Abstract:
A hinge with a hinge cup can be inserted into a boring in a furniture part. A damper housing is fixed onto the hinge cup, and the damper housing can be fastened onto or removably secured to the hinge cup. The damper housing is disposed at least partially outside the boring when the hinge cup is inserted into the boring in the furniture part.

Description:
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/AT2004/000126, filed Apr. 9, 2004. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention concerns a hinge with a hinge cup which can be inserted into a boring in a furniture part, with a damper housing fixed onto the hinge cup. 
     Hinges fitted with a damper which brakes furniture doors during closing are known in the art from EP 1 199 433 A2, from the Austrian utility model AT 005 477 U1 and the German utility models DE 201 15 250 U and DE 202 05 905 U. The problem addressed by the present invention is to create a hinge with a damper such that the damper can be used universally. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The problem is solved by the fact that the damper housing can be fastened onto or removably secured to the hinge cup so that the damper housing is disposed at least partially outside the boring when the hinge cup is inserted into the boring in the furniture part. 
     Advantageously, the damper housing can be disposed entirely outside the boring when the hinge cup is inserted into the boring in the furniture part. 
     In a further embodiment of the invention, the hinge cup has a flange abutting on the furniture doors and the damper housing is anchored on the flange of the hinge cup. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       An embodiment of the invention will now be described with the aid of the figures in the attached drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a side view of an inventive hinge equipped with a damper, showing parts of one wall of the body and the door of the furniture, 
         FIG. 2  is a side view of an inventive hinge with a damper, wherein the hinge is shown at the start of the damping path, 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of a hinge according to  FIG. 2 , 
         FIG. 4  is a side view of an inventive hinge with a damper, wherein the hinge is shown in the middle of the damping area, 
         FIG. 5  is a top view of the hinge according to  FIG. 4 , 
         FIG. 6  is a side view of an inventive hinge with a damper, wherein the hinge is shown in the closed position, 
         FIG. 7  is a top view of the hinge according to  FIG. 6 , 
         FIG. 8  is a diagram of a damper fixed onto a hinge cup seen from above, 
         FIG. 9  is an exploded diagram of an inventive damper and a hinge cup, 
         FIG. 10  is an exploded diagram of an inventive damper and a hinge cup, wherein the elements are rotated by 180° with respect to  FIG. 8 , 
         FIG. 11  is a diagram of a hinge cup with the inventive damper, 
         FIG. 12  is a diagram of an inventive damper, 
         FIG. 13  is an exploded diagram of an inventive damper, 
         FIG. 14  is an exploded diagram of an inventive damper, wherein the elements are shown rotated by 180° with respect to  FIG. 13 , 
         FIG. 15  is a further diagram of an inventive damper, 
         FIG. 16  is a diagram of a hinge arm with an attachment, 
         FIG. 17  is a diagram of a hinge arm which is suitable to accept an attachment, 
         FIGS. 18 to 20  are side views of an attachment, 
         FIG. 21  shows a side view of a hinge with an attachment, in the open position, and 
         FIG. 22  shows a side view of an inventive hinge with an attachment, in the closed position. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     In the embodiment shown in  FIGS. 1-22 , the damper  1  is anchored on the hinge cup  3  of a hinge  2 . The hinge cup  3  is to be inserted in a bore in the furniture door  7 , and is linked via an articulated lever  5  with a hinge arm  4 , which is anchored to a base plate  6 . The base plate  6  is fixed to a side wall of a furniture body  8 , for example screwed into it. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 13 and 14 , the damper  1  is in the form of a rotation damper with a rotary piston  12 , and comprises a two-part damper housing  9 . In a first housing part  10 , a cylinder chamber  11  is formed, in which the rotary piston  12  of the damper  1  is disposed. In the second housing part  13 , there is a slider  14 , which acts as the actuation element. The slider  14  is fitted with an insertion element  15  on which a toothed rack profile  16  is formed. The toothed rack profile  16  could also be formed directly on the slider  14 . The insertion element  15  brings purely technical advantages. 
     The slider  14  moves (is displaced) in a recess  35  in the second housing part  13  and is acted upon by a pressure spring  28 . On the end of the slider  14  which projects out of the damper housing  9 , the slider  14  has a roller body  18  which rolls away along the hinge arm  4  when the furniture door  7  is closing. 
     The rotary piston  12  turns (rotates) on an axle  19 . At the other end of the axle  19  is a pinion  20 , which in the installation position is located in a recess  36  of the slider  14  and meshes with the toothed rack profile  16  of the insertion element  15 . Thus, the slider  14  is linked to the rotary piston  12  via the axle  19  and pinion  20 . 
     A wing  22  of the rotary piston  12  has a valve which is formed by an opening  23  in the wing  22  and a leaf spring  24 . If the rotary piston  12  is rotated in the direction of damping, the leaf spring  24  closes off the opening  23  in the wing  22 , and the damping fluid is pressed through the gap between the tip  25  of the wing  22  and the wall  26  of the cylinder chamber  11  in the damper housing  9 . As a result, the desired damping effect is produced. When the furniture door  7  is opened, the rotary piston  12  is rotated in the opposite direction, whereupon the leaf spring  24  opens (i.e., moves away from opening  23 ) so as to clear the opening  23 . Therefore, the damping fluid can also flow through the opening  23 . The pressure spring  28  thereby slides the slider  14  back into the ready position. 
     The damper housing  9  or the housing element  10  respectively is equipped with a cover  27 . 
     An example of a connection means for detachably attaching the damper housing  9  of the damper  1  to the hinge cup  3  is described below. As shown in  FIGS. 8-11 , the hinge cup  3  has a flange  29  with an edge  30 . In the edge  30  on opposite sides of the flange  29 , recesses  31  are formed. The damper housing  9  of the rotary damper  1  has moulded elastic hooks  32  which form part of the damper housing  9 , and the hooks  32  engage the recesses  31  under the flange  29  when the rotary damper  1  is installed. The rotary damper  1  can thus be mounted onto the hinge cup  3  without using tools by simply pressing it onto the flange  29 . Advantageously, the elastic hooks are designed so that the damper housing  9  is also detachable from the flange  29 . The damper housing  9  can also be removed from the flange  29  without tools. In other words, the damper housing  9  is detachably attached to the hinge cup  3  by the connection means so that the damper housing  9  can be attached to or detached from the hinge cup  3  without tools. 
     Since hinge arms  4  can have various forms (for example, there are also cranked hinge arms  4 ), an attachment  17  can be attached to the hinge arm  4 , as shown in  FIGS. 16-22 . In particular, control surface  21  for the actuation element in the embodiment of the slider  14  is formed on the attachment  17 . When the door  7  is closing, the actuation element presses with its free end on the control surface  21 . The control surface  21  follows a curved path (i.e., the control surface is curved), which is adapted to the respective requirements. The control surface  21  can be inclined in opposing directions, and can be concave, convex or also straight and angled in form. This allows a specific influencing of the closing characteristics of different hinge types and different closure mechanisms. 
     The attachment is equipped, for example, with lugs  33 , while the hinge arm  4  has holes  34 , so that if necessary the attachment  17  can easily be pressed onto the hinge arm  4 .