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Furniture hinge

  • US 7,917,995 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2006
  • Issued: 04/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Furniture hinge comprising:

  • a fixing arm (1) for fixing to an element of a piece of furniture,a fixing structure for fixing to a door of said element of said piece of furniture, comprising a box (6),first (3) and second (2) rockers, each suitable to pivot around a respective first articulation pin (8, 7) with said box (6) and around a respective second articulation pin (5, 4) with said fixing arm (1) forming an articulated quadrilateral and joining said fixing arm (1) to said box (6) allowing reciprocal pivoting thereof,a connection element (16) for connecting, using at least one tappet element (31) provided on said connection element, said fixing arm (1) to damping device (13) for damping said reciprocal pivoting, said damping device being immersed in a viscous material, wherein said damping device includes only one substantially flat disk (23), provided on a first face with a groove (24) having a shape of a closed flat figure forming a circuit around the center of the disk and wherein said connection element (16) is fixed to the first rocker (3) and said at least one tappet element (31) engages said groove (24) to convert the pivoting motion of the first rocker (3) in a rotation motion of said disk (23) around the center thereof and always in the same direction in correspondence with a rotation of the hinge during both opening and closing of the door.

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