Hinge

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a hinge for hingedly connecting a door to a wall or a piece of furniture, comprising:

• a first fastening member which is designed to be attached to said door or to the wall or the piece of furniture;
• and a second fastening member which is designed to be attached to the wall or the piece of furniture or to the door, respectively;
• at least one first hinge arm which is attached to the first fastening member;
• and at least one second hinge arm which is attached to the second fastening member,

in which the first and the second hinge arm are hingedly connected to one another by means of a hinge pin for hingedly connecting the door to the wall or the piece of furniture and in which the first fastening member:

• comprises a fixed portion which, in the fitted state, is fixedly attached to said door or to the wall or the piece of furniture;
• comprises a portion which is displaceable with respect to the fixed portion, in which the first hinge arm at its one end is hingedly attached to the displaceable portion in order to attach it to the first fastening member;
• and comprises adjusting means for adjusting the position of the displaceable portion with respect to the fixed portion of the first fastening member;

wherein the at least one first hinge arm is guided, at its other end than the said hinged end, in guide slots in the second fastening member and wherein the at least one second hinge arm is, at its one end, hingedly attached to the second fastening member and is, at its other end, guided in guide slots in the first fastening member.

[0002] Several solutions already exist for adjusting the position of the displaceable portion of such hinges with respect to the fixed portion of the first fastening member in a direction virtually at right angles to the hinge axis of the hinge and virtually at right angles to the plane of the door or the wall or the piece of furniture.

[0003] In the case of a first solution, such as for example described in EP 1 308 592, the displaceable portion of the existing hinges is provided with slots which are arranged in said direction, and corresponding bores are provided in the fixed portion, screws being inserted into the slots and engaging with the bores. By moving the slots with respect to the screws, the displaceable portion can be fixed in different positions with respect to the fixed portion in said direction. However, a considerable drawback of this solution is that it is very difficult to adjust the position of the door with respect to the plane or the piece of furniture accurately.

[0004] In the case of a second solution, this adjustment can be carried out much more precisely. In CH 671 066, with a different type of hinge, fine-adjustment means of the position of the door with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture is described which uses an eccentric part. Such a fine-adjustment means is also described, with a hinge according to the preamble of the first claim, in EP 1 308 592, as an alternative to the above-described adjustment means using slots. However, this solution which uses an eccentric part for adjustment has the considerable drawback that this results in a setting which is not very stable. On account of the force of gravity, the eccentric part will sag after some time and thus the position of the door with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture will be affected.

[0005] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a hinge according to the preamble of the first claim, by means of which a door can be attached to a wall or a piece of furniture and in which the position of the door with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture can be readjusted in an accurate way, after fitting in a stable and accurate manner in a direction virtually at right angles to the hinge axis and virtually at right angles to the plane of the door or the wall or the piece of furniture.

[0006] This object of the invention is achieved by providing a hinge, for hingedly connecting a door to a wall or a piece of furniture, comprising:

• a first fastening member which is designed to be attached to said door or to the wall or the piece of furniture;
• and a second fastening member which is designed to be attached to the wall or the piece of furniture or to the door, respectively;
• at least one first hinge arm which is attached to the first fastening member;
• and at least one second hinge arm which is attached to the second fastening member,

in which the first and the second hinge arm are hingedly connected to one another by means of a hinge pin for hingedly connecting the door to the wall or the piece of furniture and in which the first fastening member:

• comprises a fixed portion which, in the fitted state, is fixedly attached to said door or to the wall or the piece of furniture;
• comprises a portion which is displaceable with respect to the fixed portion, in which the first hinge arm at its one end is hingedly attached to the displaceable portion in order to attach it to the first fastening member;
• and comprises adjusting means for adjusting the position of the displaceable portion with respect to the fixed portion of the first fastening member;

wherein the at least one first hinge arm is guided, at its other end than the said hinged end, in guide slots in the second fastening member and wherein the at least one second hinge arm is, at its one end, hingedly attached to the second fastening member and is, at its other end, guided in guide slots in the first fastening member, and in which the displaceable portion is hingedly attached to the fixed portion, by means of a hinge pin, which is arranged parallel to said hinge pin which connects the hinge arms.

[0007] By means of such a hingedly displaceable portion, the position can be adjusted again accurately in a direction virtually at right angles to the hinge axis and virtually at right angles to the plane of the door or the wall or the piece of furniture, without said drawback of having to achieve adjustment by means of an eccentric part. In view of the fact that the displaceable portion here is hingedly attached to the fixed portion, the force of gravity does not - during normal use of the hinge in order to attach a door to a wall or a piece of furniture - affect the adjustment of the position of the displaceable portion with respect to the fixed portion.

[0008] Hingedly displaceable portions were already present in other types of hinges, such as e.g. in DE 29 51 588 A1, EP 0 969 172 A1 and DE 32 17 104 A1.
With a hinge according to the preamble of the first claim, such hingedly displaceable portion however provides a therein unknown advantageous tilting effect for adjustment of the position of the door with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture.

[0009] Preferably, the second fastening member of a hinge according to the present invention comprises:

• a fixed portion which, in the fitted state, is attached to the wall or the piece of furniture or to the door, respectively;
• a first displaceable portion, in which the second hinge arm is attached to the first displaceable portion in order to attach it to the second fastening member;
• and adjusting means for adjusting the position of the first displaceable portion with respect to the fixed portion of the second fastening member.

[0010] In this way, it becomes possible to adjust the position of the door with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture in several directions.

[0011] With a first specific embodiment of such a hinge according to the present invention, the first displaceable portion of the second fastening member is linearly displaceable with respect to the fixed portion, virtually at right angles to the hinge axis of the hinge and, in the fitted state, virtually in the plane of the wall or the piece of furniture or the door.

[0012] In most cases, this plane of the door coincides with the plane of the wall or the plane of the piece of furniture.

[0013] By means of such a linearly displaceable portion and associated adjusting means, a depth adjustment of the second fastening member is provided. After fitting, the displaceable portion of said second fastening member can be moved forwards or backwards with respect to the fixed portion. Together with the arrangement of the hingedly displaceable portion of the first fastening member with respect to the fixed portion thereof, adjustment in all directions in a horizontal plane is thus made possible after the hinge has been fitted - and during normal use thereof.

[0014] With a second specific embodiment of such a hinge according to the present invention, the first displaceable portion of the second fastening member is hingedly attached to the fixed portion.

[0015] This also makes complete adjustment in a horizontal plane possible after fitting of the hinge and during normal use thereof. Moreover, this offers the additional advantage that when the hinge is designed to be reversible, the adjusting means of the hingedly displaceable portion of the first fastening member can be arranged virtually mirrored in the hinge with respect to the hinge axis of the adjusting means of the hingedly displaceable portion of the second fastening member, so that, in a straight position of the hinge and in a reversed position of the hinge, the adjustment of the hingedly displaceable portions can take place in the same manner. This considerably simplifies the installation thereof by a person skilled in the art.

[0016] The second fastening member of a hinge according to these embodiments then comprises more specifically:

• a second portion which is displaceable with respect to the fixed portion and is linearly displaceable with respect to the fixed portion, parallel to the hinge axis of the hinge, with the first displaceable portion being attached to the second displaceable portion in order to attach it to the fixed portion;
• and adjusting means for adjusting the position of the second displaceable portion with respect to the fixed portion of the second fastening member.

[0017] In this way, the door can also be accurately adjusted vertically with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture after fitting.

[0018] Preferably, the second displaceable portion of a such hinge comprises slots which are arranged parallel to the hinge axis of the hinge, with the fixed portion comprising corresponding bores, and with the adjusting means comprising screws which engage with the corresponding bores through the slots so that, by moving the slots with respect to the screws, the second displaceable portion can be fixed with respect to the fixed portion in different positions parallel to the hinge axis by means of these screws.

[0019] Said drawback from the prior art when using slots does not apply when using height adjustment. With height adjustment, the person skilled in the art will always bring the door into the desired position by means of, for example, wedges, after which he fixes this position with the aid of the adjusting means. In practice, a person skilled in the art will not readjust this position any further. Slots and screws are therefore also very simple adjusting means for adjusting the height of a door with respect to a wall or a piece of furniture.

[0020] Said adjusting means of a hinge according to the present invention preferably comprise at least one adjusting screw.

[0021] Still more preferably, said adjusting means comprise a worm and a portion of a worm wheel, with said displaceable portion, which is hingedly attached to the corresponding fixed portion, being designed as the portion of the worm wheel and engaging with the worm, with the displaceable portion being hingedly displaceable with respect to the corresponding fixed portion by displacement of the worm.

[0022] More specifically, said displaceable portion then comprises a convexly curved surface, said curved surface being at least partially provided with essentially parallel slots, or being provided with a screw thread in order to configure this displaceable portion as the portion of the worm wheel and said worm being configured as an adjusting screw.

[0023] The present invention is now explained in more detail with reference to the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of a hinge according to the present invention. The aim of this description is only to give illustrative examples and to indicate further advantages and features of this hinge, and can therefore not be interpreted as a limitation of the area of application of the invention or of the patent rights laid down in the claims.

[0024] In this detailed description, reference numerals are used to refer to the attached drawings, in which:

• Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a hinge according to the present invention in top view;
• Fig. 2 shows the hinge from Fig. 1 partially in cross section and partially in top view;
• Fig. 3 shows the hinge from Fig. 1 in front view.

[0025] The hinge (1) illustrated in the figures comprises a first fastening member (2) which is designed to be attached to a door or to a wall or a piece of furniture in order to attach the hinge (1) thereto, and a second fastening member (3) which is designed to be attached, respectively, to the wall or the piece of furniture or to the door in order to attach the hinge (1) thereto.

[0026] The hinge (1) furthermore comprises a first hinge arm (4) which, at its one end (4a), is hingedly attached to the first fastening member (2) and, at its other end (4b), is guided in guide slots in the second fastening member (3) by means of a guide pin (4c).

[0027] In addition, this hinge (1) comprises two second hinge arms (5), each of which is, at its one end (5a), hingedly attached to the second fastening member (3) and, at its other end (5b), guided in guide slots in the first fastening member (2) by means of guide pins (5c).

[0028] The first hinge arm (4) is hingedly connected to the two second hinge arms (5) by means of a hinge pin (18). This hinge pin (18) determines the hinge axis (A) of the hinge (1).

[0029] Of course, the number of hinge arms (4, 5) of a hinge (1) according to the present invention can be varied and may, for example, depend on the strength of the hinge (1).

[0030] The first fastening member (2) of the illustrated hinge (1) comprises a fixed portion (6), as can clearly be seen in Figs. 2 and 3, and a displaceable portion (7), which is hingedly attached to this fixed portion (6) by means of a hinge pin (19) which is arranged parallel to the hinge pin (18) which connects the hinge arms (4, 5) to one another. In the fitted state of the hinge (1), the fixed portion (6) is fixedly connected to said door or to said wall or to the piece of furniture. The first hinge arm (4) is hingedly attached to the displaceable portion (7) so as to hingedly attach this to the first fastening member (2).

[0031] In order to be able to adjust the position of the displaceable portion (7) with respect to the fixed portion (6) of this first fastening member (2), the displaceable portion (7) is configured as a part of a worm wheel (9) by providing this displaceable portion (7) with a convexly curved surface (17), in which this curved surface (17) is partially provided with a screw thread. With this screw thread, the displaceable portion (7) engages with the screw thread of an adjusting screw (8) which serves as worm (8). By displacing the worm (8), the displaceable portion (7) is hingedly displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (6). The convexly curved surface (17) could equally well be provided with parallel slots which engage with the adjusting screw (8) instead of said screw thread.

[0032] The second fastening member (3) of the illustrated hinge (1) also comprises a fixed portion (10) which, in the fitted state of the hinge (1), is fixedly connected to the door or the wall or the piece of furniture.

[0033] Furthermore, this second fastening member (3) comprises a first portion (11) which is displaceable with respect to this fixed portion (10). The second hinge arm (5) is hingedly attached to this first displaceable portion (11) in order to hingedly attach it to the second fastening member (3). This first displaceable portion (11) is linearly displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (10), virtually at right angles to the hinge axis (A) of the hinge (1) and, in the fitted state, virtually in the plane of the wall or the piece of furniture or the door. In the position of this hinge (1), as illustrated in Fig. 3, this first displaceable portion (11) can be moved forwards or backwards with respect to the fixed portion (10).

[0034] Alternatively, the first displaceable portion (11) can also be configured so as to be able to hinge with respect to the fixed portion (10). In particular where hinges (1) are constructed to be completely reversible, it is expedient to make the second fastening member (3) virtually point-symmetrical to the first fastening member (2), with the centre of the hinge (1) as the mirror point.

[0035] In addition, the second fastening member (3) also comprises a second portion (14) which is displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (10). This second displaceable portion (14) is linearly displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (10), parallel to the hinge axis (A) of the hinge (1). To this end, the second displaceable portion (14) comprises slots which are arranged parallel to the hinge axis (A) of the hinge (1). The fixed portion (10) comprises corresponding bores. Furthermore, the hinge (1) comprises screws which engage with the corresponding bores through the slots, so that by moving the screws (15, 16) in the slots, the second displaceable portion (14) can be fixed in different positions parallel to the hinge axis (A) with respect to the fixed portion (10) by means of these screws (15, 16). In this way, this second displaceable portion (14) can be moved vertically with respect to the fixed portion (10) in the position of the hinge (1), as is illustrated in Fig. 3. Said slots cannot be seen in the figures. However, an adjustment by means of such slots is known from the prior art.

[0036] In order to adjust the position of the first displaceable portion (11) with respect to the fixed portion of this second fastening member (3), this hinge (1) comprises two adjusting screws (12, 13) by means of which the first displaceable portion (11) is displaceably attached to the second displaceable portion (14).

[0037] Following (vertical) fitting of a door to a wall or a piece of furniture by means of this hinge (1), an adjustment of the position of the door with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture in a horizontal plane is possible using the worm (8), the portion of a worm wheel (9) and the adjusting screws (12, 13). The height adjustment is achieved by means of the screws (15, 16) and the corresponding slots.

[0038] Instead of using these slots and screws (15, 16), the height adjustment of the door with respect to the wall or the piece of furniture could equally well be achieved by providing an adjusting screw instead of the hinge pin (18) of the hinge (1), as is the case, for example, with the height adjustment as described in CH 671 066.

Claims

1. Hinge (1) for hingedly connecting a door to a wall or a piece of furniture, comprising:

- a first fastening member (2) which is designed to be attached to said door or to the wall or the piece of furniture;

- and a second fastening member (3) which is designed to be attached to the wall or the piece of furniture or to the door, respectively;

- at least one first hinge arm (4) which is attached to the first fastening member (2);

- and at least one second hinge arm (5) which is attached to the second fastening member (3),

in which the first (4) and the second hinge arm (5) are hingedly connected to one another by means of a hinge pin (18) for hingedly connecting the door to the wall or the piece of furniture and in which the first fastening member (2):

- comprises a fixed portion (6) which, in the fitted state, is fixedly attached to said door or to the wall or the piece of furniture;

- comprises a portion (7) which is displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (6), in which the first hinge arm (4) at its one end (4a) is hingedly attached to the displaceable portion (7) in order to attach it to the first fastening member (2);

- and comprises adjusting means (8, 9) for adjusting the position of the displaceable portion (7) with respect to the fixed portion (6) of the first fastening member (2);

wherein the at least one first hinge arm (4) is guided, at its other end (4b) than the said hinged end (4a), in guide slots in the second fastening member (3) and wherein the at least one second hinge arm (5) is, at its one end (5a), hingedly attached to the second fastening member (3) and is, at its other end (5b), guided in guide slots in the first fastening member (2),
characterized in that the displaceable portion (7) is hingedly attached to the fixed portion (6), by means of a hinge pin (19), which is arranged parallel to said hinge pin (18) which connects the hinge arms (4, 5).

2. Hinge (1) according to Claim 1, characterized in that the second fastening member (3):

- comprises a fixed portion (10) which, in the fitted state, is attached to the wall or the piece of furniture or to the door, respectively;

- comprises a first displaceable portion (11), in which the second hinge arm (5) is attached to the first displaceable portion (11) in order to attach it to the second fastening member (3);

- and comprises adjusting means (12, 13) for adjusting the position of the first displaceable portion (11) with respect to the fixed portion (10) of the second fastening member (3).

3. Hinge (1) according to Claim 2, characterized in that the first displaceable portion (11) of the second fastening member (3) is linearly displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (10), virtually at right angles to the hinge axis (A) of the hinge (1) and, in the fitted state, virtually in the plane of the wall or the piece of furniture or the door.

4. Hinge (1) according to Claim 2, characterized in that the first displaceable portion (11) of the second fastening member (3) is hingedly attached to the fixed portion (10).

5. Hinge (1) according to one of Claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the second fastening member (3):

- comprises a second portion (14) which is displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (10) and is linearly displaceable with respect to the fixed portion (10), parallel to the hinge axis (A) of the hinge (1), with the first displaceable portion (11) being attached to the second displaceable portion (14) in order to attach it to the fixed portion (10),

- and comprises adjusting means (15, 16) for adjusting the position of the second displaceable portion (14) with respect to the fixed portion (10) of the second fastening member (3).

6. Hinge (1) according to Claim 5, characterized in that the second displaceable portion (14) comprises slots which are arranged parallel to the hinge axis (A) of the hinge (1), in that the fixed portion (10) comprises corresponding bores, and in that the adjusting means (15, 16) comprise screws (15, 16) which engage with the corresponding bores through the slots so that, by moving the slots with respect to the screws (15, 16), the second displaceable portion (14) can be fixed with respect to the fixed portion (10) in different positions parallel to the hinge axis (A) by means of these screws (15, 16).

7. Hinge (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said adjusting means (8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16) comprise at least one adjusting screw (8, 12, 13).

8. Hinge (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said adjusting means (8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16) comprise a worm (8) and a portion of a worm wheel (9), with said displaceable portion (7), which is hingedly attached to the corresponding fixed portion (6), being designed as the portion of the worm wheel (9) and engaging with the worm (8), with the displaceable portion (7) being hingedly displaceable with respect to the corresponding fixed portion (6) by displacement of the worm (8).

9. Hinge (1) according to Claim 8, characterized in that said displaceable portion (7) comprises a convexly curved surface (17), said curved surface being at least partially provided with essentially parallel slots, or being provided with a screw thread in order to configure this displaceable portion (7) as the portion of the worm wheel (9) and in that said worm (8) is configured as an adjusting screw (8).

Ansprüche

1. Scharnier (1) zum gelenkigen Verbinden einer Tür mit einer Wand oder einem Möbelstück, umfassend:

- ein erstes Befestigungselement (2), das dafür gestaltet ist, an der Tür beziehungsweise an der Wand oder dem Möbelstück angebracht zu werden,

- und ein zweites Befestigungselement (3), das dafür gestaltet ist, an der Wand oder dem Möbelstück beziehungsweise an der Tür angebracht zu werden,

- mindestens einen ersten Scharnierarm (4), der an dem ersten Befestigungselement (2) angebracht ist,

- und mindestens einen zweiten Scharnierarm (5), der an dem zweiten Befestigungselement (3) angebracht ist,

wobei der erste (4) und der zweite Scharnierarm (5) mittels eines Scharnierstiftes (18) gelenkig miteinander verbunden sind, um die Tür gelenkig mit der Wand oder dem Möbelstück zu verbinden, und wobei das erste Befestigungselement (2):

- einen ortsfesten Abschnitt (6) umfasst, der im montierten Zustand ortsfest an der Tür beziehungsweise an der Wand oder dem Möbelstück angebracht ist,

- einen Abschnitt (7) umfasst, der in Bezug zum ortsfesten Abschnitt (6) verlagert werden kann, wobei der erste Scharnierarm (4) an seinem einen Ende (4a) gelenkig an dem verlagerbaren Abschnitt (7) angebracht ist, um diesen an dem ersten Befestigungselement (2) anzubringen,

- und Justierungsmittel (8, 9) umfasst, um die Position des verlagerbaren Abschnitts (7) in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Abschnitt (6) des ersten Befestigungselements (2) zu justieren,

wobei der mindestens eine erste Scharnierarm (4) an seinem zum gelenkig angebrachten Ende (4a) entgegengesetzten Ende (4b) in Führungsschlitzen im zweiten Befestigungselement (3) geführt wird und wobei der mindestens eine zweite Scharnierarm (5) an seinem einen Ende (5a) gelenkig am zweiten Befestigungselement (3) angebracht ist und an seinem anderen Ende (5b) in Führungsschlitzen im ersten Befestigungselement (2) geführt wird,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der verlagerbare Abschnitt (7) gelenkig am ortsfesten Abschnitt (6) mittels eines Scharnierstiftes (19) angebracht ist, der parallel zum Scharnierstift (18) angeordnet ist, der die Scharnierarme (4, 5) verbindet.

2. Scharnier (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das zweite Befestigungselement (3):

- einen ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) umfasst, der im montierten Zustand an der Wand oder dem Möbelstück beziehungsweise an der Tür angebracht ist,

- einen ersten verlagerbaren Abschnitt (11) umfasst, wobei der zweite Scharnierarm (5) an dem ersten verlagerbaren Abschnitt (11) angebracht ist, um ihn an dem zweiten Befestigungselement (3) anzubringen,

- und Justierungsmittel (12, 13) umfasst, um die Position des ersten verlagerbaren Abschnitts (11) in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) des zweiten Befestigungselements (3) zu justieren.

3. Scharnier (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste verlagerbare Abschnitt (11) des zweiten Befestigungselements (3) in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) linear verlagert werden kann, und zwar nahezu rechtwinklig zur Scharnierachse (A) des Scharniers (1) und im montierten Zustand nahezu in der Ebene der Wand oder des Möbelstücks beziehungsweise der Tür.

4. Scharnier (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste verlagerbare Abschnitt (11) des zweiten Befestigungselements (3) gelenkig an dem ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) angebracht ist.

5. Scharnier (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das zweite Befestigungselement (3):

- einen zweiten Abschnitt (14) umfasst, der in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) verlagert werden kann und in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) parallel zur Scharnierachse (A) des Scharniers (1) linear verlagert werden kann, wobei der erste verlagerbare Abschnitt (11) an dem zweiten verlagerbaren Abschnitt (14) angebracht ist, um ihn am ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) anzubringen,

- und Justierungsmittel (15, 16) umfasst, um die Position des zweiten verlagerbaren Abschnitts (14) in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) des zweiten Befestigungselements (3) zu justieren.

6. Scharnier (1) nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite verlagerbare Abschnitt (14) Schlitze umfasst, die parallel zur Scharnierachse (A) des Scharniers (1) angeordnet sind, dass der ortsfeste Abschnitt (10) entsprechende Bohrungen umfasst und dass die Justierungsmittel (15, 16) Schrauben (15, 16) umfassen, die durch die Schlitze hindurch in die entsprechenden Bohrungen eingreifen, sodass durch Bewegen der Schlitze in Bezug auf die Schrauben (15, 16) der zweite verlagerbare Abschnitt (14) mittels dieser Schrauben (15, 16) in Bezug auf den ortsfesten Abschnitt (10) in verschiedenen Positionen parallel zur Scharnierachse (A) fixiert werden kann.

7. Scharnier (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Justierungsmittel (8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16) mindestens eine Justierschraube (8, 12, 13) umfassen.

8. Scharnier (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Justierungsmittel (8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16) eine Schnecke (8) und einen Abschnitt eines Schneckenrads (9) umfassen, wobei der verlagerbare Abschnitt (7), der gelenkig am entsprechenden ortsfesten Abschnitt (6) angebracht ist, als der Abschnitt des Schneckenrads (9) gestaltet ist und in die Schnecke (8) eingreift, wobei der verlagerbare Abschnitt (7) in Bezug auf den entsprechenden ortsfesten Abschnitt (6) durch Verlagerung der Schnecke (8) gelenkig verlagert werden kann.

9. Scharnier (1) nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der verlagerbare Abschnitt (7) eine konvex gekrümmte Oberfläche (17) umfasst, wobei die gekrümmte Oberfläche mindestens teilweise mit im Wesentlichen parallelen Schlitzen versehen ist oder mit einem Schraubengewinde versehen ist, um diesen verlagerbaren Abschnitt (7) als den Abschnitt des Schneckenrads (9) zu konfigurieren, und dadurch, dass die Schnecke (8) als Justierschraube (8) konfiguriert ist.

Revendications

1. Charnière (1) pour raccorder de manière articulée une porte à un mur ou à un meuble, comprenant .

- un premier élément de fixation (2) qui est conçu pour être fixé à ladite porte ou au mur ou au meuble ; et

- un second élément de fixation (3) qui est conçu pour être fixé au mur ou au meuble ou à la porte, respectivement ;

- au moins un premier bras de charnière (4) qui est fixé au premier élément de fixation (2) ; et

- au moins un second bras de charnière (5) qui est fixé au second élément de fixation (3),

dans laquelle les premier (4) et second (5) bras de charnière sont raccordés de manière articulée l'un à l'autre au moyen d'une broche de charnière (18) pour raccorder de manière articulée la porte au mur ou au meuble et dans laquelle le premier élément de fixation (2) _:

- comprend une partie fixe (6) qui, à l'état ajusté, est fixée à ladite porte ou au mur ou au meuble ;

- comprend une partie (7) qui peut être déplacée par rapport à la partie fixe (6), dans laquelle le premier bras de charnière (4) est, à son extrémité (4a), fixé de manière articulée à la partie déplaçable (7) afin de la fixer au premier élément de fixation (2) ; et

- comprend des moyens d'ajustement (8, 9) pour ajuster la position de la partie déplaçable (7) par rapport à la partie fixe (6) du premier élément de fixation (2) ;

- dans laquelle le au moins un premier bras de charnière (4) est guidé à son extrémité (4b), autre que ladite extrémité articulée (4a), dans des rainures de guidage du second élément de fixation (3) et dans lequel le au moins un second bras de charnière (5) est, à sa première extrémité (5a) fixé de manière articulée au second élément de fixation (3) et est, à son autre extrémité (5b), guidé dans des rainures de guidage du premier élément de fixation (2),

caractérisé en ce que la partie déplaçable (7) est fixée de manière articulée à la partie fixe (6) au moyen d'une broche de charnière (19), qui est aménagée parallèlement à ladite broche de charnière (18) qui raccorde les bras de charnière (4, 5).

2. Charnière (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le second élément de fixation (3) :

- comprend une partie fixe (10) qui, à l'état ajusté, est fixée au mur ou au meuble ou à la porte, respectivement ;

- comprend une première partie déplaçable (11), dans laquelle le second bras de charnière (5) est fixé à la première partie déplaçable (11) pour la fixer au second élément de fixation (3) ; et

- comprend des moyens d'ajustement (12, 13) pour ajuster la position de la première partie déplaçable (11) par rapport à la partie fixe (10) du second élément de fixation (3).

3. Charnière (1) selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que la première partie déplaçable (11) du second élément de fixation (3) peut se déplacer linéairement par rapport à la partie fixe (10), virtuellement à angles droits avec l'axe (A) de la charnière (1) et, à l'état ajusté, virtuellement dans le plan du mur ou du meuble ou de la porte.

4. Charnière (1) selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que la première partie déplaçable (11) du second élément de fixation (3) est fixée de manière articulée à la partie fixe (10).

5. Charnière (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le second élément de fixation (3) :

- comprend une seconde partie (14) qui peut être déplacée par rapport à la partie fixe (10) et peut être déplacée linéairement par apport à la partie fixe (10) parallèlement à l'axe (A) de la charnière (1), la première partie déplaçable (11) étant fixée à la seconde partie déplaçable (14) pour la fixer à la partie fixe (10), et

- comprend des moyens d'ajustement (15, 16) pour ajuster la position de la seconde partie déplaçable (14) par rapport à la partie fixe (10) du second élément de fixation (3).

6. Charnière (1) selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que la seconde partie déplaçable (14) comprend des rainures qui sont aménagées parallèlement à l'axe (A) de la charnière (1), en ce que la partie fixe (10) comprend des alésages correspondants et en ce que les moyens d'ajustement (15, 16) comprennent des vis (15, 16) qui s'engagent dans les alésages correspondants à travers les rainures de sorte qu'en déplaçant les rainures par rapport aux vis (15, 16), la seconde partie déplaçable (14) puisse être fixée par rapport à la partie fixe (10) dans différentes positions parallèles à l'axe (A) de la charnière au moyen de ces vis (15, 16).

7. Charnière (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les moyens d'ajustement (8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16) comprennent au moins une vis d'ajustement (8, 12, 13).

8. Charnière (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens d'ajustement (8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16) comprennent une vis sans fin (8) et une partie d'une roue à vis (9), ladite partie déplaçable (7), qui est fixée de manière articulée à la partie fixe correspondante (6), étant conçue comme la partie de la roue sans fin (9) et s'engageant avec la vis sans fin (8), la partie déplaçable (7) pouvant être déplacée de manière articulée par rapport à la partie fixe correspondante (6) par déplacement de la vis sans fin (8).

9. Charnière (1) selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que ladite partie déplaçable (7) comprend une surface incurvée en mode convexe (17), ladite surface incurvée étant au moins en partie pourvue de rainures essentiellement parallèles ou étant pourvue d'un filet de vis afin de configurer cette partie déplaçable (7) comme la partie de la vis sans fin (9) et en ce que ladite vis sans fin (8) est configurée comme une vis d'ajustement (8).

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