Door or wing for electrical household appliances

• US 9,080,364 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2010
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuova Star SpA
• Original Assignee: Nuova Star SpA
• Inventors: Vanini, Angelo
• Primary Examiner(s): MORGAN, EMILY M
• Application Number:
  US12/853,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20110037364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,799 Days
• Field of Search: 312/319.2, 312/327, 312/328, 162/77, 162/86, 162/87, 162/88
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1261 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/22 of not identical elements of the same category, e.g. combinations of not identical springs
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/308 for ovens
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/023 Mounting of doors, e.g. hinges, counterbalancing

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A door or wing for an electrical household appliance, comprising:

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.

2. The door or wing according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second hinges comprises a limit stop mechanism for determining a position of maximum angular opening of the second box-shaped member relative to the first member.

3. The door or wing according to claim 2, wherein the limit stop mechanism comprises a portion of the link rod for engaging the pivot pin.

4. The door or wing according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second hinges comprises a mechanism for guiding the link rod relative to the second box-shaped member, the mechanism for guiding including a first structure on the link rod engaging a corresponding second structure on the second box-shaped member, one chosen from the first structure and the second structure defining a path for engaging the other of the first structure and the second structure, and along which path the other of the first structure and the second structure moves and an extent of the movement is limited.

5. The door or wing according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second hinges comprises a mechanism for guiding the link rod relative to the second box-shaped member, the mechanism for guiding comprising a guide pin integral with one chosen from the link rod and the second box-shaped member, and at least one slot made on the other of the link rod and the second box-shaped member.

6. An electrical household appliance comprising a door or wing according to claim 1.

7. The door or wing according to claim 4, each of the first and second hinges comprising a pre-compressed helical spring acting when the pivoting element is in a proximity of the closed position, towards and away from the closed position, the helical spring engaging and acting in conjunction with a cam formed on the connecting lever through a stem operating on a roller tappet to impart a spring-action closing movement to the pivoting element when the pivoting element is in the proximity of the closed position and also to define a stable partial-open position for the pivoting element.

8. The door or wing according to claim 5, each of the first and second hinges comprising a pre-compressed helical spring acting when the pivoting element is in a proximity of the closed position, towards and away from the closed position, the helical spring engaging and acting In conjunction with a cam formed on the connecting lever through a stem operating on a roller tappet to impart a spring-action closing movement to the pivoting element when the pivoting element is in the proximity of the closed position and also to define a stable partial-open position for the pivoting element.