Furniture hinge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11078699-B2
Application number	US-201916668236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2019
Priority date	May 11, 2017
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion and a second fitting portion, the second fitting portion being pivotally connected to the first fitting portion by a hinge axis member. At least one of the fitting portions includes a base plate to be fixed to a furniture part, and an adjusting plate coupled to the hinge axis member, the adjusting plate being displaceably arranged on the base plate. A preferably pivotally mounted adjustment element can adjust a position of the adjusting plate relative to the base plate along a linear guide to adjust a position of the first fitting portion relative to the second fitting portion. A gap is formed between the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion in at least one relative position of the furniture hinge, and the adjustment element can be actuated by introducing a tool into the gap.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A furniture hinge for pivotally connecting a first furniture part to a second furniture part, the furniture hinge comprising:
a first fitting portion to be fixed to the first furniture part;
a hinge axis member;
a second fitting portion to be fixed to the second furniture part, the second fitting portion being pivotally connected to the first fitting portion by the hinge axis member;
wherein at least one of the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion includes:
a base plate to be fixed to one of the first furniture part or the second furniture part,
an adjusting plate coupled to the hinge axis member, the adjusting plate being displaceably arranged on the base plate, and
an adjustment element configured to be actuated to adjust a position of the adjusting plate relative to the base plate along a linear guide to adjust a position of the first fitting portion relative to the second fitting portion,

wherein the furniture hinge is configured such that a gap is formed between the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion in at least one relative position of the furniture hinge to allow introduction of a tool into the gap for actuation of the adjustment element, and
wherein the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are movable relative to each other between a first position in which the first furniture part to be fixed to the first fitting portion and the second furniture part to be fixed to the second fitting portion are aligned parallel to one another, and a second position in which the first furniture part to be fixed to the first fitting portion and the second furniture part to be fixed to the second fitting portion are aligned coplanar to one another.

2. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment element is configured to be actuated by the tool introduced into the gap in a relative position of the furniture hinge in which the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion or the first furniture part and the second furniture part connected to the fitting portions, in a mounting condition, adopt an angle of between 0° and 125°.

3. The furniture hinge according to claim 2 , wherein the adjustment element can be actuated by the tool introduced into the gap in a relative position of the furniture hinge in which the two fitting portions or the furniture parts connected to the fitting portions adopt an angle of between 0° and 90° relative to one another.

4. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment element is pivotally supported about a rotational axis, and wherein the rotational axis of the adjustment element extends transversely relative to the hinge axis member of the furniture hinge.

5. The furniture hinge according to claim 4 , wherein the rotational axis of the adjustment element extends at a right angle relative to the hinge axis member of the furniture hinge.

6. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment element has a first end with a tool receiving device for receiving a tool, and a second end spaced from the first end in a longitudinal direction of the adjustment element, wherein the adjustment element is arranged such that the first end of the adjustment element is closer to the gap than the second end.

7. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the linear guide includes an elongated hole arranged on the base plate or on the adjusting plate, wherein a guide element arranged on the adjusting plate or on the base plate is configured to be displaceably guided along the elongated hole.

8. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the linear guide includes a guiding edge formed or arranged on the base plate for displaceably supporting the adjusting plate.

9. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein one or more linear guides is or are provided so that the adjusting plate is displaceably guided relative to the base plate.

10. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein, by an actuation of the adjustment element, a lateral distance in a direction between the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion is adjustable in a mounted condition of the furniture hinge.

11. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , further comprising a second adjustment element configured to be actuated to adjust a height position in a direction of the first fitting portion relative to the second fitting portion in a mounted condition of the furniture hinge.

12. The furniture hinge according to claim 11 , further comprising a carrier plate movably arranged on the adjusting plate, the carrier plate being configured such that by an actuation of the second adjustment element, a height position of the carrier plate relative to the adjusting plate is adjustable in a mounted condition of the furniture hinge.

13. The furniture hinge according to claim 12 , wherein the carrier plate includes an inclinedly extending guide along which a movable guide portion can be displaceably guided by an actuation of the second adjustment element.

14. The furniture hinge according to claim 12 , wherein the adjusting plate is coupled to the hinge axis member via the carrier plate.

15. The furniture hinge according to claim 11 , wherein the second adjustment element is pivotally mounted.

16. The furniture hinge according to claim 11 , wherein the first adjustment element has a first rotational axis and the second adjustment element has a second rotational axis, and the direction of the first rotational axis and the direction of the second rotational axis extend substantially parallel to one another.

17. The furniture hinge according to claim 16 , wherein a direction of the first rotational axis and a direction of the second rotational axis extend parallel to one another.

18. The furniture hinge according to claim 16 , wherein a direction of the first rotational axis and a direction of the second rotational axis extend within an angle of between 0° and 40° relative to a main plane formed by the base plate.

19. The furniture hinge according to claim 11 , further comprising a third, adjustment element configured such that a depth position of the first fitting portion relative to the second fitting portion is adjustable by an actuation of the third adjustment element in a mounted condition of the furniture hinge.

20. The furniture hinge according to claim 19 , wherein the second adjustment element and/or the third adjustment element is configured to be actuated by introducing a screwdriver into the gap in a mounted condition of the furniture hinge.

21. The furniture hinge according to claim 19 , wherein the third adjustment element is pivotally mounted.

22. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge axis member extends vertically in the mounted condition of the furniture hinge.

23. An arrangement comprising a first furniture part, a second furniture part and the furniture hinge according to claim 1 for pivotally connecting the first furniture part to the second furniture part.

24. The arrangement according to claim 23 , wherein each of the first furniture part and the second furniture part is movably supported relative to a furniture carcass in the mounted condition.

25. An item of furniture comprising the arrangement according to claim 23 .

26. The furniture hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment element is pivotally mounted.

Assignees

• Blum Gmbh Julius

Inventors

• Gasser Ingo

Classifications

• E05D7/0423 Primary

  Screw-and-nut mechanisms (E05D7/0407, E05D7/043 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05Y2600/31

  Linear motion · CPC title

• E05D15/264

  for bi-fold wings · CPC title

• E05D7/0415 Primary

  with adjusting drive means · CPC title

• E05Y2600/20

  with specific transmission movement · CPC title