Classifications

• • 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
  • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/0621—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides
  • E05D15/0626—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides for wings suspended at the top
  • E05D15/063—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides for wings suspended at the top on wheels with fixed axis
• • 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
  • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/12—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane consisting of parts connected at their edges
• • 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
  • E05D15/16—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/165—Details, e.g. sliding or rolling guides
• • 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
  • E05D15/16—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/24—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane consisting of parts connected at their edges
  • E05D15/242—Hinge connections between the parts
• • 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
  • E05Y2900/106—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof for garages

Definitions

• the invention relates to a movable building door, composed of several panels guided along at least one curvilinear guide rail so that these remain at least approximately parallel to the rail and hinged to one another around 'pivot axes parallel to their longitudinal edges thanks to pivot elements.
• Movable building doors are known, composed of several panels guided along at least one curvilinear guide rail and articulated to each other around pivot axes thanks to pivoting elements. These doors may have panels whose length is equal to the height of the opening to be closed and be movable horizontally or have panels whose length is equal to the width of the opening to be closed and be movable vertically.
• the door is made up of different panels in order to follow as closely as possible the direction of movement defined by the rails and to reduce as much as possible the technical space required to open the door.
• an interior wall visible from the interior of the building and an exterior wall visible from the exterior of the building are defined for the panels.
• These two walls made of sheet metal or synthetic material are spaced from each other by a volume filled with a thermal and acoustic insulation material.
• This structure of the panels means that two adjacent panels move towards or away from one another, at their inner walls and / or their outer walls when the door is moved and these panels are located at places for changing the curvature of the rails.
• pivoting elements allowing the articulation of the panels with respect to each other are constituted by hinges fixed on the interior walls of the panels and distributed uniformly over their length.
• This solution is unattractive and requires locating the axes of articulation between the panels outside the thickness of the door, except for milling grooves in the panels in order to install the hinges. This complicates the use of profiles as described in US Patent 4,718,472 where the axis of articulation between two adjacent panels is located substantially in the middle of the thickness of the door.
• the object of the invention is to produce a building door improving the doors of the prior art and overcoming the problems mentioned.
• the invention proposes to produce a simple, aesthetic door, the structure of which avoids the risk of accidents due to pinching, in particular pinching of fingers.
• the door according to the invention is characterized in that the panels are provided at their longitudinal edges with complementary male and female anti-pinch profiles, in that the pivot axes of the pivot elements are at least approximately coplanar with the walls interior of the panels for which they provide articulation and in this the pivoting elements are linked to the transverse edges of the panels.
• Figure 1 is a sectional view of a door according to the invention.
• FIG. 2a is a detail side view of this door at the level of a pivoting element connecting two adjacent panels when these are in a curved area of the guide rail.
• FIG. 2b is a detail side view of a door according to the prior art at the level of a pivoting element connecting two adjacent panels when these are located in a curved area of the guide rail.
• Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 2a when the panels are in a straight region of the guide rail.
• Figure 4 is a side view of a pivot element for a vertically moving door provided with a guide roller.
• Figure 5 is a side view of an upper pivot element for a horizontally moving door provided with a guide carriage.
• Figure 6 is a side view of a lower pivot element for a horizontally moving door provided with a guide roller.
• the door 1 shown in Figure 1 allows to close an opening 2 made in a building 3 such as a garage opening.
• This door 1 retracts vertically to allow passage through the opening 2.
• two symmetrical rails 4 are fixed inside the building 3 on its structure .
• These two rails 4 have a curvilinear shape, composed of a vertical rectilinear part 4a connected by a connecting radius 4b to a horizontal rectilinear part 4c moving away from the opening 2 towards the interior of the building.
• Once opened, door 1 is horizontal under the building ceiling.
• These rails are made for example by means of a steel profile, the section of which has a C shape.
• the door is composed of four panels 5 having a length substantially equal to the width of the opening 2.
• the walls 6, 7 of these panels respectively defining the interior and exterior faces of the door 1 are made of sheet steel or synthetic material.
• the space between the interior 6 and exterior 7 walls is filled with a material 8 for thermal and acoustic insulation such as polyurethane foam.
• the edges parallel to the direction of the rails 4 consist of a U-shaped profile 14, the two parallel wings of which are linked to the inner 6 and outer 7 walls of each panel.
• the adjacent panels 5 are connected to each other by pivoting elements 9 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and allowing them to rotate with respect to each other around pivot axes 10 parallel to the length of the panels 5.
• the diameter of these rollers is equal to the operating clearance close to the distance which separates the upper wings of the rails 4 from their lower wings.
• the longitudinal edges facing 13 of two adjacent panels 5 have complementary male and female shapes which overlap one another when the panels 5 pass from a rail area 4b of high curvature to an area with lower curvature 4a, 4c. These complementary forms create a seal by baffles against drafts.
• the pivoting elements 9 are made of sheet metal. They are composed of a so-called male part 9a having a shaft 15, for example welded, the axis of which defines the pivot axis 10 and of a so-called female part 9b having a bore 16 receiving the shaft 15. These two parts 9a and 9b are attached respectively to two adjacent panels 5. These connections are provided by screws passing through parts 9a and 9b and coming to be screwed into threads made on the profiles 14 in U defining the transverse edges of the panels 5.
• One of the two parts 9a or 9b advantageously has at least one tapped hole making it possible to fix, as shown in FIG. 4, a roller 12 for guiding the door 1 in the rails 4 .
• Such a pivot element structure 9 makes it possible to locate the pivot axes 10 where desired in relation to the thickness of the door panels 5 but also where desired in relation to the joint between two consecutive panels.
• this structure of pivoting element makes it possible to position the pivot axes in the planes of the interior walls and thus to avoid any risk of pinching on the outside and on the inside of the door. If we plan to link the panels 5 with hinges 20 as known from the prior art and shown in Figure 2b, we note that when two adjacent panels are not aligned, it appears on the inner and outer faces of the door 1 interstices 21 and 22 dangerous.
• the fact of positioning the pivot axes in the planes of the interior walls of the panels or in the thickness of the door allows, when using panels 5 having edge profiles defined in FIG. 2a, to use rails having a smaller connection radius and, consequently, reducing the technical space required to open the door.
• the profiles of the longitudinal edges of the panels and the location of the axes of pivoting of the panels at the level of the planes of the interior walls of the panels contribute to ensuring a safety function "anti-finger pinching".
• the pivoting elements having parts attached to the edges of the panels it is very practical, unlike the known devices of the prior art, to fix the guide rollers of the door in the thickness of the panels.
• the rails are, in their rectilinear parts located on either side of the door in the thickness of the latter.
• the door and the rails thus appear in the same plane and as shown in FIG. 1, the rails, and consequently the guide elements ensuring the interface between the panels and the rails do not protrude either in front or behind the door.
• This feature also ensures a security function. In fact, the space between the doors and the rails being relatively small, it is more difficult to introduce foreign bodies into this place and the risks of injury or damage to the door are lower.
• the pivoting elements thus have two functions, on the one hand that of materializing the pivot axis of the panels between them and, on the other hand, that of supporting the guide rollers. They therefore make it possible to simplify the structure of the door.
• pivoting elements 9 it is no longer necessary to distribute hinges over the entire length of the panels, this saves a certain number of pivoting elements to be mounted and the aesthetics of the face are improved. inside of the door.
• the parts 9a and 9b are produced by the profiles 14 in U.
• the ends profiles have conformations allowing them to be articulated with respect to each other.
• the pivot elements described can be applied to a garage door with horizontal movement.
• two symmetrical horizontal rails are fixed inside the building on its structure. These two rails have a curvilinear shape, composed of a horizontal rectilinear part connected by a radius of connection to a horizontal rectilinear part moving away from the opening towards the interior of the building.
• the door is perpendicular to the opening, for example against a wall of the building.
• each panel of the door is provided with guide elements.
• the pivoting elements represented in FIG. 5, are provided with articulated carriages 18 having two rollers rolling in the upper rail.
• the pivoting elements shown in FIG. 6 are provided with rollers 19 with vertical axes rolling in the lower rail or other guide elements sliding in a U-rail, inverted or not.

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