摘要 |
A spring hinge construction for an overlay door for a metal cabinet or other enclosure where the hinge provides the door with a positive closed position and a positive holding 90 DEG open position, with the hinge having a toggle with an overcenter position for both the 90 DEG open and the closed positions. The hinge includes an L-shaped cabinet wing and a channel-shaped door wing joined at a pivotal axis, an elongated toggle having one end adapted to project through a wall of the door wing during opening or closing movement and an enlarged opposite end engaging the cabinet wing adjacent the pivot axis. A compression spring encompasses the toggle with one end engaging the enlarged end of the toggle and the opposite end abutting the above-mentioned wall of the door wing.
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