US20070273260A1 - Hinge assembly - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
- E05D7/08—Hinges or pivots of special construction for use in suspensions comprising two spigots placed at opposite edges of the wing, especially at the top and the bottom, e.g. trunnions
- E05D7/081—Hinges or pivots of special construction for use in suspensions comprising two spigots placed at opposite edges of the wing, especially at the top and the bottom, e.g. trunnions the pivot axis of the wing being situated near one edge of the wing, especially at the top and bottom, e.g. trunnions
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D11/00—Additional features or accessories of hinges
- E05D11/06—Devices for limiting the opening movement of hinges
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
- E05Y2900/30—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances
- E05Y2900/31—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for domestic appliances for refrigerators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- F25D2323/02—Details of doors or covers not otherwise covered
- F25D2323/024—Door hinges
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- This invention relates to a hinge assembly for a cabinet. More particularly, this invention relates to a hinge assembly for a door of a refrigerator cabinet.
- refrigerated cabinets have doors that are hingedly mounted to permit the doors to be swung from a closed position relative to the cabinet to either a pre-determined partially opened position or a fully opened position relative to the cabinet.
- the hinge assemblies have been provided with a door mount that is secured to the cabinet and a post that is secured to the door and that is pivotally mounted on the door mount.
- U.S. Pat No. 6,152,554 describes an adjustable hinge assembly whereby the hinge assembly may be adjusted in place when mounted on the door and cabinet.
- a refrigerated cabinet is mounted close to a wall with a door that opens toward the wall so that when the door is swung from the cabinet, there is a risk that the door will impact against the wall. Also, in some instances where refrigerated cabinets are mounted side-by-side with doors that open toward each other, there is a risk that the door of the cabinets can impact one another if both doors are opened at the same time. Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to limit the opening of a door of a refrigerated cabinet.
- the invention provides a hinge assembly that includes a door mount that is to be secured to a cabinet, a post that is to be secured to a door and that is pivotally mounted on the door mount and a blade that projects from the post to abut the door mount in order to limit movement of the post relative to the door mount.
- the blade is secured to a side of the post such that when the post is pivoted from a closed position to an open position, the blade abuts the door mount to limit the opened position to one in which the post is rotated 90 degrees.
- the blade is sufficiently rigid so that on abutting the door mount, further pivoting motion of the post is precluded.
- the back of the housing post may be formed with one or more integral ears. This would eliminate a need to separately mount a bracket with an ear on the housing back.
- the door mount has an upstanding wall and an outwardly projecting base in which the post is pivotally mounted for movement between the closed position and open position.
- the post is constructed with a one-piece housing having an upstanding back that is secured to a door, a pivot pin at a lower end of the back for rotation within the base of the door mount and a cap that projects from an upper end of the back to define a cavity with the remainder of the housing.
- the post also has a U-shaped cover secured to the back between the cap and the pivot pin to enclose the cavity.
- the post For purposes of mounting the blade, the post is provided with a bracket that is secured to the back of the post within the confines of the cavity covered over by the U-shaped cover.
- This bracket has at least one projecting ear with an aperture that is located within the cavity.
- a rivet nut is mounted on one side of the cover in alignment with the aperture in the bracket and a shoulder screw passes though the blade, the cover, the aperture and the bracket into the rivet screw in order to secure the blade to the cover.
- a pair of shoulder screws be employed with corresponding rivet nuts in order to secure the blade to the cover of the post.
- the mounting of the blade to the post serves to prevent bending of the cover should the blade impact against the door-mount by excessive force.
- FIG. 1A illustrates a perspective view of a hinge assembly constructed in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 1B illustrates an exploded view of the hinge assembly of FIG. 1A ;
- FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of a cover of the post
- FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a housing of the post in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 4 illustrates a partial-cross sectional view of the hinge assembly of FIG. 1A mounted to and between a door and a refrigerated cabinet in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 5 illustrates a view similar to FIG. 4 with the door in a fully opened position relative to the cabinet in accordance with the invention.
- the hinge assembly 10 is constructed of three basic components, namely, a door mount 11 , a post 12 and a blade 13 .
- the door mount 11 is secured to a cabinet 14 , such as a refrigerated cabinet
- the post 12 is secured to a door 15 to allow pivoting of the door 15 relative to the cabinet 14 in a conventional manner.
- the door mount 11 is formed with an upstanding wall 16 and an outwardly projecting base 17 , for example, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,152,554.
- the upstanding wall 16 typically, has a flat, vertical side surface 18 and is secured to the cabinet 14 by screws (not shown) or by any other suitable means.
- the door mount 11 is also provided with a cam member 19 that is separately mounted in the base 17 and that has a central bore 20 for purposes as described below.
- the cam member 19 is of conventional structure and need not be further described.
- the post 12 includes a housing 21 and a cover 22 .
- the housing 21 is made up of one-piece construction and includes an upstanding back 23 , a pivot pin 24 at a lower end of the back 23 for rotation within the cam member 14 on the door mount 11 and a cap 25 that projects from an upper end of the back 23 to define a cavity with the remainder of the housing 21 .
- the pivot pin 24 is not shown in FIG. 1B for purposes of simplicity.
- the back 23 of the housing 21 is provided with a plurality of unthreaded elongated slots 26 (see FIG. 1A ) for the passage of three screws 27 or bolts (not shown) for securing the post 12 to the door 15 (see FIG. 4 ) for the refrigerated cabinet 14 .
- the screws 27 pass through the elongated slots 26 in unthreaded relation and are threaded into the door 15 (not shown).
- the shape of the slots 26 allows for adjustments to be made when mounting the housing 21 to the door 15 .
- a bracket 28 is secured against the back 23 of the post 12 , for example, by means of the screws 27 that pass through the elongated slots 26 into the door 15 .
- the bracket 28 is secured against the housing back 23 at the same time that the housing back 23 is mounted to the door 15 and by the same screws 27 .
- This bracket 28 includes a pair of upstanding ears 29 , each of which has an aperture 30 for purposes as described below. As illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5 , the bracket 28 and ears 29 form a T-shaped cross-section.
- the cover 22 is of U-shaped cross-section defined in part by a pair of parallel side-walls 31 and is constructed to slide onto the post 12 and to abut against the cap 25 while the ends of the side-walls 31 slide along the upstanding back 23 of the post 12 .
- a pair of fasteners such as, shoulder screws 32 , are provided for securing the blade 13 to the post 12 .
- each shoulder screw 32 passes through an aperture 34 in the blade 13 , an aperture 35 in the side-wall 31 of the cover 22 and an aperture 30 in an ear 29 of the bracket 27 .
- Each shoulder screw 32 has a threaded tip 33 that is threaded into a mating fastener, such as a rivet nut 36 , that is secured in the opposite wall 31 of the cover 22 .
- Each shoulder screw 32 also has a head 37 that abuts against the outside of the blade 13 .
- the mounting of the blade 13 by means of the two shoulder screws 32 that pass through the bracket 27 in close fitting manner and the two rivet nuts 36 serves to transmit the forces imposed on the blade 13 to the housing back 23 when the blade 13 abuts the door mount 11 upon swinging to the open position. This, in turn, reduces the risk of the cover 22 becoming bent under such forces. That is to say, the impact forces imposed on the blade 13 are transmitted through the shoulder screws 32 into the bracket 27 and thence into the upstanding back 23 of the post 12 .
- the screws 32 and bracket 27 thus serve as a means to rigidify the mounting of the blade on the cover 22 and to prevent buckling of the side walls 31 of the cover 22 under the impact forces imposed on the blade 13 .
- the hinge assembly 10 is secured to and between the door 15 and the refrigerated cabinet 14 by any suitable means, such as screws as described above.
- the blade 13 When the door 15 is in the closed position relative to the cabinet 14 , the blade 13 is parallel to the door 15 and perpendicular to a side-wall 38 of the refrigerated cabinet 14 as illustrated in FIG. 4 . Should the refrigerated cabinet 14 be mounted closely adjacent to a wall 39 , or other structure, the blade 13 projects toward that wall 39 . In this respect, the projection of the blade 13 from the post 12 is approximately 1 ⁇ 2 inch.
- the blade 13 When the door 15 is swung to the open position, as illustrated in FIG. 5 , the blade 13 abuts against the side-surface 18 of the door mount 11 . As illustrated, the blade 13 contacts the side-wall 18 over a common distance of about 1 ⁇ 4 inch.
- the blade 13 is perpendicular to the face of the refrigerated cabinet 14 and parallel to the side wall 38 . Abutment of the blade 13 against the door mount 11 prevents further pivoting of the door 15 and prevents the door 15 from slamming against the wall 38 , or the door of an adjacent refrigerated cabinet that opens in an opposite hand direction (not shown).
- the blade 13 may be made of any suitable material, thickness and shape to limit the pivoting of the post 12 .
- the blade 13 would be made of steel and is of rectangular shape.
- the cover 22 and blade 13 may be made as one piece so that the blade is an integral part of the cover.
- the shoulder screws 32 and bracket 27 may still be used as above or the cover may be rigidified or otherwise rigidly mounted on the housing 23 of the post 12 to prevent buckling.
- the invention thus provides a hinge assembly that limits the amount of opening of a door of a refrigerated cabinet or any other type of cabinet.
- the invention further provides a hinge assembly that has a built-in means for limiting the pivoting motion of the hinge assembly.
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- This invention relates to a hinge assembly for a cabinet. More particularly, this invention relates to a hinge assembly for a door of a refrigerator cabinet.
- As is known, refrigerated cabinets have doors that are hingedly mounted to permit the doors to be swung from a closed position relative to the cabinet to either a pre-determined partially opened position or a fully opened position relative to the cabinet. Typically, the hinge assemblies have been provided with a door mount that is secured to the cabinet and a post that is secured to the door and that is pivotally mounted on the door mount. U.S. Pat No. 6,152,554 describes an adjustable hinge assembly whereby the hinge assembly may be adjusted in place when mounted on the door and cabinet.
- In many instances, a refrigerated cabinet is mounted close to a wall with a door that opens toward the wall so that when the door is swung from the cabinet, there is a risk that the door will impact against the wall. Also, in some instances where refrigerated cabinets are mounted side-by-side with doors that open toward each other, there is a risk that the door of the cabinets can impact one another if both doors are opened at the same time. Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to limit the opening of a door of a refrigerated cabinet.
- Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a hinge assembly that prevents a door of a refrigerated cabinet from impacting against an adjacent wall or door.
- It is another object of the invention to provide a hinge assembly with a built in means for limiting the pivoting of a post of the hinge assembly.
- Briefly, the invention provides a hinge assembly that includes a door mount that is to be secured to a cabinet, a post that is to be secured to a door and that is pivotally mounted on the door mount and a blade that projects from the post to abut the door mount in order to limit movement of the post relative to the door mount.
- The blade is secured to a side of the post such that when the post is pivoted from a closed position to an open position, the blade abuts the door mount to limit the opened position to one in which the post is rotated 90 degrees. The blade is sufficiently rigid so that on abutting the door mount, further pivoting motion of the post is precluded.
- Alternatively, the back of the housing post may be formed with one or more integral ears. This would eliminate a need to separately mount a bracket with an ear on the housing back.
- In one embodiment, the door mount has an upstanding wall and an outwardly projecting base in which the post is pivotally mounted for movement between the closed position and open position.
- The post is constructed with a one-piece housing having an upstanding back that is secured to a door, a pivot pin at a lower end of the back for rotation within the base of the door mount and a cap that projects from an upper end of the back to define a cavity with the remainder of the housing. The post also has a U-shaped cover secured to the back between the cap and the pivot pin to enclose the cavity.
- For purposes of mounting the blade, the post is provided with a bracket that is secured to the back of the post within the confines of the cavity covered over by the U-shaped cover. This bracket has at least one projecting ear with an aperture that is located within the cavity. In addition, a rivet nut is mounted on one side of the cover in alignment with the aperture in the bracket and a shoulder screw passes though the blade, the cover, the aperture and the bracket into the rivet screw in order to secure the blade to the cover. In this respect, it is preferred that a pair of shoulder screws be employed with corresponding rivet nuts in order to secure the blade to the cover of the post.
- The mounting of the blade to the post serves to prevent bending of the cover should the blade impact against the door-mount by excessive force.
- These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
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FIG. 1A illustrates a perspective view of a hinge assembly constructed in accordance with the invention; -
FIG. 1B illustrates an exploded view of the hinge assembly ofFIG. 1A ; -
FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of a cover of the post; -
FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a housing of the post in accordance with the invention; -
FIG. 4 illustrates a partial-cross sectional view of the hinge assembly ofFIG. 1A mounted to and between a door and a refrigerated cabinet in accordance with the invention; and -
FIG. 5 illustrates a view similar toFIG. 4 with the door in a fully opened position relative to the cabinet in accordance with the invention. - Referring to
FIGS. 1A and 1B , thehinge assembly 10 is constructed of three basic components, namely, adoor mount 11, apost 12 and ablade 13. As shown inFIG. 4 , thedoor mount 11 is secured to acabinet 14, such as a refrigerated cabinet, and thepost 12 is secured to adoor 15 to allow pivoting of thedoor 15 relative to thecabinet 14 in a conventional manner. - Referring to
FIG. 1B , thedoor mount 11 is formed with anupstanding wall 16 and an outwardly projectingbase 17, for example, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,152,554. As illustrated, theupstanding wall 16, typically, has a flat,vertical side surface 18 and is secured to thecabinet 14 by screws (not shown) or by any other suitable means. - The
door mount 11 is also provided with acam member 19 that is separately mounted in thebase 17 and that has acentral bore 20 for purposes as described below. Thecam member 19 is of conventional structure and need not be further described. - The
post 12 includes ahousing 21 and acover 22. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , thehousing 21 is made up of one-piece construction and includes anupstanding back 23, apivot pin 24 at a lower end of theback 23 for rotation within thecam member 14 on thedoor mount 11 and acap 25 that projects from an upper end of theback 23 to define a cavity with the remainder of thehousing 21. Thepivot pin 24 is not shown inFIG. 1B for purposes of simplicity. - The
back 23 of thehousing 21 is provided with a plurality of unthreaded elongated slots 26 (seeFIG. 1A ) for the passage of threescrews 27 or bolts (not shown) for securing thepost 12 to the door 15 (seeFIG. 4 ) for the refrigeratedcabinet 14. Thescrews 27 pass through theelongated slots 26 in unthreaded relation and are threaded into the door 15 (not shown). The shape of theslots 26 allows for adjustments to be made when mounting thehousing 21 to thedoor 15. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , abracket 28 is secured against theback 23 of thepost 12, for example, by means of thescrews 27 that pass through theelongated slots 26 into thedoor 15. Thebracket 28 is secured against the housing back 23 at the same time that thehousing back 23 is mounted to thedoor 15 and by thesame screws 27. Thisbracket 28 includes a pair ofupstanding ears 29, each of which has anaperture 30 for purposes as described below. As illustrated inFIGS. 4 and 5 , thebracket 28 andears 29 form a T-shaped cross-section. - Referring to
FIGS. 2 and 5 , thecover 22 is of U-shaped cross-section defined in part by a pair of parallel side-walls 31 and is constructed to slide onto thepost 12 and to abut against thecap 25 while the ends of the side-walls 31 slide along theupstanding back 23 of thepost 12. - Referring to
FIG. 1B , a pair of fasteners, such as,shoulder screws 32, are provided for securing theblade 13 to thepost 12. As shown inFIG. 4 , eachshoulder screw 32 passes through anaperture 34 in theblade 13, anaperture 35 in the side-wall 31 of thecover 22 and anaperture 30 in anear 29 of thebracket 27. Eachshoulder screw 32 has a threadedtip 33 that is threaded into a mating fastener, such as arivet nut 36, that is secured in theopposite wall 31 of thecover 22. Eachshoulder screw 32 also has ahead 37 that abuts against the outside of theblade 13. - The mounting of the
blade 13 by means of the twoshoulder screws 32 that pass through thebracket 27 in close fitting manner and the tworivet nuts 36 serves to transmit the forces imposed on theblade 13 to the housing back 23 when theblade 13 abuts the door mount 11 upon swinging to the open position. This, in turn, reduces the risk of thecover 22 becoming bent under such forces. That is to say, the impact forces imposed on theblade 13 are transmitted through theshoulder screws 32 into thebracket 27 and thence into theupstanding back 23 of thepost 12. Thescrews 32 andbracket 27 thus serve as a means to rigidify the mounting of the blade on thecover 22 and to prevent buckling of theside walls 31 of thecover 22 under the impact forces imposed on theblade 13. - Referring to
FIGS. 4 and 5 , thehinge assembly 10 is secured to and between thedoor 15 and therefrigerated cabinet 14 by any suitable means, such as screws as described above. - When the
door 15 is in the closed position relative to thecabinet 14, theblade 13 is parallel to thedoor 15 and perpendicular to a side-wall 38 of therefrigerated cabinet 14 as illustrated inFIG. 4 . Should therefrigerated cabinet 14 be mounted closely adjacent to awall 39, or other structure, theblade 13 projects toward thatwall 39. In this respect, the projection of theblade 13 from thepost 12 is approximately ½ inch. - When the
door 15 is swung to the open position, as illustrated inFIG. 5 , theblade 13 abuts against the side-surface 18 of thedoor mount 11. As illustrated, theblade 13 contacts the side-wall 18 over a common distance of about ¼ inch. - As shown in
FIG. 5 , when thehinge assembly 10 is in the fully-open position, theblade 13 is perpendicular to the face of therefrigerated cabinet 14 and parallel to theside wall 38. Abutment of theblade 13 against thedoor mount 11 prevents further pivoting of thedoor 15 and prevents thedoor 15 from slamming against thewall 38, or the door of an adjacent refrigerated cabinet that opens in an opposite hand direction (not shown). - The
blade 13 may be made of any suitable material, thickness and shape to limit the pivoting of thepost 12. Typically, theblade 13 would be made of steel and is of rectangular shape. - Alternatively, the
cover 22 andblade 13 may be made as one piece so that the blade is an integral part of the cover. In this case, the shoulder screws 32 andbracket 27 may still be used as above or the cover may be rigidified or otherwise rigidly mounted on thehousing 23 of thepost 12 to prevent buckling. - The invention thus provides a hinge assembly that limits the amount of opening of a door of a refrigerated cabinet or any other type of cabinet.
- The invention further provides a hinge assembly that has a built-in means for limiting the pivoting motion of the hinge assembly.
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