Built-in electrical appliances, refrigerators in particular
AssigneesOreste Lanzani, Luciano Manesta, Angelo Bertasio
InventorOresta Lanzani
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Abstract
A hinge (1) for a door (6) of an electrical appliance, (for example a refrigerator, for use in particular where the appliance is built in) to be covered with a facing panel (7) is provided with structure for adjusting the position of the panel on the door. The hinge includes a first support member (2) attached to the body (4) of the appliance, a second support member (5) attached to the door (6) and the facing panel (7) and first and second connecting bars (9, 10) connecting said first and second support members to form a hinged quadrilateral therewith. The second support member also includes adjustment structure ( 16, 17) enabling adjustment of the horizontal and vertical position of the panel (7) relative to the door (6). The adjustable structure may be detachable from the hinge.
Claims8
A hinge for a built-in electrical domestic appliance, for attaching at least one door to a body of the electrical domestic appliance, a facing panel being provided to cover the door, the facing panel forming part of an item of furniture in which the electrical domestic appliance is disposed, the hinge comprising:
- a first support member including a first support member attachment wall attached to the body of the electrical domestic appliance;
- a second support member including a second support member attachment wall attached to one of said door and said panel;
- a first connecting bar connecting said first and second support member;
- a second connecting bar connecting said first and second support member, said first connecting bar, said second connecting bar, said first support member and said second support member forming a hinged quadrilateral lying in one or more planes, perpendicular to said door, said hinged quadrilateral having quadrilateral sides defined by said first connecting bar, said second connecting bar, said first support member and said second support member wherein said sides are selected to define means for opening and closing said door and said facing panel without said door and without said facing panel interfering with a remainder of said item of furniture, said hinged quadrilateral means including a hinged connection of said first connecting bar to distal ends of first support and said second support and a hinge connection of said second connecting bar to distal ends of said first support and said second support, said first support attachment wall being substantially parallel to said second support attachment wall when said door and panel are in a closed position;
- adjustment means forming part of said second support, said adjustment means for defining a position of the facing panel with respect to the door and for connecting said facing panel and said door, said adjustment means including at least one movable member, movable in parallel with said attachment wall of said second support member and guide means for guiding said movable member, said movable member having at least one attachment means for attaching said second support member to the facing panel;
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- a resilient member connected to one of said first connecting bar and said second connecting bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.