US3890670A - Adjustable furniture hinge - Google Patents

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US3890670A
US3890670A US498226A US49822674A US3890670A US 3890670 A US3890670 A US 3890670A US 498226 A US498226 A US 498226A US 49822674 A US49822674 A US 49822674A US 3890670 A US3890670 A US 3890670A
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Gerhard Sewing
Jurgen Bachor
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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
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/04—Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame
    • E05D7/0407—Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame the hinges having two or more pins and being specially adapted for cabinets or furniture
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets

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  • an object of the invention to provide an adjustable furniture hinge which makes it possible to provide for a fine adjustment of the hinge arm of the furniture hinge as a plurality of different directions, and to carry out such adjustment in any one direction or dimension without thereby influencing the adjustment or positioning of the hinge arm in any other direction or dimension.
  • an adjustable furniture hinge which, briefly stated, comprises a hinge member and an elongated hinge arm pivoted thereto for movement about a pivot axis.
  • First means mounts the hinge arm remote from the hinge member for movement about another axis extending transverse to the elongation of the hinge arm.
  • Second means is provided for adjustably shifting the hinge arm longitudinally of the other axis, and third means is operable independently of the second means for adjustably shifting the hinge arm lengthwise of itself.
  • the invention thus provides an adjustable furniture hinge where in the hinge arm can be adjusted in three dimensions, and in which the adjustment in each of these directions can be carried out independently of any adjustments or positioning in the other dimensions, that is without influencing the positioning of the hinge are with respect to the other two dimensions. This permits a very precise positioning of the hinge arm and, hence, of the door with which it cooperates on a piece of furniture.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an adjustable furniture hinge according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows the hinge of FIG. 1 on an enlarged scale, and with a partially sectioned hinge arm
  • FIG. 3 is a section on line III-III of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a section on line IVIV of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a section on line V--V of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 6 is a section on line Vl-VI of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is an enlarged-scale view of the embodiment in FIG. 7, with the hinge arm partially in section;
  • FIG. 9 is a section on line IXIX of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 10 is a section on line XX of FIG. 8.
  • FIG. 11 is a section on line XIXI of FIG. 8.
  • the novel furniture hinge has a housing 1 which is to be recessed in a corresponding depression in a door on a piece of furniture.
  • a hinge arm 2, 2a is provided which is to be connected to the body of the piece of furniture, and connecting members 3, 4 pivotably connect the hinge arm 2, 2a with the housing 1.
  • This basic description is, incidentally, also applicable with respect to the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 7-11.
  • a profiled mounting member 5 which is to be connected with the furniture body by means of screws or, as illustrated, by means of anchoring pins 6 which may be of one piece with the profiled mounting member 5.
  • the latter is formed with a groove 7 which in the illustrated embodiment is of U-shaped cross section and in which a correspondingly configurated base portion of a shiftable member 8 is received.
  • the latter is slidable in the groove 7 and can be fixed in any desired position relative to the member 5 by means of a set screw 9. When the latter is tightened, the lower free end of the set screw 9 engages the bottom face bounding the groove 7 and sets up a tension between the members 5 and 8 to prevent undesired shifting of the latter with reference to the former.
  • the arm 2 can be shifted lengthwise of itself relative to the mounting member 5, since the arm 2 is connected to the shiftable member 8 by means of a pin 10 which is secured in the lateral side walls 11 of the U-shaped arm 2 and which is mounted in the shiftable member 8 so as to be slidable in the direction of the pivot axis 12.
  • the displacement of the arm 2 with reference to the member 5 in longitudinal direction of the arm 2 can be carried out continuously, that is the arm 2 can be shifted to any desired extent.
  • the free end of the screw 9 is formed with an annular edge 13 which, when the screw 9 is tightened, tends to dig into the bottom wall bounding the groove 7.
  • the bottom wall bounding the groove 7 may also be provided with sawtooth-like projections 14, as illus trated with respect to the member 5a in the embodi ment of FIG. 8.
  • a set screw 15 is provided which permits an adjustable displacement of the hinge arm 2, 2a in direction transversely towards elongation.
  • the set screw 15 passes through a tapped bore in the shiftable member 8 and its free ends abut against the side walls 11 of the hinge arm. It is of course necessary to be able to turn the screw 15 from the exterior of the hinge arm, and to make this possible slots 16 are formed in the side walls 11 of the hinge arm.
  • the end faces of the screw 15 abut against the inner edges of these slots 16 and are provided with recesses into which a screw driver may be inserted so that the screw 15 can be turned from either side of the hinge arm 2, 2a.
  • the hinge arm 2 shifts transversely towards elongation in one or the other direction, depending upon the direction in which the screw 15 is turned, thereby causing the pin to slide in the bore in which it is received in the shiftable member 8.
  • a set screw 17 is provided which passes through a threaded sleeve 18 of the hinge arm 2 and is provided at its lower free end with a plate 19 which is received in a recess 20 of the member 8.
  • the shaft of the set screw 17 extends through an elongated slot 21 in the member 8.
  • the plate 19 must have sufficient play in the recess formed for it in the member 8, that is in the recess 20, so that this transverse displacement can be carried out.
  • FIGS. 7-11 a tilting displacement of the hinge arm 2 about the axis 12 in the direction of the housing 1 is effected by means of the screw 17 which is located opposite the screw that effects the transverse displacement.
  • the embodiment of FIGS. 7-11 is somewhat different, as will be described. In particular, the embodiment of FIGS. 7-11 corresponds to the one in FIGS. 1-6 except in the particular differences which will be described hereafter.
  • the set screw 17a is located between the set screw 15a and the set screw 9a.
  • the member 5a and the member 8a have different shapes as opposed to the members 5 and 8 of FIGS. 1-6, but their purpose and operation is the same as before.
  • the cross section of the member 5a is of double T shape, and a portion of the member 5a engages in a groove 22 formed for this purpose in the member 8a.
  • FIGS. 7-11 corresponds to that of FIGS. l-6.
  • each adjustment in one dimension can be carried out independently of any adjustments in the other two dimensions, so that a very precise positioning of the hinge arm can be effected.
  • An adjustable furniture hinge comprising a hinge member and an elongated hinge arm pivoted thereto for movement about a pivot axis; first means mounting said hinge arm remote from said hinge member for movement about another axis extending transverse to the elongation of said hinge arm; second means for adjustingly shifting said hinge arm longitudinally of said other axis; and third means operable independently of said second means for adjustingly shifting said hinge arm lengthwise of itself.
  • said third means comprising a mounting member connectable with a piece of furniture, a shiftable member on said mounting member and shiftable lengthwise of said hinge arm; and a screw for arresting said shiftable member relative to said mounting member.
  • a hinge as defined in claim 2 said hinge arm having a hole into which said screw projects so that said screw, hinge arm and shiftable member move in unison.
  • a hinge as defined in claim 2 said mounting member having a toothed contact surface, and said screw having an end portion cooperating with said contact surface and formed with an annular contact edge.
  • hinge arm is of U-shaped cross section and has side walls in which a pin is mounted; and wherein said shiftable member is formed with a passage in which said pin is slidably received.
  • said second means comprises a threaded element extending through a tapped transverse bore in said shiftable memcross section mating to that of said groove and slidably received in the latter.
  • said shiftable member having a groove extending longitudinally of said hinge arm, and said mounting member having a portion received in said groove.

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US4007513A (en) * 1974-07-04 1977-02-15 Ernst Zernig Single-pivot hinge
US4011627A (en) * 1975-06-03 1977-03-15 Arturo Salice Spa Adjustable hinge coupling or the like
US4045841A (en) * 1975-04-07 1977-09-06 Erich Rock Hinge
US4068349A (en) * 1975-04-07 1978-01-17 Erich Rock Hinge
US4104762A (en) * 1976-04-14 1978-08-08 Erich Rock Furniture hinge
US4313239A (en) * 1979-10-25 1982-02-02 Sugatsune Industrial Co. Ltd. Hinge mounting plate
US4359802A (en) * 1979-06-05 1982-11-23 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Adjustable hinge
US5511287A (en) * 1993-12-15 1996-04-30 Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager Gmbh & Co. Kg Furniture hinge
US20040163213A1 (en) * 2003-02-21 2004-08-26 Herbert Isele Hinge
US20040163211A1 (en) * 2003-02-21 2004-08-26 Marco Rucker Hinge
US6845544B2 (en) 2001-11-19 2005-01-25 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge for furniture
US20060143859A1 (en) * 2005-01-04 2006-07-06 Zhiyong Wu Three-dimension adjustable hidden furniture door hinge
US20100033067A1 (en) * 2008-08-11 2010-02-11 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator with step adjustment device
US20110099755A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2011-05-05 Gunter Reichel Hinge
US10330370B2 (en) * 2016-12-15 2019-06-25 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator
US10330367B2 (en) * 2016-01-14 2019-06-25 Viking Range, Llc Refrigerator hinge bracket mechanism

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US4007513A (en) * 1974-07-04 1977-02-15 Ernst Zernig Single-pivot hinge
US4045841A (en) * 1975-04-07 1977-09-06 Erich Rock Hinge
US4068349A (en) * 1975-04-07 1978-01-17 Erich Rock Hinge
US4011627A (en) * 1975-06-03 1977-03-15 Arturo Salice Spa Adjustable hinge coupling or the like
US4104762A (en) * 1976-04-14 1978-08-08 Erich Rock Furniture hinge
US4359802A (en) * 1979-06-05 1982-11-23 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Adjustable hinge
US4313239A (en) * 1979-10-25 1982-02-02 Sugatsune Industrial Co. Ltd. Hinge mounting plate
US5511287A (en) * 1993-12-15 1996-04-30 Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager Gmbh & Co. Kg Furniture hinge
US6845544B2 (en) 2001-11-19 2005-01-25 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge for furniture
US20040163213A1 (en) * 2003-02-21 2004-08-26 Herbert Isele Hinge
US20040163211A1 (en) * 2003-02-21 2004-08-26 Marco Rucker Hinge
US7017231B2 (en) * 2003-02-21 2006-03-28 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge
US20110099755A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2011-05-05 Gunter Reichel Hinge
US20060143859A1 (en) * 2005-01-04 2006-07-06 Zhiyong Wu Three-dimension adjustable hidden furniture door hinge
US7516516B2 (en) * 2005-01-04 2009-04-14 Zhiyong Wu Three-dimension adjustable hidden furniture door hinge
US20100033067A1 (en) * 2008-08-11 2010-02-11 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator with step adjustment device
US8506026B2 (en) * 2008-08-11 2013-08-13 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator with step adjustment device
US10330367B2 (en) * 2016-01-14 2019-06-25 Viking Range, Llc Refrigerator hinge bracket mechanism
US10330370B2 (en) * 2016-12-15 2019-06-25 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator

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