US1484372A - Hinge - Google Patents

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HINGE Filed Jan. 24 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 19, 1924.

W. J. EDWARDS HINGE Filed Jan. 24, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WZYJeH; J. I

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HINGE.

- Application riled January as, 1923. Serial we. create.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBERT J. Enwanns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and 5 State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hin es of the type including separable, ivota ly connected in leaves or sectlons, and it is my pur ose to improve hinges of this kind, where y one leaf or section may be separated from the pintle that connects it with the other leaf or section, While the intle is retained by iiat relative assembly and disassembly of the sections may be accompiished with facility.

My invention also contemplates the employment of a spring to hold the hinge so sections in a predetermined normal relative relation, and it is my further purpose to provide for the retention of'the spring by the pintle and for the retention of the pintle by the spring when the hinge sections as are either assembled or disassembled, so that these parts are at all times positively held in assembly and the possibilit of their accidental loss thereby eliminate Each leaf or section of my improved so includes a pair of lugs and the lugs of the respective sections are adapted to be arranged relatively in overlying relation whereby the pintle aforementioned. may he engaged through all of the lugs to pivotally connect the sections. Certain of the lugs are provided with ferrules to form bearings for the pintle, and it is my further purpose to so form these In S that the ferrules and the hearin forme when the hinge sections are assembled, to the end that the hinge is rendered attractive in gappearance, protuberances that might catch and tear a persons clothin are avoided, and the strength and durability of the hinge considerably enhanced.

' inventive idea 18 scapable of embodiment in difierent mechanical structures, certain of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understood that the structures illustrated are intended mereiy as disclosures of the essential features and novel characteristics of my in vention in preferred forms, and that its scope is as defined in the ap ended claims.

lln the drawings, wherein ike characters thereby are concealed of reference denote corresponding parts in related views- Figure l is a front elevation of a hinge embodying the novel and essential characteristics of my invention;

Figure 2, a view similar to Figure 1, partly in section, showing the hinge sections separated;

Figure 3, an end view of the hinge as it is shown in Figure l; V

Figure 4, a transverse section on the line H of Figure l Figure 5, an end View of the hinge showin t e sections separated as in Figure 2;

igure 6, a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 1;

Figure 7, a section on the line 7--7 of Fi re 2;

igure 8, a view similar to Fi ure 1 showin%a slightlymodified form 0 hinge;

igure 9, a view similar to Figure 8, partly in section, showin the hinge sections of the modified form of inge separated;

Figure 10, a section on the line -40 of Figure 8; and

Figure 11, a section on the line 1l-ll of Figure 9.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, particularly to Figures 1 to 7 inclusive, it will he observed that my improved hinge consists essentially of a pair of leaves or sections 10 and 11, a pintle 12 engaged through said sections to pivotallyconnect them, and a coil spring 13 surrounding the pintle and actin to hold the sections in a predetermine relative relation.

Each hinge section is provided with a pair of relatively spaced, laterally extending, alined lugs, through which the pintle 12 is engaged, whereby the sections are ivotally connected, section 10 having the ugs 14 and 15 and section 11 having the lugs 16 and 17 as shown. The lugs of section 11 are disposed slightly closer together'than the lugs of section 10, so that in the assembled relation of the sections, the lugs 16 and 17 fit between and respectivel against the lugs 14: and 15, so that any su stantial amount of play between the sections is prevented.

An aperture is formed in each of the lugs 14, 15, 16 and 17 to receive the pintle 12, and as shown, each lug is provided with a terrule 18 surrounding its aperture to form a relatively extensive bearing for said pintle. The ferrule on both lugs 14 and 15 of section lid 10'tace inwardly; that is, they extend from adjacent sides of the lugs 14: and 15, while, with respect to section 11, only the ferrule on lug 17 faces inwardly and the other ferrule, the one on lug 16, faces outwardly. lfiach of the lugs, with the exception of lug 17, is dished reversely with respect to the direction of extent of its ferrule, whereby the latter is disposed entirely within the plane of that side of the lug from which it extends. This not only results inv the terrules being concealed, whereby the hinge is rendered attractive in appearance, but the strength and durability of thelugs is enhanced and protuberances that might catch in and tear a persons clothing are avoided. One end of the pintle 12 is provided with a head 19 that forms a stop engageable with the lug 14 to limit insertion of the pintle through the lugs, and the other end of the pintle normally projects outwardly beyond the lug 15 and preferably is tapered or rounded, as shown clearly in Figure 1 of the drawings to facilitate its insertion, in and removal from the lugs. Near its head 19 said pintle is reduced in diameter throughout a portion of its length as indicated at 20, said reduced portion flaring outwardly towards the head 19 as at 21, while remotely from the head 19 said reduced portion terminates in a shoulder 22. Near its free or rounded end, said pintle also is slightly reduced as indicated at 23, so that when the pintle is engaged through the lugs of the as sembled sections and moved slightly laterally, the shoulders formed by this reduced portion 23 will engage the lugs 15 and 17 and consequently prevent accidental removal of the pintle.

The coil spring 13 surrounds the pintle 12 between the lugs 16 and 17 of section 11, and at one end bears against said section 11, and at its other end against the section 10, whereby it acts torsionally to hold the sections in a predetermined relative relation. Due to the engagement of the ends of this spring with the respective hinge sections, a lateral thrust is exerted against the pintle-when the latter is fully engaged in the sections to hold its reduced portion 23 eccentric with respect,

to the apertures in the lugs 15 and 17 whereby the shoulders formed by said reduced portion function as shown in Figure 6 to prevent accidental withdrawal of the pintle as aforementioned. However, upon predetcrmined pressure being exerted against the end of the pintle that normally projects beyond the lug 15, the retaining shoulder termed by the reduced portion 23 will disengage from the lug 15 and the pintle will be come axially alined with the apertures in the lugs, whereby it may be moved longitudh nally to the position shown in Figures 2 and 'l. in which position, its reduced portion 20 is disposed in alinement with the lugs 1 and 16 and its free end flush with or inwardly of the inner face of the lugL shown, whereupon the sections may e relatively separated and the section 10 separated from the pintle by relative lateral movement be formed in the lug 15, so that the hinge sections may be reversed in assembling them whereby the necessity of care in assembly may be avoided. However, the provision of a slot 25 in the lug 15 obviously is unnecessary and its provision is optional.

l rom the foregoing it is apparent thatthe sections 10 and 11 -are separable from each other and that the section 10 is separable from the pintle when the pintle is engaged through both lugs of section 11. Accordingly, disassembly of the hinge may be accomplished with facility, and inasmuch as the spring exerts a lateral thrust against the pintle in the partial withdrawn position of the same illustrated in Fi ures 2 and 7, the shoulder 22 engages with the lug 16 as shown in the latter figure, to hold the pintle against accidental loss from such partially withdrawn position. 0n the other hand, by manipulating the pintle to aline its body portion with the aperture in the lug 16, it may be fully withdrawn to allow removal of the spring. The spring at one end surrounds the ferrule 18 on the inner face of the lug 17, whereby its assembly with the section 11 normally is maintained while the pintle is being partly withdrawn. On complete withdrawal of the pintle, however, the spring leaves ferrule 17 and comes out with the pintle. In other words, the spring is never retained in either hinge section when the pintle is wholly Withdrawn. Again, in partial withdrawn position of the pintle, that is, when the pintle is engaged through both lugs of the section 11, it is impossible to remove the spring, because of the pintle, and consequently, the pintle acts to retain the spring assembled with respect to the section 11 and, reversely, the spring, by exerting a lateral thrust on the pintle, acts to retain the pintle in assembly with the section 11 whether this section is or is not assembled with respect to section 10. 'lapering of the pintle at 21 and at its free end serves to guide the same into the apertures in the lugs when assembling the sections, so that it is only necessary, after the respective lugs are relatively alined, to exert pressure on the head ofthe pintle to secure permanent assembly of the parts of the hinge.

It is desirable to prevent rotation of the pintlc with respect to the section 10, and to this end 1 form on the pintle a boss Ill were

26 that is engageable in the run-out slot 25 when the pintle is fully engaged with the sections. J

In Figures 8 to 11 inclusive I have illustrated a slight modification which consists in forming each lug 1d and 15 of section 10' with a run-out slot 25, and in formin the free end of the pintle 12' with a reduce extension 27. By this arrangement, the necessity of moving the free end of the pintle to a flush position or inwardly with respect to the inner face of lug 15' to effect disassembly is avoided, since the reduced extension 27 may project outwardly beyond the lug l5 and still be capable of lateral movement through the run-out slot 25 in said lug. In all other respects, the construction illustrated in Figures 8 to 11 is the same as in Figures 1 to 7.

I claim 1. A hinge comprising a air of sections,

a pintle pivotally connecting said sections,

and means whereby the sections may be separated in difi'erent relative positions thereof while the pintle is engaged through both sections.

2. A hinge comprising a pair of sections, a pintle pivotally connecting said sections, and means whereby the sections may be separated laterally in difierent angular positions of the sections with respect to each other while the pintle is engaged through both sections.

3. A hinge comprising a pair of sections, a pintle engaged through said sections to pivotally connect them, and means rendered efi'ectivein any angular'relative relation of the sections by movement of the pintle to a predetermined position with res ct to one of the sections while engaged t rouh both sections to permit separation of r sections.

4. A hinge comprising a pair of sections, a pintle engaged through said sections to pivotally connect them, and means rendered efiective by movement of the pintle to a predetermined position with respect to one of the sections while engaged through both sections to permit separation of the sections, and means efiective in all other ositions of the pintle with respect to sai section while the latter is engaged through both sections to deny separation of the sections.

In a hinge, a hinge section and a pintle, means operable in one osition of said pintle while engaged throug said section to permit separation of the pintle from the sec-, tion, and means operable in all other positions-jof the pintle with respect to said section' while engaged therethrough to deny separation of thepintle from the section.

6. A hi ge comprising a pair of sections each havi g a pair of apertured lugs one lug of one section being provided with a slot extending from the edge of the lug into its aperture, and a pintle engaged through both lugs of each section to pivotally connect the secti ons, said pintle havin from the intle when the latter is engaged throu h t e lugs of the other section.

7. hinge comprising a pair of sections each having a pair of apertured lugs, one lug of one section being provided with a slot extending from the edge of the lug into its aperture, a pintle engaged throng both lugs of each section to pivotally-connect the sections, said pintle havin a reduced portion for removal throng said slot in a predetermined position of the pintle whereby one section may be separated from the pintle when the latter is engaged through the lugs of the other section, and a boss on said pintle normally engaged with said slot whereby rotation of the pintle with respect to one section is prevented.

8. A hinge comprising a pair of sect-ions each having a air of a rtured lugs, a pintle engaged t rough said lugs to pivotally connect the sect ons, and ferrules extending res ectively from certain of said lugs to rovide bearings for said dpintle, the materia of said lugs being dishe reversely with respect to the direction of extent of said ferrules whereby the latter are disposed entirely within the plane oi that side of the lugs from which they extend.

9. A hinge comprising a, pair of motions each having a pair of lugs, the lugs of one section being adapted to fit between the lugs of the other section, a intle engaged through said lugs to pivotal y connect the sections, the outwardly disposed lugs being dished outwardly and one of the inwardly disposed lugs being dished inwardly, and a ferrule extending from each dished in to provide a bearing for said pintle, sai ferrules being disposed, res ectively, within the dished portions of the, ugs from which they extend whereby they are normally concealed.

10. A hinge comprising a pair of sections,

a spring between said sections acting to. resist movement of one section in a predetermined direction with respect to the other section, a pintle engaged through said sections and said spring and pivotally connecting the sections, and means whereby the sections may be separated in difierent angular positions of the sections with respect to each other while the pintle is engaged through both sections and through V one end against one section and at its other end against the other section, and means whereby the sections may be separated in diflerent angular positions of the sections with respect to each other while the pintle is engaged through both sections and through the spring 12. A hinge comprising a pair of sections each having a pair of apertured lugs, a pintle engaged through said lugs to pivotally connect the sections, and a torsion spring surrounding said pintle and hearing at its ends against the sections to hold the same in a predetermined relative position, said spring exerting a lateral thrust against said pintle, and a reduced portion on the pintle providing a shoulder engageahle With an edge of one of said la s under the influence of the aforesaid lateral thrust of the spring,

thereby to hold the pintle normally engaged through said-lugs.

13. A hinge comprisin a pair of sections, each having a pair of figs provided Withapertures, each lug of one section havin a run-out slot leading from its aperture, an a pintle engageable through said lugs to pivotally connect the sections, said pintle having a pair of reduced portions for removal through said run-out slots in a predetermined position of the pintle, whereby one of said sections may be separated from the pintle when the latter is engaged through the lugs of the other section.

in witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

W. J. rnwaans.

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