Furniture hinge with damping device
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Furniture hinge with damping and/or braking device in alternative to those already existing and capable of guaranteeing an improved efficiency during the closing and/or opening operation of doors, or other furniture parts, without any variations to the overall dimensions of standard hinges. The improved efficiency of the hinge is obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous medium present in suitable areas of the hinge and/or by allowing regulation of the trend of the angular velocities of one or more circular shaped elements, for example a disc, which act as braking elements in contact with the viscous medium.
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27 Claims
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14. Furniture hinge comprising:
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a fixing arm for fixing to a piece of furniture, means for fixing to a door of said piece of furniture, incorporating a cup, first and second rockers, forming an articulated quadrilateral and joining said fixing arm to said cup so as to allow reciprocal pivoting thereof, a connection element fixed to the first rocker, damping means of said reciprocal pivoting comprising a slider, controlled in translation by the connection element and suitable to translate according to a first direction corresponding to a pivoting of the hinge, said slider cooperating with kinematic means for motion conversion suitable to convert a translational motion of the slider into a damping pivoting motion, the hinge being wherein the damping means comprise a housing, separate from said cup, enclosing said slider, damping moving elements, and said kinematic means for motion conversion, and are provided with fast connection means to said cup so that said slider and said damping moving elements are suitable to be assembled with one another with the housing so that said damping means form a single element suitable to be fixed to one end of said cup in a single operation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. Method for assembling a furniture hinge comprising a fixing arm for fixing to a piece of furniture, means for fixing to a door of said piece of furniture, incorporating a cup, first and second rockers, a slider, kinematic means for conversion of a translational motion of the slider into a damping pivoting motion, damping moving elements, a housing;
- said method comprising the steps;
assembling the hinge comprising the fixing arm, the cup and the first and second rockers, forming an articulated quadrilateral and joining said fixing arm to said cup so as to allow reciprocal pivoting thereof;
assembling in the housing the slider, the damping moving elements and the kinematic means for conversion of a translational motion of the slider into a damping pivoting motion of said damping moving elements;
fixing said housing to one end of said cup of the hinge in a single operation by means of fast connection means.
- said method comprising the steps;
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