Non-handed two knuckle hinge

A non-handed two knuckle hinge comprising a pair of adjacent hinge leaves, axially aligned hinge knuckles formed respectively on the adjacent edges of said hinge leaves, an axially extending bore in each said knuckle for receiving a pintle, attachment means for the leaves adapted to be used to attach them to a door and jamb, the first hinge leaf adapted to be attached to either of said door or jamb, and the second hinge leaf adapted to be attached to the other of said door or jamb, a pintle extending through the bore of the first hinge knuckle on the first hinge leaf and into the bore of the second hinge knuckle on the second hinge leaf, said pintle having a pintle head of enlarged cross section at the outer end of said first knuckle, about which pintle said first hinge knuckle pivots, and means securing said pintle in said second hinge knuckle;

• first bearing means between said hinge knuckles for acting as a vertical thrust bearing when a door is attached to the first hinge leaf and the second hinge leaf is attached to a jamb in one of a right-handed or left-handed installation, and second bearing means between said pintle head and said first hinge knuckle for acting as a vertical thrust bearing when a door is attached to the second hinge leaf and the first hinge leaf is attached to a jamb in the other of a right-handed or left-handed installation, whereby said hinge may be used interchangeably in left-handed and right-handed door installations and inverted in either type of installation without affecting the operation of the hinge.