Screw-operated Patents (Class 16/245)
  • Patent number: 7509708
    Abstract: A hinge for detachably anchoring a door to a frame of a piece of furniture includes a mounting and adjustment assembly mounted on the frame, a hinge cup attached to an arm and upper plate, and a locking mechanism attached to the upper plate. An embodiment of the mounting and adjustment assembly includes a base/mounting plate, an adjustment plate and a connecting plate. An embodiment of the locking mechanism is spring actuated to facilitate installation and removal of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: ATC Hardware Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Todd F. Radke, Ronald M. Hartt
  • Patent number: 7500286
    Abstract: A hinge, particularly for doors, having a support element (11, 12) for a hinge-pin (13), the support element having a hinge-plate (11) for installation in a door casing, and a lower sleeve (12) which is designed to support a hinge-pin (13). The hinge-pin (13) supports an upper sleeve (14), which is connected to an upper hinge-plate (15), for connection with the door leaf. On the hinge-pin (13) is arranged at lest one sleeve (23), particularly of a plastic material. The sleeve (23) has an axial hole (25), for a part (19) of the hinge-pin (13), where the hole (25) is eccentrically located in relation to the axis of the sleeve and to its outer surface, as the sleeve (23) is arranged to be pivotable in the accommodating sleeve (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventor: Ole Gunnar Soviknes
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20080209679
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable hinge is disclosed. The hinge comprises a housing for attachment to a first structure. The housing has a housing cavity and an opening into the cavity. The cavity has an upper portion, a lower portion and a retaining portion forming a channel defining the upper portion and the lower portion. The hinge further includes a first leaf extending through the cavity opening and into the cavity upper portion, threaded nut rotationally fixed to the first leaf, and an adjustment mechanism disposed in the housing cavity. The adjustment mechanism comprises a jack screw extending between the upper cavity portion and the lower cavity portion. The jack screw has a threaded portion threadably engaging the nut in the upper cavity portion and a geared portion disposed in the cavity lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Newell Operating Company
    Inventors: Gary M. Erickson, Scott J. Rote, Scott Zeeb, Todd K. Ellerton, Michael D. Smith
  • Patent number: 7350272
    Abstract: A hinge device where height adjustment, depth adjustment and side adjustment are permitted, wherein a hinge flap is adjustably supported by a rotatable pin with a polygonal flange, the hinge for side adjustment having an adjustable screw body fastened into the door frame for abutment with the rear side of the hinge, and where depth adjustment is provided by allowing a tongue on the hinge flap to form rotatable engagement with a double-headed adjusting screw that is insertable into the door frame parallel to the plane of the hinge flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Frip AB
    Inventor: Bror Fries
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20080052873
    Abstract: A horizontally adjustable hinge (10) includes a frame leaf (11) and a door leaf (14). A capturing member (16) receives the head (19a) of an adjustment screw (19). An adjusting hole (14e) allows access for a tool to rotate the adjustment screw (19), and thereby horizontally adjust the hinge (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Frank W. Campbell, Bror Fries
  • Patent number: 7334293
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable hinge is disclosed. The hinge comprises a housing for attachment to a first structure. The housing has a housing cavity and an opening into the cavity. The cavity has an upper portion, a lower portion and a retaining portion forming a channel defining the upper portion and the lower portion. The hinge further includes a first leaf extending through the cavity opening and into the cavity upper portion, threaded nut rotationally fixed to the first leaf, and an adjustment mechanism disposed in the housing cavity. The adjustment mechanism comprises a jack screw extending between the upper cavity portion and the lower cavity portion. The jack screw has a threaded portion threadably engaging the nut in the upper cavity portion and a geared portion disposed in the cavity lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventors: Gary M. Erickson, Scott J. Rote, Scott Zeeb, Todd K. Ellerton, Michael D. Smith
  • 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: 7293329
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable hinge is disclosed. The hinge comprises a wing having an internally threaded knuckle, the knuckle having a knuckle slot and a stop surface disposed along the knuckle slot, an adjustment screw threaded into the threaded knuckle, the adjustment screw having a stop tab positioned to travel along the knuckle slot as the adjustment screw travels in the threaded knuckle, wherein the stop tab engages the stop surface to prevent further travel of the adjustment screw in the threaded knuckle and a leaf having a post dimensioned for insertion in the knuckle and into engagement with the adjustment screw, wherein the position of the leaf relative to the wing is determined by the position of the adjustment screw relative to the knuckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventor: George E. Heid
  • Patent number: 7188390
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge is mounted on a doorframe, holds a glass door and has a stationary bracket and a clamp assembly. The stationary bracket is mounted securely on the doorframe and has a sliding actuator. The clamp assembly is mounted rotatably on the stationary bracket and has a first clamp assembly and a second clamp securely holding the glass door and two pairs of pivot pin clamp bolts. The first clamp assembly has a body, a pivot pin mounted rotatably through the stationary bracket and two pivot pin clamps securely holding the body on the pivot pin. The pivot pin clamp bolts securely hold the pivot pin clamps on the body of the first clamp assembly. The glass door is aligned with the doorframe by releasing the pivot pin clamp bolts and loosing the pivot pin clamps to align the sliding actuator and the pivot pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventor: Ko-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 7127777
    Abstract: A non-glass-cutting and adjustable hinge has a doorframe mount, a securing base, a spindle, a door bracket assembly, at least one positioning device and an adjusting assembly. The securing base is securely attached to the doorframe mount. The door bracket assembly is pivotally connected to the securing base with the spindle to attach to a glass panel and has a door bracket, two resilient plates, a pushing plate and multiple pushing bolts. The door bracket is constructed of a single body and has an engaging recess and multiple pushing threaded holes. The resilient plates are mounted inside the engaging recess and located respectively at two sides of the engaging recess. The pushing plate is mounted inside the engaging recess and abuts against one of the resilient plates. The pushing bolts are screwed respectively into the pushing threaded holes and push against the pushing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventor: Fanny Chiang
  • Patent number: 6978516
    Abstract: Apparatus for controlling various and different movements of a door, said apparatus having a door hinge assembly with a hinge pin having a plurality of bearing surfaces to reduce stress and wear on a hinge pin housing, a torque mechanism for pre-torquing and torquing a hinged door, a door leveling mechanism that operates at the top of the door while the door remains closed, and a semi-automated mechanism that holds the door 90 degrees open and releases the door for closing by said torque mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Commercial Display Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Fernando Calderon, Duane Beswick, Greg Pastor
  • 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: 6910373
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for generating repeatable closure of a volume measurement chamber are provided. More particularly, in one embodiment of the present invention, a dual articulating hinge is used to affix a chamber door to a volume measurement chamber, providing repeatable closure of a chamber door. In another embodiment of the invention, a laterally compliant magnetic latch is used to fasten a chamber door to a volume measurement chamber. In a third embodiment, a chamber door lid is mounted to a hinge bar via a ball joint, allowing the chamber door lid to self center about the chamber opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Life Measurement, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip T. Dempster, Mark Lowe
  • 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: 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: 6802106
    Abstract: A two-part adjustable hinge is provided that is used in place of a standard gate hinge on a fence. The nut with attached pin can be adjusted upon the threads of the bolt attached to the clamp to change distance between the post and the gate without installation of new materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Inventor: Edward Taglianetti
  • Publication number: 20040163213
    Abstract: A hinge (2) for furniture with 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 an intermediate piece (4) and a hinge arm (7). Furthermore, a joint-adjustment screw (24) and a device for the depth adjustment of the hinge arm (7) are provided. In one of the parts bedplate (5), intermediate piece (4), hinge arm (7), a rotatable part is housed for the height adjustment of the hinge arm (7) relative to the bedplate (5). The intermediate part (4) and/or the hinge arm (7) is able to be moved relative to the bedplate (5) via the rotatable part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventor: Herbert Isele
  • Patent number: 6766561
    Abstract: A frameless glass door hinge has a mounting device, an internal doorstop, an angle adjustment device and a hinge assembly. The adjusting device has a setscrew, an adjustment block and a lock with a striated front surface. The internal doorstop has coil springs, two holders, a stop rod with a central portion and a head. The head has detents and a striated surface. The hinge body has a right hinge leaf, a left hinge leaf and two rubber seals. The mounting device has a doorstop bracket, a bracket leaf and a central hinge pin. The doorstop bracket is mounted on the bracket leaf, and the head is mounted in doorstop bracket by a bushing and the central hinge pin. The central portion of the stop rod abuts a detent in the head, and the stop rod is securely mounted in the right hinge leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: Ko-Ming Cheng
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20040068840
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge may include a mounting plate, a door wing and a hinge arm. The hinge arm, which connects the door wing to the mounting plate, may include a slider portion and an alignment portion and a cam. The slider portion and the alignment portion, may be adapted to traverse relative to each other by the rotational movement of the cam. The alignment portion may include a one-piece alignment mechanism, having a base and a pair of walls, and may be adapted to align the slider portion to the alignment portion. The pair of walls may have upper portions, wherein the upper portions of the walls are angled toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Kurt R. Thomas, David R. Cress
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20040025293
    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: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 6618901
    Abstract: Angle adjustment arrangements for eyeglass temples are provided in which each arrangement comprises an end-piece of frame including a recess and an opening; a connection mechanism received in the recess and including first and second circularly shaped bifurcated ends and a first series of serrations on an inner wall of first circularly shaped bifurcated end; and a fastening mechanism received in the opening and including a second series of serrations formed on an inner shank; and a temple secured to the connection mechanism wherein a ridge of second series of serrations is interfitted into a space between adjacent ones of first series of serrations for pivotably securing connection and fastening mechanisms together, thereby allowing temple to be pivoted with respect to end-piece in an operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Chen Li Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tzu-Feng Wang-Lee
  • 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: 6532626
    Abstract: The invention concerns an adjustable hinge that connects two furniture/cabinet components (door and cabinet body) together by means of a cabinet hinge and baseplate. On the cabinet hinge is a spring snap mechanism and connected on it, a hinge arm. This is connected by an adjustment plate with the baseplate and between the hinge arm and adjustment plate, an adjustment screw is located to adjust the both (bilateral) distances. The adjustment screw is screwed through an enclosed elongated hole in the adjustment plate in a thread borehole in the hinge arm. According to the invention, the adjustment screw is designed as a set screw (thread pin), which has on its one end a device for a releasable coupling with a tool and on the other end has a plate with a larger diameter. The bottom surface side of the plate, thus, rests on the baseplate and on the plate's upper surface, the edge of the adjustment plate's elongated hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Muller, Markus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 6516494
    Abstract: A hinge is provided which includes a frame-side base member 41 adapted to be attached to an open frame 10 and a door-side base member 42 adapted to be attached to a door 20. The frame-side base member 41 is connected to a first plate 31 and the door-side base member 42 is connected to a second plate 32 which is hinge connected to the first plate 31, for holding the door 20 so as to be capable of rotating. The second plate 32 is separable from the door-side base member 42. The door-side base member 42 is shaped to be symmetrical about the vertical center line of the door edge, and is imbedded in the edge of the door 20 without any protrusions from the door 20. Further, the door-side base member 42 is provided with a slit 44 which penetrates the member 42 in the width direction of the door 20 and into which the second plate 32 can be inserted from both the front and back sides of the door 20. There is also provided a lock apparatus to lock the second plate 32 inserted into the slit 44.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Juken Sangyo
    Inventors: Yusho Nakamoto, Katsunori Sako, Kiminori Kubo
  • Patent number: 6463626
    Abstract: A hinge of the frame type for hinging of a door to the front frame of a piece of furniture, comprising a base (11) having a rest surface (17) to be fixed to the frame of a piece of furniture, an element (16) for fastening to the door and a wing (12) which is linked to the base by position-adjusting means (13, 14) and extends at the front of the hinge until an end carrying a pivotal mounting (15) for connection with the fastening element (16). The adjusting means (13, 14) comprises a rear element (14) for adjustment of the hinge depth and a front screw (13) for adjustment of the right-left alignment of the door. The rear region (31) of the hinge around which the inclination movement between the base and wing takes place is in a lower plane than the plane passing through the rest surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventors: Franco Ferrari, Carlo Migli
  • Patent number: 6446306
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a spacer for a hinge, the spacer being connected to a base plate and formed as an essentially U-shaped part of plate steel having legs provided with hooks on ends opposite the oblong hole. The bridging part of the spacer comprises, between the hooks, a resilient tongue having an actuating piece on the end side. The actuating piece is provided, in the region of the hooks, with a transverse flat flute. Journals or pins disposed at an end region of the legs of the hinge arm can be pushed in against the force of the resilient tongue in a manner such that the journals or pins are locked between the base of the hooks and one flank of the flat flute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 6266848
    Abstract: A hinge with adjusting devices has a hinge arm with a U-profile that can be secured to a base plate by an intermediate piece, and is connected to a hinge cup by articulated hinge links. The base plate has a mounting plane for abutting a furniture side wall in a mounted position. The position of the hinge arm is adjustable with respect to the base plate in a plane perpendicular to the mounting plane by means of an adjustment screw. Guides are provided for guiding the hinge arm in a direction of the depth of a piece of furniture when the position of the hinge arm is adjusted the adjustment screw. Two intermediate pieces are connected to the hinge arm before the hinge arm is mounted on the base plate. One intermediate piece is fixable to base plate by a spring locking mechanism, ad the other piece is slidably mounted on the first intermediate piece for slidable displacement in the direction of the depth of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Georg Fraccaro, Marco Rücker
  • Patent number: 6216316
    Abstract: There is provided a hinge design which includes: (1) an alignment edge along each leaf of the hinge for aligning the hinge during installation, (2) a tapered pin with a bulbous extremity for easier installation, (3) a cam device in the form of a threaded insert positioned in a leaf of the hinge for affecting the adjustment of the hinge to correct the hang of the door, and (4) a security tab for interlocking the leaves of the hinge to prevent removal of the door when the pin is pulled from the knuckles. As an alternative secure design, the hinge is formed with a flexible plastic region between the leaves to function in place of the knuckle/pin combination and thereby prevent separation of the leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Dominic R. Errichiello
  • Patent number: 6141830
    Abstract: An outset hinge has a shaft holding body which is adjustable in a sideways direction. The side direction of the shaft holding body is equal to front and back directions or sideways directions of the door fittings. Accordingly the outset hinge is easy to adjust through the door fittings in the forward and backward directions or sideways directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Shimooka
  • Patent number: 6032333
    Abstract: A hinge to mounted door on an article of furniture includes a base plate to be mounted on the article of furniture. An intermediate member is mounted on the base plate by a spring mechanism in the form of a tilting lever mounted on the intermediate member by a pivot and a spring biasing the tilting lever to pivot in a direction to lock the intermediate member on the base plate. A hinge arm is connected to the intermediate member for adjustment relative thereto. A mechanism to selectively adjust the hinge arm relative to the intermediate member in a direction longitudinally of the intermediate member includes plural projections on the intermediate member, the projections being spaced longitudinally of the intermediate member. Such mechanism further includes a disk rotatively mounted on the hinge arm and having an upper side to be engaged by an adjusting tool and a lower side having a cam in the form of a spiral web in engagement with the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 5970660
    Abstract: A pivotable door assembly has stiles and rails which are coupled by brackets having side walls defining a channel opening at the outer ends thereof. Pivot inserts are seated in the brackets on one side of said door and include a body member slidably seated in the channel and a pivot member rotatably seated in the body portion and extending outwardly of said open outer end of said bracket for engagement with the floor and ceiling. The pivot inserts include adjustable fasteners seated in the body member and cooperating with the bracket for adjusting the position of said pivot insert along the length of said channel and thereby the length of the pivot member extending outwardly of the bracket. The body member is comprised of a base element and a movable element which seats the pivot member and is horizontally adjustable. A cover is desirably snap fit over the brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventor: Kenneth Jacobs
  • Patent number: 5967586
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly and method for mounting a hinge strap of a deck lid to a vehicle body is disclosed. The assembly and method permit rapid adjustment of the deck lid to properly fit the vehicle body. The assembly includes a hinge box, a pivot pin, and an adjustment screw. The hinge box mounts to the vehicle body and has spaced apart sides. The sides of the hinge box are shaped to provide aligned adjustment slots formed on a tangent to an arc centered at substantially the deck lid striker. The pivot pin extends through the adjustment slots and is slidable therealong. The hinge strap has a proximal end for pivotal connection to the pivot pin. The adjustment screw extends within the hinge box and is connected thereto. The adjustment screw is threadingly engaged with the pivot pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: M & C Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, Robert W. Ladouceur
  • Patent number: 5933919
    Abstract: An adjustable door hinge including a pair of hinge plates, one for attachment to a door and one for attachment to a door jamb. Each of the hinge plates is provided along corresponding juxtapositioned vertical edges thereof with two or more vertically spaced and coaxially aligned tubular guides. At least two guides of one of the hinge plates is provided with internal threads. A threaded bolt extends through each of the tubular guides and threadedly engages the threaded guides of one of the hinge plates. In a preferred embodiment, the non-threaded tubular guides are provided with a rack of parallel teeth. Washers surround the bolt for disposition next to the racked tubular guides. One side of each washers is provided with a corresponding rack of parallel teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventors: Erik D. Miller, George T. Voiland
  • Patent number: 5920958
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge for mounting a door on a frame of a furniture article includes a hinge arm with a first end portion articulated to the first hinge and with a second end portion on which is formed an adjustment member with a threaded adjustment screw opening and a pair of opposing lateral edge portions with depending flanges, each having a recess with a forward end having an abutment surface and a rearward end having a hook. The hinge also includes a second hinge member having portions defining an adjustment screw opening and a pair of opposing lateral edge portions with upstanding flanges, each of which has a forward projection and a rearward projection. The rearward projection pivotably engages the hook of the recess in the depending flange of the adjustment member with the forward projection confronting the abutment surface of the recess of the depending ledge of the adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Andreas Moser
  • Patent number: 5887316
    Abstract: A single-pin furniture hinge of the box type comprises a first (11) and a second (12) fastening element designed to be fastened to two furniture parts to be hinged together and an arm (15) provided at one end with the first fastening element (11) and at the other end with hinging elements (16) for hinging it to the second fastening element (12) to achieve the articulation of the hinge. The arm (15) is composed of a first (19) and a second (20) part which reciprocally slide upon operation of adjusting screw (31) to enable adjustment of the reciprocal position of the two fastening elements (11, 12). The adjusting screw (31) having its axis coinciding with the direction of adjustment of the hinge and cooperating with said first (19) and second (20) part to achieve their reciprocal sliding upon rotation of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Franco Ferrari
    Inventors: Franco Ferrari, Carlo Migli
  • Patent number: 5873619
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly and method for using the same to adjust a cover relative to vehicle opening is disclosed. The adjustable hinge assembly includes a hinge box and an adjustable link pivotally connected to the hinge box about a first pivot axis. The adjustable link includes a mount defining a second pivot axis. The adjustable link may be pivoted relative to the hinge box to adjust the position of the second pivot axis relative to the hinge box. The hinge assembly may be used to mount a hinge strap and deck lid to a backshelf of a vehicle. Pivotally moving the adjustment link relative to the hinge box allows the deck lid to adjust relative to a deck lid opening in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Inventors: Randolph D. Lewkoski, Ronald D. McLeod
  • Patent number: 5826306
    Abstract: A sliding door center adjustable hinge includes a first hinge member having a pair of spaced walls with aligned hinge pin receiving apertures and a second hinge member including a bracket received between the spaced walls with predetermined clearance for vertical motion therebetween. The bracket includes hinge pin receiving apertures aligned with the apertures of said spaced walls. A hinge pin is received in the apertures and includes a threaded shank, a shoulder and a head engageable for rotation of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Faubert, Richard C. Kapes
  • Patent number: 5755011
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge including a first hinge member having a hinge sleeve and a second hinge member having a guide, with a door leaf coupled to the second hinge member and having at least one tab received within the guide for guiding movement therealong, the door leaf also coupled to the first hinge member and received within the hinge sleeve, allowing selective pivotal movement of the first hinge member relative to the second hinge member about a rotational axis extending in a vertical direction. The adjustable hinge features a vertical adjustment mechanism received within the hinge sleeve allowing selective movement of the first hinge member relative to the second hinge member in the vertical direction, and a horizontal adjustment mechanism within a cavity formed within the second hinge member with at least one tab of the door leaf is guidably moved along the guide, allowing selective movement of the first hinge member relative to the second hinge member in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Green, Scott J. Rote, Michael D. Smith, William T. DeBruyn, Thomas M. Wright
  • Patent number: 5713105
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable hinge which permits easy, small and precise vertical adjustments. The hinge includes a body, a first leaf and a second leaf. It should be noted that the hinge may be provided only as a body and a first leaf for retro-fitting on to an existing second leaf. The body includes a leaf cavity, an adjustment mechanism cavity and, where necessary, a window. The window extends from a face side of the body and communicates with the adjustment mechanism cavity. The adjustment mechanism cavity communicates with the leaf cavity. The leaf cavity is sized and dimensioned to receive a planer portion of the first leaf therein with additional space for vertical adjustment of the first leaf. An adjustment mechanism is provided in the form of an elongated jack screw having a head which engages a slot formed in the first leaf and a threaded portion which engages a fixed thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Lawrence Brothers Inc.
    Inventor: Mark H. Toomey
  • Patent number: 5711052
    Abstract: An adjustable window hinge having a stop bracket securable to the hinge track, a set bracket securable to the window frame adjacent the hinge track and an adjustable screw threaded through an upright wall of the set bracket to contact the stop bracket and control the position of the hinge track relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Truth Hardware Corporation
    Inventor: Robbin J. Delaske
  • Patent number: 5669105
    Abstract: Door hinge for adjustably mounting a door in a corresponding door frame includes a first support element having a first attachment device for fixedly connecting the first support element to the door frame, and a second support element having a substantially bolt-shaped second attachment device rotatably received in a radially extending through-hole formed in the second support element, the second attachment device having a threaded portion threadedly receivable in a respective internally threaded hole formed in the door, and being formed with an engagement device engageable by a tool for rotating the second attachment device, the second support element being formed with an internally threaded axial hole wherein a securing element for securing the second attachment device is rotatably disposed, a bolt element extending into an axially extending through-hole formed in the first support element and into an axially extending hole formed in the second support element for rotatably connecting the first and the seco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Inventor: Hartmut Depke
  • Patent number: 5584099
    Abstract: An adjustable gooseneck hinge (22) for supporting a vehicle closure member (20) includes an adjuster (60) having an adjuster strap pivotally supported by a pivotal connection (32) on a vehicle body mounted hinge member (26) and including a pin and elongated slot connection (64) that connects a first end (42) of a gooseneck strap (40) with the pivotal connection and the adjuster strap. An adjustable connection (65) of the adjuster (60) adjusts the spacing between the pivotal connection (32) and a curved gooseneck portion (48) of the gooseneck strap (40), that connects the first end thereof with a second end (44) thereof on which the closure member (20) is mounted. A second pin and elongated slot connection (66) is also provided between the adjuster strap (62) and the gooseneck strap first end (42) at a spaced location from the pivotal connection (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Midway Products Group, Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Westerdale
  • Patent number: 5555605
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for aligning a door includes a door plate and a jamb plate hingedly connected to the door plate. A backing plate is spaced from and adjustably connected to the jamb plate, the backing plate including an adjustable spacing device for adjusting the distance between a door frame member and the door jamb to which the alignment apparatus is mounted. The jamb plate and backing plate are adapted to be mounted on a door jamb such that the door jamb is positioned between the jamb plate and backing plate. An adjustable fastening device extends from the jamb plate through the door jamb and backing plate into an adjacent door frame member for securing the alignment apparatus on a door frame member. Adjustment of the distance between the door frame member and door jamb is effected by adjustment of the adjustable spacing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Inventor: Gary M. Mosher
  • Patent number: 5493759
    Abstract: A furniture hinge having a movable hinge part (40) adapted to be mounted on a door and is connected by at least one pivot pin in an articulating manner with a hinge arm (1), which is adapted to be mounted on the supporting wall (3) by means of an attachment plate (4 and 5). The hinge arm (1) is locked in relation to the attachment plate by means of a set screw (26) which is able to be screwed into the hinge arm and able to be turned with the attachment plate (4 and 5) but not be moved in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Arturo Salice, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 5491873
    Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door or like closure within a frame. The hinge comprises a first leaf pivotally coupled to a second leaf. The first leaf has a locating lug which interfits with a recess of the second leaf when the first and second leaves are at a predetermined angular disposition one to the other. This prevents a door mounted by the hinge from being removed from the frame even if the pin which pivotally couples the leaves together is forcibly removed. The first and second leaves are preferably coupled together by a coupling whereby the position of the second leaf relative to the axis of pivotal coupling can be selectively adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Interlock Hardware Developments Limited
    Inventor: Adrian G. Ferguson