Furniture hinge
AssigneeJulius Blum GmbH
InventorHarald Brunnmayr
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Abstract
A furniture hinge, comprising a fitting part, a hinge cup that is articulated thereto for fastening to furniture parts, and a cushioning apparatus for cushioning a relative movement between the fitting part and the hinge cup, wherein the cushioning apparatus is disposed in or on the hinge cup, wherein the cushioning apparatus comprises a housing having first fastening means, and second fastening means are disposed on the hinge cup, wherein the housing of the cushioning apparatus can be inserted from above into the hinge cup and in the installed position is disposed substantially completely inside the hinge cup, wherein the housing of the cushioning apparatus and the hinge cup can be connected to each other in said installed position by the first and second fastening means.
Claims12
A furniture hinge comprising:
- a fitment portion to be fixed to a furniture part;
- a hinge cup pivotally connected relative to said fitment portion;
- and
- a damping device for damping a relative movement between said hinge cup and said fitment portion;
- wherein said damping device has a housing, first fixing means, and a slider movable relative to the housing,
- wherein said hinge cup has second fixing means,
- wherein said housing of said damping device is arranged substantially completely within said hinge cup and is releasably fixed to said hinge cup by releasable engagement of said first fixing means of said damping device and said second fixing means of said hinge cup so as to be removable from and insertable into said hinge cup from above,
- wherein said first fixing means is provided on said slider so that said housing of said damping device is releasably connected to said hinge cup indirectly by way of said slider,
- wherein said second fixing means is a fixing projection associated with said hinge cup, wherein said fixing projection is provided for mounting a spring which urges said hinge cup relative to said fitment portion into a completely closed position and/or into a completely open position, said fixing projection passes through the wall of the hinge cup;
- and wherein said first fixing means arranged on said slider is at least one guide groove for said second fixing means arranged on said hinge cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.