Patent ID: 6477737
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge for furniture, of the type comprising a bowl adapted to be fastened to a door of a piece of furniture and a wing designed to be fixed to the piece of furniture, the wing having an end pivotally mounted to the bowl for rotation relative to the bowl and a spring being received in the bowl, said spring having a thrust end exerting pressure on cam means placed on the wing to move the wing towards a near steady position corresponding to the open or closed hinge position and a reaction end reacting on the bowl, characterized in that the bowl has a rest surface for said reaction end of the spring keeping this reaction end oriented in a direction non-parallel to the bowl bottom, and said spring has a central portion between the thrust and reaction ends which is wound up around a pin supported in the bowl and parallel to the pivotal mounting of the wing to the bowl.