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Adjustable door hinge assemblies

  • US 3,146,486 A
  • Filed: 10/16/1961
  • Issued: 09/01/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A HINGE ASSEMBLY HAVING A PIVOT PIN AND MOUNTING MEANS WITH WHICH SAID PIVOT PIN COOPERATES TO ESTABLISH THE TURNING AXIS OF SAID PIN, SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING A SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL SIDE WALLS, A HELICALLY COILED METAL STRIP DEFINING A SCREW OF UNIFORM DIAMETER THROUGHOUT ITS AXIAL DIMENSION AND HAVING SURFACES THEREOF PARALLEL TO ITS AXIS IN CONFINING ABUTMENT WITH OPPOSITELY FACING INTERNAL SURFACES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, STOP MEANS FACING OPPOSITE AXIAL ENDS OF SAID SCREW OBSTRUCTING MOVEMENT OF SAID SCREW IN OPPOSITE AXIAL DIRECTIONS, SAID STOP MEANS INCLUDING AN END WALL JOINING SAID SIDE WALLS OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER, A KEY MEMBER HAVING JOURNAL SUPPORT IN SAID END WALL FOR ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS CENTRALLY OF SAID SIDE WALLS OF THE SUPPORT AND HAVING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SCREW TO EFFECT ROTATION THEREOF ABOUT ITS AXIS IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID KEY, A BEARING MEMBER STRADDLED BY A PAIR OF ADJOINING CONVOLUTIONS OF SAID SCREW, INTERFITTING MEANS ON SAID BEARING MEMBER AND SAID SIDE WALLS OF THE BRACKET OPERATIVE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID BEARING MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID SIDE WALLS IN DIRECTIONS RADIALLY OF THE AXIS OF SAID SCREW WHILE PERMITTING SAID BEARING MEMBER TO TRAVEL FORE AND AFT OF THE AXIS OF SAID SCREW IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID SCREW, AND A CAVITY IN SAID BEARING MEMBER IN WHICH SAID PIN IS RECEIVABLE FOR RELATIVE TURNING MOVEMENT THEREIN.

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