Abstract: A hinge construction comprising two hinge members provided with a guide track. The guide tracks of each of the hinge members comprise at least three substantially flat, circular segment-shaped track parts, which each extend between first and second track ends and which are distributed at uniform intermediate distances over a corresponding circular circumference, so that the track parts of the hinge members pairwise form a guide for at least one guide element. The hinge members are pivotable relative to each other between a first angular position in which the guide elements are received in the guides so as to be displaceable along the track parts, and a second angular position in which the guide elements are received in the guides so as to be clamped between first and second track ends of the track parts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2002
Date of Patent:
February 6, 2007
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation
Inventors:
Werner John Peter Kleissen, Peter Alexander Hamming, Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuijlen, Paulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Stefan Frits Brouwer