Invisible hinge for furniture

A hinge for a piece of furniture that comprises a furniture door, said hinge comprising a substantially flat-shaped fixed part conformed to be inserted in a seat provided within the thickness of a horizontal wall of the piece of furniture and open on a front side of the same wall, and a movable part connectable to the furniture door, the fixed part and the movable part being swingably connected with each other by an articulation device comprising at least first and second rockers and an articulation axis, the hinge further comprising a movement control device for controlling the closing/opening movement of the hinge and a drive member for driving the movement control device, said movement control device being configured as a damping device for damping the closing and/or the opening movement of the hinge or as a spring opening device for opening the hinge;

• wherein the movement control device is completely arranged within one of said fixed part and movable part of the hinge;
• wherein said drive member is movably supported by the same hinge part in which the movement control device is arranged, the drive member being operatively connected or actuated by the other of said fixed part or movable part of the hinge, the drive member transferring relative movement between the movable part and the fixed part to the movement control device either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate transmission elements separate from said articulation device;
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• wherein the drive member is configured to transfer movement between the movable part and the fixed part to the movement control device with no movement of the articulation device.

A hinge for a piece of furniture that comprises a furniture door, said hinge comprising a substantially flat-shaped fixed part conformed to be inserted in a seat provided within the thickness of a horizontal wall of the piece of furniture and open on a front side of the same wall, and a movable part connectable to the furniture door, the fixed part and the movable part being swingably connected with each other by an articulation device comprising at least first and second rockers and an articulation axis, the hinge further comprising a movement control device for controlling the closing/opening movement of the hinge and a drive member for driving the movement control device, said movement control device being configured as a damping device for damping the closing and/or the opening movement of the hinge or as a spring opening device for opening the hinge;

• wherein the movement control device is completely arranged within one of said fixed part and movable part of the hinge;
• wherein said drive member is movably supported by the same hinge part in which the movement control device is arranged, the drive member being operatively connected or actuated by the other of said fixed part or movable part of the hinge, the drive member transferring relative movement between the movable part and the fixed part to the movement control device either directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate transmission elements separate from said articulation device;
• wherein said fixed part comprises a casing and a flat support element within said casing;
• wherein said flat support element is movable and adjustable;
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• wherein the drive member is configured to transfer movement between the movable part and the fixed part to the movement control device with no movement of the articulation device.