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US3363281A
US3363281A US442940A US44294065A US3363281A US 3363281 A US3363281 A US 3363281A US 442940 A US442940 A US 442940A US 44294065 A US44294065 A US 44294065A US 3363281 A US3363281 A US 3363281A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/16—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with seven parallel pins and four arms
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/12—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/12—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs
    • E05F1/1246—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis
    • E05F1/1253—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis with a compression spring
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/16—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with seven parallel pins and four arms
    • E05D2003/163—Horizontal pivot-axis

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  • a toggle hinge has a modified parallelogram linkage and a coil compression spring that acts on the linkage in such a manner as to have two stable positions on either side of an over-center position, the one position corresponding to a fully open position of a closure member and the other position corresponding to a fully closed position of a closure member.
  • the present invention relates to a hinge, particularly but not exclusively for doors of an article of furniture, the hinge tending to assume one or other of two predetermined positions, viz. a completely open position and a completely closed position, into which it is urged by suitable resilient means.
  • Hinges of this type are already known in which the resilient means are disposed in such manner as to act in one direction or the other from a dead center position, so as to cause the door of an article of furniture to assume one or the other of its two extreme angular positions.
  • Such hinges are particularly suitable for ensuring, with a single means and independently of arresting hooks or the like, that the door of the article of furniture remains completely open or completely closed, instead of assuming troublesome intermediate positions.
  • hinges of this type require a seating for the resilient means that control the hinge which, in addition to being in general of large dimensions, is, what is more important, disposed in such manner in relation to the axis of rotation of the hinge or that of the door of the article of furniture, that is should be embedded in the thickness of the wood of the door itself or of the side of the article.
  • This is the cause not only of an appreciable loss of time involved in assembling the frame, but, more important of difliculty in the exact centering, resulting in inaccurate positioning and hence unsatisfactory operation.
  • the said hinge is substantially characterised by the feature that it comprises at least one first pair of links pivotally mounted on a frame adapted to be associated with the fixed part of the article of furniture, and a second pair of links pivotally mounted on a frame adapted to be associated with the rotatable or swingable door of the article, the two first links of the said first and second pairs being pivotally connected at their respective free ends and extending in cross form into extensions to the ends of which are pivoted the free ends of the second links respectively of the said second and first pair of links.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show in section a hinge according to the invention, in the closed and opened position respectively, and
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate the hinge diagrammatically, in two positions which are respectively at one side and the other of the dead center position.
  • the hinge comprises a frame 1 capable of being associated by means of screws or the like with the fixed part 2 of an article of furniture and a frame 3 capable of being associated with the pivotal door 4 of the article.
  • the links 5 and 9 are pivotally connected at 13, and have extensions 5 and 9 carrying at their ends pins 14 and 15 respectively. On the pins 14 and 15 are pivotally mounted the ends of the links 10 and 6 respectively.
  • the links 5 and 9 with their respective extensions 5' and 9 form a kind of cross with its center at 13.
  • the link 10 in turn has an extension 10' at the end of which is mounted a pin 16.
  • This pin 16 together with the pin 7, constitute anchorages for a spring 17, which is a compression spring controlling the position of the hinge.
  • the spring 17 is guided within a cylindrical housing 18 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) which is provided with an extension 18 via which it is pivotally mounted on the pin 7.
  • a piston element 19 also guided in the cylindrical housing 18 compresses the spring 17.
  • At the outer end of the piston 19 is formed a recess 19' for the reception of the pin 16 on which the piston 19 bears and on which it can rotate.
  • the opening movement, and obviously the closing movement also, may be regarded as the combination of two movements.
  • the first movement is substantially that of a parallelogram formed by the links 5 and 6 and the extension 9' which carries the pin 11, at the end of the link 9, into the position of FIG. 2, and the second movement is a rotational movement executed by the frame 3 through an arc of and produced by the link 10 under the action of the extension 5' of the link 5.
  • the axis of the link 9 and that of its as sociated extension 9 are at an angle to one another which is different from zero.
  • This angled relationship has the effect that upon opening of the hinge (FIG. 2) the pin 11 comes into a position such that the plane 4' of the 3 door 4 is disposed substantially at the same level as the plane 2' of the part 2 of the article of furniture.
  • Another feature is the angle formed between the axis of the link 10 and the axis of the associated extension 10. This angle is such that the dead-center position in which the pins 7, 16 and 14 are aligned is attained substantially half way through the opening movement.
  • a toggle hinge comprising a first frame member, a second frame member, a first pair of links constituted by first and second links, means pivotally connecting one end of each of said first and second links of said first pair to said first frame member, a second pair of links constituted by first and second links, means pivotally connecting one end of each of said first and second links of said second pair to said second frame member, means pivotally interconnecting points intermediate the length of said first links of said first and second pairs whereby the first links have extensions beyond their pivotal interconnection, means pivotally interconnecting the free end of said extension of the first link of each pair of links with the second link of the other pair of links, and spring means for urging said links to stable positions to one side and the other of a dead center position, said spring means being connected between one of said frame members and the end of the second link of the pair of links pivotally connected to the other of said frame members at a point spaced a substantial distance from the associated last-named pivotal interconnection means.
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US3744086A (en) * 1970-11-09 1973-07-10 Salice A Spa Device for concealed linked hinges, apt to automatically hold a door, cabinet door or flap door shut
US4075735A (en) * 1975-11-13 1978-02-28 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Snap-toggle hinge
US4117569A (en) * 1975-11-25 1978-10-03 Karl Lautenschlager Kg Over-center knuckle-joint hinge
US4166307A (en) * 1977-02-11 1979-09-04 Julius Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge
US4193163A (en) * 1977-05-13 1980-03-18 Karl Lautenschlager Kg, Mobelbeschlagfabrik Knuckle joint hinge
US4236272A (en) * 1977-07-27 1980-12-02 Wilhelm Gronbach Hinge comprising a compression spring, which is adapted to balance the weight of a hinged leaf
US4251900A (en) * 1977-12-17 1981-02-24 Karl Lautenschlager Kg, Mobelbeschlagfabrik Over-center crosslink hinge
US4385417A (en) * 1980-06-12 1983-05-31 Roeck Erich Quadrilateral over center hinge
US4440364A (en) * 1981-09-08 1984-04-03 Cone Steven S Retractable aircraft step
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US20040205935A1 (en) * 2001-07-06 2004-10-21 Lautenschlaeger Gerhard Wilhelm Damping device
US20050173943A1 (en) * 2004-02-09 2005-08-11 M & C Corporation Gutter mounted deck lid hinge
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US20060156513A1 (en) * 2005-01-18 2006-07-20 Arrigo Zetti Snap hinge for supporting closure elements
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US4117569A (en) * 1975-11-25 1978-10-03 Karl Lautenschlager Kg Over-center knuckle-joint hinge
US4166307A (en) * 1977-02-11 1979-09-04 Julius Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge
US4193163A (en) * 1977-05-13 1980-03-18 Karl Lautenschlager Kg, Mobelbeschlagfabrik Knuckle joint hinge
US4236272A (en) * 1977-07-27 1980-12-02 Wilhelm Gronbach Hinge comprising a compression spring, which is adapted to balance the weight of a hinged leaf
US4251900A (en) * 1977-12-17 1981-02-24 Karl Lautenschlager Kg, Mobelbeschlagfabrik Over-center crosslink hinge
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US4440364A (en) * 1981-09-08 1984-04-03 Cone Steven S Retractable aircraft step
US4534587A (en) * 1983-01-28 1985-08-13 W & F Manufacturing, Inc. Latch assembly
US4837894A (en) * 1988-05-23 1989-06-13 Lin Tsong Chi Spring biased arm snap-toggle hinge
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GB2427435B (en) * 2004-02-28 2007-07-11 Southco Articulating hinge
US7197790B1 (en) * 2004-08-18 2007-04-03 Pe Marine Designz, Ltd Hinge including a gas strut
US20060090296A1 (en) * 2004-10-29 2006-05-04 T.G.N. S.P.A. Sprung hinge for supporting closure elements
US20070251058A1 (en) * 2004-11-22 2007-11-01 Helmut Fitz Hinge with damper
US7861376B2 (en) * 2004-11-22 2011-01-04 Julius Blum Gmbh Hinge with damper
US7543356B2 (en) * 2005-01-18 2009-06-09 Arrigo Zetti Snap hinge for supporting closure elements
US20060156513A1 (en) * 2005-01-18 2006-07-20 Arrigo Zetti Snap hinge for supporting closure elements
US20060175863A1 (en) * 2005-02-09 2006-08-10 Evans Shirl L Articulated hinge for vehicle bed covers and the like
US7350273B1 (en) 2005-10-07 2008-04-01 Reading Truck Body, Inc. Vehicle body hinge
US20150267452A1 (en) * 2012-10-15 2015-09-24 D.G.N. S.R.L. Snap hinge with damped closing
US9441407B2 (en) * 2012-10-15 2016-09-13 D.G.N. S.R.L. Snap hinge with damped closing
US10214950B2 (en) 2014-07-30 2019-02-26 Manfred Frank Patent Holdings Limited Hinge

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