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US 5,603,142 AGranted
Frame hinge
AssigneeJulius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsFredi Dubach, Erich Rock
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Abstract
A frame hinge has a hinge arm which may be secured to a furniture frame and a hinge pot which may be set in a door leaf and is connected to the hinge arm on the frame side by way of at least one articulation pin. The hinge arm is secured to a first wedge plate which, together with a second wedge plate having a wedge surface or wedge surfaces facing in a direction opposite to a wedge surface or surfaces of the first wedge plate, is arranged between the hinge arm and the furniture frame. One of the two wedge plates is movable relative to the other by a Phillips screwdriver.
Claims23
A frame hinge comprising:
- a hinge pot to be mounted on a door leaf;
- a hinge arm to be mounted on a furniture frame and connected to said hinge pot by at least one articulation pin;
- first and second wedge plates each having at least one wedge surface, said first and second wedge plates being positionable at a location between said hinge arm and the furniture frame with respective said wedge surfaces directed in opposite directions and confronting each other;
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- one of said wedge plates having a receiver configured to receive an adjusting tool, and the other of said wedge plates having latching means configured to be engaged by the adjusting tool such that, when the adjusting tool is received in said receiver and engaged with said latching means, the adjusting tool may be manipulated to move said other wedge plate relative to said one wedge plate along said confronting wedge surfaces thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.