Hinge with a coupling member releasably anchored
AssigneeJulius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsFredi Dubach, Erich Rock
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Abstract
A hinge includes a hinge arm mountable on a wall of a furniture unit and at least one hinge pot mounted on a furniture door and rotatably connected to the hinge arm. The hinge pot has a recess into which an inner coupling member may be inserted and in which the latter is releasably anchorable by means of a locking member acted upon by a spring. Provided in one part of either the hinge pot or the coupling member is at least one shoulder which is received with form fit in a recess of the other part. The coupling member may be inserted into the hinge pot in a direction perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the plane of the door. The locking member, which is mounted tiltably on the coupling member, presses against a nose of a hinge pot wall delimiting the recess.
Claims17
A hinge for mounting a door to a furniture unit to pivot relative thereto about a single axis, said hinge comprising:
- a hinge pot to be mounted on the door of the furniture unit, said hinge pot having therein a recess;
- a hinge arm to be mounted on a wall of the furniture unit;
- a coupling member pivotally mounted on said hinge arm for pivotal movement relative thereto about said single axis;
- means for enabling said coupling member to be fitted into said recess in said hinge pot, said means comprising at least one groove formed in one of said hinge pot or said coupling member and at least one shoulder formed on the other of said coupling member and said hinge pot, said shoulder being dimensioned to closely fit in said groove by being inserted therein when said hinge pot is moved relative to said coupling member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the door to be connected to said hinge pot, said groove and said shoulder each having a pair of spaced side surfaces that diverge from each other relative to a direction of insertion of said shoulder into said groove;
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- means for releasably locking said coupling member in an anchored position within said recess in said hinge pot, said locking means comprising a catch formed on said hinge pot, a locking member mounted on said coupling member for pivotal movement relative thereto between a locked position abutting said catch and preventing withdrawal of said shoulder from said groove and an unlocked position spaced from said catch and allowing said withdrawal, and a spring urging said locking member to pivot to said locked position thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.