Hinge having an embedded safety switch
AssigneeElesa S.p.A.
InventorAlberto Bertani
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AssigneeElesa S.p.A.
InventorAlberto Bertani
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A safety hinge, apt to constrain a door moving with respect to a fixed frame, of the type consisting of two main wing-shaped constituent members displaying a mutual-engagement area consisting of loops interconnected by a small shaft, with a first one of said wings a switch body being associated, which has a lateral opening in correspondence of an appendix thereof, arranged on the extension of the mutual-engagement area, through said opening peg means for the actuation of the switch projecting. According the invention within said appendix a bush is arranged, constrained to the by a second one of said wings, said bush displaying along an annular external crown thereof a groove for the housing of said peg means in the closing position of said moving door on the fixed frame, that is in the opening position of said switch.
1) Safety hinge, apt to constrain a door moving with respect to a fixed frame, of the type consisting of two main wing-shaped constituent members (1, 2) having a mutual-engagement area (3) consisting of loops (1, 2a) interconnected by means of a small shaft (4), with a first one of said wings (1) a switch body (7) and a top loop (1b) apt to the extension of the mutual-engagement area (3) being associated and connected to said switch body (7) by a channel (10), said switch body (7) housing a microswitch (11) which has an appendix (11a) housed in said channel (10) on the top of which peg-like means (12) for the actuation of the switch project, wherein within said loop (1b) a bush (13) is arranged, constrained to the movement by a second one (2) of said wings, said bush (13) having, along an outer annular crown (13b) thereof, a groove (13c) for the housing of said peg-like means (12) in the home position of said microswitch (11).
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