Hinge for pieces of furniture with deactivatable deceleration device

• US 10,240,379 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2015
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arturo Salice SPA
• Original Assignee: Arturo Salice SPA
• Inventors: Salice, Luciano
• Primary Examiner(s): Mah, Chuck Y
• Application Number:
  US15/538,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20180010378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/142 with at least one of the hinge parts having a cup-shaped fixing part, e.g. for attachment to cabinets or furniture E05D11/1021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/006 for hinges having a cup-shaped fixing part, e.g. for attachment to cabinets or furniture
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/214 Disengaging means
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furniture, e.g. cabinets

Abstract

A hinge for pieces of furniture with deceleration device, comprising a fixed part which is adapted to be connected to the body of a piece of furniture, a moveable part which is adapted to be connected to a leaf of the piece of furniture, the fixed part and the movable part being mutually articulated by way of at least one connecting oscillating rocker, a decelerator being further provided; the decelerator comprises elements for at least partial deactivation of deceleration, which are adapted to uncouple the rocker from the decelerator.

Claims

1. A hinge with a deceleration device, comprising:

a fixed part which is configured to be connected to the body of a piece of furniture,

a moveable part which is configured to be connected to a leaf of said piece of furniture, said fixed part and said movable part being mutually articulated by way of at least one connecting oscillating rocker,

deceleration means being further provided which are coupled functionally to said oscillating rocker, wherein said deceleration means comprise means for at least partial deactivation of deceleration, said means for at least partial deactivation of deceleration being configured to uncouple said oscillating rocker from said deceleration means, and

wherein said deceleration means comprise a deceleration element which can be actuated by a slideable actuation element, wherein said slideable actuation element can functionally mate with said rocker by way of cam means which can move with respect to said rocker, said means for at least partial deactivation of deceleration comprising an element for locking said cam means with respect to said rocker, said element for locking said cam means with respect to said rocker causing the engagement of said cam means with said rocker.

2. The hinge according to claim 1, wherein said cam means are supported so that they can oscillate on an oscillation pin between said oscillating rocker and said moveable part, said cam means being integrally connectable to said oscillating rocker.

3. The hinge according to claim 2, wherein said cam means and said oscillating rocker can be connected to each other by way of said element for locking said deactivation means.

4. The hinge according to claim 1, wherein said means for at least partial deactivation can move from a position for deactivating the deceleration element, in which said cam means oscillate freely with respect to said oscillating rocker, to a position for activating the deceleration element, in which said cam means are integrally connected to said rocker.

5. The hinge according to claim 4, wherein said means for at least partial deactivation can move through at least one intermediate position between said deceleration deactivation position and said deceleration activation position.

6. The hinge according to claim 1, wherein said deceleration means is a deceleration disk that interacts with viscous means.

7. The hinge according to claim 1, wherein said deceleration means is an oil-operated or fluid-operated linear decelerator.

8. The hinge according to claim 1, wherein said means for at least partial deactivation are configured to perform a linear translation motion transversely to said rocker.

9. The hinge according to claim 1, wherein said means for at least partial deactivation are configured to perform a rotary motion in order to pass from a deceleration deactivation position to a deceleration activation position.

10. The hinge according to claim 9, wherein said means for at least partial deactivation have at least one intermediate position between said deceleration deactivation position and said deceleration activation position.

11. The hinge according to claim 9, wherein said means for at least partial deactivation have a surface that is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis of their rotary motion.

12. A hinge with a deceleration device, comprising:

a fixed part which is configured to be connected to the body of a piece of furniture,

a moveable part which is configured to be connected to a leaf of said piece of furniture, said fixed part and said movable part being mutually articulated by way of at least one connecting oscillating rocker, and

deceleration means being further provided which are coupled functionally to said oscillating rocker,

wherein said deceleration means comprise means for at least partial deactivation of deceleration, said means for at least partial deactivation of deceleration being configured to uncouple said oscillating rocker from said deceleration means, and

wherein said means for at least partial deactivation are configured to perform a rotary motion in order to pass from a deceleration deactivation position to a deceleration activation position.