Spring biased furniture hinge having a brake mechanism

• US 4,449,269 A
• Filed: 05/19/1982
• Issued: 05/22/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul Hettich & Company Kirchlengern 1 Germany
• Original Assignee: Paul Hettich & Company
• Inventors: Beneke, Ulrich, Sundermeier, Gunter
• Primary Examiner(s): Silverberg, Fred
• Application Number:
  US06/380,012
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• Field of Search: 16/50, 16/56, 16/57, 16/58, 16/288, 16/292, 16/302, 16/303, 16/307, 16/308, 16/327, 16/333, 16/341, 16/342, 16/345, 16/347, 16/348, 16/352, 16/360, 16/363 , 16/370, 16/371, 16/374, 16/DIG. 20
• US Class Current: 16/50
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/08 Friction devices between relatively-movable hinge parts E05D7/086 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/142 with at least one of the hinge parts having a cup-shaped fixing part, e.g. for attachment to cabinets or furniture E05D11/1021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/006 for hinges having a cup-shaped fixing part, e.g. for attachment to cabinets or furniture
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/21 Brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/256 with pistons or vanes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/264 linear
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/626 Levers
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/41 Concealed
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furnitures, e.g. cabinets

Abstract

A furniture hinge for two housing parts has a housing mounted on one furniture part, a hinge arm mounted on the other furniture part, two pivotable hinge plates pivotally connecting the housing with the hinge arm, a spring which forms a locking device, a cylinder-and-piston unit having a piston pivotally mounted on the hinge arm and a brake cylinder slidably movable relative to the piston under the action of a cam lever mounted on one of the hinge plates and arranged to move the brake cylinder relative to the piston, wherein the sliding surface of the brake cylinder and/or the piston has a friction-increasing coating.

Claims

1. A furniture hinge for two housing parts movable relative to one another, comprising

a housing mounted on one furniture part;

a hinge arm mounted on the other furniture part;

two pivotable hinge plates pivotally connecting said housing with said hinge arm;

locking means provided with a spring mounted on one of the hinge plates;

a cylinder-and-piston unit having a piston pivotally mounted on said hinge arm and having a first sliding surface, and a brake cylinder slidably movable relative to said piston and having a second sliding surface;

a cam lever mounted on another of said hinge plates and arranged to move said brake cylinder relative to said piston; and

means for increasing friction between said brake cylinder and said piston and including a friction-increasing coating provided on at least one of said first and second sliding surfaces.

2. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for increasing friction also includes another friction increasing coating provided also at the other of said surfaces.

3. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein the one furniture part has a recess, said housing being cup-shaped and arranged in the recess of the one furniture part.

4. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said hinge arm has a recess, said piston being arranged in said recess of said hinge arm.

5. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing and said hinge arm are pivotable relative to one another in a first direction, said piston being mounted on said hinge arm pivotally about an axis which is transverse to said first direction.

6. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising pivot axles connected with said housing and said hinge arm and pivotally supporting said hinge plates.

7. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 6, wherein said cam lever is formed as a part of a sheet metal member mounted on the axle of said one hinge plate.

8. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said hinge arm is connected with the other furniture part in a predetermined point, said hinge plates including a hinge plate which is located closer to said point and forms said one hinge plate on which said cam lever is mounted.

9. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing and said hinge arm, and said cam lever are movable in direction of opening and closing movements, said cam lever having a free end, and said cylinder having a groove arranged so that said free end of said cam lever engages in said groove and said groove assures an idle stroke in a first angular region of the opening movement and in a first angular region of a closing movement.

10. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said hinge arm has a recess and a predetermined inner contour, said cylinder having an outer contour which corresponds to the inner contour of said hinge arm, said piston being formed by a plurality of parallel rod-like pistons.

11. A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said brake cylinder has a center plane, said groove being located in said center plane of said brake cylinder.