Hinge for a glass shower door

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Having clamp for attaching hinge to hinged member

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4607, 4557, 16382, 16390, E05D 502

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055881815

ABSTRACT:
A hinge assembly having a strip shaped like a lower case h which attaches to a supporting surface and a generally U-shaped clamping member. The end of one of the legs of the clamping member attaches to the end of the top leg of the h. This attachment location forms the point of rotation of the hinge. The U-shaped strip has ribs down the inner sides of the legs. Along the base of the legs of the U, there are holes. To install, a sheet of glass is place in the slot formed by the legs of the U. A threaded screw is inserted through the holes in the first leg of the U. When the threads of the screw reach the hole on the opposed side, they engage the threads there. The screw is turned until the head of the screw reaches the base of the hole in the first side of the U. As turning continues, the screw begins pressing the legs of the U together. This presses the ribs firmly again the glass, thereby providing a firm hold on the glass.

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patent: 5205072 (1993-04-01), Eutebach
Product Brochure; Glass Shower Door Product; Hiawatha, Inc.; 1994.
Product Brochure; Heavy Glass Pivot Door; Alumax Bath Enclosures.
Product Brochure; Shower Enclosures America Inc.
Fiat Metal Manufacturing Company, Bulletin No. 50, Issue II.

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