Hinge device with a translation coating panel

Abstract

A hinge device for a door of appliances and furniture in general, provides the translation of a panel (3) of door coating. Said device is provided with first (4) and second (5) connection members mutually pivoted by means of a pivot pin (6) and assigned to be fixed respectively to the door and to a structure or frame of the appliance or furniture for the rotation of the door and the panel between the extreme closing (C) and opening (A). Said device (1) comprises a toothed wheel means (20) fixed to the second connecting member (5) and it comprises a rack means (22) constrained to slide along the first connecting member (4) in a sliding direction (D) perpendicular to the axis of the pivot pin (6) and parallel to the geometric plane of the panel (3) to which is fixable via a respective attachment (23) where the toothed wheel means (20) is cinematically interconnected to the rack means (22 ). The rotation of the door and the second connecting member (5) with respect to the first connecting member (4) between the extreme closing (C) and opening (A) conditions causes the rotation of the toothed wheel means (20) and the consequent translation of the rack means (22) and of the panel (3).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to hinges for doors, hatches, doors or doors of appliances and furniture, and relates to a hinge device with translation of a door coating panel, which is particularly suitable for appliances such as dishwashers, appliances in general, mobile devices and furniture. Background technique [0002] Hinges for rotating appliance doors are known which are equipped with a fixed part designed to be fixed to the appliance structure and pivot to a movable part intended to be fixed to the appliance door for allowing rotation between a closed condition and an open condition . These known hinges may be equipped with joints such as deformable quadrilaterals, which are intended to lift or move away from the structure from the door during its rotation from the closed condition to the finished open condition, in order to avoid the door or the panel coating applied thereto to e.g. Interference with the underlying components of the base so...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] The disadvantage of these known hinges is that the panel offset is never sufficient

[0005] A further disadvantage of these known hinges is that they are rather complex, expensive and bulky due to the joints and guides provided for imparting the translational movement of the coated panels during the rotation of the door

[0006] Another disadvantage is that the pins and linear guides of said known hinge are highly stressed and subject to early wear

[0007] A further disadvantage is that the law of rectilinear motion of the panel attachment depending on the door rotation angle is not linear or regular and can in some cases cause stiffening or irregularities in the door movement

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