EP 0535866 B1 19970409 - Cabinet with rotating door
Title (en)
Cabinet with rotating door
Title (de)
Schrank mit Schwenktür
Title (fr)
Coffret avec porte pivotante
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 76610391 A 19910927
- US 93763392 A 19920828
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0535866A1] A cabinet is provided with a curved, upwardly-swinging door and interior shelves. The curved door is mounted on a pair of opposed pivot arms which rotate on a horizontal axis. Each pivot arm is provided with a disk portion having a central boss and an arm portion tangent to the disk portion. The central boss engages a fixed stud at the side of the cabinet and provides a center pivot for each of the arms. A gas spring for each arm is provided, which is pivotably connected at one end to the arm and at the other end to a side wall of the cabinet. The gas spring serves to counterbalance the door as it moves between an open and a closed position and open the door unassisted once the user initiates movement of the door, this opening feature being very beneficial to seated and physically disabled users. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
E05D 15/40 (2006.01); E05F 1/10 (2006.01); E06B 3/40 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
E05D 15/40 (2013.01); E05F 1/1091 (2013.01); E06B 3/40 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0535866 A1 19930407; EP 0535866 B1 19970409; CA 2079184 A1 19930328; DE 69218868 D1 19970515; DE 69218868 T2 19970918
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 92308710 A 19920924; CA 2079184 A 19920925; DE 69218868 T 19920924