US2105705A

US2105705A - Hinge

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Publication number: US2105705A
Application number: US127648A
Authority: US
Inventors: Spathelf Roy Arthur
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-02-25
Filing date: 1937-02-25
Publication date: 1938-01-18
Anticipated expiration: 1955-01-18

Description

lJam. 18, 1938. R. A; SPATHELF HINGE Filed Feb. 25, 1937 #VVE/V702: Por HE7-Hw? PAT/inf, ma Mw fqrrofevvvfv Patented Jan-18, i938' .UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE man my' Arthur spatten, st. man, Mo. Application February z5, 1st-1, sei-m1 No. 121,043

' 2 mms. (ci. .1e-iss) The object of my invention is to make a hinge particularly of the type that is used on the doors of vehiclebodies. More specifically the hinge, herein described, is of such design that 5 the stream-line of the automobile body may .be maintained without having the conventional hinge projections destroy 'or line appearance. 1 Furthermore by the use of the hinge, herein described, the door may be opened wider and away from the door'opening, therebyy securing a larger operative doorv opening.

In the conventional structure, the thickness of the door itself lessens the operative width of the door opening; whereas', in the structure, herein described, the door is rotated away' from the door opening, so that when the door is opened, the width of the door will-be -cotenninous with the body and will not protrude into the door opengo' ing. The hinge, herein described. is so position'ed that it is practically concealed since the pintle and its support are' positioned behind the jamb, instead l of in front of it, as is the ordinary practice.

Furthermore, the hinge. herein described,

be used with an arcuated or bulging door, and the cost of manufacture andl installation of the hinge is no greater than the cost of manufacture and installation of the ordinary hinge.

20 Furthermore the operative portion of the hinge,

in the construction herein described, being concealed within the framel ofthe body, is protected against the eifect of the weather, so that the rotative portion of the hinge will not rust, 36 and so that the hinge. lmay be operated easily .for-long periods of. time without the application of a lubricant to the operative portion of the hinge.

With these and other objects in view, my in- 40 ventlon has relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed -out in the claims and illustrated in the drawing,\

in which I Fig. vl is a fragmental sideelevatio of a vehicle body, with my hinge in position and the door inits closed position.v

Fig. 2 is a.v sectional view through the door opening, showing the door in its opened position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view "of my hinge,'l

together with its connections to the body and door taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. y In this view the door is closed.

Fig. 4 'is a view similar to Fig. 3,showlng the 56 door in its opened position.

mar the stream-l Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my hinge.

Numeral 6 designates the body and numeral 'l the door, and numerals 8 the hinges. Two hinges are shown, but obviously more may be used if considered advisable. The hinges 8 comprise the leaf 5 9 and the leaf I0, together with the plntle II. At one end 'of the leaf 2 is formed the knuckle I2. At one end of the leaf I 0 is formed the knuckle I3. These knuckles I2 and I3 form cylinders and are of the same inside and outside diameter and the 10. knuckle I2 ts in a cutaway portion of the knuckle I3. The pintle II passes through the knuckles I2 and I3. c The knuckle constructions. together with the 4pintle, thus far described, are conventional. One of the prime purposes of my l5 lnventionls to conceal the knuckles I2 and I3, together with the pintle I I within the body frame.- rather than having it extend outwardly from the body frame, as is currently customary.,

The leaf I0 is composed of two integral portions 20 I 4 and I5, which are formed at right angleswith eachother. The leaf 9 is formed of two integral portions I6 and I1, whichare formed substantially at right angles with each other. In the integral portion I6 ofthe leaf 9 is formed the 25 extension or bulge I8.

Numerals I Q designate screw holes formed in vthe integral portions I5 and I1 for securing the ternal wall of the body, adjacent the door opening 35 2|, are formed rectangular recesses 23. 'I'here will be a rectangular recess 23 for each hinge. The outer wall 24 of the body 6 is preferably made of metal and therectangular recesses 23 ,are cut in this metal on three sides of the slot, and the por- 40 tion, thuscut, is bent inwardly into the wall of the body 6 at right angles, to form 4the finger 25'. The leaf IIlis secured in such position, by means of the-screws 22 that the knuckles I2 and I3'wi1l y beplaced in contact with the nger 25. The extension or bulge I8 of the-integral portion I6 of the'leai.' 9 is' so positioned that when the door is closed, as shown in Fig. 3, it will occupy thespace within therectangularrcesses. v l

Numeral 26 designates the door framel to which is secured the leaf 9, by means of the screws 21.

The outside wall ofthe door l is held in physical contact with the integral portion I6 of the leaf 9, so that the outer'face of the .outer portion of the 55 y door frame will be flush with the extension or bulge I8 of the integral portion I6 of the leaf 9.

It will be seen that by this construction the door is rotated or fulcrumed at the inner edge of the body frame adjacent the door opening, but at a considerable distance either forwardly or rearwardly from that edge, depending upon whether` the doors are hung to swing from the forward or rear portion of the door opening. This movement of the fulcrum of the hinge enables the door to be moved outwardly and away from the body, and away from the front of the door opening. At the same time, it provides means for concealing all of the hinge within either the body or door, l

except the small extension or bulge t8 of the integral portion I6 of the leaf 9, which acts as a closure for the rectangular recesses 23. The stream-line effect is produced, because in the closed position of the door the extension or bulge I8 is flush or flat with the outer wall of both the door and body. v

What I claim and mean to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hinge in which one leaf is composed of two integral portions formed at right angles with each other, and in which the other leaf is formed by two portions at right angles to each other, the portion of the latter leaf adjacent the pintle of the hinge having an extension outwardly formed therein, the plane of which is substantially parallel to the portion of the leaf adjacent the pintle of the hinge.

2. A hinge operatively connecting a door to a vertical body, said hinge being secured within the body and door frame, the pintle of said hinge being positioned a substantial distance from one edge or the door frame, a recess cut in the body frame adjacent the door opening, a portion of the hinge secured to the door, said hinge comprising one leai' having two integral portions formed at right angles with each other and a second leaf formed' by two portions at right angles to each other, the portion of the latter leaf adjacent the pintle of the hinge having an extension outwardly formed therein, the pianev of which is substantially parallel to the portion of the leaf adjacent the pintle of the hinge.

ROY ARTHUR. SPATHELF.