Furniture hinge with an improved fastening object

Disclosed is a furniture hinge with an improved fastening object. In the furniture hinge, an offset fastening peg has a sectional shape corresponding to the shape of the through holes and protrudes from an underside of the fastening flanges. A fastening element includes a head having a tool inserting recess formed at an upper surface thereof, a shaft downwardly extending from an underside of the head to become one body with the head, and anchoring ribs laterally protruding from a lower end portion of an outer periphery surface of the shaft to become one body with the shaft. From this structure, the furniture hinge is capable of easily being mounted to and released from the door body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a furniture hinge with an improved fastening object according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 , a furniture hinge 100 includes a hinge cup 110 , an elongated support arm 130 and a hinge control lever 120 which is disposed there between and is assembled to become one body with them. Fastening flanges 112 protrude from an upper edge of the hinge cup 110 which is fitted in a door body 140 (referred to FIGS. 4 to 7 ). A plurality of stoppers 114 upwardly protrude from an upper surface of the fasten flanges 112 . Preferably, the stoppers 114 are opposed to each other. A plurality of through holes 116 are formed through an upper surface of the fastening flanges 112 . The through holes 116 are divided into the first area 116 a and the second area 116 b . At this time, a first area 116 a is formed as an arc shape and a second area 116 b continuously extends from circumferential ends of the first area 116 a in a key-groove shape. The fastening object according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises offset fastening pegs 150 and a fastening element 160 . The offset fastening pegs 150 have a sectional shape corresponding to the shape of the through holes 116 . The offset fastening pegs 150 protrude from an underside of the fastening flanges 112 . Preferably, the offset fastening pegs 150 are formed by using the drawing process. A fastening element 160 includes a head 162 , a shaft 166 and a plurality of anchoring ribs 168 . A tool inserting recess 163 is formed at an upper surface of the head 162 . The tool(not shown) is inserted into the tool inserting recess 163 in order to rotate the fastening element 160 . A shaft 166 downwardly extends from an underside of the head 163 to become one body with the head 163 . Anchoring ribs 168 protrud from a lower end portion of an outer periphery surface of the shaft 166 to become one body with the shaft 166 . The anchoring ribs 168 extend from the outer periphery surface of the shaft 166 in parallel with each other. The anchoring rib 168 has a pointed edge in order to be firmly inserted into the door body 140 . A stopping projection 164 outwardly protrudes from an upper edge of the head 162 of the fastening element 160 . The stopping projection 164 of the head 162 has a function for incicating a rotating state of the anchoring ribs 168 . The stopper projection 164 rotates between the stoppers 114 in a 180-degree arc so as to limit a turning radius of the anchoring ribs 168 . when the shaft 166 of the fastening element 160 is rotated after inserted into the through hole 116 to pass through an interior of the offset fastening peg 150 , the anchoring ribs 168 are forcedly fitted into an interior of the door body 140 . Hereinafter, the operation of the furniture hinge with an improved fastening object according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention as above will be described in detail with reference drawings FIGS. 4 to 7 . At first, when a user wants to mount the furniture hinge 100 to the door body 140 , as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 , main fastening recesses (not shown) and auxiliary recesses 142 are formed on a backside of the door body 142 . The hinge cup 110 of the furniture hinge 100 is inserted into the main recesses, so that the fastening flanges 112 are brought into contact with the backside of the door body 140 , respectively. At this time, each of the offset fastening pegs 150 are inserted into the auxiliary recesses 142 . Thereafter, the shaft 166 of the fastening element 160 is inserted into the through hole 116 to pass through an interior of the offset fastening pegs 150 . More specifically, the shaft 166 is inserted into the first area 116 a of the through hole 116 and the anchoring ribs 168 are inserted into the second area 116 b of through hole 116 . At this time, the anchoring ribs 168 are positioned in the auxiliary fastening recesses 142 , respectively. The offset fastening pegs 150 prevent the shaft 116 of the fastening element 160 from being freely. The shaft 116 of the fastening element 160 can be prevented from moving free by the offset fastening pegs 150 . Further, the offset fastening pegs 150 support the fastening element 160 and prevent it from inclining. Also, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 , a worker inserts a typical driver (not shown) into the tool inserting recess 163 , and thereafter begins to rotate the driver in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction. Thereafter, the anchoring ribs 168 are rotated together with the shaft 166 . As a result, the anchoring ribs 168 are moved from the interior of the fastening recesses 142 to the outside. At this time, the anchoring ribs 168 are forcedly inserted in the door body 140 . Meanwhile, the rotating angle of the fixing ribs 168 are limited by the stopping projection 164 and the stoppers 114 . Since the highest anchoring rib 168 is supported at the lower end portion of the offset fastening peg 150 , the fastening element 160 does not release from the offset fastening peg 150 . As described above, in the furniture hinge with an improved fastening object according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the offset fastening pegs 150 protrude from an underside of the fastening flanges 112 . The fastening element 160 comprises the head 162 , the shaft 166 and the anchoring ribs 168 protruding from a lower end portion of an outer periphery surface of the shaft 166 to become one body with the shaft 166 . From this structure, the furniture hinge having the structure as described above is capable of being mounted and released from the door body. While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to particular embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be effected therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.