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The Sugatsune GH-450G/CR is a free-swinging overlay glass door hinge finished in Chrome, designed to hang a 5/16-inch glass panel in an overlay position using a direct screw-on mount. With no built-in catch or damper, the door stays where you position it and opens freely.
Free-swinging hinges suit applications where you want the door to stay open at any position without a spring pulling it back. Display cases, bar cabinets, and glass-front showcases often benefit from this behavior: open the door to a serving or loading angle and it holds there. Because there is no catch mechanism, the door relies on a separate magnetic catch or touch latch to stay fully closed. Plan for that catch when specifying this hinge.
The overlay geometry means the glass panel laps over the cabinet opening rather than sitting inside it, producing a clean face when the door is closed. This is the right geometry for cabinets where the glass fronts are meant to cover the cabinet carcass edges.
On a glass door, the hinge hardware is in plain sight, so finish selection carries more weight than it does behind a wood panel. The Chrome finish on the GH-450G/CR is bright and reflective, complementing polished or satin metal hardware and contemporary cabinet pulls. Match the hinge finish to the rest of the visible hardware in the run for a consistent result. Sugatsune's manufacturing quality in this line means the chrome surface holds up to regular use on a display or bar cabinet without dulling quickly.
Cabinet shops building glass-front display cases, bar cabinets, or retail fixture work will find this hinge useful when the design calls for an overlay glass door that stays open at any position. Interior designers specifying handle-less glass fronts often pair a free-swinging hinge like this with a touch latch so the door looks clean from the front and opens without a pull. Homeowners adding glass doors to an existing cabinet or hutch will also find the screw-on mount straightforward to install, since it attaches directly without requiring a separate base plate or clip system.
This is a screw-on hinge that mounts to the cabinet, not through the glass itself. The glass panel is held in a wrap-style grip rather than being drilled, so the tempered requirement tied to bore-through mounting does not apply here. That said, tempered glass is always the safer choice for a door in regular use, and most 5/16-inch display glass is tempered as a matter of course.
No. Free-swinging means no spring or catch is built into the hinge. You will need a separate magnetic catch or touch latch to hold the door closed.
No. The screw-on design mounts directly to the cabinet frame or panel. There is no separate base plate to order.
This hinge has no built-in soft-close, and no add-on damper is documented for the GH-450G series. If soft-close is a requirement, look at the self-closing overlay models in the Sugatsune G230-C series instead.
Check the pack quantity shown on this page. Most glass door hinge listings in this series are sold individually, so order the quantity you need for the door count.
The GH-450G/CR brings a polished Chrome look to overlay glass cabinet doors that need to hold any position without a spring or damper in the way. Pair it with a catch, match it to the surrounding hardware, and it handles the rest.