by removably engaging the body member of a hinge and a coupling member with a base body in a manner to cover the base body therewith, and securing face plates on both sides in a state that floating of the body member is prevented through a lock lever rearwardly energized through the force of a spring. CONSTITUTION:A hinge comprises a coupling member 2 removably engaged with a base body 1 to cover the base body therewith and a hinge body 3 engaged with the coupling member to cover the coupling member therewith. A base body 1 is securely embedded in a side wall A and a cup 42 of the hinge body 3 in a door B. A body member 41 of the hinge body 3 and the coupling member 2 mounted to the body member 41 are mounted to a door B in a manner to be engaged in a covering manner with the base body 1. In this state, plates 46 on both sides of the body member 41 are positioned and locked to the base part of the base body 1, and floating of the body member 41 is prevented by a lock lever 21 rearwardly energized through the force of a spring 28 to secure the body member. In removal, a release operating part 24 of the lock lever 21 is pushed forward against energization of the spring 28 to release the coupling member 2 from lock. This constitution simplifies mounting and demounting of the hinge body mounted to the base body through the coupling member.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Objective of the Invention) (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a hinge used for, for example, a door of furniture.

(Prior Art) A conventional hinge, as described in JP-A-1-247679, includes a base body attached to a fixed member such as a side wall of a furniture body, and a cup attached to a movable member such as a door. a hinge body rotatably connected to the main body member via a plurality of link arms, and a connecting member to which the main body member of the hinge body is attached and removably fitted to the base body. .

The base body is integrally provided with a hook at one end and a locking lever at the other end, while the connecting member to which the main body member of the hinge body is attached is hooked to the hook on the base body. A bottle to be hung is provided at one end, and a locking/disengaging portion to be locked/unlocked by a locking lever of the base body is provided at the other end.

To attach the hinge body to the base body, while covering the base body with the connecting member to which the main body member of the hinge body is attached, hook the bottle at one end of the connecting member to the hook of the base body, and then By locking the locking/disengaging portion at the other end to the locking lever of the base body, the hinge body can be attached to the base body via the connecting member. In addition, to remove the hinge body from the base body, it is only necessary to operate in the opposite direction to the installation process, that is, to push and operate the locking lever, and then to separate the other end of the connecting member from the base body. to release the locking lever, and then move the connecting member toward one end to remove the bottle from the hook on the base body.
The hinge body can be removed from the base body together with the connecting member.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional hinge, in the process of attaching the hinge body to the base body, the connecting member to which the main body member of the hinge body is attached is placed over the base body. It is necessary to hook the bottle at one end of the connecting member to the hook on the base body, and then to lock the locking/disengaging portion at the other end of the connecting member to the locking lever on the base body, and also to remove the hinge body from the base body. To remove it, it is necessary to perform the operation in the opposite direction to that used for installation, which takes time and effort to attach and detach the hinge body.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and it is possible to easily attach and detach the main body member of the hinge body to and from the base body by simply fitting the hinge body to the base body via the connecting member. The purpose is to provide a hinge that can be used.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention provides a hinge in which a main body member 41 of a hinge main body 3 is attached via a connecting member 2 that is removably fitted to a base body 1. In member 2,
The base body 1 is provided with locking claws 36s and 36b for locking the base body 1 in a fitted state, and the base body 1 includes:
A locking lever 2 having locking portions 26g and 26b that can be locked and detached from the locking claws 36s and 36b of the connecting member 2.
1 is movable in the direction of engagement and disengagement, and is provided with an elastic body 28 that biases the locking lever 2I in the direction of engagement with the locking claws 36s and 36b.

(Function) In the present invention, the main body member 41 of the hinge main body 3 is attached to the base body 1.
By fitting the connecting member 2 attached to the
The locking claw 36I of the connecting member 2.

38b is an elastic body 28 that engages with the locking portions 26s and 2 (ib) of the locking lever 21 that is movably provided in the locking and disengaging direction on the base body 1 and biases the locking lever 21 in the engaging direction.
The locking portion 26*, Hb and the locking claw 36s,
36b is maintained, and the connecting member 2 of the hinge body 3 is locked to the base body 1.

Further, the locking lever 21 is moved in the disengagement direction against the bias of the elastic body 28 to release the engagement between the locking portions 26s and 26b and the locking claws Us and 3fib of the connecting member 2. For example, the connecting member 2 of the hinge body 3 can be removed from the base body 1.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

In the figure, the hinge includes a base body 1 and this base body 1.
The hinge body 3 is comprised of a connecting member 2 that is removably fitted into the connecting member 2, and a hinge body 3 that is attached to the connecting member 2 in a securely fitted manner.

The base body 1 is composed of a base part (1) and plate-shaped attachment pieces 12 formed protruding from both sides of the base part 11, respectively. A space 13 that opens downward is formed in the base 11. A storage recess 14 that communicates with this space 13 and opens upward is formed at the front end, and a storage recess 14 that opens upward at the rear end. A guide hole 15 opening toward the rear is formed, and rectangular openings lag and 16b are formed near the front and rear ends, respectively, and as shown in FIG. Guide protrusions 17 are formed protrudingly on both inner wall surfaces, and guide grooves 18 are formed above the guide protrusions 17. On the other hand, each mounting piece 12 has a mounting hole 19 formed in its center.

The base body 1 also includes a locking lever 21.

This locking lever 21 is fitted into the space 13 of the base body 1 and is movable back and forth, and is provided with a bent piece 22 bent downward at the front end.
A mounting piece 23 is provided with a part of the center thereof protruding forward, and a release operation part 24 is bent upward at the rear end, and stoppers 25 are bent downward at both side edges. Further, a pair of locking holes 26s and 26b as locking portions are formed near the front end and near the rear end, respectively, in the shape of long grooves in the front-rear direction, and notches 27 are formed on both sides of the center. has been done. To assemble the locking lever 21 to the base body 1, first, the spring 28 as an elastic body is fitted into the storage recess 14 from the space 13 of the base body 1, and then the front end of the locking lever 21 is fitted into the housing recess 14. is inserted into the space 13 from below the base body 1, the mounting piece 23 of the locking lever 21 is fitted into the spring 28, and the spring 28 is pushed forward to contract, and then,
The rear end of the locking lever 21 is moved toward the space 13 of the base body 1, and the release operation part 24 of the locking lever 21 is inserted into the space 13, and the notch 27 is inserted into the guide protrusion 1.
7, and then move the rear end of the locking lever 21 into the space 13 of the base body 1, and release the release operation part 2.
4 protrudes upward from the guide hole 15, the lower part of the release operation part 24 is fitted into the guide hole 1s, and the notch part 27 is fitted into the guide groove 18 at the upper part of the guide convex part 17, thereby making the engagement possible. The rear end of the stop lever 21 is the guide hole 15
As the locking lever 21 protrudes rearward, both side edges of the locking lever 21 fit into the guide groove 18 at the upper part of the guide protrusion 17, and in this state, the locking lever 21 is fitted so as to be movable in the front and back direction. The locking lever 21 is constantly urged rearward by the urging force of the spring 28, and the stopper 25 abuts against the inner surface of the rear end of the base body 1 to restrict rearward movement of the locking lever 21.

The connecting member 2 is formed into a U-shaped cross section by an upper plate 31 and side plates 32 bent on both sides of the upper plate 31 in the width direction, and the interval between the side plates 32 is set to the above-mentioned locking distance. The spacing between each pair of locking holes 2Gg and 26b of the lever 21 is approximately the same. The upper plate 31 has a long groove 33 opening forward at the front end, a screw hole 34 at the rear end, and an uneven portion 35 on the upper surface around the screw hole 34. There is. On the other hand, each side plate 3
Locking claws H, 36b are formed protruding from the front and rear portions of 2, respectively, and these locking claws 36s, 36 are respectively formed.
In b, a claw part 37 is formed on the front edge, a guide surface 38 that slopes backward is formed at the bottom of the claw part 37, and a positioning surface 39 that slopes forward is formed on the top of the claw part 37.
is formed, and a positioning surface 4o that slopes rearward is formed on the rear edge.

The hinge main body 3 is composed of a main body member 41, a cup 42 attached to the door, and link arms 43 and 44 connecting the main body member 41 and the cup 42.

The main body member 41 has a cross section that allows it to be fitted onto the outside of the connecting member 2 and the base 11 of the base body 1 from the upper plate 45 and the side plates 46 bent on both sides of the upper plate 45 in the width direction. It is formed in a hollow shape.

The upper plate 45 has a screw hole 47 formed at the center thereof, and an elongated hole 48 which is long in the front-rear direction at the rear thereof, and a support shaft 41. So are each constructed, and a support shaft 51 is constructed on the rear side thereof.

The main body member 41 and the connecting member 2 are connected such that a small-diameter groove 53 at the tip of an adjustment screw 52 screwed into the screw hole 47 of the main body member 41 is fitted into the long groove 33 of the connecting member 2. A large-diameter disk-shaped portion 54 at the tip of the connecting member 2 is engaged with the lower surface of the connecting member 2, and a set screw 55 inserted through the elongated hole 48 of the main body member 41 is screwed into the threaded hole 34 of the connecting member 2. This allows them to be fixed together. The height of the main body member 41 relative to the connecting member 2 can be adjusted by adjusting the screwing degree of the adjusting screw 52, and the longitudinal position of the main body member 41 relative to the connecting member 2 can be adjusted by loosening the set screw 55. Incidentally, an uneven portion is formed on the lower surface around the elongated hole 48 of the main body member 41, and the connecting member 2 is firmly fixed by fitting with the uneven portion 35 of the connecting member 2.

The cup 42 has a cup-shaped embedded portion 5 with an open negative side.
6 is formed, and plate-shaped mounting portions 58 having mounting holes 57 are integrally protruded from both sides of the embedded portion 56, and support shafts 59, 60 are formed between the inner sides of the embedded portion 56. has been erected.

The link arm 43 has a rectangular cross section,
One end is rotatably attached to the support shaft 5g of the cup 42, and the other end is the support shaft 4 of the front end of the main body member 41! It is rotatably attached to the shaft. On the other hand, the link arm 44
has one end rotatably attached to the support shaft 60 of the cup 42, and the other end rotatably attached to the support shaft So at the front end of the main body member 41. And these link arms 4
3.44, the cup 42 is rotatably connected to the main body member 41, and the cup 42 is moved to the open state (as shown in FIG. (the state shown in FIG. 2) or the closed state (the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3).

Then, attach the hinge configured in this way to the side wall A of the furniture.
The case where it is used to connect door B and door B will be explained.

First, the furniture side I! A is the mounting hole for base body 1! The base body 1 is fixed by screwing wood screws through the holes 9.

In addition, the cup 42 of the hinge body 3 is buried in the recess formed in the door B of the furniture, and a wood screw is screwed through the mounting hole 57 of the cup 42.
Fix 2.

Then, the main body member 41 of the hinge main body 3 with the cup 42 fixed to the door B of the furniture and the connecting member 2 attached to this main body member 41 are fitted onto the base body 1 fixed to the side wall A of the furniture. and install it. In other words, each pair of locking claws 36 at the front and rear of the connecting member 2 is closed.

36b into the openings 16g and 16b of the base body 1 from above, and by fitting the side plates 46 of the main body member 41 to both sides of the base 11 of the base body 1 from above, the connecting member 2 is locked. The tips of the claws 361 and 36b are connected to the respective locking holes 261 and 26b of the locking lever 21 of the base body 1.
It fits into the locking claw 36s, ! The guide surface 38 on the front edge of the locking lever 21 is connected to the locking hole 26*, 26 of the locking lever 21.
The locking lever 21 is in contact with the front edge of the spring 28 by the guide surface 33 of the locking claws 31n and 36b.
The locking claw 36g is pushed forward against the bias of
, the claw portion 37 of 36b engages with the locking hole 26 of the locking lever 21.
g, 26b, the locking lever 21 moves rearward due to the bias of the spring 28, and the locking claw 3gs
The locking hole 26* of the locking lever 21, the edge of the locking hole 26*, 26b fits into the upper part of the claw portion 37 of the locking lever 21, and the locking claw 31
i*, positioning surface 39.40 on both front and rear edges of 36b
contact the front and rear edges of the opening 161°H& of the base body 1, and the attachment of the main body member 41 of the hinge main body 3 is easily completed.

When the main body member 41 of the hinge main body 3 is attached to the base body 1, the locking pawl 36M of the connecting member 2.

The positioning surfaces 39, 40 on both the front and rear edges of the base body 1 are brought into contact with the front and rear edges of the base body 1, and positioning and locking in the front and rear direction is performed, and the locking claws 36s of the connecting member 2° , ! 61+ is the opening 1 of the base body 1
61° 11b and the locking hole 2Bg of the locking lever 21,
26b and both side plates 4G of the main body member 41.
are fitted on both sides of the base 11 of the base body 1 to perform positioning and locking on both sides, and the locking lever 21 biased backward by the spring 28 engages the locking pawl 36 of the connecting member 2.

3N+ and is locked in the adhesion direction, and the base body 1
The main body member 41 is firmly fixed in a state in which movement of the main body member 41 is reliably prevented.

On the other hand, when removing the main body member 41 of the hinge main body 3 from the base body 1, the release operation part 24 of the locking lever 2I is pushed forward, and the locking lever 21 is moved against the bias of the spring 28. If you push it forward until the locking hole 261°26& faces above the claw part 37 of the locking claw 361.3Sb of the connecting member 2, the locking claws 3G1, 36b of the connecting member 2 and the locking lever 21 will be removed. The engagement of the connecting member 2 can be released, and the connecting member 2 can be released.
The locking claws 361 and 36b are inserted into the locking hole 2 of the locking lever 21.
6g, 26b and the opening 16s of the base body 1,
By separating it from 16b, the main body member 41 of the hinge main body 3 can be easily removed from the base body 1.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by simply fitting the connecting member attached to the main body member of the hinge body to the base body, the locking pawl of the connecting member is provided so as to be movable in the locking/disengaging direction to the base body. The locking part of the locking lever can be engaged with the locking part of the locking lever, and the fitted and locked state can be maintained by the elastic body. When released, the connecting member can be easily removed from the base body, and therefore the hinge body attached to the base body via the connecting member can be easily attached and detached.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the hinge of the present invention in an exploded state, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the assembled state, and FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof. 1. Base body, 2. Connecting member, 3. Hinge body,
21...Latching lever, 2[e, 20...Latching hole as a locking part, 28...Spring as an elastic body, H
e, 36 Hatake...locking claw, 4N...main body member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a hinge in which the main body member of the hinge body is attached via a connecting member that is removably fitted to the base body, the connecting member is engaged with the base body in a fitted state. A locking claw is provided for locking the connecting member, and the base body is provided with a locking lever that is movable in the locking and disengaging direction and has a locking portion that can be locked and detached from the locking claw of the connecting member. A hinge characterized in that it is provided with an elastic body that biases the locking lever in the direction of engagement with the locking pawl.