A furniture hinge includes an arm member, a casing, an inner link, an outer link, and a resilient device. The arm member includes at least one wall. The at least one wall includes a first mounting structure. The casing can be opened and closed with respect to the arm member. Each of the inner link and the outer link has two end portions respectively and pivotally connected to the arm member and the casing via shafts. The resilient device provides a resilient force acting between the casing and the arm member and includes a second mounting structure to be mounted to the first mounting structure.

The invention relates to a hinge for a domestic appliance for pivotably fastening a lid to a body of the domestic appliance, comprising a first hinge element and a second hinge element, which are pivotably connected to each other and which can be pivoted in relation to each other between an open position and a closed position. The hinge is characterized in that a control lever is rotatably supported on the first hinge element and a control gate is formed on the second hinge element, in which control gate a control pin formed on the control lever is guided, wherein the control gate is shaped in such a way that, during a closing motion of the hinge, an intermediate position is assumed and held until the closing motion is continued to the closed position, whereas the hinge is pivoted to the open position during an opening motion from the closed position. The invention further relates to a domestic appliance, in particular a top-loading washing machine, comprising a body, to which a lid is pivotably fastened by means of at least one such hinge.

A connecting device, in particular for installing at least one opening stay on a window leaf has a rail, which can be guided as far as possible in the direction of the first longitudinal axis thereof into a groove of the connecting device. The groove engages at least in sections behind the rail. The blocking of the longitudinal displaceability of the rail in the groove is guaranteed at least counter to the first longitudinal direction by a projection connected to the rail, which projection engages in a recess in the region of the groove. The projection is held in the installed position of the connecting device by a spring element in the recess. A spring element is arranged on the rail preferably in a limited movable manner. Alternatively or in addition, the connecting device can comprise a cap which holds the projection in the installed position of the connecting device indirectly and/or directly at least partially in the recess.

A furniture hinge includes an arm member, a casing, an inner link, an outer link, and a resilient device. The arm member includes at least one wall. The at least one wall includes a first mounting structure. The casing can be opened and closed with respect to the arm member. Each of the inner link and the outer link has two end portions respectively and pivotally connected to the arm member and the casing via shafts. The resilient device provides a resilient force acting between the casing and the arm member and includes a second mounting structure to be mounted to the first mounting structure.

A hinge for operably coupling panels of a garage door may include a first leaf assembly, a second leaf assembly, a tubular pivot support operably coupling the first leaf assembly to the second leaf assembly, a shaft cover, and a roller assembly. The roller assembly may include a roller and a shaft. The shaft may be configured to pass through the tubular pivot support with the shaft cover disposed between the shaft and the tubular pivot support. The shaft cover may include a substantially cylindrically shaped shaft cover body extending from a first axial end to a second axial end of the shaft cover, and a relief slot formed in the shaft cover body extending from the first axial end to the second axial end.

An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element, the opening apparatus having an electric drive and an actuator, wherein the actuator can be displaced by the drive and a gear mechanism arranged between the actuator and the drive, such that a movement of the door element can be made possible by displacement of the actuator, and a sensor for detecting the door element movement, wherein at least one gear mechanism component of the gear mechanism is pivotably received in the opening apparatus, and the pivoting movement of the gear mechanism component can be detected by the sensor.

A synchronization device includes at least two drive devices for moving a movable furniture part and a synchronization rod for synchronizing a movement of the drive devices. A first end region of the synchronization rod is connected to a first pivoting member of the first drive device, and a second end region of the synchronization rod is connected to a second pivoting member of the second drive device. A length compensating device is configured to at least partially compensate for a play between the drive devices and the synchronization rod along a longitudinal direction of the synchronization rod in a mounted condition of the synchronization rod. At least one of the drive devices includes a housing, and the length compensating device is at least partially integrated into the housing and/or the length compensating device is at least partially integrated into the synchronization rod.

A fitting assembly for arranging between a fixed frame and a leaf of a window or a door includes a transverse guide, a lift-off drive and a longitudinal guide. A leaf-side transverse guide part of the transverse guide can be moved into a lifting-off position by the lift-off drive, in a lifting-off direction running perpendicular to a frame main plane of the fixed leaf, relative to a fixed-frame-side transverse guide part. The fixed-frame-side transverse guide part is movably guided, as part of the longitudinal guide, on a longitudinal guide path of the longitudinal guide, along the frame main plane in a shifting direction. A spring element is arranged between the leaf-side transverse guide part and the fixed-frame-side transverse guide part, which spring element is pre-tensioned perpendicular to the frame main plane when the leaf-side transverse guide part is in the lifting-off position.

A device (1) for closing off an opening, comprising a stationary portion (11) in which an opening is defined, and at least one movable panel (12) sliding along two rails (114, 115) mounted on one face of the stationary panel (11), between a closure position, closing off the opening, in a closure plane defined by the stationary panel (11) and at least one opening position, in a sliding plane, substantially parallel to the closure plane, each of the rails (114, 115) carrying at least one shuttle (2) movable in translation in the rail (114, 115) and ensuring passage of the movable panel (12) from the closure position into the sliding position, and vice-versa, using at least one groove (22, 23) guiding a pin (124, 125) secured to the movable panel (12), and slidable movement of the movable panel (12) in the closure plane to place the movable panel in an open position. According to the invention, the shuttle (2) comprises means for blocking at least one of the pins in the corresponding groove, in a blocking position, when the movable panel is in the open position so as to oppose an inadvertent movement of the movable panel relative to the shuttle according to a direction perpendicular to the sliding plane.

A panel assembly includes a panel mounting frame; a panel cover; and a hinge configured to connect the panel cover to the panel mounting frame. The hinge includes a hinge plate; a first pivot shaft disposed on a first side of the hinge plate and configured to be pivotally connected to the panel mounting frame; and a second pivot shaft disposed on a second side of the hinge plate and configured to be pivotally connected to the panel cover. The panel assembly also includes an elastic element configured to drive the hinge plate to rotate and disposed between the panel mounting frame and the hinge plate. The elastic element is in a compressed state when the panel cover is in a closed state relative to the panel mounting frame.