US1876242A

US1876242A - Hinge

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Publication number: US1876242A
Application number: US488487A
Authority: US
Inventors: Homer G Kellogg
Original assignee: Motor Products Corp
Current assignee: Motor Products Corp
Priority date: 1930-10-13
Filing date: 1930-10-13
Publication date: 1932-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 1949-09-06

Description

Sept. 6, 1932.` H. G. KELLOGG HINGE Filed oct. 15, i950 4. pw 4 f j l@ i I7/ 2/\ w 7 @A I C o N 7^\l 3 is Blww v.

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This invention" relates to hinges and more particularly to improvements in the construction thereof tending to improve and render the same more elicient. l '1 The present invention constitutes a modifcation of the former construction' illus\ trated, describedand claimed in my prior Patent No. 1,666,211 dated April 17 J 1928.. The several objects, advantages and novel details of this inventionwillbe made more apparent as this description proceeds, especially when consid/ered in connection with the accompanyingedrawing,wherein: Figure l is a vertical sectionaljview showingoneapplication of my invention, the vsame being shown in connection with portions^of a'frame and windshield; Figure, 2 is an enlarged sectional view: through the hinge with the hinge parts in' closed position, and I Figure '3 is a similar view with the hing parts in open p osition.-

At the outset it. should be understood that while this invention is" `illustrated in the drawing hereof as the means for pivotally connecting a windshield to a frame member, that the invention may be employed with equal facility in many other ways. y For instance, this type of hinge may be einployed to great advantage as ahood hinge for the hoods of motor vehicles andthe lik`e." Therefore, the illustrative embodiment of this invention in so far as its particular application is concerned should not be considered'as limiting the inventionl in any vmanner whatsoever.

In Figure 1 there is illustrated La hinge comprising hinge parts 10 and 11 -each of ywhich consists of a metal strip or a length equal to the desired length of the hinge. The hinge part 110.is connected in any suitable manner to a stationary frame part 12 while the hinge part-11 is connected to the movable frame part 13 of la windshield. The frame member 13 is herein illustrated as being provided with a groove 14 to receive the windshield glass 15. A

The outer hingel art 10 is provided witha bead 16 substantia y semi-circular iniE cross-- section which bead terminates in an inturnedV edge lportion 17. The inner hingepart -11'is provided with a'companionjntertting semicircular bead 18 hich bead terminates in an inturned edge p tion 19.`

As mentioned, the intertting beads 16- and 18 are semi-'circular in cross-section and. 1n 4 the closed position of the hinge parts,j the beads embrace'one another/as* clearly illustratedqinFi'glire 2. i

- The arcuate ortions of the

beads

16 and 18 are substantially described from' a' center which may be conside'red located at the point C'which as will be'noted is located a'short distance from the extremity or endgportion of inturned edge 19 o the inner hingemember 11. Thus the two,y hinge parts pivot, one

' edgel 17 lits between the end of the inturned part 19 and the interior surface of the bead Y 18 of the inner hinge part.

upon the other for movement. as will be.

The extremity 20 of themturnedfedge 17 i struc from the aforesaid center C. This and 22,' arcuate in shape on an arc struck from the center C. The outer surface orL end 23 of theinturned edge 19 is also rounded` or curved on anlarc struck from the center 185 y outerJinge 'pa1 't,fwhereas the outer curved surface or bearing surface 21 of this inturned edge portion 17 engages the iteriorsu'rface of the bead 18 of the-inner`hingepart ll'and constitutes a bearing therefor -during the relativev movement of the hinge parts.

' As will be noted, .the distance or space f between the rounded end surface 23 and the 95 interior surface'oi the bead 18 is suosta-ntially equal to lthe thickness of the hinge part 10 and'particularlyof the extremity 20 thereof. Thus, this extremity lits between these two surfaces and acts as a bearing support -is curved, the arc of this curved portion being l provldes opposed curvedbearing surfaces 21 89' Q for both,` the bearing surfaces thus provided being opposite or opposed one to the other. H

As a consequence of this structure, the

hinge parts areheld firmly in contact withv Y one another irrespective of the relative angul lar position of the hinge` arts.- In the closed position' of the hinge,` t e intertting

beads

16 and 18 embrace one another substantially throughout their entire surfaces and in the extreme open position of the parts illustrated "in Figure 3, the outer bearing surface 21 of the extremity 20 is in Contact practically throughout With-the linterior 4surface `0f the bead 18 of the hinge part 11. t

A comparison of Figures 2 and 3 will iny dicate clearly that the hinge part 11 may be swung relatively to the hinge part 10' through an angle of approximately 170, the parts still remaining in intimate non-rattling con` tact throughout all of this relative movement.

Various modifications may suggest them,

selves to those skilled in this art and to this end reservation is made to make such changesas may come Within the purview of the .accompanying claims.

What I `claim as my invention is:

i 1. Ahinge'comprisingapair of hinge-parts" each having a bead formed therein Afor interftting pivotal engagement` said beads each terminating in an inturned edge, lthe inturned edge of the outer bead being extended and shaped to constitute a bearing surface for the end of the inturnededge of the inner bead and for the inner surface of the inner bead.

` l2. A hinge comprising a pair. of hinge e Vparts each havinga bead formed therein for i interfitting pivotaleengagenent, 'said beads eachterminating in an inturned edge, the extremityof the puter inturned edge extending between and engaging respectively the `eXtremity of the inner inturned edge and the interior surface of the'inner bead.

3. A'hinge comprising a pair of hinge parts each having a bead formed therein for interfit'ting pivotal engagement, said beads each terminating in an inturned edge, the extremity of the outer inturned edge having a bearing engagement respectively with the inturnededge andbead of the inner hinge part.

4. A, hinge comprising a pair of hinge parts each having pa bead formed therein for v. interfitting pivotal engagement, said beads each terminating in an inturned edge, the in-n turned edge of the outer bead extending beyond and over the inner inturned edge and having abearing engagement therewith and with the .interior ofthe inner bead.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature.