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Franco Ferrari

Carlo Migli

A hinge of the frame type for hinging of a door to the front frame of a piece of furniture, comprising a base ( ) having a rest surface ( ) to be fixed to the frame of a piece of furniture, an element ( ) for fastening to the door and a wing ( ) which is linked to the base by position-adjusting means ( ) and extends at the front of the hinge until an end carrying a pivotal mounting ( ) for connection with the fastening element ( ). The adjusting means ( ) comprises a rear element ( ) for adjustment of the hinge depth and a front screw ( ) for adjustment of the right-left alignment of the door. The rear region ( ) of the hinge around which the inclination movement between the base and wing takes place is in a lower plane than the plane passing through the rest surface of the base.

Hinge of the frame type with an independent dual adjustment

A guide for drawers comprises two elongated metal parts, mutually slidable along each other. One of said two parts has a wall conveniently bent to define a raceway ( ) with play for a wheel ( ) rotatably fastened to the other part. In the raceway ( ) a wall region ( ) is deformed to define a passage (d) having a predetermined interference for the wheel. A method of manufacturing the guide comprises the steps of bending a wall of a first one of said two parts to define the raceway ( ) with play for the wheel ( ), inserting a gauged template ( ) into a predetermined raceway region, deforming the raceway from the outside against the template to obtain the passage with a predetermined interference for the wheel in the predetermined region ( ). Also described is a guide manufacturing machine.

Guide for drawers with braked opening

Base for quick fastening of a hinge for furniture

A hinge for furniture comprises a bowl (,) intended for being flush-recessed into a piece of furniture. Close to one side (,) of the bowl, arms (,) for hinge articulation are pivotally mounted. The bowl is provided with wings (,) having fastening dowels (,), the dowels having operating levers (,) movable between a position for dowel fastening and a position in which dowels are released. In the fastening position the lever (,) extends over a bowl edge (,) opposite to the side close to the arm pivoting point.

Hinge with levers for fastening to a piece of furniture

A hinge for furniture comprises a bowl (,) and a wing (,) interconnected by connecting rods (,) pivotally mounted to enable a movement between a closed position and an open position of the hinge. An automatic closure mechanism (,) urges the hinge towards a closed position when the hinge is brought close to such a closed position. The bowl (,) comprises regions (,) of interference with at least one connecting rod when the hinge is close to the open position, to offer an increased resistance to said movement over a length thereof close to the open position.

Hinge of the soft type with braked open position

An expansion fastener for hardware elements for furniture comprises an externally ribbed anchor (,) in which an insert (,) is fitted, which insert has a cam surface (,) sliding on a corresponding cam surface (,) in the anchor body for causing a radial expansion of the anchor when the insert is moved by pulling means (,). The insert (,) comprises a fitting end (,) extending radially in a region free from the anchor body and is secured to the pulling means to be susceptible of inclination in the extension direction of said end (,). On axial movement towards the expansion position, the insert slides on the cam surface to receive a thrust for inclination and move said end outwardly of the anchor and towards the pulling direction.

Mounting devices with an externally ribbed anchor, in particular for furniture hinges

A hinge for furniture having a base (10) comprising a first element (41) which at the upper part thereof has coupling surfaces for a hinge wing and at the lower part thereof has a groove (20) receiving a second element (30) intended for being fastened to a piece of furniture. The first and second elements are mutually slidable in a direction transverse to the hinge extension by means of a rotary cam (27). The second element (30) is received in the groove in a drawer-like slidable manner in said transverse direction and the first element (41) comprises a through hole (25) disposed between the groove and the upper part. The cam (27) has a pivot pin (28) for rotation control which is fitted in said through hole (25) to be rotated therethrough, and the second element (30) has a face thereof turned towards the groove from which teeth (33, 35) forming reaction surfaces for the cam project, which teeth are disposed on opposite sides of the cam in the transverse direction. Possibly, a small block (38) may constitute an extension for operation of the cam pivot pin.

Hinge with a base transversely adjustable by means of a cam

An element 10 for manufacturing a drawer is made of a bordered strip (11, 111, 211, 311, 411) which can be folded crosswise to its extension along scored lines (12, 13) to form the sides of a drawer. The strip has, on a first face, a rib (14) close to one edge of the strip and extending longitudinally to the extension of the strip. The rib (14) is designed to fit into a groove (16) along the side of the base of the drawer. Disposed on the opposite face of the strip are runners (18, 19) secured to the strip a by fastening device (23, 24) which traverse the strip to be at least partially contained in the cross section of the rib (14).

Element for manufacturing furniture drawers

A single-pin furniture hinge of the box type comprises a first (11) and a second (12) fastening element designed to be fastened to two furniture parts to be hinged together and an arm (15) provided at one end with the first fastening element (11) and at the other end with hinging elements (16) for hinging it to the second fastening element (12) to achieve the articulation of the hinge. The arm (15) is composed of a first (19) and a second (20) part which reciprocally slide upon operation of adjusting screw (31) to enable adjustment of the reciprocal position of the two fastening elements (11, 12). The adjusting screw (31) having its axis coinciding with the direction of adjustment of the hinge and cooperating with said first (19) and second (20) part to achieve their reciprocal sliding upon rotation of the screw.

One-pin furniture hinge with adjusting system

A device (10) for adjustably fitting a drawer runner on a furniture unit, comprises a first plate (11) with fastening means (12) for securing it to the furniture unit, and a second plate (13) with fastening means (14) for securing it to the runner. The two plates comprise guides (17, 18) for reciprocal sliding constraint. An eccentric cam (20) is received in a first slot (19) in a plate and has a pivot (22) which is received in a second slot (21) in the other plate, thereby achieving the reciprocal sliding of the two plates parallelly to the guides constraining the manual rotation of the cam. The plate with the second slot (21) has a slanted plane (23) which extends in the sliding direction of the constraining guides (17, 18) and towards the second slot (21) to constitute sliding surfaces for the pivot (22) during the assembly of the two plates by reciprocal sliding along the constraining guides until the end of the pivot snaps into the second slot (21). After assembly, the pivot protrudes into the second slot (21) and prevents the disassembly of the plates (11, 13).

Device for adjustably fitting a drawer runner on a furniture unit

An cam adjusting device (30) comprises a first and second element sliding reciprocally and a cam (32) pivoted to the first element by means of a pivot (33) rotating around an axis (48) to react with one of its lateral surfaces (35, 38) against a bearing surface (34, 37) on the second element, upon rotation of the cam around the axis thereby achieving sliding and adjustment of the reciprocal position of the first and second element. The cam is shaped so that, for any angular position of the cam in its active stroke the centre of rotation of the cam is substantially in the region of a straight line (41) passing through a point (36) of contact between a lateral surface of the cam and a bearing surface of the second element, said straight line being slanted at an angle .phi. identical to the angle of friction in the point of contact. A cam meeting this condition has been found maximize the amplitude of the adjustment without encountering instability. Using cam adjusting device (30), iron fittings, such as hinges, are easy to make.

Cam adjusting device for furniture

A furniture hinge comprises a first (11) and a second (12) fastening element designed to be secured to two furniture parts to be hinged together, and an arm (15) which ends at one extremity with the first fastening element (11) and at the other extremity has a pivot (16) pivoting it to the second fastening element (12) to achieve the joint of the hinge. The arm (15) is made in two portions (17, 18) sliding reciprocally upon operation of adjusting means (22) composed of a cam (23) to allow adjustment of the reciprocal position of the first and second fastening element. Advantageously, the sliding surface (20) of the second portion (18) comprises an elongated housing (24) to receive the cam (23) with a lateral surface of the cam which reacts against the side walls of the housing. The sliding surface (19) of the first portion (17) comprises a through hole (25) which receives, with a minimum of side play, a control pin (26) protruding from the cam so as to be operated from the outside.

Furniture hinges with cam adjustment system

A clamping tool designed for clamping sheet metal runners onto the side panels of drawers comprises an elongated grippable casing, at one end of which is a clamp (27, 127) composed of a pair of jaws (20, 21, 121) designed to grip a clamping area of a runner clasping the edge of a side panel of the drawer. Inside the casing is a actuator (18, 118) for moving a wedge-shaped element (19, 119). At least one jaw (21, 121) of the pair is made on the extremity of a lever (22, 122) having its other extremity (24, 124) slidingly resting on the wedge-shaped element (19, 119). Upon actuation of the actuator, the wedge (19, 119) slides over the extremity (24, 124) of the lever (22, 122) to rotate it around a pivot (23, 123) lying between the extremities and shift the jaws towards each other.

Tool for clamping runners onto drawers

A unit for fastening iron fittings (43) to furniture parts, comprises an expansion plug (11) which axially receives a pin (12) rotatable between an insertion position and an expansion position of the expansion plug. The pin has a radial protrusion (34) designed to imprison an iron fitting between it and an opposing top end of the expansion plug. The radial protrusion defines a flat surface, substantially perpendicular to the axis of the pin, which extends partially over a coupling seat (35) formed in the opposing top end (14) of the expansion plug around the passage (13) for insertion of the pin in the expansion plug, the bottom (36) of the seat forming a surface facing the flat surface of the radial protrusion, the slot (35) having a side wall (38) facing a corresponding side wall (39) of the pin. The seat (35) can thus receive a substantially complementary portion provided on the iron fitting in correspondence with a hole in the latter for the passage of the pin.

Fastening unit for quick fastening of iron fittings, and iron fittings

A furniture hinge (10, 110) has a wing (11, 111) and a cup (12, 112) interconnected with each other by a lower link rod (14, 114) and an upper link rod (15, 115). A torsion spring (25, 125) is wound round a pin (21, 121) inside the wing and parallel to the pivots of the link rods so as to have a thrust arm (22, 122) which acts upon a protrusion (20, 120) of the lower link rod facing towards the pin of the spring to push the hinge towards the closed position during a last section of the movement. The pivoting of the lower link rod (14, 114) to the wing is substantially between the pin (21, 121) of the spring and the pivoting of the upper link rod (15, 115) to the wing. The torsion spring advantageously has a reaction arm (123) which rests on the lower link rod (114).

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Franco Ferrari