KR100395542B1 - Hinge assembly for cabinet door - Google Patents

Abstract

The hinge assembly according to the present invention includes a support shaft 31 installed on the inner surface of the door, and a hinge shaft inserted through the support member 31 and having one end inserted into the guide rails 41 and 42 formed on the inner wall of the storage cabinet 40. 32a, 32b, stoppers 33 provided at the other ends of the hinge shafts 32a, 32b and in contact with the support 31, and wheels 36a, rotatably provided at one end of the hinge shafts 32a, 32b. 36b and snap rings 35a and 35b provided on the hinge shafts 32a and 32b spaced apart from the wheels 36a and 36b by a predetermined distance, and are provided between the snap rings 35a and 35b and the support 31 to hinge. And springs 34a and 34b for biasing the axes 32a and 32b in the direction of the guide rails 41 and 42. According to the present invention, since the hinge shafts 32a and 32b can be sunk from the side end of the door 10, the door 10 is stored in the cabinet 10 without fear of the door 10 being deformed or the hinge shafts 32a and 32b broken. 40) can be easily mounted.

Description

Hinge assembly for cabinet door

The present invention relates to a hinge assembly of a cabinet door, and more particularly, to a hinge assembly of the structure that can be easily mounted to the cabinet.

Generally, a storage cabinet such as a television cabinet is equipped with a rotationally open / close door to secure a space of the surrounding space.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of hinge shafts 11 protrude from both sides of an upper end portion of a conventional storage door 10. The hinge shaft 11 is inserted into the guide rail 21 formed on the side wall of the cabinet 20.

When the door 10 is to be opened, the user rotates the door 10 in the direction of the arrow "A", and then the interior of the cabinet 10 with the door 10 in parallel with the bottom surface of the cabinet 20. Will be pushed to.

According to the conventional storage door 10 having the above configuration, when the hinge shaft 11 is formed to protrude from the side end of the door 10, when the door 10 is mounted on the storage cabinet 20, the hinge shaft ( 11) and the side wall of the cabinet 20 is interfered with. Therefore, in order to mount the door 10 to the storage cabinet 20, by pressing both ends of the door 10 at the same time, the middle portion of the door 10 is deformed to bend, and then the hinge shaft 11 is guide rail 21. ) Shall be inserted in a force-fitting manner.

As such, when the structure of the door 10 is deformed and mounted on the cabinet 20, it is difficult to mount the door 10 on the cabinet 20, and the door 10 itself is deformed during the mounting process. There is a problem that the hinge shaft 11 is broken.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a hinge assembly that can be easily mounted to the storage cabinet by allowing the hinge shaft to come out from both ends of the door.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a conventional cabinet door.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a hinge assembly according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the hinge assembly of Figure 2 is installed in the door.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the hinge assembly of the spring compressed in Figure 3

5 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a door having the hinge assembly of FIG. 2 is mounted in a storage closet; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view illustrating a process of mounting the door having the hinge assembly of FIG. 2 to a storage closet; FIG.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10 door 31 support

32a: 1st hinge axis 32b: 2nd hinge axis

33: stopper 34a: first spring

34b: 2nd spring 35a: 1st snap ring

35b: second snap ring 36a: first wheel

36b: second wheel 40: cabinet

41: first guide rail 42: second guide rail

An object of the present invention as described above, a hinge shaft which is installed on the inner surface of the door, penetrated through the support and one end is inserted into the guide rail formed on the inner wall of the cabinet, and is installed on the other end of the hinge shaft and in contact with the support It is achieved by providing a hinge assembly comprising a stopper and an elastic member for biasing the hinge axis in the guide rail direction.

Here, the hinge assembly further includes a wheel rotatably installed at one end of the hinge shaft, and a snap ring installed on the hinge shaft spaced apart from the wheel by a predetermined distance, wherein the elastic member is installed between the snap ring and the support. desirable.

In addition, the elastic member is preferably a compression coil spring provided on the hinge shaft.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hinge assembly according to the present invention includes a support 31 provided on both sides of the inner surface of the door 10 and a first hinge shaft 32a installed through the support 31 at a predetermined distance from each other. ) And a second hinge shaft 32b. One end of the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b with the support 31 therebetween is provided with a stopper 33 which connects them and selectively contacts the support 31, and the first hinge shaft 32a. ) And second springs 34a and 34b, first and second snap rings 35a and 35b, and first and second wheels 36a and 36b at the other end of each of Are combined sequentially.

The first and second springs 34a and 34b are compression coil springs, respectively, on the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b between the support 31 and the first and second snap rings 35a and 35b, respectively. And biasing the first and second hinge axes 32a, 32b in the opposite direction of the arrow " B ".

The first and second snap rings 35a and 35b are installed on the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b and spaced apart from the first and second wheels 36a and 36b by a predetermined distance, respectively. And supporting one end of the second springs 34a and 34b so that the first and second springs 34a and 34b do not contact the first and second wheels 36a and 36b.

The first and second wheels 36a and 36b are rotatably installed at the ends of the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b, respectively, and will be described later with the first and second guide rails 41 and 42 (Fig. 5). And the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b move smoothly along these first and second guide rails 41 and 42.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the hinge assembly configured as described above is installed in the door 10, the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b protrude from the side ends of the door 10.

When the stopper 33 is pulled in the direction of arrow "B", as shown in FIG. 4, the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b are compressed while the first and second springs 34a and 34b are compressed. 10) By pushing inward, the door 10 does not protrude from the side end. In this state, when the stopper 33 is released, the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b are returned to the state of FIG. 3 by the elastic restoring force of the first and second springs 34a and 34b. Will be reduced.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the first guide rail 41 and the second wheel, into which the first wheel 36a is inserted, are inserted into an inner surface of the side wall 43 of the storage cabinet 40 on which the door 10 is mounted. A second guide rail 42 into which the 36b is inserted is formed.

The first guide rail 41 is formed to be inclined downward from the opening of the storage cabinet 40 inward, and the second guide rail 42 is formed to be inclined upwardly from the opening of the storage cabinet 40 inward. The second guide rail 42 has an inclination angle larger than that of the first guide rail 41, and the length thereof is about 1/2 of the first guide rail 41. FIG.

The process of mounting the door 10 having the hinge assembly according to the present invention to the cabinet 40 is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 6, while the user pulls the stopper 33 inward of the door 10, the user inserts the door 10 in a downwardly inclined state into the cabinet 40. At this time, since the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b do not protrude from the side ends of the door 10, the side walls 43 of the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b and the storage cabinet 40 are not included. ) Will not interfere.

As described above, when the stopper 33 is released while the door 10 is inclinedly inserted into the cabinet 40, the first and second hinges are supported by the elastic restoring force of the first and second springs 34a and 34b. The shafts 32a and 32b protrude from the side end of the door 10, and the first and second wheels 36a and 36b are inserted at the ends of the first and second guide rails 41 and 42, respectively.

Then, when the user pulls the door 10 in the direction of arrow "D", the second hinge shaft 32b moves along the second guide rail 42 toward the opening of the cabinet 40, whereby the door 10 is shown in FIG. It closes like the state of 5.

Meanwhile, when the door 10 is to be opened in the state in which the door 10 is mounted in the cabinet 40 as shown in FIG. 5, the second hinge shaft is first lifted by the door 10 in the direction of arrow "C". 32b moves the first hinge shaft 32a along the first guide rail 41 toward the interior of the cabinet 40 by about a distance of about 1/2 the full length of the first guide rail 41 while it is in position. Done. In this state, if the door 10 is continuously lifted in the direction of arrow "C" and simultaneously pushed into the cabinet 40, the first hinge shaft 32a is inside the cabinet 40 along the first guide rail 41. The second hinge shaft 32b moves toward the inside of the cabinet 40 along the second guide rail 42 at the same time as it moves further toward the side, so that the door 10 is completely opened and is horizontal to the bottom surface of the cabinet 40. The furnace 40 is accommodated in the cabinet 40.

As described above, according to the present invention, the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b can be sunk from the side end of the door 10. That is, since the first and second hinge shafts 32a and 32b can be hidden inside the door 10 by pulling the stopper 33, the door 10 can be easily mounted in the cabinet 40.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the door 10 does not need to be deformed in order to be mounted in the storage cabinet 40, the durability of the door 10 is increased, and the first and second hinge shafts 32a when the door 10 is mounted. , 32b can be prevented from coming in contact with the side wall 43 of the cabinet 40 to be broken.

In the above, certain preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. .

That is, in the present embodiment has been described with respect to the hinge assembly having a pair of hinge shafts (32a, 32b), the present invention will be applicable to the case having only one hinge shaft.

Claims (5)

In the hinge assembly is installed on one side of the door, the door assembly opens and closes the opening of the cabinet by moving along the guide rail formed on the inner wall of the cabinet, A support installed on an inner surface of the door; A hinge shaft installed through the support and having one end inserted into the guide rail; A stopper installed at the other end of the hinge shaft and in contact with the support; And And an elastic member biasing the hinge axis in the guide rail direction. The method of claim 1, A wheel rotatably installed at one end of the hinge shaft; And And a snap ring spaced apart from the wheel by a predetermined distance and installed on the hinge shaft. The elastic member is a hinge assembly, characterized in that installed between the snap ring and the support. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the elastic member is a compression coil spring provided on the hinge shaft. In the hinge assembly is installed on one side of the door, the door assembly opens and closes the opening of the cabinet by moving along the guide rail formed on the inner wall of the cabinet, A support installed on an inner surface of the door; A first hinge shaft installed through the support and having one end inserted into a first guide rail inclined downward from the opening of the storage cabinet; A second hinge shaft installed through the supporter to be spaced apart from the first hinge by a predetermined distance and having one end inserted into a second guide rail inclined upwardly from an opening of the storage cabinet; A stopper connecting the other ends of the first hinge shaft and the second hinge shaft and contacting the support; A first spring disposed on the first hinge shaft to bias the first hinge shaft in a direction of the first guide rail; And a second spring mounted on the second hinge shaft to bias the second hinge shaft in the direction of the second guide rail. The method of claim 4, wherein A pair of wheels rotatably installed at one end of the first hinge shaft and the second hinge shaft, respectively; And And a pair of snap rings spaced apart from the wheel by a predetermined distance, the pair of snap rings respectively provided on the first hinge axis and the second hinge axis. And the first spring and the second spring are respectively installed between the snap ring and the support.