Spring hinge for glasses
AssigneesChing Lan, OBE Ohnmacht & Baumgartner GmbH & Co. KG
InventorLien Fon Chang
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Abstract
A spring hinge for eyeglasses: the glasses including a central part and side pieces, a hinge element comprising at least one hinge eyelet, a spring device interacting with the hinge element, a housing containing a cavity which at least partially accommodates the spring device and the hinge element. The hinge element is arranged in a displaceable manner within the housing. A guide region for the hinge element, and at least one section of the guide region can be arranged outside the cavity.
Claims13
A spring hinge for glasses wherein the glasses have a central part for holding lenses and side pieces for pivoting with respect to the central part, the spring hinge comprising:
- a hinge element comprising at least one hinge eyelet;
- a spring device interacting with the hinge element;
- a housing containing a cavity, the spring device and the hinge element being at least partially positioned in the cavity, the hinge element being positioned in a displaceable manner within the housing;
- a hinge part including a guide region including a lateral surface parallel to a lengthwise extent of the hinge element, at least a portion of the guide region positioned outside the cavity;
- the housing having a protrusion including a side surface positioned to face the lateral surface of the guide region and configured to interact with the lateral surface of the guide region of the hinge part to prevent a rotation of the hinge part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.