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EP2185782B1
EP2185782B1 EP08790008.0A EP08790008A EP2185782B1 EP 2185782 B1 EP2185782 B1 EP 2185782B1 EP 08790008 A EP08790008 A EP 08790008A EP 2185782 B1 EP2185782 B1 EP 2185782B1
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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
    • E05F15/611—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings
    • E05F15/63—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings operated by swinging arms
    • 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
    • E05F3/00—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices
    • E05F3/22—Additional arrangements for closers, e.g. for holding the wing in opened or other position
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/40—Motors; Magnets; Springs; Weights; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/43—Motors
    • E05Y2201/434—Electromotors; Details thereof
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/624—Arms
    • 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
    • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
    • E05Y2600/10—Adjustable
    • 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
    • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
    • E05Y2600/10—Adjustable
    • E05Y2600/30—Adjustment motion
    • E05Y2600/33—Stepwise motion
    • 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
    • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/20—Combinations of elements
    • E05Y2800/23—Combinations of elements of elements of different categories
    • E05Y2800/232—Combinations of elements of elements of different categories of motors and transmissions
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/40—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for gates

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  • the invention refers to a transmission arm particularly suitable for actuating devices of gates or doors.
  • actuating devices for gates there is a transmission arm transmitting the rotary movement of a motor M, usually fixed to the ground or to a wall or to a column, to a gate GT.
  • the arm is composed of two rigid segments 12, 14: the free end of the segment 12 is fixed to the output shaft of the motor M, the free end of the other segment 14 is rotatably pivoted to the gate GT by a bracket SF.
  • the two segments are rotatably connected with each other at an end thereof.
  • Said ratings are mainly the torque exerted by the motor and the weight of the gate to be moved. These parameters, settled during the design phase, determine the actual length of the segments 12, 14.
  • the known gate actuating devices prove to be remarkably hard to install in all those cases where a wall or the like is present alongside the actuating device (see wall in broken lines in fig. 1 ): in these circumstances the gate cannot be opened. It follows that homes cannot be equipped with these actuating devices, above all those recently constructed for which the residential market offers gardens and perimetrical fencings with ever decreasing dimensions.
  • the solved problem is to allow the adjustment of the arm length (or part thereof) in order to better adapt it to the gate or door to be moved.
  • An insufficient arm length does not allow to exploit the whole travel of the gate; a length in excess too, and/or can even cause collisions between the arm and fixed obstacles like the wall the motor is attached to or a near wall W, or another gate leaf when present.
  • US 5 752 344 discloses a gate opening and closing apparatus employing a power arm and a crank arm connected to the power arm and movable therewith.
  • Object of the invention is to obtain a different transmission arm of the kind described being of simple and cheap construction.
  • Another object of the invention is a different transmission arm of the kind described being easily and quickly assembled into actuating devices of gates and doors of different dimensions.
  • the first and/or second segment can be shortened by moving one or each axis towards the center of the same segment.
  • the adjustment of the position of an axis may be continuous (capability of even millimetric adjustment) or with discrete steps (capability of adjustment predefined in factory). In the former case there is greater freedom of choice but the assembling operations require a greater commitment; in the latter the positions are fixed in advance but the installation is immediate.
  • the arm of figures 3 and 4 is composed of a first segment 20, connected to a motor 26 for receiving a momentum, and a second segment 22, hinged both with the first segment and with a bracket 24, integral with a gate GT.
  • the segment 22 has a pass-through longitudinal loop or slot 30 extending for most of the length thereof.
  • An end of the segment 22 is clasped between a lower plate 40 and an upper hub 42, which has on one side two equal diametrical fins 44, spaced apart each other as the width of the segment 22 so as to receive in the middle thereof the end of the segment 22, and on the other side a central pin 46 with which the hub 42 rotatably pivots into a ring 50 integral with an end of the segment 20.
  • the hub 42, the pin 46 and the plate 40 have respective pass-through coaxial holes in which a screw 32, having a diameter a bit smaller than the width of the slot 30 and being tightenable by a nut 54, can be inserted.
  • the screw 32 places itself inside the slot 30 and allows the hub 42, which is integral with the segment 22, to rotate constrained in the ring 50 about a vertical axis X (which is in common between the first and second segment).
  • the segment 22 can slide in the hub 42 by leaving the screw 32 slack, so as to adjust the length of the segment 22 with respect to the hub 42 (and therefore the position of axis X).
  • the screw 32 can be tightened in order to permanently fix the length of the segment 22 with respect to the axis X.
  • the portion of the segment 22 which has passed through the hub 42 is in excess, and can be easily removed, e.g. by cutting it (see cut-line L).
  • a filling end-member 52 can make the cut end of the segment 22 and the borders of the plate 40 and the hub 42 fit together, with also the advantage of covering any sharp burrs and unsatisfactory finishes.
  • a variant of the second segment provides in it for discrete positions for the axis X, in the example represented by an aligned series of pass-through holes 60 on which the screw 32 can be inserted (the remaining construction is identical to the preceding one).
  • Such segment 22bis can be manufactured advantageously with standard length and, after determining during installation that hole corresponding to its desired length, the excess portion can be cut (see cut-line Lbis).
  • the overall arm turns out to be of optimal length, without dangerous pointed and/or bulky parts, and maintaining unaltered esthetical appearance. It is to be noted above all that with the invention the gate GT can open completely without the arm hitting against a surrounding wall W (in dashed lines in figures 3-4 and 6-7 ).

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Description

  • The invention refers to a transmission arm particularly suitable for actuating devices of gates or doors.
  • In known actuating devices for gates (see figures 1 and 2) there is a transmission arm transmitting the rotary movement of a motor M, usually fixed to the ground or to a wall or to a column, to a gate GT. The arm is composed of two rigid segments 12, 14: the free end of the segment 12 is fixed to the output shaft of the motor M, the free end of the other segment 14 is rotatably pivoted to the gate GT by a bracket SF. The two segments are rotatably connected with each other at an end thereof. This system has the drawback of providing a predetermined arm for every type of motor and thus it excludes every kind of adjustment. The features of the two segments 12, 14 and especially the length thereof are set by the maximum operating ratings of the motor. Said ratings are mainly the torque exerted by the motor and the weight of the gate to be moved. These parameters, settled during the design phase, determine the actual length of the segments 12, 14. The known gate actuating devices prove to be remarkably hard to install in all those cases where a wall or the like is present alongside the actuating device (see wall in broken lines in fig. 1): in these circumstances the gate cannot be opened. It follows that homes cannot be equipped with these actuating devices, above all those recently constructed for which the residential market offers gardens and perimetrical fencings with ever decreasing dimensions.
  • Other kinds of articulated joints are used in JP 7.269.219 , EP 1 854 953 , US 5.040.331 or e.g. the lifting arms of US 6.378.249 .
  • In all these documents the solved problem is to allow the adjustment of the arm length (or part thereof) in order to better adapt it to the gate or door to be moved. An insufficient arm length does not allow to exploit the whole travel of the gate; a length in excess too, and/or can even cause collisions between the arm and fixed obstacles like the wall the motor is attached to or a near wall W, or another gate leaf when present.
  • Some solutions of the cited documents teach to make the arm, or a segment thereof, telescopic. Such a segment is manufactured with two semi-segments, slidable with respect to each other and lockable in desired position. For instance, US 5.040.331 describes (see its fig. 9) a rectilinear arm formed by two segments and extendable thanks to a sliding connection.
  • To produce two semi-arms also capable of mutual fixing entails a complex and expensive structure, determined above all by the complementary shape to be given to them, by the observance of tolerances and by the number of necessary pieces.
  • US 5 752 344 discloses a gate opening and closing apparatus employing a power arm and a crank arm connected to the power arm and movable therewith.
  • Object of the invention is to obtain a different transmission arm of the kind described being of simple and cheap construction.
  • Another object of the invention is a different transmission arm of the kind described being easily and quickly assembled into actuating devices of gates and doors of different dimensions.
  • These objects are achieved by a transmission arm as in claim 1 or 2.
  • Thus, by the invention the first and/or second segment can be shortened by moving one or each axis towards the center of the same segment.
  • The adjustment of the position of an axis may be continuous (capability of even millimetric adjustment) or with discrete steps (capability of adjustment predefined in factory). In the former case there is greater freedom of choice but the assembling operations require a greater commitment; in the latter the positions are fixed in advance but the installation is immediate.
  • The invention and its advantages will be however clearer from the description of a preferred embodiment of a transmission arm, together with the attached drawings wherein
    • Figures 1 and 2 show a known arm for actuating devices of gates in two different positions;
    • Figures 3 and 4 show an arm according to the invention in two different positions;
    • Figure 5 shows an exploded view of the arm in figures 3 and 4;
    • Figures 6 and 7 show a variant of the arm of the invention in two different positions.
  • The arm of figures 3 and 4 is composed of a first segment 20, connected to a motor 26 for receiving a momentum, and a second segment 22, hinged both with the first segment and with a bracket 24, integral with a gate GT. The segment 22 has a pass-through longitudinal loop or slot 30 extending for most of the length thereof.
  • An end of the segment 22 is clasped between a lower plate 40 and an upper hub 42, which has on one side two equal diametrical fins 44, spaced apart each other as the width of the segment 22 so as to receive in the middle thereof the end of the segment 22, and on the other side a central pin 46 with which the hub 42 rotatably pivots into a ring 50 integral with an end of the segment 20. The hub 42, the pin 46 and the plate 40 have respective pass-through coaxial holes in which a screw 32, having a diameter a bit smaller than the width of the slot 30 and being tightenable by a nut 54, can be inserted. In the mounted assembly the screw 32 places itself inside the slot 30 and allows the hub 42, which is integral with the segment 22, to rotate constrained in the ring 50 about a vertical axis X (which is in common between the first and second segment).
  • During assembling one can either directly measure the correct length for the segment 22 and cut it at once or it can be placed inside the hub 42, between the fins 44, and then the plate 40 and the nut 54 on one side and the screw 32 on the other are mounted. The segment 22 can slide in the hub 42 by leaving the screw 32 slack, so as to adjust the length of the segment 22 with respect to the hub 42 (and therefore the position of axis X). When such a position is perfectly established (and, notice, by an adaptive manner to the actual installation), the screw 32 can be tightened in order to permanently fix the length of the segment 22 with respect to the axis X. The portion of the segment 22 which has passed through the hub 42 is in excess, and can be easily removed, e.g. by cutting it (see cut-line L). A filling end-member 52 can make the cut end of the segment 22 and the borders of the plate 40 and the hub 42 fit together, with also the advantage of covering any sharp burrs and unsatisfactory finishes.
  • In this manner the esthetic appearance of the arm remains always the same even after any working, cut and adjustment.
  • A variant of the second segment (see fig. 6 and 7, reference 22bis) provides in it for discrete positions for the axis X, in the example represented by an aligned series of pass-through holes 60 on which the screw 32 can be inserted (the remaining construction is identical to the preceding one). Such segment 22bis can be manufactured advantageously with standard length and, after determining during installation that hole corresponding to its desired length, the excess portion can be cut (see cut-line Lbis).
  • In the two variants, at the end of the installation the overall arm turns out to be of optimal length, without dangerous pointed and/or bulky parts, and maintaining unaltered esthetical appearance. It is to be noted above all that with the invention the gate GT can open completely without the arm hitting against a surrounding wall W (in dashed lines in figures 3-4 and 6-7).

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  1. Transmission arm for actuating devices of gates or doors, comprising
    a first rigid segment (20) connectable to a motor (26) for receiving a momentum,
    a second rigid segment (22) rotatably pivoted with a rotation axis (X) at one end to said first segment and at the other end to the gate or door (GT),
    means (30; 60) for longitudinally adjusting inside the first and/or second segment the position of said rotation axis (X) thereof,
    characterized in that
    said means are continuous linear adjustment means (30) wherein
    one of said segments (22) has a longitudinal pass-through slot (30) in the void space of which a rotation pin (32) of the same segment is slidingly adjustable,
    an end of said slotted segment (22) being clamped between two members (40, 42), one (42) of which is rotatably pivoted in said end of the other of said segments (20),
    wherein said two members are a lower plate (40) and an upper hub (42), the hub having, on one side, two equal diametrical fins (44) spaced each other as the width of the slotted segment (22) so as to receive in the middle the end of the one of said segments, and on the other side a central pin (46) by which the hub (42) rotatably pivots in a ring (50) integral with an end of the other of said segments (20).
  2. Transmission arm for actuating devices of gates or doors, comprising
    a first rigid segment (20) connectable to a motor (26) for receiving a momentum,
    a second rigid segment (22bis) rotatably pivoted with a rotation axis (X) at one end to said first segment and at the other end to the gate or door (GT),
    means (30; 60) for longitudinally adjusting inside the first and/or second segment the position of said rotation axis (X) thereof,
    characterized in that
    said means comprise discrete-positions adjusting means (60) wherein
    one of said segments (22bis) has an aligned series of pass-through holes (60) in which a rotation pin (32) of the same segment (22bis) can be arranged,
    an end of the one of said segment (22bis) being clamped between two members (40, 42), one (42) of which is rotatably pivoted in said end of the other of said segments (20),
    wherein said two members are a lower plate (40) and an upper hub (42), the hub having, on one side, two equal diametrical fins (44) spaced each other as the width of the one of said segment (22) so as to receive in the middle the end of the one of said segments, and on the other side a central pin (46) by which the hub (42) rotatably pivots in a ring (50) integral with an end of the other of said segments (20).
  3. Actuating device comprising the arm according to any one of the preceding Claims.
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