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US 4,979,265 AGranted
Wide angle hinge with gear drive
AssigneeGrass GmbH
InventorAlfred Grass
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Abstract
A wide angle hinge is used for articulation of a furniture door on a furniture unit with a base plate mounted on the furniture unit and a housing mounted on the furniture door; mounted on the base plate is a first gear rack on which a gear is rolled in the longitudinal direction of the hinge and meshes with a second gear rack connected with the housing. The second gear rack is mounted directly on the housing and has a circular arc shape that is concentric with the swivel axis of the door.
Claims10
A wide-angle hinge for articulation of a furniture door on a furniture unit comprising:
- a housing mounted on the furniture door;
- a base plate mounted on the furniture unit having a first straight gear rack with teeth oriented in a longitudinal direction rollingly receiving a gear rotating in said longitudinal direction of said first gear rack and meshing with a second gear rack connected with said housing, said second rack having a forward end at which the furniture door pivots on a swivel axis formed in said housing wherein said second gear rack is integral with said housing and having teeth oriented in a circular arc shape concentric with said swivel axis, wherein the hinge further comprising a spring device embodied in the hinge subjecting the furniture door in the closed position to a closing pressure and in open positions to an opening pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.