EP2010826A1 - Entirely removable door assembly for an enclosed fireplace - Google Patents

Entirely removable door assembly for an enclosed fireplace

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EP2010826A1
EP2010826A1 EP07731368A EP07731368A EP2010826A1 EP 2010826 A1 EP2010826 A1 EP 2010826A1 EP 07731368 A EP07731368 A EP 07731368A EP 07731368 A EP07731368 A EP 07731368A EP 2010826 A1 EP2010826 A1 EP 2010826A1
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door assembly
fireplace
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Fréderic HAAS
Marc Boulanger
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24B—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES
    • F24B1/00—Stoves or ranges
    • F24B1/18—Stoves with open fires, e.g. fireplaces
    • F24B1/191—Component parts; Accessories
    • F24B1/192—Doors; Screens; Fuel guards

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  • the present invention relates to a fully removable door assembly and its movement mechanism for a closed fireplace hearth.
  • closed fireplaces have a door that slides vertically like a guillotine.
  • This door is usually glazed and mounted in, a frame to form a frame-door assembly, also called door assembly, relatively heavy and bulky.
  • the frame on which the door is mounted is not removable quickly and easily.
  • This disassembly operation of the mantel of the chimney takes a lot of time and also involves an at least partial demolition of partitions and dressing of the room where the chimney is located, which is particularly troublesome for the owner of the premises.
  • the device for vertically sliding the frame-door assembly is a relatively fragile element that it is sometimes necessary to change. Similarly, it may be necessary to perform other replacements, repairs or maintenance operations that require disassembly of the frame-door assembly.
  • the invention provides a fast and easy total chimney-type fireplace door assembly of the vertical displacement type along two lateral guides forming a linear displacement track, a door assembly in which a frame on which a door is mounted raises or lowers for the clearance or total closure of the fireplace opening in counterweight assisted movement.
  • the door assembly according to the invention comprises means for moving the frame along the guides dissociable guides by a tilting movement towards the front of the lower part of the door assembly in a first step, then in a second step by a descent movement followed by a pulling movement towards the front of the door assembly, resulting in the total removal of the door assembly.
  • each lateral guide forming a linear path of displacement is delimited by two substantially vertical and parallel walls, the wall closest to the door preferably having interruptions, preferably notches, for the extraction of the means. moving out of the guides.
  • the means of movement of the frame may be arbitrary and for example rollers, bearings, slides or others.
  • chassis displacement means may be rolling displacement means. These are preferably bearings, at least four in number, two for each guide.
  • a forward tilting pivot allows the lower bearings to be extracted.
  • a second phase of lowering-extraction the whole is totally released for its dissociation.
  • Such a door assembly can be deposited completely, quickly and easily, without the need to use a single tool.
  • This type of door assembly is particularly interesting for after-sales service and represents a definite advantage, both technical and commercial.
  • a door assembly ensures total interchangeability, but also allows to replace an existing door with another having a different form of the time that the means for keeping these sets of doors in place are compatible.
  • Figure 1 is a general perspective view of a closed fireplace and sliding door vertically on which a portion of the frame has been removed to make visible the bearings and guides of the device according to the invention.
  • FIGS 2 to 5 are side views of the chimney of Figure 1 during the different phases of the dissociation of the frame / door assembly of the body of the apparatus.
  • chimney we will hear any type of solid fuel heater, closed by a door mounted on a frame sliding vertically in front of the fireplace.
  • the invention is applicable to a closed hearth 1 for example chimney having a door 2 mounted on a frame 3 movable in translation in front of the opening 4 of the hearth 1 for access to the fireplace at full opening for loading Convenient fuel or its cleaning.
  • the door 2 is a glass door 5 mounted in a frame 6 which is often pivotally mounted on the frame 3 for an opening of the door to the front, said opening to the French.
  • the door assembly or frame-door assembly is movably mounted via slide rails or bearings along vertical guides.
  • the purpose of the invention is to achieve the easy, total and rapid removal of the chassis-door assembly for repair or maintenance, but also interventions on the drive assembly, movement and guiding of this one.
  • this mechanism comprises a set of four bearings or rollers, two bearings or rollers being placed on each side of the opening 4, namely an upper bearing 7 and a lower bearing 8.
  • bearings 7, 8 are carried by supports mechanically connecting them to the frame 3.
  • the movement is preferably assisted by two counterweights (not shown), one on each side corresponds to each guide 19, each connected kinematically by means of a flexible or deformable link for example a chain (not shown) to each support of each lower bearing 8.
  • each guide 19 each has a high interruption 11 and a low interruption 12 in the form of a notch forming an inlet or outlet slot for the corresponding bearing for the total removal of the chassis assembly. and door.
  • each guide 19 preferably has at least one clearance in the form of an oblique ramp directed towards the outside of the guide 19, that is to say towards the inside of the heating apparatus.
  • the upper clearance ramp 13 supports the upper bearing 7 during the forward tilting phase of the lower part of the door assembly. It thus makes it possible to place it offset towards the interior of the heating apparatus to grip the chassis 3 by its lower edge and to tilt it forwards by its lower part in order to disengage the lower bearing 8 as it is see below when explaining the operation.
  • the lower clearance ramp 14 allows the lower bearing 8 to occupy an offset position set back towards the inside of the heater to press the door 2 against the opening 4 of the furnace and thus ensure the plating of the seal or joints (s) door and vice versa to remove it before the removal movement of the frame-door assembly.
  • each guide 19 preferably comprises, in the lower part, a vertical immobilization abutment 15 which marks the low position of the door assembly in which it is exactly in front of the opening 4 and which corresponds to the position fully closed door.
  • the guides 19 are continued upwardly preferably to an additional height slightly greater than the height of the frame-door assembly. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, this assembly retracts to disappear under a protective cover 16 provided above the fireplace.
  • each guide 19 preferably comprises an upper support ramp 17, substantially inclined and directed downwards and inside the guide 19, on which the upper bearing 7 bears in the fully closed position.
  • the lower bearing 8 carries on the ramp 14.
  • the upper support ramp 17 thus cooperates with. the lower support ramp 14 corresponding to the plating of the door against the opening 4 of the fireplace.
  • the succession of the ramps 13 and 17 form a baffle for producing a temporary immobilization zone 18 of the upper bearing 7 when disengaging by tilting forward of the lower part of the frame 3 for removal.
  • the counterweights are locked in position by a locking means (not shown) which is preferably accessed through the interior of the fireplace, through an access door (not shown).
  • the assembly tilts around the upper bearings 7 forming a virtual pivot axis.
  • each upper bearing 7 bears on the corresponding upper release ramp 13.
  • the upper part of the door assembly is disengaged as follows.
  • the downward movement of the chassis-door assembly is accompanied until the upper bearings 7 are in front of their exit notches 11.
  • the extraction is carried out by a simple transverse traction movement and the assembly is released, completely dissociated from the body of the closed fireplace hearth 1.
  • each upper bearing 7 is engaged in its respective notch 11, the assembly is mounted in an inclined position, the bottom of the door assembly is tilted backwards and each lower bearing 8 is engaged in the corresponding lower notch 12.
  • the lower part of the door assembly is then pushed towards the focus to ensure the good contact of the seal (s) with the opposite surface on which it (s) door (s).

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Abstract

The door assembly and its movement mechanism comprise guides (19) on each side, along each of which guides travel two bearings (7, 8) which can be disengaged and withdrawn from the guides (19) though corresponding slots (11, 12) provided therein. The upper part of each guide has a temporary immobilization region (18) which receives the upper bearings (7) and which defines a virtual pivoting axis about which the door assembly tilts during the first phase of its detachment movement. This invention is of interest to the manufacturers of enclosed fireplaces.

Description

Ensemble de porte entièrement déposable pour foyer fermé de cheminée. Fully removable door assembly for closed fireplace.
La présente invention se rapporte à un ensemble de porte entièrement déposable et son mécanisme de déplacement pour foyer fermé de cheminée.The present invention relates to a fully removable door assembly and its movement mechanism for a closed fireplace hearth.
Classiquement, les cheminées à foyer fermé présentent une porte qui coulisse verticalement à la manière d'une guillotine. Cette porte est habituellement vitrée et montée dans, un châssis pour former un ensemble châssis-porte, également appelé ensemble de porte, relativement lourd et volumineux.Conventionally, closed fireplaces have a door that slides vertically like a guillotine. This door is usually glazed and mounted in, a frame to form a frame-door assembly, also called door assembly, relatively heavy and bulky.
Habituellement, le châssis sur lequel est montée la porte n'est pas démontable de manière rapide et aisée. Ainsi, en cas de réparation du châssis, il est souvent nécessaire de dégager l'habillage de la cheminée afin de libérer un espace suffisant pour démonter la cheminée et en extraire le châssis de porte . Cette opération de démontage de l'habillage de la cheminée prend beaucoup de temps et implique également une démolition au moins partielle de cloisons et d'habillage de la pièce où se trouve la cheminée, ce qui est particulièrement gênant pour le propriétaire des lieux.Usually, the frame on which the door is mounted is not removable quickly and easily. Thus, in case of repair of the frame, it is often necessary to clear the mantel of the chimney to free enough space to disassemble the chimney and extract the door frame. This disassembly operation of the mantel of the chimney takes a lot of time and also involves an at least partial demolition of partitions and dressing of the room where the chimney is located, which is particularly troublesome for the owner of the premises.
Or, le dispositif permettant de faire coulisser verticalement l'ensemble châssis-porte est un élément relativement fragile qu'il est parfois nécessaire de changer. De même, il peut être nécessaire d'effectuer d'autres remplacements, réparations ou opérations d'entretien qui imposent de démonter l'ensemble châssis-porte.However, the device for vertically sliding the frame-door assembly is a relatively fragile element that it is sometimes necessary to change. Similarly, it may be necessary to perform other replacements, repairs or maintenance operations that require disassembly of the frame-door assembly.
De ce fait, il existe un besoin pour un moyen permettant de réaliser la dépose totale, aisée et rapide de l'ensemble châssis-porte en vue de sa réparation ou de son entretien. Pour résoudre ce problème technique, 1 ' invention fournit un ensemble de porte a dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée, du type à déplacement vertical le long de deux guides latéraux formant une piste linéaire de déplacement, ensemble de porte dans lequel un châssis sur lequel est montée une porte s'élève ou s'abaisse pour le dégagement ou la fermeture totale de l ' ouverture du foyer dans un mouvement assisté par contrepoids. L'ensemble de porte selon l'invention comporte des moyens de déplacement du châssis le long des guides dissociables des guides par un mouvement de basculement vers l'avant de la partie basse de l'ensemble de porte dans un premier temps, puis dans un deuxième temps par un mouvement de descente suivi d'un mouvement de traction vers l'avant de l'ensemble de porte, aboutissant à la dépose totale de l'ensemble de porte.Therefore, there is a need for a means for achieving the total, easy and fast removal of the frame-door assembly for repair or maintenance. To solve this technical problem, the invention provides a fast and easy total chimney-type fireplace door assembly of the vertical displacement type along two lateral guides forming a linear displacement track, a door assembly in which a frame on which a door is mounted raises or lowers for the clearance or total closure of the fireplace opening in counterweight assisted movement. The door assembly according to the invention comprises means for moving the frame along the guides dissociable guides by a tilting movement towards the front of the lower part of the door assembly in a first step, then in a second step by a descent movement followed by a pulling movement towards the front of the door assembly, resulting in the total removal of the door assembly.
Selon une mode de réalisation préférentiel, chaque guide latéral formant une piste linéaire de déplacement est délimité par deux parois sensiblement verticales et parallèles, la paroi la plus proche de la porte comportant de préférence des interruptions, préférentiellement des encoches, pour l'extraction des moyens de déplacement hors des guides.According to a preferred embodiment, each lateral guide forming a linear path of displacement is delimited by two substantially vertical and parallel walls, the wall closest to the door preferably having interruptions, preferably notches, for the extraction of the means. moving out of the guides.
Les moyens de déplacements du châssis peuvent être quelconques et par exemple des galets, roulements, glissières ou autres.The means of movement of the frame may be arbitrary and for example rollers, bearings, slides or others.
Avantageusement, les moyens de déplacement du châssis peuvent être des moyens de déplacement par roulement. Il s'agit de préférence de roulements, au moins au nombre de quatre, deux pour chaque guide.Advantageously, the chassis displacement means may be rolling displacement means. These are preferably bearings, at least four in number, two for each guide.
Pour rendre la manipulation aisée, celle-ci s'effectue en deux temps. Lors d'une première phase, un pivotement de basculement vers l'avant permet d'extraire les roulements inférieurs. Lors d'une deuxième phase d'abaissement-extraction, l'ensemble est totalement libéré pour sa dissociation.To make the manipulation easy, it is done in two stages. In a first phase, a forward tilting pivot allows the lower bearings to be extracted. During a second phase of lowering-extraction, the whole is totally released for its dissociation.
Un tel ensemble de porte peut être, déposé entièrement, rapidement et facilement, sans qu'il soit nécessaire d'utiliser un seul outil.Such a door assembly can be deposited completely, quickly and easily, without the need to use a single tool.
Ce type d'ensemble de porte s'avère particulièrement intéressant pour le service après- vente et représente un avantage certain, à la fois technique et commercial. En outre, un tel ensemble de porte assure une totale interchangeabilité, mais permet aussi de remplacer une porte existante par une autre présentant une forme différente du moment que les moyens permettant de maintenir ces ensembles de porte en place sont compatibles.This type of door assembly is particularly interesting for after-sales service and represents a definite advantage, both technical and commercial. In addition, such a door assembly ensures total interchangeability, but also allows to replace an existing door with another having a different form of the time that the means for keeping these sets of doors in place are compatible.
Ainsi, une fois que le caisson de base du foyer de la cheminée est mis en place et que la cheminée est habillée, son propriétaire peut facilement changer l'apparence de sa cheminée en remplaçant uniquement l'ensemble châssis-porte par une opération simple et rapide qui ne l'oblige pas à détruire son travail précédent.Thus, once the fireplace hearth base box is set up and the chimney is dressed, its owner can easily change the appearance of his chimney by replacing only the frame-door assembly with a simple operation and fast that does not force him to destroy his previous work.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre, description faite en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels :Other features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows, description made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
. la figure 1 est une vue générale en perspective d'une cheminée à foyer fermé et à porte coulissant verticalement sur laquelle une partie du châssis a été enlevé afin de rendre visible les roulements et les guides du dispositif selon l'invention ; et. Figure 1 is a general perspective view of a closed fireplace and sliding door vertically on which a portion of the frame has been removed to make visible the bearings and guides of the device according to the invention; and
. les figures 2 à 5 sont des vues de profil de la cheminée de la figure 1 au cours des différentes phases de la dissociation de l'ensemble châssis/ porte du corps de l'appareil. Dans la suite de cette description, par cheminée, nous entendrons tout type d'appareil de chauffage à combustible solide, fermé par une porte montée sur un châssis coulissant verticalement devant le foyer.. Figures 2 to 5 are side views of the chimney of Figure 1 during the different phases of the dissociation of the frame / door assembly of the body of the apparatus. In the remainder of this description, by chimney, we will hear any type of solid fuel heater, closed by a door mounted on a frame sliding vertically in front of the fireplace.
L ' invention s ' applique à un foyer fermé 1 par exemple de cheminée présentant une porte 2 montée sur un châssis 3 mobile en translation devant l'ouverture 4 du foyer 1 pour l'accès au foyer à pleine ouverture en vue d'un chargement commode en combustible ou de son nettoyage.The invention is applicable to a closed hearth 1 for example chimney having a door 2 mounted on a frame 3 movable in translation in front of the opening 4 of the hearth 1 for access to the fireplace at full opening for loading Convenient fuel or its cleaning.
La porte 2 est une porte à vitre 5 montée dans un cadre 6 qui est souvent lui-même monté à pivotement sur le châssis 3 pour une ouverture de la porte vers l'avant, ouverture dite à la française.The door 2 is a glass door 5 mounted in a frame 6 which is often pivotally mounted on the frame 3 for an opening of the door to the front, said opening to the French.
Dans un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, l'ensemble de porte ou ensemble châssis- porte est monté déplaçable par l ' intermédiaire de glissières de coulissement ou de roulements le long de guides verticaux.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the door assembly or frame-door assembly is movably mounted via slide rails or bearings along vertical guides.
L'invention a pour but de réaliser la dépose aisée, totale et rapide de l'ensemble châssis-porte en vue de sa réparation ou de son entretien, mais aussi des interventions sur l'ensemble d'entraînement, de déplacement et de guidage de celui-ci.The purpose of the invention is to achieve the easy, total and rapid removal of the chassis-door assembly for repair or maintenance, but also interventions on the drive assembly, movement and guiding of this one.
On décrira ci-après l'exemple d'un mécanisme préférentiel tel que représenté sur les figures.Hereinafter will be described the example of a preferred mechanism as shown in the figures.
Dans un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, ce mécanisme comprend un ensemble de quatre roulements ou galets, deux roulements ou galets étant placés de chaque côté de l'ouverture 4 à savoir un roulement supérieur 7 et un roulement inférieur 8.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, this mechanism comprises a set of four bearings or rollers, two bearings or rollers being placed on each side of the opening 4, namely an upper bearing 7 and a lower bearing 8.
Ces roulements se déplacent le long de guides 19 sensiblement verticaux, formés de deux parois sensiblement parallèles, respectivement arrière 9 et avant 10, espacées d'une distance procurant un jeu 00712These bearings move along substantially vertical guides 19 formed of two substantially parallel walls, respectively rear 9 and front 10, spaced apart for a distance providing a clearance 00712
fonctionnel suffisant aux deux roulements 7, 8 pour se déplacer et assurer un mouvement stable. Les roulements 7, 8 sont portés par des supports les reliant mécaniquement au châssis 3. Le mouvement est- préférentiellement assisté par deux contrepoids (non représentés), un de chaque côté correspond à chaque guide 19, relié chacun de manière cinématique au moyen d'un lien flexible ou déformable par exemple une chaîne (non représentée) à chaque support de chaque roulement inférieur 8.functional enough for both bearings 7, 8 to move and ensure stable movement. The bearings 7, 8 are carried by supports mechanically connecting them to the frame 3. The movement is preferably assisted by two counterweights (not shown), one on each side corresponds to each guide 19, each connected kinematically by means of a flexible or deformable link for example a chain (not shown) to each support of each lower bearing 8.
Dans un mode de réalisation préféré, le mouvement est renvoyé par une chaîne et le contrepoids est à masse sectionnée. L'extrémité basse de chaque chaîne est préférentiellement attachée, accrochée ou autrement montée sur chaque support de roulement inférieur déporté vers l ' arrière du foyer par rapport à l ' axe du roulement inférieur de manière à procurer une force vers l'arrière qui plaque l'ensemble de porte contre l'ouverture 4 du foyer. La paroi avant 10 de chaque guide 19 présente chacune une interruption haute 11 et une interruption basse 12 sous la forme d'une encoche formant une fente d'entrée ou de sortie pour le roulement correspondant en vue de la dépose totale de l'ensemble châssis et porte.In a preferred embodiment, the movement is returned by a chain and the counterweight is severed mass. The lower end of each chain is preferably attached, hooked or otherwise mounted to each lower bearing support offset rearward of the hearth relative to the axis of the lower bearing so as to provide a rearward force which door assembly against the opening 4 of the hearth. The front wall 10 of each guide 19 each has a high interruption 11 and a low interruption 12 in the form of a notch forming an inlet or outlet slot for the corresponding bearing for the total removal of the chassis assembly. and door.
La paroi arrière 9 de chaque guide 19 présente préférentiellement au moins un dégagement sous la forme d'une rampe oblique dirigée vers l'extérieur du guide 19, c'est-à-dire vers l'intérieur de l'appareil de chauffage. On distingue de préférence une rampe supérieure de dégagement 13, dirigée vers le haut et l'extérieur du guide 19, ainsi qu'une rampe inférieure de dégagement 14, dirigée vers le bas et vers l'arrière c'est-à-dire vers l'extérieur du guide 19. La rampe supérieure de dégagement 13 supporte le roulement supérieur 7 lors de la phase de basculement vers l'avant de la partie basse de l'ensemble de porte. Elle permet ainsi de le placer en déport vers l'intérieur de l'appareil de chauffage pour saisir le châssis 3 par son bord inférieur et le faire basculer vers l'avant par sa partie basse en vue du dégagement du roulement inférieur 8 comme on le verra ci-après lors de l'explication du fonctionnement.The rear wall 9 of each guide 19 preferably has at least one clearance in the form of an oblique ramp directed towards the outside of the guide 19, that is to say towards the inside of the heating apparatus. There is preferably an upper ramp 13, directed upwardly and outwardly of the guide 19, and a lower ramp 14, directed downwards and backwards that is to say towards the outside of the guide 19. The upper clearance ramp 13 supports the upper bearing 7 during the forward tilting phase of the lower part of the door assembly. It thus makes it possible to place it offset towards the interior of the heating apparatus to grip the chassis 3 by its lower edge and to tilt it forwards by its lower part in order to disengage the lower bearing 8 as it is see below when explaining the operation.
La rampe inférieure de dégagement 14 permet au roulement inférieur 8 d'occuper une position décalée en retrait vers l'intérieur de l'appareil de chauffage pour plaquer la porte 2 contre l'ouverture 4 du foyer et assurer ainsi le plaquage du ou des joint (s) de porte et inversement pour l'éloigner avant le mouvement de dépose de l'ensemble châssis-porte.The lower clearance ramp 14 allows the lower bearing 8 to occupy an offset position set back towards the inside of the heater to press the door 2 against the opening 4 of the furnace and thus ensure the plating of the seal or joints (s) door and vice versa to remove it before the removal movement of the frame-door assembly.
Par ailleurs , chaque guide 19 comporte préférentiellement, en partie inférieure, une butée d'immobilisation verticale 15 qui marque la position basse de l'ensemble de porte dans laquelle il se trouve exactement en face de l'ouverture 4 et qui correspond à la position entièrement fermée de la porte . Pour assurer le guidage jusqu'au dégagement total de l'ouverture du foyer, les guides 19 se poursuivent vers le haut préférentiellement jusqu'à une hauteur supplémentaire légèrement supérieure à la hauteur de l'ensemble châssis-porte. Dans un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, cet ensemble s'escamote pour disparaître sous un capot de protection 16 prévu au dessus du foyer.Furthermore, each guide 19 preferably comprises, in the lower part, a vertical immobilization abutment 15 which marks the low position of the door assembly in which it is exactly in front of the opening 4 and which corresponds to the position fully closed door. To ensure guiding to the total clearance of the fireplace opening, the guides 19 are continued upwardly preferably to an additional height slightly greater than the height of the frame-door assembly. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, this assembly retracts to disappear under a protective cover 16 provided above the fireplace.
Le passage entre la partie attenante au foyer et la partie supérieure au foyer de la paroi avant 10 de chaque guide 19 comporte de préférence une rampe supérieure d'appui 17, sensiblement inclinée et dirigée vers le bas et l'intérieur du guide 19, sur laquelle porte le roulement supérieur 7 dans la position de fermeture totale. Dans cette position, le roulement inférieur 8 porte sur la rampe 14. La rampe supérieure d'appui 17 coopère ainsi avec . la rampe inférieure d'appui 14 correspondante en vue du plaquage de la porte contre l'ouverture 4 du foyer.The passage between the part adjoining the focus and the upper part of the focus of the front wall 10 of each guide 19 preferably comprises an upper support ramp 17, substantially inclined and directed downwards and inside the guide 19, on which the upper bearing 7 bears in the fully closed position. In this position, the lower bearing 8 carries on the ramp 14. The upper support ramp 17 thus cooperates with. the lower support ramp 14 corresponding to the plating of the door against the opening 4 of the fireplace.
La succession des rampes 13 et 17 forme une chicane pour réaliser une zone d'immobilisation temporaire 18 du roulement supérieur 7 lors du dégagement par basculement vers l'avant de la partie basse du châssis 3 en vue de sa dépose.The succession of the ramps 13 and 17 form a baffle for producing a temporary immobilization zone 18 of the upper bearing 7 when disengaging by tilting forward of the lower part of the frame 3 for removal.
Fonctionnement : Lorsque, pour des raisons de réparation ou autres, il faut déposer le châssis 3 avec la porte 2, on procède de la façon suivante.Operation: When, for repair or other reasons, the chassis 3 has to be removed with the door 2, the procedure is as follows.
Les contrepoids sont bloqués en position par un moyen de verrouillage (non représenté) auquel on accède de préférence par l'intérieur du foyer, à travers une trappe d'accès (non représentée).The counterweights are locked in position by a locking means (not shown) which is preferably accessed through the interior of the fireplace, through an access door (not shown).
Les liaisons avec chaque contrepoids sont décrochées de leur point d'attache aux supports porte- roulement inférieur. Le châssis 3 est saisi par son bord inférieur et tiré vers soi. Ceci a pour effet d'amener les roulements inférieurs 8 en face de leur encoche de sortie 12 respective.The connections with each counterweight are detached from their point of attachment to the lower bearing supports. The frame 3 is gripped by its lower edge and pulled towards you. This has the effect of bringing the lower bearings 8 opposite their respective output notch 12.
L'ensemble bascule autour des roulements supérieurs 7 formant un axe de pivotement virtuel.The assembly tilts around the upper bearings 7 forming a virtual pivot axis.
Ceux-ci se trouvent dans leur zone d'immobilisation temporaire 18 garantissant une certaine immobilisation de l ' axe de pivotement .These are in their temporary immobilization zone 18 guaranteeing a certain immobilization of the pivot axis.
Après la sortie de chaque roulement inférieur 8 à travers l'encoche 12 de la paroi avantAfter the exit of each lower bearing 8 through the notch 12 of the front wall
10 des guides 19 par un mouvement de translation transversale, la partie inférieure de l'ensemble châssis-porte est dissociée de l'appareil de chauffage comme représenté sur la figure 3.10 of the guides 19 by a translation movement transversely, the lower part of the frame-door assembly is dissociated from the heater as shown in FIG.
Au cours de ce mouvement chaque roulement supérieur 7 vient en appui sur la rampe supérieure de dégagement 13 correspondante.During this movement each upper bearing 7 bears on the corresponding upper release ramp 13.
La partie supérieure de l'ensemble de porte se dégage de la façon suivante.The upper part of the door assembly is disengaged as follows.
On accompagne le mouvement de descente de l'ensemble châssis-porte jusqu'à ce que les roulements supérieurs 7 se trouvent en face de leurs encoches de sortie 11. L'extraction s'effectue par un simple mouvement de traction transversale et l ' ensemble est libéré, entièrement dissocié du corps du foyer fermé 1 de cheminée.The downward movement of the chassis-door assembly is accompanied until the upper bearings 7 are in front of their exit notches 11. The extraction is carried out by a simple transverse traction movement and the assembly is released, completely dissociated from the body of the closed fireplace hearth 1.
Le montage ou remontage s ' effectue de façon inverse. On engage chaque roulement supérieur 7 dans son encoche 11 respective, on monte l'ensemble en position inclinée, on bascule vers l'arrière le bas de l'ensemble de porte et on engage chaque roulement inférieur 8 dans l'encoche inférieure 12 correspondante. La partie basse de l'ensemble de porte est ensuite poussée vers le foyer pour assurer le bon contact du ou des joint (s) avec la surface opposée sur laquelle il(s) porte (nt).The assembly or reassembly is carried out in the opposite way. Each upper bearing 7 is engaged in its respective notch 11, the assembly is mounted in an inclined position, the bottom of the door assembly is tilted backwards and each lower bearing 8 is engaged in the corresponding lower notch 12. The lower part of the door assembly is then pushed towards the focus to ensure the good contact of the seal (s) with the opposite surface on which it (s) door (s).
Les liaisons avec chaque contrepoids sont accrochées à nouveau sur leur point d'attache aux supports porte-roulement. Puis les contrepoids sont débloqués assurant de part la position de l'extrémité des chaînes une traction transversale permanente et ainsi une force de plaquage de l; ensemble de porte contre l ' ouverture 4 du foyer 1.The links with each counterweight are hooked back onto their point of attachment to the bearing supports. Then the counterweights are unlocked ensuring from the position of the end of the chains a permanent transverse traction and thus a plating force of l; door assembly against the opening 4 of the fireplace 1.
D'autres modes de réalisation pourront être envisagés par l'homme du métier sans s'écarter du principe général de l'invention. Par exemple, nous avons décrit ici un ensemble de porte coulissant à l'aide de deux roulements situés de chaque côté. On peut cependant envisager un nombre plus important de roulements. L'homme du métier pourra aisément augmenter ce nombre de roulements s ' il prévoit un nombre équivalent de fentes dans la paroi avant 10 de chaque guide 19. Puisque la porte est d'abord libérée au niveau des roulements inférieurs, l'homme du métier devra positionner les fentes de manière que tous les roulements hormis les roulements supérieurs puissent sortir sensiblement simultanément de leur fente respective.Other embodiments may be envisaged by those skilled in the art without departing from the general principle of the invention. For example, we have described here a sliding door assembly with two bearings on each side. However, we can consider a larger number of bearings. Those skilled in the art can easily increase this number of bearings if it provides an equivalent number of slots in the front wall 10 of each guide 19. Since the door is first released at the lower bearings, the skilled person should position the slots so that all bearings except the upper bearings can out substantially simultaneously from their respective slot.
De même, il sera évident pour l'homme du métier d'appliquer le principe de cette invention à d'autres types de cheminée en adaptant les moyens décrits aux particularités de celles-ci, sans s'écarter de la portée des revendications. Similarly, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art to apply the principle of this invention to other types of chimneys by adapting the described means to the features thereof, without departing from the scope of the claims.

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1. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé (1) de cheminée, du type à déplacement vertical le long de deux guides latéraux (19) formant une piste linéaire de déplacement, ensemble de porte dans lequel un châssis (3) sur lequel est montée une porte (2) s'élève ou s'abaisse pour le dégagement ou la fermeture totale de l'ouverture (4) du foyer dans un mouvement assisté par contrepoids caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens de déplacement (7, 8) du châssis (3) le long des guides (19) dissociables des guides (19) par un mouvement de basculement vers l ' avant de la partie basse de l'ensemble de porte dans un premier temps, puis dans un deuxième temps par un mouvement de descente suivi d'un mouvement de traction vers l'avant de l'ensemble de porte, aboutissant à la dépose totale de l'ensemble de porte. 1. A fast and easy total door assembly for a closed fireplace (1) of a vertical displacement type along two lateral guides (19) forming a linear displacement track, a door assembly in which a frame (3) ) on which is mounted a door (2) rises or lowers for the clearance or the total closure of the opening (4) of the fireplace in a counterweight assisted movement characterized in that it comprises displacement means (7, 8) of the frame (3) along the guides (19) separable from the guides (19) by a forward tilting movement of the lower part of the door assembly in a first step, then in a second step by a descent movement followed by a pulling movement towards the front of the door assembly, resulting in the total removal of the door assembly.
2. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que chaque guide latéral (19) formant une piste linéaire de déplacement est délimité par deux parois (9, 10) sensiblement verticales et parallèles.2. assembly assembly door fast and easy to complete closed fireplace according to claim 1 characterized in that each lateral guide (19) forming a linear path of displacement is delimited by two walls (9, 10) substantially vertical and parallel .
3. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon la revendication précédente caractérisé en ce que la paroi (10) la plus proche de la porte (2) comporte des interruptions (11, 12) pour l'extraction des moyens de déplacement (7, 8) hors des guides (19).3. assembly assembly door fast and easy to complete closed fireplace according to the preceding claim characterized in that the wall (10) closest to the door (2) has interruptions (11, 12) for extraction moving means (7, 8) out of the guides (19).
4. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon la revendication précédente caractérisé en ce que les interruptions sont des encoches (11, 12).4. Set of fast and easy to deposit total door for closed fireplace according to the preceding claim characterized in that the interruptions are notches (11, 12).
5. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes caractérisé en ce que les moyens de déplacement (7, 8) sont des moyens de déplacement par roulement. 5. Door assembly with total removal fast and easy for fireplace closed according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the displacement means (7, 8) are rolling displacement means.
6. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon la revendication précédente caractérisé en ce que les moyens de déplacement sont des roulements (7, 8), au moins au nombre de quatre, deux pour chaque guide (19).6. Set of fast and easy total deposit door for fireplace closed according to the preceding claim characterized in that the displacement means are bearings (7, 8), at least four in number, two for each guide (19). ).
7. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon les revendications 4 et 6 caractérisé en ce que les roulements (7, 8) sont extraits des guides (19) par un mouvement de translation transversale à travers les encoches (11, 12).7. A fast and easy total deposit door assembly for closed fireplace according to claims 4 and 6 characterized in that the bearings (7, 8) are extracted from the guides (19) by a transverse translation movement through the notches (11, 12).
8. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes caractérisé en ce que les guides (19) présentent en partie inférieure une butée d'immobilisation verticale (15) en position entièrement fermée de la porte et une rampe inférieure de dégagement (14) dirigée vers 1 ' arrière pour le plaquage de la porte ( 2 ) contre l'ouverture (4) du foyer.8. Fast and easy total deposit door assembly for fireplace closed according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the guides (19) have in the lower part a vertical stop (15) in fully closed position of the door and a lower release ramp (14) directed towards the back for the plating of the door (2) against the opening (4) of the hearth.
9. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon les revendications 6 et 8 caractérisé en ce que le guide (19) présente au niveau de chaque roulement supérieur (7) dans la position basse de la porte, du bas vers le haut, une rampe supérieure de dégagement (13) dirigée vers le haut et l'extérieur du guide (19) et une rampe supérieure d'appui (17) dirigée vers le bas et l'intérieur du guide (19), cette dernière coopérant avec la rampe inférieure d'appui (14) correspondante en vue du plaquage de la porte contre l'ouverture (4) du foyer, alors que chaque rampe supérieure de dégagement (13) supporte le roulement supérieur (7) lors de la phase de basculement vers l ' avant de la partie basse de l'ensemble de porte. 9. A fast and easy total deposit door assembly for closed fireplace according to claims 6 and 8 characterized in that the guide (19) has at each upper bearing (7) in the lower position of the door, the downwardly, an upper clearance ramp (13) directed upwardly and outwardly of the guide (19) and an upper support ramp (17) directed downwardly and inwardly of the guide (19), the latter co-operating with the corresponding lower support ramp (14) in order to place the door against the opening (4) of the firebox, while each upper release ramp (13) supports the upper bearing (7) during the forward tilting phase of the lower portion of the door assembly.
10. Ensemble de porte à dépose totale rapide et aisée pour foyer fermé de cheminée selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes caractérisé en ce qu'il existe un contrepoids correspondant à chaque guide (19) relié chacun au support du roulement inférieur (8) correspondant au moyen d'un lien dont l'extrémité est placée sur le support du roulement inférieur (8) en retrait de celui-ci vers l'arrière du foyer de manière à induire une force de rappel en plaquage de l'ensemble de porte contre l'ouverture (4) du foyer. 10. Fast and easy total deposit door assembly for fireplace closed according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that there is a counterweight corresponding to each guide (19) each connected to the support of the lower bearing (8). corresponding by means of a link whose end is placed on the support of the lower bearing (8) set back from the latter towards the rear of the furnace so as to induce a restoring force in plating of the door assembly against the opening (4) of the fireplace.
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