Hinge assembly for a door of a refrigerating compartment
AssigneeRehau-Behr A/S
InventorThomas Lanzl
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Abstract
A hinge assembly for a door, the hinge assembly including a hinge pin arranged to be fixed to the door at one end and having a pin connector part at an opposite second end. A rotation damper connected to a damper connector part arranged to cooperate with the pin connector part for transferring torque around an axis of rotation between the damper connector part and the pin connector part throughout an opening angle of the door, such that a rotational movement of the damper connector part about the axis of rotation in at least a first rotational direction is dampened by the rotation damper. The pin connector part and the damper connection part allow an initial closing angle of rotation of the door before the damper acts on the rotation of the hinge pin, the initial closing angle being at least 2°.
Claims14
A hinge assembly for a door arranged to facilitate opening and closing the door when attached to a refrigerating compartment, wherein the hinge assembly comprises:
- a hinge pin of a substantially elongated shape, arranged to be fixed to the door at one end and having a pin connector part at an opposite second end, wherein a first axis comprises a longitudinal center-axis of the hinge pin;
- a rotation damper arranged to be fixed to a frame part of the refrigerating compartment, wherein the rotation damper is connected to a damper connector part arranged to cooperate with the pin connector part for transferring torque around a second axis of rotation between the damper connector part and the pin connector part throughout an opening angle of the door, such that a rotational movement of the damper connector part about the second axis of rotation in at least a first rotational direction is dampened by the rotation damper;
- wherein the pin connector part and the damper connection part are arranged to allow an initial closing angle of rotation of the door before the rotation damper acts on the rotation of the hinge pin, the initial closing angle being at least 2°, and the initial closing angle being an angle of rotation of the door towards a closed position thereof immediately after an opening rotation of the door in an opposite direction of rotation;
- wherein the pin connector part is arranged with the damper connector part so as to allow a tilting of the hinge pin independently of the damper connector part without the tilting causing a torque between the pin connector part and the damper connector part, wherein the tilting allows an angle between the first axis of the hinge pin and the second axis of rotation of the damper connector part of at least 5°.
A refrigerating compartment comprising:
- a frame part;
- at least one door connected with the frame part, wherein the at least one door is provided with a hinge assembly comprising:
- a hinge pin of a substantially elongated shape, arranged to be fixed to the door at one end and having a pin connector part at an opposite second end, wherein a first axis comprises a longitudinal center-axis of the hinge pin;
- a rotation damper arranged to be fixed to the frame part of the refrigerating compartment, wherein the rotation damper is connected to a damper connector part arranged to cooperate with the pin connector part for transferring torque around a second axis of rotation between the damper connector part and the pin connector part throughout an opening angle of the door, such that a rotational movement of the damper connector part about the second axis of rotation in at least a first rotational direction is dampened by the rotation damper;
- wherein the pin connector part and the damper connection part are arranged to allow an initial closing angle of rotation of the door before the rotation damper acts on the rotation of the hinge pin, the initial closing angle being at least 2°, and the initial closing angle being an angle of rotation of the door towards a closed position thereof immediately after an opening rotation of the door in an opposite direction of rotation;
- wherein the pin connector part is arranged with the damper connector part so as to allow a tilting of the hinge pin independently of the damper connector part without the tilting causing a torque between the pin connector part and the damper connector part, wherein the tilting allows an angle between the first axis of the hinge pin and the second axis of rotation of the damper connector part of at least 5°.
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