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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Carlo Migli, Lecco, IT;
Abstract
A hinge for furniture comprises a bowl ( ) adapted to be fastened to a door ( ) of a piece of furniture and a wing ( ) designed to be fixed to the piece of furniture. The wing has an end ( ) which is pivotally mounted to the bowl for rotation relative to the bowl and a spring ( ) is received in the bowl, the thrust end ( ) of the spring exerting pressure on cam means ( ) placed on the wing to move the wing towards a near steady position corresponding to the open or closed hinge position. The spring has a reaction end ( ) reacting on the bowl at a rest surface ( ) keeping said reaction end ( ) oriented in a direction non-parallel to the bowl bottom. Advantageously, the spring reaction end is directed opposite to the bowl bottom and the rest surface ( ) is a side wall of the bowl.