US 12,448,828 B2
Hinge for furniture
Sergio Salice, Carimate (IT)
Assigned to ARTURO SALICE S.P.A., Novedrate (IT)
Appl. No. 18/025,615
Filed by ARTURO SALICE S.P.A., Novedrate (IT)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/080782
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106222, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000027939 (IT), filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349213 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05D 5/02 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01); E05F 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC E05D 5/02 (2013.01) [E05F 1/12 (2013.01); E05F 5/006 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/412 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/626 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/412 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinge for furniture doors, comprising a substantially flat-shaped fixed part conformed to be inserted in a seat provided within the thickness of a horizontal wall of a piece of furniture and open on a front side of the same wall, and a movable part connectable to a door, the fixed part and the movable part being swingably connected with each other by an articulation device comprising at least an articulation axis, the hinge further comprising a movement control device for controlling the closing/opening movement of the hinge and a drive member for driving the movement control device, said movement control device being conformed as a damping device for damping the closing and/or the opening movement of the hinge or as a spring opening device for opening the hinge, wherein the movement control device is completely arranged within one of said fixed part and movable part of the hinge, characterized in that said drive member is movably supported by the other of said fixed part and movable part of the hinge and is operatively connected or actuated by the hinge part in which the movement control device is arranged, said drive member cooperating with the movement control device independently from said articulation device;
wherein the hinge is characterized in that said articulation device is a first articulation device and said articulation axis is a first articulation axis, and wherein the fixed part and the movable part are also swingably connected with each other by a second articulation device comprising at least a second articulation axis, said drive member cooperating with the movement control device independently from both said first articulation device and said second articulation device.