Patent ID: 6715181
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge device of the snap-in type for a door assembly having a door frame and a door leaf, the hinge device comprising two hinge leaves pivotal relative to one another via an articulated joint and a receiving part to be fastened to the door leaf, a first hinge leaf being capable of being secured to the door frame and the other, second hinge leaf being configured for snap-in engagement in a pocket of the receiving part, said second leaf hinge having opposed lateral surfaces, said receiving part having a pin or boss that yields on spring action and is configured to snap into a hole or recess in the second hinge leaf, said first and second hinge leaves resting with their surfaces substantially parallel when the door assembly is in a closed position, an adjustment screw located in the receiving part that cooperates with the second hinge leaf for lateral adjustment of the hinge device, elevated protuberances on each lateral edge of both lateral surfaces of the second hinge leaf that abut against opposing inner wall surfaces of the pocket when the second hinge leaf is received therein, said a protuberances stiffening the second hinge leaf, a notch on the second hinge leaf at a free end portion thereof, and step flanges on the adjustment screw located close to a bottom of the pocket, wherein upon insertion of the second hinge leaf into the pocket of the receiving part, the adjustment screw enters the notch on the second leaf hinge, said step flanges of the adjustment screw having a diameter greater than the width of the notch and capable of abutting against the opposed lateral surfaces of the second hinge leaf, whereby turning of the adjustment screw effects a lateral adjustment of the hinge device.