Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Resiliently biased hinge
Patent
1995-11-14
1997-03-04
Mah, Chuck Y.
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Resiliently biased hinge
16301, 16308, 16 50, 49386, E05F 108
Patent
active
056067739
ABSTRACT:
A swingable door assembly and a hinge assembly for urging the swingable door assembly to a closed position is provided. The hinge assembly comprises a torsion spring which may be an elongate torsion rod, which may be preloaded with a predetermined amount of torsion force so that the associated swingable door assembly is urged to a closed position with respect to a casing, such as a refrigerated display case. The hinge assembly includes a ratchet pin connected to the torsion spring. First and second ratchet anchors may be mounted at a predetermined distance from each other on the ratchet pin. A fixed ratchet is secured to the ratchet between the first and second ratchet anchors. One of the first and second ratchet anchors is secured to the swingable door assembly while the other one of the ratchet anchors remains unsecured whereby the secured ratchet anchor is free to rotate in one direction relative to the fixed ratchet and the unsecured ratchet anchor upon application of a torsion force to preload the torsion spring.
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Mah Chuck Y.
Pike Machine Products, Inc.
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