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(11) | EP 0 132 986 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Improvement in or relating to hinge assemblies |
(57) A hinge assembly for pivotally mounting a dow particularly applicable to friction
supporting stays in which the window pivots on the stays bodily outwards. The stay has a track 10 and a pivoted strut 16which moves outwardly as the window opens. The track 10 carries one element 30 of a switch (e.g. a magnetic switch) and the strut 16 carries the other element 29. At one end of the fixed track 10 is mounted a burglar alarm or radio transmitter operable by the opening of the window which separates elements 29, 30. |