EP0777027B1 - Tür-oder Torscharnier - Google Patents

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EP0777027B1
EP0777027B1 EP19960203239 EP96203239A EP0777027B1 EP 0777027 B1 EP0777027 B1 EP 0777027B1 EP 19960203239 EP19960203239 EP 19960203239 EP 96203239 A EP96203239 A EP 96203239A EP 0777027 B1 EP0777027 B1 EP 0777027B1
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Lars Sundberg
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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
    • E05F1/02—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass gravity-actuated, e.g. by use of counterweights
    • E05F1/04—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass gravity-actuated, e.g. by use of counterweights for wings which lift during movement, operated by their own weight
    • E05F1/06—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by the weight of the wing
    • E05F1/061—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by the weight of the wing with cams or helical tracks
    • E05F1/063—Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by the weight of the wing with cams or helical tracks with complementary, substantially identical and slidingly cooperating cam surfaces
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/0009—Adjustable hinges
    • E05D7/0018—Adjustable hinges at the hinge axis
    • E05D7/0027—Adjustable hinges at the hinge axis in an axial direction
    • 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 present invention relates to a vertical hinge for folding doors and side hung doors in industrial buildings for instance.
  • rising hinges are also known, ie hinges in which a moveable hinge part is able to move upwards as it swings around the stationary hinge part.
  • Such rising hinges are not suitable for use with heavy industrial ports, because of the considerable surface pressures and lateral reaction forces that would be generated as a result of uneven loading of the hinge.
  • DE-B-26 41 684 teaches a rising hinge for lightweight doors, wherewith a successively increasing abutment pressure is generated between bevelled surfaces on both parts of the hinge. The smallest surface abutment and therewith the greatest pressure between the bevelled surfaces occurs in a fully open position, which increases the risk of permanent deformation of the surfaces.
  • DE-B-24 13 117 also teaches a hinge with which the abutment pressure is greatest in a fully open position.
  • This hinge arrangement is mainly intended to enable height setting to be adjusted and adapted to door and window frames.
  • DE-A-8 536 576 discloses a hinge with two sleeves and a rod which functions to mutually connect said sleeves.
  • Each sleeve has an end surface, which abut the corresponding surface on the second sleeve.
  • Each of said end surfaces has pairs of first and second planar surfaces, two cam surfaces and two third surfaces perpendicular to said first surfaces located between said first and second surfaces. During the opening movement said respective cam surfaces will slide on one another and therewith lift the port.
  • said hinge discloses no means for adjustments vertically or laterally for setting of said port.
  • the object is to provide hinge means which will raise a door or port during part of a door or port opening movement and to maintain the door or port at this raised level during the remainder of said opening movement.
  • a door or port hinge means having a stationary part which includes a sleeve, a moveable part which includes a sleeve, and a rod which functions to mutually connect said sleeves and which forms the rotational centre of said moveable part, that the end surface of each sleeve has disposed around its periphery
  • the inventive hinge means is identified generally in Figs 1 and 2 by the reference numeral 10.
  • the hinge means includes a lower part 12 that has an adjuster plate or mounting plate 14 which is intended to be mounted on a wall adjacent the port opening.
  • the plate 14 has an elongated aperture 16 which allows lateral adjustment of the plate 14.
  • the front side of the plate is provided on its edge 18 that lies proximal to the port opening with an attachment/spacer element 20 which is angled in relation to the plate.
  • Mounted on the attachment element 20 is a rod 22 which is threaded along at least a part of its length and which extends parallel with the front edge 18 of the plate.
  • An adjuster nut 24 is fitted on the threaded part of the rod 22.
  • the lower sleeve 26 Located above the nut 24 is a sleeve, hereinafter referred to as the lower sleeve 26.
  • the upwardly facing end surface of the lower sleeve 26 has a special configuration which will be described in detail further on.
  • the lower sleeve 26 includes locking means 28 in the form of a through-penetrating hole and a locking screw for securing the position of the lower sleeve 26 in relation to the rod 22.
  • the upper part 30 of the hinge means includes a mounting plate 32 which is meant to be mounted on the rear edge of a door or port.
  • This mounting plate 32 is also provided with an attachment/spacer element, here referenced 34, which is angled in relation to the plane of the plate at an angle of about 45°.
  • the attachment element carries a sleeve 36, hereinafter referred to as the upper sleeve, wherein the bore 38 of said sleeve extends parallel the side edges 40 of the mounting plate.
  • the diameter of the bore 38 is essentially the same as the diameter of the rod 22.
  • the downwardly facing end surface of the upper sleeve 36 as seen in Fig. 1, also has a special profile configuration, which will be described in more detail below and which corresponds to the profile of the upwardly facing end surface of the lower sleeve 26.
  • the profiles of the upper and lower sleeves have the following configuration. It will be seen from Fig. 3, which shows the outwardly extended mantle surface of the lower sleeve, and from Fig. 4, which shows the sleeve from above, that the end surfaces include an essentially planar first surface 50 which extends through a given length of arc and then merges with a flank or cam surface 52 at a given angle in relation to the planar first surface.
  • the cam surface 52 merges with an essentially planar second surface 54 which is longer than the first surface 50 and which has a length of arc that in the illustrated embodiment corresponds essentially to the length of arc of the upper surface 50.
  • the second surface 54 merges with an essentially vertical surface 56 which adjoins a second upper surface such that the end surfaces of the sleeves have two times the described surfaces.
  • the sleeve of the upper part has a corresponding profile.
  • the mounting/adjuster plate 14 on the lower hinge part is mounted on the aforesaid wall and positioned so that the rod 22 extends generally parallel with the door opening.
  • the upper hinge part 30 is fitted to the door.
  • the door is hung so that the rod 22 on the lower hinge part will pass into the bore of the upper sleeve 36.
  • the lower sleeve 26 is not locked in this position, but is rotated so that the upper planar surfaces 50 of one sleeve will lie in abutment with the lower planar surfaces 54 of the other sleeve, and vice versa, Fig 5a.
  • the door is then closed and its height adjusted with the aid of adjuster nuts 24.
  • the lower sleeve 26 is locked to the rod 22 with the aid of the locking means 28 and the sleeves are in the aforedescribed positions.
  • the door will be raised by the relative rotation of the sleeves 26, 36 as the door is opened, with the cam surfaces sliding on one another, Fig. 5b. Because the sleeves have two cam surfaces disposed diametrically on both sides of the rotational centre, the hinge will not be loaded unevenly as the door is opened. Furthermore, the abutment pressure will be smaller than in the case of conventional rising hinges because abutment occurs at two points instead of one. After having rotated through a given angle of rotation, the sleeves will slide against one another through the medium of the upper planar surfaces 50, Fig. 5c. Uneven loading is also avoided in this case, because each sleeve has two diametrically disposed surfaces similar to the cam surfaces 52.
  • the planar upper surfaces 50 function so as to render it unnecessary to hold an open port in place as in the case of hinges that have sloping surfaces for the whole of the opening movement, and also to distribute the abutment pressure over a wider area when the port is open, wherewith wear on the surfaces will be less than in the case of conventional rising hinges.
  • the vertical surfaces 56 function to produce a pronounced stop and prevent further relative movement between the hinge parts when a predetermined closing position has been reached.
  • cam surfaces 56 ie their pitch and peripheral extension
  • a peripheral extension of between 35 and 45° is preferred, while the pitch of each cam surface will preferably be between 37 and 41 degrees in comparison to the planar surfaces 50 and 54.
  • door and frame/wall mountings may have many different forms.
  • the hinge means can also be reversed so that rod and the adjuster nut are seated on the moveable part.

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  1. Tür- oder Torscharnier-Mittel (10), welches ein stationäres Teilstück (12) mit einem Hohlzylinder (26), ein bewegliches Teilstück (30) mit einem Hohlzylinder (36) und einem Stab (22) umfasst, der die Hohlzylinder (23, 36) miteinander verbindet und der die Drehachse des beweglichen Teilstücks bildet, worin um den Umfang der Endoberfläche eines jeden Hohlzylinders angeordnet ist,
    zwei ebene, im wesentlichen horizontale erste Oberflächen (50),
    zwei Nockenoberflächen (52), die an die ersten Oberflächen (50) in einem bestimmten Winkel hierzu angrenzen,
    zwei ebene zweite Oberflächen (54), die an die Nockenoberflächen (52) angrenzen, und die im wesentlichen zu den ersten Oberflächen (50) parallel verlaufen,
    und zwei dritte Oberflächen (56), die zwischen und benachbart zu den ersten und zweiten Oberflächen angeordnet sind, und die sich senkrecht zu den ersten Oberflächen (50) erstrecken, worin die Hohlzylinder-Oberflächen in einer geschlossenen, nicht angehobenen Stellung auf entsprechenden Oberflächen des zweiten Hohlzylinders derart aufliegen, dass während eines bestimmten Abschnitts der Öffnungsbewegung die jeweiligen Nockenoberflächen der Hohlzylinder aufeinander geschoben werden, und dadurch das Tor heben, und worin die ebenen ersten Oberflächen (50) der Hohlzylinder während der verbleibenden Öffnungsbewegung aufeinander gleiten, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lage von einem der entlang des Stabes (22) angeordneten Hohlzylinder (26) mittels Einstellmitteln (24) vertikal verändert werden kann, um die Anfangsstellung zwischen den relativen zueinander drehbaren Scharnier-Teilstücken einzustellen, und dass der Hohlzylinder (26) Feststellmittel (28) aufweist, mit denen der um den Stab (22) herum drehbare Hohlzylinder (26) die gegeneinander drehbaren Scharnier-Teilstücke auf eine Startstellung eingestellt werden kann, und mit denen die Teilstücke an dem Stab verriegelt werden können, wenn die gewünschte Stellung erreicht wurde, und dass das stationäre Teilstück (12) oder das bewegliche Teilstück (30) Mittel zur Einstellung seiner lateralen Stellung aufweist.
  2. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Oberfläche der jeweiligen Paare auf beiden Seiten der Drehachse des Stabes diametral angeordnet sind.
  3. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einstellmittel mindestens entlang eines Teilstücks des Stabs ein Schraubengewinde aufweist und eine darüber einstellbare Mutter.
  4. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich jede auf jedem Hohlzylinder befindliche Nockenoberfläche (52) im Umfang in einem Winkel zwischen 35 und 40° erstreckt.
  5. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Nockenoberfläche (52) auf jedem Hohlzylinder eine Neigung von 37 und 41° aufweist.
  6. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten und zweiten ebenen Oberflächen (50, 54) auf jedem Hohlzylinder im Umfang einen Winkelbogen zwischen 65 und 75° aufweisen.
  7. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch ein stationäres Teilstück (12) mit einer Befestigungsplatte (14), die eine sich horizontal erstreckende Öffnung (16) aufweist und die neben einer Toröffnung befestigt werden soll, ein an der Befestigungsplatte angebrachtes Verbindungselement (20), das einen mindestens teilweise mit einem Gewinde versehenen Stab (22) trägt, einen an den Stab (22) angepaßten unteren Hohlzylinder (26), ein bewegliches Teilstück (30), das eine Befestigungsplatte (32) zur Anbringung an einer Tür aufweist, ein an der Verbindung (34) fixiertes Verbindungselement (34), das einen oberen Hohlzylinder (36) trägt, der auf dem Stab (22) angeordnet werden soll, wobei der Stab die Drehachse des beweglichen Teilstücks bildet,
    worin um den Umfang der Endoberfläche eines jeden Hohlzylinders angeordnet ist,
    zwei ebene im wesentlichen horizontale erste Oberflächen (50),
    zwei Nockenoberflächen (52), die in einem bestimmten Winkel an die ersten Oberflächen angrenzen,
    zwei ebene zweite Oberflächen (54), die an die Nockenoberflächen (52) angrenzen, und im wesentlichen zu den ersten Oberflächen (50) parallel verlaufen,
    und zwei dritte Oberflächen (56), die zwischen und benachbart zu den ersten und zweiten Oberflächen angeordnet sind, und die sich senkrecht zu den ersten Oberflächen (50) erstrecken, worin die Hohlzylinder-Oberflächen bei einer geschlossenen, nicht angehobenen Stellung auf entsprechenden Oberflächen der zweiten Hülse aufliegen, so dass während eines bestimmten Abschnitts der Öffnungsbewegung die jeweiligen Nockenoberflächen der Hohlzylinder aufeinander geschoben werden, und dadurch das Tor heben, und worin die ebenen ersten Oberflächen (50) der Hohlzylinder bei der verbleibenden Öffnungsbewegung aufeinander gleiten.
  8. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass an dem ein Gewinde aufweisenden Abschnitt des Stabes eine Mutter (24) angeordnet ist, um die Stellung des unteren Hohlzylinders (26) und daher auch die Stellung der Tür, relativ zur Befestigungsplatte (14) des stationären Teilstücks zu verändern und daher der Öffnung.
  9. Scharnier-Mittel nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der untere Hohlzylinder (26) relativ zum Stab (22) drehbar ist und mit Feststellmitteln (28) versehen ist, so daß der Hohlzylinder (26) um den Stab (22) gedreht werden kann, um die gegeneinander drehbaren Scharnier-Teilstücke auf eine Anfangsstellung einzustellen, und mit denen die Teilstücke an dem Stab festgesetzt werden, wenn die gewünschte Position erreicht wurde.
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