Patents Assigned to Arturo Salice S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 8214973
    Abstract: A furniture hinge has a first and a second equalizers connecting to a box-shaped body and a hinge arm, the first equalizer being pivoted to the box-shaped body through a first pin and to the hinge arm through a second pin, the second equalizer being pivoted to the box-shaped body through a third pin and to the hinge arm through a fourth pin, a flexure spring being wound around a pin fixed to the hinge arm and having a first spring arm abutting against the hinge arm and a second spring arm abutting against a control cam formed on the first equalizer, a contact surface between the control cam and the second spring arm, during the rotation or the hinge the contact surface moving along both the profile of the control cam and the profile of the second spring arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20120110914
    Abstract: A decelerating device (1) comprises a cylinder (2) filled with a fluid, a bushing (3) for the closure of the cylinder (2) traversed by a rod (4) sliding in the cylinder (2), and a piston (5) guided to slide inside the cylinder (2) and fitted with means (7) for the calibrated through passage of the fluid, the piston (5) is separate from the rod (4) and there are also first elastic means (8) for the movement of the piston (5) in the direction of extraction from the cylinder (2) and second elastic means (9) independent of the first elastic means (8} for the movement of the rod (4) in the direction of extraction from the cylinder (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20110254416
    Abstract: The self-closing and opening device (1) particularly of a movable furniture part (103) comprises a fixed guide (8) having a supporting body (2) in which a first slider (3) can slide reversibly along a sliding axis (100) in opposition to and through the action of first elastic means (5), the first slider (3) being engageable with first driving means (106) present on a driving element (6) which slides reversibly in the direction of the sliding axis (100), the supporting body (2) comprising first movement means (4) for movement of the first slider (3) suitable to engage with guide means (12, 13) of the first slider (3), so as to release it from the driving means (106), also provided with a mechanical or elastically yielding stop (9, 120) against which the first slider (3) rests directly or indirectly before it engages with the guide means (12,13) in the first movement means (4) the driving element (6) being then pushed by an ejector (20) generating an initial opening movement of said movable furniture part (103)
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Arturo Salice S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20110248130
    Abstract: In the device structure with adaptor for fixing of the same to a base for fixing a hinge to a piece of furniture, the adaptor comprises a longitudinal box-shaped element to accommodate the device and means projecting laterally from the box-shaped element for fixing the box-shaped element laterally to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8006580
    Abstract: A lifting device is provided for a two-leaf folding flap whose upper leaf is hinged to a top wall or partition wall of a carcass around a horizontal first axis and whose lower leaf is pivotally connected to the upper leaf around a second axis parallel to the first axis. The lifting device has at least one two-armed lever which is pivotally mounted to a side carcass part around a horizontal pivot axis and whose longer arm is hingedly connected to the lower leaf, and at least one hinge arm which hingedly connects the leaves and is respectively fastened in hinge cups arranged in the leaves. The hinge arm is adjustable with respect to a hinge cup via a first eccentric device in one direction and via a second eccentric device in another direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7966695
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge, preferably a furniture hinge, comprising a hinge arm which is pivotably supported on a joint axle which is non-displaceably held in a cup-shaped hinge part and which is provided with a tongue projecting beyond the joint axle or with a cam eccentric with respect to the joint axle or with a control edge which slide on a leaf spring whose one end region is held at the pivotable hinge part and which generates a closing torque in the closing region. In accordance with the invention, the leaf spring has at least two portions of different widths, with the at least one narrower portion of the leaf spring passing through a center recess of the hinge arm, with a tongue being cut from the lower edge of said recess. The at least one wider portion of the leaf spring is pressed against the base of the hinge cup by a transversely extending pin and thus fixedly held by a transversely extending pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7917995
    Abstract: Furniture hinge with alternative damping and/or braking device with respect to those existing and able to guarantee a better functional efficiency during closing and opening operation of the doors, or other parts of furniture, even after long periods of inactivity of the same device. The better efficiency of such hinge is also obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous means present in suitable areas of the hinge and by allowing the regulation of the angular velocity trend of a circular shaped element, for example a disk, that acts as a braking element in contact with the viscous means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7874043
    Abstract: Furniture hinge with damping and/or braking device in alternative to those already existing and capable of guaranteeing an improved efficiency during the closing and/or opening operation of doors, or other furniture parts, without any variations to the overall dimensions of standard hinges. The improved efficiency of the hinge is obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous medium present in suitable areas of the hinge and/or by allowing regulation of the trend of the angular velocities of one or more circular shaped elements, for example a disc, which act as braking elements in contact with the viscous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20110005035
    Abstract: The furniture hinge comprises a first and a second equaliser connecting, operatively to each other, a box-shaped body-adapted to be fixed to a door of the furniture and an arm of a hinge adapted to be fixed to a fixed element of the furniture, the first equaliser being pivoted to the box-shaped body through a first pin and to the hinge arm through a second pin parallel to the first pin, the second equaliser being pivoted to the box-shaped body through a third pin parallel to the first pin and the hinge arm through a fourth pin parallel to the first pin, further provided for also being a flexure spring for generating a force on the door during the rotation of the hinge, the flexure spring being wound around a pin fixed to the hinge arm and having a first arm abutting against the hinge arm and a second arm abutting against a control cam present on the first equaliser, further provided for being a contact surface between the control cam and the second arm, during the rotation of the hinge, moves both along the p
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7810212
    Abstract: Furniture hinge with damping device which is insertable into the box of the hinge and fixable therein before the box is assembled with the other components of the hinge. In this way the damping device is protected against external actions, such as impact or pressure that can damage or affect the functioning of the device, by the same box made of steel or of another rigid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7805809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge for furniture units with cornice, provided inside with a spring device suitable to produce a pushing force on the door in the opening direction, in such a way as to be coupled with a holding device, for example of the ratchet type, and avoid the use of handles or other grasping elements. This hinge, with a single pivot pin, has an elastic element or spring, of the flat or steel wire type, fixed in a box or furniture element integral with the door, capable of exerting a pushing force on a cam or projection analogous to the fixing arm of the hinge and disposed so as to obtain a moment in the opening direction. Advantageous variants include a cam constituted by a separate plastic element fixed to the arm of the hinge or by one or more tabs produced on the arm. Advantageously, the spring can exert the pushing force during opening directly on the box, on the back of the fixing arm or on the lateral ribs of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7757348
    Abstract: Furniture hinge with damping and/or braking device in alternative to those already existing and capable of guaranteeing an improved efficiency during the closing or opening operation of the doors, or other furniture parts, thanks to an improvement of the characteristics of rigidity and, simultaneously, elasticity of the means for transmitting motion from one of the rockers to the damping elements. The improved efficiency of this hinge is also obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous medium present in suitable areas of the hinge and by allowing regulation of the trend of the angular velocity of a circular shaped element, for example a disc, which acts as braking element in contact with the viscous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7730583
    Abstract: Furniture hinge with damping and/or braking device in alternative to those already existing and capable of guaranteeing an improved efficiency during the closing or opening operation of the doors, or other furniture parts, thanks to an improvement of the kinematic motion for transmitting motion from one of the rockers to the damping elements. The improved efficiency of this hinge is also obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous medium present in suitable areas of the hinge and by allowing regulation of the trend of the angular velocity of a circular shaped element, for example a disc, which acts as braking element in contact with the viscous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7533445
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes an arm for fastening to a piece of furniture, and a part for fastening to a door, where the items are joined by two rockers to form an articulated quadrilateral that allows rotation, and a V-shaped spring, placed near an end of a rocker, with an arm of the spring resting on the arm and the second arm of the spring resting on a protrusion or cam of the rocker to create a lever arm that compresses the spring producing a moment in the opening or closing direction of the door, depending on the shape the protrusion found on the rocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7497532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a carcass member, in particular a cupboard, a chest of drawers or the like, comprising a flap by which the carcass member can be closed and comprising a fitting which has a mounting panel and a support arm connected in its end region to the flap directly or indirectly, with the mounting panel being mounted on the outer side of a wall of the carcass member and with the support arm being pivotally arranged on the mounting panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20080276426
    Abstract: Furniture hinge with alternative damping and/or braking device with respect to those existing and able to guarantee a better functional efficiency during closing and opening operation of the doors, or other parts of furniture, even after long periods of inactivity of the same device. The better efficiency of such hinge is also obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous means present in suitable areas of the hinge and by allowing the regulation of the angular velocity trend of a circular shaped element, for example a disk, that acts as a braking element in contact with the viscous means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Arturo Salice S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20080209681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge, preferably a furniture hinge, comprising a hinge arm which is pivotably supported on a joint axle which is non-displaceably held in a cup-shaped hinge part and which is provided with a tongue projecting beyond the joint axle or with a cam eccentric with respect to the joint axle or with a control edge which slide on a leaf spring whose one end region is held at the pivotable hinge part and which generates a closing torque in the closing region. In accordance with the invention, the leaf spring has at least two portions of different widths, with the at least one narrower portion of the leaf spring passing through a center recess of the hinge arm, with a tongue being cut from the lower edge of said recess. The at least one wider portion of the leaf spring is pressed against the base of the hinge cup by a transversely extending pin and thus fixedly held by a transversely extending pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20080201904
    Abstract: Furniture hinge with damping and/or braking device in alternative to those already existing and capable of guaranteeing an improved efficiency during the closing or opening operation of the doors, or other furniture parts, thanks to an improvement of the characteristics of rigidity and, simultaneously, elasticity of the means for transmitting motion from one of the rockers to the damping elements. The improved efficiency of this hinge is also obtained by increasing the friction surfaces with a viscous medium present in suitable areas of the hinge and by allowing regulation of the trend of the angular velocity of a circular shaped element, for example a disc, which acts as braking element in contact with the viscous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Arturo Salice S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7340799
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adaptor for a braking deceleration device for doors or movable furniture parts, which essentially comprises a plunger which can be pushed into a housing against a braking force, with an adaptor body. According to the invention, the adaptor body comprises at least one accommodation recess for accommodating the housing of the braking deceleration device, and the adaptor body comprises suitable means by way of which it can be fixed to an attachment plate and via it to the frame or furniture carcass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 7328484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge comprising a moveable hinge section and a hinge section consisting of a fixed stop section, which are interconnected by at least one joint axis, and comprising a damping device mounted on one of the hinge sections whose translationally or rotatably moveable damping member is acted upon at least in the closure region of the hinge via gear means from the other hinge section. According to the invention for adjustment of the moveable damping member depending on the tilt of the moveable hinge section relative to the at least one joint axis, there is provided at least three moveable gear members are provided, of which one is the damping member itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice