EP3342967B1 - Sliding and positioning device for doors - Google Patents

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EP3342967B1
EP3342967B1 EP17211209.6A EP17211209A EP3342967B1 EP 3342967 B1 EP3342967 B1 EP 3342967B1 EP 17211209 A EP17211209 A EP 17211209A EP 3342967 B1 EP3342967 B1 EP 3342967B1
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    • 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
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • 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
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D2015/1028—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with only the wing moving transversely
    • E05D2015/1039—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with only the wing moving transversely the wing sliding transversely on the carriage
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets

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  • the present invention refers to the field of latches for furniture, furnishings, doors and windows, and the like, and it relates to a sliding and positioning device for doors, especially suitable for pairs or triplets of coplanar doors in their closed condition in the respective piece of furniture, piece of furnishings or door or window.
  • Sliding devices for doors that are always staggered, i.e., arranged and sliding on respective parallel, spaced apart geometric planes, are known in the art. These known devices are simple and reliable, but have the drawback that apart from being unaesthetic and unpleasant to potential users, the staggering of the doors leaves gaps and leaks that do not allow to isolate and divide the spaces separated by the closed doors, with the resulting risk of a passage of insects, odours, light, and so on.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a sliding and positioning device for doors that is simple, reliable and cost-effective.
  • Another object is to provide a noiseless device.
  • a further object is to provide a device easy and intuitive to operate manually.
  • Another object is to provide a device that allows, starting from a condition in which one first door is open, to open another door without having to close the first door preliminarily.
  • a further object is to provide a device suitable for as many as three doors or more.
  • Another object is to provide a device that may be used also in pieces of furniture having accessible tops, such as kitchen sideboards, dressers and the like, where the space for upper guides and members is reduced.
  • Document EP 1 001 125 belongs to the general state of the art of the invention.
  • the numeral 1 indicates one first opening device, which is comprised in the sliding and positioning device for doors, according to the present invention.
  • Said sliding and positioning device may comprise, but not necessarily, a second opening device 101, shown in Figures 32-47 and described hereinafter.
  • the sliding and positioning device for doors is assigned to connect a piece of furniture or a furnishings, or a window or a door or a door frame or the like, hereinfter collectively referred to only as "piece of furniture", to a plurality of doors, three in this case, and to allow said doors to move so as to open their respective passages or gaps that are occluded by the same when they are closed.
  • the first opening device 1 is fixed, on one side, to the upper portion of the piece of furniture, and, on the other side, to the upper portion of the internal face of each door, and it is provided that the possible second opening device 101 is connected to the lower portions of the piece of furniture and of the doors.
  • the invention provides that the positions of the first and second opening devices are inverted because the reduced size of the second opening device lends itself well to the little space available under the tops of said sideboards and/or to sideboards having tops high enough to be used.
  • the sliding and positioning device subject-matter of the invention is for at least two doors, one main door AC and one secondary door AL of a piece of furniture or the like, and is illustrated and described in its preferred embodiment for a main door AC (located in the middle in the closed condition) and for two secondary doors AL (located sideways with respect to the main one in the closed condition).
  • the device comprises at least one first opening device 1 which is fixed, on one side, to the piece of furniture and, on the other side, to the internal face of each door AC, AL, as already seen.
  • Said first opening device 1 comprises at least one first elongated guide means 5 having a longitudinal extension nearly equal to the overall width of the doors AC, AL in the condition of complete closing of the piece of furniture and parallel to the geometric plane defined by such doors AC, AL in said condition and parallel to the main opening and closing direction of the doors AC, AL.
  • the first guide means 5 may consist of a profile in metal, for example in aluminium or its alloys, having a squared U-shaped cross-section, in which several elements of the device are obtained.
  • a longitudinal upper edge of the profile of the first guide means 5 may comprise an attachment for a longitudinal cover edge, clearly apparent from Figure 6 , assigned to protect and enclose the elements inside the profile.
  • the longitudinal edges of the cover and the profile, respectively, opposed to the corresponding edges connected by means of said attachment, are mutually spaced apart and form a longitudinal slot assigned to the passage and slide of the door connection elements or arms.
  • the main door AC is fixed to a respective moving means 7 having a primary carriage means 11 sliding along first rail means 13 which extend along the first guide means 5, parallel to it 5, with which they form a single body or, alternatively, to which they are firmly fixed.
  • This moving means 7 for the main door AC further has a secondary carriage means 17 connected to the primary carriage means 11 in a sliding way in a leaving and approaching direction perpendicular to the first rail means 13 and to said closing geometrical plane.
  • Each secondary door AL is fixed to respective rolling means 21 sliding along second rail means 23 which extend along the first guide means 5 parallel to it 5, with which they form a single body or, alternatively, to which they are firmly fixed.
  • the device 1 For each secondary door AL, the device 1 comprises a respective elongated transmission means 27 sliding in a respective longitudinal seat 29 obtained in or fixed to the first guide means 5.
  • the transmission means 27 consists of a straight metal rod or bar preferably with a rectangular or square cross-section, and with flat lateral faces.
  • the transmission means 27 is connected, at one of its ends, to the respective secondary door AL by means of a corresponding detachable connection 31 and, at the other end, to operation means 33 of the secondary carriage means 17.
  • the detachable connection 31 is of a kind that is detachable by applying a limited manual force to the secondary door AL, and that is attachable by means of the transmission means 27 approaching and/or mutually matching the respective secondary door AL in operation.
  • the operation means 33 deviate orthogonally and transmit the portion of the sliding motion of the transmission means 27, resulting from the initial opening stroke of the respective secondary door AL, to the secondary carriage means 17; in this way the opening of the secondary door causes it to move away from the rail means and from the piece of furniture.
  • the vertical, i.e., lateral edges of the doors are bevelled, for example at 45°, to allow the initial opening movement without any collisions or creeping between the edges of the doors.
  • Each detachable connection 31 comprises a first element 37 fixed to the portion of the internal face of the respective secondary door AL opposed to the main door AC in the condition of complete closing of the doors.
  • Each detachable connection 31 further comprises a second element 39 fixed to the corresponding end of the respective transmission means 27.
  • first 37 and second 39 elements consist of one among complementary connection clips, detachable connection ratchet gears, male and/or female, Velcro complementary elements, or one of them is preferably a permanent magnet, for example of the neodymium type, and the other one is a permanent magnet or an element made of ferromagnetic material.
  • the first 37 and second 39 elements also comprise brackets, arms or connections for supporting and fixing said magnetic elements.
  • first 37 and second 39 elements are mutually engaged, and when the respective secondary door AL opens, they connect the latter to the respective transmission means 27 and trails the latter until it goes along a slide length sufficient at least to drive the operation means 33.
  • such transmission means 27 is stopped by a respective stopping means, for example consisting of an end stroke ridge or pin or of the other transmission means 27, and the first 37 and second 39 elements mutually separate each other as a result of the opening force, allowing such secondary door AL to open completely, whereby they end their lateral stroke and overlap the main door AC.
  • a respective stopping means for example consisting of an end stroke ridge or pin or of the other transmission means 27, and the first 37 and second 39 elements mutually separate each other as a result of the opening force, allowing such secondary door AL to open completely, whereby they end their lateral stroke and overlap the main door AC.
  • the operation means 33 of the secondary carriage means 17 comprise first inclined planes 47, each one fixed to the end of a transmission means 27 opposed to the respective detachable connections 31 and acting on a wheel means 49 fixed to the secondary carriage means 17; the initial opening sliding of a secondary door AL translates the respective transmission means 27 whose first inclined plane 47 acts on the wheel means 49 and translates said main door AC perpendicular to itself and to said closing geometrical plane.
  • the first inclined planes 47 may be obtained by means of corresponding bar cuts appropriately inclined.
  • the first inclined planes 47 may consist of corresponding inclined faces of end plugs applied to the corresponding ends of such tubular rods.
  • the operation means 33 of the secondary carriage means 17 comprise a pantograph means fixed to the primary carriage means 11 and having an end which matches with the ends of the transmission means 27 of the secondary doors AL opposed to the respective detachable connections 31, and the other end which matches with the secondary carriage means 17 and pushes it as a result of the movement of the first end.
  • the operation means 33 of the secondary carriage means 17 comprise rocker arm means hinged on the primary carriage means 11, and each one having its own ends interacting between the secondary carriage means 17 and the end of the corresponding transmission means 27.
  • the secondary carriage means 17 is equipped with an attachment 51 for the internal face of the main door AC which, in the event of having a device for three doors, is measured for the passage of the side secondary doors AL.
  • the attachment 51 is in the shape of a squared "U” and asymmetrical, and has a thickness which is lower than the width of the slot between the profile of the first guide means 5 and the respective cover, so as to slide without creeping therebetween.
  • the secondary carriage means 17 is also equipped with a plurality of first rolling members 53, consisting of small wheels, for example, with a rotation axis parallel to the first guide means 5.
  • the first small wheel rolling means 53 are assigned to roll along track means 55.
  • Such track means 55 consisting of pairs of planes and/or sheets, for example, of the primary carriage means 11, parallel and mutually spaced apart at a distance that is slightly greater than the diameter of the interposed first rolling means 53, are perpendicular to said closing geometrical plane.
  • each of said wheel means 49 is parallel to the closing geometrical plane and perpendicular to the first guide means 5.
  • axles of the wheel means 49 cross respective passing slots 57 parallel to the direction of leaving and approaching, and obtained in the primary carriage means 11.
  • the primary carriage means 11 comprises at least one elongated guiding slot 59, parallel to and interposed between the passing slots 57, and is assigned to the sliding of a guiding slider 61, made of anti-friction plastic material, for example, fixed to secondary carriage means 17.
  • the secondary carriage means 17 is connected to the primary carriage means 11 by means of a set of elastic springs 63, for example a pair of helical springs, which apply to the secondary carriage means 17 a force directed in the approaching direction.
  • Said primary carriage means 11 also comprises a plurality of second rolling members 65, tied to roll along first rail means 13, for example.
  • the second rolling members 65 for example in a number of four, may consist of wheels with perimetral grooves having a cross-section complementary in shape with the cross-section of the first rail means 13.
  • the first rail means 13 may coincide with the second rail means 23.
  • Each transmission means 27 has a longitudinal face assigned to the rolling of the wheel means 49 during the sliding of the corresponding main door AC. Obviously, such longitudinal face is joined to the corresponding first inclined plane 47 so that the respective wheel means 49 may roll along and between them in a smooth manner, without jamming.
  • the first opening device 1 further comprises a plurality of pairs of magnetic positioning elements 69 fixed, one of each pair, to the first guide means 5, and the other of each pair to the primary carriage means 11 or to each secondary door AL where the elements of each pair face each other in the closed condition to stably and yet reversibly maintain such condition of the doors.
  • the first opening device 1 is fixed to a portion of the internal face of each door AC, AL, close to an edge of such face, whereas a possible second opening device 101 of the sliding and positioning device for doors is fixed, on one side, to the piece of furniture, and on the other side, to a portion of the internal face of each door AC, AL close to the edge of such face which is opposite to the connecting edge of the first opening device 1.
  • Such second opening device 101 comprises at least one second elongated guide means 105 consisting of a metal profile in the shape of a squared "C", for example, with longitudinal edges folded towards each other.
  • the second guide means 105 has a longitudinal extension nearly equal to that of the first opening device 1 and parallel to the latter 1.
  • the second guide means 105 is equipped with a respective longitudinal seat 129 for the sliding of elongated rod means 127 parallel to the second guide means 105.
  • Each rod means 127 may consist of a straight metal bar, rectangular in section for example, having a longitudinal portion which is complementary in shape with the cavity of the seat 129 of the second guide means 105 to slide along the latter 105.
  • Each rod means 127 is connected to a respective secondary door AL and the main door AC is fixed to a respective translation means 111 that is movable, starting from the closed condition, in a leaving and approaching direction perpendicular to the second guide means 105 and to said geometric plane, and movable along said rod means 127.
  • Each secondary door AL is fixed to respective sliding means 121 which slide parallel to the second guide means 105 or along the same 105.
  • each rod means 127 and the respective secondary door AL is made by means of a corresponding detachable connection 131.
  • each rod means 127 opposed to the detachable connection 131 bears pushing means 133 assigned to cause the translation of the translation means 111 in said leaving direction.
  • the sliding of a secondary door AL towards and adjacent main door AC causes the detachable connection 131 to trail the rod means 127 of such secondary door AL; the sliding of the road means 127 translates the pushing means 133 which push the translation means 111 and move the main door AC away from said closing geometric plane and allow the overlapping of such main door AC with the open secondary door AL.
  • Each detachable connection 131 comprises a first component 137 fixed to the respective secondary door AL or to the corresponding sliding means 121 and it comprises a second component 139 fixed to the corresponding end of the respective transmission means 27 where such first 137 and second 139 components consist of one among complementary connection clips, detachable connection ratchet gears, male and/or female, Velcro complementary elements, or one of them is preferably a permanent magnet and the other one is a permanent magnet or an element made of ferromagnetic material.
  • first 137 and second 139 components are mutually engaged, and when the respective secondary door AL opens, they connect the latter to the respective rod means 127 trailing it until it goes along a slide length at least sufficient to drive the pushing means 133.
  • the rod means 127 is stopped by a respective stop means, and the first 137 and second 139 components separate each other as a result of the opening force, allowing such secondary door AL to open completely and overlap the main door AC.
  • Each pushing means 133 of the translation means 111 consists of, or comprises, at least a respective second inclined plane obtained from or fixed to the end of a rod means 127 opposite to the respective detachable connections 131.
  • Such inclined plane of the pushing means 133 acts on a respective small wheel means 149 fixed to the translation means 111.
  • the initial opening sliding of a secondary door AL translates the respective rod means 127 whose second inclined plane 133 acts on the small wheel means 149 and pushes said main door AC perpendicular to itself in said leaving direction.
  • Each sliding means 121 is equipped with a set of slipping means 171, of a rolling type or of a sliding type with low friction, assigned to match with respective longitudinal surfaces of the corresponding rod means 127, and to slide along them.
  • the small wheel means 149 of the translation means 111 roll along at least one of said longitudinal surfaces of the rod means 127.
  • Such translation means 111 is optionally equipped with second slipping means 173 of the sliding type with low friction, assigned to match with respective longitudinal surfaces of the rod means 127 and to slide along them.
  • the primary carriage means 11, the secondary carriage means 17, the translation means 111 and the sliding means 121 are made of a ferrous metal sheet which is cut, bent and possibly welded.

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