EP0281434B1 - Federschliessvorrichtung für Türen oder ähnliches - Google Patents

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EP0281434B1
EP0281434B1 EP88400166A EP88400166A EP0281434B1 EP 0281434 B1 EP0281434 B1 EP 0281434B1 EP 88400166 A EP88400166 A EP 88400166A EP 88400166 A EP88400166 A EP 88400166A EP 0281434 B1 EP0281434 B1 EP 0281434B1
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05FDEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10Closers 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
    • E05F1/12Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs
    • E05F1/123Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs with a torsion bar
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING 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
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/13Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/132Doors

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  • the invention relates to a spring closing device for a door or the like.
  • the torsion bar and the intermediate parts are surrounded by a decorative and protective tube.
  • the aim of the present invention is the production of a spring closing device with automatic return in the closed position, of simple construction, of easy assembly, of reliable operation, a small footprint and whose construction is such that the adjustment of the door becomes practically impossible by vandalism for people not informed of its particular construction.
  • the invention relates to a 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, known as a movable element, is fixed to the door and of which the other, called a fixed element, is fixed to the upright of this door, a torsion bar made of spring steel connecting the fixed element of a hinge to the mobile element of another hinge, in order to automatically recall the door in the closed position, 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 studs or washers hinges, the bar passing freely inside at least one of these studs or washers, movable by sliding on the bar inside the tube.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a door whose leaf 1 is hinged by three hinges 2, 3, 4 on a post 5 of the door frame.
  • Each hinge therefore consists of a movable element 21, 31, 41 which is fixed to the door panel 1 and a fixed element 22, 32, 42 which is fixed to the upright 5 of the door frame.
  • the automatic return of the door to the closed position is ensured 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 at 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 fixed 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 integral with 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 allowing to exercise a torsion on the bar 6 before it is blocked by the needle screw 8.
  • This initial torsion determines the return torque of the door in the rest position, that is to say the torque that prevents untimely flapping of the door panel.
  • it will preferably be made in two parts assembled together by a tenon 11 and mortise 12 assembly, this assembly being preferably disposed at the height of 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 vandalism.
  • the width of this slit is established so that the tube can be placed on the bar passing through this slit.
  • 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 tanks devises 15 and 16 whose mobile element 151, 161 pivots by its plug 152, 162 on the node of the mobile 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 disposed 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 element of the hinges by the hinge of the fixed element 153 or mobile element 163 which passes through the slot 22 of the end piece considered.
  • This arrangement therefore allows simple and quick 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 18 1 capable of being housed inside the tube 23 and of centering it on the torsion bar 17.
  • the lower end 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 washer corresponding the inside diameter of the tube 23.

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  • Closing And Opening Devices For Wings, And Checks For Wings (AREA)
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  • Specific Sealing Or Ventilating Devices For Doors And Windows (AREA)
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1. Federschließvorrichtung für eine Tür oder dgl. ähnliches, mit mindestens zwei Scharnieren, die sich jeweils aus zwei um eine Achse verschwenkbaren Elementen zusammensetzen, von denen das eine, das sogenannte bewegliche Element, an der Tür befestigt und das andere, das sogenannte feste Element, am Türpfosten befestigt ist, und mit einem federnden Torsionsstab (6) aus Stahl, der das feste Element eines Scharniers mit dem beweglichen Element eines anderen Scharniers verbindet, um die Tür automatisch in die Schließposition zurückzuführen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Stab (6) zwischen den Scharnieren von einem entlang einer Erzeugenden mit einem Schlitz versehenen Rohr (13, 23) umgeben ist, welches auf dem Stab durch nahe den Scharnieren angebrachte Stufenbüchsen (14) oder Scheiben (24) koaxial festgehalten wird, wobei der Stab (6) frei durch mindestens eine Stufenbüchse oder Scheibe hindurchgeht, und gleitend auf dem innerhalb des Rohres befindlichen Stab verschiebbar ist.
2. Federschließvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Buchse (10) mit dem Torsionsstab (6) fest verbunden, mit radialen Lochungen versehen, zur Einstellung der Vorspannung des Stabes nahe einem Scharnier angeordnet und von dem geschlitzten Rohr überdeckt ist.
3. Federschließvorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Stab (6) aus mehreren Teilen besteht, die in der Nähe des oder der dazwischenliegenden Bandlappen (3) aneinander anschließen.
4. Federschließvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie Endstücke (18, 19) umfaßt, in deren Durchgang (20) der Torsionsstab (17) festgesetzt werden kann.
5. Federschließvorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Endstück (18, 19) auf einem Teil seiner Länge mit einer Ausnehmung (21) mit einem seitlichen Schlitz (22) versehen ist, wobei die Gestalt und die Abmessungen der Ausnehmung und des Schlitzes die Anbringung des Endstücks auf dem Hals des festen bzw. beweglichen Teils eines Scharniers gestatten.
6. Federschließvorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Endstück an einem seiner Enden mit einem Ansatz (181) zur Zentrierung des geschlitzten Rohres (23) auf dem Stab (17) versehen ist.
EP88400166A 1987-02-06 1988-01-26 Federschliessvorrichtung für Türen oder ähnliches Expired - Lifetime EP0281434B1 (de)

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FR8701462A FR2610665B1 (fr) 1987-02-06 1987-02-06 Dispositif de fermeture a ressort pour porte ou similaire

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FR2610665A1 (fr) 1988-08-12
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