EP0662560A1 - Tür-Regelung mit einem automatisch einstellbaren Dämpfungsvermögen - Google Patents

Tür-Regelung mit einem automatisch einstellbaren Dämpfungsvermögen Download PDF

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EP0662560A1
EP0662560A1 EP95300113A EP95300113A EP0662560A1 EP 0662560 A1 EP0662560 A1 EP 0662560A1 EP 95300113 A EP95300113 A EP 95300113A EP 95300113 A EP95300113 A EP 95300113A EP 0662560 A1 EP0662560 A1 EP 0662560A1
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Rex H. Lasson
Dan E. Bollengier
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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
    • E05F3/00—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices
    • E05F3/04—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with liquid piston brakes
    • E05F3/12—Special devices controlling the circulation of the liquid, e.g. valve arrangement
    • 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
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/60—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators
    • E05F15/603—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors
    • E05F15/611—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings
    • E05F15/63—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings operated by swinging arms
    • 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
    • E05F3/00—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices
    • E05F3/04—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with liquid piston brakes
    • E05F3/10—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with liquid piston brakes with a spring, other than a torsion spring, and a piston, the axes of which are the same or lie in the same direction
    • E05F3/102—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with liquid piston brakes with a spring, other than a torsion spring, and a piston, the axes of which are the same or lie in the same direction with rack-and-pinion transmission between driving shaft and piston within the closer housing
    • 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
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/60—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators
    • E05F15/603—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors
    • E05F15/611—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings
    • E05F15/616—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings operated by push-pull mechanisms
    • E05F15/622—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings operated by push-pull mechanisms using screw-and-nut mechanisms
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/21—Brakes
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/25—Mechanical means for force or torque adjustment therefor
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/252—Type of friction
    • E05Y2201/254—Fluid or viscous friction
    • 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
    • E05Y2400/00—Electronic control; Electrical power; Power supply; Power or signal transmission; User interfaces
    • E05Y2400/10—Electronic control
    • E05Y2400/20—Electronic control of brakes, disengaging means, holders or stops
    • E05Y2400/202—Force or torque control
    • E05Y2400/21—Force or torque control by controlling the viscosity
    • 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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  • This invention relates generally to door control devices and, more particularly, to door control devices having self-regulating variable motion damping capability.
  • Door control devices are well-known and widely applied to provide a degree of damping to the opening or closing of the door.
  • a typical door control device has a bridging function between a door and door frame. When the door is open, it moves a pivot arm on the door control thereby causing rotation of a pinion gear which drives a piston within the door control device against a heavy spring resistance. When the door is released the spring pushes the piston back and provides the closing force to the door through the pinion gear and arm.
  • the cylinder in which the piston is housed is filled with fluid which moves from one side of the piston to the other during opening and closing of the door. This fluid transfer occurs either through a clearance between the piston and the cylinder wall, through orifices in the piston heads, or through passages which are exterior to the cylinder.
  • Adjustment requires a high level of skill and is time-consuming. Moreover, since many people do not know that door controls can be readjusted when required, a great number of doors with maladjusted controls operate improperly, thereby causing inconvenience to users of the door and an increased rate of wear and damage to the door. Furthermore, manufacture of the door control device is relatively expensive due to the precision required by the fluid passages and the regulating valves. In spite of the cost and complexity, the door control does not provide adaptive response to varying operating conditions. Once set, the door control responds to all operating conditions with the same degree of motion control.
  • a door control for regulating the speed of opening and closing of a door in its frame, comprising a housing having a bore in which a piston is reciprocably disposed, said piston having a rack engaged with a pinion such that the pinion rotates when the piston reciprocates; means for biasing the piston to a door-closed position; a connecting arm arrangement operably attached to a shaft which rotates with the pinion and provides connection between a door frame and a door to be operated by the door control; a fluid filling the bore of the housing on both sides of the piston; and means for allowing the fluid to flow from one side of the piston to the other side during reciprocation of the piston; characterised by means for regulating the fluidity of the fluid to control the flow rate of the fluid from one side of the piston to the other side.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a door control unit 100 with a housing 50 which has a bore in which a piston 52 can reciprocate to the right or left depending on the rotation of a pinion 16 on a shaft 15 as driven by an arm 10 during motion of the door (not shown).
  • a piston 52 When the piston 52 travels to the right, it must overcome biasing forces of springs 55 and 56 or of a pneumatic compression cylinder (not illustrated), either of which may provide the door closing force when the door is released.
  • a piston 65 in a housing extension 60 is connected to the piston 52 by a connecting rod 62.
  • the piston 65 is made of plastics, aluminium, or other non-magnetisable material for this embodiment and is provided with a clearance in the bore of the housing extension 60 through which control fluid can flow during reciprocation of the piston.
  • the control fluid is a magneto-rheological fluid which, when exposed to a magnetic field, loses fluidity or becomes more viscous as the magnetic field strength increases. When the magnetic field is reduced or removed, the control fluid decreases in viscosity and becomes more fluid. It is this property of the magneto-rheological fluid which permits the automatic adjustment of damping capacity for the door control.
  • adjustment of the door control damping capacity is achieved by means of a shaft position and torque sensor 20 mounted on the shaft 15 of the pinion 16.
  • the sensor 20 transmits a signal to an electronic control 30 which translates the signal to door direction, position and speed.
  • the control 30, transmits a variable electric signal to an electromagnet 35, thereby varying the magnetic field strength of the electromagnet 35 and increasing the stiffness of the control fluid.
  • the stiffness increase in the control fluid is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field imposed; therefore, any electromagnet is very effective in the application.
  • the electronic control 30 can be a standard programmable controller available from many sources. Door speed desired vs. position curves are established for opening and closing operations. These are translated to indications of torque magnitude and direction, shaft speed and direction, and shaft position as monitored by sensor 20 on the pinion shaft 15. The signals from the sensor 20 are transmitted to the electronic control 30 in which they are compared to the preprogrammed desired door opening and closing curves. The electronic programmable control 30 generates a signal proportional in magnitude and direction to the deviation between the sensed values from the sensor 20 and the desired values of the program. The signal from the control 30 is transmitted to the magnet 35 to either increase the magnetic field strength or decrease magnetic field strength in order to increase viscosity or stiffness of the control fluid or decrease it depending on whether the door is moving too rapidly or too slowly, respectively.
  • control fluid is described as being a magneto-rheological fluid, the same performance could be accomplished using an electro-rheological fluid which responds to electrical field changes in much the same way as the magneto-rheological fluids respond to magnetic field changes.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates another embodiment. In this case, virtually all parts have the same function as those described with respect to Figure 1; however, there is no housing extension in this embodiment. Also rather than a single electromagnet 35 as in Figure 1; an electromagnet 40 provides closing speed control while another magnet 42 provides opening speed control. Door position, speed, direction, and torque, as sensed by the sensor 20, generates signals to the electronic control 30 as in the embodiment of Figure 1. Depending on whether the door is opening or closing, the electronic control 30, in this embodiment, provides control signals to the electromagnet 42 or 40 as the case may be. These magnets, being smaller, provide the advantage of somewhat more localised effect on the control fluid. As a consequence, a somewhat finer degree of control may be possible.
  • FIG. 3 shows a fragmentary cross-sectional view of another embodiment, in which the door control is applied to a current design door control unit. Note that this could also be applied as a retrofit to an existing door control unit. Since this is a plan view, the rack 17 of the piston 52 is now visible, although pinion 16 and shaft 15 have been eliminated for clarity. In this case, three small electromagnets 82, 84 and 86 are provided in the sites where screw adjustable valves were formerly placed. Thus, the electromagnet 82 now controls opening speed, electromagnet 84 controls closing speed, and electromagnet 86 controls latch speed by controlling the stiffness of the control fluid flowing through passages 90 and 92.
  • piston 52 has passages 98 and 96, each of which has a ball to function as a check valve permitting passage of control fluid in one direction only. Operation of this embodiment is no different from those of Figures 1 and 2. Sensor 20 and electronic control unit 30 (not shown) perform the same functions as in the other examples. Since passages 90 and 92 are small and are intersected at key points by electromagnets 82, 84 and 86, control is achievable with much less powerful magnetic field because only a small passage must be plugged by the stiffened control fluid. It could be expected that this situation will yield the finest degree of control of the three embodiments discussed so far.
  • the present construction consists of providing variable damping capability by employing a control fluid of variable viscosity rather than attempting to adjust, in real time, the size of a passage through which the control fluid must flow. This results in, for the first time, a continuously variable damping performance by a door control unit.
  • Figures 4 and 5 illustrate the present construction incorporated in power operated door operating units.
  • Figure 4 shows a rotary actuated linear drive mechanism 220 which pushes the piston 52 by means of drive rods 225 to open the door.
  • Rod 225 extends through a sealed bushing 230 in a head 240 to push the piston 52 rightward so as to open the door.
  • Backcheck during opening is controlled by magnet 142 for door opening speed control as in previously discussed embodiments.
  • the functions of the shaft position sensor 20 and electronic control 30 are as previously described.
  • a rotary actuating mechanism 210 may be powered by air, hydraulic, or electric power or combinations thereof and, through coupler 215, will drive the piston 52 rightward to open the door.
  • Linear drive mechanism 220 may be a screw drive or other rotary actuated linear drive which, once the door is completely open, is rapidly retracted so that closing of the door is controlled by the electronic control 30 through the magnet 140.
  • FIG. 5 The embodiment of Figure 5 is identical in all respects to that of Figure 4 from the head 240 to the right of both Figures.
  • the drive mechanism is directly powered by fluid pressure (hydraulic or pneumatic) and, therefore, requires a fluid tight cylinder 320 in which pistons 310 can reciprocate without losing pressure.
  • Rods 315 and 225 penetrate heads 340 and 240, respectively, through sealing bushings 330 and 230 to operate the piston 52, pinion 16, shaft 15 and door arm 10.
  • the electronic control 30 monitors door position, speed and torque during opening and transmits an appropriate signal to magnets 140 and 142 according to its preprogrammed instructions.

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EP1340877A2 (de) 2002-03-01 2003-09-03 GEZE GmbH Türantrieb
DE102011006878A1 (de) * 2011-04-06 2012-10-11 Geze Gmbh Türschließer
DE102018206576A1 (de) * 2018-04-27 2019-10-31 Geze Gmbh Türschließer, elektrohydraulisches Dämpfungsmodul und Verfahren zum Beeinflussen einer Antriebsbewegung eines Türschließers

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US4040144A (en) * 1976-05-24 1977-08-09 Schlage Lock Company Door assister
US4339843A (en) * 1978-03-20 1982-07-20 Reading-Dorma Closer Corporation Door closer with assist or door operating features
US5259090A (en) * 1991-07-31 1993-11-09 Emhart Inc Fluid door closer with means to permit entrapped gases to move

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US4040144A (en) * 1976-05-24 1977-08-09 Schlage Lock Company Door assister
US4339843A (en) * 1978-03-20 1982-07-20 Reading-Dorma Closer Corporation Door closer with assist or door operating features
US5259090A (en) * 1991-07-31 1993-11-09 Emhart Inc Fluid door closer with means to permit entrapped gases to move

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EP1340877A2 (de) 2002-03-01 2003-09-03 GEZE GmbH Türantrieb
EP1340877A3 (de) * 2002-03-01 2007-08-22 GEZE GmbH Türantrieb
DE102011006878A1 (de) * 2011-04-06 2012-10-11 Geze Gmbh Türschließer
DE102011006878B4 (de) * 2011-04-06 2013-03-14 Geze Gmbh Türschließer
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