Dowel-Mount Blind Corner Hinge for Adjacent-Cabinet Clearance

This Grass Tiomos concealed hinge is built for blind corner applications on both frameless and face-frame cabinets, using a CNC-ready dowel mount and a self-close spring to pull the door shut without a separate plate fastening step.

Key Features

• 110 degree opening angle is engineered for blind corner installations where the adjacent cabinet limits swing.
• Self-close spring draws the door shut automatically over the last few degrees of travel.
• Dowel mount presses the hinge directly into pre-bored dowel holes for fast, screw-free door-side installation.
• Three-way adjustment of plus 3 mm and minus 2 mm in height, depth, and side brings doors to an even reveal after hanging.
• Overlay geometry on a straight arm positions the door to cover the cabinet side in a standard overlay configuration.
• Maximum door thickness of 24 mm accommodates slightly thicker stock beyond the standard 22 mm range.

The Right Hinge When a Corner Limits the Swing

A blind corner cabinet sits where one cabinet's side runs directly beside the opening of an adjacent unit. Without a hinge designed for that condition, the door swings into its neighbor. The 110 degree opening on this Tiomos hinge is the engineered answer: the door reaches full, usable access without contacting the adjacent cabinet side. That restricted angle is by design, not a shortcoming.

The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door, and the dowel mount presses into the pre-bored dowel holes beside the cup, anchoring the hinge without cup screws. The arm then connects to a Grass base plate mounted on the cabinet, which is sold separately. Grass plates are Tiomos-specific and are not interchangeable with plates from other brands.

Steel Build and a Production-Ready Mount

The hinge is steel in a Nickel finish. The dowel mount is the feature production shops choose when CNC boring is already in the workflow: the hinge presses in rather than screws in, which speeds up door hanging on a run of blind corner cabinets. The self-close spring handles the close reliably once the door is hung, and the three-way adjustment lets an installer square up the reveal without removing and re-boring.

This is a self-close hinge, not a soft-close hinge. The spring pulls the door shut but does not cushion the final contact. For a damped, quiet close, Grass offers soft-close versions of the Tiomos line; this SKU is the spring-close variant.

Where This Hinge Belongs

Cabinet shops and contractors working blind corner layouts on frameless or face-frame boxes will find this hinge a natural fit, particularly where CNC pre-boring is standard practice. The dowel mount removes the cup-screw step from the production sequence, which matters when the same operation repeats across dozens of doors. Homeowners and designers specifying blind corner hardware should confirm the corner configuration and match a compatible Grass plate to the cabinet construction before ordering.

For standard doors outside a corner condition, an overlay hinge without blind corner geometry is the appropriate choice. For doors over 24 mm thick, move to a thick-door series.

Common Questions

Blind Corner Doors That Clear, Close, and Stay Square

Specify this Tiomos hinge when the corner layout demands a controlled swing, CNC-ready dowel installation, and a self-close finish on overlay doors in either frameless or face-frame boxes.