Patent ID: 6308376
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge for mounting on a piece of furniture comprisinga fixing member for fitting to a fixed plate of the piece of furniture,a cup-shaped fixing member for fitting with and being held in engagement with a movable plate of the piece of furniture, anda movable link arm and a movable rear arm rotatably fitted to a fixed front shaft of said fixing member and a fixed rear shaft of said fixing member, respectively,a movable intermediary arm being adapted to pivot at a front end thereof on an intermediary cup-side shaft located inside of a cup-shaped space of said cup-shaped fixing member, said movable link arm and said movable intermediary arm being linked together by an intermediary shaft,a linking front shaft at a linking front end of said movable link arm and a front cup-side shaft arranged within said cup-shaped space of said cup-shaped fixing member being linked by a movable front arm so as to allow said cup-shaped fixing member to be swung open and closed relative to said fixing member,a safety shield plate unit having a base section held to said fixed front shaft of said fixing member so as to be rotatable in a gap located between said movable intermediary arm and said movable link arm and resiliently urged toward the cup-shaped fixing member by a resilient member, while anchored sections of said safety shield plate unit abut said movable link arm to limit entrance of said safety shield plate unit into the cup-shaped space of said cup-shaped fixing member so that a hazardous space defined by the movable link arm, the movable front arm and the movable intermediary arm is hidden to make it nonhazardous when the movable plate is made to swing open and closed relative to the fixed plate.