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

• US 6,539,581 B1
• Filed: 03/29/2000
• Issued: 04/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Faringosi Hinges S.r.l.
• Original Assignee: Faringosi Hinges S.r.l.
• Inventors: Faringosi, Alvaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D
• Application Number:
  US09/538,546
• Time in Patent Office: 1,098 Days
• Field of Search: 163/27, 162/54, 162/70, 162/71, 163/52, 126/194, 126/191, 126/197, 494/65, 493/86, 493/94, 494/63, 110/173.R, 248/221.11
• US Class Current: 16/327
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/08 Friction devices between relatively-movable hinge parts E05D7/086 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1261 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/26 Mechanical friction
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/46 in or on the wing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furnitures, e.g. cabinets
• 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 overturned “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. Hinge for connecting doors to ovens which comprises a fixed arm engageable with the body of the oven, a movable part which is hinged on said fixed arm and on which one end of a movable arm is pivotably mounted, and slider fastening means for fastening the movable arm to the fixed arm, wherein said slider fastening means are movable from a position disengaged from an element of the movable arm to a position engaged with said element so as to allow extraction of the hinge together with the door.

2. Hinge according to claim 1, wherein said fixed arm has a cross-section in the form of an overturned U between the walls of which an idle roller is located and in that said movable arm is arranged inside said fixed arm.

3. Hinge according to claim 2, wherein said movable arm has a free hook-shaped end for engagement with the said roller integral with the fixed arm.

4. Hinge according to claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the movable arm is provided with an extension designed to cooperate with said slider fastening means.

5. Hinge according to claim 1, wherein said slider fastening means, comprises a slider substantially in the form of an overturned U which is arranged on the outside of the fixed arm and the sides of which are connected in the transverse direction by a pin sliding in an eyelet of the fixed arm.

6. Hinge according to claim 5, wherein said slider is guided, during its movement in the transverse direction, by an eyelet having, passing through it, the pin supporting the roller.

7. Hinge according to claim 5, wherein said slider is arranged on the outside of the fixed arm.

8. Hinge according to claim 5, wherein said slider is arranged on the inside of the fixed arm.