Furniture hinge

Furniture hinge for hanging a door on a cabinet carcase whose door-side front face is narrowed by a frame formed of stick-like frame members reaching inward at right angles from the side walls and at least partially overlapping the inside of the door in the closed position, the hinge having a hinge arm of sheet metal which has a fastening plate which can be placed on the free edge face of a member of the frame remote from the side wall, has a width substantially corresponding to the width of the edge face of the frame member, bears the actual arm section coupled by a linkage to the hinge part attached to the door, and is provided with a slot running in the longitudinal direction of the edge face of the frame member, the width of the slot being substantially equal to the diameter of the shaft of the fastening screw, and at least one tab being created on the back edge of the fastening plate pointing into the cabinet interior which is bent substantially at right angles against the cabinet-interior face of the frame member, and an opening for the entry of the fastening screw is provided in the fastening plate, leading into the longitudinal slot and permitting the introduction into the longitudinal slot of the shaft of the fastening screw pre-installed in the frame member as long as the head of the pre-installed fastening screw is at a distance from the edge face of the frame member that is at most equal to the height of the bent tabs.

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Claims

1. Furniture hinge for hanging a door on a cabinet carcase whose door-side front face is narrowed by a frame formed of stick-like frame members reaching inward at right angles from the side walls and at least partially overlapping the inside of the door in the closed position,

the hinge comprising a hinge arm of sheet metal which has a fastening plate.Iadd.consisting of a single piece.Iaddend.for placement on a free edge face of a member of the frame remote from the side wall,.Iadd.the fastening plate having a bottom face being substantially within a single plane,.Iaddend.the fastening plate having a width substantially corresponding to the width of the edge face of the frame member, and bearing an arm section of the hinge arm, which arm section is coupled by a linkage to a hinge part formed for attachment to the door, the fastening plate being provided with a slot running in the longitudinal direction of the edge face of the frame member, the width of the slot being substantially equal to the diameter of a shaft of a fastening screw, and at least one tab being created on a bottom edge of the fastening plate oriented perpendicular to the plane of the fastening plate such that said tab points into the cabinet interior when the fastening plate is installed on the edge face, and such that said tab lies against the cabinet-interior face of the frame member, and an opening for the entry of the fastening screw is provided in the fastening plate, leading into the longitudinal slot and permitting the introduction into the longitudinal slot of the shaft of the fastening screw pre-installed in the frame member when the head of the pre-installed fastening screw is at a distance from the edge face of the frame member that is equal to or greater than the height of the bent tabs, the entry opening being a slot running at right angles to the longitudinal slot all the way to the bottom edge of the fastening plate, the width of the entry opening at least at the point of entry into the longitudinal slot being approximately equal to or slightly greater than the diameter of the shaft of the fastening screw.

5. Furniture hinge according to claim 4, in which a projection is provided in the transition of each of two parallel edges of the longitudinal slot into the pass-through openings..Iadd.6. Furniture hinge for hanging a door on a cabinet carcase whose door-side front face is narrowed by a frame formed of stick-like frame members reaching inward at right angles from the side walls and at least partially overlapping the inside of the door in the closed position,

the hinge comprising a hinge arm of sheet metal which has a fastening plate consisting of a single piece for placement on a free edge face of a member of the frame remote from the side wall, the fastening plate having a bottom face being substantially within a single plane, the fastening plate having a width substantially corresponding to the width of the edge face of the frame member, and bearing an arm section of the hinge arm, which arm section is coupled by a linking to a hinge part formed for attachment to the door,
the fastening plate being provided with a slot running in the longitudinal direction of the edge face of the frame member, the width of the slot being substantially equal to the diameter of a shaft of the fastening screw, and
at least one tab being created on a bottom edge of the fastening plate oriented perpendicular to the plane of the fastening plate such that said tab points into the cabinet interior and such that said tab lies against the cabinet-interior face of the frame member when the fastening plate is installed on the edge face, and
an opening for the entry of the fastening screw is provided in the fastening plate, leading into the longitudinal slot, and when the fastening screw is pre-installed in the edge face of the frame member at a distance from the edge face that is equal to or greater than the height of the bent tabs, permitting the introduction of the shaft of the fastening screw into the longitudinal slot,
the entry opening being a slot running at right angles to the longitudinal slot all the way to the bottom side of the fastening plate, the width of the entry opening at least at the point of entry into the longitudinal slot being approximately equal to or slightly greater than the diameter of the shaft of the fastening screw..Iaddend..Iadd.7. Furniture hinge according to claim 6, in which the entry slot flares at its mouth remote from the longitudinal slot in a margin of the fastening plate..Iaddend.
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Patent History
Patent number: RE36213
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 30, 1995
Date of Patent: Jun 1, 1999
Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager (Reinheim), Gerhard Lautenschlager (Brensbach-Wersau)
Primary Examiner: Chuck Y. Mah
Assistant Examiner: Donald M. Gurley
Law Firm: Londa and Traub LLP
Application Number: 8/565,068
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Having Interdigitated Surfaces Or Slot For Hinge-to-member Fastener (16/249)
International Classification: E05D 704;