US1380587A - Hinge - Google Patents

Description

l. PHILLIP-S.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18, 1920.

1,380,587; Patented June 7,1921,

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. TSIDORE PHILLIPS, ,OF LOS'ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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To all w ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ismonn PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Hinge, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices vfor swingably connecting two members,'such as commonly knownas "hinges and hasps.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device that can easily be stamped out of sheet metal 'of thin material and still be strong 7 Another object is to provide a device that can easily be stamped out of thin sheet metal and not requiring any assembling of two main parts of such hinge, the applying of the two main parts to points of use con-- stituting the assembling.

Another object is to provide one of the main members or parts of a hinge-like device with a recess to fit over a suitable member of the opposite main part of such hingelike device, the placing of the recessed memher over the other member when applying this device assuring a proper interconnece tion of such hinge-like device.

Another object is to dispose a bent wire or similar member into a recess in the un derside of one of the'two main members of a hinge and thereby joining the two main members of such hinge.

Another object is to provide a bent wire or similar member of which the ends nearly or practically meet or abut, such unconnected or unjoined ends to be inclosed in the recess in the underside of one of the two main members in a hinge.

()ther objects will appear from the following description and appended claims as well as from the accompanying drawing, in

which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Inidsectional view of the device on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The numeral 3 designates one of the two main members of the device rolled in as indicated at 4, to bring the one end 5 of the same member disposed on the underside of the main portion of this member. To form an even and smooth surface on the underside of this member, it is slightly bent, as indicated at 6, so as to bring the underside of the end 5 flush with the underside 7 of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jimm e}, L 19211,

Application filed December 18, 1920. 7 Serial No. 431,700.

the. main portion of this member. This member is provided with a suitable number of perforations, three'being indicated at 8, 9 and 10, but it will easily be understood that any other number of such perforations or holes can be provided for screws or other similar fastening means. At least one of such perforations is provided at a point so that the end 5 is held or secured by the samebolt, screw, rivet, or other similar securing means as is the main portion of the member at this point.

The wire or member 11 is disposed through the knuckle d, that is through the rolled-in portion of this member described above. In small hinges a wire is naturally preferred and in larger or heavier hinges it is naturally a roundbar. For the sake of convenience it will hereafter be called the wire, not meaning to specify that only a wire can be used. The wire 11 is preferably disposed within the knuckle 4 so that the two ends extend out'of the knuckle. Both ends are bent as indicated at 12 to project away from the knuckle l. By a further bend, indicated at 13, the terminations 1% and 15 come into a position practically parallel to the portion within the knuckle t. It is of course not necessary that the terminations 14 and 15 have such relation to the portion within the knuckle 4, an important point is only to bend the wire to such .an extent that the wire cannot withdraw from the position described hereafter.

The second main member of this hinge is nothing but a single plate having in its underside an open recess. Being only of such a form, the hinge is naturally not assembled until it is secured to some suitable article, as to a box and cover or door or other similar place. This plate is indicated at 16, and the recess is indicated as inclosing the larger portion of the wire 11, the wire entering the plate 16 at the edge 17, as indicated at 18 and 19, and being fully covered from these points on, especially the terminations 14 and 15.

When using this hinge on boxes or near the edges of two adjoining boards, there is very often a strap 20. The plate is therefore formed to inclose or overlap such a strap so that fastening means like screws or nails can pass jointly through the plate 16 and the strap 20, the three holes 21, 22 and 23 being illustrated in the drawing in Fig.

1 as in a position each to aline with a similar hole or perforation in the plate and in the strap. Such arrangement is, of course, not necessary, and, where no strap 20 is provided or wanted, the plate 16 may as Well be flush all over in its underside, as Will easily be understood without further illustration or explanation.

A stop member 24 is disposed on top of the hinge plate 16, having a termination 25 at a point to form a stop to the swinging movement of the first hinge member 3 in relation to the hinge member 16. This stop can be arranged to suit the requirements of any hinge connection to allow more or less movement between the two hinge members, the hinge members 3 and 16 can be the same and only the stop member is to be varied so that the termination overlaps the rolled-in portion 4 more or less to assure such a diiference of movement between the two main members of a hinge, as will easily be understood without further illustration or explanation.

The edges 27 of the stop member are illustrated as spaced from the edges 28 (formed by the impression in the plate 16 for inclosing the wire 11) mainly for the purpose of illustrating this device in a clear manner to make the stop member appear distinctly within the top view in the drawing separate from other pieces or members of the hinge or device. In reality it is preferable to have the edges 27 of the stop member 26 engage or abut against the edges or shoulders 28 of the plate 16 so as to make the plate 16 help in sustaining the stop member in proper position and not depend entirely on the fastening means disposed in the perforationsor holes 22 and 26.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a plate forming one of the hinge members having an open impression in its underside for engaging and inclosing a connecting link of a second hinge member so as to complete the hinge when link.

2. In a hinge, one member folded upon itself forming a knuckle, a link member disposed through the knuckle extending aWay from the knuckle of the first member, and

a second member having, a recess in its underside engaging the free end of the link for firmly engagingthe link member when disposed over it.

3. In a hinge, one member folded upon itself forming a knuckle, a linkmember disposed through the knuckle extending away from the knuckle so that the free ends practically meet having bent terminations practically parallel to the portion in the knuckle, and a second member havinga recess in its underside engaging the free portion of the link so that the link cannot withdraw from the second member when the second member is placed over it.

4. In a hinge, one member folded upon itself forming a knuckle, a link member disposed through the knuckle extending away from the knuckle, a recess in its underside engaging the free end of the link, the recess being stamped in from the underside thereby forming another placed over the connectinga second memberhaving recess int-he top surface, and a stop member disposed in the outer recess of the second member having means for engaging withinthe recess edgewise to be sustained in its position for controlling the swinging movement of the hinge.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. ISIDORE PHILLIPS.

Witnesses JoHN MoK. BALLOU, OTTO H. KRUEGER.

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