The present invention relates to a concealed hinge for a window with a fixed frame and a turnable leaf.
In particular the invention relates to a concealed hinge for a turn-tilt window that can turn open around a vertical axis, and can tilt open around a horizontal axis, depending on the position of the operating handle of the window.
Such concealed hinges are mounted in a concealed way between the fixed frame and the leaf or are intended for this purpose, so that they are not visible when the window is closed.
As is known, the leaf is provided along its periphery with a sidelong leaf lip protruding outwards, whereby in the closed position of the window the leaf rests against the front of the fixed frame through the intervention of a seal, whereby the leaf lip partially overlaps the frame in the front view.
This leaf lip also covers the space between the leaf and the fixed frame in which the concealed hinges are mounted, so that they are concealed from view when the window is closed.
The leaf is turnably suspended in the frame by means of two hinges, respectively a bottom hinge and a top hinge that are mounted respectively on the bottom and top of the leaf.
The top hinge is constructed in a known way with a scissor mechanism that can be blocked with respect to the leaf to enable a turn of the leaf around a vertical axis or can be unblocked to enable the tilting of the leaf around a horizontal axis.
The bottom hinge enables both a turning movement and a tilting movement.
Conventionally a turn-tilt window is provided with fittings with fitting slats that are shiftably affixed in a fitting groove along the outer periphery of the leaf, whereby the fitting slats are shifted in the one or the other direction in the fitting groove by means of an operating handle that can be turned from the closed position to a turn or tilt position depending on whether the person wants to turn open or tilt open the window.
In the turn position of the operating handle the aforementioned scissor mechanism is blocked by the movement of the fitting slats, such that the leaf can turn open.
In the tilt position the scissor mechanism of the top hinge is unblocked such that a tilting movement of the leaf is possible. This is often realised around an axis in the section of the bottom hinge that is fastened to the leaf or by deformation of the hinge.
A disadvantage of known concealed hinges is that the horizontal axis around which the leaf can tilt is relatively far above the bottom profile of the frame of the window, which can be detrimental for low windows, for example for windows with a height that is less than 50 cm, which due to their low height only enable a limited tilting movement with a limited opening angle, because otherwise the bottom leaf lip would touch the front of the frame with its seal, such that the seal could be crushed or the leaf lip damaged.
With known concealed hinges the mounting of the leaf in the frame is relatively complicated, as in certain steps of the assembly the installer cannot see the hinges and thus has to rely on touch. This requires sufficient knowledge and skill on the part of the installer.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a solution to one or more of the aforementioned and other disadvantages, by providing a bottom concealed hinge whose tilting axis is lower than with known hinges and which moreover is easy to mount and also provides greater protection against break-ins.
To this end the invention concerns a concealed hinge for a window with a fixed frame and a turnable leaf, whereby the concealed hinge is composed of a pair of scissors with two arms, respectively a first arm and a second arm, that are connected together by means of a central hinge and which are each connected or can be connected by a first end by means of a hinge to a mounting slat that is intended to be mounted horizontally on the fixed frame, whereby the arms are each provided on their second end with a hinge for coupling to the leaf, with the characteristic that the first arm is connected or can be connected by its first end to the mounting slat by means of a fixed frame hinge with a peg that is fastened to the mounting slat and which is intended to be mounted upright and the second arm is connected or can be connected by its first end to the mounting slat by means of a shiftable frame hinge with a peg that is provided on this first end of the second arm and which is shiftably affixed in a guide slot of the mounting slat, whereby in the closed situation of the scissors of the concealed hinge, the mounting slat serves as a support for the tilting movement of the scissors of the hinge concerned and the fixed peg on the mounting slat forms a guide for this tilting movement.
A bottom concealed hinge according to the invention provides the advantage that the leaf can hinge around a horizontal axis along a tilting edge of the mounting slat that is located in the plane of the mounting slat, and thus just above the horizontal profile of the fixed frame to which the mounting slat is fastened, which is thus much lower than usual in all respects.
As a result the opening angle of the window in its tilted position can be greater without the risk of the leaf lip at the bottom of the leaf colliding against the front of the fixed frame.
The fixed frame hinge is composed of the aforementioned fixed peg of the mounting slat and an eye on the first end of the first arm of the scissors, whereby this eye hooks over this peg.
In this way the scissors can easily be affixed on the mounting slat in the open position by hooking the eye of the fixed frame hinge at the first end of the first arm of the scissors over the peg of the mounting slat and by hooking the peg of the shiftable frame hinge at the first end of the second arm of the scissors in the guide slot of the mounting slat.
This also enables the leaf with a premounted pair of scissors on the bottom hinge to be easily coupled to a premounted mounting slat, after the opening of the scissors, as the installer has a full view of the parts of the concealed hinge that must be hooked together for the mounting of the leaf.
Preferably the peg of the mounting slat is provided at the opposite side of the tilting edge with a bend for the tilt guide of the aforementioned eye, whereby the bend essentially has a curved form with a radius of curvature with the centre on the aforementioned tilting edge of the mounting slat.
At the head of the peg a projection is preferably provided that protrudes backwards with respect to the bend.
This projection provides the advantage that in a tilted state of a mounted leaf, it is difficult to lift the leaf out of the frame by driving a wedge between the underside of the leaf and the fixed frame as is usual with a break-in.
According to a preferred characteristic the projection at the head of the peg on the mounting slat is formed by a disc that is displaced backwards eccentrically with respect to the base of this peg and this disc has a diameter that is equal to or somewhat smaller than the inside diameter of the eye.
This provides the advantage that in the vertical raised position, thus with the open scissors parallel to the plane of the mounting slat, the leaf can be mounted over the projection of the peg of the mounting slat, while the projection prevents the leaf from being unintentionally removed from the fixed frame in the tilted state.
According to another aspect of the invention, the mounting slat is constructed of two parts with a basic part that is intended to be mounted on the fixed frame and a shiftable parts with respect to this basic part that supports the aforementioned peg of the mounting slat.
As a result the sideways position of the leaf can be adjusted with respect to the frame.
To this end the mounting slat is provided with an adjuster for adjusting the position of the peg in the longitudinal direction of the basic part of the mounting slat.
According to a preferred aspect, the shiftable part of the mounting slat is provided with an end stop for the movement of the peg of the shiftable frame hinge in the guide slot in the basic part of the mounting slat when the leaf is turned open to a maximum.
As a result, the position of the peg of the fixed frame hinge and the end stop are adjusted together.
This provides the advantage that, thanks to the joint adjustment of the position of the peg and the end stop, the maximum opening angle of the window is not changed and thus an additional adjuster is not required.
This joint adjustment can of course also be applied separately to a peg and end stop, in other words independently of the specific form of the peg of the mounting plate.
The invention relates to a turn-tilt window in which this window is provided at the bottom of the leaf with at least one concealed hinge as described above, whereby the concealed hinge concerned is mounted at the bottom of the leaf and the mounting slat of this hinge is fastened to the inside of the fixed frame.
With the intention of better showing the characteristics of the invention, a few preferred embodiments of a concealed hinge according to the invention and a turn-tilt window equipped therewith are described hereinafter by way of an example without any limiting nature, with reference to the company accompanying drawings, wherein:
The turn-tilt window 1 chosen as an example in
The fixed frame 2 and the leaf 3 are constructed of profiles 6 and 7, of which the leaf profiles 7 are provided with a sideways protruding lip 8 which, due to the intervention of a seal 9, as shown in
On the sides 12 and 13 of the frame 2 and the leaf 3 oriented towards one another, respectively along the inner periphery of the frame 2 and along the outer periphery of the leaf 3, fitting grooves 14 and 15 are provided in a known way opposite one another that extend along the inner periphery of the frame 2 and along the outer periphery of the leaf 3 and which are formed by upright ribs 16 that are folded inwards perpendicularly at their free end 17.
The aforementioned concealed hinges 4 and 5 are mounted between the fitting grooves 14 and 15 on the sides 12 and of the frame 2 and the leaf 3 oriented towards one another, and are concealed from view therein behind the lip 8 when the window 1 is closed. Hence the name of concealed hinge, although this also means all separate hinges 4 and 5 that are intended to be mounted in this concealed way, without having been mounted already, however.
In the example shown the leaf 3 is also equipped with fitting slats 19 that are shiftably affixed in the fitting groove 15, and with an operating handle 20 to shift the fitting slats 19 in the one or the other direction by turning the operating handle 20.
The fitting slats 19 are provided with locking pins 21 that can engage with corresponding locking pieces 22 on the inner periphery of the frame 2 to be able to lock the window 1 in the closed position by a suitable turn of the operating handle 20.
Front, back, frontal, etc, and other directional indications are viewed from the perspective of somebody at the front of the window 1 with the operating handle 20 and who is facing the window 1.
The top concealed hinge 4 is, as shown in
In this turn position, the top hinge 4 can act as a hinge that, together with the bottom hinge 5, enables a turning movement of the leaf 3 around a vertical axis X-X′.
By bringing the operating handle 20 to a tilt position, the pair of scissors 23 of the top hinge 4 can be unblocked in a known way, while simultaneously an additional tilt hinge 24 is operated on the handle side of the leaf 3, whereby this tilt hinge 24 together with the bottom concealed hinge enables a tilting movement of the leaf 3 around a horizontal axis Y-Y′.
In this way, the bottom concealed hinge 5 fulfils a dual function, in the case of a turn-tilt window, i.e. that of a vertical hinge and that of a horizontal hinge, depending on whether the position of the operating handle 20 is in a turn position or a tilt position.
The bottom concealed hinge 5 according to the invention is shown on a larger scale in
Both arms 26 and 27 are each connected by a first end, respectively 29 and 30, to a mounting slat 31 for the mounting of the concealed hinge 5 on the fixed frame 2, while both arms 26 and 27 are each connected by their second end, respectively 32 and 33, to the leaf 3 or are intended to be able to be connected to the leaf 3.
The first arm 26 is connected by its first end 29 to the mounting slat 31 by means of a fixed frame hinge 34 that is formed by a fixed peg 35 on the mounting slat 31 and an eye 36 affixed thereover, whereby this peg is intended to be mounted upright in the frame, more specifically in a raised a slightly inclined position.
The second arm 27 is connected by its first end 30 to the mounting slat 31 by means of a shiftable frame hinge 37 that is formed by a fixed peg 38 on the first end 30 of the second arm 27 and is shiftably affixed in a guide slot 39 of the mounting slat 31 that extends essentially along the longitudinal direction Z-Z′ of the mounting slat 31.
The second end 32 of the first arm 26 is provided with a fixed leaf hinge 40 that is intended to be mounted on the leaf 3 in a fixed position and which is formed by a shaft 41 that is fixed on the first arm 26 and around which an L-shaped fastening body 42 is hingeably affixed by its vertical limb 43.
The vertical limb 43 is intended to be fastened against the vertical side 13 of the leaf 3 and to this end is provided with a base 44 with edges 45 protruding sideways with which this arm 43, as illustrated in the cross-section of
The horizontal limb 46 thereby serves as a stop against the underside of the leaf 3 and thereby fits in the fitting groove 15 on this underside.
The second end 33 of the second arm 27 is provided with a shiftable leaf hinge 47 in the form of a fixed peg 48 on this end 33 of the second arm 27 that is turnably affixed on a slide plate 49 that is intended to be shiftably affixed in the fitting groove 15 on the underside of the leaf 3.
The mounting slat 31 is mounted on the fixed frame 2 over the horizontal fitting groove 14 of the fixed frame 2, as shown in
The mounting slat 31 is provided on its front edge with a rounded tilting edge 50 around which the scissors can hinge in their closed state of
When tilting open the leaf 3 the peg 35 of the mounting slat 31 forms a tilting guide for the eye 36 of the first end of the first arm 26 of the scissors 25.
To this end, this peg 35 is provided on the opposite side of the tilting edge 50 with a bend 51 on the outer surface, as shown in the cross-section of
At the head of the peg 35, a projection 53 is provided that protrudes backwards with respect to the bend 51, in other words oriented away from the tilting edge 50.
In the example, the projection 53 at the head 52 of the peg 35 is formed by a disc 54 that is displaced eccentrically backwards with respect to the base of this peg 35.
The disc 54 at the head 52 of the peg 35 preferably has a round form with a diameter that is equal to or somewhat smaller than the inside diameter of the eye 36, which in turn has an inside diameter that essentially corresponds to the outside diameter of the base 55 of the peg 35.
As can be seen in
However, this is only possible with these scissors 25 in a position as shown in
This hooking movement of the eye 36 over the peg 35 is shown in
In the same way the eye 36 can only be unhooked with an opposite movement of the peg 35, in other words only with the scissors 25 if parallel to the top surface 56 of the mounting slat 31.
Once the leaf 3 is mounted in the frame 2, the leaf 3 can hinge around the tilting edge 50 up to the tilt position that is shown in
In this tilted position it is not possible to lift the leaf 3 out of the frame 2 by means of a wedge 58, as illustrated in
The form of the peg 35 with bend 50 and projection 53 can of course also be applied to a bottom concealed hinge with a horizontal tilting axis Y-Y′ that is not necessarily realised by a tilting edge 50, as described above, but which for example is realised in a more conventional way by a shaft of the bottom hinge itself or by a deformation of the arms or similar. In such a case, the radius of curvature R of the bend 51 is measured from a centre located on the aforementioned tilting axis that does not necessarily coincide with a tilting edge of the mounting slat.
According to a particular aspect of the invention the mounting slat 31 is constructed of two parts with a basic part 31a that is intended to be mounted on the fixed frame 2 and a part 31b that is shiftable with respect to this basic part 31a on which the aforementioned peg 35 is fastened by riveting, welding, pressing or any other fastening method, so that by shifting the shiftable part 31b, the peg 35 also shifts with respect to the basic part 31b.
The mounting slat 31 is provided with a adjuster 60 for adjusting the position of the shiftable part 31b with the peg 35 in the longitudinal direction Z-Z′ of the mounting slat 31 for the sideways adjustment of the position of the leaf 3 with respect to the frame 2.
This adjuster 60 can take on any form and enables the peg 35 to be set to the desired longitudinal position and to be fixed in this position with respect to the basic part 31b.
It is specific that the shiftable part 31b of the mounting slat 31 is provided with an end stop 61 for the movement of the peg 38 of the shiftable frame hinge 37 in the guide slot 39 in the basic part 31b when turning the leaf 3 open.
This end stop is at a fixed distance from the peg 35 and extends in the guide slot 39.
The adjuster 60 of the shiftable part 31b simultaneously determines the position of the peg 35 and the end stop 61 that are thereby moved together by the adjuster 60.
Thanks to this joint adjustment of the peg 35 and the end stop 61, the maximum opening angle A of the window 1 remains unchanged in the event of a sideways adjustment of the position of the leaf 3 in the frame 2.
The present invention is by no means limited to the embodiment described as an example and shown in the drawings, but a concealed hinge according to the invention and a turn-tilt window equipped therewith can be realised in all kinds of forms and dimensions without departing from the scope of the invention.
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