US3431592A - Hinge device - Google Patents

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US3431592A
US3431592A US525649A US3431592DA US3431592A US 3431592 A US3431592 A US 3431592A US 525649 A US525649 A US 525649A US 3431592D A US3431592D A US 3431592DA US 3431592 A US3431592 A US 3431592A
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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
    • E05D1/00—Pinless hinges; Substitutes for hinges
    • E05D1/04—Pinless hinges; Substitutes for hinges with guide members shaped as circular arcs
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furnitures, e.g. cabinets

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  • the present invention is an improvement over the prior art principally in the construction of hinge with two anchor plate elements which may be interengaged with an intermediate element to form the complete hinge structure.
  • a feature of the construction is that the parts may be inexpensively made and that assembly may be easily effected and without undue assembly expense.
  • the anchor plate elements are made of the usual flat plate construction with suitable openings for screw members for anchoring the plates to the parts to be hinged together.
  • the intermediate unit in accordance with the invention comprises a semi-cylindrical member having a ilat end portion with openings for receiving projecting hinge elements with curved ends or arched shoes of the anchor plate members.
  • the shoes are formed with a curvature complementary to the semi-cylindrical intermediate member so that the plates may be rotated about on the intermediate member in the manner of an ordinary hinge.
  • the arched shoes of each anchor plate are formed in an offset manner similar to the usual hinge and they ride in the intermediate manner in a staggered relationship.
  • each of the hinge parts may be manufactured in an inexpensive manner without requiring special forming and may, for example, each be cast or molded or produced from inexpensive section irons.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a hinge construction which includes anchor plate members which are adapted to be connected to the elements to be hinged together and which include outwardly projecting hinge portions, and an intermediate member of semi-cylindrical coniiguration having a hat end wall with openings for receiving the projecting hinge formations which are curved for riding against the curved interior wall of the intermediate hinge member.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a hinge construction which is simple in design, rugged in construction and economical to manufacture.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hinge constructed in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2a is a section taken along the lines II*II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 2b is a section similar to FIG. 2a but indicating the hinge parts in a closed position
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one of the hinge anchor plates
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of the intermediate hinge part
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view indicating the hinges in an operative position connecting two parts which are to be hinged together;
  • FIG. 6 is a section taken on the line VI-VI of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a section similar to FIG. 6 of another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 the invention embodied therein as indicated in FIGS. 1 to 6 comprises a hinge construction formed of two anchor plate members generally designated 1 which are interengaged with an intermediate hinge member generally designated 2.
  • the anchor plate members 1 are of substantially rectangular configuration having a curved outer end 1a with a straight edge portion 1b having projecting portions or brackets 4 formed at irregular spacings along the edge which terminate in arched shoes or hinge curve portions 5.
  • the anchor plates 1 are also provided with a plurality of openings 3 for permitting the plates to be secured to a part such as a door element 20 which is to be hinged to a similar door element 22 as shown in FIG. 6.
  • a feature of the invention is that the anchor plates 1 may be jointed in operative engagement with the intermediate members 2 by inserting the projecting portions 4 into openings 8 which are provided in a at end face 7 of the intermediate element 2.
  • the curvature of the end portion 5 is such that the projecting portions may ride within the interior cylinder formed by the end walls.
  • the parts 20 and 22 are provided with a cut-out portion 24 before the hinge anchor plates 1 are secured thereto by means of screws which extend through the openings 3.
  • the intermediate portion 2 is advantageously provided with a central cylindrical protuberance 9 of the same curvature as the interior wall curvature of the arched sho'es 5.
  • a feature of the invention is that the provision of projecting portions or pins 10 which extend substantially perpendicularly outwardly from the side faces of the arched shoe portions 5.
  • a pin 10 extends outwardly from the outboard shoe 5 of each hinge plate in respective opposite direction and engages against a respective side of the inside face of the iliat wall 7 adjacent the respective ends lthereof intermediate portion 2 in order to determine the end position of the intermediate portion 2 in this member.
  • One pin 10 as seen in FIG. 5 therefore lbears against wall 7 to prevent it from moving counterclockwise and the pin 10 at the opposite end (not shown) is located to bear against the lower end of wall 7 and prevents it from rotating clockwise.
  • the projection 10 is located so that the intermediate member 2 will be oriented with its flat wall 7 substantially parallel to the edges of the parts 20 and 22 which are joined.
  • the projections 10' are provided so that the hinge intermediate portion 2' will be oriented at an inclination in order to suit the particular purposes of the parts which are to be joined.
  • the edges 20a and 22a of the parts being joined are offset from each other. Thus, when the hinge of FIG. 7 is opened, the axis of the hinge will not lie along the separation line 26 of the two parts 20' and 22.
  • the projecting elements 10 are located on each of the arched portions 5 at the same distance from the ends thereof.
  • one of the elements is placed very near the end of its associated shoe 5 and the other is located at a considerable distance from the end of the opposite shoe 5 to maintain the intermediate member 2 in the orientation indicated in FIG. 7.
  • the hinge constructed in accordance with the invention is very rugged and etiicient but it provides a pleasant and attractive appearance. It may be manufactured very economically, and both the intermediate unit 2 and the plates 1 may be produced by means of simple operations of cut and milling from mass produced section irons. In addition, it is possible to make an easy, safe and fast assembly of the parts. In some instances it is preferable for some parts to be manufactured by die casting, even using a non-metallic material. Variations in the number of brackets employed and the shapes ofthe interengageable parts may of course be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • a hinge construction comprising first and second dat plate members adapted to have means for securing said plate members to respective parts to be hinged together, at least one hinge member projecting from an edge of each of said plate members and having la curved outer hinge forming end, a hollow intermediate member having a substantially semi-cylindrically curved Wall on one side and having a hat wall closing the opposite side, said at Wall having at least two oiset openings extending into the interior of said intermediate member and detined on respective opposite sides of said iiat Wall and spaced inwardly from the respective ends of said at wall, said iiat wall having an interior semi-cylindrical protuberance between the openings, said hinge Aforming end of said iirst and seeond plates extending into respective ones of the openings in said hat :wall and having a curvature complementary to the semi-cylindrical protuberance of said fiat wall and being rotatable thereon.
  • a hinge construction according to claim 1 including means extending laterally on said hinge forming end of said plates adapted to abut against said dat Wall for determining the angular position of said at Wall of said intermediate member relative to said plates when said plates are juxtaposed.
  • a hinge construction according to claim 1 including a projection formed on each of said hinge forming ends of each of said first and second plates engageable with said flat Wall of said intermediate member and positioning said intermediate member substantially perpendicular to the constant plane of said plates when said plates are juxtaposed.
  • each of said hinge forming ends of each of said first and second plates includes a projecting portion which is disposed in a manner to contact said intermediate member fiat Wall and to orient said intermediate member oblique to the contact plane of said plates when they are juxtaposed.
  • each of said tirst and second flat plate members includes two hinge 'forming ends projecting at spaced locations from an edge thereof, the hinge forming ends of said first plate being offset from the hinge forming ends of said second plate, said at wall having a number of openings corresponding to the number of said hinge forming ends.

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US457824A (en) * 1891-08-18 Hinge
US731138A (en) * 1903-02-24 1903-06-16 William B Stearns Skylight for vessels.
US1790028A (en) * 1929-09-19 1931-01-27 George E Stevenson Flexible structure
GB443930A (en) * 1934-12-01 1936-03-10 Paul Anthony Mantle Improvements relating to hinges
US2546590A (en) * 1947-10-10 1951-03-27 Clyde B Ferrel Hinge structure
US3233274A (en) * 1963-01-28 1966-02-08 Tennant Co G H Sweeping machine dust separator apparatus

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US457824A (en) * 1891-08-18 Hinge
US731138A (en) * 1903-02-24 1903-06-16 William B Stearns Skylight for vessels.
US1790028A (en) * 1929-09-19 1931-01-27 George E Stevenson Flexible structure
GB443930A (en) * 1934-12-01 1936-03-10 Paul Anthony Mantle Improvements relating to hinges
US2546590A (en) * 1947-10-10 1951-03-27 Clyde B Ferrel Hinge structure
US3233274A (en) * 1963-01-28 1966-02-08 Tennant Co G H Sweeping machine dust separator apparatus

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