Builders hardware

A fitting is a device which is attached to and on large pieces of wood, composite wood or soft plastics. It is used to introduce forces, for example as a hinge or handle or merely as been translated decorating element. Typical fittings are in the construction and cabinet making gates and doors, windows and furniture and in shipbuilding including as cleats. , You can be a total decorated and characterize in this way a furniture style.

Basics

A fitting offers a relatively soft material a point of attachment, can be introduced at the larger forces in the material. ( for example, sailing ships the gooseneck ). For fittings include hinges, handles, flaps, escutcheon, drawer slides or mounting points.

Structures that serve the cohesion of separable furniture are referred to as linking device.

Fittings are mostly made ​​of metal and often combine two mutually movable parts together. Predominantly, the term is used in connection with furniture. There Forged serve for example for movably mounting a door to a cabinet (see door hinge ).

Also, the connecting element between the seat and the backrest of a car seat is referred to as fitting, as the horseshoe for horses.

Mostly ornamental fittings on a door of the castle Dankwarderode

Hinge

Decorated hinge on church door of St. Peter in Heidelberg

Window fitting

Window fittings connect the movable part of a window, the window sash, with the fixed part, the window frame. Depending on the manner of opening the window, different fitting types can be distinguished, which allow the corresponding opening way only:

• Turning and Turn hardware are distinguished in that window can be tilted with one hand.
• Sliding fittings are used vertically or horizontally to move the window in an open position, as is for example used in patio doors often.
• Edge seals
• Shop fitting: Especially in southern countries around the Mediterranean, but also in Scandinavia, shutters still enjoy great popularity. These stores are attached with the help of store fittings on the window frame or the wall.

Military headgear

On military headgear of the 19th and early 20th century ( Raupenhelm, shako, Pickelhaube ) fittings were installed more for decoration than protection.