Hinge for cold rooms, swing gates or the like
AssigneeIn & Tec S.R.L.
InventorLuciano Bacchetti
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Abstract
A hinge for cold rooms, swing gates or the like includes a stationary support structure and at least a door movable between an open door position and a closed door position. The hinge comprises a box-like hinge body and a pin rotatably coupled to rotate about a first axis between the open door position and the closed door position. Closing means are provided for automatically returning the door, as well as a working fluid acting thereon to hydraulically contrast their action. The closing means comprise a cam element unitary with the pin interacting with a plunger element housed in an operating chamber defined within the box-like hinge body. The box-like hinge body has an elongated shape to define a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.
Claims21
A hinge comprising:
- a box-shaped hinge body anchorable to one of a stationary support structure and a door;
- a pin disposed along a first longitudinal axis and anchorable to the other one of the stationary support structure and the door, the pin and the box-shaped hinge body being rotatably coupled such to rotate around the first axis between an open door position and a closed door position, the pin having a cam element defined therein;
- a closing member configured to automatically return the door from the open position to the closed position;
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- a working fluid acting on the closing member to hydraulically counteract an action thereof, thus controlling door rotation from the open position to the closed position,
- wherein the closing member comprises a plunger element slidably movable in an operating chamber within the box-shaped hinge body along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis between a compressed end position, corresponding to the open door position and an extended end position, corresponding to the closed door position, the plunger element being coupled to a pushing head interacting with a substantially countershaped seat of the cam element,
- wherein the closing member and the working fluid are both entirely housed in the operating chamber, and
- wherein the box-shaped hinge body has an elongated shape extending along the second axis, the pushing head being substantially plate-shaped to define a plane substantially perpendicular to the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.