Furniture hinge
AssigneeRichard Heinze GmbH & Co. KG
InventorWilli Pittasch
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Abstract
The invention relates to a hinge for suspending a door, especially a glass door, on an item of furniture, with a hinge arm fastened on the furniture and a hinge part to be fastened on the door, in which, when the door is closed, this hinge part is situated within a first surface of a second surface of the hinge arm. The invention is characterized by the fact that one of the surfaces has a ratchetting face and the other surface is provided with a spring loaded ratchetting element which snap fits behind this ratchetting surface.
Claims24
A hinge for pivoting and guiding a door on furniture comprising:
- a hinge arm for attachment to said furniture and a hinge member for attachment to said door and being pivotally connected to the hinge arm by at least one pivot pin,
- said hinge member being formed by a U-profile having two flanges with one of said flanges being positioned on the door outside face and visible when the door is closed and the other of said flanges being positioned on the door inside face and being behind the door when the door is closed,
- a yoke connecting said flanges to each other and abutting a side face of the door, said two flanges of said U-profile, which encloses the door in form of a clamp, being connected to each other additionally by wall means at right angles to said flanges and said yoke,
- said hinge member having a first surface which is adjacent to a second surface on the hinge arm in the door closed position, one of these surfaces being provided with a ratchet surface and the other of these surfaces being provided with a spring-loaded ratchetting element which snap fits behind said ratchet surface.
A hinge for pivoting and guiding a door on furniture comprising:
- a hinge arm for attachment to said furniture and a hinge member for attachment to said door and being pivotally connected to the hinge arm by at least one pivot pin,
- said hinge member being formed by a U-profile having two flanges with one of said flanges being positioned on the door outside face and visible when the door is closed and the other of said flanges being positioned on the door inside face and being behind the door when the door is closed.
- a yoke connecting said flanges to each other and abutting a side face of the door, said two flanges of said U-profile, which encloses the door in form of a clamp, being connected to each other additionally by wall means at right angles to said flanges and said yoke,
- said hinge member having a first surface which is adjacent to a second surface of the hinge arm in the door closed position, one of these surfaces being provided with a ratchet surface and the other of these surfaces being provided with a resiliently urged ratchetting element which snap fits behind said ratchet surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.