Including Means To Move Hinged Members Patents (Class 16/242)
  • Patent number: 7550658
    Abstract: A front fallboard, a rear fallboard and a hinge connected between them form in combination a fallboard assembly connected between side arms of a piano cabinet by means of a pair of rotary connectors, and each of the rotary connectors includes a front metal plate connected to the side surface of the front fallboard, a rear metal plate connected to the bottom surface of the side art defining a recess and a rotary damper; since the recess is wider than the rear metal plate already combined with the rotary damper, the rear metal plate is movable on a virtual plane defined by a fore-and-aft direction and an up-and-down direction; while a worker is seeking the optimum positions of the rotary connectors, self-tapping screws keep the rear metal plates in the recesses so that the worker drives woodscrews into the side arms through main holes or auxiliary holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu Suzuki, Akira Nakamura, Akio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7530142
    Abstract: A hinge is provided for connecting two flap portions of a folding flap, and there is a gap between the flap portions. The hinge includes two hinge portions, each of which can be fixed to a flap portion. At least one of the hinge portions which is mounted displaceably with respect to a mounting plate is held in a first position by a force-exerting holding device and is movable into a second position after the force is overcome and the holding device is released or unlatched, with the gap between the flap portions being increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Sutterlütti, Helmut Fitz
  • Patent number: 7516516
    Abstract: A three-dimension adjustable hidden furniture door hinge is designed to include a travel member that can be fixed onto the door, an adjustable member that can be fixed onto the door frame and an arm segment connects these two members, the adjustable member includes three tiers of boards, a base board in the lower tier can be fixed onto a door frame, a middle board in the middle tier that can slide up and down on top of the base board, and an adjustable board in the upper tier on top of the middle board that can slide back and forth; there are matching grooves and directional tabs formed on the boards; three cam screws are used to provide up-down, back-forth, and left-right position adjustment, there is no need to loosen up other screws, the entire adjustment process is simple, quickly and energy saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Inventor: Zhiyong Wu
  • Publication number: 20090044376
    Abstract: A panel (10) for a modular bulk container is described. The panel (10) has a frame (16) and a door (18) pivotally attached to the frame (16) by a hinge (20). The hinge (20) is extendable from a portion of the frame (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventor: Roger Nolan
  • Patent number: 7490385
    Abstract: A position-adjustable base for furniture hinges comprises a base body superposed on a fastening plate. The base body in turn comprises means designed for fitting of a hinge wing and has a pair of opposite side flanges. Each flange has a slot for sliding fastening which is elongated in the adjusting direction of the base, and the fastening plate has a corresponding through hole appearing in the area under the slot to be passed through together with the latter by a screw for fastening of the base to the piece of furniture and to enable sliding of the base body on the fastening plate in said adjusting direction with the screw head bearing on side edges of the corresponding slot. The holes in the fastening plate are surrounded by a raised collar entering the slot and constituting a rest for the head of the corresponding screw when the screw is tightened. Thus a pre-established sliding-resisting force can be obtained, irrespective of the tightening force of the screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Inventor: Carlo Migli
  • Publication number: 20090019667
    Abstract: An adjusting device for furniture parts includes an eccentric disk rotationally mounted on a first furniture part. The eccentric disk has, on its periphery, two eccentric surfaces which are axially offset from each other, extend in opposite directions with the same slope, and which interact with two opposite abutment surfaces that are axially offset from each other. Both abutment surfaces are formed on a housing that accommodates the eccentric disk and are joined to a second furniture part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Publication number: 20080307606
    Abstract: A hinge (3, 3?) with a frame part (4, 204) and a door part (5), which door part exhibits a holding box (8, 8?) for installation on a door (1) or equivalent, and a hinge leaf (7, 207) that is detachably attachable to the box, which box comprises a lateral recess (19) for the hinge leaf, and a receiving part (20, 20?, 220) for the hinge leaf present inside the box. In order to permit the simple and reliable lateral adjustment of the door and its simple installation and removal and the positive fixing of the position of the hinge leaf in the receiving part, the box (8, 8?) is capable of being caused to move relative to the receiving part (20, 20?) by the actuation from the outside of an adjustment device (32) for the purpose of providing lateral adjustment of the box and the door in the plane of the door, perpendicular to the axis (A) of the hinge, and the hinge comprises a spring-actuated snap element (39, 239) for the detachable attachment of the position of the hinge leaf (7, 207) in the receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ASSA AB
    Inventor: Benny Karlsson
  • Patent number: 7441308
    Abstract: Watertight closure of an opening within a wall, under manually controlled displacement of a door panel, is enhanced by pivotal mounting of the door panel on the wall by vertically spaced hinge assemblies each of which is more readily assembled from a minimal number of components including upper and lower hinge pads fixed to the wall, a single hinge pin supported on the upper hinge pad and extending downwardly therefrom through the lower hinge pad and an end portion of a hinge blade fixed to the door panel. Flanged bushings are inserted into the upper and lower hinge pads through which the hinge pin extends. Also positioned within the end portion of the hinge blade through which the hinge pin extends is a flanged bushing having a horizontally elongated hole formed, therein through which the hinge pin extends so as to allow limited horizontal displacement thereof relative to the wall. The bottom flange of the hinge blade bushing is spaced by a pair of washers from the flange of the lower hinge pad bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Constantine V. Pappas
  • Patent number: 7346959
    Abstract: A hinge for a door is disclosed. The hinge comprises a receiver assembly having a slot, a door leaf having a retaining spring biased away from the door leaf, the door leaf being dimensioned for insertion into the slot and a retaining device associated with the receiver assembly for releasably engaging the retaining spring to releasably retain the door leaf in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventor: George E. Heid
  • Patent number: 7331085
    Abstract: A horizontally adjustable hinge is disclosed. The hinge comprises a base member having a slot and a chemical generally perpendicular to the slot, an adjustment nut disposed in the channel, the adjustment nut having a generally circumferential recess and a threaded axial bore, the adjustment nut being rotationally fixed within the channel, a screw threadably engaged in the threaded axial bore and axially fixed relative to the base member and a leaf for insertion into the slot. The leaf has a slot dimensioned to receive the circumferential recess, wherein rotation of the screw moves the adjustment nut axially in the channel, thereby moving the leaf in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventor: George E. Heid
  • Publication number: 20080028573
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a first body, a second body and an adjustment assembly. The second body is mounted on a base and pivotally connected to the first body. The adjustment assembly, disposed on the base and contacting one of the first body and the second body, is for adjusting a position of the second body relative to the base. A scanning apparatus using the hinge device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Shen-Chung Tsai, Chi-Yao Chen
  • Patent number: 7257864
    Abstract: An improved shoe for a casement window hinge is disclosed. The hinge has a base with a front end and a rear end and two sides. The base has a ridge on the rear end for securing the base to a track and a tongue extending from one of the sides. The tongue has a plurality of teeth extending from a side of the tongue. A gear wheel is adapted to be rotatably secured to a track. The gear wheel has a plurality of teeth about its circumference which mesh with the teeth on the tongue. The rotation of the gear wheel causes the base of the hinge to move longitudinally in relation to the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventors: Luke K. Liang, Tong Liang
  • Patent number: 7059020
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hinge for doors and similar construction components. The hinge can be installed in a recess of a door frame, whereby the recess receives the hinge completely when the door is closed. In this way, the hinge will be completely invisible when the door is closed, and also inaccessible from the outside. This means that the hinge offers increased resistance against break-ins as well as an improved aesthetic appearance. In order to minimize the size of the required recess, the hinge flap that is nearest to the door frame incorporates a flat-angled curved profile, while the hinge flap (3) that is nearest to the door has a profile that encloses the hinge axis (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Inventor: Harald Sitter
  • Patent number: 7055214
    Abstract: An anti-sag hinge (10) is disclosed which includes a mounting flange (12), a strap assembly (15) and a cover plate (17). The strap assembly includes a top flange (18), a bottom flange (19) and a strap (25) extending between the top flange and bottom flange. The strap has an inner surface (30) defines a plurality of raised or serrated edges (30)a and three elongated openings (36). The mounting flange includes a back surface (71) which has an elongated recess (77) with an exterior facing wall surface or floor (82) that has a texture of raised or serrated edges (84). Three elongated openings (87) extend through the mounting flange. The hinge further includes a strap assembly adjustment plate (100) configured to fit against the inner surface of the strap. The strap assembly adjustment plate has three countersunk round openings (102) there through. The mounting flange adjustment plate (101) is configured to fit against the exterior facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Kason Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Burl Finkelstein
  • Patent number: 7017231
    Abstract: A hinge is to be used for a piece of furniture with a frame and with a door wing secured to the frame. The hinge has a bedplate to be fitted to the frame, which bedplate carries an intermediate piece and a hinge arm. Furthermore, a joint-adjustment screw and a device for the depth adjustment of the hinge arm are provided. In one of the bedplate, intermediate piece, and hinge arm, a rotatable part is housed for the height adjustment of the hinge arm relative to the bedplate. The intermediate part and/or the hinge arm is able to be moved relative to the bedplate via the rotatable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Herbert Isele
  • Patent number: 6971142
    Abstract: Mounting plate (10) which can be fixed on the supporting wall of the carcass of a piece of furniture for adjustably retaining the bracket of a furniture hinge, wherein the said mounting plate has a flat base plate (12) with wing projections (22), which project from opposing long edges and in each of which at least one through hole (28) for a fixing screw is provided, and an elongate bracket retaining part (16) projecting from the base plate (12) between the wing projections (22). The base plate (12) is provided in its underside facing the carcass supporting wall with a flat recess of large surface area in which a planar adjusting plate with a thickness substantially equal to the internal depth of the recess is adjustably disposed so as to be movable in at least one co-ordinate direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co.KG.
    Inventor: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 6925682
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet hinge with an adjusting device that is directly or indirectly on the cabinet side, a single or multi-part mounting plate stored hinge arm, that is connected jointed with a door-side stop part, so that the adjusting device has a side adjusting screw that, by means of which the hinge arm's position is adjustable parallel to the mounting plate to the depth adjustment of the door, and has a depth adjusting screw by which the hinge arm's position is adjustable parallel to the mounting plate to the door's depth adjustment, wo that the depth adjustment screw is held directly or indirectly swiveling and non-shifting on the hinge arm, and has a control component that has at least one eccentric disk that has at least one partially cone-type adjusting surface that is supported on contact surfaces of the mounting plate and by turning the side adjusting screw, a side adjustment and, at the same time, a shifting of the hinge arm activates somewhat in the direction of its longitudinal axis r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mueller, Markus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 6922874
    Abstract: A system for covering and closing off a housing of an electronic microdevice with a cover plate that extends over a mostly level surface of a faceplate of the housing. Rotary or pivoting hinges are provided to allow the cover plate to be lifted off of the surface of the faceplate while maintaining the cover plate essentially parallel to the faceplate. The system may be used for closing off a hearing-aid housing, an FM receiver housing or other housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventor: Bruno Gabathuler
  • Patent number: 6918158
    Abstract: A hinge (2) is used for furniture having a frame (3) and with a door wing (1) secured to the frame (3). The hinge (2) has a bedplate (5) to be fitted to the frame (3), which bedplate carries a hinge arm (7), and a joint-adjustment screw (24). The hinge arm (7) is provided directly on the bedplate (5), the bedplate (5) and the hinge arm (7) being connected to each other by a common axle (22). Furthermore, the hinge arm (7) is able to be tilted relative to the bedplate (5) by the joint-adjustment screw (24), which is held in the hinge arm (7). The hinge arm (7) is able to be moved in the direction of the depth of the item of furniture by means of an eccentric (37) or a spiral disk (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Herbert Isele
  • Patent number: 6883204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge, preferably a furniture hinge, comprising a hinge arm which is pivotally connected, at one end, via a joint axle to a hinge part and, at the other end, via holding means to a base element, preferably to a base plate. Provision is made in accordance with the invention for the holding means to comprise a first eccentric adjustment, preferably retained by friction, for displaceable holding which allows a displacement parallel to the joint axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 6880205
    Abstract: A hinge for anchoring a door leaf (2) to a frame (1) of an item of furniture has a base plate (5) that may be secured to the frame (1) and an intermediate piece (3) on which there is mounted a hinge arm (4) connected to a hinge pot (8) that may be secured to the door leaf (2) by way of at least one articulating pin (9). An adjusting and/or fixing mechanism is provided by means of which the hinge arm (4) may be fixed in different positions on the intermediate piece (3). The intermediate piece (3) is provided with a bracket (15) that has lateral marginal projections (15?) and is punched out of the intermediate piece (3). The hinge arm (4) has a region that is C-shaped in cross-section. Inwardly directed projections (7) of this region reach behind the marginal projections (15?) of the bracket (15), as a result of which the hinge arm (4) is anchored to the bracket (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Rupprechter
  • Patent number: 6862858
    Abstract: For securing a fitting to any point of an extruded section by a clamping device, the extruded section has two spaced apart parallel webs between which a holding part of the fitting can be inserted which is supported on the edge faces of the webs facing one another. The holding part has support flanges which can contact the outer sides of the webs. The holding part is provided with at least one bore in which a pin carrying the clamping element is rotatably held such that as a result of its turning the clamping element engages at the inner sides of the webs and tensions the support flanges against the outer sides of the webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 6845544
    Abstract: A hinge for articulating a door to a frame of a piece of furniture includes a base plate mounted on the frame. The base plate bears a hinge arm to which a hinge boss is articulated by a hinge pin. An intermediate member is positioned between the hinge arm and the base plate. The base plate, the intermediate member and the hinge arm are connected by a pin. The intermediate member is tiltable with respect to the base plate by virtue of an adjustment screw, and the hinge arm is linearly moveable on the intermediate member in a direction of the depth of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Claus Hofer
  • Patent number: 6785935
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a hinge device for camera-equipped mobile phones, and a mobile phone having such a hinge device. The hinge device allows the fold of a mobile phone to be automatically opened or closed relative to the main body, and allows automatic rotation of a digital camera of the phone. The hinge device includes a fixed hinge part (130), a rotary hinge part (110), a power generating means provided in the fold to generate a rotating drive force, an internal rotor (106) provided in the rotary hinge part, a camera (104) provided in the internal rotor, a rotation stop means for stopping rotation of the internal rotor and rotating the rotary hinge part using the rotating drive force, and a power transmission means connected to both the power generating means and the fixed hinge part to selectively perform power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Sik Ahn, Hyung-Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 6782586
    Abstract: An Adjustable Reinforcing Hinge is disclosed. Also disclosed isa hinge that replaces a broken or otherwise damaged door hinge. The reinforcing hinge is easily adjusted once installed in order to achieve superior alignment between the door and door jam. The hinge is further dimensioned so as to simplify the initial locating and mounting of the hinge on the door and door frame. The process for installing the reinforcing hinge includes the use of the specially-dimensioned elements of the hinge to also act as alignment guides during the location and installation of the reinforcing hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventor: James Reppert
  • Patent number: 6760955
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for the fastening of a fitting, preferably the support arm of the hinge, to a panel of a piece of furniture or the like and formed of a base plate fastenable to the panel, for example, by dowels or screws. The fitting or a part connected thereto can be fastened to the base plate. More particularly, the base plate and the fitting are provided, on one end thereof, with protrusions and/or bends which can be hooked together and on opposite end regions, with a device for interlocking the base plate and fitting together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 6757938
    Abstract: Hinge for an opening door or window frame including a first and a second knuckle part connected together by a pin and assembled so as to allow adjustment between the first and second knuckle parts in a direction parallel to and in a direction perpendicular to the general plane of the door or window, respectively. For the purposes of adjustment perpendicular to the plane of the door or window, a sleeve is provided which can be oriented inside the second knuckle part. The sleeve and the pin have surfaces that come into mutual axial contact and are spherical in shape. Spherical surfaces are also provided between the sleeve and a support which is screwed into the bottom of the second knuckle part in order to adjust the height of the first knuckle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: SAvio SpA
    Inventor: Aimone Balbo di Vinadio
  • Patent number: 6757939
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet hinge with an adjusting device that is directly or indirectly on the cabinet side, single or multi-part mounting plate stored hinge arm, that is connected jointed with a door-side stop part, so that the adjusting device has a side adjusting screw by means of which the hinge arm's position perpendicular to the mounting plate can be changed to the door's side adjustment. The side adjusting device has a side adjusting screw with at least one eccentric- or cam disks so that by turning the side adjusting screw, a side adjustment and, at the same time, a parallel shifting of the hinge arm relative to the mounting plate occurs, resulting in a correction of the door's depth adjustment for an amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mueller, Markus Albrecht, Remo Egger, Holger Wenzel, Johannes Haemmerle, Juergen Amann
  • Publication number: 20040103499
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet fitting, in particular a hinge, with integrated braking and damping device, including a fastenable hinge arm on a cabinet component and a fastenable hinge cup on another movable cabinet component that is connected by at least one articulated lever with the hinge arm. The invention is characterized by the driver plate, which can slide, is held in the hinge cup and can be operated directly or indirectly by the articulated lever and has held in the hinge cup at least one pivoting or swiveling brake plate moves turning, so that the brake plate has at least one brake surface that glides on at least one corresponding, fixed brake surface or, on one opposite the first brake surface, a second movable brake surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Remo Egger, Wolfgang Mueller
  • Patent number: 6739019
    Abstract: A mounting plate for attachment of a furniture fitting such as a hinge arm of a furniture hinge to a wall of a piece of furniture, includes a bottom plate having an end face intended for securement to an attachment surface of the wall; and a top plate configured for placement over the bottom plate and having throughholes for passage of screw fasteners and an adjustment member which is provided to allow displacement of the top plate relative to the bottom plate. The top plate has a central portion, which is in line with the end face of the bottom plate on the attachment surface, and a marginal area which is slightly set back relative to the attachment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Schnelle, Ulrich Beneke
  • Patent number: 6715180
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet hinge with a depth adjusting device for hinge arm held directly or indirectly on a cabinet-side, single- or multi-part mounting plate. A revolvable depth adjusting screw held in the mounting plate is provided in order to adjust the depth. A driver plate is connected with the hinge arm; whereby, the depth adjusting screw has adjusting elements that work together with corresponding adjusting surfaces on the driver plate in such a way that by turning the depth adjusting screw, the driver plate and the hinge arm are moved in relation to the mounting plate. The invention offers the advantage that with only turn, the depth adjusting screw can finely and delicately adjust the depth position of the hinge arm over its entire adjustment range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mueller, Markus Albrecht, Remo Egger, Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 6698062
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hinge, in particular a cabinet hinge with a baseplate that fastens to the cabinet body and a baseplate with a supporting adjusting plate than can be connected to the cabinet hinge, so that a secure fastening of the catch connection is provided. In order to attain a stabile connection that, at the same time, provides an easy assembly, the baseplate is formed in two parts—one lower part that fastens to the cabinet body and an upper part that tenses into the lower part. A height adjusting screw is provided to secure and vertically adjust the upper part on the lower part and has at least one eccentric or cam disks with an angle-dependent modification of the radius and whose eccentric or cam disk work together with at least one corresponding gliding cam of the upper part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Remo Egger, Wolfgang Mueller
  • Publication number: 20040034965
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet hinge with an adjusting device that is directly or indirectly on the cabinet side, a single or multi-part mounting plate stored hinge arm, that is connected jointed with a door-side stop part, so that the adjusting device has a side adjusting screw that, by means of which the hinge arm's position is adjustable parallel to the mounting plate to the depth adjustment of the door, and has a depth adjusting screw by which the hinge arm's position is adjustable parallel to the mounting plate to the door's depth adjustment, wo that the depth adjustment screw is held directly or indirectly swiveling and non-shifting on the hinge arm, and has a control component that has at least one eccentric disk that has at least one partially cone-type adjusting surface that is supported on contact surfaces of the mounting plate and by turning the side adjusting screw, a side adjustment and, at the same time, a shifting of the hinge arm activates somewhat in the direction of its longitudinal axis r
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mueller, Markus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 6694567
    Abstract: This invention relates to hinges for mounting a door on a furniture article frame. The hinges include at least a hinge cup member adapted to be affixed to the furniture door, a top hinge arm segment pivotably connected to the hinge cup member and comprising a top elongated aperture and two tabs, and an L-shaped hinge arm segment comprising at least a circular aperture, a center hole and two grooves. A base hinge arm segment comprising an elongated center hole, a circular aperture and an upper flange may also be used with the top hinge arm segment and the L-shaped hinge arm segment to allow adjustments to be made in a third direction. In some embodiments, turning a cam or eccentric screw allows adjustments to be made horizontally from side-to-side so that the desired spacing of the door from opposite sides of the door opening can be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Manfred Peer, Todd Booker
  • Patent number: 6647591
    Abstract: This invention relates to hinges for mounting a door on a furniture article frame. The hinges include at least a hinge cup member adapted to be affixed to the furniture door and a top hinge arm segment pivotably connected to the hinge cup member and having a top center hole and a top elongated aperture with one end open to the top center hole. Various intermediate hinge arm segments and base hinge arm segments can be used with the top hinge arm segment to allow adjustments to be made in two or three directions. In some embodiments, turning an adjustment screw allows adjustments to be made horizontally from side-to-side so that the desired spacing of the door from opposite sides of the door opening can be set. In some embodiments, turning a cam screw allows adjustments to be made horizontally in-and-out so that the desired alignment of the door with the front face of the furniture article frame can be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Grass America Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Manfred Peer
  • Patent number: 6643896
    Abstract: There is provided an improved connecting member for use in connecting a sash support arm and a sash arm in a hinge assembly for a casement window, the connecting member having a cylindrical stud portion which extends through a sash arm cylindrical aperture and a cylindrical shaft extending from the cylindrical stud portion, the cylindrical shaft being eccentric with respect to the stud portion and extending through to a sash support arm opening, the cylindrical shaft having a recess formed therein designed to receive a tool to prevent rotational movement of the connecting member to thereby permit change of a sash support arm pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Germain Carrier
  • Patent number: 6643895
    Abstract: This invention relates to hinges for mounting a door on a furniture article frame. The hinges include at least a hinge cup member adapted to be affixed to the furniture door, a top hinge arm segment pivotably connected to the hinge cup member and comprising a top elongated aperture and two tabs, and an L-shaped hinge arm segment comprising at least a circular aperture, a center hole and two grooves. A base hinge arm segment comprising an elongated center hole, a circular aperture and an upper flange may also be used with the top hinge arm segment and the L-shaped hinge arm segment to allow adjustments to be made in a third direction. In some embodiments, turning a cam or eccentric screw allows adjustments to be made horizontally from side-to-side so that the desired spacing of the door from opposite sides of the door opening can be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Grass America Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Manfred Peer, Todd Booker
  • Patent number: 6622343
    Abstract: A hinge for connecting a door to a piece of furniture with a frame includes a base plate mounted on the frame. The base plate bears a hinge arm to which a hinge boss is connected by a hinge pin. The base plate is fixed to the frame by a fixing screw. The base plate is provided with a bridge spanning the hinge arm, and an adjustment device is provided for adjusting the position of the hinge arm on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Rupprechter
  • Patent number: 6622345
    Abstract: A simple and inexpensive hinge system or mechanism that may apply to the front panel or door so as to obtain an easy access to the inside without making the mechanism much more complicated or expensive. The hinge mechanism for a front panel or door is hingedly connected to an enclosure (or cabinet case) and comprises an axis (or shaft) and an axis supporting member having an opening that supports the axis at a first position for door swinging, at a second position for holding the door in a certain state, and at an intermediate position for the axis moving with or without any turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hoshizaki America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Jeremy L. Neill, Christopher L. Kight
  • Patent number: 6615452
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet hinge with an adjusting device that is directly or indirectly on the cabinet side, single or multi-part mounting plate stored hinge arm, that is connected jointed with a door-side stop part, so that the adjusting device has a side adjusting screw by means of which the hinge arm's position perpendicular to the mounting plate can be changed to the door's side adjustment. The side adjusting device has a side adjusting screw with at least one eccentric- or cam disks so that by turning the side adjusting screw, a side adjustment and, at the same time, a parallel shifting of the hinge arm relative to the mounting plate occurs, resulting in a correction of the door's depth adjustment for an amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mueller, Markus Albrecht, Remo Egger, Holger Wenzel, Johannes Haemmerle, Juergen Amann
  • Patent number: 6557211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening plate to fasten a hinge arm of a furniture hinge to a carrier wall consisting of an elongated base plate having at least two boreholes to receive fastening elements, of a cover plate covering the base plate at least in part and being guided in a transversely displaceable manner thereon, and of an eccentric to displace the cover plate with respect to the base plate. In accordance with the invention, the base plate has in the region of its boreholes, which serve to receive fastening elements, collar-like edges which connect to tang-like extensions. The collar-like edges penetrate elongate apertures provided in the cover plate and the tang-like extensions are bent down with respect to the collar-like edges so that they overhand the lateral edges of the elongate apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 6523225
    Abstract: A hinge arm mounting including a match member for engaging a hinge arm and creating a disassembling connection with the latter and a fastening member for mating the match member with their position in relation to each other being adjustable in a direction transverse to a main axis of the hinge arm so that the latter is indirectly fastened to a furniture wall member. The fastening member is placed crosswise to and onto the match member, the former being superimposed on the latter in a middle section of the length of the match member. An eccentric disk member for adjusting the position of the match member in relation to the fastening member in a direction transverse to the main axis of the hinge arm is arranged in a point of intersection of these two members. In their cross-sections, the match member is U-shaped and the fastening member is &OHgr;-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Lama D.D. Okovje-Montazni Sistemi-Oeodja-Trgovina
    Inventor: David Pe{haeck over (c)}ar
  • Patent number: 6513194
    Abstract: An adjustment assembly enables lateral adjustment of the position of a pivot connection of a first member relative to a second member in a window assembly having a first member, a second member, and a rotatable pivot-mounting element. The pivot-mounting element includes a first pivot-mounting section with a first pivot axis operatively connected to the first member and a second pivot-mounting section operatively connected to the second member. The second pivot-mounting section has a second pivot axis that is generally parallel to and offset from the first pivot axis. An engager section is located intermediate the pivot-mounting sections. Finally, a locking member is provided to cooperate with the engager section and is movable relative to the engager section between a retention position and a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Caldwell Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Peter W. Harkins, Patrick E. Milligan, E. Erik Timothy
  • Patent number: 6484363
    Abstract: An adjustable two piece hinge having a first hinge member for attachment to a wall surface and a second hinge member attachable to a door. The device is adjustable by rotating the hinge pin which communicates thorough two off-center cooperating apertures communicating axially through two body bushings located inside the second hinge member. Rotating the hinge pin rotates the circular body bushings inside the second hinge member thereby translating the second hinge member around the center axis of said first hinge member and toward and away from the first hinge member due to the eccentric formed by the off center apertures inside of a circular bushing. The device can optionally be supplied with a kit featuring a plurality of different body bushings having the off center apertures a different distance off center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: Stanley Chung
  • Patent number: 6470531
    Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door on a furniture article frame includes a first hinge member adapted to be affixed to the furniture door and a first hinge arm segment pivoted to the first hinge member and having a first adjustment plate with an aperture and a second hinge member having a second hinge arm segment having a second adjustment plate with an aperture. Turning an adjustment screw connecting the adjustment plates to one another causes the second hinge arm segment to move relative to the first hinge arm segment in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis and parallel to the door in a closed position thereof. A base plate adapted to be affixed to the furniture article frame by a fastening screw supports a movable plate formed on the second hinge member. Turning an eccentric mounted in the base plate causes the movable plate to be displaced on the base plate in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis and perpendicular to the door in a closed position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Manfred Peer
  • Patent number: 6460219
    Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door on a furniture article frame includes a first hinge member adapted to be affixed to the furniture door and a first hinge arm segment pivoted to the first hinge member and having a first adjustment plate with an aperture and a second hinge member having a second hinge arm segment having a second adjustment plate with an aperture. Turning an adjustment screw connecting the adjustment plates to one another causes the second hinge arm segment to move relative to the first hinge arm segment in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis and parallel to the door in a closed position thereof. A movable plate formed on the second hinge member and a base plate which supports the movable plate are adapted to be affixed to the furniture article frame by a fastening screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Manfred Peer
  • Patent number: 6442798
    Abstract: A hinge for connecting a door to a piece of furniture with a frame includes a base plate mounted on the frame. The base plate bears a hinge arm to which a hinge boss is connected by a hinge pin. The base plate is fixed to the frame by a fixing screw. The base plate is provided with a bridge spanning the hinge arm, and an adjustment device is provided for adjusting the position of the hinge arm on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Rupprechter
  • Publication number: 20020108212
    Abstract: There is provided an improved connecting member for use in connecting a sash support arm and a sash arm in a hinge assembly for a casement window, the connecting member having a cylindrical stud portion which extends through a sash arm cylindrical aperture and a cylindrical shaft extending from the cylindrical stud portion, the cylindrical shaft being eccentric with respect to the stud portion and extending through to a sash support arm opening, the cylindrical shaft having a recess formed therein designed to receive a tool to prevent rotational movement of the connecting member to thereby permit change of a sash support arm pivot access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Germain Carrier
  • Patent number: 6430776
    Abstract: A low cost and long lasting hinge mechanism suitable for hinging a cover to a housing of a device is disclosed. The hinge mechanism has a pair of pins attached to the cover and a corresponding pair of apertures on the housing. The pins fit into the apertures to hinge the cover to the housing to allow the cover to be tilted from a closed position to an open position. The aperture has a first portion and a second constricted portion. A pivoting point is provided on a tab on the housing. A corresponding cam-profiled section is provided on the cover for interacting with the pivoting point to urge the pin into the corresponding constricted portion of the aperture for securing the cover in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Yeow Paul Tan, Shyh Lai Long, Kwok Nan Philip Loh
  • Patent number: 6397432
    Abstract: Hinge for an opening door or window frame including a first and a second knuckle parts connected together by a pin, the arrangement being such as to allow adjustment between the first and second knuckle parts independently parallel to, and at right angles to, the general plane of the door or window. Adjustment parallel to the door or window is by means of a cam integral with the pin and engaged in the cavity of the first knuckle part. The cam and the cavity have surfaces of mutual contact formed in such a way that rotation of the causes a movement of relative translation only between the first and second knuckle parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Savio S.p.A.
    Inventor: Aimone Balbo di Vinadio