Hinge

Details Hinge Hinge

1994-11-30

1996-05-28

Rachuba, Maurina T.

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,

Hinge

Having plural hinge axes

16366, 16370, 16221, E05D 306, E05D 310, E05D 1532

Patent

active

055199208

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a hinge for holding two components, such as a cabinet and its door or the like, that are supported so as to be pivotable relative to one another about an axis of the hinge, with a hinge support that is disposed on one of the components and has two aligned eyelets, and with a hinge bolt that is connected to the other component and extends through the eyelets in order to connect the components.
Hinges of this general type have been used; with such hinges, a sleeve associated with a hinge flange that is secured to one of the components customarily extends between the aligned eyelets of the hinge support that is mounted on the other component, with a connection of the components being effected by a hinge bolt that extends through the eyelets of the hinge support and the sleeve of the hinge flange. Thus, one of the components is held on the other so as to be pivotable relative thereto about the axis established by the hinge bolt.
Such known hinges have the drawback that this axis of rotation of the hinge remains fixed in every position of the two components relative to one another, so that the two components that are connected by the hinge must rest against one another in the region of the hinge in every position relative to one another. Thus, it is not possible to realize hinge objectives where, for example, a displacement of one of the components relative to the other component during pivoting thereof is desired. For example, with certain arrangements for example of a cabinet, preferably a control-cabinet, having a door, it can be desirable for the door to lift off from the cabinet section by a certain amount when the door is opened.
A hinge of the aforementioned general type is disclosed in DE 40 35 199 A1, where a possibility of displacement of the hinge bolt arrangement is proposed in that the hinge sleeve that receives the hinge bolt is displaceably disposed on the associated hinge part via a shift piece, so that the position of the hinge bolt can be appropriately freely established. However, this known possibility for displacement does not permit displacement of the hinge bolt simultaneously with the swinging or pivoting movement of the hinge.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a hinge of the aforementioned type that permits a mutual displacement of the components, such as a cabinet and its door or the like, that are connected via the hinge during the pivoting movement.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides in particular that the eyelets are attached to the hinge support via pivotable connecting rods such that the eyelets are displaceable along the axis of the hinge bolt, and that the hinge bolt is fixedly connected to the pertaining component and has a configuration such that rotation of the hinge bolt effects displacement of the eyelets. The inventive configuration has the advantage that rotation of, for example, a door allows the hinge bolt that is connected therewith to also turn, as a result of which the eyelets that are rotationally linked to the hinge support via connecting rods move along the axis of the hinge bolt; depending upon the position of the connecting rods that carry the eyelets relative to the hinge support, there results a variable distance between the hinge bolt and the hinge support, so that the components that are connected to the hinge bolt and the hinge support respectively also assume a varying distance relative to one another. In this way, during rotational or swinging movement of one of the components, it is possible to effect a simultaneous displacement of its position relative to the other component in that the axis of rotation is displaced relative to itself.
Pursuant to one specific embodiment of the invention, in the closed position of the hinge, with the components resting against one another, the eyelets are disposed on the outer ends of the hinge bolt and are moved in opposite directions toward one another by rotation of the hinge bolt. In so doing, due to the connecti

REFERENCES:
patent: 4821375 (1989-04-01), Kozon
patent: 4929146 (1990-05-01), Koster et al.

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