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US 7,552,511 B2Granted
Adjustable hinge
AssigneeCreative Research & Development, Inc.
InventorsFrank W Campbell, Bror Fries
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Abstract
An adjustable hinge (10) has a frame leaf (11) with a door leaf (14) rotatably mounted thereto. An adjustable mounting assembly (21) has a snap-in connection to the door leaf (14). A slideable carriage (24) is utilized. Vertical adjustment is provided by a bevel gear assembly (25). Horizontal adjustment is provided through a screw (17) which pivots the door leaf (14).
Claims17
An adjustable hinge for pivotally mounting a door to a frame, comprising:
- (a) a first leaf adapted and configured to be mounted on one of a frame and a door;
- (b) an adjustable mounting assembly adapted and configured to be mounted on the other of the frame and door, the adjustable mounting assembly comprising:
- (i) a housing defining an inner cavity;
- (ii) a slideable carriage positioned in the inner cavity, the carriage generally constrained in the inner cavity by the housing;
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- (iii) a receptor cavity formed in the slideable carriage;
- (c) a second leaf having a first end operatively connected to the first leaf and rotatably connected thereto;
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- (d) the second leaf having a second end operatively connected in the receptor cavity to the slideable carriage, the second end in a relative fixed position in the receptor cavity, wherein the hinge is vertically adjustable.
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An adjustable hinge for pivotally mounting a door to a frame, comprising:
- (a) a first leaf adapted and configured to be mounted on one of a frame and a door;
- (b) an adjustable mounting assembly adapted and configured to be mounted on the other of the frame and door, the adjustable mounting assembly comprising:
- (i) a housing defining an inner cavity;
- (ii) a slideable carriage positioned in the inner cavity, the carriage generally constrained in the inner cavity by the housing;
- (iii) a receptor cavity formed in the slideable carriage,
- (iv) a latch positioned in the mounting assembly, the latch biased to a latched position, the latch moveable between the latched position and an unlatched position;
- (c) a second leaf having a first end operatively connected to the first leaf and rotatably connected thereto;
- (d) the second leaf having a second end operatively connected to the slideable carriage with a snap-in connection in the receptor cavity, the second end in a relative fixed position in the receptor cavity wherein the hinge is vertically adjustable;
- (e) the second leaf having a leading edge, a top edge and a bottom edge;
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- (f) one of the top edge and the bottom edge having a latch receiving opening, wherein the latch engages the second leaf along the one of the top edge and the bottom edge.
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An adjustable hinge for pivotally mounting a door to a frame, comprising:
- (a) a first leaf adapted and configured to be mounted on one of a frame and a door;
- (b) an adjustable mounting assembly adapted and configured to be mounted on the other of the frame and door, the adjustable mounting assembly comprising:
- (i) a housing defining an inner cavity;
- (ii) a slideable carriage positioned in the inner cavity, the carriage generally constrained in the inner cavity by the housing;
- (iii) a latch positioned in the mounting assembly, the latch biased to a latched position, the latch moveable between the latched position and an unlatched position;
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- (iv) a receptor cavity formed in the slideable carriage;
- (c) a second leaf having a first end operatively connected to the first leaf and rotatably connected thereto;
- (d) the second leaf having a second end operatively connected in the receptor cavity to the slideable carriage with a snap-in connection in the inner cavity, the second end in a relative fixed position in the receptor cavity wherein the hinge is vertically adjustable;
- (e) the second leaf having a latch receiving opening, wherein the latch engages the second leaf;
- (f) the second leaf having an inside surface and an outside surface and a threaded bore extending between the surfaces, the second leaf having a leading edge, a top edge and a bottom edge, and one of the top edge and the bottom edge having a latch receiving opening, wherein the latch engages the second leaf along the one of the top edge and the bottom edge;
- (g) the threaded bore proximate the leading edge;
- (h) a screw rotatably mounted in the threaded bore;
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- (i) a first access opening in the housing to allow for rotating the screw, thereby pivoting the second leaf and horizontally adjusting the hinge.
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An adjustable hinge for pivotally mounting a door to a frame, comprising:
- (a) a first leaf adapted and configured to be mounted on one of a frame and a door;
- (b) an adjustable mounting assembly adapted and configured to be mounted on the other of the frame and door, the adjustable mounting assembly comprising:
- (i) a housing defining an inner cavity;
- (ii) a slideable carriage positioned in the inner cavity, the carriage generally constrained in the inner cavity by the housing;
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- (iii) a receptor cavity formed in the slideable carriage;
- (c) a second leaf having a first end operatively connected in the receptor cavity to the first leaf and rotatably connected thereto;
- (d) the second leaf having a second end operatively connected to the slideable carriage, the second end in a relative fixed position in the receptor cavity;
- (e) a first bevel gear positioned in the housing, the housing having a second access opening allowing for rotation of the first bevel gear;
- (f) a second bevel gear coupled to the first bevel gear;
- (g) a rod having a threaded end, the rod rotated by the second bevel gear;
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- (h) a threaded member operatively connected to the carriage, the threaded member positioned on the threaded end of the rod, wherein rotation of the first bevel gear rotates the rod in the threaded member, and thereby the carriage, vertically.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.