Furniture hinge

Claim 2

In a furniture hinge having a cup-shaped fitting adapted to be secured to a door of a cabinet or the like, and an arm pivotably mounted on said fitting adjustably secured by means of at least one screw to a plate having a guide for said arm and an aperture on each of the opposite sides of said guide for securing said plate to a side wall of said chamber cabinet or the like, and further having at least one adjusting screw for adjusting the arm to an inclined position relative to said plate, the improvement comprising a pair of pins adapted to be removably inserted into and locked in bores vertically above each other in said side wall and each pin having a stem of a reduced diameter projecting from said side wall and having a head on its free end, said apertures having an elongated shape so as to permit said plate to be applied over said heads and stems and then to be shifted perpendicularly downward in the longitudinal direction of said apertures so that said stems slide along said apertures and said heads overlap said apertures and press said plate tightly against said side wall, wherein said plate includes adjusting screw openings at opposite sides of a longitudinally extending dividing line interconnecting said apertures, said adjusting screw openings including means for accepting said at least one adjusting screw and being symmetrically arranged with respect to said dividing line for accommodating both right and left hand mountings of said plate.

Claim 3

A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, in which at least one of said apertures has a shape similar to a keyhole having a wider part located at the lower side of said aperture when said plate is installed on said side wall.

Claim 4

A furniture hinge as defined in claim 2, in which said plate is installed on said side wall, the upper one of said apertures has a shape similar to a keyhole, while the lower aperture forms a slot having an open lower end.

Claim 5

A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, in which the outer surfaces of said plate adjacent to both sides of at least one of said apertures are inclined so as to ascend toward the upper end of said aperture when said plAte is installed.

Claim 6

A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein knurl means are arranged at opposite sides of said dividing line in a symmetrical manner for preventing shifting of a nose portion of said arm.

Claim 7

A furniture hinge as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate is constructed symmetrically with respect to said dividing line.

Claim 8

An arrangement for attaching a base plate of a furniture hinge to a side wall of a cabinet or the like; said furniture hinge being of the type having a cup-shaped fitting adapted to be secured to a door of the cabinet or the like, an arm pivotably mounted on said fitting, said arm being adjustably secured by at least one screw to a base plate; said arrangement comprising two bores arranged vertically above one another in said side wall, a pair of unthreaded pins removably inserted into said bores, each of said pins having an outer end for engaging with said base plate and an inner end for engaging with said side wall, the outer ends having a smaller cross-section than said bores so that they can be passed through said bores during the insertion of the pins, said pins including a middle portion having a cross-section slightly smaller than the cross-section of said bores, each of said outer ends including a stem portion immediately adjacent the middle portion having a cross-section smaller than said middle portion and a head portion at their extreme outer ends having a cross-section greater than said stem portion, said base plate including two apertures of elongated shape, at least one of said apertures having a portion with a cross-section larger than a corresponding head portion whereby said base plate can be applied over said pins and can be shifted downwardly in the longitudinal direction of said apertures to lock the base plate to the side wall by the engagement of the head portions with edges of said apertures, wherein said plate includes adjusting screw openings for accommodating at least one adjusting screw for adjusting the arm, said adjusting screw openings being symmetrically arranged with respect to a longitudinal dividing line interconnecting said apertures for accommodating both right and left hand mountings of said base plate.

Claim 9

An arrangement for attaching a base plate of a furniture hinge to a side wall of a cabinet or the like; said furniture hinge being of the type having a cup-shaped fitting adapted to be secured to a door of the cabinet or the like, an arm pivotably mounted on said fitting, said arm being adjustably secured by at least one screw to a base plate; said arrangement comprising two bores arranged vertically above one another in said side wall, a pair of unthreaded pins removably inserted into said bores, each of said pins having an outer end for engaging with said base plate and an inner end for engaging with said side wall, the outer ends having a smaller cross-section than said bores so that they can be passed through said bores during the insertion of the pins, said pins including a middle portion having a cross-section slightly smaller than the cross-section of said bores, each of said outer ends including a stem portion immediately adjacent the middle portion having a cross-section smaller than said middle portion and a head portion at their extreme outer ends having a cross-section greater than said stem portion, said base plate including two apertures of elongated shape, at least one of said apertures having a portion with a cross-section larger than a corresponding head portion whereby said base plate can be applied over said pins and can be shifted downwardly in the longitudinal direction of said apertures to lock the base plate to the side wall by the engagement of the head portions with edges of said apertures, wherein said plate includes adjusting screw openings for accommodating at least one adjusting screw for adjusting the arm, said adjusting screw openings being symmetrically arranged with respect to a longitudinal dividing line interconnecting said apertures for accommodating both right and left hand mountings of said base plate.

Claim 10

An arrangement according to claim 7, characterized in that said bores are cylindrical in shape and said pins are of stepped cylindrical shape, and in that the inner end of said pins includes an enlarged portion for abuttingly engaging said side wall.

Claim 11

An arrangement according to claim 7, characterized in that the edges of said apertures have portions tapered in the upward direction for force lockingly engaging with the head portions upon downward movement of the base plate in its installed position.

Claim 12

An arrangement according to claim 7, wherein knurl means are arranged at opposite sides of said dividing line in a symmetrical manner for preventing shifting of a nose portion of said arm.

Claim 13

An arrangement according to claim 7, wherein said plate is constructed symmetrically with respect to said dividing line.