US3913173A - Hinge device - Google Patents

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US3913173A
US3913173A US542903*A US54290375A US3913173A US 3913173 A US3913173 A US 3913173A US 54290375 A US54290375 A US 54290375A US 3913173 A US3913173 A US 3913173A
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Erich Rock
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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
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/02—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
    • E05D5/0276—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps for attachment to cabinets or furniture, the hinge having two or more pins
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/624—Arms
    • 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
    • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/34—Form stability
    • E05Y2800/342—Deformable
    • 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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  • the invention relates to a hinge device including a mounting plate fixable onto a part of furniture or similar'assembly, ahinge arm mountable onto the mounting plate and bearing the necessary rods or arms of the hinge and an intermediate part between the mounting plate and the hinge arm.
  • Conventional hinge devicesof thiszkind havethe advantage that the exact adjustment'of the hinge, i.e. of the door, in direction of the depth of the furniture and of the door, gap is possible during'the actual mounting of the door, i.e. while or after the intermediate part is being, or has beenffixed onto the mounting plate, the latter being preass embledin the furniture side wall.
  • the further advantage of an intermediate part which can be insertedinto guides or the like of the mounting plate is the fact that the door, with'the hinge arm already mounted, can be assembled comparatively easily onto the mounting plate, as compared to other types of hinges in which the hinge'ar'm had to be screwed directly onto the mounting plate, a procedure that caused considerable difficulties, as the whole weight of the door had to be held during the fastening of the screws, such fastening demanding a relatively precise operation.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a hinge device of the type described, but which permits an easy and fast insertion of the hinge arm or the intermediate part connected therewith into the preassembled mounting plate, whereby it is impossible for the respective parts to be at an angle to each other which would prevent their insertion, i.e., in more general terms, whereby the insertionpaths are short.
  • thisaim isachieved by providing the intermediate part with two hook-shaped projectionswhich both extend in one and the same direction and fit into two anchorings or lips of the mounting plate which also both extend inone and the same direction.
  • a fre e path or open area is provided in the area of engagement of anchoring betwee'n'the intermediate part and the mounting plate, such free path being at least as longas the bracket of one of the projections or of one of the anchorings.
  • the invention provides also afixing element, e. g, a setscrew, which is anchored in the intermediate part and abuts against the mounting plate in a way as to press the projections against the anchorings. l
  • At least one of the anchorings is in the form of a projection extending from a front surface'of the mounting plate.
  • anchorings and the projections arranged to extend in the longitudi- .nal direction of the hinge device, to permit a pivoting of the hinge arm round the points of articulation, i.e. there are no demands as to an eventual yielding of the door.
  • the bracket of one projection or of one anchoring is provided to be twice as long as that of the opposite projection or anchoring.
  • the invention provides that the breadth of the intermediate part and/or that of the projections exceeds the breadth of the mounting plate by a predetermined amount.
  • the projections and the anchorings are provided with ribs which prevent the intermediate part from being'dislocated on the mounting plate asa result of the weightof the door.
  • a centering for the intermediate part is provided; in the embodiments shown said centering is represented by a setscrew which is guided in a horizontal groove of the mounting plate.
  • the hinge arm is provided with slots through which the fixing screw and preferably also the adjustment screw protrude and which thus permits the adjustment in the depth direction.
  • the intermediate part be made of deformable material which can be pressed togetherjat least at the end that faces the'articulations, by means of a clamping element.
  • the intermediate part is provided with'a horizontal slot dividing it into an upper portion and a lower portion joined by a connection bar.
  • This connecting bar is deformable in a certain region, thus permitting the two portions to be pressed together by approximately the breadth of the horizontal slot.
  • the clamping element is preferably represented by a screw which extends into or abuts the lower portion of the intermediate part, such screw'being threaded into a thread in the upper portion of the intermediate part.
  • a setscrew for the hinge arm is provided in the upper portion of the intermediate part, such setscrew being guided in a slot of the hinge arm, thus permitting the adjustment in the depth direction of the furniture.
  • FIg. l is a partial longitudinal section of a hinge device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a section along the line I-I of FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of a piece of furniture with a section of a door connected by a hinge device according to the invention.
  • the hinge device according to the invention consists of three main parts, namely the intermediate part 1, the mounting plate 3 and the hinge arm 2.
  • the mounting plate 3 is fixed on the furniture side wall 23 by screws or dowels which are inserted through the holes 19 into side wall 23.
  • screws or dowels which are inserted through the holes 19 into side wall 23.
  • the mounting plate 3 is provided with anchorings or lips 8 which project longitudinally over the mounting plate 3 at one end thereof and longitudinally in the same direction from the other end thereof.
  • the intermediate part 1 can be inserted into the anchorings or lips 8 by engagement therewith of the projections 7.
  • the anchoring area between the intermediate part 1 and the mounting plate 3 is achieved by providing plate 3 with a recess of a dimension to provide a free path F having a longitudinal dimension at least equal to the length lk of the engaging projections 7 and anchorings or lips 8.
  • the illustrated embodiment permits the mounting of the intermediate part 1 by displacing part 1 toward plate 3 with the lips 8 and projections aligned, and by displacing the intermediate part, toward the right in FIG. 1, by the distance F of the free path, until lips 8 and projections 7 engage as shown in FIG. 1. Thereafter, the intermediate part 1, at a central position thereof, can be moved by means of a setscrew 4 away from plate 3, thereby pressing projections 7 against the anchorings 8.
  • This arrangement provides an absolutely secure fixation of the intermediate part 1 on the mounting plate 3.
  • the mounting plate 3 has a breadth b which is exceeded both by the breadth of the intermediate part 1 and by the open width of the hinge arm 2 by the amount A.
  • This arrangement results in that an adjustment of the hinge device becomes possible after the attachment of the mounting plate 3 to the furniture side wall (such as shown in FIG. 3), such adjustment being in the direction of the height of the furniture and amounting to the distance A.
  • the invention provides that the projections 7 and/or the anchorings or ribs 8 be provided with ribs 21 in order to secure the intermediate part 1 against an undesired displacement.
  • the intermediate part1 preferably made of zinc, although naturally other materials with approximately the same properties can be used, is provided with a horizontal or widthwise slot 14 which divides the intermediate part 1 into an upper and a lower portion. The two portions are connected by a bar 15. y
  • bar means only an area of material which is deformable in a way that the upper portion of the intermediate part I can be moved toward or lifted from the lower portion thereof by approximately the breadth or height of the horizontal slot 14.
  • the invention provides a screw 6 which is positioned in or abutted against the lower portion of the intermediate part 1 and which screws into threads 15' of the upper portion. Turning of the screw 6 thus effects a lifting or lowering of the upper portion of the intermediate part 1 with respect to the lower portion thereof.
  • a setscrew 5 In the upper portion of the intermediate part 1 is screwed a setscrew 5, the head of which protrudes through a slot 13 in the hinge arm 2. This permits, when setscrew 5 is loosened, the hinge arm 2 to be displaced in the direction of the depth of furniture, i.e. the adjustment of the hinge in the direction of the depth. Tightening of the screw 5 clamps the hinge arm 2 onto the intermediate part 1, after the depthwise adjustment has been effected.
  • the horizontal slot 14 can also be shaped in various modified ways, e.g. become smaller towards its rear end and end in an undercut.
  • linkage points for the links and arms of the hinge are not defined by reference number or are not even shown in FIG. 1, nor are the other parts of the hinge, e.g. dowel connection to the door, dealt with any further, since such features may be conventional and are known to everyone skilled in the art, and since such features are not part of the present invention.
  • a hinge device particularly for mounting a door to a piece of furniture, said device comprising:
  • a mounting plate adapted to be attached to a piece of furniture, said mounting plate having a pair of lips projecting therefrom in the same direction;
  • said mounting plate having therein means providing a free path of relative movement between said projections and said lips, said free path having a length at least as long as a first of said lips.
  • clamping means comprises a screw threaded into said upper portion and engaging said lower portion.

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US3969787A (en) * 1973-12-24 1976-07-20 Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge device
US4104762A (en) * 1976-04-14 1978-08-08 Erich Rock Furniture hinge
US4304028A (en) * 1978-11-20 1981-12-08 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge
US4620343A (en) * 1982-09-24 1986-11-04 Alfred Grass Three way adjustable door hinge having cooperating wedge surfaces
US4674150A (en) * 1982-12-07 1987-06-23 Arturo Salice, S.P.A. Hinge bracket and mounting plate assembly
GB2189291A (en) * 1986-04-15 1987-10-21 Franco Ferrari Adjustable hinge
CN1307358C (zh) * 2002-06-21 2007-03-28 黑蒂赫-欧尼有限公司及两合公司 铰链
CN106837081A (zh) * 2017-02-17 2017-06-13 珠海格力电器股份有限公司 家用电器的门体及具有其的烤箱

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DE3134259C2 (de) 1981-08-29 1985-08-01 J.M. Voith Gmbh, 7920 Heidenheim Lastschaltgetriebe mit integriertem Retarder
DE3521051A1 (de) * 1985-06-12 1986-12-18 Arturo Salice S.P.A., Novedrate, Como Scharnierarm fuer ein moebelscharnier mit befestigungsplatte
DE3521812A1 (de) * 1985-06-19 1987-01-02 Lautenschlaeger Kg Karl Moebelscharnier
IT206298Z2 (it) * 1985-08-02 1987-07-20 Ferrari Agostino & C Srl Cerniera per mobili con ala di tipo perfezionato atta ad essere fissata ad una base di premontaggio.
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US2581104A (en) * 1949-04-20 1952-01-01 Jr George W Houlsby Adjustable hinge
US2778052A (en) * 1955-08-24 1957-01-22 Matt L Lucas Combination expansion hinge for transportation vehicle door
US3772735A (en) * 1970-09-03 1973-11-20 Lautenschlaeger Kg Karl Mounting plate for furniture hinge

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US2581104A (en) * 1949-04-20 1952-01-01 Jr George W Houlsby Adjustable hinge
US2778052A (en) * 1955-08-24 1957-01-22 Matt L Lucas Combination expansion hinge for transportation vehicle door
US3772735A (en) * 1970-09-03 1973-11-20 Lautenschlaeger Kg Karl Mounting plate for furniture hinge

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US3969787A (en) * 1973-12-24 1976-07-20 Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge device
US4104762A (en) * 1976-04-14 1978-08-08 Erich Rock Furniture hinge
US4304028A (en) * 1978-11-20 1981-12-08 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Hinge
US4620343A (en) * 1982-09-24 1986-11-04 Alfred Grass Three way adjustable door hinge having cooperating wedge surfaces
US4674150A (en) * 1982-12-07 1987-06-23 Arturo Salice, S.P.A. Hinge bracket and mounting plate assembly
GB2189291A (en) * 1986-04-15 1987-10-21 Franco Ferrari Adjustable hinge
GB2189291B (en) * 1986-04-15 1989-11-29 Franco Ferrari Furniture hinge
CN1307358C (zh) * 2002-06-21 2007-03-28 黑蒂赫-欧尼有限公司及两合公司 铰链
CN106837081A (zh) * 2017-02-17 2017-06-13 珠海格力电器股份有限公司 家用电器的门体及具有其的烤箱
CN106837081B (zh) * 2017-02-17 2019-09-20 珠海格力电器股份有限公司 家用电器的门体及具有其的烤箱

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