US1298547A - Hinge for doors, windows, flaps, and the like. - Google Patents

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E. MULLER-MEYER. HINGE FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, FLAPS, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l0, I919- 1,298,547. Patented Mar; 25,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET E. MULLER-MEYER.

v HINGE FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, FLAPS, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION men FEB. 10. m9.

1,298,547. Patent'ed Mar. 25, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

EMIL MfiLLER-MEYER, or WALLISELLEN, SWITZERLAND.

HINGE FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, FLAPS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed February 10, 1919. Serial No. 276,069.

to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hinges for doors, windows, flaps and the like, adapted to be used at the same time as locks and admlttmg a swinging of the door, window or the like along either of its opposite vertical edges. In the hinge according to this invention the group of members .provided in connection with the hinges hitherto proposed for locking the sections of the latter and comprising means adapted to be moved relatively to the sections of the hinges are avoided, so that the design of the hi age can be considerably simplified.

The hinge according to this invention comprises also means adapted to lock the movable part of the door, window, flap or the like, 2'. e. the leaf of the door or of the flap or the window-sash, to the stationary frame.

- This invention will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating by way of example several constructions of carrying out the invention. In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a strapor platehinge according to this invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line II-II of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top view of the lower section and Fig. 1 a bottom view of the upper section of this strap-hinge.

Figs. 5-8 illustrate a ing to this invention,

Fig. 5 showing this hinge in the closed position and some portions of it in section;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of butt-hinge accord- Figh is a top view of Fig. 5,. the section of the hinge fixed to the movable leaf or sash being however omitted.

Fig. 8 illustrates the upper portion of a door to which the butt-hinge shown in Figs. 5-7 is fitted.

Figs. 9 and 10 show amodified construction of a butt-hinge, and

Figs. 11-13 show a further construction of such. a butt-hinge,

Fig. 11 being a cross-section, whereby the section fixed to the leaf of the door is omitted, and

Fig. 12 illustrating a front view of a portion of the hinge shown in Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 shows a similar section as Fig. 11, the section fixed to the leaf'of the door being also shown in this figure.

Referring at first to Figs. 1-4 of the drawing. 1 denotes a section of a strapor platehinge provided on 1ts bottom side with an annular flange 2. The latter has an internal thread. 3 denotes a sleeve screwed into the flange 2. In the sleeve 3 is'mounted a pin 4: having a tapering upper end. This pin 4 has a cylindrical portion having 'a working fit with the inner wall of the sleeve 3 and it is rigidly connected to a shaft 5 of smaller diameter. The lower portion of the latter has a working fit in a hole G'provided' in the lower end portion of the sleeve 3. A helical spring 7 surrounding the shaft 5 presses the pin 4 into a hole provided in the section 1 of the hinge; the greatest portion of the pin 4 projects beyond said section 1.

3 denotes a second section of the strapor plate-hinge having a taperlng'recess 9. 10 denotes a groove of circular shape, the axis of which coincides with that of the recess 9. The groove 10 communicates with a lateral slot 11 arranged substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the section 8. A projection 12 of the section 1 of the hinge is adapted to fit into the groove 10.

The section of the strapor plate-hinge just described is provided in order that it may be so fixed to the frame of a door, window, flap or the like that the axis of the pin 4 coincides with the line in which lies the pivot axis of the door, window or the like. The section 8 of the hinge is adapted to be fixed in a like manner to the leaf of a door or flap or to a window-sash. Similar strapor plate-hinges are fitted in the same manner to the three remaining corners of the door,- window or flap or the like and to the frame of said door, window orflap respectively, so that a second pivot axis is provided besides that one already. mentioned. In consequence of this arrangement,'the door, window, "flap or the like can be swung. either to the right or to the left, as desire Let it be assumed for instance, that the described 'strapor plate-hinge has been fitted to a door and that the leafof'the-latter is I just in the closed position. In this position :of lith leaf, the parts of the hinge assume relatively to each other the position shown in Figsiland 2, 2'. e. the pin'l projects into ith'erIrec'eSs'Q-of the section 8. The projection l-'5 12 engages into the groove 10 and itassumes -such a:position relatwely to the slot 11 that a portion of it extends into an'end portion 10 'ofitheigroove 110 which is not concentric to the recess 9, the greaterrpart of :said pro- 2o je'ctio'n 12"-being"then situated between the -recess 'llandr-a'portion of theiner wall of the groove 10, while a small portion'ofiit'lies -behind the tonguet shaped member 10 of the plate'8. .Thus, it will'be evident, that 25 thefrleaf'ofthe'door is not only held inthe locked position by the pins 4, but-is also prevented from falling out of the frame owingito the" fact thatFthe projection "12 "ex tends ipa-rtly into :the portion 10 ofrthe ggroove 'l0. "Whenythedoordssoopened that ithez hingeiillus'trated in Figs. 1-4 r lies in the. ipi vot a'xis' of the-door, the leaf of'ithe latter :has toi be moved "at 1 first in 'thedirection of the-' arrow (Fig. 4c) 'untilith'e "recess 11 of 315 iheeoppositexhinge (which is not r shown on the drawing) gli'es-wholly'opposite the pro- Ejection 1 2' of thiS hinge, so that "the "section 8 iof the latter fic'an be uncoupled-while the @111 4i-is forced I back and r theproj ection 12 is Moved into the :slot': or recess-11 and out of the groove 'lO from the section 1 of this hin ge. "Whilefthe leafof the=do0r is moved in the direction just referred to, the section 8 of the hinge illustrated in Figs. 1-4 is 45 shifted in su ch a direction-that the proj ection 12 of this hinge is "forced into X the portion 1 0 of the groove 10. Owing to: this, the section 8of the hinge acting as pivotis coupled to ;the section 1 of this "hinge by the 5 0' projection "12 even when the lea'f'of the door is moved outofits closed-position. After the"'sectionsof thehinge which is not: shown on the drawing have been uncoupled, *the P1114 of 'thehinge'sh'oWn' in jFigs. 1-4 is again forced wholly into the recess 9aupon a ft'lrthe'r openin'g 'of the leaf of thei door, the. groove '910 of E the section 8 cooperating then with the proj ec'tion 12, whereby the lat ter 'locks the section *Sto the" section 1 of this hinge.

' *Whe'mit is intended to transfer the "pivot axis-of the leaf of the door into {the hinge lying- OppOSi'te that one shown on the 'd-ra'w-' lng, ithe leaf of the door is moved at first 5 t *gether with the section 8 of the hinge illustrated in Figs. .1-4 in the direction of the arrow 1 1 (Fig. 4), so that the slot 11 comes to lie wholly opposite the. projection 12 and the section 8'c'an be'un'coupled from the sec, tion 1 in the directionof the arrow 15 (Fig.

4), i. e. in the sense in which the leaf of the door is opened. In order thatthepin 4 does not have'to overcome a too great resistance when the door is shut, a recess 16 is provided in the section 8 in proximity of the recess 11.

In the secondembodimentof the invention "illustrated in Figs. 58 andhaving the form of a butt-hinge, l7 [denotes a cylindrical :member provided at itstwo: ends with'conr cal recesses 18. "Said-member17 is mount edtin aplate 20, one endof which isso bentas to forma knuckle 19. This plate isfor se curing the butt-hinge to afiap or alea'f, for 1nstance:to the sash ofa window,'or, :as

shownin Fig. 8, to theleaf of a door a. '21 denotes projections provided ,on the cylindrical member :17 andwhich are I forlockin'g the leaf-of the door.

. The other section of the butthinge comprises two cylindrical sleeves 22 mountedin knuckles 23. The latter ifo'rm: aportion'of a plate 24 bent to a cylindrical shape; The

plate 24 is 'for securing said second section of the butt-hinge'to theframe of a flap or leaf of a door. .In F ig.-8'the plate"24.is fixed for instance to the frame so of the door. The

'sleeves22 are held stationary in the knuckles 23 'by means of screw threaded heads 25. In

:each sleeve. 22 is mounted aI'lpin 26 having. a

tapering end ipassing through the t'apering aperture 27 'of an. end wall of the 1 sleeve '22. The pin =26"has an integral shank "2'8 guided in the screw threa'de d headu2'5. 29"d eH0l18Sl2l helical springadapted 'toipress theztapering head :of the pin "26 into the aaperture 27. Each sleeve 22 is provided 'atnthatof'its ends-arranged adjacent rthe: part 20, with a head 1 having a groove "30 lying outside the circumference of the sleeve22 and having.

the shape of a semi-circular segment, fathe ends of whichllie in arline parallel to the end of the groove 3O which is smaller than the Width of the projection21.

Upon aunovement of :thesection of'the butt-hinge fixed to the leafwtowarrhthe sec tion of the butt 'whinge fixed'gto th'eiframe, a. when itheileaf is shut; the cylindrical part 17 is movecl into thespace provided between the sleeves 22, the resiliently mounted;pins' 26 being fthe'rebyr pressed 1 some-what apart and effecting a coupling of the two sections of the butt hinge as soon as they are caused to engage the conical recesses 18. When the cylindrical part 17 is moved into the space provided between the sleeves 22, the projections 21 are forced into that portion of the grooves 30 which is confined at one side by the tongues 31, the resilient end of the latter being thereby moved slightly away from the sleeves 22.

When this butt-hinge has to act as a pivot for the leaf of a door, or of the sash of a window or the like to be opened or closed,-

the tongues 31 press the projections 21 into the grooves 30, 2'. 6. they prevent the projections 21 from being moved against the end wall of the portions of the sleeves 22 in which the grooves 30 are provided. The sections of the butt-hinge are consequently prevented from being uncoupled. The tongues 31 constitute in this embodiment of the invention the means preventing an accidental or automatic uncoupling of the sections of the butt-hinge and they provide for the proper passage of the projections 21 into the grooves 30. When the projections 21 have been moved into the grooves 30, any uncoupling of the sections of the butt-hinge is no longer possible, as theprojections 21 are then locked in the grooves 30.

In order to facilitate the moving apart of the pins 26 when the sections of the butthinge are coupled together the end forces of the section of the butt-hinge of which the cylindrical member 17 forms a part, are provided with recesses 32.

The third embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10, which figures show also a butt-hinge, comprises also a resilient tongue 31. The free end 31 of this tongue is parallel to the circumference of the sleeve 22. When the parts of this butthinge are fitted together, the projection 21 forces the free end 31 of the tongue 31 slightly outward and a portion of it is then moved, as shown in Fig. 10, behind said end 31. When the sections of the butt-hinge are moved relatively to one another, the tongue 31 presses the projection 21 against the sleeve 22 until said projection 21 has been moved into the groove 30. This construction is particularly adapted to be fitted to lighter flaps and leaves, for instance to light doors.

In the fourth construction according to this invention illustrated in Figs. 11-13, the tongue 31" is formed integral with the sleeve 22, it being thus rigidly connected to the latter. This tongue 31" has in the same manner as the tongue 31 shown in Figs. 9 and 10 an end 31 parallel to the circumference of the sleeve 22 behind which is moved a portion of the projection 21 when the leaf of the door or the sash of the window; to which the hinge is fitted, is shut.

When the butt-hinge illustrated in Figs. 11-13 has to act as a pivot for the leaf to be opened, the latter is moved at first to a small amount in the direction of the arrow 33 (Fig. 13), so that the projection 21 of the opposite butt-hinge not shown on the drawing is able to move in front of the end 31 of the tongue 31.. As said movement of the leaf causes a small relative rotary movement between the sections of the butthinge that is just acting as a pivot, while no play is present between the end 31 of the tongu 31 provided on said butt-hinge and the projection 21, a. notch 34: is provided in the sleeve 22 so that the projection 21 is able to assume an inclined position relatively to the sleeve 22 when the leaf is moved in the direction above referred to. When the projection 21 on the opposite butt-hinge has been moved past the end 31 of the tongue 31", the conical heads of the pins 26 of the butt-hinge acting momentarily as pivot efiect a centering of the sections of this butt-hinge relatively to one another, the projection 21, which has prevented until now an uncoupling of the sections of the butt-hinge owing to its cooperation with th tongue 31", being then moved into the groove 30.

What I claim now as my invention is:

1. In combination with a door, two hinge sections, one of said sections being fixed to the frame of the door, and the other one to the leaf of the door, resilient means mounted in said first mentioned section and adapted to detachably couple the two sections of the hinge, a projection provided on one of said sections adapted to engage an annular groove provided in the other section upon a movement of the two sections relatively to one another, and means adapted to positively force said projection into said groove when the two sections of the hinge acting as a pivot are moved relatively to one another.

2. In combination with a door, two hingesections, one of said sections being fixed to the frame of the door, and the other one to the leaf of the door, resilient means mounted in said first mentioned section and adapted to detachably couple the two sections of the hinge, a projection provided on one of said sections adapted to engage an annular groove provided in the other section when the two sections are moved relatively to one another, the section provided with said groove having a slot to permit access to said groove from the side, and a tongue like member formed integral with the last mentioned section and adapted to secure the proper entrance of said projection into the groove when the two sections of the hinge acting as a pivot are moved relatively to one another.

3. In combination with a door, two hinge 'fixed'to' the frame of the in said'plate and provided sections, one of saidsections-being fixed to theirame of-the door, and the other one to theleafof the door, a pin having a conical end 'movably housed in one of said sections a-nd 'adapted to'engage a recess provided in the other section, a spring also housed "in th'e section housing said pin and adapted tonpress the latter into said recess, said pin 'being adapted to 'effect a coupling of the tWosections 'When'itengages said recess, a :projectionprovided 'onone of said sections adapted to engage an annular. groove provided in the other section upon a. movement of the'two' sections' relatively to one another, "andmea'ns adaptedtopositively force said projection into said groove "When the tWo sections ofthe hinge actingias a pivot are moved relatively to one another.

4. In combination with a door, Window, flap or the like, ahingeplate adapted to be door, and provided with 'a projection, a pin movably mounted with a conical head, a-sp'ring-acting upon said pin, a second hinge plate provided With a conical recess adapted to. receive said conical head of the pin andfurther provided with a groovearranged concentricallyto sa1d conical recess as Well-as with a lot t-o permit access of said projection wfromthe side into said groove, said second plate being also provided with a "tongue formed integral therewith and confining a'portion of said groove which is eccentric to the conical recess, the pm and "said, projection effecting -a coupling of the two plates in the closedposition} of the door, wh le-said'tongue effects together With-said projection the coupling o-fthe tWo sections of'the hinge when the latter acts as a pivot 'for the door and said slot admits a moving EMIL MULLERMEYER.

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