Patent ID: 8307509

Claim:
An improvement in a geared full surface continuous door hinge for use on a door equipped with at least one electrical appliance, comprising a) a frame leaf and a door leaf, each leaf having a plate segment and gear segments, said gear segments arranged to mesh with each other and said plate segments having a channel under the plate segments between an outer hole and an inner hole, b) a plurality of thrust bearing segments interspersed between the meshing gear segments with at least one of the thrust bearing segments having a hole aligned with the channels in the plate segments for passage of electrical wiring, c) the electrical wiring long enough to extend i. up through the outer hole of the plate segment of the frame leaf, ii. through the channel under the plate segment of the frame leaf, iii. out through the inner hole of the plate segment of the frame leaf, iv. through the hole in the at least one thrust bearing segment, v. down through the inner hole of the plate segment of the door leaf, vi. through the channel under the plate segment of the door leaf, and vii. up out of the outer hole in the plate segment of the door leaf, d) a flexible tube enclosing said electrical wiring long enough to extend from a position in the channel under the plate segment of the frame leaf to a position in the channel under the plate segment of the door leaf.