EP1378622A2 - Dispositif d'ouverture ou de fermeture d'une porte - Google Patents

Dispositif d'ouverture ou de fermeture d'une porte Download PDF

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EP1378622A2
EP1378622A2 EP03425402A EP03425402A EP1378622A2 EP 1378622 A2 EP1378622 A2 EP 1378622A2 EP 03425402 A EP03425402 A EP 03425402A EP 03425402 A EP03425402 A EP 03425402A EP 1378622 A2 EP1378622 A2 EP 1378622A2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B53/00—Operation or control of locks by mechanical transmissions, e.g. from a distance
    • E05B53/001—Foot-operation
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B41/00—Locks with visible indication as to whether the lock is locked or unlocked
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
    • E05B65/0035—Locks or fastenings for special use for privacy rooms, e.g. bathrooms

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  • the present invention relates to a door opening and/or closing device.
  • the present invention relates to a device for opening and/or closing toilet doors.
  • the aim of the present invention is, therefore, to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages by providing a door opening and/or closing device which offers sufficient hygiene guarantees and which is at the same time practical, simple and economical to use and produce and can provide and guarantee the user the necessary "privacy".
  • the numeral 1 denotes a door designed to be positioned along the edge of a room, in particular, but not necessarily, the edge of a room housing toilet facilities.
  • the door 1 comprises a panel 2, for example of the hollow, veneered, PVC type, etc., externally delimited, at the front and at the back, by two larger flat faces 3 set opposite, parallel with and at a distance from one another.
  • the panel 2 has, between the faces 3, an inner cavity 4 housing a door 1 supporting structure, not illustrated.
  • the door 1 is hinged in the conventional way to a U-shaped fixed frame 5, which supports the door 1 so that it is suspended vertically over the floor.
  • the door 1 is also equipped with a manual opening device 6 which, for each of the faces 3, comprises a handle 7 operating in conjunction with a latch, in the known way and not illustrated. The latter is brought into the opening position using the handles 7, whilst it is closed by simply pushing the door 1 against the fixed frame 5.
  • Door 1 opening can be controlled not just with the device 6, but also with a pedal device 8 comprising a pedal part 8a supported by a lower portion of the door 1.
  • the devices 6 and 8 and the above-mentioned latch, labelled 100 as a whole, constitute the door 1 opening and/or closing device according to the present invention.
  • the part 8a comprises a frame 9 partially recessed into the panel 2 and a pedal 10 mounted in such a way that it slides vertically on the frame 9.
  • the frame 9 forms a through-hole 11 in the panel 2 so that the pedal 10 can be accessed and operated from both faces 3 of the panel 2.
  • the pedal 10 has a lower portion 12 coated with non-slip material, and two side arms 13, which extend upwards from the portion 12 and have external longitudinal grooves 14 that slidably engage on corresponding vertical ribs 15 on the frame 9. In this way, the pedal 10 can slide relative to the frame 9 between two end positions, specifically, between a raised stand by position and a lowered door 1 opening position.
  • the side arms 13 are connected to one another at the top by an arced bridge 16 to which a first end of a cable 17, preferably steel, is attached.
  • the cable is part of a device 100 transmission part 18.
  • the transmission part 18 comprises, in addition to the cable 17, a pulley 19, connected to the device 6 so that it rotates integrally with the handles 7.
  • the pulley 19 is mounted between the faces 3, coaxially on the rotation pins of the handles 7, and a second end of the cable 17, opposite the above-mentioned first end is partially wound around it.
  • the return of the pedal 10 from the above-mentioned lowered opening position to the raised stand-by position is guaranteed by a spring, not illustrated, in the device 6, also designed to return, in the known way, the handles 7 from their opening position, rotated downwards, to their stand by position, in which the handles 7 are horizontal.
  • the cable 17 is slidably housed inside a tubular protective element 20, positioned inside the cavity 4 in the panel 2.
  • the transmission part 18 is completely housed and fully protected inside the panel 2.
  • said device 100 is particularly suitable for widespread use even on doors already in use.
  • Figures 5 to 11 refer to an alternative embodiment of the device 100 described above. Said alternative embodiment, labelled 106 as a whole, is mounted on a door 101 similar to the door 1 described above.
  • the door 101 comprises a panel 102, for example of the hollow, veneered, PVC type, etc., externally delimited, at the front and at the back, by two larger flat faces 103, 104 set opposite, parallel with and at a distance from one another.
  • the face 103 illustrated in Figure 5
  • the face 104 is designed to face the outside of the room.
  • the panel 102 is hinged in the conventional way to a U-shaped fixed frame 105 of the door 101 and has, between the faces 103 and 104, an inner cavity housing a panel 102 supporting structure, not illustrated.
  • the device 106 comprises a manual control section 107 which in turn comprises, for each of the faces 103 and 104, a handle 108 supported by the panel 102 and operating in conjunction with a latch, in the known way and not illustrated.
  • a handle 108 supported by the panel 102 and operating in conjunction with a latch, in the known way and not illustrated.
  • the latter also part of the device 106, is brought into the opening position using the handles 108, whilst it is closed by the action of a return spring, not illustrated.
  • Door 101 opening can be controlled not just directly with the section 107, but also indirectly with an actuator 109 connected to the section 107 and also part of the device 106.
  • the actuator 109 comprises a pedal part 110, supported by a lower portion of the panel 102 and, in turn, comprising a frame 111 at least partially recessed into the panel 102 and a pedal 112 mounted in such a way that it slides vertically on the frame 111.
  • the frame 111 forms a through-hole 113 in the panel 102 so that the pedal 112 can be accessed and operated from both faces 103, 104 of the panel 102.
  • the pedal 112 has a lower portion 114 coated with non-slip material and two side arms 115, which extend upwards from the portion 114 and slidably engage on corresponding sides 116 of the frame 111. In this way, the pedal 112 can slide relative to the frame 111 between two end positions, specifically, as becomes clearer below, between a lowered door 101 opening position and a raised door closing position.
  • the side arms 115 are connected to one another at the top by an arced bridge 117 to which a first end of an actuator 109 transmission part 118 is hinged.
  • the part 118 is housed inside the panel 102, between the faces 103 and 104, and comprises a driving shaft 119 integral with the connecting pin of the handles 108 and a rigid connecting bar 120, whose first end 121 is hinged to the driving shaft 119 and whose second end 122 is hinged to the bridge 117 of the pedal 112.
  • the device 106 comprises a security section 123 for preventing or allowing door 101 opening.
  • the section 123 is controlled by a transmission pin 124, rotatably supported by a lower portion of the panel 102, between the faces 103 and 104, at a right angle to the faces 103 and 104.
  • the section 123 comprises an appendage 125 or finger or projection extending radially from an intermediate portion of the pin 124 and having a shape matching the shape of a race 126 made in the lower portion 114 of the pedal 112 and opposite the pin 124.
  • the appendage 125 which may or may not form a single piece with the pin 124, is designed to engage with the pedal 112 outside the race 126 ( Figure 6), locking the pedal 112 in the above-mentioned raised closing position, when the pin 124 is in a first, locking angular position. It is also designed for insertion in the race 126, allowing the pedal 112 to reach the above-mentioned lowered opening position, when the pin 124 is in a second, unlocking angular position. In particular, when the pin 124 is in the second, unlocking angular position, the appendage 125 and the race 126 slide relative to one another as the pedal 112 passes between the above-mentioned opening and closing positions.
  • the pin 124 is part of a transmission part 127 of an actuator 128, which comprises a pedal part 129 for indirectly operating the security section 123.
  • the part 129 is supported by a lower portion of the panel 102, below the part 110 and by the pin 124 to which it is connected, and comprises a pedal 130 supported integrally and centrally, like a rocker arm, by one end 131 of the pin 124 projecting from the face 103.
  • the pedal 130 has two opposite arms 132 and 133, forming a two-sided or double pedal, which can be used to rotate the pin 124 between the above-mentioned actuator 109 locking and unlocking angular positions.
  • the arms 132 and 133 are both coated with a non-slip material, similar or identical to that used for the pedal 112.
  • the pedal 130 position illustrated with a continuous line in Figure 9 corresponds to the appendage 125 position illustrated in Figure 6, whilst the pedal 130 position illustrated with a dashed line in Figure 9 corresponds to the appendage 125 position, not illustrated, vertically aligned with the race 126.
  • the pin 124 supports a nut 136 of an emergency actuator part 135.
  • the nut 136 is integral with the pin 124 and has a square cross-section so that it can be operated with a universal wrench, not illustrated.
  • the security section 123 may be operated not just using the pedal part 129 and the emergency part 135, but also using another manual control section 137, supported by the panel 102 on the face 103 side, that is to say, inside the room, and connected to the section 123.
  • the section 137 comprises a knob 138, extending from the face 103 and positioned close to the handle 108, a driving shaft 139, integral with the knob 138 pin, and a rigid connecting bar 140, with a first end 141 hinged to the driving shaft 139 and a second end 142 connected to the arm 133 of the pedal 130 by means of an arced connecting rod 143.
  • the end 142 is hinged to a first end 144 of the connecting rod 143, whose opposite end 145 is hinged to a pin 146 in turn hinged to one end 147 of the arm 133.
  • the pin 146 extends transversally to the face 103 and passes through the face 103 from one side to the other thanks to an arced slot 148 with which the pin 146 is slidably engaged.
  • the driving shaft 139 and the bar 140 are both housed inside the panel 102 between the faces 103 and 104.
  • the security section 123 comprises, in addition to the appendage 125, a room status indication device 149, that is to say, a device for indicating whether the room is free or occupied.
  • the device 149 comprises a mobile sector 150, which is semi-circular in shape and is divided into a first, green half-portion 151 and a second, open half-portion 152 forming a window 153.
  • the sector 150 is keyed to the knob 138 pin on the face 104 side, that is to say, outside the room, and moves integrally with the knob 138 between an "'occupied'' position, in which the window 153 leaves a fixed red sector 154 applied to the face 104 uncovered, and a "free” position, in which the half-portion 151 covers the sector 154. Notice that in Figure 7, which illustrates the sector 150 in the "occupied” position, the "free” position is turned clockwise relative to the " occupied " position.
  • the sector 150 position illustrated in Figure 7 corresponds to the positions of the driving shafts 119 and 139 illustrated in Figure 6 and the position of the pedal 130 illustrated with a continuous line in Figure 9.
  • the knob 138 pin On the opposite side of the knob 138, and precisely with one of its ends 155 projecting from the face 104, that is to say, accessible from outside the room, the knob 138 pin supports another emergency actuator part 135 nut 156.
  • the nut 156 is integral with the knob 138 pin and, like the above-mentioned nut 136, has a square cross-section so that it can be operated with a universal wrench, not illustrated.
  • the knob 138 is a conventional, universally recognised locking/unlocking device.
  • the presence of the manual control section 137 is also of universal significance.
  • the knob 138 is useful, if not essential, for users with reduced motor capacity or those not particularly sensitive to the more hygienic use of the pedal 130.
  • the emergency actuator part 135 may alternatively comprise only the nut 136 or only the nut 156.
  • the room status indication may involve the use of text rather than a colour.
  • the text "free” may be an alternative embodiment to the colour green and the text "occupied” may be an alternative embodiment to the colour red.
  • the security section 123 may comprise alternatively only the appendage 125 or only the room status indication device 149.
  • the section 123 security function is to prevent or allow door 101 opening. In the latter case, it is simply to indicate the room status.
  • the manual control section 137 is absent.
  • the manual control section 137 is absent and the security section 123 comprises, not just the appendage 125, but also an indication device 157 similar to the device 149 but attached to the pin 124 as illustrated in Figure 11. Specifically, the sector 150 is keyed to the pin 124 at one of its ends 134.
  • the room status indication may use text instead of a colour.
  • the text "free” may be an alternative embodiment to the colour green and the text "occupied” may be an alternative embodiment to the colour red.
  • the security section 123 may comprise alternatively only the appendage 125 or only the room status indication device 157.
  • the present invention achieves the aim of providing a door opening and/or closing device which offers sufficient hygiene guarantees and which is at the same time practical, simple and economical to use and produce and can provide and guarantee the user the necessary privacy''
  • a device made according to the present invention does not require modifications to known door construction techniques, and the device may be attached to the various types of locks, handles and knobs now used.
  • the structure of the device disclosed being exclusively mechanical, makes the device particularly suitable for operation in environments with a high level of humidity and in which there may even be corrosive agents present, for example and in particular in public baths. To this it is important to add that the device's simplicity and strength and the fact that most of the device is housed inside the door panel means that it does not require maintenance.

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ITBO20020425 2002-07-02
IT2002BO000425A ITBO20020425A1 (it) 2002-07-02 2002-07-02 Dispositivo per l'apertura di una porta
ITBO20020711 ITBO20020711A1 (it) 2002-11-08 2002-11-08 Dispositivo per l'apertura e/o chiusura di una porta.
ITBO20020711 2002-11-08

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ES2311432A1 (es) * 2008-06-11 2009-02-01 Pablo Luis Yuste Lumbreras Sistema para apertura de puertas con accionamiento a pedal y puerta que incorpora dicho sistema.
FR2951487A1 (fr) * 2009-10-16 2011-04-22 Smg Confrere Dispositif pour l'ouverture de portes au pied
WO2012025230A1 (fr) 2010-08-26 2012-03-01 Sascha Klein Ouvre-porte actionné à l'aide du pied
DE202013010265U1 (de) 2013-11-14 2014-02-18 Helmut Piller Fuß-Türöffner
US9347252B2 (en) 2012-02-01 2016-05-24 Metiba Verwaltungs Gmbh Foot-operated door opener, door and use
CN105735773A (zh) * 2016-04-19 2016-07-06 苏州泉海机电制造有限公司 一种手脚切换式安全提示门把手
IT202000015109A1 (it) * 2020-04-07 2021-10-07 Terrence Briscoe Dispositivo di accesso sanitario per porte di servizi igienici pubblici
FR3109788A1 (fr) * 2020-04-30 2021-11-05 Christophe LETURGIE Kit d’adaptation d’une porte pour son ouverture par pédale
EP3916177A1 (fr) * 2020-05-22 2021-12-01 B/E Aerospace, Inc. Actionnement et désactionnement de porte de toilettes à commande au pied

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ES2311432A1 (es) * 2008-06-11 2009-02-01 Pablo Luis Yuste Lumbreras Sistema para apertura de puertas con accionamiento a pedal y puerta que incorpora dicho sistema.
FR2951487A1 (fr) * 2009-10-16 2011-04-22 Smg Confrere Dispositif pour l'ouverture de portes au pied
DE102010035554B4 (de) * 2010-08-26 2014-10-30 Metiba Verwaltungs Gmbh Fußtüröffner
DE102010035554A1 (de) * 2010-08-26 2012-03-01 Sascha Klein Fußtüröffner
CN103201443A (zh) * 2010-08-26 2013-07-10 梅蒂巴管理有限公司 脚踏开门器
WO2012025230A1 (fr) 2010-08-26 2012-03-01 Sascha Klein Ouvre-porte actionné à l'aide du pied
CN103201443B (zh) * 2010-08-26 2015-11-25 梅蒂巴管理有限公司 脚踏开门器
US9347252B2 (en) 2012-02-01 2016-05-24 Metiba Verwaltungs Gmbh Foot-operated door opener, door and use
DE202013010265U1 (de) 2013-11-14 2014-02-18 Helmut Piller Fuß-Türöffner
CN105735773A (zh) * 2016-04-19 2016-07-06 苏州泉海机电制造有限公司 一种手脚切换式安全提示门把手
IT202000015109A1 (it) * 2020-04-07 2021-10-07 Terrence Briscoe Dispositivo di accesso sanitario per porte di servizi igienici pubblici
WO2021205484A1 (fr) * 2020-04-07 2021-10-14 Briscoe Terrence Dispositif d'accès hygiénique pour portes de toilettes publiques
FR3109788A1 (fr) * 2020-04-30 2021-11-05 Christophe LETURGIE Kit d’adaptation d’une porte pour son ouverture par pédale
EP3916177A1 (fr) * 2020-05-22 2021-12-01 B/E Aerospace, Inc. Actionnement et désactionnement de porte de toilettes à commande au pied

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