EP2597242B1 - Self-closing device for a sliding door - Google Patents

Self-closing device for a sliding door Download PDF

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EP2597242B1
EP2597242B1 EP11382357.9A EP11382357A EP2597242B1 EP 2597242 B1 EP2597242 B1 EP 2597242B1 EP 11382357 A EP11382357 A EP 11382357A EP 2597242 B1 EP2597242 B1 EP 2597242B1
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Miquel Tuset Mestre
David Pich Martínez
Francesc Marín Garcia
Jordi Escura Sabaté
Pau Sarsanedas Millet
Dídac Puebla Ribas
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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
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/16—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for sliding wings
    • 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
    • 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
    • E05F3/04—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with liquid piston brakes
    • E05F3/10—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with liquid piston brakes with a spring, other than a torsion spring, and a piston, the axes of which are the same or lie in the same direction
    • 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
    • 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
    • E05F3/227—Additional arrangements for closers, e.g. for holding the wing in opened or other position mounted at the top of wings, e.g. details related to closer housings, covers, end caps or rails therefor
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/51—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles for railway cars or mass transit vehicles
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/53—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/531—Doors
    • E05Y2900/532—Back doors or end doors

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  • the present invention refers to a sliding door with a self-closing device, particularly, a door with a self-closing device suitable for a manual linear sliding door, e.g. a sliding door for toilet modules of railway vehicles.
  • the linear sliding doors are mounted on an upper guide and a lower guide, through sliders.
  • the upper guide guides the door and also has a support function of the door leaf and its sliding mechanisms.
  • Said self-closing devices have the drawback that the closing force of the door is not constant, being also very difficult to regulate the closing speed at the last closing stretch of the door.
  • the regulation of the closing speed of the door at the last stretch is essential to prevent impacts and the trapping danger of the user hands. However, it is important to stress that the closing speed in this last stretch must be enough to guarantee the complete closing of the door. Furthermore, once the door is completely closed, it is desirable that the self-closing device presses the upright of the door to prevent the accelerations or decelerations of the railway vehicle to produce undesired apertures or closings of the door.
  • the devices of said documents include closing means of the door provided with an actuator axis that is hingedly joined to a closing arm of the door that rotates driven by said actuator to close the door.
  • the device includes a closing guide of the door in which a first hinged end of said closing arm is mounted, said hinged end being susceptible of moving inside the closing guide when the opposed hinged end of the arm moves associated with the door guide to close said door.
  • the rotation speed of the actuator axis that drives the closing arm can be regulated to regulate the closing speed of the door.
  • the devices of these documents have the drawback that they provide a very limited closing path for the door. To prevent this, it is necessary to use very long closing arms which make difficult the installation and the operation of the device.
  • Another drawback of the devices of said documents is that the use of the reactive forces that act on the arm to exert the movement of the door changes a lot along the path, being difficult to guarantee a substantially constant closing force assuring the correct operation of the device (undesired apertures or closings by accelerations or decelerations of the vehicle) and, at the same time, being difficult to guarantee a smooth aperture of the door (under current regulations the aperture force must not exceed 60 N).
  • the object of the present invention is to solve said drawbacks, developing a sliding door with a self-closing device particularly a manual linear sliding doors of toilet modules of railway vehicles, having the main advantage that provides a suitable closing path, and also that obtains a substantially constant closing force of the door, that guarantees the optimal operation of the closing device and a smooth aperture of the door.
  • the present invention provides a sliding door with a self-closing device, said device-comprising closing means of said door and a closing arm of said door that is associated to an actuator axis of said closing means, said device comprising also a closing guide of the door, a first hinged end of said closing arm being mounted associated with said closing guide, said first hinged end being susceptible of moving along said closing guide while a second opposed hinged end of said arm moves associated with a moving guide of the door to close said door, and it is characterized in that said closing means include a closing body provided with a spring that drives said actuator axis, the actuator axis being placed so that it permits said arm to pivot about a plane perpendicular to the door plane, and in that said closing guide is arranged along a direction forming an acute angle " ⁇ " with respect to the moving guide of the door itself, the direction of said closing guide permitting a movement of the arm providing a closing path "dAB" of the door additional to the path that provides the rotation of the arm itself on the same
  • the present invention also provides a method for mounting a sliding door with a self-closing device, comprising the steps of:
  • the closing guide of the door is placed positioned or inclined forming an acute angle " ⁇ " with respect to the moving guide of the door itself. Thanks to this feature, the device provides a suitable closing path with no need of using a long closing arm. This is because the position of the guide permits a movement of the arm that provides a closing path "dAB" of the door additional to the path that provides the rotation of the closing guide itself.
  • the total closing path of the door is not only because the rotation of the arm when it moves along the guide, but also because the "horizontal translation" of the arm itself when it moves from an initial point of position "A" to a final point or position "B" of the guide.
  • Another advantage of the device of the present invention is that permits to obtain a substantially constant closing force, because the inclined position of the guide permits an optimal use of the reactive forces acting on the arm, the variation of the angle forming the arm with respect to the moving guide of the door being very reduced. Thanks to this feature, the device can be designed guaranteeing a closing force at the end of the path that is suitable to keep the door closed and, at the same time, guaranteeing a closing force that is suitable to permit a smooth aperture (force not higher than 60N at the start of the closing path).
  • said second hinged end of the closing arm is joined to the actuator axis of said closing means, said closing means being associated to the door guide, so that said closing means moves with said door.
  • the closing means are associated with the door guide, mounted e.g. on the supports that hold the door through the sliders, so that they occupy a very reduced space.
  • said closing means are joined to a support of the leaf door that is associated with a slider of the guide of the door.
  • the closing body that includes the device can be easily found in the market, because they are usually used for hinged doors.
  • said closing means include means for regulating the rotation speed of the actuator axis and, preferably, said regulation means are hydraulic regulation means that permit to regulate the rotation speed of the axis of one or several stretches of the closing path of the door.
  • two closing speed can be obtained: a quick closing speed of the door from the start and during the most of the path, and a slow speed when it arrives at 100 mm from the door upright, to prevent the hands to be trapped, but at the same time strong enough to guarantee the complete closure.
  • said closing guide is straight, the line that joins the end points (A, B) of said straight guide forming said acute angle " ⁇ " with respect to the moving guide of the door.
  • said closing guide is arranged along a direction forming an acute angle " ⁇ " lower that 90° with respect to the moving guide of the door and, advantageously, said angle " ⁇ " is an acute angle from 30° and 50°.
  • said closing guide is placed at a distance from the moving guide of the door such that,
  • the disclosed self-closing device 1 is applied to a manual lineal sliding door 2 that is used in toilet modules of railway vehicles.
  • Said linear sliding doors 2 are mounted on an upper guide 3 and a lower guide 4, by sliders 5a, 5b that are joined to side supports 6a, 6b of the leaf 7 of the door 2.
  • the self-closing device 1 includes closing means that are configured by a closing body 8 of commercial kind, provided with a spring that drives the actuator axis 9.
  • the closing body 8 is joined to the frontal support 6a of the door 2 so that said closing body 8 and its actuator axis 9 are susceptible of moving with the door 2 by the sliders 5a, 5b of the upper guide 3.
  • the device 1 includes a closing guide 10 and a closing arm 11 that is associated to the actuator axis 9 of the closing body 8, so that said arm 11 is susceptible of pivoting about a plane perpendicular to the door plane 2.
  • the closing arm 11 includes a first hinged end 11a mounted slidingly inside the closing guide 10, and a second hinged end 11b joined to said actuator axis 9 of the closing body 8. Said first hinged end 11a is susceptible of being moved inside the closing guide 10 while said second opposed end 11b moves associated to the upper guide 3 of the door 2 to close said door 2.
  • Figs. 3 and 4 show the positions of the closing arm 11 when it moves to close the door 2, from a starting point or position "A" to a final point or position "B" of the closing guide 10.
  • the claimed closing device 1 is characterized in that the closing guide 10 is arranged along a direction forming an acute angle ⁇ lower than 90° with respect to the moving guide 3 of the door 2 itself.
  • the total closing path "dT" of the door 2 is incremented with respect to the path of the prior art devices, with no need of using a closing door 11 with a great length.
  • the inclined closing guide 10 provides a closing path "dAB" additional to the path that provides the rotation of the arm 10 itself at the same closing guide 11.
  • Fig. 5 shows graphically the additional closing path "dAB” that provides the horizontal translation of the arm 11 when it moves from the starting position "A” to the final position “B” of the closing guide 10. Thanks to said additional path "dAB”, in the present invention, the total closing path "dT” of the door 2 is enough to guarantee, according the regulations, a useful aperture of said door 2 of at least 500 mm with a length "1" of the closing arm 11 lower than 400 mm.
  • the closing guide 10 has been placed at a distance from the moving guide 3 of the door 2 so that it permits to arrange, at a starting point or position "A" of said closing guide 10, said closing arm 11 along a direction forming an angle ⁇ A higher than 10° with respect to the door guide 3 and to arrange, at a final point or position "B" of the same closing guide 10, said closing arm 11 along a direction forming a angle ⁇ B lower than 80° with respect to the same guide 3 of the door 2.
  • Said positions of the closing arm 11 have the advantage that minimize the residual reactive forces "FRr", or forces that not compensate the momentum acting on the closing arm 11. This contributes to keep a closing force substantially constant that guarantees a smooth aperture (force not higher than 60N at the path start) and, at the same time, a secure closure supporting the maximum unevenness of the vehicle, with no need of mechanical anchorages.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 show a diagrammatical development of the static forces acting on the device 1 at the open door 2 and closed door 2 positions.
  • the design features of the device 1 of these Figs. 6 and 7 are:
  • the claimed device it is possible to guarantee the correct closure of the door 2, preventing undesired apertures caused by accelerations or decelerations of the vehicle and, at the same time, guaranteeing a smooth aperture of the door 2 (aperture force at the start of the path lower than 60N).
  • said residual reactive forces "FRr” can be minimized even more, providing a curved trajectory to the closing guide 10. Furthermore, it has been observed that, applying design features ( ⁇ , ⁇ ⁇ A, ⁇ B, l, L ) of the device similar to those shown in Figs. 6 and 7 , the curved trajectory of the guide 10 contributes to make uniform more the closing forces, because the horizontal component of the residual reactive forces "FRr" on the curved guide reduces the closing force "FCPA" at the start of the path and, on the other hand, increases the closing force "FCPB" at the end of the path.
  • the length "1" of the closing arm 11 and the length "L” of the closing guide 10 have been chosen 375 mm and 397 mm, respectively, because they are the lengths that has been considered more suitable for working with the commercial value chosen from the torsion momentum "MA/MB” of the actuator axis 9, and for providing a total closing path "dT" of the door 2 higher than 500 mm.
  • these lengths can change if different working torsion momentum "MA/MB" and/or a different closing paths of the door 2 are changed.
  • the closing arm 11 has been joined to the actuator axis 9 of the closing body 8, through a hole with a substantially square section, that has been arranged along a direction forming the line that defines a side of the square section an angle " ⁇ " with respect to the line defining the length of the arm.
  • This angle " ⁇ " of the hole prevents the actuator axis 9 engaged to the arm 11 to reach its end or mechanical stop at the end of the path of the door 2, determining a "pre-charge" of the device 1 that guarantees to obtain an optimal torsion momentum "MB", at the end of the closing path, in the closed door 2 position.
  • this body 8 is provided with hydraulic means for regulating the rotation speed of the actuator axis 9.
  • the regulation hydraulic means have the advantage that permit to regulate two closing speeds of the door 2; a first quick closing speed during the most part of the path, and a second slower closing speed, when it arrives at about 100 mm from the door 2 upright, to prevent the hands to be trapped.
  • Another advantage of the regulation hydraulic means is that they exert a shock-absorbing effect of the impact of the door 2 against the upright, so that it prevents the use of additional shock-absorbing mechanisms.
  • the claimed device 1 permits the self closing of a manual linear sliding door 2 of a toilet module of a railway vehicle, with no need of mechanical anchorages and meeting always the railway regulations of access doors, that requires a useful aperture also greater than 500 mm, a force not higher than 60N for the total opening of the door 2, and a force of 13N or lower in the impact of the door 2 against an object during the closing path.

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EP11382357.9A EP2597242B1 (en) 2011-11-22 2011-11-22 Self-closing device for a sliding door
PT113823579T PT2597242E (pt) 2011-11-22 2011-11-22 Dispositivo de fecho automático para porta deslizante
HUE11382357A HUE025387T2 (en) 2011-11-22 2011-11-22 Self-locking device for sliding doors
ES11382357.9T ES2545670T3 (es) 2011-11-22 2011-11-22 Dispositivo de cierre automático para una puerta corredera
PL11382357T PL2597242T3 (pl) 2011-11-22 2011-11-22 Samoczynne urządzenie zamykające do drzwi przesuwnych

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