Snap-action hinge for furniture doors

Details Snap-action hinge for furniture doors Snap-action hinge for furniture doors

1998-02-18

2000-10-03

Mah, Chuck Y.

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

Hinge

Including means to hold or retard hinged members against...

16280, 16278, E05D 1110

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061255084

ABSTRACT:
A snap-action hinge for the opening and closing of a furniture door includes: a cup part designed to be embedded in a recess of the door, a hinge arm designed to be fixed to the furniture unit with and having one end connected to the cup part by a hinge pin, a rigid component supported by the hinge arm in such a way as to lie parallel to the hinge pin at a defined limited distance from it measuring away from the abovementioned end, and spring means housed in the cup part and acting with a pressing action on the rigid component to allow snap-action closing of the hinge. The rigid component is advantageously made of a wear-resistant material.

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