Loop outdoor furniture. Door hinges in your kitchen

Ease of use of kitchen furniture, its reliability and even design is largely determined by kitchen fittings. Manufacturers are constantly offering new types in addition to existing ones. furniture hinges, handles, lifting and sliding mechanisms, baskets and other most useful gadgets, improving the functionality and increasing the level of comfort of furniture. We hope our review of kitchen fittings will be useful to those readers who are faced with the design problem. kitchen furniture and selection of accessories.

For installation kitchen cabinets the lower row and column cabinets use height-adjustable supports, this allows you to align the furniture strictly horizontally, regardless of the floor level. There is a free space under the furniture where communications can be placed. Depending on what mark the work surface should be, use supports various heights, from 100 to 170 mm. Relative to the nominal height, the support can be adjusted by 10 mm plus (higher) or minus (lower). As a rule, this is enough to compensate for the curvature of the floor, if any.

Size range of supports for kitchen cabinets

The supports also serve to fix the plinth. Fasten the plinth panel on quick-release latches.

Adjustable foot kit includes fasteners for plinth panels of various types

In the case when the space under the cabinets remains open, use supports with a more attractive appearance.

Chrome-plated adjustable legs without fixings are suitable for the kitchen without plinth panel

For wall dining tables, bar counters and kitchen islands, not based on the bottom row of pedestals, also often use adjustable supports. They are distinguished by an improved design, a larger footprint and a large adjustment range, 2-4 cm in each direction.

Among supports for countertops and bar counters, three heights are more common: 710 mm for dining table, 820 mm for working surface(low bar) 1100 mm for high bar

Furniture ties

To connect the external elements of the cabinet and stationary shelves, use furniture euroscrew(Euroscrew, confirmation, screw screed). It is good because it is quickly and easily installed, including at an angle. Yes, and it's inexpensive. The negative point is that the screw screed is not designed for repeated disassembly and assembly of furniture, which, however, for home cooking usually doesn't matter.

Confirmation screed is installed at the ends of the side walls of the cabinet

You can not drill holes for euro screws conventional drill, for this, only a special one is used, with an expansion of the diameter at the base, repeating the configuration of the confirmation.

For the installation of euro couplers, you will need a special drill and a nozzle for a screwdriver or a hex key

It is necessary to interconnect not only the cabinet elements, but also the cabinets themselves (modules, sections). Both lower and upper, combining them into a connected structure. This is done with the help of intersection screeds, which connect adjacent cabinets through holes drilled in the walls.

Intersection screed - a connecting screw of adjustable length, it can be used to fix elements (in our case side walls modules) different thickness

Fixing wall cabinets to the wall

The upper cabinets of a modern kitchen are hung on a common mounting rail (bar) using special devices - hinges. The rail, the length of which is equal to the length of the entire top row of cabinets, is fixed securely and strictly horizontally.

A mounting rail common to all cabinets greatly simplifies their installation.

The mounting rail has special holes for hooks, which are available on the hinges. In upper cabinets modern kitchens, as a rule, hinges are already installed. If not, it’s easy to put them on, you just need to make a small hole in the back wall. The design of the hinge allows you to adjust the pressure of the locker against the wall, makes it possible to raise or lower it by a few millimeters.

Hinge mechanism with decorative cover removed. The top screw adjusts the height of the cabinet, the bottom screw adjusts the depth (degree of pressing against the wall)

When using rails and hinges, it is desirable that in upper cabinets back wall was inserted into the grooves with a slight depth, and not fixed over the back of the case.

Upper cabinets, in which the fiberboard back wall is slightly shifted inward (on the right), will be pressed against the wall more tightly

Furniture hinges

The hinges on the facades of the cabinets, which ensure their opening to the side, are the kitchen accessories that we deal with all the time. In an average family, kitchen doors open and close up to a hundred times a day. Hinges intended for kitchen furniture must have a high resource, open with minimal effort and silently. Of all existing types hinges for the kitchen are best suited mortise four-hinged.

Four-hinged furniture hinges

The vast majority of modern kitchens are equipped with four hinged furniture hinges. The presence of several hinges provides a shifted movement of the hinge relative to the axis of rotation. When opening, the door goes forward a little and to the side, towards the center of the cabinet. Due to this, it does not touch the edge of the neighboring one, even if the distance between adjacent facades in the closed state is minimal - 3-4 mm. A flat spring in such a loop provides not only automatic closing doors at a small opening angle, but also its tight clamp in the closed state.

Four-hinged hinges are not visible from the outside, so they do not affect the design of the furniture in any way. The design of the hinge allows you to adjust the position of the facades in all directions, correct horizontal and vertical deviations.

Four hinges allow you to adjust the position of the doors in all directions

Adjustable hinges make it possible to very accurately, with equal and minimal gaps, distribute the facades on the front surface of the furniture. In this case, the cases of cabinets are practically not visible.

Kitchen furniture in the European tradition: the doors completely close the cabinets, the gaps between the facades are minimal

It should be mentioned that in the North American tradition, a different principle is used for hanging facades on cabinets. Unlike the European system, where the door is superimposed on the cabinet, closing the ends of its walls, in the USA and Canada the facade is often inserted into the cabinet flush with its body.

Kitchen furniture in the European tradition: the doors are placed inside the cabinet, the ends of which are visible

When installing a mortise hinge on the side of the cabinet, a cruciform mounting platform is screwed, and a cup with a hinged spring mechanism is inserted into the door, into a pre-drilled blind hole with a diameter of 35 mm. In budget hinges, the base of the mechanism is inserted into the platform with a groove and screwed on.

Scheme of installation of four hinged hinges with mounting the mechanism in the groove

The more expensive hinges snap into place in one motion, removing them is just as easy.

In this loop, the body snaps into place, the spring retainer and the hole for it are highlighted in red

As a rule, hinges are installed in production, but you can do it yourself. This will require a special drill and accuracy when marking.

Forstner drill, designed to select a blind hole for a cup of a mortise hinge

Overlay of four-hinged loops

Depending on the degree of imposition on the cabinet body, mortise hinges are divided into three types:

Overhead - designed for doors standard cabinets having a full-fledged body, closed on all sides. That is, the locker has side walls, a bottom and a plate or plank on top. Most modern kitchens are assembled from such cabinets. The facade should close the end of the side wall, so the influx of the door is the maximum possible, taking into account the gap between adjacent facades.

The semi-laid-on loop closes only half of the end of the wall, again, taking into account the gap. It is intended for cases when they "saved" on one of the walls by mounting two (or more) cabinets on the same bottom and in one full-sized case, separating them with a partition. Accordingly, one wall-partition closes two doors. The solution is not typical, more common in furniture individual design and manufacturing.

The inset hinge is designed for kitchen furniture made in the North American tradition, which we mentioned above. The door is placed inside the cabinet body without closing its ends.

Overhead, semi-overlay and inset hinges are designed for lockers various designs

Opening angles of four-hinged hinges for standard rectangular cabinets

The furniture hinge provides opening of a door on a certain angle. A standard rectangular kitchen cabinet in most cases is equipped with a hinge that opens perpendicular to the facade, at a right angle. To be more precise, a little more than a straight line - most manufacturers make standard hinges with a 95º opening.

The standard hinge ensures that the door opens at a right angle or a little more

Such an opening is suitable for typical lower-row cabinets, but not always convenient for the upper ones, especially those that are most often used. For example: freshly washed dishes are put into the dish dryer several times a day, while the doors often remain open all the time the dishes are washed. There is a risk that one of the owners will be injured by hitting his head on the edge of the facade sticking out forward.

But if the door is equipped with a full opening hinge and rotates through an angle approaching 180º (165º if there are protruding handles on the facades), open cabinet becomes dangerous. Also, full disclosure hinges are used for cabinets with doors that have sliding elements.

The full opening hinge has an angle of rotation close to 180º, the open door will be parallel to the facade. At the same time, it is pushed forward and does not touch the adjacent door.

Opening angles of four-hinged hinges for custom-shaped cabinets

For cabinets of a non-standard shape, hinges that open the doors at a right angle are often not suitable. For example, it is much more convenient if the door of a corner trapezoid cabinet is on L-shaped kitchen will open to a larger angle (135º). In a rectangular corner cabinet with a “pocket”, the hinge is mounted on a wall (false panel) parallel to the facade, therefore it should open at an angle approximately equal to 270º.

Corner cabinet doors with a "pocket" will require hinges with an opening angle of about 270º

And for the folding door of the L-shaped corner cabinet, you will need two types of hinges of various designs

Folding doors require hinges with different opening angles

Fittings for custom-shaped kitchen cabinets should be selected in such a way that the opening angle of the facades provides maximum access to the contents of the shelves.

Hinges according to the opening angle must be selected taking into account the design of the cabinet

When selecting hinges, the buyer may encounter confusion caused by differences in methods for determining the opening angle. There are two methods: at the first, the nominal opening angle of the hinge is indicated, from closed to fully open state. With the second method, the value is subtracted from the real value of the opening of the loop right angle. This value is called the installation angle and for a standard 90º hinge, its value is 0º. Thus, hinges with an opening of 45º, 90º, 120º, 165º, 180º, 270º have installation angles, respectively: -45º, 0º, 30º, 75º, 90º, 180º.

On sale you can find many models of four-hinged hinges with a variety of opening angles, suitable for almost any cabinet of custom design. However, there are situations when the existing models are not enough. Usually it's furniture. individual design and designs where the front of the kitchen does not curve at a right angle. In this case, the opening angle of the door can be changed by installing an additional wedge-shaped spacer under the cross-shaped hinge bar.

A wedge-shaped platform installed under the hinge bar changes the opening angle of the door

Mortise hinges with closers

Most (but not all) four-hinged hinges have a flat spring that automatically closes the cabinet door. If you do not hold it, the door will knock on the cabinet body with an unpleasant sound. The silicone pad, which is usually glued to the back of the facade or the end of the cabinet, only partially solves the problem. Door closers for the kitchen, mounted on mortise hinges, slow down the movement in the last stage of closing, it is soft and silent. In addition, it is easy enough to push the door so that it begins to close.

Furniture hinge with integrated spring closer

Other interesting device worth mentioning is the system for opening doors by pressing them. To implement this solution, a cylinder with a button is installed on the cabinet body opposite the hinge, and a magnetic plate is installed on the door. The cylinder makes the closing of the facade soft, partly also performing the function of a door closer.

If the cabinet is equipped with a mechanism for opening and closing the doors by pressing, there is no need for a door closer

Traditional types of furniture hinges

Until the 60s of the XX century, traditional hinges were used for kitchen furniture. open type with one hinge, in many ways similar to the door.

Traditional single-hinged hinges can be attached to the plane of the walls and doors (card type) or to their ends (pin type)

Such hinges "do not know how" to automatically close and press the doors. To ensure that the doors open at an angle significantly exceeding 90º, the facades of adjacent cabinets have to be placed at a considerable distance. The use of traditional single-hinged hinges with their inherent disadvantages is justified for kitchen furniture made in a pronounced traditional style. Properly selected open loops serve as an element of external decor.

An open pin-type hinge serves not only as a functional element, but also as a decoration for kitchen furniture made in traditional style

Retractable storage systems

On the lower tier much easier to store kitchen utensils in drawers than in cabinets with shelves. There is no need to bend low, quick access is provided to the entire depth of the cabinet, things are arranged systematically, and there are actually more of them. The only drawback of sliding systems is their higher cost compared to conventional cabinets. In budget furniture, we will not see a large number of drawers, but the lower level luxury cuisine can consist entirely of retractable elements. The horizontal movement of such storage systems is provided by guiding mechanisms.

It is much more convenient to store kitchen utensils and use them in drawers than on shelves.

Guides for drawer systems

There are two types of drawer mechanisms: roller and ball:

In roller guides, the counter movement of the skids is provided by two polymer wheels - rollers. Due to the special shape of the guides, the drawer is pressed against the cabinet in the final stage of closing - an analogue of a door closer. Roller guides do not push the drawer to the end, its contents at the far end will have to be groped by hand. The rollers do not provide ideal smoothness, but they are cheap. This is a perfectly acceptable solution for budget furniture.

Inexpensive roller guides can be matched to the drawer of almost any depth

Ball guides are completely devoid of the disadvantages of roller guides. They are a linear telescopic bearing: steel balls are located between the moving guides in two rows. The strong steel telescopic design is very durable and can withstand considerable weight. Several dozen small diameter balls provide smooth and silent movement. Ball guides, consisting of two telescopic elements, do not pull out the drawer to the end, like roller guides. But guides with three elements allow you to pull the drawer out of the cabinet completely.

In the illustration above - full extension ball guides, designed for a large load. From below - guides for average loading of partial promotion

In the basic version, ball guides do not have closers, but options with a mechanism that provides smooth automatic closing are available. drawer.

Ball guide with soft close, automatic mechanism is activated when the drawer is pushed in more than three quarters

Drawer options

The most common sliding systems are ordinary drawers (drawers) on roller or ball guides. They may have a body made of ordinary laminated chipboard or metal frame.

Full extension drawer with metal frame, which serves as one of the elements of a special ball guide

Mesh baskets can be used instead of a box with solid walls, but general scheme this does not change - the guides are installed horizontally on both sides of the retractable system.

Retractable dryer for large-sized dishes, located in the lower tier of cabinets

Retractable cutting boards and mini-tables are arranged according to the same principle.

Large and convenient retractable cutting board when folded it takes up almost no space

Another option for the layout of retractable systems is cargo baskets (bottles), where mesh baskets are installed at several levels and represent a single structure with the cabinet door. If the cargo is wide enough (from 30 cm), the guides are installed, as for boxes, on both sides of the lower basket. For narrow bottle holders, ball mechanisms are placed vertically only on one side of the baskets, one above the other.

Cargo for a tall cabinet with single-sided rails

Swivel and swing-out systems

For corner cabinets, where access to the blind half is difficult, they came up with rotary mechanisms to store utensils. Widely known are "carousels", where mesh shelves rotate around the central axis in the form of sectors of a circle corresponding to the configuration of the cabinet. Convenient, but not very rational, because the corners remain unused.

Swivel "carousel" - the radius shape of the shelves does not make it possible to use the corners of the cabinet

This disadvantage is deprived of rotary-sliding systems designed for corner furniture. With this solution, there are two sections of two-level baskets: one, integrated with the door, moves along a complex trajectory, simultaneously sliding on the skids and turning. The second section is pulled out of the blind part of the cabinet to the place of the first one that has left, where access is provided to it.

Swing-out storage system for a corner cabinet, its entire area is used

Lifting mechanisms for upper level cabinets

In the upper row, cabinets with wide lifting doors are often more convenient than conventional ones that open to the side. Available large space, neighboring doors do not overlap each other, do not interfere with a person. Wide and low horizontal doors are in harmony with retractable systems bottom row, perfectly fitting into the fashionable minimalist style. The only drawback of the "lifters" is a considerable price compared to conventional hinges.

Lift mechanisms can be lever-spring or pneumatic (gas lifts). The latter use gas-filled shock absorbers for exceptional ride comfort. The standard lift also works as a closer and completes the movement itself, stopping only fully open or closed. The friction lift can be stopped half-open in any position, which is convenient for tall cabinets. Functionally lifting mechanisms for kitchen cabinets can be divided into three groups:

Swivel lifts - the door rises around the axis located on top. Not perfect solution: it is inconvenient for a short person to close the locker, a tall person can hit his head on the door

Lever-spring swivel lift, for opening and closing the door, you need to apply some force

Vertical lifts - the door slides vertically parallel to the facade. Safety solution.

Vertical lift - suitable solution for low cabinets

Folding lifts - the door describes a complex trajectory, the handle is low, while the cabinet space is well accessible. Cabinets can be quite high, it’s easy to reach the handle

For a person of short stature or with tall cabinets, a folding lift is more convenient than a rotary or vertical one: the door handle is located lower, you do not need to reach for it to close the door

Lifts for folding doors are not inferior to folding doors in terms of ease of use, but the cabinet can be made even higher by gaining free access to the shelves. Most convenient solution, the most expensive mechanisms.

Folding lifting doors - the most convenient solution for the upper tier

All types of mechanisms, except for rotary ones, can be equipped with a door opening system from pressure and electric servo drives.

Door handles

Handles - front accessories, an active design element. We will not consider in this article different types furniture handles, because they are noticeably different visually, functionally they are identical.

Facial fittings for the kitchen are extremely diverse, the photo shows only a tiny part of the range offered.

However, it is necessary to mention alternative door opening systems that do not have handles:

Integrated handles for the kitchen are a groove on the top or bottom of the door, which can be grabbed like a handle. A special aluminum or polymer profile is installed on the door or a groove is milled directly into the facade material.

The profile selected at the top of the door replaces the handle when opened

The solution is quite convenient, you just need to leave a place for a grip above the door. Furniture without handles is ideally combined with the interior, made in the spirit of fashionable minimalism.

Above or below the integrated handles must be left free space for the hand

The push-to-open systems we already mentioned - no handles needed. We recommend for such cases to choose furniture with matte surface doors. It does not leave fingerprints, unlike glass and gloss.

On the glass door, opened by pressing, distinct fingerprints will always be visible. For such a case, it is better to choose matte facade

Prices for accessories for the kitchen

The cost of furniture fittings directly depends on its type and quality. For example, a standard domestic or Chinese-made furniture hinge costs only $0.25, $0.5 per cabinet. More or less decent roller guides for a drawer - from $ 1.25 per set, ball - from $ 4 per set. The presence of closers and other amenities will significantly increase the price. Simple lifting mechanism for a rotary lift it costs from $30, for folding doors - from $70. You need to understand that cheap products are designed for light doors, they are unlikely to work perfectly and will not last very long. Those who want to purchase reliable high-quality fittings well-known manufacturers, must be willing to pay many times more.

We talked only about the main types of modern fittings for kitchen furniture. A lot is left behind the scenes interesting news will definitely appear in the near future. For most readers, the available information is enough to start designing a kitchen and selecting equipment. Having decided in in general terms with wishes, with specific questions, it makes sense to contact the furniture manufacturer or to the salon, where professional designer will help make dreams come true.

Every hostess wants to have a beautiful and functional kitchen. Comfort and convenience in the kitchen is achieved in several ways: renovation of the kitchen, installation of multifunctional furniture and kitchen units. All this will help create a cozy interior.

Most of us have homes small kitchen with almost the same layout, since all high-rise buildings were built according to the same type. Creating comfort and convenience in such kitchens is quite problematic. Therefore, the housewives go to various tricks: buying a multifunctional household appliances(multi-cookers, combines, etc.), installation of non-standard kitchen sets and furniture, use of built-in equipment in floor and wall cabinets. Most often, it is built into kitchen set technology helps to save enough space so that the kitchen becomes ergonomic and practical to use.

Functional kitchen design

The practicality of the kitchen largely depends on the properties of the furniture and the kitchen set. Material, facade, drawers and hinges greatly affect the service life of kitchen furniture and sets.

In this article, we will look at the options for hinges that are used for kitchen furniture.

The choice of cabinets for the kitchen

The choice of hinges for kitchen cabinets largely depends on the type of doors in these cabinets. Since the door is the most visible part of the entire kitchen cabinet, it is the one that most often draws the attention of guests. Therefore, to give the kitchen sophistication and originality, the hostesses choose the most diverse in beauty and style of the cabinet doors. The facade of the door may be different.

Flat doors for floor and wall cabinets on the kitchen

There are several options for doors for floor and wall cabinets in the kitchen:

Flat doors. These doors are flat outer surface that does not stand out against the background of the kitchen set various elements decor. The simplest type of doors. Usually, plywood or MDF board, which has been exposed to cladding, is used to create flat doors. On such doors, you can hang almost any hinges that allow you to conveniently open them. It should be borne in mind that if flat doors are used on floor cabinets, then various kitchen utensils(pots, pans, etc.) as a stand. They will not be able to support the weight of a heavy pot, and the hinges that hold such doors can break out of their grooves, causing the doors to sag. If the hinge has been torn out, then it will be quite problematic to properly attach such a door to the cabinet. In this case, you will have to buy another door, but finding a door that matches your kitchen interior or cabinet can be quite problematic. In order for the doors to hold firmly, it is necessary to use hinges with three attachment points. This will increase the strength and stability of the doors themselves.
Solid wood doors. These doors are mainly made from solid wood. The facade of such doors can be decorated with various decorative elements or patterns. Such doors can be carried out beyond the level of the countertop or cabinet. These doors can also be a beautiful addition to both floor and wall cabinets. They will fit in almost any kitchen design. Such doors can be held either on ordinary hidden hinges, or on figured external loops. External hinges can be a good addition to curly doors and form a single pattern with their facade. Such doors will look great in the style of an antique kitchen. Figured hinges with solid wood doors will add sophistication and aristocracy to your kitchen, as well as demonstrate the excellent taste of the owners.

Solid wood doors for kitchen cabinets

Doors with panels and frames. Such doors have the appearance of a flat surface on which central panel doors are framed with a bar or frame. Plank can create on outer surface various doors geometric figures(circle, square, rectangle or rhombus), as well as an arch. In this case, the central panel can be either recessed (recessed) or protruding (protruding). In the case of a recessed central panel, if you look at the cabinet from the side, it will not be visible. However, the panel can collect a lot of dirt on its surface, which will be quite problematic to clean without resorting to physical force. The prominent central panel will be clearly visible even from the side. Compared to the recessed version, this type of door is easier to clean and keep clean. In order for such a door to shine with cleanliness, it is necessary to periodically wipe its surface with a damp sponge or napkin. For these doors, as well as for the previous version, both hidden door hinges and external figured ones are suitable. Curly hinges will give both floor and wall cabinets more charm. The appearance of cabinets with similar hinges will add sophistication and luxury to your kitchen.
Frame doors. Such doors have a recess into which a glass panel can be inserted. glass panel may be solid or split. The divided glass binding is formed by means of wooden planks, which can form a certain ornament. As a result, we get a door with a glass fresco. Glass can be transparent, cloudy or multi-colored. It all depends on your desire and taste, as well as on general interior kitchens. These doors bring life to life. kitchen interior. They bring light and specularity to the realm of wood or any other material that has been used to create kitchen furniture and cabinetry. Glass doors will help to add original notes to the design of the kitchen and bring comfort and coziness to it. The disadvantage of such doors is that the glass can be broken. Replacing the glass in the doors is quite problematic, since you have to tear off the straps fixing the glass. It's easier to replace the whole door. Absolutely any hinges are suitable for such doors.

Frame doors with glass for kitchen furniture

Doors on the kitchen set can be installed as hinged, hinged or sliding. Sliding doors give access to only a certain part of the kitchen cabinets, and hinged doors give access to the entire contents of the cabinets at once.

Door hinges allow the cabinets to open, and various locking devices only contribute to the closing of the doors on the cabinets.

The style of the doors, as well as the type of body, will determine the type door hinges to be installed on the cabinet. For external doors (with overlapping), overhead, end double-leaf or hinged hinges are required. For grooved doors, curved or semi-mortise hinges are suitable. But for internal doors, hidden hinges are needed.

Types of hinges used for kitchen units

It must be remembered that if you want to equip kitchen cabinets with external hinges, then they must be combined with common style kitchens, or at least be made in the same style with kitchen furniture.

Mortise furniture hinges

There are the following types of hinges on the doors:

End double hinges. Are standard loops. Perfect for classic furniture. They are inexpensive. They look like two steel wings or plates on loose or tight pins. They can be mortise or non-mortise. They are not suitable for interior doors. Locks or latches are required for cabinet door installations.
Mortise loops. Most often used for embossed doors, which are located on the same level. The outer hinge plate is attached to the body of the cabinets, while the inner hinge plate is attached to the back of the cabinets.

End furniture hinges

Non-cut loops. They are used for doors that partially open the facade frame or doors with overlapping.
Europetli or hidden loops. Such hinges are attached to the doors with self-tapping screws and can be installed longitudinally or transversely. These loops are very durable. They can be adjusted. Hidden hinges will give your cabinets a perfectly level appearance.

This is what non-cut loops look like

Special curved loops. Designed for grooved doors. Suitable for absolutely any style. They are very easy to install and relatively inexpensive.
Overhead loops. They are low priced, very easy to install, but impossible to adjust. In order for the door to be closed, a latch is needed. Such hinges are suitable for a certain kitchen design.
Swing loops. Perfect option for interior doors. Their installation requires a recess in the door and cabinet body. They are very difficult to adjust and do not require latches.
Self-closing hinges. Able to self-closing with a spring. This is the most suitable option for the kitchen, because it allows you not to spend extra time and effort on closing cabinets.

Overhead furniture hinges for kitchen units

Adjusted loops. Such hinges allow you to adjust the course of the door. They can be adjusted even after installation.
Loops with special properties. Such hinges are connected by a special movable pin, which allows you to remove the doors from the hinges without effort.
Hanging loops. Quite often found on kitchen cabinets. They look like two metal plates that are movably connected to each other. Very easy to install.

In addition to these basic door hinges, there are also hinged, countersunk, shaped, rod, piano and glass door hinges.

For each type of door that is used on kitchen cabinets, only certain door hinges are suitable. Appropriate door hinges will increase the functionality of kitchen cabinets and make them more practical to use.

When choosing a kitchen set, you should definitely pay attention to such small and inconspicuous details as furniture. Furniture hinges are small mechanisms with which it is possible to open and close hinged doors.
A lot depends on the variety, and especially on the quality of this furniture fittings in appearance and work, and specifically, the ability to adjust the facades sideways, down, up, forward, back, fixing the doors in the closed position, maximum angle opening the door, the absence of a creak when opening the facade, as well as the absence of distortions and sagging after long-term operation.

There are many varieties of furniture hinges, and such questions: how to choose hinges And which loops to choose for facades are quite appropriate. The most common type of loop for kitchen facades are four-hinged (cup) loops, in the people they are also called "frogs". Four-hinged hinges have a huge margin of safety, and they also have the function of adjusting the position of the facade, the function of a stopper from spontaneous opening of the door.

Design of four-hinged furniture hinges

Such hinges are made from sheet steel by stamping. Attractive appearance and reliable protection against corrosion provides a special electroplating. IN decorative purposes furniture hinges can be chrome, copper, bronze, lacquer or enamelled coating. Their surface can be matte, polished, textured.

The main elements of a four-hinged loop: a cup, a shoulder and a mounting (reciprocal) level. Additionally, the facade hinge set may include decorative linings on the cup and shoulder of the hinge, as well as closers that allow the door to close smoothly and silently.

Cup is part of a loop and has a rounded shape. It is located in a drilled inside door openings. The hole for the cup is drilled with a special Forstner drill. The standard cup is suitable for a hole with a diameter of 35mm and a depth of 12mm. For hanging small light facades or glass doors, hinges with a reduced cup size for a hole with a diameter of 26 mm are used. There are also hinges with a cup for a hole with a diameter of 40 mm. The cup is attached to the sash more often with the help of self-tapping screws through the holes in the ears.

Shoulder is a movable part, is a four-hinged spring mechanism and acts as a lever.

The base of the loop is attached to mounting (response) plate. With a special adjusting screw located on the bar, you can adjust the degree of facade overlay.

Types of four-hinged hinges

Hinged facades in relation to the side panels of the body on which they are installed (from the side of the hinges) are located differently. Depending on the method of applying the facade, the following types of four-hinged furniture hinges can be distinguished: overhead, semi-overhead, inset, corner, inverse.

Overhead hinges are the most common type of furniture hinges. When using these hinges, the facade completely covers the side of the body.

Semi overlay hinges at the base have a bend. They are used in cases where two doors must be installed on one side rack, opening in different sides. In this case, the facade, from the side of the hinges, closes the end surface of the body only halfway, leaving the other half of the end free for the adjacent door.

Inset (internal) hinges have a greater base bend than semi-overlays and involve the installation of facades inside the box. Using such hinges, the ends of the sidewalls of the body, on which the facades are installed, become visible.

The opening angle of standard hinges is 90°. Angle hinges applied in corner cabinets and cabinets, the opening angle of which is different from 90 °, more often it is an installation angle of 45 °, but there may be other values, so when buying such hinges, be sure to check with the seller for detailed information.

Inverse loops allow the door to open 180°, with the sash at maximum opening forming a straight line with the side panel on which it is installed.

On sale there are loops quick installation , allowing you to hang and remove the furniture sash quickly and without the use of special tools.

There are special hinges for glass, which differ from ordinary furniture hinges by the mechanism of attachment to the glass sash (a through hole of the required diameter is cut in the glass).

Also have card and piano loops, which are not actually used in factory furniture, since they are deprived of the advantages that four-hinged hinges have. If piano hinges are used, then most often in products stylized as retro or found on old furniture.

In addition to the above mechanisms, there are many other types of furniture hinges, for example, carousel hinges with an opening angle of 270 °, gallery, pendulum, card, mezzanine, secretary and others.

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The main task of furniture hinges is to ensure the opening of the doors under right angle. The trust of buyers was won by hinges furniture with the closer. Their peculiarity is the performance of three functions simultaneously: the action of the lever system, the tasks of a standard hinge, and the provision of structural resistance in the open position.

Varieties of hinges for furniture

Standard hinges for cabinets, bedside tables perform a protective function. They have high strength indicators, withstand dozens of work cycles. Basically, such a model as a “frog” is popular in installation. A distinctive parameter is to ensure the opening angle of the door from 90 to 160 degrees.

Card loops are products consisting of two plates connected by a special movable rod. They are made of steel (stainless steel) or brass. Card hinges are a standard type of fittings.

Overhead loops have a non-standard "butterfly" shape. A feature of this type of product is the absence of the need for sampling. Overhead loops - double-sided products that have plates.

Closer hinges provide:

automatic door work,
adjust the deceleration
closing speed.

These products are distinguished by ergonomics, slamming damping, function of fixing the position of the door. Such hinges with closers for the kitchen - best option, providing noiselessness of process of closing/opening of a door. In addition, the convenience of using the facades of the structure after mounting such a product is ensured.

For search purposes additional elements for competent installation We recommend visiting the section "Furniture Fasteners".

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