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Adjustable crosslink hinge

  • US 4,590,641 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1983
  • Issued: 05/27/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A crosslink hinge for pivotally mounting a door leaf having a back face, to a carcass of a cabinet about a hinge pivot axis, said hinge comprising:

  • a carcass-related hinge part;

    a door leaf related hinge part;

    first and second link arms each having one end, another end, and a middle region therebetween;

    said arms being joined pivotingly to each other in said middle regions thereof in a scissor-like manner, said first link arm being joined at said one end thereof to said carcass-related hinge part, said second link arm being joined at said one end thereof to said door leaf related hinge part;

    said door leaf related hinge part being a bipartite cup-like insert adapted to be set in a recess in the back face of the door leaf, said first and second link arms at said other ends being coupled to said door leaf related hinge part and carcass-related hinge part respectively;

    said carcass-related hinge part having a bottom, a projection in said bottom in an area near said hinge pivot axis, said projection having an approximately inverted-T-shaped cross section; and

    a mounting plate to be secured to the cabinet carcass and having a socket of T-shape complementary to that of said projection, said projection being received in said socket;

    said socket being open at a top thereof facing said carcass-related hinge part and at a front end thereof facing said door-leaf back side, and said carcass-related hinge part at an end pointing into the interior of the carcass being provided with an open-ended longitudinal slot through which a shank of a mounting screw is adapted to be threaded into said mounting plate until a head of the screw engages an upper side of the carcass-related hinge part;

    said bipartite insert comprising;

    an attaching means adapted to be matingly inserted into the door recess, and a link holder having at least a portion sunkenly engaged in a recess of said attaching means and being displaceable by a given amount relative to said attaching means at right angles to said hinge pivot axis and parallel to the back side of the door leaf, and adapted to be fastened on the door leaf at any desired position within said given amount of displacement, said link holder having a flange lying upon the back side of the door leaf and covering said attaching means in all relative displacement positions, said flange, in the area opposite an edge of the door leaf, forming an enlarged mounting flange, at least one elongated hole in said mounting flange and disposed in the direction of displacement of said link holder relative to said attaching means for the passage therethrough of the shank of an associated mounting screw, said mounting flange having a bottom facing the back side of the door leaf, said bottom having a shallow recess, said attaching means having at least one flat, ear-like projection engaging said recess, said projection being smaller than said recess by said given amount of displacement of said link holder relative to said attaching means.

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