What is an egress hinge?

What is an egress hinge?

These fire escape window hinges can replace existing standard side hung hinges. The building regs state that a fire-escape window should have an unobstructed openable area that is at least 0.33 sqM and at least 450mm high and 450mm wide. …

What is an easy clean hinge?

Egress easy clean window hinges gives access to both sides of the window for making light work of cleaning windows from top brands like Securistyle, Cotswold and Yale.

What is a friction hinge used for?

A friction hinge, or torque hinge, is a specialty hinge that gives resistance to the pivoting motion. They are typically used to control motion or hold a pivoting object opened or closed.

What is egress hardware?

Delayed egress hardware prevents a door from being opened from the egress side, usually for a period of 15 seconds. This type of device is often used to prevent theft, while maintaining life safety.

What kind of window is easy to clean?

Casement windows are easy to clean from the exterior of a house without the tedium of going into the house to clean the inside of each window. By cranking the window to its fully open position, you can clean both sides of the window from one place.

What is a friction lid support?

Used to support lids on boxes, chests, etc. Friction-lid supports are available for either left or right mount. Tension can be adjusted to hold lid in any position, and to help prevent slamming. Mounting screws included. Manufactured from steel.

How do torque hinges work?

Torque hinges use friction to offer resistance to motion. Moving the flap or cover causes friction, which results in its free-stop functionality. This functionality allows it to stop at any angle without any separate stopper or extra component.

Can friction hinges be adjusted?

Friction is adjusted to allow for smooth operation of the hinge within the specific window. Friction can be adjusted to the desired level for user operation.

How do window friction hinges work?

A torque or friction hinge is a hinge that offers resistance to the pivoting motion. That resistance can be such that it slows the movement for reasons of safety or aesthetics or that it actually arrests movement to the extent that the pivoting object is held motionless in the chosen position.

How do I use the Nico egress easy clean friction hinge?

The Nico Egress Easy Clean Friction Hinge does not require the operation of any buttons or catches and has an easy mechanism from the Egress to the Easy Clean function. Follow the steps below to clean external surfaces. 1. The window opens initially to an egress position 2. Open the window fully to release the top and bottom catches on the hinge.

These egress hinges are designed for a range of uses, including fire safety, easy cleaning for the windows, and restriction for child safety. These hinges open at a 90 degree angle so they can be used for a fire escape safety window.

How does an egress window work?

The hinge initially opens to the egress position allowing safe exit in the event of an emergency. The patented design then requires a simple one handed operation to release the hinge mechanism and open the window to it’s easy clean position.

What is an EZ EASI-clean egress stay?

The new EZ easi-clean range of egress stays from Cotswold – No fiddly buttons, just large smooth thumb slides, perfect for easy cleaning and these hinges serve an even greater purpose – when it comes to escaping from a fire in your home these could literally be a life saver!