Patent ID: 8985717
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A47B,E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Hinge assembly ( 1 ) for household appliances ( 2 ) having an horizontally-pivoted front door ( 4 ), and which comprises: a first coupling element ( a second coupling element ( a door-weight balancing device ( the door-weight balancing device ( 9 ) in turn comprising a supporting rod ( 10 ) which extends in sliding manner through a supporting portion ( 11 ) of the first coupling element ( 6 ), a compression-preloaded elastically-deformable member ( 12 ) which is fitted to the supporting rod ( 10 ) so as to have a first end ( 12 a ) fixed to the distal end ( 10 a ) of the supporting rod ( 10 ) and a second end ( 12 b ) acting on the supporting portion ( 11 ) of the first coupling element ( 6 ), and a linking mechanism ( 13 ) which connects the proximal end ( 10 b ) of the supporting rod ( 10 ) to the second coupling element ( 7 ), so that the supporting rod ( 10 ) is axially moved to further compress the elastically-deformable member ( 12 ) when the second coupling element ( 7 ) rotates from the first to the second working position; the hinge assembly (