Patent ID: 6667449
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: E05D,E05Y,H01H

Abstract:
A switch hinge comprising:a first hinge wing which accommodates a switch operable by a lever; a second hinge wing; a shaft which, in the operative position, is non-rotatably connected with the second hinge wing, the shaft, on its circumference, has a switch groove into which an operating pin connected with the lever dips in a predetermined swivelling position between the two hinge wings; in a preassembled condition, in which the operating pin rests in the switch groove, a lock securing the shaft against rotation with respect to the first hinge wing, and the second hinge wing is freely swivellably with respect to the shaft; a fitting screw screwed into a face-side end of the first hinge wing axially displaces the shaft by a predetermined extent out of the preassembled position into an operative position; and the shaft having a knurled or otherwise structured ring zone which, when the shaft is displaced in the operative position, is press fitted into a hinge bore of the second hinge wing, for achieving the securing against rotation between the second hinge wing and the shaft.