Abstract: A window hinge for mounting a window sash for pivotal movement between open and closed positions including a track mountable to window frame and a sash arm mountable to a window sash. The sash arm is supported for movement relative to the track by a plurality of links, with pivotal connections to the sash arm and to either the track or a shoe movable along the track. A cam surface on the sash arm coacts with a cam member on the track to assure pull-in of the sash arm when the window hinge moves to window-closed position. The cam surface has an apex which is offset relative to the center line of the sash arm and a pivot connection of a link to the sash arm is similarly offset whereby an inside edge of the sash arm is caused to align with an inside edge of the track when the window hinge is in window-closed position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided with a side door hinge mechanism having rotary center shafts, two rotatable arms and a door check mechanism. The rotary center shafts are supported at two positions on the rocking proximal end of the side door and at two positions on the side of the vehicle body. The first arm is rotatably connected at its opposite ends by a rotary center shaft on the side of the vehicle body and a rotary center shaft on the side of the door. The second arm is rotatably connected at its opposite ends to a rotary center shaft on the side of the vehicle body and a rotary center shaft on the side of the door and is in a plane parallel to and directly below the first arm. The door check mechanism is comprised of a torsion bar, a cam plate and a roller. The torsion bar is mounted to either the first or the second arm. The cam plate is mounted on a side door of the vehicle body. A roller is rotatably supported on the torsion bar and rotatably urged against the surface of the cam plate by a torsion force.

Abstract: A light weight, rigid side door hinge mechanism for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The hinge has four top rotary center shafts, two of which are supported at two positions spaced apart from each other in a generally horizontal direction on an end of the door, and the other two at two positions on a surface on the side of the vehicle body disposed adjacent to the end of the door. Four bottom rotary center shafts are also provided: two shafts are supported at two positions on the end of the side door and two shafts are supported at the surface of the side of the vehicle body. The four bottom shafts are aligned with the four top rotary center shafts. A top control arm is rotatably connected at its opposite ends to one of the top rotary center shafts on the vehicle body and one of the top rotary center shafts on the door. A bottom control arm is rotatably connected at opposite ends to the bottom rotary center shafts aligned with the top rotary center shafts at the opposite ends of the top control arm.

Abstract: An apparatus for housing electrical wiring extending between a vehicle door and a vehicle body. A first link is pivotally connected to the vehicle door and the vehicle body for pivoting the door away from the vehicle body. A second link is pivotally connected to the vehicle door and the vehicle body rearward of the first link along the length of the vehicle. The second link cooperates with the first link to pivot the vehicle door away from the vehicle body. The second link includes a pivotal support frame, a conduit section, and a clamping member for removably clamping the pivotal support frame and the conduit section together to enable the conduit section to be detached from the pivotal support frame. When clamped, the pivotal support frame and the conduit section define a conduit therebetween. Electrical wiring extends within the conduit for providing electrical wiring between the vehicle door and the vehicle body.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for a vehicle door comprising a first arm and a second arm extending between the door section and the vehicle body for supporting the door section during opening and closing thereof. The first arm includes a first shaft for pivotally mounting the door section to the vehicle body and a second shaft for pivotally mounting the door section on the end of the first arm opposite the first shaft. The first shaft is mounted along the vehicle body and is positioned beneath a rearward section of a fixed fender portion. An attaching element rotatably mounts a movable fender portion on the first shaft for rotation with the first arm. The movable fender is adjacent to and substantially beneath the fixed fender portion when the door section is closed. The movable fender also includes an extension projecting forward of the first shaft, the extension defining a path of movement about the first shaft during opening and closing of the door section.

Abstract: The cabinet hinge mounting plate can be fastened to a cabinet wall by means of screws passing through openings provided in it in the form of slots. The slots are configured such that the screws associated with each of them, which are threaded only on a portion of their length but have an unthreaded section adjacent the screw head, will be held temporarily by their threaded portion in a central position in the length of the slot, but when they are driven all the way in they will be displaceable lengthwise of the slot. The slots have in the area of their central portion projections protruding each toward the opposite slot edge for the purpose of holding the crests of the threads of the associated fastening screws. At their upper side facing the head of the screws the slots are provided with a rebate which is engaged by a centering section of the screw, which is formed in the transition between the head and the shaft of the screw.

Abstract: The supporting arm of a cabinet hinge is adjustably mounted on a mounting plate to be attached to the supporting wall of a cabinet and has at its cabinet-internal end an open-ended longitudinal slot through which passes a screw fastening it to the mounting plate. A setscrew is threaded in a tap situated adjacent the front or outer end of the supporting arm and has at its bottom end adjacent the mounting plate a holding head in the form of a spherical body having a circumferential annular groove formed in rotational symmetry with the longitudinal axis of the setscrew. The holding head is inserted into an open-ended longitudinal groove having a narrow mouth, the cross section of the groove being substantially complementary to the cross section of the holding head in a plane in the longitudinal axis of the setscrew, so that the holding head is accommodated so as to be longitudinally displaceable in the longitudinal groove but secured against lifting out of the groove.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for a vehicle door including a support arm and a control arm, both which are pivotably connected between a mounting surface along the vehicle body and the door. The support arm is typically mounted forward of the control arm along the vehicle body. The door includes an end surface extending between an exterior and an interior of the door adjacent the mounting surface of the vehicle body. The end surface has a lower vertical section measuring a predetermined length and an upper inclined section. The mounting surface is aligned with the vertical section. The support arm extends along a substantial portion of the predetermined length of the vertical section of the door. The support arm is mounted to the mounting surface of the vehicle body by a first shaft and a second shaft pivotally mounts the door along the end surface thereof to the opposite end of the support arm.

Abstract: A hinge for a door of an article of furniture includes a hinge arm connected with a hinge casing by two hinge links. A closing mechanism includes a leg spring and a pressure member which is pivotally mounted at the hinge arm on an axle of the outer of the two hinge links and presses on a cam member which is mounted on the inner of the two hinge links. The leg spring has legs opposed to the pressure member.

Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a hinge arm which is connected with a hinge casing by way of two hinge links. One hinge link is mounted in the hinge casing by a through pin. The other hinge link is mounted in the hinge casing by two first journals which are part of two U-shaped axle members which also have second journals. The axle members are positioned with respect to each other in a mirror image manner. The two second journals are held by at least one holding flange which is punched out from the hinge casing and which has two sides connected to the hinge casing.

Abstract: A friction stay includes a track 10 for attachment to a window frame. The track 10 has a nose portion 14 with a curved inner surface which receives the nose portion 28 of a bar 24. Bar 24 is pivotally attached to the track 10, by a link 16 joined to the bar 24 at rivet 25 and to track 10 at rivet 17. The bar 24 is also attached to a slider 15, engaged in track 10, by a link 21 pivoted on rivets 22, 23. A brace 18 extends from link 16 to slider 15 and is attached by rivets 19, 20. Optionally an extra link 26 may be included. To provide additional strength, in accordance with this invention, a link 31 is provided, pivoted to link 16 at 32 and to a second slider 35 to 34.

Abstract: There is described a door hinge which is adjustable by way of three screws in height, in the lengthwise direction and in inclination, wherein wedge surfaces are formed between an adjusting plate and an intermediate plate which prevent an unintentional sliding displacement of the structural parts relative to one another, even when the height adjusting screw is drawn up tight.

Abstract: Four-joint cabinet hinge of increased opening angle. In a four-joint cabinet hinge (10) with an opening angle of more than 105.degree. the cup (14) that is provided as the door-related part and is to be fastened in a recess in the back of a corresponding door leaf is manufactured by the punch-press method from thin sheet steel. Different possibilities are described for the configuration and mounting of short pivot pins projecting from the inside wall of the cup and serving for the pivoting of the outer hinge link (16) on the door.

Abstract: A self-erecting joint for a pair of hinged, tubular members in which the hinging is located at corresponding portions of the members and the opposite edge portions are connected by spring-biased toggle links which in the unfolded position of the members are nested against one of the members in substantial alignment and over-center for securely locking the joint in the unfolded condition.

Abstract: Crosslink hinge for mounting a door on the carcass of a cabinet. The door-related part of the crosslink hinge can be affixed in a recess in the door and is composed of an attaching member and a link holder disposed in the attaching member. To vary the position of the door, the link holder is displaceable at right angles to the pivot axis of the hinge and parallel to the door back and can be fixed in the desired position. The carcass-related part of the hinge has on its bottom an inverted-T-shaped projection which can be inserted into a complementary T-shaped socket in its mounting plate. A set screw is threaded into the mounting plate to fix the carcass-related hinge part thereon.

Abstract: The supporting-wall-related part of the hinge is composed of a bottom piece and a top piece borne on the bottom piece and displaceable relative to the latter, horizontally into and out of the carcass interior. One of the link arms of the crosslink mechanism is directly pivotable on the front end of the top piece, i.e., the doorleaf end thereof, and one end of a lever is articulated on its rearward end portion pointing into the carcass interior while its other end is articulated to the rearward end of the other link arm. On the end of the lever that is articulated to the top piece a gear segment is formed, which meshes through an opening in the top piece with a rack provided on the bottom piece.

Abstract: A window hinge assembly for use with windows which pivot outwardly of the room about a substantially vertical axis. Each hinge assemlby has a rail which mounts on one end of the window frame and a mounting bracket to connect to the window sash. Linkages between the mounting bracket and sliders on the rail allow the window to be opened to a position substantially perpendicular to its fully closed position and adjacent one vertical edge of the window opening to allow maximum opening for ventilation and as a possible emergency escape. A tool with at least one inclined surface is used to release a leaf spring connected to the support slider and positioned against a stop in the rail to allow inboard movement of the open window away from that adjacent edge of the window opening in order to facilitate cleaning of the exterior surface of the window. The support slider has one pivot pin joint for both a thrust linkage and brace.

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

Abstract: A hinge includes two hinge links connecting a hinge casing and a hinge arm. In the hinge casing both hinge links are pivotable on a common member having the form of a C. One hinge link is mounted on an intermediate part, an the other hinge link is conducted on two outer ends of the C that constitute pivot pins.

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

Abstract: Hinge links of a hinge are mounted on a thin-walled hinge casing. An outer hinge link rests on pivot pins which are part of two axle members positioned to be mirror images of each other.

Abstract: First and second structures are hingedly connected by the engagement of a hinge pin (24) by a hinge knuckle (22). Knuckle (22) is rigidly mounted on the first structure. Pin (24) is attached to a carrier that is slidably mounted on the second structure. A spring, preferably a plurality of stacks of Belleville springs, is positioned between the carrier and the second structure. The slidable mount allows the two structures to move translationally relative to each other to prevent excessive hinge loads. The spring controls such movement and biases the hinge pin, and therefore the hinge axis, into a center position.

Abstract: A baby bed includes front and rear frames (2, 3), a hammock (4) suspended from the front and rear frames (2, 3), front and rear legs (5, 6), and base blocks (7, 8) adapted to rotatably support the front and rear frames (2, 3) and the front and rear legs (5, 6). Brackets (13, 15) are rotatably attached to the front and rear legs (5, 6), respectively, and the brackets (13, 15) are rotatably connected by a guide pin (16) vertically movable along a guide slot (17) formed in at least one of the base blocks (7, 8). The front and rear frames (2, 3) are connected to the front and rear brackets (13, 15) through links (19, 23), respectively. A handle (26) having a locking recess (26c) is rotatably connected to the guide pin (16). When the locking recess (26c) is engaged by the engaging pin (27) fixed to the base block (7 ), upward movement of the guide pin (16) is prevented, whereby the baby bed is locked in its open state.

Abstract: Furniture hinge (10) in the form of a four-joint hinge whose door-related part constructed as a recess-mounting cup (12) is pivotingly coupled by a four-joint mechanism formed by two hinge links (14;16) to a carcass-related hinge part which can be fastened to the carcass of a cabinet. One of the hinge links (14) is wider than the other hinge link (16) and, in the area between its ends, the wider hinge link (14) has an opening (38) whose width is equal to or greater than the width of the narrower hinge link (16). Therefore, when the hinge is in the open state, a portion between the ends of the narrower hinge link (16) can enter into the opening (38) in the wider hinge link (14), so that a larger opening angle is achieved than in the case of conventional four-joint hinges.

Abstract: A hinge arrangement for various types of movable objects, such as doors, windows, flap members and so forth. In the case of thick-wall doors having shutters or ornamental strips mounted thereat, equally in the case of double doors, windows or flap members or similar type structures, especially in the construction and furniture industry, there exists the difficult problem of adjusting the pivoting movement of the door or other structure. Usually, there only can be attained opening angles of the door or other movable structure up to a range of about 180.degree.. A hinge arrangement is disclosed which affords a relatively wide pivoting of the door or other structure during opening thereof, the pivoting movement being adjustable as to the degree or width of opening of the door or other structure. The hinge arrangement also allows opening angles of the door or other structure of 270.degree. and more.

Abstract: An articulated hinge for pivotally connecting a door flap to the carcass of a piece of furniture which has spaced carcass walls and a frame facing the door and extending essentially at right angles to the carcass walls and confining a free door opening, while the door flap in closed position partially overlaps the frame. The hinge has a carcass-related part connected to the edge surface of the frame offset inwardly relative to the adjacent carcass wall, and a door-related part connected to the door flap and pivotally connected to the carcass-related part via a link mechanism. The door-related part is in the form of an insert cup with a connecting part fittingly inserted into a recess in the backside of the door flap, and a link carrier part which has a portion interlocking with the connecting part.

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

Abstract: A retractable aircraft step module comprises a streamlined fairing having a recess for receiving a retractable step member which is connected to the fairing by spaced apart pivot links which together with the step member and the body member form a four bar linkage. The linkage includes a deflectable pivot connection between one of the links and the step member which provides a biasing force to maintain the step member in the retracted position. The deflectable pivot connection is provided by a pivot beam mounted on the step member and including a counterdeflection adjustment for preselecting the maximum biasing force. The step member and the fairing are adapted to mount on the exterior of an aircraft fuselage and are preferably constructed of reinforced plastic.

Abstract: A friction stay for a window has mounting plates 1,3 for connection to the window frame and sash (not shown) with the plates being connected by pivotal arms 5,8. There is provided a coupling 13 in one arm which connects two link parts 11 and 12 of the arm together. The coupling 13 includes two resilient elements 16,17 which are arranged to be compressed under loads applied longitudinally of the arm on pivotal movement of the stay in use. The elements 16,17 effectively store energy and release this on folding of the stay to apply a pull-in force to the sash to hold it closed to the frame. The coupling 13 includes a connector plate 14 which by a rivet 22 couples and locates the ends of the link parts 11,12 together for relative movement with the resilient elements 16,17 being interposed between the plate 14 and opposed link parts. Other forms of resilient coupling are described in further embodiments.

Abstract: In a tilting window having a sash journalled on a horizontal axis at the lowermost end of a suspension arm which through two further arms or links of different lengths are movably connected to the main frame of the window, the sash is moreover connected with one of said further arms through an additional link coordinating the tilting movement of the sash with the angular movement of said one arm.The suspension arm may at the same time serve as a cover band for the upper portions of the side members of the sash and the main frame.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for a door on an overhead baggage compartment which is generally located in the passenger section of an airliner and utilized by passengers for the stowage of carry-on luggage. The door hinge mechanism comprises, an unequal length four-bar linkage mechanism which produces a compound motion to the door for swinging it into the standing room area of the passenger section when it is moved to the open position. An ordinary four-bar linkage mechanism would have two pairs of equal length links and their operation would be designed around two fixed pivot points. However, in this disclosure there is only one fixed pivot point and the other of the generally fixed pivots, is a walking pivot which is guided by a cam device to profile the travel of the door.

Abstract: A hood hinge mechanism includes upper and lower brackets interconnected by pivoted links. An auxiliary hinge member is pivoted to the upper bracket and secured to the hood. The lower bracket is secured to the body. The upper hinge bracket and auxiliary hinge member are releasably secured to each other and normally move together as the hood moves between closed and partially open positions. When the auxiliary hinge member is released from the upper hinge bracket, the hood can be moved to various further open positions.

Abstract: A door hinge assembly is especially adapted to be used in cabinets or the like whose side walls cannot support the hinge arm of the hinge. The cabinet has a door frame structure to which a fastening member for the hinge arm is secured, and the fastening member extends into a recess in the corresponding structural member of the door frame structure. An adjustment device for adjusting the fastening member within the recess of the structural member are provided.

Abstract: A concealed furniture hinge which comprises a stationary hinge portion and a cup-shaped pivotable hinge portion, both pivotally interconnected by two links to form a four-bar linkage. The stationary hinge portion comprises a securing plate and two parallel upstanding bearing flanges. Pivot pins for the respective links are secured in the bearing flanges at a height so that, when the hinge is closed, they project into the cup-shaped hinge portion to at least beneath the top of a securing flange thereof. Said securing flange comprises at least one flat member which, in the closed hinge condition, is disposed adjacent the securing plate of the stationary hinge portion.

Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm mounted on a mounting plate on a furniture side wall. A hinge casing is insertable into a bore in the door. The hinge casing and the hinge arm connected by two hinge links. The hinge has a closing mechanism activated by a spring which acts on one of the hinge links. This hinge link is a lever with two arms, one of which is telescopic.