Assembly jig for attaching to a cabinet carcase hinges previously attached to a door
AssigneeMEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
InventorHorst Lautenschlager
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Abstract
A jig for hanging doors with preinstalled hinges on the stiles of cabinet carcases, wherein the hinge has a mounting plate which is to be placed on the front edge of the stile and fixed in the correct position on the stile. The jig has a body which can straddle the edge of the stile and be held in place by a cam action. It has at least one recess in an end of its portion straddling the stile, the width of the recess being at least equal to the width of the mounting plate and its depth substantially equal to the thickness of the mounting plate.
Claims11
A device for aiding in the assembly of a cabinet door to a cabinet carcase by way of a hinge, the hinge to be fastened against a free edge of an elongated, stick-like frame element projecting from a side wall of the cabinet carcase, where the hinge is premountable on the door, the hinge having a mounting plate for placement against the free edge of the frame element for fixation in a proper installed position on the frame element,
- the device comprising a body adapted for straddling the free edge of the frame element by way of lateral extensions extending from either side of the body, the device being releasably securable against both a front side and rear side of the frame element, the body having at least one first recess extending into a lateral end face of the body, the at least one first recess having a width equal to or greater than a width of the mounting plate and having a height substantially equal to a thickness of the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.