Hardware Encyclopedia: Hinge types and installation points

Door and window hardware mainly include hinges, door closers, positioners, locks, handles and handles, curtain rails and wind strips at the bottom of the door according to their functions. The hinge is a copper piece of furniture. Commonly known as hinge. It is often composed of a two-fold type, which is a metal piece that connects two parts of the furniture and can make it move. It is a device used to connect or rotate so that the door, cover or other swinging parts can be rotated, usually composed of a pair of metal blades connected by pins. Generally speaking, there are mainly the following types of hinges:

Ordinary hinge: One side of the hinge is fixed on the frame and the other side is fixed on the fan. It can be turned to open. It is suitable for wooden doors and windows and general wooden furniture.

Light hinge: The hinge plate is thinner and narrower than ordinary hinges, and is mainly suitable for light wooden doors and windows and general wooden furniture.

Square hinge: The hinge plate is wider and thicker than ordinary hinges. Mainly used for doors and windows or furniture with larger weight and size.

T-shaped hinge: suitable for wider door leaves, such as factory and warehouse doors.

H-shaped hinge: It is a kind of core-pulling hinge, in which a loosely fitted sheet can be removed. Mainly used on wooden doors or screen doors that need to be disassembled frequently.

The spring hinge of the screen door: the door leaf can be automatically closed after it is opened, and it can only be opened in one direction. The pin of the hinge can be withdrawn for adjustment and replacement of the spring. It is mostly used on solid-web steel structure screen doors.

Bearing hinge (brass): Each hinge of the hinge is equipped with a one-way thrust ball bearing, the door switch is light and flexible, and is mostly used for heavy doors or special steel frame steel doors.

Freezer door hinges: the surface is baked, the large size is made of steel plate, and the small size is made of cast iron. Used on cold storage doors or heavy heat preservation doors.

Slope detachable hinge: This kind of hinge uses the weight of the bevel of the hinge and the weight of the door leaf to make the door close automatically. It is mainly suitable for lighter wooden doors or half doors such as toilets.

Core-pulling hinge: The hinge axis (pin) can be pulled out. After being pulled out, the door and window sash can be removed for easy scrubbing. Mainly used for wooden doors and windows that need to be disassembled frequently.

Fan-shaped hinge: The stacked thickness of the two pages of a fan-shaped hinge is about half thinner than the thickness of a general hinge. It is suitable for all kinds of doors and windows that need to be opened and closed.

Silent hinges: also known as nylon gasket hinges. When doors and windows are opened and closed, the hinges are silent. They are mainly used on doors and windows of public buildings.

Single flag hinge: The hinge is made of stainless steel, resistant to rust and abrasion, and easy to disassemble. It is mostly used on double-layer windows.

Window-turning hinges: During installation, the two pages with spindles should be installed on both sides of the window frame, and the two pages without spindles should be installed on both sides of the window sash. One of the slotted negative plate without mandrel must be installed on the slotted side of the window sash to facilitate the loading and unloading of the window sash. It is used on movable windows in factories, warehouses, residences, public buildings, etc.

Multi-function hinge: When the opening angle is less than 75°, it has the function of automatic closing. When the angle is 75°-90°, it is self-stabilizing, and when the angle is greater than 95°, it is automatically positioned. The hinge can be used on the door instead of ordinary hinges.

Anti-theft hinge: Ordinary hinge, when the shaft is pulled out, the door leaf can be removed. The anti-theft hinge, through the self-locking function of the pins and pin holes on the two hinges, can prevent the door leaf from being Unloading, and play a role of anti-theft, suitable for residential doors.

Double-axis hinge: There are two types of double-axis hinge, left and right, which can make the door leaf open, close and disassemble freely. Suitable for general door and window sashes.

Spring hinge: the door leaf can be automatically closed after opening, the single spring hinge can only be opened in one direction, and the double spring hinge can be opened in both directions inside and outside. Mainly used on the gates of public buildings.

The above is a detailed introduction of the types of hinges. When installing the hinges, you need to pay attention to the following points:

1. Before installation, check whether the hinges match the door and window frames and sashes.

2. Check whether the hinge groove matches the height, width and thickness of the hinge.

3. Check whether the hinge and its connecting screws and fasteners are matched.

4. The connection method of the hinge should match the material of the frame and fan. For example, the hinge used for the steel frame wooden door is welded on the side connected to the steel frame, and fixed by wood screws on the side connected to the wooden door leaf. .

5. In the case that the two plates of the hinge are asymmetrical, it should be distinguished which one should be connected to the fan, which one should be connected to the door and window frame, and the side connected to the three shaft sections It is fixed to the frame, and the side connected to the two sections of the shaft should be fixed to the frame.

6. When installing, ensure that the shafts of the hinges on the same leaf are on the same vertical line to prevent the doors and windows from springing up.