Nickel CLIP Top Self-Close Hinge for Half Overlay Shared-Partition Doors

This Blum CLIP top hinge is built for half overlay doors on face-frame and frameless cabinets, with INSERTA toolless plate mounting, a self-close spring, and a 95 degree opening angle sized for tight clearance conditions.

Key Features

• 95 degree opening angle lets the door clear the cabinet front without swinging into an adjacent surface or cabinet side.
• Half overlay, half crank arm positions the door over half the cabinet side, the geometry used where two doors share one center partition.
• Self-close spring pulls the door shut automatically over the last few degrees of travel.
• INSERTA toolless plate mounting presses the base plate into pre-drilled 5mm system holes without screws.
• Three-way adjustment provides independent height, side, and depth control after the door is hung.
• Nickel finish on plated steel coordinates with standard hardware across a cabinet run.

Where the 95 Degree Opening Earns Its Place

A 95 degree swing is a deliberate engineering choice, not a trade-off. On wall-adjacent cabinets where a standard door would strike a wall or appliance, on refrigerator-adjacent uppers, and on runs where a 110 degree door would collide with a neighboring door, the tighter arc keeps the door clear without relying on a restriction clip or a stop. The half crank arm sets the door at a half overlay, so two doors on one partition open outward independently without their arms interfering. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door at a standard 13mm depth, and the hinge connects to a Blum base plate mounted to the cabinet, ordered separately.

Steel and Nickel Built for a Production Schedule

The hinge body is plated steel in a nickel finish. Nickel reads as a neutral, warm tone that blends across a full kitchen or bath run where the hardware is already specced in the same family. The INSERTA system keeps the install moving: the plate presses into the cabinet's pre-drilled 5mm system holes without screws, the arm clips on without tools, and the three-way cam adjustment brings every door to a consistent reveal after the run is set. The self-close spring is the workhorse here rather than a damper. It draws the door shut reliably, which is what most production and remodel work calls for at this price tier.

Best Fit for This Hinge

This hinge belongs in face-frame and frameless cabinets where half overlay geometry and a 95 degree opening are both required, most often on wall-adjacent cabinets, inside corner runs, or anywhere the door needs to stop short of a full swing. Cabinet shops building multi-unit residential work and contractors retrofitting kitchens with constrained door clearances will find this configuration handles both problems in one part. INSERTA requires the cabinet to have pre-drilled 5mm system holes. For cabinets without them, the screw-on plate version of this hinge covers the same application. For doors thicker than roughly 22mm, a thick-door hinge is the right selection. If a damped, quiet close is the priority over a spring pull, this series is also available in a BLUMOTION soft-close configuration.

Common Questions

Half Overlay Doors That Clear and Close, Every Time

Specify this hinge when the job needs half overlay geometry, a constrained opening angle, and a fast toolless install that keeps a production run on schedule.