EP1470309B1 - Gelenkkonstruktion - Google Patents

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EP1470309B1
EP1470309B1 EP02787561A EP02787561A EP1470309B1 EP 1470309 B1 EP1470309 B1 EP 1470309B1 EP 02787561 A EP02787561 A EP 02787561A EP 02787561 A EP02787561 A EP 02787561A EP 1470309 B1 EP1470309 B1 EP 1470309B1
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hinge structure
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Ingemar Andersson
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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
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/16—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with seven parallel pins and four arms
    • 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/02—Doors specially adapted for stoves or ranges
    • F24C15/023—Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
    • E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
    • E05D3/16—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with seven parallel pins and four arms
    • E05D2003/163—Horizontal pivot-axis
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
    • E05Y2900/308—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for ovens

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  • the present invention generally relates to hinge arrangements and more specifically the invention refers to a hinge structure for a cooking oven door adapted to be pivoted at its lower end between a first vertical position in which it closes an oven compartment and a second horizontal position in which access is offered to said oven compartment, said hinge structure being mounted in a casing secured to a housing enclosing the oven compartment, said hinge structure further comprising a link mechanism including an upper and a lower link arm each having a first end rotatably connected to the lower side of the door at spaced locations, opposite ends of the upper and lower arms being interconnected by a further link arm so as to form a hinged parallellogram link system.
  • GB 758932 which describes a hinged door for a cabinet in which the door is pivotably mounted at the lower end thereof and a hinge structure operates the pivot axis to move away from an oven compartment at the same time as the door is pivoted about the same axis. Similar arrangements are shown in GB 1056631 , US 2698957 and US 2800128 .
  • a further object with the invention is to provide means which permit the door, in addition to the closed and open positions, to take a further position in which the door is partly open. The latter position can then be used for ventilation of the oven compartment.
  • FIGs. 1-4 an embodiment is shown of a hinge structure intended to support a cooking oven door permitting it to move between a first vertical position in which ist closes an oven compartment and a second horizontal position in which acess is offered to said oven compartment.
  • the cooking oven with its door has not been shown in the drawings and the positions of the door can be imagined by study of the positions of a support member included in the hinge structure and secured to the inside of the door.
  • the hinge structure 10 is mounted in a casing 12 intended to be secured to a housing enclosing the oven compartment.
  • the hinge structure comprises an elongate supporting member 14 intended to be fixedly secured to the inner side of the cooking oven door at the lower end thereof.
  • the member 14 has a U-shaped section with a front wall 16 secured to the door and two side walls 18, 20 extending therefrom.
  • An upper link arm 22 is rotatably mounted to the member 14 by a joint 24 and, correspondingly, a lower link arm 26 is rotatably mounted to the member 14 by a joint 28.
  • the two joints 24, 28 are disposed at spaced locations along the elongate supporting member 14.
  • the upper link arm 22 is rotatably connected to the lower link arm 26 by a further link arm 30 rotatably mounted to the upper link arm 22 by a joint 32 and to the lower link 26 arm by a joint 34.
  • the upper link arm 22, the lower link arm 26, the supporting member 14 and the further link arm 30 form together a hinged parallellogram link system.
  • the lower link arm 26 has an extension 36 the free end of which is rotatably mounted in the casing 12 by a joint 38.
  • the further link arm 30 has the shape of a lever having an extension 31 which is rotatably connected to an additional link arm 42 the opposite end of which is rotatably mounted in the casing by a joint 46.
  • the upper link arm 22 comprises two parallell legs 48, 50 which are joined to the member 14 so as to form an open space between the two legs 48, 50. In this open space the lower link arm 26 is allowed to move in a way unobstructed by the upper link arm 22.
  • the lower ends 52, 54 of the member 14 are bent inwards to provide lateral guidance for the lower link arm 26 which has the shape of a single bar and is joined to the member 14 centrally in the space between the legs 48, 50.
  • a spring arrangement 56 is provided.
  • the arrangement comprises a rod 58 at one end rotatably connected to the lower link arm 26 by a joint 60.
  • the rod 58 is slidably guided in a bracket 62 formed by a lug extending laterally from the casing and provided with a suitable hole.
  • a helical spring 63 is disposed on the rod 58 and biased between the bracket 62 and a washer 64 disposed at the free end of the rod 62 and locked in place by a locking pin 66.
  • the spring arrangement 56 also serves to provide a force acting to secure that the door in the closed position is sealingly pressed against a gasket surrounding the access opening of the oven compartment.
  • a door holding mechanism 68 is provided which is effective to press the upper part of the door towards the gasket, not shown, and in addition to provide a further position for the door in which it is left partly open for ventilation purposes.
  • the door holding mechanism 68 comprises a rod 70 slidingly guided in a bracket 71 and supporting a helical spring 72.
  • the spring 72 is biased between the bracket 71 and a washer 74 rotatably cooperating with a trip arm 76 pivotably journalled in the casing 12 by a joint 78.
  • the rotational movement of the trip arm 76 is limited by a stop 80.
  • the door holding mechanism has two working positions one of which is shown in Fig. 1. In this position the spring 72 acts to press the trip arm 76 in a counter-clockwise direction assisting the spring arrangement 56 in pressing the upper part of the oven against the oven compartment sealing, the door holding mechanism also has a second operating position in which the door is left partly open. This second working position is shown in fig. 4.
  • the door holding mechanism 68 is connected to the upper link arm 22 via an recess 77 provided on the trip arm 76 which cooperates with a suitable pin provided on the upper link arm 22 concentric with the joint 32.
  • the hinge structure described above operates in the following way.
  • the door holding mechanism only acts to define the further position of the door in which it is left partly open for ventilation purposes.
  • the further movement of the door towards its fully open position involves a turning movement and an upward movement of the joint 28 to cause the outer door surface to align with the upper edge of an additional door or other panel situated below the cooking oven door.
  • the link arms 22, 26, 3 0, 42 cooperate to effect the desired movement of the door to said open position.
  • the arms 30 and 42 has got the shape indicated in Fig. 3.
  • the spring arrangement 56 operates to counterbalance the door weight to make the movement easier for the user.

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  1. Gelenkkonstruktion (10) für eine Backofentür, die geeignet ist, an ihrem unteren Ende zwischen einer ersten, vertikalen Position, in der sie einen Ofenraum verschließt, und einer zweiten, horizontalen Position, in der Zugang zu dem Ofenraum geboten wird, geschwenkt zu werden, wobei die Gelenkkonstruktion (10) in einem Gehäuse (12) montiert ist, das an einem Mantel befestigt ist, der den Ofenraum umgibt, wobei die Gelenkkonstruktion (10) darüber hinaus einen Gelenkmechanismus mit einem oberen (22) und einen unteren Gelenkarm (26) umfasst, die jeweils ein erstes Ende aufweisen, das an voneinander beabstandeten Stellen drehbar mit der Unterseite der Tür verbunden ist, wobei die entgegengesetzten Enden der oberen und unteren Arme (22, 26) durch einen zusätzlichen Gelenkarm (30) miteinander verbunden sind, um ein Anlenksystem in Form eines Gelenkparallelogramms zu bilden, wobei die Gelenkkonstruktion die Tür veranlasst, sich in einer Richtung weg vom Ofenraum zu bewegen, bevor sie in ihre zweite, horizontale Position gedreht wird, wobei Federmittel (56) vorgesehen sind, um während ihrer Bewegung zwischen der ersten und zweiten Position ein Gegengewicht zur Tür zu bilden, wobei der untere Gelenkarm (26) an seinem entgegengesetzten Ende einen Ansatz (36) aufweist, dessen freies Ende drehbar im Gehäuse (12) montiert ist, wobei der zusätzliche Gelenkarm (30) die Form eines Hebels mit einem Ansatz (31) aufweist, der drehbar mit einem zusätzlichen Gelenkarm (42) verbunden ist, dessen entgegengesetztes Ende drehbar mit dem Gehäuse (12) verbunden ist, wobei ein Türhaltemechanismus (68) vorgesehen ist, der aufweist: eine erste Arbeitsposition, in der die Tür gegen den Ofenraum vorgespannt ist, und eine zweite Arbeitsposition, in der die Tür teilweise offen steht, wobei der Türhaltemechanismus (68) operativ mit dem oberen Gelenkarm (22) verbunden ist, wobei das Federmittel (56) ein Stabelement (58) umfasst, das gleitend in einer Halterung (62) geführt wird, die in dem Gehäuse gebildet ist oder daran angefügt ist, wobei der Stab (58) an einem Ende schwenkbar mit dem unteren Gelenkarm (26) verbunden ist und am entgegengesetzten Ende mit einem Stoppelement (64, 66) versehen ist, wobei eine Schraubenfeder (63) an dem Stab (62) montiert ist, um zwischen dem Stoppelement (64, 66) und der Halterung (62) eingeklemmt zu werden, und wobei der Türhaltemechanismus einen Schwenkarm (76) umfasst, der durch eine Federanordnung (70, 71, 72, 74) zu jeder der Arbeitspositionen des Mechanismus vorgespannt wird, die durch geeignete Stoppmittel (80) definiert werden, wobei der Schwenkarm (76) eine Vertiefung (77) aufweist, die mit einem geeigneten Stift (79) zusammenarbeitet, der am oberen Gelenkarm (22) vorgesehen ist.
  2. Gelenkkonstruktion nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Stift (79) konzentrisch mit dem Verbindungspunkt (32) zwischen dem oberen Gelenkarm (22) und dem zusätzlichen Gelenkarm (30) montiert ist.
  3. Gelenkkonstruktion nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schwenkarm (76) geeignet ist, während der Bewegung von einer Arbeitsposition zur anderen einen Haltepunkt zu passieren, in der die Vorspannungskraft die Richtung von der ersten Arbeitsposition zur anderen Arbeitsposition ändert.
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