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Granted Patent B2
US 10,260,263 · App. 15/512,671 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Furniture hinge

Inventors: Artur Hirtsiefer (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE); Bernd Rödder (Ruppichteroth, DE)
Assignee: SAMET KALIP VE MADEN ESYA SAN. VE TIC. A.S.
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Patent No.
US 10,260,263
App. No.
15/512,671
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a furniture hinge ( 10 ) with a hinge cup ( 52 ) having cup side walls ( 52.4 ) which encircle a cup opening at least partially, and having a cup bottom ( 52.1 ) which at least partially closes off the hinge cup ( 52 ) opposite the cup opening, with a spreading element ( 70 ) having two clamping jaws ( 72.1, 72.2 ) which at least partially radially enclose the cup side walls ( 52.4 ) of the hinge cup ( 52 ) and which are connected via a flange ( 71 ), and with a lifting arrangement for adjusting at least one of the clamp jaws ( 72.1, 72.2 ) between a first position and a second position. Here it is provided that at least one of the clamping jaws ( 72.1, 72.2 ) comprises at least one integrally formed spreading extension ( 76, 78 ) which, in the transition from the first position into the second position, cooperates with the hinge cup ( 52 ) so that the clamping jaws ( 72.1, 72.2 ) are spread. As a result, a furniture hinge is created, which can be produced cost-effectively, and which can be attached rapidly and securely to a piece of furniture.

Claims (35)

1. A furniture hinge ( 10 ) with a hinge cup ( 52 ) having cup side walls ( 52 . 4 ) which encircle a cup opening at least partially, and having a cup bottom ( 52 . 1 ) which at least partially closes off the hinge cup ( 52 ) opposite the cup opening, with a spreading element ( 70 ) having two clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) which at least partially radially enclose the cup side walls ( 52 . 4 ) of the hinge cup ( 52 ) and which are connected via a flange ( 71 ), a lifting arrangement comprising a cam ( 60 ) having a cam disk ( 61 ), a cam recess ( 77 ) including a pressing surface ( 77 . 1 ), and a shaft ( 63 ) rotatably mounted in a cam bearing ( 53 ) for adjusting at least one of the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) between a first position and a second position,

wherein the cam bearing ( 53 ) is embedded in the cup side wall ( 52 . 4 ) with the cam disk ( 61 ) arranged on the periphery thereof, asymmetrically with respect to the shaft ( 63 ), the cam disk ( 61 ) engages in the cam recess ( 77 ) formed in a side of the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) which faces the hinge cup ( 52 ), and is in contact with the pressing surface ( 77 . 1 ) of the cam recess ( 77 ) which faces away from the flange ( 71 ); and

wherein at least one of the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) comprises at least one integrally formed spreading extension ( 76 , 78 ) which includes a spreading surface ( 76 . 1 , 78 . 1 ) arranged at a slant relative to the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ), thereby upon rotation of said cam ( 60 ), said slant in cooperation with the hinge cup, provokes a spreading movement of the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) caused by the lifting movement of the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) in a transition from the first position to the second position.

2. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first position, the spreading extension ( 76 , 78 ) is in contact with a transition from the cup bottom ( 52 . 1 ) to the cup side walls ( 52 . 4 ), and the spreading extension tapers in the direction towards the cup bottom ( 52 . 1 ) to a spreading extension edge ( 76 . 2 , 78 . 2 ).

3. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 2 , wherein

in the second position, the spreading extension edge ( 76 . 2 , 78 . 2 ) is in contact with a cup side wall ( 52 . 4 ).

4. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 2 wherein

the spreading extension edge ( 76 . 2 , 78 . 2 ) is designed as sharp-edged or rounded.

5. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

the spreading element ( 70 ) is made of plastic or metal or a plastic-metal composite.

6. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) is indirectly or directly pivotably connected to the flange ( 71 ).

7. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 6 , wherein

the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) are connected indirectly or directly via film hinges ( 73 ) to the flange ( 71 ) and that the film hinges ( 73 ) in each case comprise a first film articulation ( 73 . 1 ) oriented toward the flange ( 71 ) and a second film articulation ( 73 . 2 ) oriented toward the connected clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) with orientations of the rotation axes that deviate from one another.

8. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

the clamping jaws ( 72 . 1 , 72 . 2 ) in each case comprise a cylindrical outer surface ( 74 . 3 ) facing away from the cup side wall ( 52 . 4 ) and/or that anchoring ribs ( 74 . 4 ) are arranged on the outer surfaces ( 74 . 3 ).

9. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

characterized in that

the lifting arrangement is fastened to the hinge cup ( 52 ).

10. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

the cam disk ( 61 ) comprises a stopping flattened portion ( 62 ), in particular that the cam disk ( 61 ) is flattened on the peripheral section thereof farthest from a rotation axis of the cam ( 60 ).

11. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 10 , wherein

in the area of the hinge cup ( 52 ), an actuating element ( 40 ) is mounted, which is designed for the adjustment of the lifting arrangement by rotation of actuating element ( 40 ); and

on the opposite side of the shaft ( 63 ) from the cam disk ( 61 ), a positive-locking counter-element ( 64 ) is formed, and that the positive-locking counter-element ( 64 ) engages in a positive-locking element ( 41 ) of the actuating element ( 40 ) protruding at least partially into the hinge cup ( 52 ).

12. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

in the area of the hinge cup ( 52 ), an actuating element ( 40 ) is mounted to said cam ( 60 ), said actuating element ( 40 ) is designed for the adjustment of the lifting arrangement by rotation of actuating element ( 40 ).

13. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 12 , wherein

the actuating element ( 40 ) is designed as a bracket ( 45 ) arranged between facing cup side walls ( 52 . 4 ) of the hinge cup ( 52 ), with side parts ( 42 ) extending along the cup side walls ( 52 . 4 ).

14. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 13 , wherein

in the first position, the bracket ( 45 ) of the actuating element ( 40 ) is oriented facing away from the cup bottom ( 52 . 1 ), and, in the second position, it is oriented facing the cup bottom ( 52 . 1 ).

15. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 13 , wherein

the cup bottom comprises a perforation for the actuation of the actuating element ( 40 ) and/or that the cup bottom ( 52 . 1 ) comprises a recess ( 52 . 2 ) which comprises a perforation in which the bracket ( 45 ) of the actuating element ( 40 ) engages at least partially in the second position.

16. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein

the hinge cup ( 52 ) comprises a flange cover ( 51 ) protruding laterally to the cup opening thereof, that the flange cover ( 51 ) comprises a flange recess ( 51 . 2 ) for accommodating the flange ( 71 ) of the spreading element ( 70 ), and that, on the flange ( 71 ), on the side facing away from the flange cover ( 51 ), at least one centering pin ( 71 . 1 ) is formed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2019
From: HIRTSIEFER, ARTUR; RÖDDER, BERND
To: SAMET KALIP VE MADEN ESYA SAN. VE TIC. A.S.
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 113 713 · Sep 23, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170292301A1 · Oct 12, 2017