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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
Ulrich Beneke, Bunde, DE;
Paul Hettich G.m.b.H. & Co., Kirchlangern, DE;
Abstract
A hinge for use in a piece of furniture includes a casing adapted for attachment to a door of the piece of furniture and having a bottom provided with a bump, and a support member for attachment to a wall of the piece of furniture and including at least one bearing insert projecting into the casing for defining at least one joint connection between the support member and the casing. In the area of the joint connection, the bearing insert includes a peripheral cam which cooperates with a closing and locking member in form of a flat spring during opening motion of the hinge. The flat spring is located the area of the casing bottom, approximately parallel thereto, with the central area of the flat spring being supported by the bump of the casing bottom.