Door or wing for electrical household appliances
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1. A door or wing for an electrical household appliance, comprising:
- a pivoting element andfirst and second hinges respectively mounted along opposite perimetric sides of the pivoting element to join the pivoting element to a frame and make it movable relative to the frame, each of the first and second hinges comprising;
a first box-shaped member and a second box-shaped member,a connecting lever connecting the first and second box-shaped members, the connecting lever being pivoted to the second member by a pivot pin making the first and second box-shaped members pivotable relative to each other between a closed position and an open positionone chosen from the first and the second box-shaped members attachable to the frame and the other of the first and the second box-shaped members attachable to the pivoting element;
a link rod mounted on the second box-shaped member and having a first end and an opposite second end, the second end pivoted on the connecting lever, the link rod having curved portions capable of creating an effective limit-stop action;
the first hinge comprising a primary elastic opposition mechanism, operatively mounted between the second box-shaped member and the link rod to bias the link rod with respect to the second box-shaped member and opposing an opening movement of the pivoting element through an entire range between the closed position and the open position,the second hinge having a structure similar to the first hinge, but without a primary opposition mechanism or other opposing mechanism connected to the link rod such that movement of the first end of the second hinge link rod is unopposed.
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A door or wing for electrical household appliances comprises a pivoting element (30) and two hinges (40, 50) mounted along one perimetric side of the pivoting element (30) to join the pivoting element (30) to a frame (2) and make it movable relative to the latter between a closed position and an open position, each of the two hinges (40, 50) comprising a first member and a second, box-shaped member and a lever for connecting the first and second members.
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1. A door or wing for an electrical household appliance, comprising:
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a pivoting element and first and second hinges respectively mounted along opposite perimetric sides of the pivoting element to join the pivoting element to a frame and make it movable relative to the frame, each of the first and second hinges comprising; a first box-shaped member and a second box-shaped member, a connecting lever connecting the first and second box-shaped members, the connecting lever being pivoted to the second member by a pivot pin making the first and second box-shaped members pivotable relative to each other between a closed position and an open position one chosen from the first and the second box-shaped members attachable to the frame and the other of the first and the second box-shaped members attachable to the pivoting element; a link rod mounted on the second box-shaped member and having a first end and an opposite second end, the second end pivoted on the connecting lever, the link rod having curved portions capable of creating an effective limit-stop action; the first hinge comprising a primary elastic opposition mechanism, operatively mounted between the second box-shaped member and the link rod to bias the link rod with respect to the second box-shaped member and opposing an opening movement of the pivoting element through an entire range between the closed position and the open position, the second hinge having a structure similar to the first hinge, but without a primary opposition mechanism or other opposing mechanism connected to the link rod such that movement of the first end of the second hinge link rod is unopposed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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