Over-center hinge

Details Over-center hinge Over-center hinge

1988-02-26

1990-11-27

Seidel, Richard K.

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

Hinge

Resiliently biased hinge

16291, 16294, 16296, 16370, 16 72, 16385, E05D 500

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049725467

ABSTRACT:
An over-center hinge for cabinet doors with a door-related hinge part in the form of a recess-mounting cup in which one end of each of two links is journaled whose other ends are journaled on a jamb-related hinge part in the form of an elongated supporting arm. On the side of the inner link facing the outer link a cam is articulated with its free end facing the supportring arm and is urged by a spring inserted between the cam and the pivot eye of the inner link against a counter-surface formed by a section of the inner wall of the supporting arm such that its face forces the hinge resiliently into the closed position upon passing a dead point in the closing movement. The section of the wall of the supporting arm that forms the counter-surface is provided at least in the surface area cooperating with the cam with a smooth, wear-resistant and friction-reducing surface.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3837042 (1974-09-01), White
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patent: 4251900 (1981-02-01), Lautenschlager
patent: 4536917 (1985-08-01), Rock et al.
patent: 4654930 (1987-04-01), Lautenschlager, Jr. et al.
G. Diefer, Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill, p. 569, 1976.
(Chpt. 15-Fundamentals of Metalworking).

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