EP0113634B1 - Vertikal faltbare Füllung eines Öffnungsabschlusses - Google Patents

Vertikal faltbare Füllung eines Öffnungsabschlusses Download PDF

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EP0113634B1
EP0113634B1 EP19830402551 EP83402551A EP0113634B1 EP 0113634 B1 EP0113634 B1 EP 0113634B1 EP 19830402551 EP19830402551 EP 19830402551 EP 83402551 A EP83402551 A EP 83402551A EP 0113634 B1 EP0113634 B1 EP 0113634B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/02—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary
    • E06B9/06—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type
    • E06B9/0692—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising flexible sheets as closing screen
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/02—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary
    • E06B9/06—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type
    • E06B9/0607—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position
    • E06B9/0615—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position characterised by the closing elements
    • E06B9/063—Bars or rods perpendicular to the closing direction
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/02—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary
    • E06B9/06—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type
    • E06B9/0607—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position
    • E06B9/0646—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position characterised by the relative arrangement of the closing elements in the stored position
    • E06B9/0653—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position characterised by the relative arrangement of the closing elements in the stored position stored side by side in the closing plane
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/02—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary
    • E06B9/08—Roll-type closures
    • E06B9/11—Roller shutters
    • E06B9/13—Roller shutters with closing members of one piece, e.g. of corrugated sheet metal
    • E06B2009/135—Horizontal shutter reinforcements

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  • the present invention relates to articulated panels for closing doors or openings with vertical deployment and folding vertically in accordion with horizontal folds in the upper part of the openings to close where they are suspended.
  • articulated panels are used in known manner to isolate or obscure openings inside or outside of industrial buildings. They must be easy to use, be able to withstand wind, and be waterproof to prevent significant heat loss.
  • Hinged panels of this type comprising a veil made of at least one flexible sheet material, opaque or at least partially transparent, and comprising, regularly distributed over the height of the deployed panel, metal profiles dividing the panel into sections horizontal and forming hinges between them when the panel is folded. Going up, by a system of cables or straps and winch, the lowest profile, we gradually drive the other intermediate profiles as the panel opens, which can thus fold completely in accordion in the top of the opening.
  • the metal profiles pose a certain number of problems essentially due to their weight, having regard, moreover, to the limited mechanical strength of the panel veil generally consisting of a film of plastic material thickness less than 1 millimeter.
  • a vertically lifting wall comprising two sails spaced from each other by regularly spaced horizontal crosspieces, is described in German patent 6,932,709.
  • the sails are fixed to the crosspieces, which are connected to each other by spacing straps extending between said webs.
  • the sails do not have any suspension function with respect to the crosspieces and are not stretched when the wall is deployed.
  • a closure device for a large bay comprising a series of superimposed rectangular blades, linked in pairs by chains, a veil being fixed to the edges of the blades located on the same side of the closure device, is described in the German patent 3,032,528. Lifting cables, passing through holes in the blades, allow said blades to be brought closer to the top of the bay and to allow free passage.
  • This closure device has the same drawbacks as the wall of patent 6932709 mentioned above, the blades individually enjoying no autonomy from one another, nor from the web.
  • Each elongated flexible traction element may comprise, spaced along its length, a series of loops through which the transverse hinge elements pass.
  • the sleeves can extend over the entire width of the veil and be interrupted in line with the loops of the elongated flexible traction elements.
  • the loops can be formed by the flexible traction element.
  • the particularly simple structure of the articulated panel according to the invention thus makes it possible to separate the functions of concealing the opening, reserved for the veil, and for supporting and actuating the panel, reserved for the transverse hinge elements, for the flexible traction elements. supporting these tubes and to the lifting means, so that, in the event of damage to a hinge element, this can be easily replaced without the need to remove the entire panel.
  • FIG. 1 we recognize the general arrangement of a hinged opening closure panel with vertical deployment, comprising an upper box 1 mounted on the upper part of the opening and two uprights lateral vertical profiles 2 shaped C and forming guide rails for the panel.
  • the latter comprises a web 3 consisting of a single fabric or two adjoining fabrics 31, 32 made of opaque or transparent plastic material, typically of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) 4 to 5 / 10ths of a millimeter thick or of polyester.
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • the web 3 is suspended by its upper end in the box 1 and is divided into a number of horizontal sections by transverse tubes 4 forming hinges between the sections and made of light alloy, for example aluminum.
  • the lower tube 4 1 then every other tube, going up towards the top of the panel, protrude laterally with respect to the web 3, their projecting ends supporting, by means of ball bearings, guide rollers 5 moving in the side rails 2.
  • the other intermediate tubes 4 have a length less than the overall width of the veil 3.
  • the latter are joined together by lateral weld lines 20 and by pairs of transverse weld lines 30 which can define pockets 6 between them for accommodating strips of insulating material 7 possibly provided with through holes 8, as described in patent application n ° 80/17766, the content of which is assumed integrated here for reference.
  • actuation straps 9 which can be wound around a transverse shaft 10 disposed in the box 1 and selectively actuated by an electric motor.
  • the straps 9 When the straps 9 are wound on the shaft 10, they raise the last tube 4 1 , which in turn drives the other transverse tubes 4 to fold the panel with more horizontal, the sections falling in accordion down thanks to intermediate transverse tubes not guided by the side rails 2.
  • the panel further comprises at least two (typically four or six) vertical elongated traction elements 11, for example straps or cables of plastic material, extending along one of the faces of the web 3, typically the inner face, suspended by their upper ends 12, for example from the casing 1, and supporting the various transverse tubes 4.
  • vertical elongated traction elements for example straps or cables of plastic material
  • the elongated vertical traction elements 11 in this case straps of the type of woven straps used in seat belt systems or harnesses, form along their length, at regular intervals corresponding to the spacing of the transverse tubes 4, loops 13 in which the various tubes 4 are threaded.
  • the transverse rigid elongate hinge elements are constituted by the assembly of two tubular half-profiles 4 ′ and 4 "fixed to the fabric 3 and simultaneously to the straps 11, in line with the latter , for example by rivets 14.
  • the transverse tubes 4 are supported by the straps 11, it is possible to make these tubes integral with web 3 by housing them in sheaths 15 formed by this same web 3.
  • the loop 15 will be formed by joining together, for example by sewing or welding 16, two summer- juxtaposed elements of the fabric 3 defining outside the general plane of this fabric the loop 15, as seen in Figures 2 and 4.
  • the sleeves 15 can be produced as shown in FIG. 5, by leaving a space between two additional transverse weld lines 31.
  • the sleeves 15 will be cut, as shown in 17, to allow the substantially coaxial alignment of these sheaths 15 and loops 13 of the straps 11.
  • the lined fabrics can be deformed to form a loop 15, in the same way as the simple fabric, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the loops 13 formed by the strap 11 can be defined in different ways.
  • the loop 13 is permanently formed by a fixing means 18, for example seam lines or rivets.
  • the loop 13 is formed before introduction of the tube 4, and is defined in clamping configuration around the latter by a ring or passing 19.
  • the base of the loop 13 is defined by an unlockable jaw locking means 20.

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1. Sich senkrecht enfaltende angelenkte Verkleidung zum Verschluß einer Öffnung, die aufweist:
- eine Abdeckung (3), die aus mindestens einem Material aus biegsamer Folie besteht,
- mehrere aufliegende, starre, parallele, über die Höhe der Verkleidung in Querrichtung verteilte und auf der Abdeckung zusammengesetzte Scharnierelemente (4),
- Mittel, um die Verkleidung anzuheben,
- mindestens ein Paar beweglicher aufliegender Zugelemente (11), die sich senkrecht entlang einer Seite der Abdeckung (3) erstrekken, mit jedem von denen die verschiedenen Querscharnierelemente (4) fest verbunden werden,
wobei die Verkleidung dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß die Querscharnierelemente (4) sich in Manschetten (15) erstrecken, die vom Abdekkungs-Folienmaterial (3) gebildet werden.
2. Verkleidung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jedes aufliegende biegsame Zugelement (11) auf seine Länge verteilt eine Reihe von Schlaufen (13) aufweist, in denen die Querscharnierelemente (4) aufgenommen werden.
3. Verkleidung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Manschetten (15) sich über die ganze Breite der Abdeckung (3) erstrecken und neben den Schlaufen (13) der aufliegenden biegsamen Zugelemente (11) unterbrochen sind (17).
4. Verkleidung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schlaufen (13) vom biegsamen Zugelement (11) gebildet werden.
5. Verkleidung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schlaufen auf Dauer durch Befestigungsmittel (16) gebildet werden.
6. Verkleidung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schlaufen (13) von zugehörigen Fixierungsmitteln (19, 20) gebildet werden.
7. Verkleidung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Querscharnierelemente (4) Metallrohre sind.
8. Sich senkrecht entfaltende angelenkte Verkleidung zum Verschluß einer Öffnung, die aufweist:
- eine Abdeckung (3), die aus mindestens einem Material aus biegsamer Folie besteht,
- mehrere aufliegende, starre, parallele, über die Höhe der Verkleidung in Querrichtung verteilte und auf der Abdeckung zusammengesetzte Scharnierelemente,
- Mittel, um die Verkleidung anzuheben,
- mindestens ein Paar beweglicher aufliegender Zugelemente (11), die sich senkrecht entlang einer Seite der Abdeckung (3) erstrekken, mit jedem von denen die verschiedenen Querscharnierelemente (4) fest verbunden werden,
wobei die Verkleidung dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß die Querscharnierelemente aus zwei Teilen (4', 4") bestehen, die die Abdeckung (3) in Verbundbauweise einschließen.
9. Verkleidung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Abdeckung (3) aus einer einzigen Lage Folienmaterial besteht.
10. Verkleidung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Abdeckung (3) aus zwei zusammengeklebten Lagen (31, 32) aus Folienmaterial besteht, die mindestens entlang von Querbefestigungslinien (30; 31) fest miteinander verbunden sind.
11. Verkleidung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiter Bänder aus lsolier- material (7) zwischen den beiden Lagen (31, 32) aus Folienmaterial aufweist.
12. Verkleidung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die biegsamen Zugelemente Gurte (11) sind.
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FR8300154A FR2539181B1 (fr) 1983-01-06 1983-01-06 Panneau articule de fermeture d'ouverture a deploiement vertical
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