CA2037613C - Hinge - Google Patents

Hinge

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CA2037613C
CA2037613C CA002037613A CA2037613A CA2037613C CA 2037613 C CA2037613 C CA 2037613C CA 002037613 A CA002037613 A CA 002037613A CA 2037613 A CA2037613 A CA 2037613A CA 2037613 C CA2037613 C CA 2037613C
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hinge
pot
recess
hinge pot
coupling member
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Fredi Dubach
Erich Rock
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Julius Blum GmbH
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05DHINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/02Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
    • E05D5/08Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps of cylindrical shape
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05DHINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D7/00Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/12Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy detachment of the hinge from the wing or the frame
    • E05D7/123Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy detachment of the hinge from the wing or the frame specially adapted for cabinets or furniture
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING 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
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets

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  • Hinges (AREA)
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Abstract

A hinge having a hinge arm (20) mountable on a wall (27) of a furniture unit, and at least one hinge pot (1), rotatably connected to the hinge arm (20) on the door side. The hinge pot (1) has a recess into which an inner coupling part (7) may be inserted and in which the latter is releasably anchorable by means of a locking part (13) acted upon by a spring. Provided in one of either the hinge pot (1) or the coupling part (7) is at least one shoulder (9) which is received with form fit in a recess (10) of the other part. The coupling part (7) may be inserted in the hinge pot (1) perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the plane of the door, and the locking part (13), which is mounted tiltably on the coupling part (7), presses against a nose (15) of the hinge pot wall delimiting the recess (6).

Description

,~ 7613 -The invention relates to a hinge, in particular a single-axis hinge, having a hinge arm mountable on a wall of a furniture unit, and at least one hinge pot, rotatably connected to the hinge arm on the door side and having a recess into which an inner coupling part may be inserted and in which the latter is releasably anchorable by means of a locking part, acted upon by a spring, in the hinge pot, a clamping screw furthermore being provided.

Such hinges are used in particular in the construction of office, organizational and functional furniture.
They are used as corner and twin hinges, i.e. hinges to which two doors are jointed.

In general, they are made as single-axis hinges, but success is not to be restricted thereto.

In the case of conventional hinges, a baseplate is secured to the side wall of the furniture unit when the latter is assembled. A hinge pot is set in the door.
This hinge pot is connected to the actual hinge arm via an articulated spindle or four articulated spindles and two articulated levers. In the final assembly, the hinge is placed on the baseplate, which is mounted on the side wall of the furniture unit, and connected to this baseplate. The position of the door can be ~/~
2 ;~037~13 adjusted by relative displacement of the position of the hinge arm with respect to the baseplate. In general, conventional hinges provide the possibility of adjustment in the direction of the width of the furniture door joint and the depth of the furniture unit. In some cases, height adjustment is also possible.

Hinges of the type mentioned at the outset differ from the said hinges in that the hinge arm is secured directly to the side wall of the furniture unit, for example is screwed thereto. This has the advantage that it can be kept very narrow, and further space is saved by the omission of an additional baseplat. The entire width of the furniture unit may be used to the optimum as a result, this being particularly useful for example with index card files or the like.

With these hinges, two-part assembly is also known;
i.e. the hinge arm is secured to the side wall of the furniture unit and a hinge pot is set in the door. When the door is finally hung, the hinge pot is connected to the hinge arm via a coupling part jointed to the hinge arm. In the case of conventional hinges, this is done by means of a clamping screw.
- 3 20;~613 It is the object of the invention to improve a hinge of the type mentioned at the outset such that hanging of the door, i.e. connection of the hinge pot to the coupling part, is facilitated. Here, it should be possible for hanging to take place without tools, since tightening of the clamping screw often poses difficulties if the door has to be held. Similarly, in accordance with the invention it should be possible to take the door off again easily, i.e. to separate the hinge pot from the hinge arm. It is a particular object of the invention to make coupling of the hinge pot and the coupling part possible in any position of the hinge.

The object according to the invention is achieved in that there is provided in one of either the hinge pot or the coupling part at least one shoulder which is received with form fit in a recess of the other part, the coupling part being insertable in the hinge pot perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the plane of the door, and in that the locking part, which is mounted tiltably on the coupling part, bears against a nose of the hinge pot wall delimiting the recess.

Advantageously, it is provided for the shoulder and the recess to have diverging side faces. This simplifies insertion of the coupling part in the hinge pot.
4 Z0;~7613 In order to be able to release the coupling part from the hinge pot easily, advantageously it is provided that a lever is mounted rotatably in the hinge pot and may be used to press the locking part away from the nose.

An example embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the figures of the attached drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a coupling part;
Fig. 2 shows a diagram of a hinge pot; Fig. 3 shows a diagram of a locking part; Fig. 4 shows a diagram of an unlocking lever; Fig. 5 shows a diagram of a hinge arm;
Fig. 6 shows a side view of a locking part; Fig. 7 shows a longitudinal section through an unlocking lever in accordance with Fig. 4; Fig. 8 shows a plan view of an unlocking lever; Fig. 9 shows a longitudinal section through a hinge pot; Fig. 10 shows a section of perpendicular hinge axis through the hinge arm with coupling part and the hinge pot, the hinge pot on the door side and the hinge arm on the carcass side being separated; Fig. 11 shows the hinge arm and the hinge pot in section during assembly; Fig. 12 shows a similar section to that of Fig. 11, with the coupling part being anchored in the hinge pot; and Figs. 13 to 15 5 ~03~613 show two parts of a two-part coupling part, respectively in plan view, in side view and in section.

The hinge pot 1 shown in Fig. 2 comprises a flat cylinder 2 provided on the outside with ribs 3 and cut away in a segment shape on one side so that it has a flat side 4 ending at the end face of the furniture unit door 26.

The hinge pot 1 is provided with a flange 5 which bears against the furniture unit door 26.

The hinge pot 1 has a recess 6 into which the coupling part 7 may be inserted and in which it may be anchored.
On the two side walls 8 of the recess 6 are shoulders 9 which project into corresponding recesses 10 of the coupling part 7. In the example embodiment, the shoulders 9 and the recesses 10 have a straight side wall 11 and a curved side wall 12, the side walls 11, 12 diverging towards the base of the hinge pot 1.

The locking part 13 is mounted tiltably on an axis 14 at the front end of the coupling part 7. If the coupling part 7 is inserted in the recess 6 of the hinge pot 1 in such a way that the recesses 10 receive the shoulders g snugly, the locking part 13, which is - 6 ~037613 acted upon by a spring 22, latches behind the nose 15 of the hinge part 1 and thus locks the coupling part 7 in the hinge pot 1.

In order to improve the retention of the coupling part 7 in the hinge pot 1, corresponding stops 16, 17 may be provided, which prevent the coupling part 7 from being pressed away at the side facing the hinge arm 20. The stops 16 are on the flattened-off side 4 of the hinge pot 1, and the stops 17 are on the corresponding flat side of the coupling part 7.

Mounted in the hinge pot 1 is a further unlocking lever 18 which ends flush with the flange 5 and whose function will be explained later.

In order to enable the hinge to be adjusted depthwise, the coupling part 7 may be of two-part construction, namely comprising a part 7' which is mounted on the hinge axis l9 and a part 7" in which the recesses 10 are made and on which the axis 14 or the mounting eye forming the axis 14, for the locking part 13, is constructed.

The parts 7', 7" are held together in clamping manner by a screw 21. To do this, the screw 21 projects through an elongate hole 28 in the part 7'. The length Z~37613 of the elongate hole 28 determines the extent of depthwise adjustment.

The leaf spring 22, which presses the locking part 13 against the side wall of the recess 6 and against the nose 15 of the hinge pot 1, is held in clamping manner between the parts 7', 7", as can be seen from Figs. 10-12.

As can be seen from Fig. 11, a leg 22' of the leaf spring 22 presses against the base of the hinge pot 1 and is received in a recess 23.

The hinge arm 20 is shown in Fig. 5. It has a leg 20' which bears laterally against the furniture unit wall 27, a leg 20" and mounting devices 24 for the hinge axis 25.

On mounting the hinge, the hinge pot 1 is on the one hand set in the door leaf 26 and the hinge arm 20 is secured to the furniture unit side wall 27, for example screwed thereto. Mounted on the hinge arm 20 by means of the hinge axis 25 is the coupling part 2 with the locking part 13, the two parts (7',7") of the clamping part 7 being held together by means of the clamping screw 21.
- 8 ~6~3~613 In order to mount the door leaf 26 on the furniture carcass, all that needs to be done is to bring the door leaf 26 with the hinge pot 1 up to the coupling part 7 such that the shoulders 9 may be pushed into the recesses 10. This is possible in any position of the coupling part 7, i.e. at virtually any angle of opening of the door 26.

The coupling part 7 is locked in the hinge pot 1 automatically, since the locking part 13 (as mentioned earlier) is pressed below the nose 15 by the spring 14.

If the door leaf 26 is to be released from the furniture carcass, i.e. the hinge pot 1 is to be separated from the coupling part 7, all that needs to be done is to pivot the unlocking part 18 away from the flange 5 as shown in Fig. ~7, as a result of which the ,~, locking part 13 is pressed away from the nose 15. At the same time, the leg 22' of the leg spring 22 presses the hinge pot 1 away from the coupling part 7, so that the hinge pot 1 is reliably prevented from getting stuck.

After the unlocking part 18 has been brought back into its initial position, i.e. parallel to the flange 5, the hinge arm be coupled at any time.

Claims (17)

1. A hinge for mounting a door to a furniture unit to pivot relative thereto about a single axis, said hinge comprising:

a hinge pot to be mounted on the door of the furniture unit, said hinge pot having therein a recess;

a hinge arm to be mounted on a wall of the furniture unit;

a coupling member pivotally mounted on said hinge arm for pivotal movement relative thereto about said single axis;

means for enabling said coupling member to be fitted into said recess in said hinge pot, said means comprising at least one groove formed in one of said hinge pot or said coupling member and at least one shoulder formed on the other of said coupling member and said hinge pot, said shoulder being dimensioned to closely fit in said groove by being inserted therein when said hinge pot is moved relative to said coupling member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the door to be connected to said hinge pot, said groove and said shoulder each having a pair of spaced side surfaces that diverge from each other relative to a direction of insertion of said shoulder into said groove; and means for releasably locking said coupling member in an anchored position within said recess in said hinge pot, said locking means comprising a catch formed on said hinge pot, a locking member mounted on said coupling member for pivotal movement relative thereto between a locked position abutting said catch and preventing withdrawal of said shoulder from said groove and an unlocked position spaced from said catch and allowing said withdrawal, and a spring urging said locking member to pivot to said locked position thereof.
2. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said catch is formed on a wall of said hinge pot defining said recess therein.
3. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, comprising two said grooves and two said shoulder located in spaced relationship on opposite sides of said recess.
4. A hinge as claimed in claim 3, wherein said shoulders are formed on opposite side walls of said hinge pot defining said recess.
5. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shoulder is defined in a side wall of said hinge pot defining said recess.
6. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, further comprising unlocking means, separate from said locking member, for moving said locking member against the force of said spring to said unlocked position.
7. A hinge as claimed in claim 6, wherein said unlocking means comprises an unlocking lever pivotally mounted on said hinge pot for selectively moving said locking member against the force of said spring out of abutment with said catch.
8. A hinge as claimed in claim 7, wherein said hinge pot includes a flange having therein a recess, and said unlocking lever fits within said recess of said flange in a position flush with said flange.
9. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hinge pot has a flattened exterior end defining stop surfaces, and said coupling member has stop surfaces abutting said stop surfaces of said hinge pot.
10. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said spring is mounted in said coupling member and acts simultaneously on said locking member and said hinge pot.
11. A hinge as claimed in claim 10, wherein said spring comprises a leaf spring.
12. A hinge as claimed in claim 10, wherein said spring includes a first leg having a portion acting on said locking member and a second leg acting on said hinge pot.
13. A hinge as claimed in claim 12, wherein said second leg fits in a groove formed in a bottom of said hinge pot.
14. A hinge as claimed in claim 12, wherein said coupling member is of a two-part construction including a first part pivotally mounted on said hinge arm and a second part pivotally mounting said locking member.
15. A hinge as claimed in claim 14, wherein said portion of said first leg of said spring is clamped between said first and second parts of said coupling member.
16. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locking member has a curved surface abutting said catch.
17. A hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pair of diverging spaced side surfaces comprise a curved side surface and a planar side surface extending perpendicular to a bottom of said recess in said higher pot.
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