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[[File:Gfgrill.jpg|thumb|Cooking grill with floating hinge]]<br />
A '''floating hinge''' is a [[hinge]] that, while able to behave as a normal hinge, enables one of the objects to move away from the other - hence "float". In effect, the hinge allows for two parallel axes of rotation – one for each object joined by the hinge – and each axis can be moved relative to the position of the other.<ref name="Medi2">{{cite book|url=http://www.mrhardwareco.com/Products/AdjustableFloatingHinges/tabid/3872/Default.aspx|title=floating-hinges|author=mrhardwareco.comm|date=May 2014|publisher=mrhardwareco.com}}</ref><br />
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== Uses ==<br />
[[File:CeBIT 2015 by-RaBoe 071.jpg|thumb|Book scanner with floating hinge]]<br />
Floating hinges are used in [[flatbed scanner]]s designed to scan thick objects such as books. If a regular sheet of paper is placed on the glass and the cover is lowered over it, the glass, the paper, and the cover are very close together. If a thicker object is placed on the glass, an ordinary hinge would leave the cover at an angle to the glass; a floating hinge raises the hinged edge of the cover to the level of the book so that the cover remains parallel to the glass, but raised above it.<ref name="Dawson1988">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2jHXEn1BpkC&q=Floating+hinge+flatbed+scanner|title=Prints and Printmaking|author=John Dawson|publisher=New Burlington Books|year=1988|isbn=978-1-85348-110-9}}</ref> <br />
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Floating hinges are also used in two-plate electric [[grill (cooking)|cooking grills]], as they allow for even heating of both sides of a thick piece of food without crushing it.<ref name="Medi2014">{{cite book|url=http://www.yourultimatekitchen.com/tag/floating-hinge/|title=floating-hinge|author=yourultimatekitchen.com|date=May 2014|publisher=yourultimatekitchen.com}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{annotated link|Concealed hinge jig}}<br />
* {{annotated link|Hinge}}<br />
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