EP0281434A1 - Spring-actuated closing device for a door or the like - Google Patents

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EP0281434A1
EP0281434A1 EP88400166A EP88400166A EP0281434A1 EP 0281434 A1 EP0281434 A1 EP 0281434A1 EP 88400166 A EP88400166 A EP 88400166A EP 88400166 A EP88400166 A EP 88400166A EP 0281434 A1 EP0281434 A1 EP 0281434A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/12—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs
    • E05F1/123—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a torsion bar
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/13—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/132—Doors

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  • the invention relates to a spring closing device for a door or the like.
  • the torsion bar as well as the intermediate parts are surrounded by a decorative and protective tube.
  • the object of the present invention is in particular to remedy these drawbacks and to this end relates to a spring-closing device characterized in that a tube provided with a slot along one of its generatrices is arranged around the bar between the hinges, this tube being held coaxially on the bar by adjacent cores or washers of the hinges, the bar passing freely inside at least one of these cores or washers, movable by sliding on the bar at the inside the tube.
  • the torsion bar comprises end caps provided with a passage inside which the torsion bar can be immobilized.
  • the present invention therefore aims to achieve a spring closure device of simple construction, easy assembly, reliable operation, a small footprint and whose construction is such that the adjustment of the door becomes virtually impossible by vandalism for people not aware of its particular construction.
  • a door is shown, the leaf 1 of which is mounted articulated by three hinges 2, 3, 4 on an upright 5 of the door frame.
  • Each hinge therefore consists of a mobile element 21, 31, 41 which is fixed on the door panel 1 and a fixed element 22, 32, 42 which is fixed on the upright 5 of the door frame.
  • the automatic return of the door to the closed position is provided by a spring steel bar 6 acting in torsion and which connects the node of the fixed element of a hinge to the node of the movable element of the other hinge.
  • the torsion bar 6 passes freely through the hollow axis 7 of the intermediate hinge 3 and its upper end penetrates inside the node of the movable element 21 to the inside of which it is fixed in rotation by a needle screw 8.
  • the lower end of the torsion bar 6 freely crosses, by a portion of hollow axis, the node of the movable element of the lower hinge 4 and is fixed inside the node of the movable element by a needle screw 9.
  • the torsional torque of the bar is exerted between a fixed element of a hinge and the movable element of another hinge in order to automatically return the door to the closed position.
  • the torsion bar 6 is secured to a stud 10 located near its upper end in the adjacent position of the hinge 2.
  • This stud 10 is provided with radial perforations 101. These perforations are intended to receive a tool making it possible to exert a twist on the bar 6 before it is blocked by the needle screw 8. This initial twist determines the return torque of the door in the rest position, that is to say the cut which avoids untimely beating of the door panel.
  • the torsion bar In order to facilitate the mounting of the torsion bar, it will preferably be made in two parts assembled to each other by a tenon 11 and mortise 12 assembly, this assembly preferably being placed at the hinge intermediate 3, in order to conceal itself inside this hinge.
  • the torsion bar 6 is also housed, between the hinges, inside tubes 13, split along one of their generatrices, which have the purpose of concealing the torsion bar and of preventing its deterioration by vandelism.
  • the width of this slot is established so that the tube can be placed on the bench passing through this slot.
  • These tubes 13 are held coaxially with the bar 6, between the hinges, by cylindrical studs 14 which are fitted into the upper and lower ends of the nodes of the hinges. These studs 14 are provided with openings in which the torsion bar 6 passes freely.
  • One of these studs 14 will in reality be constituted by the pre-tensioning stud 10 of the bar and this stud will therefore also be hidden after mounting the tubes 13.
  • the door or the like is supported by two hinges 15 and 16 whose movable element 15 mobile, 161 pivots by its plug 152, 162 on the node of the movable element 153 , 163.
  • the torsion bar 17 connects the fixed element 153 of the hinge 15 to the mobile element 161 of the hinge 16, this connection being obtained by end caps 18 and 19.
  • end pieces 18 and 19 comprise an axial passage 20 of polygonal section and, for example, square, which receives freely sliding the torsion bar 17 of corresponding section. Due to this arrangement, the end pieces 18, 19 can slide axially on the torsion bar while being immobilized in rotation on the bar.
  • a housing 21 provided with a lateral slot 22, this housing 21 being arranged in the extension of the passage 20 of the torsion bar 17.
  • the shape and dimensions of the housing 21 and slot 22 are determined so that they can fit on the node of one of the elements of a hinge.
  • the end piece is immobilized on the hinge element by the hinge of the fixed 153 or mobile 163 element which passes through the slot 22 of the end piece considered.
  • This arrangement therefore allows simple and rapid mounting of the torsion bar on a door because the end pieces 18 sliding axially on the torsion bar are immobilized in rotation on this bar by the passages 20 and are also immobilized in rotation on an element. fixed or movable of a hinge by the slot 22 and its housing 21.
  • a tube 23 split along one of its generatrices, may also be arranged around the torsion bar between the end pieces 18 and 19 and, in this case, the end piece 18 adjacent to the upper hinge 15 will be provided at its base with a circular bearing 181 capable of being housed inside the tube 23 and of centering it on the torsion bar 17.
  • the end lower of the tube 23 is also held coaxially with the torsion bar 17 by a washer 24 provided with a central orifice whose shape corresponds to the section of the bar 17, the outside diameter of this bar corresponding to the inside diameter of the tube 23.

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Spring closing device for door or the like, comprising at least two hinges, each one comprising two components articulated on an axis and one of which, known as the mobile component, is fixed on the door and the other of which, known as the fixed component, is fixed on the post of this door, whereby a flexible spring torsion bar is also provided between this door and its post so as to bring it back automatically into the closed position, a device characterized in that the elastic component comprises a steel spring torsion bar (6) connecting the fixed component of a hinge to the mobile component of another hinge.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de fermeture à resssort pour porte ou similaire.The invention relates to a spring closing device for a door or the like.

On connaît déjà par le brevet américain No 3 209 391, un dispositif de fermeture de ce genre dont la barre de torsion relie par des pièces intermédiaires, l'élément fixe d'une charnière d'une porte à l'élément mobile d'une autre charnière de cette porte.Already known from U.S. Patent No. 3,209,391, such a closure device including the torsion bar connected by intermediate parts, fixed to a hinge of a door to the movable member of another hinge of this door.

Dans cette réalisation, la barre de torsion ainsi que les pièces intermédiaires sont entourées d'un tube enjoliveur et de protection.In this embodiment, the torsion bar as well as the intermediate parts are surrounded by a decorative and protective tube.

Cependant, avec ce dispositif ferme-porte et comme dans tous les dispositifs de ce genre réalisés jusqu'à présent; la tension initiale ou torsion de la barre est réalisée, alors que le tube enjoliveur et de protection est déjà en place sur la barre de torsion, ce qui implique obligatoirement que les opé­rations inverses peuvent être effectuées de manière mal intentionnée en supprimant ainsi l'effet de ferme­ture automatique de la porte.However, with this door-closing device and as in all the devices of this kind produced so far; the initial tension or torsion of the bar is carried out, while the embellishment and protection tube is already in place on the torsion bar, which necessarily implies that the reverse operations can be carried out in an ill-intentioned manner thereby eliminating the effect automatic door closing.

La présente invention a notamment pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients et concerne à cet effet un dispositif de fermeture à ressort caractérisé en ce que un tube pourvu d'une fente suivant l'une de ses génératrices, est disposé autour de la barre entre les charnières, ce tube étant maintenu coaxialement sur la barre par des noyaux ou rondelles adjacents des charnières, la barre passant librement à l'intérieur d'au moins l'un de ces noyaux ou rondelles, déplaçable par coulissement sur la barre à l'intérieur du tube.The object of the present invention is in particular to remedy these drawbacks and to this end relates to a spring-closing device characterized in that a tube provided with a slot along one of its generatrices is arranged around the bar between the hinges, this tube being held coaxially on the bar by adjacent cores or washers of the hinges, the bar passing freely inside at least one of these cores or washers, movable by sliding on the bar at the inside the tube.

Suivant une charactéristique de l'inven­tion, il comporte des embouts pourvus d'un passage à l'intérieur duquel la barre de torsion peut être im­mobilisée.According to a characteristic of the invention, it comprises end caps provided with a passage inside which the torsion bar can be immobilized.

L'invention est représentée à titre d'exemple non limitatif sur les dessins ci-joints, dans lesquels :

  • - la figure 1 est une vue en élévation d'un exemple d'articulation d'une porte par trois charnières,
  • - la figure 2 est une vue décomposée des trois charnières de la figure 1,
  • - la figure 3 est une vue en perspective de différentes pièces adjointes aux charnières de la figure 2,
  • - la figure 4 est une vue latérale partiel­lement coupée d'un autre mode de réalisation du dispo­sitif,
  • - la figure 5 est une coupe suivant A-A de la figure 4,
  • - la figure 6 est une vue en coupe axiale d'un mode de réalisation d'un des embouts de la figure 4.
The invention is shown by way of nonlimiting example in the accompanying drawings, in which:
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation view of an example of articulation of a door by three hinges,
  • FIG. 2 is a broken down view of the three hinges of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of various parts associated with the hinges of FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 4 is a partially cut side view of another embodiment of the device,
  • FIG. 5 is a section along AA in FIG. 4,
  • FIG. 6 is a view in axial section of an embodiment of one of the end pieces of FIG. 4.

La présente invention a en conséquence pour but la réalisation d'un dispositif de fermeture à ressort de réalisation simple, d'un montage facile, d'un fonc­tionnement fiable, d'un faible encombrement et dont la cons­truction est telle que le déréglage de la porte devient pratiquement impossible par vandalisme pour les personnes non informées de sa construction particulière.The present invention therefore aims to achieve a spring closure device of simple construction, easy assembly, reliable operation, a small footprint and whose construction is such that the adjustment of the door becomes virtually impossible by vandalism for people not aware of its particular construction.

Suivant le mode de réalisation des figures de 1 à 3, on a représenté une porte dont le battant 1 est monté articulé par trois charnières 2, 3, 4 sur un montant 5 de l'encadrement de porte. Chaque charnière se compose donc d'un élément mobile 2₁, 3₁, 4₁ qui est fixé sur le panneau de porte 1 et d'un élément fixe 2₂, 3₂, 4₂ qui est fixé sur le montant 5 de l'encadrement de porte.According to the embodiment of the figures from 1 to 3, a door is shown, the leaf 1 of which is mounted articulated by three hinges 2, 3, 4 on an upright 5 of the door frame. Each hinge therefore consists of a mobile element 2₁, 3₁, 4₁ which is fixed on the door panel 1 and a fixed element 2₂, 3₂, 4₂ which is fixed on the upright 5 of the door frame.

Suivant l'invention, le rappel automatique de la porte en position de fermeture est assuré par une barre en acier à ressort 6 agissant en torsion et qui relie le noeud de l'élément fixe d'une charnière au noeud de l'élément mobile de l'autre charnière.According to the invention, the automatic return of the door to the closed position is provided by a spring steel bar 6 acting in torsion and which connects the node of the fixed element of a hinge to the node of the movable element of the other hinge.

Dans l'exemple représenté sur la figure 2, la barre de torsion 6 passe librement au travers de l'axe creux 7 de la charnière intermédiaire 3 et son extrémité supérieure pénètre à l'intérieur du noeud de l'élément mobile 2₁ à l'intérieur duquel il est fixé en rotation par une vis pointeau 8.In the example shown in Figure 2, the torsion bar 6 passes freely through the hollow axis 7 of the intermediate hinge 3 and its upper end penetrates inside the node of the movable element 2₁ to the inside of which it is fixed in rotation by a needle screw 8.

De même, l'extrémité inférieure de la barre de torsion 6 traverse librement, par une portion d'axe creuse, le noeud de l'élément mobile de la charnière inférieure 4 et est fixée à l'intérieur du noeud de l'élément mobile par une vis pointeau 9. Ainsi, le couple de torsion de la barre s'exerce entre un élément fixe d'une charnière et l'élément mobile d'une autre charnière afin de rappeler automatiquement la porte en position de fermeture.Similarly, the lower end of the torsion bar 6 freely crosses, by a portion of hollow axis, the node of the movable element of the lower hinge 4 and is fixed inside the node of the movable element by a needle screw 9. Thus, the torsional torque of the bar is exerted between a fixed element of a hinge and the movable element of another hinge in order to automatically return the door to the closed position.

La barre de torsion 6 est solidaire d'un plot 10 situé à proximité de son extrémité supérieure en position adjacentre de la charnière 2. Ce plot 10 est pourvu de perforations radiales 10₁. Ces perforations sont destinées à recevoir un outil permettant d'exercer une torsion sur la barre 6 avant son blocage par la vis pointeau 8. Cette torsion initiale détermine le couple de rappel de la porte en position de repos, c'est-à-­dire le coupe qui évite les battements intempestifs du panneau de porte.The torsion bar 6 is secured to a stud 10 located near its upper end in the adjacent position of the hinge 2. This stud 10 is provided with radial perforations 10₁. These perforations are intended to receive a tool making it possible to exert a twist on the bar 6 before it is blocked by the needle screw 8. This initial twist determines the return torque of the door in the rest position, that is to say the cut which avoids untimely beating of the door panel.

Afin de faciliter le montage de la barre de torsion, celle-ci sera de préférence réalisée en deux parties assemblées l'une l'autre par un assemblage à tenon 11 et à mortaise 12, cet assemblage étant de préférence disposé à hauteur de la charnière intermé­diaire 3, afin de se dissimuler à l'intérieur de cette charnière.In order to facilitate the mounting of the torsion bar, it will preferably be made in two parts assembled to each other by a tenon 11 and mortise 12 assembly, this assembly preferably being placed at the hinge intermediate 3, in order to conceal itself inside this hinge.

La barre de torsion 6 est par ailleurs logée, entre les charnières, à l'intérieur de tubes 13, fendus suivant une de leurs génératrices, qui ont pour but de dissimuler la barre de torsion et d'éviter sa dé­térioration par vandelisme. La largeur de cette fente est établie de manière que le tube puisse être mis en place sur le banc en passant par cette fente.The torsion bar 6 is also housed, between the hinges, inside tubes 13, split along one of their generatrices, which have the purpose of concealing the torsion bar and of preventing its deterioration by vandelism. The width of this slot is established so that the tube can be placed on the bench passing through this slot.

Ces tubes 13 sont maintenus coaxialement à la barre 6, entre les charnières, par des plots cylindriques 14 qui sont emmanchés dans l'extrémité supérieure et inférieure des noeuds des charnières. Ces plots 14 sont pourvus d'ouvertures dans lesquelles passe librement la barre de torsion 6. L'un de ces plots 14 sera, en réalité, constitué par le plot 10 de pré-tension de la barre et ce plot sera donc également dissimulé après montage des tubes 13.These tubes 13 are held coaxially with the bar 6, between the hinges, by cylindrical studs 14 which are fitted into the upper and lower ends of the nodes of the hinges. These studs 14 are provided with openings in which the torsion bar 6 passes freely. One of these studs 14 will in reality be constituted by the pre-tensioning stud 10 of the bar and this stud will therefore also be hidden after mounting the tubes 13.

Dans l'exemple de réalisation des figures 4, 5 et 6, la porte ou similaire est supportée par deux charnières 15 et 16 dont l'élément mobile 15₁, 16₁ pivote par sa fiche 15₂, 16₂ sur le noeud de l'élément mobile 15₃, 16₃.In the embodiment of Figures 4, 5 and 6, the door or the like is supported by two hinges 15 and 16 whose movable element 15 mobile, 16₁ pivots by its plug 15₂, 16₂ on the node of the movable element 15₃ , 16₃.

La barre de torsion 17 relie l'élément fixe 15₃ de la charnière 15 à l'élément mobile 16₁ de la charnière 16, cette liaison étant obtenue par des embouts 18 et 19.The torsion bar 17 connects the fixed element 15₃ of the hinge 15 to the mobile element 16₁ of the hinge 16, this connection being obtained by end caps 18 and 19.

Ces embouts 18 et 19 comportent un passage axial 20 de section polygonale et, par exemple, carrée, qui reçoit à libre coulissement la barre de torsion 17 de section correspondante. Du fait de ce montage, les embouts 18, 19 peuvent coulisser axialement sur la barre de torsion tout en étant immobilisés en rotation sur la barre. Sur l'une des moitiés des embouts 18, 19, il est prévu un logement 21 pourvu d'une fente latérale 22, ce logement 21 étant disposé dans le prolongement du passage 20 de la barre de torsion 17. La forme et les dimensions du logement 21 et de la fente 22 sont déter­minées pour qu'ils puissent s'adapter sur le noeud d'un des éléments d'une charnière.These end pieces 18 and 19 comprise an axial passage 20 of polygonal section and, for example, square, which receives freely sliding the torsion bar 17 of corresponding section. Due to this arrangement, the end pieces 18, 19 can slide axially on the torsion bar while being immobilized in rotation on the bar. On one of the halves of the end pieces 18, 19, there is provided a housing 21 provided with a lateral slot 22, this housing 21 being arranged in the extension of the passage 20 of the torsion bar 17. The shape and dimensions of the housing 21 and slot 22 are determined so that they can fit on the node of one of the elements of a hinge.

Lorsque cette adaptation est réalisée, l'embout est immobilisé sur l'élément des charnières par la penture de l'élément fixe 15₃ ou mobile 16₃ qui passe au travers de la fente 22 de l'embout considéré.When this adaptation is carried out, the end piece is immobilized on the hinge element by the hinge of the fixed 15₃ or mobile 16₃ element which passes through the slot 22 of the end piece considered.

Cette disposition permet donc un montage simply et rapide de la barre de torsion sur une porte du fait que les embouts 18 coulissant axialement sur la barre de torsion sont immobilisés en rotation sur cette barre par les passages 20 et sont également immobilisés en rotation sur un élément fixe ou mobile d'une charnière par la fente 22 et son logement 21. Un tube 23 fendu suivant l'une de ses génératrices, pourra également être disposé autour de la barre de torsion entre les embouts 18 et 19 et, dans ce cas, l'embout 18 adjacent de la charnière supérieure 15 sera pourvu à sa base d'une portée circulaire 18₁ susceptible de se loger à l'intérieur du tube 23 et de le centrer sur la barre de torsion 17. Dans ce cas, l'extrémité inférieure du tube 23 est également maintenue coaxialement à la barre de torsion 17 par une rondelle 24 pourvue d'un orifice central dont la forme correspond à la section de la barre 17, le diamètre extérieur de cette barre correspondant au diamètre intérieur du tube 23.This arrangement therefore allows simple and rapid mounting of the torsion bar on a door because the end pieces 18 sliding axially on the torsion bar are immobilized in rotation on this bar by the passages 20 and are also immobilized in rotation on an element. fixed or movable of a hinge by the slot 22 and its housing 21. A tube 23 split along one of its generatrices, may also be arranged around the torsion bar between the end pieces 18 and 19 and, in this case, the end piece 18 adjacent to the upper hinge 15 will be provided at its base with a circular bearing 18₁ capable of being housed inside the tube 23 and of centering it on the torsion bar 17. In this case, the end lower of the tube 23 is also held coaxially with the torsion bar 17 by a washer 24 provided with a central orifice whose shape corresponds to the section of the bar 17, the outside diameter of this bar corresponding to the inside diameter of the tube 23.

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1) Dispositif de fermeture à ressort pour porte ou similaire, comprenant au moins deux charnières se composant chacune de deux éléments articulés sur un axe et dont l'un, dit élément mobile, est fixé sur la porte et dont l'autre, dit élément fixe, est fixé sur le montant de cette porte, une barre de torsion en acier à ressort (6) reliant l'élément fixe d'une charnière à l'élément mobile d'une autre charnière, afin de rappeler automatiquement la porte en position de fermeture, caractérisé en ce que un tube (13, 23) pourvu d'une fente suivant l'une de ses génératrices, est disposé autour de la barre (6) entre les charnières, ce tube étant main­tenu coaxialement sur la barre par des noyaux (14) ou rondelles (24) adjacents des charnières, la barre (6) passant librement à l'intérieur d'au moins l'un de ces noyaux ou rondelles, déplaçable par coulissement sur la barre à l'intérieur du tube.1) Spring closing device for a door or the like, comprising at least two hinges each consisting of two elements articulated on an axis and one of which, said mobile element, is fixed to the door and the other of which, said element fixed, is fixed on the amount of this door, a torsion bar in spring steel (6) connecting the fixed element of a hinge to the movable element of another hinge, in order to automatically recall the door in position closure, characterized in that a tube (13, 23) provided with a slot along one of its generatrices, is arranged around the bar (6) between the hinges, this tube being held coaxially on the bar by cores (14) or washers (24) adjacent to the hinges, the bar (6) passing freely inside at least one of these cores or washers, displaceable by sliding on the bar inside the tube. 2) Dispositif conforme à la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le noyau (10) est solidaire de la barre de torsion (6) et est pourvu de perforations radiales, ce noyau étant situé à proximité d'une des charnières pour le réglage de la pré-tension de la barre et étant recouvert par le tube fendu.2) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the core (10) is integral with the torsion bar (6) and is provided with radial perforations, this core being located near one of the hinges for the adjustment of the pre-tension of the bar and being covered by the split tube. 3) Dispositif conforme à l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins trois charnières (2, 3, 4), l'axe de la charnière intermédiaire étant constitué par un tube creux (7) à l'intérieur duquel passe librement la barre de torsion (6) reliant l'élément fixe (2₁) et l'élément mobile (4₂) des deux charnières extrêmes (2, 4).3) Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least three hinges (2, 3, 4), the axis of the intermediate hinge being constituted by a hollow tube (7) at the 'inside which freely passes the torsion bar (6) connecting the fixed element (2₁) and the movable element (4₂) of the two extreme hinges (2, 4). 4) Dispositif conforme à l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la barre (6) est réalisée en plusieurs parties s'assem­blant l'une l'autre à proximité de la ou des paumelles intermédiaires (3).4) Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bar (6) is made in several parts joining together one another near the hinge (s) intermediaries (3). 5) Dispositif conforme à la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des embouts (18, 19) pourvus d'un passage (20) à l'intérieur duquel la barre de torsion (17) peut être immobilisée.5) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises end caps (18, 19) provided with a passage (20) inside which the torsion bar (17) can be immobilized. 6) Dispositif conforme à la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'embout (18, 19) est pourvu sur une partie de sa longueur d'un logement (21) pourvu d'une fente latérale (22), la forme et les dimensions du logement et de la fente étant propres à permettre l'adaptation de l'embout sur le noeud de la partie fixe, respectivement mobile, d'une charnière.6) Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the end piece (18, 19) is provided over a part of its length with a housing (21) provided with a lateral slot (22), the shape and the dimensions of the housing and of the slot being suitable for allowing the adaptation of the end piece on the node of the fixed, respectively mobile, part of a hinge. 7) Dispositif conforme à la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que l'embout est pourvu, à l'une de ses extrémités, d'une portée (18₁) de centrage du tube fendu (23) sur la barre (17).7) Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the endpiece is provided, at one of its ends, with a bearing (18₁) for centering the split tube (23) on the bar (17).
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EP0281434B1 (en) 1990-12-27
CA1310158C (en) 1992-11-17
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FR2610665B1 (en) 1995-12-08
ATE59425T1 (en) 1991-01-15

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