US3496595A - Hinge and counter-balancing support - Google Patents
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- 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
- E05F1/1261—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis with a compression spring for counterbalancing
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C11/00—Pivots; Pivotal connections
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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
- E05D11/00—Additional features or accessories of hinges
- E05D11/10—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts
- E05D11/1028—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open
- E05D11/105—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open the maintaining means acting perpendicularly to the pivot axis
- E05D11/1064—Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open the maintaining means acting perpendicularly to the pivot axis with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
- E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
- E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
- E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
- E05Y2201/638—Cams; Ramps
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
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- E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets
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- the housing contains an adjustable guide pin having an enlarged head, a cam mounted on and reciprocable relative to the guide pin in the housing and having an enlarged head, and a compression spring between and bearing against the enlarged heads.
- a cam mounted on and reciprocable relative to the guide pin in the housing and having an enlarged head
- a compression spring between and bearing against the enlarged heads.
- At the upper end of the cam is an angularly arranged camming surface terminating at its upper end in a generally flat horizontal portion, and the lid wing carries a cam rivet riding on the camming surface and flat surface during pivotal movement of the lid and lid wing.
- the present invention relates to a hinge and support for the lid of a cabinet and more particularly to a hinge and counter-balancing support for a cabinet lid which will yieldably retain the lid in closed position and will counter-balance the lid during opening and closing movement thereof.
- a hinge and counter-balancing support for the lid of a cabinet wherein the lid is yieldably retained in closed position by the force exerted by a compression spring acting on a cam and cam rivet in an over-center position with respect to the pivotal axis of the hinge.
- Another object of the present invention is the provision of a hinge and counter-balancing support having a lid wing secured to the lid and pivotally mounted onto a housing secured to the cabinet, the lid wing including a cam rivet extending thereacross and cooperating with a cam reciprocably mounted in the housing and yieldably biased against the cam rivet.
- the weight of the cabinet lid substantially counter-balances the force of the biasing means.
- a further object of the present invention is the provision of a hinge and counter-balancing support for the lid of a cabinet having a lid wing having a cam rivet pivotally mounted on a housing having a spring-biased cam.
- the cam includes an upper inclined camming surface having an upper flat generally horizontal surface aligned below the pivotal mounting for the lid wing. The cam is biased against the cam rivet and, when the cam rivet engages the inclined camming surface, the lid is yieldably biased upwardly by the spring. When the rivet engages the flat surface on the cam, the lid is yieldably biased to a closed position.
- FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of the hinge and counter-balancing support of the present invention mounted on a cabinet and lid therefor with the lid in closed position.
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view similar to FIG. 1 P
- FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the hinge and counter-balancing support showing the internal structure thereof.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the cam and biasing and guiding means therefor.
- FIG. 5 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 55 of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the cam.
- FIG. 1 discloses a hinge and counter-balancing support 10 for the lid 11 of a cabinet or other enclosure 12, such as a cabinet for a phonograph.
- the hinge and counter-balancing support 10 includes a lid wing 13 having a front wall 14 with integral mounting flanges 15 having openings 16 to receive suitable securing means, such as the screws 17, a top wall 18 and spaced side walls 19 having openings to receive a pivot pin or rivet 21 adjacent the top wall 18 and aligned embossments 22 located adjacent the lower edge and behind the pivot pin or rivet 21.
- the embossments 22 have opening therein to receive a cam rivet or pin 23 extending between the sides 19,
- the front wall 14 and mounting flanges 15 abut the rear edge 26 of the lid 11, and a flange 27, integral with and perpendicular to the front wall 14, abuts the underside 28 of the lid and is provided with an opening 29 to receive suitable securing means, such as the screw 31.
- the hinge and counter-balancing support 10 also includes a housing or cabinet wing 32 of a generally channel shape having side walls 33, 33 with integral mounting flanges 34, 34, a rear wall 35, and a bottom wall 36.
- the mounting flanges each have an opening 37 and an elongated slot 38 adapted to receive suitable securing means, such as the screws 39, to mount the housing onto the rear wall of the cabinet or other enclosure 12.
- the side walls 33, 33 are each provided with an upward extension 41 having an opening adjacent the upper rounded edge 42 adapted to be aligned with the openings in the lid wing 13 to receive the pivot pin or rivet 21 which is headed at each end as at 43.
- the side wall are also provided with integral inwardly extending guide flanges 44, 44 above the mounting flanges 34, 34 for a purpose to be later described.
- the bottom wall 36 of the housing is provided with an extruded threaded opening 45 to receive a threaded adjusting screw 46 having an enlarged slotted head 47 below the bottom wall 36 and an inner end 48 received in a recess 49 in the enlarged head 52 of a guide pin 51.
- the guide pin has a cylindrical stem 53 extending upward from a shoulder 54 to project into an elongated cylindrical recess 55 in the depending cylindrical shank 57 of a cam member 56.
- the cam member 56 has a generally rectangular base 58 providing a hollow generally rectangular recess 59 in the underside thereof to receive one end 62 of a compression spring 61.
- the spring encompasses the stem 53 and the shank 57 and has the opposite end 63 encompassing the shoulder 54 and bearing against the upper surface of the enlarged head 52 of the guide pin 51.
- the base 58 of the cam member 56 is provided at its opposite sides with a shoulder or ledge 64 merging into the narrowed sides 65 of the upwardly projecting camming portion having an inclined camming surface 66 extending upwardly and rearwardly from the front surface 67 to terminate in a generally horizontal flat surface 68 at the rear wall 69 thereof.
- the camming portion of the cam member 56 is constantly yieldably biased upwardly by the spring 61 against the cam pin or rivet 23 in a manner to be described.
- the force of the spring exerted on said cam can be varied by adjustment of the screw 46 engaging and adjusting the guide pin 51 relative to the bottom wall 36 of said housing 32.
- FIG. 1 discloses the lid 11 in a closed position on the cabinet 12 with the pivot pin or rivet 21 providing the pivotal axis for the lid hinge of the lid wing 13 and housing 32.
- the movement of the cam rivet 23 is reversed and engages the inclined surface 66 to yieldably urge the cam 56 downward against the force of the spring 61.
- the cam rivet 23 moves from the inclined surface 66 to the flat surface 68, it also moves over-center re ative to the line of force of the spring and the pivot rivet 21 to retain the iid 11 in closed position on the cabinet 12.
- the guide flanges 44, 44 cooperate with the front wall 64 of the cam 56 and the rear wall 35 of the housing 32 cooperates with the rear wall 69 of the cam 56 to guide and orient the cam for vertical reciprocation.
- a hinge and counter-balancing support for the lid of a cabinet or other enclosure comprising a housing secured to the cabinet and a lid wing secured to the lid and pivotally mounted on the housing, a cam rivet secured said lid wing and a cam member in said housing yieldably biased toward and engaging said can-1 rivet, said cam member having a camming surface with an inclined portion and a fiat portion intersecting the upper end of said inclined portion.
- cam member includes an enlarged head and a depending hollow shank, a guide pin having an enlarged head and a stem received in said hollow shank, a compression spring encompassing said stem and shank between and bearing against said enlarged heads, and stop means in said housing engaging the enlarged head of said guide pin.
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US3628217A (en) * | 1967-10-25 | 1971-12-21 | Messrs Franz Hettich Kg | Hinge for articulating a wall pivotable to and fro between open and closed positions |
US3683454A (en) * | 1969-11-20 | 1972-08-15 | Wilhelm Gronbach | Hinge assembly comprisin a compression spring for compensating the weight of wings |
US3688342A (en) * | 1970-08-11 | 1972-09-05 | Weber Knapp Co | Hinge latch |
US3766600A (en) * | 1971-11-17 | 1973-10-23 | Weber Knapp Co | Lid counterbalance mechanism |
US3772736A (en) * | 1969-06-10 | 1973-11-20 | Kunststoff Gmbh | Piece of furniture |
US3955241A (en) * | 1975-10-16 | 1976-05-11 | Weber-Knapp Company | Cam operated spring biased counterbalance hinge mechanism for cabinet lid or the like |
US4091502A (en) * | 1976-11-10 | 1978-05-30 | Weber-Knapp Company | Counterbalance mechanism |
US4312097A (en) * | 1980-02-26 | 1982-01-26 | Weber-Knapp Company | Counterbalance support |
US4660251A (en) * | 1985-09-26 | 1987-04-28 | Santo Industries Co., Ltd. | Hinge-type lid mounting device |
US6415477B1 (en) * | 1998-11-12 | 2002-07-09 | Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd. | Original pressing plate hinge |
US20040045129A1 (en) * | 2002-09-06 | 2004-03-11 | Masato Tamehira | Hinge mechanism for platen cover |
KR100492734B1 (en) * | 2002-03-29 | 2005-06-07 | 인은영 | Hinge for controlling open and close the door |
US20120060325A1 (en) * | 2010-09-13 | 2012-03-15 | Chao-Chi Lin | Hinge |
DE102014103985B3 (en) * | 2014-03-24 | 2015-05-21 | Sartorius Lab Instruments Gmbh & Co. Kg | folding assembly |
US20170122020A1 (en) * | 2015-11-03 | 2017-05-04 | Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc. | Appliance lid hinge assembly with snubber |
US10203149B2 (en) * | 2014-04-25 | 2019-02-12 | Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd. | Freezer and hinge for same |
US10704311B1 (en) * | 2017-02-06 | 2020-07-07 | Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc. | Appliance lid hinge |
US20210396058A1 (en) * | 2017-04-13 | 2021-12-23 | Weber Knapp Company | Counterbalance and method of making the same |
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US3628217A (en) * | 1967-10-25 | 1971-12-21 | Messrs Franz Hettich Kg | Hinge for articulating a wall pivotable to and fro between open and closed positions |
US3772736A (en) * | 1969-06-10 | 1973-11-20 | Kunststoff Gmbh | Piece of furniture |
US3683454A (en) * | 1969-11-20 | 1972-08-15 | Wilhelm Gronbach | Hinge assembly comprisin a compression spring for compensating the weight of wings |
US3688342A (en) * | 1970-08-11 | 1972-09-05 | Weber Knapp Co | Hinge latch |
US3766600A (en) * | 1971-11-17 | 1973-10-23 | Weber Knapp Co | Lid counterbalance mechanism |
US3955241A (en) * | 1975-10-16 | 1976-05-11 | Weber-Knapp Company | Cam operated spring biased counterbalance hinge mechanism for cabinet lid or the like |
US4091502A (en) * | 1976-11-10 | 1978-05-30 | Weber-Knapp Company | Counterbalance mechanism |
US4312097A (en) * | 1980-02-26 | 1982-01-26 | Weber-Knapp Company | Counterbalance support |
US4660251A (en) * | 1985-09-26 | 1987-04-28 | Santo Industries Co., Ltd. | Hinge-type lid mounting device |
US6415477B1 (en) * | 1998-11-12 | 2002-07-09 | Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd. | Original pressing plate hinge |
US6629336B2 (en) * | 1998-12-11 | 2003-10-07 | Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd. | Original pressing plate hinge |
KR100492734B1 (en) * | 2002-03-29 | 2005-06-07 | 인은영 | Hinge for controlling open and close the door |
US20040045129A1 (en) * | 2002-09-06 | 2004-03-11 | Masato Tamehira | Hinge mechanism for platen cover |
US7240401B2 (en) * | 2002-09-06 | 2007-07-10 | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | Hinge mechanism for platen cover |
US20120060325A1 (en) * | 2010-09-13 | 2012-03-15 | Chao-Chi Lin | Hinge |
DE102014103985B3 (en) * | 2014-03-24 | 2015-05-21 | Sartorius Lab Instruments Gmbh & Co. Kg | folding assembly |
US10203149B2 (en) * | 2014-04-25 | 2019-02-12 | Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd. | Freezer and hinge for same |
US20170122020A1 (en) * | 2015-11-03 | 2017-05-04 | Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc. | Appliance lid hinge assembly with snubber |
US10724284B2 (en) * | 2015-11-03 | 2020-07-28 | Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc. | Appliance lid hinge assembly with snubber |
US10704311B1 (en) * | 2017-02-06 | 2020-07-07 | Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc. | Appliance lid hinge |
US11111712B2 (en) | 2017-02-06 | 2021-09-07 | Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc. | Appliance lid hinge |
US20210396058A1 (en) * | 2017-04-13 | 2021-12-23 | Weber Knapp Company | Counterbalance and method of making the same |
US11702877B2 (en) * | 2017-04-13 | 2023-07-18 | Weber Knapp Company | Counterbalance and method of making the same |
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Owner name: KEYCON INDUSTRIES, INC. 4835 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS, Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:KEYSTONE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC., A CORP OF DE.;REEL/FRAME:004473/0742 Effective date: 19851009 |
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Owner name: LLC CORPORATION, 4835 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS, TEXAS, Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:KEYCON INDUSTRIES, INC., A CORP OF NEV.;REEL/FRAME:004533/0100 Effective date: 19860220 |
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Owner name: ANCHOR HOCKING CORP., 109 NORTH BROAD STREET, LANC Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:LLC CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:004595/0812 Effective date: 19860509 |
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Owner name: AMEROCK CORPORATION,ILLINOIS Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ANCHOR HOCKING CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004582/0533 Effective date: 19860721 Owner name: AMEROCK CORPORATION, 4000 AUBURN STREET, ROCKFORD, Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:ANCHOR HOCKING CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004582/0533 Effective date: 19860721 |