CONCEALED HINGE FOR A TURN-TILT WINDOW AND TILT-TURN WINDOW AND WINDOW EQUIPPED THEREWITH

Abstract

A concealed hinge for a turn-tilt window with a fixed frame and a leaf is provided with a scissor mechanism with a main arm having at a first end a hinge for fastening the concealed hinge to the top of the leaf, and is hingeably connected at a second end to a scissor hinge that is intended for the connection to the frame. The scissor hinge is composed of two scissor arms that are hingeable with respect to one another in such a way that the concealed hinge can be folded up. The main arm and the scissor arms extend above one another and parallel to one another in a horizontal direction. In the folded-up situation of the concealed hinge, when viewed vertically the main arm, with a section at the second end, is located above at least one of the scissor arms of the scissor hinge.

Claims

1. Concealed hinge for a turn-tilt and tilt-turn window (1) with a fixed frame (2) and a leaf (3), whereby the concealed hinge (4) is provided with a scissor mechanism (22) with a main arm (24), of which a first section (24) is provided at a first end (25) with a hinge for fastening the concealed hinge (4) to the top of the leaf (3), and of which a second section (24) is hingeably connected at the second end (32) to a scissor hinge (33) that is intended for the hingeable connection of the main arm (24) to the fixed frame (2), whereby this scissor hinge (33) is composed of at least two scissor arms (34,35) that are hingeable with respect to one another in such a way that the concealed hinge (4) can be folded up to a folded-up situation, whereby the main arm (24) and the scissor arms (34,35) extend above one another and essentially parallel to one another in a horizontal direction, wherein in the aforementioned folded-up situation of the concealed hinge (4), when viewed vertically the main arm (24) with the aforementioned second section (24) at its second end (32) is located between two of the at least two scissor arms (34,35).

2. Concealed hinge according to claim 1, wherein the hinge is affixed on a carriage (26) at the first end (25) of the main arm (24) that is movably affixed in a guide (27) that is intended for fastening the concealed hinge (4) on the top of the leaf (3), and that the scissor hinge (33) is composed of at least two scissor arms that are hingeable with respect to one another, whereby these scissor arms (34,35) are hingeably connected by one end to the main arm (24) and are hingeably connected by their other end to a mounting slat (40) with which the scissor hinge (33) can be fastened to the inside of the fixed frame (2).

3. Concealed hinge according to claim 1, wherein the main arm (24) is provided with a double kink (46) between the first section (24) and the second section (24) of the main arm (24), whereby in the aforementioned folded-up situation of the concealed hinge (4), the first section (24) is located at a higher level than the second section (24).

4. Concealed hinge according to claim 3, wherein in the folded-up situation of the concealed hinge (4) the higher first section (24) of the main arm (24) is at approximately the same height as the scissor arm (35), which viewed vertically is the closest to the mounting plate (40).

5. Concealed hinge according to claim 1, wherein there are two scissor arms (34, 35), respectively a first underlying scissor arm (34) and a second overlying scissor arm (35), and that the main arm (24) is hingeably connected to an end of each of the two scissor arms (34,35), respectively by means of a hinge (37) close to the second end (32) of the main arm (24) and by means of a hinge pin (38) that is moveably held in a slot (39) of the main arm (24) that is located between the hinge (37) concerned at the second end (32) of the main arm (24) and the kink (46).

6. Concealed hinge according to claim 5, wherein the slot (39) in the main arm (24) for the hinge pin (38) is located close to the front side edge of the main arm (24) and that this hinge pin (38) is located close to the front side edge of the second scissor arm (35) and that a cutaway (49) is provided in the first scissor arm (34) for this hinge pin (38) in the form of a deepening that opens out to the front side edge of this first scissor arm (34).

7. Concealed hinge according to claim 5, wherein the first scissor arm (34) is connected to the mounting slat (40) by means of a hinge (43) and the second scissor arm (35) is connected to the mounting slat (40) by means of a hinge pin (44) that is movably held in a slot (45) of the mounting slat (40) that is located at a distance from the aforementioned hinge (43) of the first scissor arm (34).

8. Concealed hinge according to claim 7, wherein the hinge (43) is located between the mounting slat (40) and the first scissor arm (34) close to the back side edge of the mounting slat (40) and close to the back side edge of the first scissor arm (34) and that a first cutaway (47) is provided for this hinge (43) in the back side edge of the main arm (24).

9. Concealed hinge according to claim 5, wherein the at least two scissor arms (34,35) are connected together by means of a central hinge (36) that is close to the back side edge of the first scissor arm (34) and of the second scissor arm (35) and that the main arm (24) is provided on its back side edge with a second cutaway (48) for this central hinge (36).

10. Concealed hinge according to claim 2, wherein the guide (27) is provided to allow a fitting slat (18) to pass underneath and that this fitting slat or an extension piece (18) for this sliding slat (18) is provided with a U-shaped locking piece (28) that can engage with a locking pin (29), due to the movement of the fitting slat (18) or the extension piece (18), that is fastened on the main arm (24) to thus be able to block or unblock the main arm (24) with respect to the fitting slat (18) or the extension piece (18).

11. Concealed hinge according to claim 10, wherein the fitting slat (18) or the extension piece (18) is provided with two U-shaped locking pieces (28 and 28) that are oriented with their openings towards one another and which are at a distance from one another, whereby these locking pieces (28 and 28) can both engage with the aforementioned locking pin (29) on the main arm (24).

12. Concealed hinge according to claim 10, wherein the first scissor arm (34) is provided along its front edge with a longitudinally protruding finger (50) and that the aforementioned fitting slat (18) or the extension piece (18) for it is provided with a locking peg (30) that can engage with the finger (50) to form a locking point (30-50) at the location of the scissor hinge (33).

13. Concealed hinge according to claim 12, wherein the finger (50) is eccentrically affixed on the first scissor arm (34).

14. Concealed hinge according to claim 1, wherein the scissor mechanism (22) comprises an additional hinge arm (31), in addition to the main arm (24), that is hingeably connected by an end to the higher section (24) of the main arm (24) and is hingeably connected by the other end to the guide (27).

15. Concealed hinge according to claim 2, wherein the mounting slat (40) is provided with a lip (41) with which the mounting slat (40) can be hooked in a vertical fitting groove (14) of the fixed frame (2) on the hinge side of the window (1).

16. Concealed hinge according to claim 15, wherein the mounting slat (40) is provided with a key (42) with which the mounting slat (40) can be fastened in a horizontal fitting groove (14) of the frame (2), whereby this key is at a distance from the lip (41).

17. Turn-tilt window or tilt-turn window with a fixed frame and a turnable leaf therein, wherein the window (1) is provided with a concealed hinge (4) according to claim 1, whereby the guide (27) is fastened to the top of the leaf (3) and the mounting slat (40) is mounted in an inside corner of the fixed frame (2), against the inside of the top horizontal profile (6) of the fixed frame (2).

18. Turn-tilt window or tilt-turn window according to claim 17, wherein the leaf is provided along its outer periphery with a fitting groove (15) in which fitting slats are movably affixed that can be moved by means of an operating handle (19) and that the guide (27) is mounted across a fitting groove (15) of the leaf with a fitting slat (18).

19. Turn-tilt window or tilt-turn window according to claim 18, wherein the fitting slat (18) concerned is provided on the top of the leaf (3) or an extension piece thereof with an aforementioned locking piece (28) that can engage with the peg (29) of the main arm, and with a locking peg (30) that can engage with the first scissor arm (34) to form a locking point (30-50).

20. Concealed hinge according to claim 2, wherein the main arm (24) is provided with a double kink (46) between the first section (24) and the second section (24) of the main arm (24), whereby in the aforementioned folded-up situation of the concealed hinge (4), the first section (24) is located at a higher level than the second section (24).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] With the intention of better showing the characteristics of the invention, a preferred embodiment of a concealed hinge for a turn-tilt or tilt-turn window, and such a window equipped therewith, is described hereinafter by way of an example without any limiting nature, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

[0027] FIG. 1 schematically shows a perspective view of a turn-tilt window with a concealed hinge according to the invention;

[0028] FIG. 2 shows a cross-section according to line II-II of FIG. 1;

[0029] FIG. 3 shows an exploded view of the concealed hinge that is indicated by arrow F3 in FIG. 1;

[0030] FIG. 4 shows the section that is indicated by F4 in FIG. 3, but in an assembled state;

[0031] FIG. 5 shows a top view of the concealed hinge of FIG. 3 in an assembled state and in an open position;

[0032] FIG. 6 shows a bottom view of the concealed hinge of FIG. 5;

[0033] FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the section that is indicated by the box F7 in FIG. 5;

[0034] FIG. 8 illustrates how the section of FIG. 7 is mounted in the fixed frame of a window;

[0035] FIG. 9 shows the section indicated by the box F9 in FIG. 6 on a larger scale, but in a more open position;

[0036] FIG. 10 shows a front view of the concealed hinge of FIG. 3 in an assembled state;

[0037] FIG. 11 shows a cross-section according to line XI-XI in FIG. 3, but in a mounted state in a window;

[0038] FIGS. 12 to 14 show the section indicated by F7 in FIG. 5 on a larger scale, this in different positions and with the omission of certain parts of the hinge;

[0039] FIG. 15 shows a view such as that of FIG. 4, but of a variant embodiment of a concealed hinge according to the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0040] The turn-tilt window 1 chosen as an example in FIG. 1 comprises a fixed frame 2 and a leaf 3 that is turnably and tiltably suspended in the fixed frame by means of two concealed hinges, respectively a concealed hinge 4 on the top of the leaf 3 and a concealed hinge 5 according to the invention on the underside thereof.

[0041] 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 leaf lip 8 which, due to the intervention of a seal 9, as shown in FIG. 2 in the case of a closed window, rests against the front 10 of the fixed frame 2 and partially overlaps this front 10 and also covers the gap 11 between the frame 2 and the leaf 3 in the front view.

[0042] 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.

[0043] 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 already being mounted, however.

[0044] In the example shown the leaf 3 is also equipped with fitting slats 18 that are movably affixed in the fitting groove 15, and with an operating handle 19 to move the fitting slats 18 in the one or the other direction in the fitting grooves 15 by turning the operating handle 19.

[0045] The fitting slats 18 are provided with locking pins 20 that can engage with corresponding locking pieces 21 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 19.

[0046] 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 19 and who is facing the window 1.

[0047] The top concealed hinge 4 is, as shown in FIG. 3, provided with a scissor mechanism 23, which, as is known, is blocked in a closed position with respect to the leaf 3 by turning the operating handle 19 to a turn position.

[0048] In this turn position, the top concealed 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.

[0049] By further turning the operating handle 22 to a tilt position, the scissor mechanism 22 of the top concealed hinge 4 can be unblocked, while simultaneously an additional tilt hinge 23 is operated on the handle side of the leaf, whereby this additional tilt hinge 24 together with the bottom concealed hinge 5 enables a tilting movement of the leaf 3 around a horizontal axis Y-Y.

[0050] In this way, the bottom concealed hinge 5 fulfils a dual function, in the case of a tilt-turn window, i.e. that of a vertical turn hinge and that of a horizontal tilt hinge, depending on whether the position of the operating handle 19 is placed in a turn position or a tilt position.

[0051] The changeover from the turn position to the tilt position is, as explained, brought about by blocking or unblocking the scissor mechanism 22 with respect to the leaf 3 by moving the top fitting slat 18 on the top horizontal profile 7 of the leaf 3, whereby this fitting slat 18 continues under the scissor mechanism 22.

[0052] The scissor mechanism 22 is shown in more detail in its constituent parts in FIG. 3, and essentially comprises a main arm 24 that is hingeably coupled by a first section 24 at its first end 25 to a carriage 26 that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the top profile 7 in a guide 27 that is fastened on this profile 7 across the fitting groove 15 and where the sliding slat 18 is freely movable underneath, as illustrated in FIG. 4.

[0053] The sliding slat 18 is provided at its free end with an extension piece 18 with a U-shaped locking piece 28 that can engage with the locking pin 29 that is fastened on the main arm 24 through the movement of the fitting slat 18, to thus be able to block the main arm 24 with respect to the leaf 3 when the locking pin 29 is held in the locking piece 28 in the turn position of the operating handle 19 to thus be able to turn the leaf 3 around the vertical axis X-X, or to be able to unblock it by moving the locking pin 29 from the locking piece 28 in the tilt position of the operating handle 19 to enable the tilting of the leaf 3 around the horizontal axis Y-Y.

[0054] The sliding slat 18 or the extension piece 18 is also provided with a locking peg 30 whose function will be further explained.

[0055] The main arm 24 is hingeably connected to the guide 27 by means of a hinge arm 31.

[0056] A second section 24 at the second end 32 of the main arm 24 is coupled to a scissor hinge 33 with a pair of scissors with two scissor arms, respectively a first scissor arm 34 and a second scissor arm 35, that are connected together by means of a central hinge 36, whereby the main arm 24 is hingeably connected to an end of each of these scissor arms 34 and 35, respectively by means of a hinge 37 close to the end 32 of the main arm 24 and by means of a hinge pin 38 that is movably held in a slot 39 of the main arm 24 at a distance from the aforementioned end 32 and the hinge 37.

[0057] The scissor arms 34 and 35 are hingeably connected by their other end to a mounting slat 40 with which the scissor hinge 33 can be mounted on the inside of the frame 2, as shown in FIG. 8, by means of a lip 41 with which the mounting slat 40 can be hooked in an inside corner of the frame in the fitting groove 14 of the frame 2, and a key 42 that can be locked in the fitting groove 14 of the top horizontal profile 6 of the frame 2.

[0058] The scissor arms 34 and 35 are connected to the mounting slat 40, respectively by means of a hinge 43 at a distance from the lip 41 and by means of a hinge pin 44 that is movably held in a slot 45 of the mounting slat 40, which is located between the hinge 43 and the lip 41.

[0059] A characteristic of the invention is that the main arm 24, counterintuitively, is turnably held by its second end 32 between the two scissor arms 34 and 35, of which the first scissor arm 34 is below the level of the main arm 24 in the mounted state of the concealed hinge 4, while the second scissor arm 35 is above the main arm, more specifically between the main arm 24 and the mounting slat 40.

[0060] In order to bring the main arm 24 as close as possible to the mounting slat 40, and thus as close as possible to the top horizontal profile 6 of the fixed frame 2 in order to provide maximum space for the rest of the fittings under main arm 24, this main arm 24 is provided with a double kink 46 towards the top that forms a separation between the aforementioned first section 24 and the aforementioned second section 24 of the main arm 24, whereby in the closed state of the hinge 4 the first section 24 is at a higher level and extends over the guide 27.

[0061] Thanks to the fact that the main arm 24 is held by its second section 24 between the scissor arms 34 and 35, this second section 24 is closer to the mounting slat 40 and the top horizontal profile 6 of the fixed frame 2 than with the known applications in which the second section 24 is mounted below the two scissor arms 34 and 35.

[0062] As a result the thickness of the double kink 46 that is needed to bring the first section 24 of the main arm 24 up to the level of the second scissor arm 35, that is the closest to the mounting slat 40, can be smaller, which results in the fact that, due to this arrangement, when loaded less bending will occur in the main arm 24 and the leaf 3 is in a more stable tilted position in the event of greater weights of the leaf 3.

[0063] In order to leave space for the various hinge points when folding the hinge 4 shut, the following cutaways are provided:

[0064] a first cutaway 47 in the back side edge of the main arm 24 for the hinge 43 that is close to the back side edge of the mounting slat 40 and the back side edge of the first scissor arm 34;

[0065] a second cutaway 48 in the same back side edge of the main arm 24 for the central hinge 36 that is close to the back side edge of the first scissor arm 34 and the second scissor arm 35; and,

[0066] a cutaway 49 in the form of a deepening in the first scissor arm 34 for the hinge pin 38, whereby this deepening opens out to the front side edge of this scissor arm 34 and whereby this hinge pin 38 is close to the front side edge of the second scissor arm 35 and close to the front side edge of the main arm 24.

[0067] FIG. 9 shows the movements of these hinge points 43, 36 and 38 opposite the cutaways 17, 48 and 49 when closing the concealed hinge 5.

[0068] The positions of the turning points and slots are chosen such that despite the various cutaways 43, 36 and 38 the hinge remains strong enough.

[0069] The bottom first scissor arm 34 is further provided along its front edge on the tilt side with a longitudinally protruding finger 50 that is affixed eccentrically and behind which the locking peg 30 can hook onto the fitting slat 18 when closing the window 1 due to be closing movement of the operating handle 19.

[0070] This is illustrated on the basis of FIGS. 12 to 14 in which FIG. 12 shows the situation of a tilted open window, while FIG. 13 shows the situation after the leaf 3 has been pushed back against the fixed frame 2 from its tilted position to a closed state, and the scissor hinge 33 is hereby folded up, and FIG. 14 shows the situation after the operating handle 19 has been turned back to the closed position and as a result the locking peg 30 has moved in the direction of arrow P in FIG. 13 due to the movement of the fitting slat 18, such that the locking peg 30 has hooked behind the finger 50.

[0071] From practice it is known that the height of the gap 11 between the fixed frame 2 and the leaf 3 can vary under the influence of various factors such as sawing tolerances in the composition of the profiles 6 and 7 of the frame 2 and the leaf 3, the weight of the leaf 3, the height adjustment of the leaf 3 and similar. The space in which the scissor hinge 31 must fit is thus variable, as well as the vertical clearance between the locking peg 30 and the underside of the main arm 24 and thus also the height that the locking peg 30 protrudes above the finger 50.

[0072] Because the main arm 24 is no longer at the bottom, as in the known concealed hinges 4, and because the main arm 24 goes up a level due to the double kink 46, there is more free space between the finger 50 and the underside of the main arm 24, whereby this space can be utilised, for a given height of the locking peg 30, to accommodate a relatively large height difference of the gap 11 without the locking peg 30 coming under the finger 50, such that it could lose its locking function.

[0073] An advantage of the invention is that the length of the locking peg 30 can be defined such that the locking function of the locking point 30-50 is always preserved within a relatively large margin of the height of the gap 11 between the frame 2 and leaf 3.

[0074] In this way at the location of the scissor hinge 33, an additional locking point 30-50 can be realised in a simple and space-saving way at the top corner on the hinge side of the window 1.

[0075] The operation of a window fitting with a top hinge 5 according to the invention is simple and as follows.

[0076] If, from the locked situation of FIG. 14, the operating handle 19 is turned from the closed position to the turn position, then the fitting slat 18 together with the locking peg 30 and the locking piece 28 is moved in the opposite direction of the arrow P in FIG. 13, such that the locking point 30-50 is disconnected while the locking pin 29 is still held in the U-shaped locking piece 28 and as a result the scissor mechanism 22 is blocked with respect to the leaf 3, such that in this position of the operating handle 19 the leaf 3 can be turned open around the vertical axis X-X.

[0077] When the operating handle 19 is further turned from this turn position, the locking piece 28 is removed from the locking pin 219 in the opposite direction of arrow P, such that the scissor mechanism is now unblocked and enables the tilting of the leaf around a horizontal axis Y-Y. In this case it is called a turn-tilt window in view of the order of the turn and tilt functions when turning the operating handle 19.

[0078] The variant shown in FIG. 15 differs from the embodiment described above in the fact that two U-shaped locking pieces 28 and 28 are now provided that are oriented with their opening oriented towards one another and which move together with the fitting slat 18.

[0079] In this case it is possible to turn the operating handle 19 from the closed position in the other direction than above, in which case the order of the tilt-turn functions obtained is reversed, and in this case it is a turn-tilt window.

[0080] It is clear that the main arm 24 can consist of a number of parts, for example two parts that are detachably connected together at the location of the double link.

[0081] The invention is not limited to a concealed hinge with only two scissor arms, but by extension also relates to a concealed hinge with more than two scissor arms that are hingeable with respect to one another, whereby in the folded-up and mounted situation of the concealed hinge the main arm is located with its second section 24 above at least one of the scissor arms.

[0082] The present invention is by no means limited to the embodiments described as an example and shown in the drawings, but a concealed hinge according to the invention for a turn-tilt or tilt-turn window and the accompanying components can be realised in all kinds of forms and dimensions without departing from the scope of the invention.