Flap
AssigneeMolteni & C. S.p.A.
InventorStefano Invernizzi
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Abstract
A flap including a structure and a door hinged to the structure by means of a hinge, where the hinge defines a hinge axis around which the door is rotationally movable with respect to the structure, where the door is movable from a vertical closing position to a horizontal opening position under the action of the force of gravity, where the flap further includes damping means configured to dampen the rotation motion of the door with respect to the structure, where the hinge defines a housing compartment therein, closed or partially closed in the direction transverse to the hinge axis, and where the damping means are housed inside the housing compartment.
Claims8
A flap comprising:
- a structure, and
- a door hinged to the structure by means of a hinge,
- wherein the hinge defines a hinge axis around which the door is rotationally movable with respect to the structure,
- wherein the door is movable from a vertical closing position to a horizontal opening position under the action of the force of gravity,
- wherein the flap further comprises damping means configured to dampen the rotation motion of the door with respect to the structure,
- wherein the hinge defines a housing compartment therein, which is closed or partially closed in the direction transverse to the hinge axis, and
- wherein the damping means are housed inside the housing compartment,
- the flap further comprising a bracket integrated in the door,
- wherein the bracket comprises at least one rotation pin positioned at the hinge,
- wherein the rotation pin extends coaxially to the hinge axis,
- wherein the structure comprises a ball positioned at the hinge, and
- wherein the rotation pin is positioned in contact with the ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.