EP0285754A2 - Limitation d'angle d'ouverture d'un bras pivotant - Google Patents

Limitation d'angle d'ouverture d'un bras pivotant Download PDF

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EP0285754A2
EP0285754A2 EP88101354A EP88101354A EP0285754A2 EP 0285754 A2 EP0285754 A2 EP 0285754A2 EP 88101354 A EP88101354 A EP 88101354A EP 88101354 A EP88101354 A EP 88101354A EP 0285754 A2 EP0285754 A2 EP 0285754A2
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strut
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Karl Heinz Schmidt
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Siegenia Aubi KG
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C17/00—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith
    • E05C17/02—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means
    • E05C17/04—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing
    • E05C17/30—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing of extensible, e.g. telescopic, construction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
    • Y10T403/32—Articulated members
    • Y10T403/32008—Plural distinct articulation axes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20576—Elements
    • Y10T74/20582—Levers
    • Y10T74/2063—Stops

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  • the invention relates to a limit stop for the pivot angle of an arm movable about a bearing axis, in which a strut is articulated on the one hand on the component supporting the bearing axis and on the other hand engages the arm at a distance from the bearing axis.
  • limit stops are often required, for example, in the development area of building hardware. For example, they are used to limit the opening angle of opening arms for windows and doors relative to the fixed frame and / or the sash.
  • a generic limit stop which has a simple construction with a relatively small installation space and high functional reliability.
  • Such a limit stop is characterized by the characterizing features of claim 1, namely characterized in that the strut consists of two structurally identical tabs, each with a longitudinal slot and a stop tongue in front of it and angled from the tab plane, in that the stop tongue of each tab is only pushed longitudinally into the longitudinal slot of the other tab, so that the stop end of the Longitudinal slot of each tab whose stop tongue is adjacent, that each stop tongue has sideways projecting support lugs, which can only be brought into support engagement with the longitudinal edges of the longitudinal slot in the tabs in the region of an enlarged end notch from the stop end of the longitudinal slot, and that the relative displacement of the Tabs can be limited to a dimension that is less than the distance between the stop end and the extended end notch of the longitudinal slots of both tabs.
  • the mutually facing ends of the two tabs can only be pivoted on the one hand to the bearing-bearing component and on the other hand to the arm, while claim 3 provides that the tabs of the strut consist of strip material with a flat rectangular cross-section.
  • the tabs for forming a limit stop according to the invention can be easily and simply manufactured as stamped and bent parts, and that two of these tabs can be put together by simple plug-in coupling connections to form a strut which serves as a limit stop and can be adjusted within predetermined limits.
  • Fig. 1 of the drawing is shown in a schematically simplified representation, namely by a dash-dotted line, the fixed frame 1 of a window, a door or the like, on which a wing 3 is pivotally suspended via a support and guide link system 2.
  • the support and guide link system 2 has a support arm 4 which is suspended on the fixed frame 1 so as to be pivotable about a bearing axis 5. With the support arm 4 two links 8 and 9 are connected via two pivot pins 6 and 7, which have a matching length dimension. Each of the links 8 and 9 is in turn connected via a respective pivot pin 10 or 11 to a guide rail 12 which can be fixed on the wing 3, lying parallel to its plane.
  • the section of the support arm 4 located between the pivot pins 6 and 7 forms, with the two links 8 and 9 and with the guide rail 12 carrying the two pivot pins 10 and 11, a link parallelogram 13 which connects the wing 3 to the fixed frame 1.
  • the movement of the handlebar parallelogram 13 is influenced by a control link 14 which is pivotally suspended on the one hand on the fixed frame about a pivot pin 15 and on the other hand engages with a pivot pin 16 between the pivot pins 6 and 10 on the handlebar 8.
  • the control arm 14 acts on the parallelogram 13 so that the wing 3 is guided in its opening and closing movement along a path which is at least approximately delimited by a circular arc around a latent hinge axis which is in the vicinity of the bearing points 5 and 15 adjacent side edge of the wing 3 is.
  • a strut 17 is therefore used as a limit stop for the pivoting angle of the support arm 4, which is pivotally suspended on the one hand and the articulation pin 18 on the fixed frame 1 and on the other hand acts on the support arm 4, for example via the articulation pin 6, at a distance from the bearing axis 5.
  • the strut 17 is formed by two identical tabs 19a and 19b. Each of these tabs 19a and 19b has a longitudinal slot 20a or 20b and is also provided with a stop tongue 21a or 21b angled out of the tab plane.
  • each bracket 19a or 19b engages in the longitudinal slot 20b or 20a of the other bracket 19b or 19a only in a longitudinally displaceable manner.
  • the stop end 22b or 22a of the longitudinal slot 20b or 20a of each tab 19b or 19a is provided adjacent to its stop tongue 21b or 21a.
  • the distance between the articulation axes 6 and 18 thereof is limited to the dimension 23.
  • the stop tongue 21a of the bracket 20a then interacts with the stop end 22b in the longitudinal slot 20b of the bracket 19b, while conversely the stop tongue 21b of the bracket 19b comes into contact with the stop end 22a in the longitudinal slot 20a of the bracket 19a, as is the case 1 can be clearly seen.
  • each stop tongue 21a and 21b has, at its free end, laterally projecting support lugs 24a and 24b.
  • These support lugs 24a and 24b can only in the region of an enlarged end notch 25a or 25b, the end of the longitudinal slot 20a remote from the stop end 22a or 22b or 20b is assigned to be brought into support and holding engagement with the longitudinal edges of the longitudinal slots 20a or 20b.
  • the relative displacement of the tabs 19a and 19b to one another is then limited to a dimension 26 which is the distance between the stop end 22a or 22b and the extended end notch 25a or 25b of the longitudinal slots 20a and 20b falls below both tabs 19a and 19b.
  • An undesired and automatic decoupling of the two straps 17a and 19b forming the strut 17 is thereby counteracted in a simple manner.
  • the two tabs 19a and 19b of the strut 17 are structurally completely identical and can therefore be manufactured as stamped and bent parts in one and the same tool, preferably from strip material with a flat rectangular cross section. It is important that the stop tongues 21a and 21b of the two tabs 19a and 19b only engage in the longitudinal slots 20b and 20a assigned to them in a longitudinally displaceable manner, while the free ends of the strut 17 are only pivotably held on the pivot pins 6 and 18.
  • the use of the strut 17 as a limit stop for the swivel angle of an arm movable about a bearing axis is not limited to support and guide link systems 2, as shown in FIG. 1. Rather, a limit stop formed by the strut 17 can be used wherever the aim is to limit the swivel angle for an arm movable about a bearing axis relative to the component carrying the bearing axis.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Forklifts And Lifting Vehicles (AREA)
  • Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Braking Arrangements (AREA)
  • Spinning Or Twisting Of Yarns (AREA)
  • Transmission Devices (AREA)
  • Mechanical Control Devices (AREA)
  • Wing Frames And Configurations (AREA)
  • Hinges (AREA)
  • Peptides Or Proteins (AREA)
  • Support Devices For Sliding Doors (AREA)
  • Steering-Linkage Mechanisms And Four-Wheel Steering (AREA)
  • Agricultural Machines (AREA)
  • Chair Legs, Seat Parts, And Backrests (AREA)
  • Pivots And Pivotal Connections (AREA)
EP88101354A 1987-04-04 1988-01-30 Limitation d'angle d'ouverture d'un bras pivotant Expired - Lifetime EP0285754B1 (fr)

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AT88101354T ATE53429T1 (de) 1987-04-04 1988-01-30 Begrenzungsanschlag fuer den schwenkwinkel eines um eine lagerachse beweglichen armes.

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DE8705069U DE8705069U1 (de) 1987-04-04 1987-04-04 Begrenzungsanschlag für den Schwenkwinkel eines um eine Lagerachse beweglichen Armes
DE8705069U 1987-04-04

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EP0285754A2 true EP0285754A2 (fr) 1988-10-12
EP0285754A3 EP0285754A3 (en) 1988-11-09
EP0285754B1 EP0285754B1 (fr) 1990-06-06

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EP (1) EP0285754B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE53429T1 (fr)
DE (2) DE8705069U1 (fr)
DK (1) DK171901B1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2015329B3 (fr)
FI (1) FI85612C (fr)
NO (1) NO171690C (fr)

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WO2007080024A1 (fr) * 2006-01-09 2007-07-19 Siegenia-Aubi Kg Dispositif de projection
DE202007011079U1 (de) 2007-08-08 2008-12-24 Siegenia-Aubi Kg Ausstellvorrichtung

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WO2006000473A1 (fr) * 2004-06-24 2006-01-05 Siegenia-Aubi Kg Dispositif orientable
WO2007080024A1 (fr) * 2006-01-09 2007-07-19 Siegenia-Aubi Kg Dispositif de projection
EA012764B1 (ru) * 2006-01-09 2009-12-30 Зигениа-Ауби Кг Устройство для открывания створки окна
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FI85612B (fi) 1992-01-31
US4838111A (en) 1989-06-13
DK125488D0 (da) 1988-03-09
ES2015329B3 (es) 1990-08-16
NO881363L (no) 1988-10-05
FI85612C (fi) 1992-05-11
DE3860206D1 (de) 1990-07-12
DK171901B1 (da) 1997-08-04
EP0285754B1 (fr) 1990-06-06
FI881365A (fi) 1988-10-05
FI881365A0 (fi) 1988-03-22
EP0285754A3 (en) 1988-11-09
NO881363D0 (no) 1988-03-28
NO171690C (no) 1993-04-21
NO171690B (no) 1993-01-11
DK125488A (da) 1988-10-05
DE8705069U1 (de) 1987-05-27

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