Patent ID: 6584645
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: E05C,E05D,E05F,E05Y,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for a braked movement of furniture doors that have a horizontal rotation axis, said device comprising:a) a friction joint having a rotation axis; b) first and second attachment pieces mutually rotatable in opposite rotation directions around said rotation axis in a free manner in one rotation direction and against a resisting force in the other rotation direction; c) said friction joint including a wedging device provided between said attachment pieces to provide the resisting force in the other rotation direction; d) said wedging device comprising a first surface integral with one of said attachment pieces and a second surface integral with said friction joint; e) said first and second surfaces forming facing surfaces to delimit a space therebetween; f) a wedging element disposed within said space; g) at least said facing surfaces defining a course between them or the shape of said wedging element is such that said wedging element tends to fixedly fit between said facing surfaces so that said facing surfaces are caused to rotate together with each other when rotation of said two attachment pieces takes place in the other rotation direction; h) a circular crown having a center in said rotation axis of said attachment pieces, with one of said attachment pieces radially projecting from said circular crown; i) one of said facing surfaces comprising an inner surface said circular crown; j) a disc-shaped element disposed coaxial with and central to said circular crown; k) the other of said facing surfaces comprising a side surface of said disc-shaped element; and l) a closing disc closing a face of said circular crown, the other of said attachment pieces radially projecting from said closing disc, a face of said closing disc turned towards the inside of said circular crown being a friction surface elastically pushed against a faced surface of said disc-shaped element to provide the resisting force when turned in the other rotation direction.