Cabinet hinge

A hinge for hanging a door on a cabinet carcase, comprising;

• a carcase-related hinge member (18) in the form of an elongated supporting arm fastenable on an associated carcase supporting wall (14),
• a door-related hinge member (20) comprising a cup (38,38') with lateral walls insertable into a mortise created in the back of a marginal area of the door,
• a joint-bearing component insertably connectable into the cup (38,38') and having a joint mechanism for connecting the joint-bearing component with the carcase-related hinge member,
• wherein the cup with the joint-bearing component inserted therein is fastenable within the mortise at selectable depths determined by a sliding guide formed by two projections (62a) protruding from opposite defining lateral surfaces of the joint-bearing component and forwardly open grooves (38c) for fittedly accepting the projections in lateral walls of the cup, and by a projecting section (66) of the joint-bearing component securable against withdrawal by catch means which is releasably operable by a handle accessible from outside the door, said catch means having a locking element (49) comprising a spring made from spring metal and having two locking sections connected to the joint-bearing component, and each locking section of the spring being connected with a spring section provided laterally beside the joint-bearing component and brought out of the cup as handles (49h) for the displacement of the locking section from a position extending behind an associated locking edge in the cup, and the locking sections being displaceable toward one another out of locking engagement with the associated lock edge in the cup, and
• wherein the locking sections (49f) are formed from two resiliently deformable arms (49e) of flat spring metal located in a space between the lateral defining surfaces of the joint-bearing component (44) and confronting defining walls (39a) of the cup (38), accomodating the joint-bearing component (44) in the vicinity of the catch means, said locking sections being resiliently deformable parallel to the inner side of the door, a window (49g) being provided in each locking section as a locking receiver for an associated catch projection (39d) protruding from the defining walls of the cup, and a handle is provided on a margin of each spring arm, brought up out of a gap between confronting walls of a link-bearing component 44 and the cup.