Hinge assembly for tilt-and-turn window fixtures

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EP 1 074 687 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/04

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/06

(21)	Application number: 00830508.8

(22)	Date of filing: 19.07.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E05D 15/52

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

04.08.1999 IT FI990178

(71)	Applicant: Euroinvest S.r.L.
	55011 Altopascio - Lucca (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Bellandi, Paolo 51012 Castellare di Pescia, Pistoia (IT)

(74)	Representative: Bardini, Marco Luigi et al
	c/o Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A. Corso dei Tintori, 25 50122 Firenze 50122 Firenze (IT)

(54)	Hinge assembly for tilt-and-turn window fixtures

(57) 1. A hinge assembly for windows of the tilt-and-turn type, comprising a lower hinge body (1) to be fixed to a window frame (2) and a upper hinge body (3) to be fixed to the mobile portion (4) of the window as well as a hinge pin (5) engaging with respective hub portions (1a, 3a) of said lower and upper hinge bodies. The hub portion (3a) of upper hinge body (3) have a circular axial seat (9) for pivotally engaging a corresponding cylindrical portion (5a) of said pin. The pin comprises a shaped portion (5b) engaging with said hub portion (1a) of said lower hinge body (1) in a not rotatable way with respect to its own axis, but angularly displaceable therewithin on a plane containing said axis and perpendicular to the window plane. The pin further comprises an intermediate annular body (5c) acting as an abutment and placed between the shaped portion (5b) and the cylindrical portion (5a) and slidably abutting on a end of hub portion (1a) of the lower hinge body (1), the centre of rotation (C) of the angular displacement being located substantially at the other end thereof.

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