Hinge for furniture and the like, with movable arm arranged inside the fixed arm

• US 5,937,481 A
• Filed: 07/30/1997
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Faringosi Hinges S.r.l.
• Original Assignee: Faringosi Hinges S.r.l.
• Inventors: Faringosi, Alvaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Mah, Chuck Y.
• Application Number:
  US08/902,675
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 16/328, 16/329, 16/330-334, 16/352, 16/353, 16/371, 16/374, 16/312-314, 16/292, 16/299, 16/300, 16/343, 16/344, 16/345, 16/324, 16/86 C, 16/82, 126/191, 126/194
• US Class Current: 16/332
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1058 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1261 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/308 for ovens
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/023 Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing

Abstract

Hinge for connecting doors (1b) to ovens (1,1a) and the like, which comprises a fixed arm (11) engageable with the body of the oven, a movable part (21) which is hinged on said fixed arm (11) and on which one end (23b) of a movable arm (23) is pivotably mounted, there being provided means (15) for fastening the movable arm (23) to the fixed arm (11), said fixed arm (11) having a cross-section in the form of an upturned "U", between the walls of which there is arranged an idle roller (25), and said movable arm (23) being arranged inside said fixed arm.

Claims

1. A hinge device for connecting a door to an appliance, the hinge device comprising a fixed arm pivotably mounted on the door and engageable with the body of the appliance, said fixed arm having a cross-section in the form of an upturned "U" having parallel side walls, an idle roller mounted between said side walls;

a movable part, the movable part having a cavity therein, a first end and a second end, said movable part being hinged on said fixed arm;

a movable arm positioned between the side walls of said fixed arm, the movable arm having a first end and a second end, the second end of the movable arm being hinged to the movable part;

a support located into the cavity of the movable part and operatively associated with the second end of the movable arm;

a spring mounted in the cavity of the movable part and operatively associated with the support; and

means for selectively fastening the movable arm to the fixed arm.

2. A hinge device according to claim 1, wherein said first end of the movable arm is hook-shaped and adapted to engage said roller when the door is in the fully open position.

3. A hinge device according to claim 1, wherein the movable arm has an upper surface provided with a projection designed to cooperate with the roller so as to retain the door against the force exerted by the spring when the spring is stretched.

4. A hinge device according to claim 2, wherein said projection has a substantially flat upper surface and at least one inclined side.

5. A hinge device according to claim 4, wherein said flat upper surface cooperates with said roller so as to produce a recall force during closing of the door.

6. A hinge device according to claim 4, wherein said inclined side of the projection cooperates with the idle roller so as to counterbalance the thrusting action of the spring to provide a stable partially open position of the door.

7. A hinge device according to claim 1, wherein each fixed arm side wall has a bottom end, and said means for selectively fastening said movable arm and said fixed arm comprises a lever hinged on a pin arranged across the bottom ends of the fixed arm side walls.

8. A hinge device according to claim 7, wherein said lever has a free end shaped in the manner of a tongue designed to be inserted into a corresponding seat of the movable arm.

9. A hinge device according to claim 1, wherein the appliance door has a cavity defined therein and a bottom surface bounding the cavity, the hinge device further comprising a base plate adapted for mounting to the door bottom surface, said base plate having formed in it a threaded hole suitable for engagement with a corresponding screw, the head of which reacts against the bottom surface of the door.