EP1978196B1 - Driving device for sliding doors - Google Patents

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EP1978196B1
EP1978196B1 EP08153038.8A EP08153038A EP1978196B1 EP 1978196 B1 EP1978196 B1 EP 1978196B1 EP 08153038 A EP08153038 A EP 08153038A EP 1978196 B1 EP1978196 B1 EP 1978196B1
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Jordi Roca Iglesias
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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
    • 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
    • E05F15/632—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for horizontally-sliding wings
    • E05F15/635—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for horizontally-sliding wings operated by push-pull mechanisms, e.g. flexible or rigid rack-and-pinion arrangements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means, e.g. clutches; Holders, e.g. locks; Stops; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/214—Disengaging means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means, e.g. clutches; Holders, e.g. locks; Stops; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/23—Actuation thereof
    • E05Y2201/244—Actuation thereof by manual operation
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
    • E05Y2201/71—Toothed gearing
    • E05Y2201/716—Pinions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefore
    • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
    • E05Y2201/71—Toothed gearing
    • E05Y2201/722—Racks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS AND DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, CHECKS FOR WINGS AND WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
    • E05Y2600/10—Adjustable or movable

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  • the present invention refers to a driving device for sliding doors, of the kind including a rack and a pinion.
  • Driving devices for sliding doors are known, which are used to drive laterally a door that rests against a rail, and comprising a rack fixed to the door and a pinion driven by a motor, generally integral with the floor and by a clutch system permitting to place the pinion out of mesh for e.g. to permit the manual driving of the door.
  • a solution to this drawback is to permit the pinion to move in a vertical sense following the rack in a vertical sense, adapting it therefore to the irregularities of the floor.
  • a solution available in the market is a motor-pinion assembly mounted on a box that can swing about an horizontal axis and orthogonal to the direction of the rack, the motor-pinion assembly being offset with respect to the axis, so that it can move in the vertical direction.
  • this kind of mechanisms also comprise a wheel placed at the height of the pinion at the other side of the rack and integral with the motor-pinion assembly, and whose end is to guarantee that the pinion follows the rack. This wheel is detachable, so that it permits to disengage the pinion, such as it is required in this devices.
  • this configuration even though has advantages because of its simplicity because it acts by gravity, has the drawback that the entire box is rotated, and therefore, it does not permit e.g. to engage to it complementary systems of sliding doors, such as a detection system with infrared photocells.
  • U1 discloses a driving device for a sliding door or gate having an electric motor powered drive unit located within a fixture box.
  • the motor has a pinion wheel that engages with a rack tooth gear.
  • FR 2 853 683 A1 and FR 2 752 871 A1 also disclose a driving device for sliding doors.
  • This tracking system guarantees the pressure engagement of the pinion with the rack and permits to absorb the irregularities of the height of the rack, permitting therefore the fixation of the rack to the sliding door to be carried out at the factory, which guarantees an enhanced quality and a decrease of the costs because the final adjustment is not carried out at the building site.
  • the device of the invention comprises a vertical guide along which the motor or the pinion, or the motor-pinion assembly, can slide, so that the motor-pinion assembly is forced to be moved vertically that necessary to absorb the advancement irregularities.
  • the spring is placed substantially in a vertical direction and it is a tensile spring, which guarantees a greater stability of the system.
  • the device object of the invention comprises means to place the other end of the spring at least at two different heights, so that in a first position the pinion presses against the rack and in a second position the pinion is disengaged, providing a disengaging system that permits to install more comfortably the device or to drive manually the door if it is needed.
  • the device comprises a rod placed inside the spring and has a length slightly lower than it, so that the rod presses the pinion to the disengagement position.
  • This rod is to reduce the decrease of the elongation of the spring when it is disengaged, because the spring, as exerts a considerable force on the rack and also holds the motor-pinion assembly, has a considerable elongation when it is engaged, and therefore, if there is no rod, it would be necessary a considerable height difference between both positions, which would be detrimental for the compactness of the assembly.
  • the device comprises a pin integral with the spring and placed at the other side of the rack, i.e. at the opposed part of the pinion, so that it prevents the disengaging of the pinion when the end of the spring is in said first position and in that said pin is removed when the end of the spring is in said second position.
  • This pin when the sliding door is blocked or when an excessive force is applied to the engaged teeth, prevents the motor to be disengaged and its revolution counter to provide an erroneous position of the mechanism.
  • the means to place the other end of the spring at least at two heights comprises a cam whose end is linked with said other end of the spring, said cam being integral with a gear that meshes with another gear integral with a driving lever, providing therefore a simple system for disengaging the device.
  • the device of the invention is housed inside a substantially rectangular box and the lever, in its engagement position, is part of the box, providing a compact and easy to assemble device.
  • said motor comprises a rotatable position reader connected to control means. Therefore, with the rotatable position reader it is possible to know at each moment where is the door and thus there are not necessary end stroke detectors in the door. Furthermore, thanks to the position reader it is possible to control the force and prevent accidents in a person or object.
  • the driving device for sliding doors of the invention comprises a rack 1 integral with the sliding door (not shown), a driving pinion 2 engaged with said rack driven by a motor 3 integral with said pinion, which can be vertically moved, and in which the pinion 2 or the motor 3, of the motor-pinion assembly, are linked with a spring 4 that presses said pinion 2 against the rack 1, engaging the pinion 2 with the rack 1, so that when the rack 1 moves along a direction perpendicular with respect to the representation plane, the pinion 2 can move vertically always in contact with the rack 1 by the spring 4, which presses it against the rack 1.
  • the teeth of said pinion 2 are suitably sized to obtain more fit and to decrease the possibility of a break of a teeth if the door abuts with any obstacle.
  • the device comprises a substantially vertical guide (not shown), which is substantially aligned with the spring 4, which is driven so that the pinion-motor assembly slides upwardly thanks to the guide up to a position in which it engages with the rack 1.
  • the device comprises a cam 5 that permits to place the upper end of the spring 7 between two positions, corresponding one of them to a position such as the spring remains tightening enough so that the force of the pinion 2 on the rack 1 is enough to drive the rack 1, and therefore the door, in movement, and corresponding the other to a situation in which the pinion 1 is disengaged.
  • the spring in the engaging position, is very tightened, so that it would be necessary a distance between the other two positions of the upper end 7 of the spring 4, that would involve a cam 5 with great dimensions that would be detrimental for the optimal dimensions and the compactness of the device.
  • the device comprises a rod 8 placed inside the spring 4, so that when the spring 4 reduces its working length in a length with respect to the variations of the height provided of the rack 1, the pinion 2 can be disengaged from the rack without changing so much the elongation of the spring 4.
  • the device comprises a pin 9, cinematically linked with the cam 5 so that when it is in the engaging position, the pin 9 is above the motor-pinion assembly and in front the pinion 2 at the other side of the rack 1, so that the rack is placed between both and, in the case of a jamming of the rack 1, the pin 9 prevents the rotation of the pinion 2 not dragging the rack 1, preventing therefore the rotation counter of the motor to provide an erroneous information and preventing also the uncomfortable creaking that is produced when the pinion 2 slips on the rack 1.
  • the kinematical link between the cam and the pin can be carried out with a horizontal guide of the pinion placed in the wall of the box and a sliding guide that can slide by the spring, so that the swinging of the spring drives the movement of the pin, as it can be seen in Figs. 5 and 6 .
  • said pin 9 is adjustable in height to be adapted to different models of racks where the device of the present invention can be mounted.
  • the driving of the cam by the user is carried out by a lever 10 integral with a gear 11 that meshes with another gear 12 integral with the cam 5, having said gear a radius relation that permits a comfortable driving by the user.
  • the device of the invention is housed inside a box 13, formed partially by the disengaging lever 10, so that the assembly is provided in a compact format to make the installation easier.
  • said motor 3 comprises a rotatable position reader, usually known in the art as "encoder”, connected to electronic control means (not shown) to control always the position of the door and prevent therefore possible accidents, because it is possible to control also always the presence of an obstacle during the operation of the door.
  • encoder a rotatable position reader, usually known in the art as "encoder”
  • electronic control means not shown
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