Self-closing safety gate hinge
OwnerShu-Chen Chenginventor
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Abstract
A self-closing safety gate hinge comprises a bracket, a bottom seat, a top seat and a hinge pin. The bracket is attached to a top of a gate post. The bottom seat is attached to one side of the bracket and an inclined top surface is cambered on the bottom seat. A through hole is defined vertically through the bottom seat. The top seat has an inclined bottom surface corresponding to the inclined top surface and is attached to one side of a gate at top. A stepped through hole is defined vertically through the top seat. The hinge pin is mounted through a spring and the through holes and is held in place by a C-clip.
Claims5
A self-closing safety gate hinge for a safety gate has a gate body with two sides and a gate post corresponds to each side of the gate body, the self-closing safety gate hinge comprising:
- a bracket with a side adapted for facing the gate body and adapted to be attached to a top of one of the gate posts;
- a bottom seat is mounted on the side of the bracket and has an inclined top surface, the inclined top surface has a center and a vertical through hole is defined in the bottom seat through the center of the inclined top surface;
- a top seat is pivotally attached to the bottom seat with a hinge pin and adapted to be mounted on a top of the gate body, the top seat has an inclined bottom surface partially corresponds to the inclined top surface of the bottom seat, the inclined bottom surface has a center and a vertical stepped though hole is defined in the top seat through the center of the inclined bottom surface where shoulders are formed in the vertical stepped through hole;
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- a spring is mounted around the hinge pin in the vertical stepped through hole, the spring has a bottom end against one of the shoulders and a top end abuts against the hinge pin.
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