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AssigneeGeorge Fethers & Co Trading Pty Ltd
InventorsDavid Anthony Perkins, Brian Ralph Perkins, Robert Michael Mead, Jon Graham Seddon
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A door hinge and a method of its use is provided which is suitable for use with glass shower screen doors. The method involves cutting a pair of circular cut-outs at a side edge of the door near the top and bottom of the door respectively. After toughening of the cut-out portions of glass, a hinge in accordance with this invention is mounted in each cut-out portion. The hinges each have a first arm which has a circular door mounting portion of substantially the same diameter as the cut-outs which are located in the cut-outs. The hinges each have two clamping parts, one part is fitted to abut with one face of the door, and the other part is fitted to abut with the other face of the door. Each part is fitted to immediately surround the respective cut-outs. The hinge then has screw holding means which holds the parts together and clamps the door. The second arm of the hinge can be mounted directly to a frame member, such as a jam member or to a further glass panel. In the case where mounting is to a further glass panel, the mounting can be by similar circular cut-outs, and by the second arm having a similar circular door mounting part, and clamping parts. By having circular cut-outs, it makes the cutting of the glass door less complicated than providing square shaped cut-outs used in the past.
A hinge for a door, said hinge having a first arm for fitting to said door and a second arm for fitting to a structural support surface for said door, there being hinge pin means interconnecting said first arm and said second arm to permit relative hinging movement of said first arm and second arm, said first arm having a circular door mounting part for fitting into a corresponding circular cut-out provided through said door and overlapping a side edge of said door and not overlapping a top or bottom edge of said door, said first arm also having a door first face clamping part for abutting with one face of said door immediately surrounding said cut-out into which said door mounting part is fitted, said door first face clamping part being connected integrally with said circular door mounting part, said first arm also having a door second face clamping part for abutting with the opposite face of said door immediately surrounding said cut-out into which said door mounting part is passed,
A hinge for a door, said hinge having a first arm for fitting to said door and a second arm for fitting to a structural support surface for said door, there being hinge pin means interconnecting said first arm and said second arm to permit relative hinging movement of said first arm and said second arm, said first arm having a circular door mounting part for fitting into a corresponding circular cut-out provided through said door and overlapping a side edge of said door, said first arm also having a door first face clamping part for abutting with one face of said door immediately surrounding said cut-out into which said door mounting part is fitted, said door first face clamping part being connected integrally with said door mounting part, said first arm also having a door second face clamping part for abutting with the opposite face of said door immediately surrounding said cut-out into which said door mounting part is passed,
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