A closure for a container of the kind use to deliver milk and juice. The closure is a two-piece construction comprise of a lid and a base. The closure preferably has overall dimensions that approximate a standard unitary cap use with the same containers, so that the closure can easily be used with standard feeding equipment in a bottling facility. The closure has a hinge that is formed of a post connected by a tab to the lid, and hinge supports extending upwardly from the closure's base. The hinge supports include a hook and a bridge. The hook allows the tab to slide under the hook during assembly of the lid to the base. Once the tab is positioned between hook and the bridge, the hook blocks disassembly of the lid from the base. The post of the hinge assembly fits within tunnel sections formed by the hook and the bridge, and gripping forces applied by the hook and/or bridge hold the lid in an open position when contents are poured from the container. In an alternative embodiment, the post of the hinge has a rounded protrusion extending axially along the length of the post. A ledge on the upper surface of the base is engaged by the rounded protrusion to hold the lid in a partially open position.

A hinge for the rotatable movement of a closing element, such as a door, a window, a shutter or the like, between a closing position and an opening position, the closing element being anchorable to a stationary support structure, such as a wall, a floor, a frame or similar, includes a hinge body anchorable to the stationary support structure or the closing element, and a pivot defining an axis and anchorable to the closing element or the stationary support structure. The pivot and the hinge body are coupled so as to cause the closing element to rotate between the opening and the closing position. The hinge body includes a working chamber defined along the axis to house the pivot.

The present invention relates to the technical field of spring hinges, and to a silent spring hinge, which addresses the technical shortcoming that relatively high noise is generated when an existing spring hinge used in a household appliance drives a cabinet door to close. The silent spring hinge includes a fixing base, a hinge arm and a spring assembly, a damping assembly corresponding to a side edge of a rotating wheel being further provided on the fixing base, the damping assembly including a sleeve body, a steel ball, a spring and a lock nut, an outer wall of the sleeve body being snap-fitted on the fixing base, the steel ball, the spring and the lock nut being mounted within the sleeve body in sequence, a portion of the steel ball being exposed from the sleeve body and being elastically connected to the side edge of the rotating wheel, and a deceleration groove and a self-locking groove mated with the steel ball at a final stage of the process of closing a cabinet door being provided on a gear edge of the rotating wheel. By means of the present invention, the closing speed of the cabinet door is effectively reduced, and an effect of damping is achieved, such that the cabinet door is closed in a more stable manner, and a force of the spring assembly is not affected after the spring assembly drives the cabinet door to close. The present invention is particularly suitable for use on such products as ovens and microwave ovens.

A domestic refrigerator has a housing and a door pivotably disposed on the housing by way of hinges. At least one hinge has a door closing fitting part on the door side with a closing clip. A bearing element having a closing cam which is coupled to the locking clip in the closed state of the door is formed on the housing. The closing cam has a coupling projection formed, on a coupling contour which faces it in the state in which it is coupled to the locking clip, with a recess in which a projection end piece formed on the locking clip engages in the coupled state.

A compact hinge includes two body attachments, each body attachment having a torque transfer post. A compressive friction sleeve includes a first torque transfer sleeve and a second torque transfer sleeve. A first torque transfer post is inserted into the first torque transfer sleeve and a second torque transfer post is inserted into the second torque transfer sleeve. A gear set causes the first torque transfer post to rotate with the same rotational angle as the second torque transfer post.

Technologies for hinges on mobile compute devices with dual screens are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the mobile compute device with two housings each having a display are connected to each other by a hinge with elliptical spur gears that allow for one housing with a display to be rotated 360 degrees relative to the other housing. The elliptical shape of the spur gears allows the separation between the gears to change as one housing is rotated and, in particular, allows a smaller separation between the gears in certain configurations of the mobile compute device. The illustrative hinge includes a mechanical linkage system that allows the hinge to expand and contract as one housing is rotated.

A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a fixed structure including a first guide rail and a second guide rail, a center of an arc of the first guide rail is a first axis of rotation parallel to an axial direction and a center of an arc of the second guide rail is a second axis of rotation parallel to the axial direction, a first rotary structure including a first guide portion accommodated in the first guide rail and a first helical groove extending around and along the first axis of rotation, a second rotary structure including a second guide portion accommodated in the second guide rail and a second helical groove extending around and along the second axis of rotation, and a sliding structure including a first guide protrusion accommodated in the first helical groove and a second guide protrusion accommodated in the second helical groove.

A bendable display apparatus includes two supporting devices and a bendable display mounted on the two supporting devices. Each supporting device includes a dual-shaft driving module and two buffering modules respectively arranged at two opposite outer sides of the dual-shaft driving module. The dual-shaft driving module includes two shafts parallel to each other and a synchronizing member sandwiched between the two shafts. Each buffering module includes an internal connecting member fixed on the synchronizing member, an external connecting member slidably disposed on the internal connecting member, and a linkage mechanism configured to be driven by the synchronizing shaft for moving the external connecting member relative to the internal connecting member. When the dual-shaft driving modules are rotated, the bendable display is bent while a length of the bendable display remains constant, and each external connecting member is moved relative to the corresponding internal connecting member.

A hinge module capable of fixing a first housing and a second at various opening angles and a foldable electronic device including the same are provided. The foldable electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing provided in a shape corresponding to a shape of the first housing, and a hinge module rotatably connecting the first housing to the second housing, the hinge module configured to fix the first housing and the second housing at a certain opening angle, wherein the hinge module includes a fixed gear fixed without rotation and configured to allow a rotation of a counterpart gear in a first direction, and limit a rotation of the counterpart gear in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a guiding gear configured to allow a rotation of a counterpart gear in the second direction and limit a rotation of the counterpart gear in the first direction, a first rotary gear configured to be engaged with the fixed gear, a second rotary gear configured to be engaged with the guiding gear, and an elastic member arranged between the first rotary gear and the second rotary gear, and providing an elastic force for the first rotary gear and the second rotary gear to move toward the fixed gear and the guiding gear, respectively.

A pivot hinge includes a spring housing with a central tube, a spring assembly, an upper mounting plate, and a lower mounting plate. The bottom end includes a knurled outer surface. A stop cam is positioned about the knurled outer surface and has an inner surface that conform to the knurled outer surface so that it may be positioned in a plurality of rotatable positions relative to the central tube. The stop cam also has an exterior surface which includes a detent. The different rotational positions of the stop cam upon the knurled outer surface changes the relative position of the detent in relationship to the central tube. A cam follower assembly is coupled to the lower mounting plate and has a cam follower plate with a cam follower that rides upon the stop cam and engages the detent recess to hold the door in an open position.