Arrangement for damping pivot movements

• US 7,600,295 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2003
• Issued: 10/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gunther Zimmer, Martin Zimmer
• Original Assignee: Gunther Zimmer, Martin Zimmer
• Inventors: Zimmer, Herbert
• Primary Examiner(s): Mah; Chuck Y.
• Application Number:
  US10/427,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20030200625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,358 Days
• Field of Search: 163/06, 16/86.R, 16/85, 16/84, 16/82, 16/86.A, 16/62, 16/50, 16/51, 16/52, 16/54, 16D/IG.9, 16D/IG.10, 16D/IG.17, 162/86, 163/19, 493/81, 493/86, 493/98, 493/99, 493/97
• US Class Current: 16/286
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 5/08 of cylindrical shape
• 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 2201/21 Brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/256 with pistons or vanes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/264 linear
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/638 Cams; Ramps
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/41 Concealed
• 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: F16F 9/0209 Telescopic F16F9/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 9/36 Special sealings, including sealings or guides for piston-rods F16F9/325, F16F9/3485 take precedence; arrangements for filling via piston rod sealing or guiding means F16F9/432 ; sealing of moving parts in general F16J15/16 - F16J15/56

Abstract

In an arrangement for damping the pivot movement of a furniture component which is supported by a pivot joint on a stationary furniture part and which includes a damping element for slowing the movement of the furniture component near one of its end positions, the damping element includes a cylinder and piston unit forming part of a hinge, which includes a hinge housing in which a piston operating member is slidably supported and operatively connected to the piston, and a hinge lever extends between the movable component and the stationary furniture part in such a way that it engages the piston operating member in the hinge housing when the movable component approaches one of its end positions so as to slow down the movable component.

Claims

1. An arrangement for damping the pivot movement of a movable furniture component which is supported by a pivot joint on a stationary furniture part so as to be movable between two end positions, said arrangement including a damping element which is activated near one of the end positions of the movable component and which comprises a cylinder piston unit disposed between the movable furniture component and the stationary furniture part such that the piston is moved in said cylinder by movement of the movable furniture component and a fluid in the cylinder is displaced by said piston, one of the stationary furniture part and the movable furniture component including a mounting arm, a hinge lever supported pivotally with one end thereof on the mounting arm and supporting with its other end the movable component, said cylinder piston unit being mounted to the other of said stationary furniture part and said movable furniture component and the piston of the cylinder piston unit being operatively connected to a piston operating member which is arranged so as to be engaged by the hinge lever when the movable furniture component reaches one of the end positions, said hinge lever and said piston operating member forming a slide wedge drive including a slide wedge connected to said piston and being engaged by said hinge lever near the end position thereof for actuating the piston to dampen the movement of the movable furniture component when it approaches the end position, said mounting arm and said cylinder piston unit being part of the pivot support of the movable furniture component on the stationary furniture part.

2. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said piston has a piston rod and said piston rod is connected to said piston operating member.

3. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said pivot joint is a cavity hinge.

4. An arrangement according to claim 3, wherein said cavity hinge includes a hinge housing provided with an opening.

5. An arrangement according to claim 4, wherein said damping element is arranged in the movable furniture component in the pivot plan of the cavity hinge and the piston operating member extends through the opening in the hinge housing.

6. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder piston unit is a one-directionally acting damper and includes a return spring.

7. An arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the cavity includes inner and outer hinge levers and only the outer hinge lever engages the pistono-perating member.

8. An arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the piston-operating member includes a slide surface slidingly supported on an adjacent wall of the hinge housing.

9. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the damping element is a hydraulic damping device, which includes an over-pressure relief valve.

10. An arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the piston operating member of the slide wedge drive includes a blocking structure which extends essentially normal to the sliding movement of the hinge lever on the piston operating member and is arranged so as to hold the hinge member in the open position of the movable furniture component.