Patent ID: 8474100

Claim:
A combination hinge and damping device; comprising: a hinge comprising: a first fastening element adapted to be mounted to a door a second fastening element adapted to be mounted to a frame a connecting mechanism pivotally interposed between the first and the second fastening elements to make the first and the second fastening elements reciprocally mobile; a reciprocally mobile thrust surface; a damping device associated with the hinge at a mounting position where the damping device and the hinge are positioned close to each other, the damping device comprising: a mounting case; a gas or fluid cylinder and piston unit having a piston and a cylinder slidably coupled to each other; an actuating end-piece reciprocally supported by the mounting case for reciprocal movement with respect to the mounting case; and a drive unit interposed between the cylinder and piston unit and the actuating end-piece to impart to the piston and the cylinder a relative sliding movement as the actuating end-piece reciprocates with respect to the mounting case; wherein the drive unit comprises a rocker hinged to the mounting case; the actuating end-piece being movable along a straight line of motion between a first, extended position, where the actuating end-piece is disengaged from the thrust surface when the hinge is in an open position, and a second, retracted position, where the actuating end-piece is engaged with the thrust surface when the hinge is in a closed position; the cylinder and piston unit imparting a slowing action on the hinge during a closing movement of the hinge when the thrust surface engages the actuating end-piece and the hinge approaches the closed position; the piston and cylinder unit being hinged to the mounting case.