Abstract: A hinge (10) comprises a first (13) and a second (24) fastening element connected to each other by means of a kinematic articulated chain comprising at least two elements (18, 26) articulated to each other and defining space (28) between two of their opposing edges which varies in width upon rotation of the hinge. A further element (31) is secured to at least one of said two elements so as to be pushed by the rotating movement of the hinge to come to rest in correspondence with said space (28). In this way, the space is at least partially obstructed in order to prevent the transversal introduction of slender objects such as fingers.

Abstract: A vehicle bonnet assembly includes a bonnet hinged to the vehicle body adjacent one edge and having a releasable catch adjacent an opposite edge, the bonnet being hinged to the vehicle body in a manner which will permit rearward movement of the bonnet when an impact is applied to the leading edge thereof, a lifting mechanism being provided to lift the trailing edge of the bonnet in response to rearward movement of the bonnet.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hinge system for cowl doors in nacelles for aircraft engines. The invention allows the cowl door to be opened without invasion of the interior of the nacelle. Invasion requires that some interior space of the nacelle be kept free of equipment. The invention eliminates this requirement, allowing otherwise idle space to be utilized.

Abstract: The window stay comprises a frame mounting plate, a sash mounting plate, a first arm and a second arm. The arms are pivotally coupled between the frame and sash mounting plates via pivots. The first arm is shorter than the second arm. The stay further includes a third arm which is pivotally coupled to the sash mounting plate at a pivot located to the side of pivot coupling which is opposite to pivot coupling of the first arm to the sash mounting plate. This third arm is pivotally coupled to a fourth arm with the fourth arm being pivotally coupled to the frame mounting plate. The first, second and fourth arms include structures which engage with stops associated with the frame and sash mounting plates when the stay is in the fully open position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hinge assembly which comprises a three link, six pivot linkage arrangements constructed and arranged such that when a deck lid is being initially moved from its closed position toward an open position the deck lid will be caused to be rapidly moved vertically upward from its associated seal means with only very minor pivotal movement until the closure panel clears the seal means located adjacent the hinge assemblies whereby the exertion of transverse forces against the seal means due to any wiping action of the closure panel on the seal means as it is initially moved to its open position is minimized.

Abstract: A casement hinge is provided having a track mounted to a window frame, a sash arm mounted to a window sash and connected to a track pivot at one end, and a support arm pivotally connected to the sash arm at one end and having a track pivot at the other end. A block with a serrated surface defines one of the track pivots, and a rack secured to the track includes cooperating serrated surfaces for fixing the block to a selected position on the track. The rack and the block include cooperating surfaces allowing sag correction by wedging a tool between the cooperating surfaces. A tab and slot interconnection for centering the block relative to the rack during installation is provided where the tab is breakable from the member to which it is fixed when correcting sag. The track is formed with a longitudinal section mounted to the window frame, the longitudinal section having a guide portion on which a shoe slides and a mounting portion spaced from the window frame so as to be offset from the guide portion.

Abstract: A coffee or tea making machine wherein the receptacle for fresh water has an open top which is reinforced by a frame supporting two pivotable covers having flat walls defining a narrow straight clearance and being pivotally connected to each other for movement between substantially horizontal positions in which they overlie the respective portion of the receptacle and second or open positions in which the pivoted cover overlies the other cover. The hinge between the covers has a one-piece plastic carrier with two pairs of studs or with two pairs of sockets which extend into or receive complementary sockets or studs at the inner sides of the covers. The carrier has a median portion which extends across the clearance between the walls of the covers and two spaced-apart cheeks each of which carries two coaxial studs or two aligned sockets.

Abstract: A connector is provided for hingedly connecting two substantially identical, elongate profile members together. These profile members define the rigid peripheries or frames of freestanding display panels or screens. Each connector comprises two link members, each having an elongate web carrying two spaced pivot pins, and two connecting parts. Each connecting part is either constituted by, or has the same profile, as a profile member. The connector enables the two profile members to be pivoted between a facing position and a side by side position. In one of these positions the two link members extend parallel to one another, while in the other of these positions, the two link members cross relative to one another.

Abstract: A system for elevating the head portion of a bed assembly defined by a mattress and a box spring foundation, including a double pivot hinge secured to the border wires on either side of the mattress, a double linkage hinge secured to the upper border wire assemblies connecting the foundation to the mattress for maintaining the mattress in its position of alignment on the foundation, and an elevating mechanism for jointly raising and lowering the corresponding head portions of the mattress and foundation.

Abstract: A linkage in an electro-mechanical shaker. The linkage has link arms which have two end members coupled to a center member. The three members provide three pivoting points in an axial direction and prevent lateral movement between the relatively movable structures to which they are attached.

Abstract: A passenger door is connected to an aircraft fuselage by a hinge mechanism having an elongated goose-neck hinge member. One end of the hinge-member is pivotally connected to an idler crank arm that is pivotally connected to the fuselage. The other end of the goose-neck member is pivotally connected to the door. A guide arm connected to the door and carried by the idler crank arm controls door movement. An end of the guide arm has a pin that follows a groove in an "S"-shaped guide track. The shape of the track causes the guide arm to initially pivot and translate the door partially inwardly into the fuselage during opening movement, and then swing the door outwardly until it is parallel with the fuselage's outer surface.

Abstract: An improved automotive hood hinge has a pair of plates fixed to the hood and the body, one mounting a fixed pivot pivotally and translationally engaging a slot formed on the other. A single stabilizing link controls the simultaneous pivotal and translational movement of the hood during opening and closing.

Abstract: A flush mounted hinge assembly for use in applications where the hinges are to be fully concealed and where the doors abut one another or an adjacent structural member, includes a cabinet mounted bracket, a door mounted bracket, and a housing pivotally mounted to the cabinet bracket. The movement of the door accomplished in two stages, with initial pivoting being handled by a parallelgram-type linkage interconnecting the housing with the door mounted bracket, and permitting initial outward movement of the door to clear the adjacent door or abutting cabinet structure.

Abstract: An improved recessing hinge mechanism for doors and the like is comprised of an anchor member slidably supporting an upper end of an arm of a selectively expandable stabilizer device having two cooperative arms pivotably joined to one another at their respective midpoints and pivotably supporting a lower end of the opposite arm, with the ends of the respective arms, opposite those attached to the anchor member, being slidably/pivotably attached to a support/pivot rod, which pivotably carries the pivot edges of a door. For a recessing operation, the door is pivoted about the rod from a closed position to an open position, parallel to the expanded stabilizer device and then linearly moved toward the anchor member, with the scissors-like stabilizer device closing to a minimum dimension so that the support rod stops adjacent to the anchor member. The inventive hinge mechanism provides a ratio of recess depth to door width which is greater than about 1:0.95.

Abstract: This invention discloses a tip out hinge specifically designed for use with a storage container located within a cabinet. The tip out hinge provides easy access to the contents of a storage container located within a cabinet. For example, the tip out hinge is used in a tip out storage container in a bathroom for clothing or bathroom items. It also provides access to a storage facility located behind a false front in a bathroom or kitchen. The tip out hinge permits the storage unit to tip forward from the cabinet, remain open until closing begins, remain closed even when bumped, provide a large opening for easy access to the storage container and will not interfere with the operation of any doors or drawers located below the tip out storage container.

Abstract: A vehicle door opening/closing hinge device comprises an outer link having one end connected to a first pillar pin and the other end connected to a first door pin, an inner link disposed longitudinally apart from the outer link and having one end connected to a second pillar pin, and a connecting link having one end connected to the other end of the inner link and the other end connected to a second door pin, so as to form a five joint link mechanism. The inner link is formed with a guide member having a slot engageable with a third door pin to control door opening positions.

Abstract: A flush mounted hinge assembly for use in applications where the hinges are to be fully concealed and where the doors abut one another or an adjacent structural member, includes a cabinet mounted bracket, a door mounted bracket, and a housing pivotally mounted to the cabinet bracket. The movement of the door accomplished in two stages, with initial pivoting being handled by a parallelogram-type linkage interconnecting the housing with the door mounted bracket, and permitting initial outward movement of the door to clear the adjacent door or abutting cabinet structure.

Abstract: The hinge is particularly adapted to permit a relatively thick door to be swung open without interference from the surrounding door mounting frame. A pair of arms pivotally connect the door to the frame, with the inner end of one of the arms being mounted on pin means having an axis about which the door rotates. Through the provision of various embodiments of connecting means and guide means, the pin means connecting the inner arm to the body travels in an arcuate, outward path when the door is opened, thereby moving the plane of the entire door outwardly to permit the room necessary to accommodate essentially full opening of the door. The pin means, during its arcuate movement, is guided by various forms of guide means to precisely define the arcuate path of travel.

Abstract: A hinge for a casement window having components releasably held in positions related to each other to provide for movement of a window-supporting sash arm between closed and egress positions. The structure includes a support arm pivotally connected between a track of the hinge and the sash arm. The pivot mounting of the support arm to the track, or the effective length of the support arm can be varied to enable movement of the window sash from an egress position to a washability position.

Abstract: A hinge for building doors and windows is recessed into the jamb when the door or window is closed and includes pivotally interconnected 4-bar link mechanisms which function to swing the end face of the door completely out of the way of the inside cross-section of the door opening when the door is opened from an angle of 90.degree. to substantially a full 180.degree. nearly parallel to the wall in which the door jamb is located.

Abstract: A window stay comprises a pair of mounting plates, one being adapted for mounting to a window frame and the other being adapted for mounting to a window sash. The frame and sash mounting plates are coupled together by first and second arms, the first arm being shorter than said second arm, each of the first and second arms being pivotally connected to the sash mounting plate. The first arm is pivotally connected at a fixed point to the frame mounting plate. There is a third arm pivotally connected to the second arm, one of the second arm and said third arm being pivotally connected at a fixed point to the frame mounting plate and the other of the second and third arms being pivotally and slidingly connected to the frame mounting plate for sliding movement in a substantially longitudinal direction along the frame mounting plate.

Abstract: An opening pivot mechanism for a window or any type of closure that permits the closure to be opened in three directions from a single operator that includes three actuator rods with integral cylindrical bosses that define two pivot pins on each of three axes for slotted hinges carried by the closure. The actuator rods are simultaneously reciprocated by the operator through a series of links to position one of the rods with its pivot pins in their associated hinges thus defining the selected pivot axis, and to position at the same time reduced portions on the other two actuator rods in the remaining hinges so these rods can pass through the slots in their hinges during opening movement of the closure.

Abstract: An aircraft door arrangement for a pressure hull in which the door is positively prevented from being urged through the door aperture when closed, but which allows the door to move through the aperture to an open position, a carrier and an actuation arrangement being such to firstly both tilt and bodily move the door in its own plane to an intermediate position to clear abutments in the aperture and, secondly, to urge the door bodily through the aperture to lie in an open tilted position in which the door aperture is unobstructed.

Abstract: In a hinge device for inclined tiltable windows with external overlapping cover rails, the base plate of the main frame supports through a pair of pivotable links an intermediate member which is movable in a parallelogramlike--or pantographlike--manner and itself carries a pivot pin on which the sash base plate of the hinge device is journalled. The rotation of said base plate about the pivot pin is co-ordinated with the movement of the intermediate member by way of a coupling link that through pivot pins is connected with the sash base plate and the pivotable link adjacent the coupling link, respectively. The coupling link makes it possible in a simple and cheap manner to reliably controlling the hing parts during the full tilting of the sash in both directions.

Abstract: A wide-angle hinge assembly includes a frame hinge section and a door leaf inge section connected to one another by a linkage arrangement. The linkage arrangement includes two double-armed link members and an intermediate link. The double-armed link members are pivotable about a common pivot point, and one of the link members pivotally engages one end of the intermediate link having its other end pivotally connected to the leaf hinge section. The linkage arrangement further includes a spring mechanism that is effective to provide a closing pressure during closing and maintaining the closed position for securing the door leaf. The spring mechanism is arranged on the intermediate link and coacts with a cam component included as a part of the leaf hinge section.

Abstract: A hinge for motor vehicle hood, trunk lids or the like where a plurality of arms are connected by pivot-forming rivets and spacer rings are provided between the arms with at least one of the spacer rings being made of a thermoplastic material and the hinge being annealed after the setting of the rivet about which the thermoplastic spacer ring is located. As a result, prestressing of the thermoplastic spacer ring created by the rivet setting is relieved. Spacer rings are provided between the original head of each rivet and an adjacent one of said arms as well as at an opposite side of the adjacent arms. Furthermore, the thickness of the spacing ring located at the side of the adjacent arms opposite from the original rivet head is of a thickness approximately double that of the spacer ring that is located between the original rivet and said adjacent arm.

Abstract: In a hinge device for tiltable windows, the base plate of the sash portion is provided with a pivot pin journalled in a guide member which is connected to the base plate of the frame portion in such a manner as to be mainly translatorily displaceable in relation thereto, whereby the pin during the initial opening movement of the window is moved downwards and outwards in relation to the frame portion. The sash portion of the hinge is also provided with a guide pin which by co-operation with guiding members on the frame portion co-ordinates the tilting movement of the sash portion about the pivot pin with the movement of displacement of the pin with a view to obtain a sash movement allowing outer covering elements to be arranged with an efficient overlapping relationship in the hinge area. By maximum displacement of the pivot pin the guide pin clears the guiding members so that the sash is free to tilt further in the opening direction while a stop prevents a rearward displacement of the guide member.