Patent ID: 7757348

Claim:
Furniture hinge comprising: a first member for the fixing thereof to a first piece of furniture, a second member for the fixing thereof to a door for said element of piece of furniture, said second member comprising a box member, said first member being connected to a first articulation pin in a pivoting motion with respect to said box member, connections means for connecting said first member to damping means for damping said pivoting motion, said damping means comprising a damping element immersed in a viscous medium for exerting a damping force to said first member, said damping element having a plurality of curved grooves at a first engaging surface thereof, said connection means further comprises a hook element connected to a second articulation pin, its axis parallel to an axis of said first articulation pin, elastic means for exerting an elastic pushing force onto said hook element, the arrangement being such that said hook under the biasing force of said elastic means exerts a pressure onto said damping element, said hook element is arranged to engage a curved groove of a said plurality of curved grooves of said damping element and, so as to convert the pivoting motion of the first member into a rotational motion of said damping element upon a rotation of the hinge.