Furniture hinge
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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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Abstract
Furniture hinge with alternative damping and/or braking device with respect to those existing and able to guarantee a better functional efficiency during closing and opening operation of the doors, or other parts of furniture, even after long periods of inactivity of the same device. The better efficiency of such hinge is also obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous means present in suitable areas of the hinge and by allowing the regulation of the angular velocity trend of a circular shaped element, for example a disk, that acts as a braking element in contact with the viscous means.
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16 Claims
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1. Furniture hinge comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Furniture hinge comprising a first member (1′
- ) for fixing to an element of a piece of furniture, a second member for fixing to a door of said element of said piece of furniture, comprising a box (6′
), said first member moving with a pivoting motion around an articulation pin (8′
) with said box (6′
), a connection element (16′
) for connecting, using at least one tappet element (31′
) provided on said connection element, said first member to damping device (13) for damping said pivoting motion, 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 member (1′
) of the hinge and said at least one tappet element (31′
) engages said groove (24′
) to convert the pivoting motion of the first member in a rotation motion of said disk (23′
) around the center thereof and always in a same direction in correspondence with a rotation of the hinge during both opening and closing of the door. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- ) for fixing to an element of a piece of furniture, a second member for fixing to a door of said element of said piece of furniture, comprising a box (6′
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Current AssigneeArturo Salice SPA
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Original AssigneeArturo Salice SPA
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InventorsSalice, Luciano
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Primary Examiner(s)Batson; Victor
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Assistant Examiner(s)O BRIEN, JEFFREY D
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Application NumberUS12/096,818Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,573 DaysField of Search162/88, 163/19, 163/37, 163/41, 163/42, 163/52, 163/66, 163/70, 16/49, 16/50, 16/51, 16/54, 16/55, 16/82, 162/86, 162/87, 16/56, 162/94, 163/87, 162/62, 16D/IG.21, 188/268, 188/271, 188/290, 188/291, 188/296, 188/322.5, 188/281, 188/282.5, 188/282.8, 188/282.9US Class Current16/288CPC Class CodesE05D 11/1021 the hinge having two or mor...E05F 5/006 for hinges having a cup-sha...E05F 5/02 specially for preventing th...E05Y 2201/21 BrakesE05Y 2201/254 Fluid or viscous frictionE05Y 2201/266 rotaryE05Y 2201/604 Transmission membersE05Y 2201/622 Suspension or transmission ...E05Y 2600/46 in or on the wingE05Y 2800/73 Multiple functionsE05Y 2900/20 for furniture, e.g. cabinets
