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EP0968349B1
EP0968349B1 EP98909651A EP98909651A EP0968349B1 EP 0968349 B1 EP0968349 B1 EP 0968349B1 EP 98909651 A EP98909651 A EP 98909651A EP 98909651 A EP98909651 A EP 98909651A EP 0968349 B1 EP0968349 B1 EP 0968349B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/28—Suspension arrangements for wings supported on arms movable in horizontal plane
    • E05D15/32—Suspension arrangements for wings supported on arms movable in horizontal plane with two pairs of pivoted arms
    • E05D15/34—Suspension arrangements for wings supported on arms movable in horizontal plane with two pairs of pivoted arms with wings opening parallel to themselves
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/604—Transmission members
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
    • E05Y2201/694—Scissor 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
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/148—Windows

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  • This invention relates to vents.
  • vents wherein an opening member moves relative to a fixed frame member between a position closing the vent and an open position. Often the opening member is supported by two hinges on opposite sides of the opening member and one free side of the opening member swings outwardly from the fixed frame whilst the other free side of the opening member remains close to the fixed frame. Such arrangements are satisfactory in most instances and are well known.
  • vent requires the opening member to move away from the fixed frame whilst remaining substantially parallel at all times to the fixed frame.
  • Parallel hinges are known which, when attached to opposite sides of the opening member, enable both free sides of the opening member to move away from the fixed frame during opening of the vent. Such parallel hinges are described in French patent application FR-1220735.
  • a drive means such as a motor driven plunger, drives one free side of the opening member away from the fixed frame, misalignment and crabbing of the opening member can occur due to only three sides of the opening member being supported.
  • the present invention aims to improve upon the known prior art vents of the parallel hinge type. More particularly, the present applicant has found that a relatively simple alternative arrangement overcomes the problems associated with the prior art without incurring significant expense.
  • a parallel hinge comprising a pair of parallel tracks and a pair of diagonally crossing links, characterised in that the diagonally crossing links are each pivotally connected to each track and to each other, and wherein each track accommodates a sliding shoe which carries a pivot connected to a respective link.
  • the tracks are C-sectioned, and the sliding shoes may be lipped sliders.
  • the friction between each sliding shoe and its respective track is preferably adjustable.
  • a vent comprising a fixed frame and an opening member attached to the fixed frame by parallel hinges according to claim 1 hereinafter, the opening member being movable between a position closing the vent and an open position, wherein three hinges support three sides of the opening member such that the opening member, when moving, is constantly substantially parallel to the fixed frame.
  • the opening member may be movable between a position closing the vent and an open position by drive means, wherein three hinges support three sides of the opening member and a fourth side is driven by the drive means.
  • the opening member is four sided.
  • an opening member with more sides, and perhaps with more hinges but only one drive means, could also take advantage of the present invention.
  • the drive means is motor driven.
  • the drive means could be activated by a manual drive device, for example, or by hand. If the drive means is motor driven, it preferably has an electric motor.
  • one or more of the hinges may begin to sag, thereby placing unwanted stresses in the vent system.
  • an adjustment means for repositioning at least one of the hinges after initial installation thereby assisting smooth operation of the hinges.
  • Such a hinge adjustment means is described in detail in U.K. patent application GB-2313405. Other devices may of course alternatively be used.
  • a guidance means is preferably included for guiding the opening member during closing of the vent to assist in weathersealing of the vent.
  • a guidance means may comprise a roller and keep mechanism which assists in pulling-in the opening member during closing of the vent.
  • a roller may be provided on the opening member and a keep provided on the fixed frame or hinge to guide the roller via a camming action.
  • the opening member is preferably a window, but other forms of vent, such as a simple air vent, could also take advantage of the present invention.
  • the drive means acts, in use, on the lower or bottom side of the opening member.
  • the drive means could alternatively act on the top or upper side of the opening member.
  • the drive means preferably acts on the upper or lower side of the opening member, rather than the right or left side of the opening member.
  • a prior art vent 1 comprises a fixed frame 3, an opening member 5, a pair of parallel hinges 7 and a pair of motor drives 9.
  • the parallel hinges 7 are mounted between the fixed frame 3 and the opening member 5 on the right and left sides of the vent.
  • the two motor drives 9 are mounted on an upper and lower edges of the fixed frame 3 and engage upper and lower sides of the opening member 5.
  • the parallel hinges 7 obviously assist in this regard.
  • FIG. 2 of the drawings A vent 10 according to the present invention is shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • the general arrangement of the fixed frame 3, opening member 5 and parallel hinges 7 mounted on opposite sides of the opening member 5 are substantially the same as the corresponding components in the prior art vent 1 shown in Figure 1, the two motor drives 9 of the prior art are not included. Rather, the upper and lower sides of the opening member 5 are attached to the fixed frame 3 by means of only one motor drive 9 and a third parallel hinge 12.
  • This third parallel hinge 12 is the same type of hinge as the parallel hinges 7 used elsewhere in the vent 10.
  • a typical parallel hinge for use in a vent 10 comprises two mounting plates 13 joined by two links 15 which are both pivotally attached to each mounting plate 13 and pivotally attached to each other at a central pivot 17.
  • One of the mounting plates 13 is for attachment to the fixed frame 3 and the other mounting plate 13 is for attachment to the opening member 5.
  • a preferred novel form of parallel hinge 12, which helps to improve the performance of a vent 10 according to the present invention, has mounting plates 13 which are C-shaped in section. These C-shaped tracks 13, which are shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, each carry a sliding shoe 19 (or slider), which carries one end of a link 15. More particularly, one end of each link 15 is pivotally mounted to a sliding shoe 19, thereby allowing the end of the link 15 to move back and forth along the track 13 during use of the hinge 12.
  • Each sliding shoe 19 includes a device (not shown) for adjusting the friction between the sliding shoe 19 and its respective track 13. As a result, the opening and closing of the hinge 12 can be controlled more accurately.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Specific Sealing Or Ventilating Devices For Doors And Windows (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Gas Separation By Absorption (AREA)
  • Registering, Tensioning, Guiding Webs, And Rollers Therefor (AREA)
  • Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
  • General Details Of Gearings (AREA)
  • Air-Flow Control Members (AREA)
  • Ventilation (AREA)
  • Window Of Vehicle (AREA)
  • Vehicle Interior And Exterior Ornaments, Soundproofing, And Insulation (AREA)

Claims (13)

  1. Articulation parallèle (7, 12) comprenant une paire de pistes parallèles (13) et une paire de liaisons (15) se croisant en diagonale, caractérisée en ce que chacune des liaisons (15) se croisant en diagonale est montée à pivotement sur chaque piste (13) et l'une sur l'autre, et dans laquelle chaque piste (13) reçoit un sabot coulissant (19), qui porte un pivot relié à la liaison (15) respective.
  2. Articulation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle les pistes (13) ont des sections en C.
  3. Articulation selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle les sabots coulissants (19) sont des curseurs à lèvres.
  4. Articulation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans laquelle le frottement entre chaque sabot coulissant (19) et sa piste (13) respective est réglable.
  5. Event (10) comprenant un cadre fixe (3) et un élément d'ouverture (5) fixé au cadre fixe (3) par des articulations parallèles (7, 12) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, l'élément d'ouverture (5) étant mobile entre une position fermant l'évent et une position d'ouverture, dans lequel trois articulations (7, 12) supportent trois côtés de l'élément de d'ouverture (5), de façon que l'élément d'ouverture (5), lorsqu'il est déplacé, soit constamment sensiblement parallèle au cadre fixe (3).
  6. Event (10) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel l'élément d'ouverture (5) est mobile entre une position fermant l'évent et une position d'ouverture grâce à des moyens d'entraínement (9), et dans lequel trois articulations (12) supportent trois côtés de l'élément d'ouverture (5), et un quatrième côté est entraíné par les moyens d'entraínement (9).
  7. Event selon la revendication (6), dans lequel les moyens d'entraínement (9) sont un moteur.
  8. Event selon la revendication 7, dans lequel les moyens d'entraínement (9) sont un moteur électrique.
  9. Event selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, dans lequel les moyens d'entraínement (9) agissent, en utilisation, sur le côté inférieur ou base de l'élément d'ouverture (5).
  10. Event selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 9, comprenant, en outre, des moyens de réglage destinés à repositionner au moins une des articulations après une installation initiale.
  11. Event selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 10, comprenant, en outre, des moyens de guidage destinés à guider l'élément d'ouverture (5) pendant la fermeture de l'évent, afin de contribuer à rendre étanche l'évent (10) contre les intempéries.
  12. Event selon la revendication 11, dans lequel les moyens de guidage comprennent un mécanisme à rouleau et de garde.
  13. Event selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 12, dans lequel l'élément d'ouverture est une fenêtre.
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GB9705721 1997-03-20
GB9705721A GB2323407A (en) 1997-03-20 1997-03-20 Vent : opening
PCT/GB1998/000787 WO1998042941A1 (fr) 1997-03-20 1998-03-17 Event

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EP0968349A1 (fr) 2000-01-05
WO1998042941A1 (fr) 1998-10-01
GB2323407A (en) 1998-09-23
EP0968349B2 (fr) 2006-12-13
HK1024282A1 (en) 2000-10-05
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ATE245246T1 (de) 2003-08-15

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