Abstract:
A furniture hinge with equipment includes a toggle-type hinge and a shock absorber. The latter is either a rotary (a first approach) or a line (a second approach) shock absorber. Irrespective of the approach, the shock absorber is arranged transversely to a major longitudinal axis of the toggle-type hinge and bound to a hinge pot.

Description:
This is a National phase of PCT/SI2006/000002 filed Feb. 14, 2006, and published in Slovenian. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a furniture hinge with equipment comprising a toggle-type hinge and a shock absorber. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     With a furniture unit provided with toggle-type hinges, possible shocks of door wings generated by buckling can prove to be dangerous (e.g. due to glass wings getting shattered) or at least inconvenient. There exist techniques of absorbing shocks by the distal end of a door wing and techniques of absorbing shocks by a hinge. The present invention relates to the latter approach, which, in the development of hinges, resulted in a union and co-operation of a toggle-type hinge and a line shock absorber and thus resulted in a furniture hinge with equipment. 
     From US 2004/0205935 A1 (to Lautenschläger et al.) there is known a reciprocating, line-type, damping device mounted onto a hinge arm for two members of furniture unit interconnected by a toggle-type hinge, which members of furniture unit swing relatively to each other. From WO 2004/092516 A1 (Brüstle et al.) there is known a hinge with a reciprocating, line-type, damping device mounted to a pot member of said hinge. In both cases, the respective shock absorber resides in a plane of a major axis of the hinge. 
     As expected, it is, in a practically standardized furniture hinge, a result of integration of a line damping device of this kind in a plane of a major axis of said hinge that there certainly occur assembling and servicing problems in addition to aesthetic and room-occupying disadvantages. Namely, with respect to a furniture unit, all hinges of this kind are adjusted by a hinge arm in x-, y- and z-axes, whereas a line damping device mounted to a hinge in the plane of a major axis of the hinge prevents, with known furniture hinges with equipment, respective approaches to said hinge arm. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is thus an object of the present invention to obviate the said disadvantage. 
     Two approaches of solving the problem as set forth above are foreseen according to the present invention. A first approach provides a rotary shock absorber arranged transversely to a major axis of a toggle-type hinge, and a second approach provides a line shock absorber arranged transversely to a major axis of a toggle-type hinge, whereat the major axis of the toggle-type hinge is coincident with a major longitudinal axis of a hinge arm, and rectangular to a turning axis of a furniture door. The open space along the major axis of the hinge over the hinge arm of the furniture hinge remains substantially intact with both said inventive approaches. 
     With both approaches, it is important for the invention that a swingable wing of a shock absorber arranged on a hinge pot co-operates with a hinge arm of a toggle-type hinge. The details of embodiments of such two inventive approaches then relate to the problem of transferring the swinging motion of the wing to said shock absorber as well as to the problem of fastening said shock absorber onto said hinge pot. 
     According to the present invention with an embodiment comprising a rotary shock absorber, said wing is mounted onto a rotary housing of said rotary shock absorber by being fitted into it or formed integrally with it and it swings together with it, while with an embodiment comprising a line shock absorber, said wing is mounted onto a rotary housing of said rotary shock absorber by being fitted into it and it only swings while said housing of said shock absorber is merely axially shifted. 
     Irrespective of said approaches, the shock absorber is connected to said hinge pot of said toggle-type hinge indirectly by means of a holder of shock absorber. Said holder comprises: 
     a first bearing to receive, 
     
         
         
           
             with said first approach: a stationary part of said shock absorber, and 
             with said second approach: an axially shiftable housing of shock absorber,
 
a second bearing arranged coaxially with the first one to receive,
 
             with said first approach: a rotary part of said shock absorber, and 
             with said second approach: a stationary, i.e. fixed part of said shock absorber,
 
an apertured disc (a leg of said holder) integral with each of said bearings, and a spacer piece to constitute a unique holder with two pairs of elements, composed each of bearing and an apertured disc.
 
           
         
       
    
     With a basic embodiment of said holder of shock absorber, said holder is adapted to a hinge pot of said toggle-type hinge in order to superpose said apertured discs on a flange of said hinge pot, with fastening holes of said holder coinciding with fastening holes in said flange of hinge pot and, preferably, the said spacer piece abutting against a distal transverse edge of said hinge pot. 
     With said first approach, a torsion spiral spring is inserted into a cavity of the second of said two bearings, with one arm of said spring retained by said rotary housing of shock absorber and the other one by said bearing of holder. If installing a rotary shock absorber having a return spring integrated, said torsion spiral spring is not required. 
     With said second approach, a ring coulisse is integrated into said axially shiftable housing of said line shock absorber. Axially in front of said ring coulisse, a counter-coulisse is formed integrally with a wing, said wing put on said housing of shock absorber, with said counter-coulisse permanently engaging said coulisse. Formed integrally with the rear side of said wing is an arcuate rib, which engages a respective slot provided in said spacer piece of said holder. Thus, said wing is located, as to its position, in the axial direction of the shock absorber. 
     With an altered holder of shock absorber, a hinge pot adapted to said holder retains the latter by means of a snap connection, said holder snapping the hinge pot from below. To this end, one or more, preferably two saddle-shaped recesses are foreseen along a distal transversal edge of a fastening flange of a hinge pot, while two prongs for engaging from below are formed integrally with said spacer piece, said prongs provided with respective indentations for engaging said recesses. 
     With a still further altered embodiment of a holder, a saddle-shaped recess is foreseen with each of two longitudinally extending reinforcing projections of a fastening flange of a hinge pot, with said holder providing a prong for engaging one of said recesses from below, while a drum-shaped appendix is integrally added to said holder for operating another one of two said recesses, said appendix retaining a plug, which provides, formed integrally with it, a latch member for engaging said another saddle-shaped recess. 
     In a still further embodiment according to the present invention, a line shock absorber arranged transversely to a major axis of the toggle-type hinge comprises a housing, a piston rod, and an outer pressure spring or an inner pressure spring. A bearing of a wing sleeve is fitted into the mantle configuration of the housing of the shock absorber. A sleeve and a wing represent the main constructional components of said wing sleeve. Both ends of the sleeve are plainly cut to size, with a wedged recess provided frontally at the end of the sleeve not reached by the shock absorber. To a base portion of a striking rolling side of the wing, one end of a special spiral rib is connected or resides there, said rib being placed on the mantle surface of the sleeve. 
     An assembly composed of a shock absorber and a wing sleeve is inserted into a holder of the shock absorber. 
     The section of said holder to accommodate the assembly of the shock absorber and the wing sleeve is composed of a semi-bearing, a bearing and a spacer piece, with said members all fitted into the mantle diameter of the wing sleeve. Said spacer piece practically provides for a 120° bearing for said wing sleeve with a first edge of said bearing residing at a base portion of the holder and a second edge thereof residing in the horizontal diametral level of the semi-bearing. In the said practically 120° bearing a spiral groove is foreseen to accommodate and guide said spiral rib. 
     A semi-bearing having two functions, namely to be a thrust bearing and a cap, respectively, is provided with one end of the holder of the shock absorber, while an axial control support is provided with the other end of said assembly. 
     The section of the holder prepared to be fastened to a hinge pot of a toggle-type hinge provides a flange having snap projections to engage recesses provided in a flange of the hinge pot, said recesses arranged outside within a zone of a cavity made to incorporate said hinge pot in the furniture panel. Alternatively, the section of the holder prepared to be fastened to a hinge pot of a toggle-type hinge provides a flange having snap projections to engage openings provided in a wall portion of a cavity of said hinge pot in a direction from inside to outside. In the latter embodiment, two prongs for engaging from below are foreseen with the spacer piece, and bearings are foreseen to receive them in a reinforcing rim of the hinge pot. 
     Hereinafter, the present invention is disclosed in more detail on the basis of embodiments of:
         a new use of a rotary shock absorber known per se,   a new incorporation of a line shock absorber known per se into a toggle-type furniture hinge also known per se, and   a new combination of said toggle-type hinge and said rotary and line shock absorbers, respectively, said combination concerning the above two objects.       

     The said three objects of the present invention (use, incorporation, combination) are so linked as to form a single general inventive concept. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In the enclosed drawings, there show: 
         FIG. 1  an elevational view of a fragment of a side panel of a furniture unit supporting a hinge arm of a toggle-type hinge, and a fragment of a wing of said furniture unit supporting both a hinge pot of said toggle-type hinge and an inventive shock absorber connected thereto, in an open state, 
         FIG. 2  the members of  FIG. 1  in a position of said shock absorber striking, in the course of closing the furniture unit, against said hinge arm, 
         FIG. 3  the members of  FIGS. 1-2  in a position of the operation of closing the furniture unit finished, the furniture being closed and the function of the shock absorber co-operating with the hinge arm completed, 
         FIG. 4  a three-dimensional illustration of a rotary shock absorber, 
         FIG. 5  an exploded view of a hinge pot of a toggle-type hinge, a holder ( FIG. 17 ) to be connected thereto, of the rotary shock absorber, the rotary shock absorber ( FIG. 4 ) connected to said holder of the rotary shock absorber, and functional fittings belonging to them, 
         FIG. 6  an elevational view of a line shock absorber having a piston rod extended (a prior-to-shock situation), 
         FIG. 7  similar to  FIG. 6  with the line shock absorber having the piston rod encased (an after-shock situation), 
         FIG. 8  a three-dimensional illustration of an assembly composed of a holder of a line shock absorber, the line shock absorber ( FIG. 6 ) (its axle support for the piston rod of line shock absorber shown dismounted), and a wing of the shock absorber, 
         FIG. 9  similar to  FIG. 8  with the shock absorber in an after-shock position (its axle support for the piston rod of line shock absorber shown mounted), 
         FIG. 10  a worm&#39;s eye-view of an assembly composed of the shock absorber and a modified holder belonging to it, 
         FIG. 11  a worm&#39;s eye-view of the assembly of  FIG. 10  bound to a hinge pot of a toggle-type furniture hinge, 
         FIG. 12  similar to  FIG. 10  with a holder of the shock absorber altered, 
         FIG. 13  a three-dimensional illustration of a pivot pin having a latch for interconnecting the assembly of  FIG. 12  and an adapted hinge pot, 
         FIG. 14  an exploded view of the assembly of  FIG. 12 , the pivot pin of  FIG. 13  residing there, and a hinge pot of a toggle-type furniture hinge, 
         FIG. 15  a three-dimensional worm&#39;s eye-view of the assembly of  FIG. 14  in assembled state, 
         FIG. 16  separately the hinge pot of the toggle-type furniture hinge of  FIG. 15 , 
         FIG. 17  a holder of a rotary shock absorber, 
         FIG. 18  an elevational view of the lower side of the assembly of  FIG. 11 , 
         FIG. 19  an elevational view of a section taken along line XIX-XIX in  FIG. 18 , 
         FIG. 20  an elevational view of detail XX of  FIG. 19 , 
         FIG. 21  a three-dimensional illustration of a line shock absorber with an outer pressure spring and a piston rod extended (a prior-to-shock situation), 
         FIG. 22  similar to  FIG. 21  with the line shock absorber having an inner spring arrangement, 
         FIG. 23  an exploded view of the shock absorber of  FIG. 21  and a wing sleeve belonging to it, 
         FIG. 24  the two members of  FIG. 23  in assembled state, 
         FIG. 25  a worm&#39;s eye-view of the assembly of  FIG. 24 , 
         FIG. 26  a three-dimensional illustration of a holder for the assembly of  FIGS. 24-25 , 
         FIG. 27  an exploded view of the holder of  FIG. 26  and the assembly of  FIG. 24  in assembled state, a semi-bearing having two functions, namely to be a thrust bearing and a cap, respectively, and an axial control support, all in an operating state prior to the activation of the shock absorber, 
         FIG. 28  the assembly of  FIG. 27  in an operating state after a shock being absorbed, 
         FIG. 29  an exploded view of assembly of  FIG. 28  with a holder of a line shock absorber altered, in an operating state prior to the activation of the shock absorber, and a hinge pot of toggle-type hinge adapted to it, 
         FIG. 30  similar to  FIG. 29 , but with an altered interconnection of a shock absorber and a hinge pot of toggle-type hinge adapted to it, 
         FIG. 31  an elevational view of the lower side of assembly of  FIG. 30 , 
         FIG. 32  an elevational view of a section taken along line XXXII-XXXII in  FIG. 31 , and 
         FIG. 33  an elevational view of the detail XXXIII in  FIG. 32 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     A rotary shock absorber known from e.g. EP 0 926 382 (Wonn), a toggle-type furniture hinge known from e.g. GB 2 178 791 A (Ferrari), and a line furniture shock absorber known from e.g. US 2002/0010977 A1 are considered relevant for an implementation of the present invention. 
     From EP 0 926 382, a “use” of a rotary shock absorber is also known, however, said shock absorber is used to be a hinge not functioning as a toggle-type hinge (similar to that of furniture). 
     Thus, a fundamental substantive feature of the present invention relates to a novel “use” of a “rotary” shock absorber known per se, in this specific case it relates to a use of a rotary shock absorber substantially as disclosed in EP 0 926 382 with a toggle-type furniture hinge substantially as disclosed in GB 2 178 791 A, and to a new “incorporation” of a line furniture shock absorber substantially as disclosed in US 2002/0010977 A1. 
       FIGS. 1-3  illustrate a detail of an assembly composed of a furniture side panel S supporting a hinge arm R of a toggle-type hinge H, and a furniture wing K (in this specific case, an embodiment thereof comprising a sheet of glass) supporting a hinge pot of said toggle-type hinge H as well as a shock absorber B bound thereto. With the state of  FIG. 1 , the shock absorber B is in a stand-by position, next with the state of  FIG. 2 , when closing the furniture unit, said shock absorber B just struck against said hinge arm R, and finally with the state of  FIG. 3 , the operation step of closing the furniture unit is finished, the furniture unit is closed and the shock absorber B has fulfilled its damping function. During the sliding of a wing F of said shock absorber B across the top surface of said hinge arm R, it is also swung around its axis of rotation X running perpendicular to a major axis of the toggle-type hinge. The said rotation extends to an angle of about 90°. 
     To comply with the intention of the present invention, a rotary shock absorber B 1  is prepared as evident from  FIG. 4 . To this end, a rotary housing  2  of the shock absorber B 1  that co-operates with a stationary member  1  of the shock absorber B 1  is provided, in this specific embodiment, with an adjusting spring or a round-ended sunk key  2   a , and a wing  3  fitted into both the housing  2  and the adjusting spring or round-ended sunk key  2   a  is put on both said housing  2  and the adjusting spring or round-ended sunk key  2   a.    
     Said rotary housing  2  and the adjusting spring or round-ended sunk key  2   a  of the shock absorber B 1  can also be embodied to constitute a unique member. 
     From  FIG. 5  there is evident an assembly composed of a hinge pot L of the toggle-type hinge H and of an inventive holder D 1  ( FIG. 17 ) of the rotary shock absorber B 1 , with said holder D 1  connected to the hinge pot L, the rotary shock absorber B 1  of  FIG. 4  connected to said holder D 1 , and functional fittings belonging to them. The holder D 1  comprises a bearing  5   a  to accommodate the stationary member  1  of the shock absorber B 1 , a further bearing  5   b  coaxial with the former adapted to conduct the adjusting spring or round-ended sunk key  2   a  when assembling, with said bearing  5   a  supporting, in the assembled state, the rotary housing  2  of the shock absorber B 1 , an apertured (aperture  13 ) disc  6  added to each bearing  5   a ,  5   b , and a spacer piece  6   a , by means of which two pairs of elements composed each of a bearing and an apertured disc constitute a unique holder D 1 . In this specific case, the holder D 1  is fitted into the hinge pot L of the toggle-type hinge H in order to place the bearings  6  superposing a flange of the hinge pot L, with the fastening apertures  13  of the holder D 1  coinciding with the fastening holes  19  provided in the flange of the hinge pot L and the spacer piece  6   a  of the holder D 1  abutting against a distal transverse edge of the hinge pot L. As to the functional fittings mentioned above, there are a torsion spiral spring  11  as a return spring inserted into a cavity of the bearing  5   b  with one arm of the spring being retained by the rotary housing  2  of shock absorber B 1  and the other one by the bearing  5   b  of the holder D 1 , and a protective cap  11   a . When swinging the wing  3  between the two positions illustrated in  FIGS. 2-3 , the spring  11  as such biased is tightened, i.e. wound on, and in the contrary direction it is released, i.e. wound off, whereby the wing  3  is returned into the starting position according to  FIG. 5 . 
       FIGS. 6-7  show a line shock absorber B 2  comprising a housing  9 , a ring coulisse  8  integrated into the housing  9 , as well as an extended ( FIG. 6 ) and encased ( FIG. 7 ), respectively, a piston rod  10 . When comparing the illustrations of  FIGS. 6-7  it is evident that in this embodiment the stationary member of the respective assembly is the piston rod  10 , while the housing  9  is axially shiftable. For forcing apart the housing  9  and the piston rod  10 , a pressure spring (not shown) is installed between a front-end section of the piston rod  10  and a bottom member of the housing  9 . 
       FIGS. 8-9  illustrate an assembly composed of a line shock absorber B 3  (i.e. the line shock absorber B 2  of  FIGS. 6-7  without an inner pressure spring), a holder D 2  (i.e. the holder D 1  of  FIG. 17  adapted to the shock absorber B 3 ), a wing  3 * (i.e. the wing  3  of  FIG. 4  adapted to the line shock absorber B 3 ), and an outer pressure spring  10   a , with an axle support  7  for the piston rod  10  of the line shock absorber being dismounted ( FIG. 8 ) and mounted ( FIG. 9 ), respectively. The piston rod  10  of the shock absorber B 3  is fastened in a bearing  5   b * of the holder D 2  and stands still, while the housing  9  of the shock absorber B 3  is axially shiftably, non-rotationally, guided in a bearing  5   a * of the holder D 2 . A pressure spring  10   a  is installed between the front end section of the housing  9  of the shock absorber B 3  where the ring coulisse  8  resides, and the bearing  5   b * where the piston rod  10  of the shock absorber B 3  is fastened. Axially in front of the ring coulisse  8 , a counter-coulisse  12  is formed integrally with the wing  3 *, the counter-coulisse  12  permanently engaging the coulisse  8 . The engagement of the coulisse  8  and the counter-coulisse  12  is not self-locking and, hence, no special spring is required for returning the wing  3 * into the starting position. The wing  3 * is freely put on the housing  9  of the shock absorber B 3 . In the present specific embodiment where the axial extension of the wing  3 * does not extend to the bearing  5   a *, the wing  3 * is permanently retained in its axial position by an arcuate rib  3   a *, which is formed integrally with the rear side of the wing  3 *( FIG. 9 ) and which engages a respective slot (not shown) provided in a spacer piece  6   a * of the holder D 2 . 
       FIG. 10  shows an assembly composed of the shock absorber B (either of the rotary type or of the line type) and a holder D 3  belonging to it, the holder being modified to be combined with a hinge pot L 1  adapted to it by means of a snap connection by the holder D 3  snapping the hinge pot L 1  from below, and  FIGS. 11 and 18  to  20  illustrate a device composed of the assembly of  FIG. 10  and the hinge pot L 1 . To this end, one or more, in this specific case two, saddle-shaped recesses  21  are foreseen along a distal transversal edge of a fastening flange of the hinge pot L 1 , while two prongs  20  for engaging from below are formed integrally with the spacer piece  6   a  of holder D 3 , said prongs being provided with respective indentations  21  for engaging the recesses  22 . 
     The illustration  FIG. 12  is analogous to  FIG. 10  and the illustration  FIG. 15  is analogous to  FIG. 11  with a different embodiment of the holder D 4  and a hinge pot L 2  adapted to it. To this end, a saddle-shaped recess  16  is foreseen with either longitudinally extending reinforcing projection of a fastening flange of the hinge pot L 2 . The holder D 4  provides a prong  15  for engaging one of said recesses from below, while a drum-shaped appendix  14   a  is integrally added to the holder D 4  for operating another one of the two said recesses  16 , said appendix  14   a  retaining a plug  14 , which provides, formed integrally with it, a latch member  18  for engaging said another saddle-shaped recess  16 . Usually, rotary latch members are designed to have a supporting inclination, and, preferably, so is the latch member  18  ( FIG. 13 ). 
     A line shock absorber B 4  ( FIG. 21 ) comprises a housing  50 , a piston rod  51 , and an outer pressure spring  52 , while an alternative shock absorber B 5  ( FIG. 22 ) comprises a housing  50 ′, a piston rod  51 ′, and an inner pressure spring  52 ′. A bearing  22  of a wing sleeve  23  ( FIG. 23 ) is fitted into the mantle configuration of the housing  50 ,  50 ′ of the shock absorber. Said wing sleeve  23  is a complex constructional member with a sleeve  24  and a wing  25  representing the main constructional components thereof. Both ends of said sleeve  24  are plainly cut to size with a wedged recess  26  provided frontally at the end of sleeve  24  not reached by the shock absorber B 4 , B 5 . In the present embodiment, the wing  25  is an element which co-operates, when absorbing a shock of a door wing at closing a furniture unit, with the back surface of a hinge arm H of the toggle-type hinge; therefore the extension of the wing  25  measured along the axis of the sleeve corresponds to the width of said back surface. In the axial direction of the sleeve, the wing  25  is arranged practically in the middle thereof. The wing  25  provides a striking rolling side  25 ′ (to co-operate with the back mantle surface of the hinge arm) and a back side  25 ″. To a base portion of said striking rolling side  25 ′ of the wing  25 , one end of a special spiral rib  27  is connected or resides there, said rib  27  being placed on the mantle surface of the sleeve  24 . Said rib provides a relatively steep right spiral with an inclination of a magnitude of 45° only encompassing the mantle surface of the sleeve  24  on an extension of a magnitude 90°. 
     For practical manufacturing reasons, the shock absorber B 4 , B 5  is an elementary member with respect to the wing sleeve  23 . In a special embodiment, the housing  50 ,  50 ′ of the shock absorber B 4 , B 5  and the wing sleeve  23  can be united to form a unique member. 
     An assembly composed of the shock absorber B 4 , B 5  and the wing sleeve  23  is inserted into a holder D 5  ( FIGS. 26-28 ), D 6  ( FIG. 29 ), D 7  ( FIG. 30 ) of the shock absorber. The section of the holder D 5 , D 6 , D 7  provided to receive said assembly is practically the same with all embodiments, the holders D 5 ; D 6 , D 7  differ from each other in the construction of the section for the fastening thereof to a hinge pot L 3 , L 4  of the toggle-type hinge. 
     The section of holder D 5 , D 6 , D 7  to accommodate the assembly of the shock absorber B 4 , B 5  and the wing sleeve  23  is composed of a semi-bearing  28 , a bearing  29  and a spacer piece  30  with said members all fitted into the mantle diameter of the wing sleeve  23 . In the present specific embodiment, said spacer piece  30  practically provides for a 120° bearing for said wing sleeve  23  with a first edge of said bearing residing at a base portion of the holder and a second edge thereof residing in the horizontal diametral level of the semi-bearing  28 . In the said practically 120° bearing a spiral groove  31  is foreseen to accommodate and guide said spiral rib  27 . 
     Due to such a construction the pair of elements constituted by the rib  27  and the groove  31  is not self-locking. 
     Instead of the pair of elements composed of the rib  27  and the groove  31  with the possibility of said elements in pair being reversed, there are also possible further motion-locking interconnections of the wing sleeve  23  and the holder D 5 , D 6 , D 7 , such as e.g. a combination of a groove and a point glide as well as a combination of a groove against groove with a ball placed inbetween etc. 
     For the assembly of the shock absorber B 4 , B 5  and the wing sleeve  23  being retained in the holder D 5  ( FIG. 27 ), a semi-bearing  32  having two functions, namely to be a thrust bearing and a cap, is provided at one end of said assembly, while an axial control support  33  is provided at the other end of said assembly. Said semi-bearing  32  covers both the free section of a piston rod  51 ,  51 ′ and the end section of the sleeve  24  residing there, and axially supports the piston rod  51 ,  51 ′ when spirally moving the wing sleeve  23  from the bearing  29  against the bearing  28 ,  32 . Said axial control support  33  is a plug closing the free side of the bearing  29  and axially supporting the free end of the sleeve  24  when in the course of the operation of the present device the wing sleeve  23  is spirally shifted from the bearing  28 ,  32  against the bearing  29 . 
     In the present embodiment, the interconnection of the axial control support  33  and of the bearing  29  is composed on the one hand on a tooth  34  engaging an annular groove  35  (not shown) in the bearing surface of the bearing  29  and on the other hand on a cylindrical segment  36  added to the axial control support  33  and sufficiently tightly engaging the same bearing surface. A tooth  37  fitted into the wedged recess  26  of the sleeve  24  and engaging it is arranged with the segment  36 . 
     In a zero starting state of the device ( FIG. 27 ), the lower edge of the spacer piece  30  of the holder D 5 , D 6 , D 7  supports the striking rolling side  25 ′ of the wing  25 . A turning movement of the tooth  37 , whose inclined edge engages an inclined edge of the wedged recess  26 , results in an axial movement of the wing sleeve  23 . Since in the course of the said action the latter spirally rotates (due to the rib  27  engaging the groove  31 ), this results in a circumferential removal of the wing  25  from the spacer piece  30  and, hence, in the beginning of a delayed shock-absorbing function. Naturally, by a suitable sizing of the elements it is provided that the axial step of the wedged recess  26  does not strike against the axial step of the tooth  37 . 
     A translatory movement of the wing  25  results in a sliding thereof transversely across the back surface of the hinge arm, whereat the wing  25  does not slide off the hinge arm. 
     In a special embodiment (not shown), the pair of members composed of the spiral rib  27  and the spiral groove  31  is arranged within the bearing  29 . 
     The section of holder D 5  ( FIGS. 26-28 ) prepared to be fastened to a hinge pot (including L 3 , L 4 ) of the toggle-type hinge provides an apertured (apertures  39 ) flange  38 , the apertures  39  coinciding with apertures  40  provided in a flange of said hinge pot for screws (not shown). 
     In a modified embodiment (not shown), the semi-bearings  28 ,  32  are united to form a unique bearing fastened to the flange  38 . In this specific case, the pair of components composed of the spiral rib  27  and the spiral groove  31  can be arranged in the zone of said bearing. 
     The section of the holder D 6  ( FIG. 29 ) prepared to be fastened to the hinge pot L 3  of the toggle-type hinge provides a flange  41  having snap projections  42  to engage recesses  43  provided in a flange of the hinge pot L 3 , said recesses  43  arranged outside within a zone of a cavity (not shown) made to incorporate said hinge pot L 3  in a furniture panel (not shown). 
     The section of the holder D 7  ( FIG. 30 ) prepared to be fastened to the hinge pot L 4  of the toggle-type hinge provides a flange  44  having snap projections  45  to engage openings  46  provided in a wall portion of a cavity of said hinge pot L 4  in a direction from inside to outside. 
     In addition to said snap connection composed of snap projections  45  and openings  46 , the holder D 7  is connected to the hinge pot L 4  by a form-lock. To this end, two prongs  47  ( FIGS. 31-33 ) for engaging from below are foreseen with the spacer piece  30 , and bearings  49  are foreseen in a reinforcing rim  48  of the hinge pot L 4  to receive them.