EP2878749B1 - Sectional door with bolt assembly - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a sectional door with a door leaf, a door leaf integrated in the door leaf, a guided for guiding the door leaf movement between an open position and a closed position guide rail assembly and a latch assembly for the integrated door leaf, wherein at least two door leaf elements each having at least one locking device between a Locking position and a release position is assigned adjustable locking element, at least two locking devices is assigned a common actuatable for adjusting the locking elements actuating means and the actuating device is coupled via a connecting device to the locking device, wherein the connecting means on the locking device at least two successive in the direction of the pivot axis associated door leaf elements, in each case in the direction of the pivot axis ersteckende, verschiebba in the direction of the pivot axis r with respect to the door leaf elements held and with respect to the tilting axis mutually tiltable coupling rods, wherein facing axial ends of at least two coupling rods are connected to each other via a deformable connecting element.

Door leaves of sectional doors have a plurality of relative to each other extending tilt axes against each other tiltable Torblattelementen. Such sectional doors are used in the form of garage doors and in the form of industrial doors for closing passages in garages and industrial halls. In both cases, the door leaf in the closed position is usually arranged approximately in a vertical plane and in the open position above the head approximately in a horizontal plane. To guide the Torblattbewegung between the closed position and the open position are usually guide rails with an approximately rectilinear and approximately parallel to the side Torblattrand in the closed position extending vertical section, an approximately rectilinear and approximately parallel to the side Torblattrand in the open position extending horizontal portion and one of the two rectilinear Provided sections interconnecting arcuate portion.

The mobility of the door leaf along the arcuate portion can be ensured because the door leaf elements of the door leaf are mutually tiltable connected to each other about perpendicular to the guide rails extending tilt axes. For this purpose, usually hinge-like connecting elements between the door leaf elements are used.

If a person wants to leave a space locked with such a sectional door, the gate door having a width of 5 m or more in industrial doors must be moved as a whole from the closed position to the open position. This not only means a considerable burden on the mechanical elements of the door leaf, but is also associated with a considerable amount of time. To solve these problems has already been proposed to integrate a door with a pivotable about an approximately perpendicular to the tilting axes and in the closed position of the door leaf approximately in the direction of gravity pivot axis with respect to the adjacent door leaf elements door leaf in the door leaf. Such a "wicket door" allows leaving the closed space with the door leaf without opening the door leaf as a whole. Rather, only the door leaf integrated in the door leaf must be opened by pivoting about the pivot axis. To enable an opening movement of the door leaf with the door leaf integrated therein, the door leaf of such constructions consists of a plurality of door leaf elements which can be tilted relative to one another with respect to the axes of inclination with respect to the tilt axes.

To ensure the burglary security required in the rule must not only one of the movement of the door leaf of the closed position in the open position counteracting latch assembly in the Torblattschließstellung, but also in a locking position a pivoting movement of the door leaf about the pivot axis counteracting latch assembly are provided so that penetration into the closed space with the door leaf is not possible through the wicket door. Such latch assemblies usually have a recorded in a door leaf element lock, the locking element is received in the locking position in a recess which is provided in the door leaf member facing edge of the adjacent Torblattelements.

In view of the fact that door leaf elements and door leaf elements conventional gates of the type described above usually consist of metal shells with a wall thickness of 1 mm or less, between which an insulating material can be arranged to improve the burglary has already been proposed, the castle receiving door leaf element and to equip the adjacent door leaf element with reinforcing elements, which complicate a violent opening. However, it has been shown that a satisfactory burglar resistance is not achievable with these measures.

In view of these problems in the prior art is in the DE 20 2005 007 416 U1 an improvement of the known locking arrangement proposed, in which the locking arrangement has at least two locking devices, each of which counteracts in the locking position of a pivoting movement of a respective door leaf element with respect to an adjacent Torblattelement. In the locking arrangement described in the cited document, the locking elements of the locking devices are realized in the form of thrust bolts, which are to be operated individually. In view of the associated with the operation of the individual locking elements time expenditure is often observed that only one of the locking elements is actually brought into the locked position, so that a satisfactory burglary is indeed not guaranteed on a regular basis. A simple operation of bar arrangements with two or more locking devices is by a in the EP 1 722 052 B1 described improvement of the known locking arrangements according to the preamble of patent claim 1 achieved. In the latch assembly described in this document according to the preamble of claim 1, the individual locking devices are coupled via a linkage to a common actuating element. This linkage comprises a plurality of coupling rods, each of which is slidably fixed to a door leaf member in the direction of the pivot axis, wherein tilting of the door leaf elements equipped with the coupling rods with respect to the tilt axes while ensuring a reliable power transmission between the actuator and the latch means by elastic connecting elements between the individual coupling rods is made possible. This elastic Connecting devices can according to EP 1 722 052 B1 be realized by cylindrical tension springs which are attached to adjacent coupling rods. The cylindrical tension springs are enforced to counteract a spring extension of a metallic wire.

However, it has been found that the installation of corresponding bolt assemblies is connected to the wicket doors of a sectional door with a considerable effort, because first the coupling rods must be attached to the individual door leaf elements and coupled to the corresponding locking devices, which then causes a tilting of the door leaf elements with respect to the tilt axes enabling connection between the coupling rods is to produce.

In the face of this shortage was in the DE 10 2008 039 746 A1 a locking arrangement has been proposed in which the connecting device has at least one continuously extending over the entire length between the actuating device and at least one locking device and generally with respect to its longitudinal axis and parallel to the tilting axis extending bending lines bendable, in particular elastically bendable connecting element. According to the cited document, sectional doors equipped with such locking arrangements can be produced by forming a recess designed to receive a locking device and / or an actuating device in a core of the door leaf element arranged between two shells in a first method section, then a covering element on the one with the recess fitted edge of the door leaf element and then inserted a locking device and / or an actuating device in a recess of the cover and then a connecting element is inserted into a preferably groove-shaped recess in the core. Although in this way a significant simplification of the assembly of bolt assemblies for integrated in a sectional door leaf wicket doors is achieved, it has been found that still a considerable amount of time is required for this assembly, and the reliability of this known latch assembly can not always be guaranteed.

To remedy these shortcomings is in the DE 10 2011 008 224 A1 proposed a locking arrangement for a built-in a door leaf of a sectional door wicket in which the mutually facing axial ends of the coupling rods in the closed position of the door panel for transmitting a push and / or pull movement in the direction of the pivot axis are assigned to each other engageable coupling surfaces. The coupling rods are not permanently connected to each other in this solution, but can be completely detached from each other in the course of a Torblattbewegung along an arcuate portion of a given path. The door leaf elements with the coupling rods held thereon can in this known latch arrangement as a preassembled module be connected to each other locally for the production of integrated in a door leaf door leaves, without that still a connection between the individual coupling rods must be made. It is no longer necessary to attach the connecting means of the latch assembly to the finished assembled door leaves. As a result, on-site assembly is significantly simplified, because a substantial part of the assembly work in the production of pre-assembled modules, consisting of door leaf elements, coupling rods and possibly locking devices, factory, ie if necessary by machine, can be performed.

However, this latch assembly can lead to incorrect operation when the actuator of the latch assembly is actuated in already raised door leaf, because the thus triggered movement of the actuator associated coupling rod is not transferred to already canceled contact with the subsequent coupling rod on this. This can lead to the individual locking devices being actuated independently of one another, and a regular operating state in which the locking devices are actuated simultaneously again when the actuating device is actuated can only be restored with difficulty.

The patent FR 2 978 189 A1 describes a sectional door with a latch assembly for an integrated door leaf, wherein at least two door leaf elements is associated with a locking device with at least one adjustable between a locking position and a release position locking element, wherein at least two locking devices is assigned a common actuatable for adjusting the locking elements actuating device and the actuating device is coupled via a connecting device to the locking device, wherein the connecting device to the locking device at least two consecutive in the direction of the pivot axis door leaf elements, each in the direction of the pivot axis ersteckende, slidably mounted in the direction of the pivot axis with respect to the door leaf elements and deformable with respect to the tilt axis fasteners in the form of cables.

In view of the above-described problems in the prior art, the present invention seeks to provide a development of sectional doors with bolt arrangements for wicket doors, which ensures a high level of reliability with ease of installation and satisfactory burglary.

This object is achieved by a development of the example. From the EP 1 722 052 B1 solved known sectional door, which is characterized essentially in that the mutually facing axial ends of the coupling rods connecting deformable connecting element an elongation of less than 10%, esp. Less as 5%, more preferably less than 1%, at a tensile load of 1000 N, wherein the connecting element is designed as a wire rope section.

This invention is based on the finding that tilting of the door leaf elements equipped with the coupling rods with respect to the tilting axes while ensuring a reliable power transmission does not necessarily require the use of elastic and therefore also regularly stretchable connecting elements, for example in the form of cylindrical tension springs, but also by using plastically deformable Connecting elements can be ensured, which have only a slight stretchability.

When using such plastically deformable fasteners can on the use of bolt arrangements according to EP 1 722 052 B1 necessary means for guiding and positioning are omitted. These means are used in bar arrangements according to EP 1 722 052 B1 with elastic connections between successive coupling rods needed to limit the extensibility of the fasteners and the associated risk to the reliability.

In the context of this invention, it has been recognized that in the absence of elastically deformable connecting elements, a sufficient limitation of the extensibility can be achieved, which according to EP 1 722 052 B1 necessary means for guiding and positioning makes dispensable.

When using inventive connecting elements, which are also referred to below as plastically deformable connecting elements, it must be ensured that the deformability of the connecting elements is sufficient to allow a Torblattbewegung along a curved guide rail section. In this context, it has proved to be expedient if the connecting element has an axial length of more than 10 mm, preferably more than 20 mm.

On the other hand, a transmission of shear forces must be ensured with the plastically deformable connecting elements used according to the invention. Therefore, connecting elements according to the invention have an axial length, i. H. a length in the direction of the coupling rods in the closed position of the door leaf, of preferably less than 200 mm, esp. Less than 100 mm, on.

With regard to the necessary deformability of plastic connecting elements used according to the invention, it has proven expedient for the connecting element to have a diameter of 20 mm or less, preferably 10 mm or less, in particular 7 mm or less.

In view of the necessary transmission of shear forces, the plastically deformable connecting element used according to the invention expediently has a diameter of 4 mm or more, preferably 5 mm or more.

A reasonable compromise between sufficient deformability on the one hand and a reliable transmission of shear forces on the other hand can be achieved if the ratio of the axial length of the connecting element to the diameter in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis cutting plane 20 or less, esp. 15 or less, more preferably 10 or less , is.

According to the invention, the connecting element is designed as a wire cable section. In particular, the axial ends of the connecting element can be pressed into recesses formed in mutually facing axial ends or end faces of the coupling rods.

In the context of the invention, the coupling of the coupling rod to the locking device can take place, for example, in that the coupling rod passes through a locking device and the pushing movement of the coupling rod is suitably transmitted to the locking element by a transmission device arranged in the locking device. However, manufacturing technology and assembly technology, it has proved to be particularly advantageous if at least one coupling rod extending the coupling rod in the radial direction, preferably arranged outside the guide rod designed for non-rotating guidance of the coupling rod and movable in the axial direction with the coupling rod entraining device for coupling the coupling rod to the Latch device is assigned. In this embodiment of the invention, no special adaptation of the locking device to the coupling rod is required. Rather, the coupling rod can be arranged completely outside the locking device, wherein the movement of the coupling rod via the coupling rod in the radial direction widening, ie in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the coupling rod extending plane entrainment is transmitted to the locking device. Appropriate management and entrainment facilities are in the DE 10 2011 008 224 A1 described. The disclosure of this document with regard to the execution of guide and entrainment devices for coupling the coupling rod to the locking device is hereby incorporated by explicit reference in this description.

The sectional door according to the invention with a locking arrangement comprises as essential elements two, three or more in each case via plastically deformable connecting elements, which are designed as wire rope sections, interconnected coupling rods. These interconnected coupling rods can be preassembled. During assembly of the sectional door leaf, this preassembled module can be inserted into corresponding guide grooves in the pivot axis facing away from edges of the door leaf elements and then coupled to the locking devices. The coupling rods accommodated in the guide grooves can then be at least partially covered by covering devices.

Fig. 1

eine schematische Darstellung von zwei mit einer Riegelanordnung ausgestatteten Türblattelementen einer in ein Sektionaltorblatt integrierten Schlupftür eines erfindungsgemäßen Sektionaltors,

Fig. 2

die Verbindung aufeinanderfolgender Kopplungsstangen einer Riegelanordnung eines erfindungsgemäßen Sektionaltors und

Fig. 3

eine Darstellung einer Mitnehmereinrichtung einer Riegelanordnung eines erfindungsgemäßen Sektionaltors.

The invention will be explained with reference to the drawing, to which reference is expressly made with respect to all essential to the invention and in the description unspecified highlighted details. In the drawing shows:

Fig. 1

a schematic representation of two equipped with a latch assembly door leaf elements integrated in a Sektionaltorblatt wicket door of a sectional door according to the invention,

Fig. 2

the connection of successive coupling rods of a locking arrangement of a sectional door according to the invention and

Fig. 3

an illustration of a driver of a latch assembly of a sectional door according to the invention.

In Fig. 1 two successive door leaf elements 10 and 20 are shown in the direction of the pivot axis of the door leaf, each of which can have sheet metal shells with a wall thickness of less than 1 mm, between which a foam core is received. The edges of the door leaf elements 10 and 20 facing the adjacent door leaf elements 10, 20 and facing away from the pivot axis of the door leaf are covered by, for example, cover elements 12 or 22 designed as extruded aluminum profiles in order to protect the foam core accommodated between the sheet metal shells and to stabilize the door leaf element 10 , In the cover 12 is a in the foam core of the door leaf member 10 extending, a locking device and an actuator of a latch assembly forming lock 14 is inserted. In the cover 22 of the door leaf member 20 is an actuatable by the lock 14 locking device 24 embedded a latch assembly of a sectional door according to the invention. Also the locking device 24 extends from the cover 22 in the recorded between the metal shells of the door leaf member 20 foam core.

From a comparative analysis of the Fig. 1 a and 1 b shows that the locking device 24 is tilted when passing through an arcuate portion of the door leaf leading guide track with respect to the lock 14. A transmission of a serving for actuating the locking device 24 movement of the lock 14 on the locking device 24 while ensuring the tilting of successive door leaf elements 10, 20 allowing connection device is hereinafter with reference to the Fig. 2 explained.

Thereafter, the connection device has a coupling rod 110 assigned to the door leaf element 10, which is coupled to a connecting element 30 (not shown), which is designed as a wire cable section, to a coupling rod 110 assigned to the door leaf element 20.

The coupling rod 110 is slidably mounted on the door leaf member 10 with respect to the door leaf member 10 in the direction of the pivotal axis of the door panel. For this purpose, the coupling rod 110 is received in a guide channel 16 of the cover 12, as the Fig. 2b can be seen. The guide channel 16 is formed integrally with the cover 12 and has a rectangular cross-section whose shape and size is adapted to the rectangular cross-section of the coupling rod 110. In this way, a rotationally secure guidance of the coupling rod 110 during a movement in the direction of the pivot axis, ie perpendicular to the plane of the paper, in Fig. 2b reached. Similarly, the door leaf member 20 associated coupling rod 110 is slidably received in a rectangular guide channel 16 of the cover 22 in the direction of the pivot axis and fixed with respect to the door leaf member 20. The designed as a wire cable section connecting element 30 is pressed into an end-side recess of the coupling rod 110. Likewise, the end of the wire rope section 30 facing away from the end pressed into the front end of the coupling rod 110 is pressed into a corresponding recess in the coupling rod assigned to the door leaf element 20.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, the wire rope section 30 has a diameter of 5.5 mm. The length of the wire rope section 30 is less than 50 mm. Therefore, the ratio of the axial length to the diameter of the guide member is greater than 10. The wire rope section 30 has an elongation of less than 1% with a load of 1,000 N. The wire rope section 30 has a successive to ensure trouble-free movement Door leaf elements 10, 20 along an arcuate portion of a guideway sufficient deformability. Due to the low elongation ensures that tensile forces are reliably transmitted from the actuator to the locking device 24. The described relationship between the length of the wire rope section 30 and the diameter also ensures the reliable transmission of thrust forces from the actuating device to the locking device 24 of a sectional door according to the invention.

In FIG. 3 a carrier device 300 designed for coupling the coupling rods 110 to a latch arrangement is shown. The entrainment device 300 has a driver element 310 penetrated by the coupling rod 110, the coupling rod 110 being accommodated with play in the entrainment element 310. The driver 310 may be applied to an actuator of the lock 14 serving as the operating and latching means.

The driver element 310 has two spaced apart in the direction of the pivot axis and interconnected via a connecting leg in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis cutting plane approximately U-shaped running receiving leg, between which in a plane perpendicular to the pivot axis extending also about U-shaped transmission element 320 is recorded. The transmission element 320 is also penetrated by the coupling rod 110. The coupling rod 110 is clamped to the transmission device via a clamping screw screwed into a threaded bore 322 of the transmission element 320. Due to the two-part design of the driver 300 with the driver 310 and the transmission element 320, the compensation of misalignment in the vertical alignment of the push rod is possible, while at the same time ensuring the transmission of push and pull movements of the coupling rod 110 on the actuator or from the actuator the coupling rod 110 a floating in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the coupling rod 110 extending plane of the coupling rod 110 is made possible by means of the recorded between the areas connecting means 320.

The movement of the driving device 300 with respect to the lock 14 is guided via a guide device. The guide device has on the driver element 310 and the transmission element 320 provided on guide projections 316, which are guided in a parallel to the coupling rod 110 extending guide slot which is formed in a for fixing the latch 14 formed by the lock means 24 on the door leaf member 20 serving guide plate , Through cooperation the guide projections 316 with the guide slot is the axial movement or lifting movement of the driver 300 and thus also the coupling rod 110 is guided and axially limited.

The invention is not limited to the embodiment explained with reference to the drawing. Rather, it is also possible to use coupling rods with a rotationally symmetrical cross section. Instead of guide and entrainment devices interspersed by coupling rods locking devices can be used.

Of course, bar arrangements according to the invention can also be attached to door leaf elements, which are formed in one piece, without Isolierstoffkern or in the form of aluminum hollow profiles or wood profiles.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10, 20

Door panel elements

12, 22

Covering elements / cover profiles

14

Lock

16

guide channel

24

locking device

30

Connecting element / wire rope section

110

coupling rod

300

entrainment

310

dogging

316

guide projections

320

Transmission element / connection device

322

threaded hole

Claims (8)

1. A sectional gate with a gate leaf, a door leaf integrated into the gate leaf, a guide rail arrangement designed to guide the movement of the gate leaf between an open position and a closed position, and a bolt arrangement for the integrated door leaf, wherein a bolt device (24) with in each case at least one bolt element that can be adjusted between a bolting position and a release position is assigned to at least two door leaf elements, a common actuation device that can be actuated to adjust the bolt elements is assigned to at least two bolt devices (24) and the actuation device is coupled to the bolt device (24) by a connection device, the connection device having on the bolt device (24) at least two coupling rods (110) assigned to door leaf elements that are consecutive in the direction of the swivel axis, each extending in the direction of the swivel axis, held displaceably in relation to the door leaf elements (10, 20) in the direction of the swivel axis and tiltable with respect to one another in relation to the tilt axis, axial ends that face one another being connected to one another by at least two coupling rods (110) by means of a deformable connection element (30), characterised in that the connection element (30) is plastically deformable and exhibits an extension of less than 10% when subjected to tensile force of 1000 N and the connection element (30) is in the form of a section of wire cable.
2. The sectional gate according to Claim 1, characterised in that the connection element (30) has an axial length of more than 10 mm, preferably more than 20 mm.
3. The sectional gate according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the connection element (30) has an axial length of less than 200 mm, preferably 100 mm or less.
4. The sectional gate according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the connection element (30) has a diameter of 20 mm or less, preferably 10 mm or less.
5. The sectional gate according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the connection element (30) has a diameter of 4 mm or more, preferably 5 mm or more.
6. The sectional gate according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the ratio of the axial length to the diameter of the connection element (30) is 20 or less, in particular 15 or less, particularly preferably 10 or less.
7. The sectional gate according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that axial ends of the connection element (30) are pressed into openings formed in axial ends of the coupling rods (110) that face one another.
8. The sectional gate according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that a carrier device (300) for coupling the coupling rod (110) to the bolt device (24), extending the coupling rod (110) in the radial direction, preferably disposed outside of the guide device and moveable with the coupling rod (110) in the axial direction is assigned to at least one coupling rod (110).

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