Continuous gear hinge with electrical conductor

In combination with a door frame having a hinge jamb and a door, a gear hinge for supporting the door on the door frame, said gear hinge comprising:

• a jamb leaf mounted on the hinge jamb and having a gear segment along one of its sides and also a cutout and a pocket, both of which interrupt the gear segment;
• a door leaf attached to the door and having a gear segment and a cutout and pocket, both of which interrupt the gear segment, the gear segment of the second leaf meshing with the gear segment of the first leaf, the cutout of the second leaf opening toward the cutout of the first leaf, the pocket of the second leaf opening toward the pocket of the first leaf;
• a cap extended over the meshed gear segments to prevent the leaves from separating while enabling the hinge leaf to pivot on the jamb leaf;
• a bearing block in the pockets to prevent the door leaf from moving longitudinally on the jamb leaf;
• a first pivot member in the cutout of the jamb leaf and having a gear segment that aligns with the gear segment of the jamb leaf;
• a second pivot member in the cutout of the door leaf and having a gear segment that aligns with the gear segment of the second leaf and meshes with the gear segment of the first pivot member to obscure and render inaccessible the region of the cap behind the pivot members;
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• an electrical conductor attached to the first and second pivot members and extending through the interior of the cap where it is obscured by the cap and by the pivot members.

A hinge comprising:

• a first leaf having a gear segment and a cutout that opens out of the gear segment;
• a second leaf having a gear segment that meshes with the gear segment of the first leaf and a cutout that opens out of its gear segment toward the cutout in the first leaf;
• a cap fitted over the gear segments to prevent the gear segments from separating and having an interior;
• a first pivot member mounted in the cutout of the first leaf and having a gear segment;
• a second pivot member in the cutout of the second leaf and having a gear segment that meshes with the gear segment of the first pivot member to obscure a region of the interior of the cap;
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• a conductor extending from the first pivot member to the second pivot member through the region of the interior of the cap that is obscured by the meshing gear segments of the first and second pivot members.

A hinge comprising:

• a first leaf having a gear segment that is interrupted;
• a second leaf having a gear segment that meshes with the gear segment of the first leaf and is interrupted opposite the location where the gear segment of the first leaf is interrupted;
• a cap extended over the gear segments of the first and second leaves to maintain the gear segments meshed, while still allowing one leaf to pivot relative to the other leaf, the cap having a channel-like interior;
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• a conductor assembly at the location where the gear segments of the hinge leaves are interrupted, the conductor assembly comprising:
• a first pivot member mounted in a fixed position with respect to the first hinge leaf where the gear segment of the first hinge leaf is interrupted;
• a second pivot member mounted in a fixed position with respect to the second leaf at the location where the gear segment of the second leaf is interrupted;
• an electrical conductor extended between the members and through the channel-like interior of the cap;
• the first and second pivot members being configured to obscure and render inaccessible the electrical conductor where it passes through the interior of the cap;
• the conductor assembly being separable from the hinge leaves without withdrawing the cap from the hinge leaves.