EP3626922A1 - Actuation aid, system of a rolling bearing and at least one actuation aid and method for supporting a manual door actuation with support of at least one actuation aid - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an actuation aid (30) for supporting a manual door actuation by a person in at least a section of the door opening angle by moving a slide piece (21) mounted in a slide rail (20) from an activation position (25) into a final position (27) . The invention also relates to a system (1) comprising at least one actuation aid (30), a lever mechanism (11), a slide (21) mounted on a slide rail (20) and a pivot bearing (10) which is arranged on the door, wherein the pivot bearing (10) is mechanically operatively connected to the slide (21) via the lever mechanism (11), and furthermore, when the door (60) is manually operated by a person, the slide (21) moves from its starting position into an end position ( 24) moves. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for supporting a manual door operation by a person in at least a section of the door opening angle with an assistant (50) by at least one operating aid (30) and / or by such a system (1).

Description

The present invention relates to an actuation aid for supporting a manual door actuation by a person in at least a portion of the door opening angle by moving a slide piece mounted in a slide rail from an activation position into a closing position. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a system comprising at least one actuation aid, a lever mechanism, a slide piece mounted in a slide rail and a pivot bearing which is arranged on a door, the pivot bearing being mechanically operatively connected to the slide piece via the lever mechanism, and further being a manual operation of the door by a person moves the slider from a start position to an end position. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for supporting a manual door operation by a person in at least a section of the door opening angle with an assistant by at least one operating aid.

Basically, door actuators or actuation aids for automatic and driven actuation of doors are known. Such door actuators or actuation aids can be, for example, a door closer and / or a door opener and accordingly automatic closing or opening of a door leaf of a door. Known door actuators are usually mechanically operatively connected to a slide in a slide rail by means of a lever mechanism, with either the door actuator being arranged on the door leaf and the slide rail being arranged on the door frame or vice versa. The door actuator takes up a large amount of space due to the design. For actuation of the door, an actuating force is exerted by the door operator on the slide mechanism via the lever mechanism, whereupon the slide moves in the slide rail and the door is actuated as a whole.

Due to the mechanical structure, for example the lever mechanism used, it can happen that in different operating areas when the door is moved by the door operator, the door is operated with a different operating force. In particular in a last section of an actuation of the door, for example the last 20 ° when a door is closed, it can lead to a reduction in the actuation force. This can lead to problems, for example when the door is finally closed, particularly in the case of door actuators which are not designed to be powerful.

Manual doors without constructive and / or technical additions on the other hand offer no comfort functions beyond the properties of a manual door. Due to the lack of any extensions, the range of functions is limited to the dependent functions of a door, which usually require an interaction of a person with the door.

It is an object of the invention to provide an actuation aid for supporting manual door actuation, a system comprising at least one actuation aid and a method for supporting manual door actuation, in which manual door actuation is supported in sections by an assistant.

This object is achieved by an actuating aid with the features of independent claim 1. Furthermore, the object is achieved by a system with the features of independent claim 11 and by a method with the features of independent claim 15. Further features and details of the invention result from the dependent claims, the description and the drawings. Features and details that are described in connection with the actuation aid according to the invention also apply, of course, in connection with the system according to the invention and the method according to the invention and vice versa, so that with respect to the disclosure of the individual aspects of the invention, reference is always made or can be made to one another.

According to a first aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by an actuation aid for supporting a manual door actuation by a person in at least a section of the door opening angle by moving a slide piece mounted in a slide rail from an activation position into a final position. In the case of an actuating aid according to the invention, it is provided that the actuating aid has an energy storage unit for providing an auxiliary force, a driver section that is mechanically operatively connected to the energy storage unit, and an activation section for activation by a counteractivation section of the slider when the slider moves in the direction of the End position at least at an activation position arranged between the start position and the end position, the actuating aid further comprising a release device, which is mechanically operatively connected to the activation section, the driver section and the energy storage unit, for releasing a release of the auxiliary power from the energy storage unit via the driver section to a counter driver section of the sliding piece to provide the assistant on the slide in the direction of the final position.

According to the invention, a final position in the manual opening process of the door corresponds to an adjustable end position of the opening movement of the door and can correspond to a door opening angle between 85 ° and 120 °, preferably 90 °. In the manual closing process of the door, a final position corresponds to the end position of the closing movement of the door and thus a door opening angle of 0 °. A door opening angle is to be understood as the angle between the door leaf and the door frame. A start position corresponds to the start position of the movements listed. An actuating aid according to the invention is intended for use with a manual door with a pivot bearing. Such an actuation aid can be used, for example, for closing and / or for automatically holding a door leaf of a door in an adjustable open position. The pivot bearing is usually mechanically operatively connected to a slide that is movably mounted in a slide, so that when the door is manually operated by one person, the slide moves in the slide, especially from a starting position towards an end position. In the case of an actuating aid designed as a door closer, for example, the starting position of the sliding piece can be complete opened, correspond to the end position of a fully closed door. An actuating aid according to the invention can now be used to provide an auxiliary force for at least one area of the movement of the sliding piece in the sliding rail, which auxiliary force preferably acts on the sliding piece along or at least essentially along the operating force of the person manually actuating the door and this also moves towards the final position.

In order to be able to provide this, an actuation aid according to the invention has, in addition to further elements, four essential components. Mechanical energy can be stored in an energy storage unit of the actuating aid, which mechanical energy can be given to the sliding piece as an auxiliary force, in particular by the remaining components of the actuating aid, for example a driver section. In particular, an activation section of the actuation aid according to the invention can be used to provide the auxiliary force depending on a position of the slide in the slide rail. For this purpose, the activation section is designed in such a way that it can be activated by a counter-activation section of the slide as soon as the slide is in an activation position arranged between the start position and the end position and then preferably moves further in the direction of the end position. The activation section can preferably be designed such that it remains activated for the entire range of motion between the activation position and the end position of the slider. In the case of an actuation aid according to the invention, a mechanical operative connection can be used to pass this activation of the activation section on to a release device.

In other words, the activation device also activates downstream, preferably simultaneously, the activation device in such a way that it releases the release of the auxiliary worker from the energy storage unit. For this purpose, the release device is in turn mechanically operatively connected to the energy storage unit. The release device of the actuating aid according to the invention is therefore responsible for controlling the delivery of the assistant. Without activation by the activation section, the release of the assistant is blocked by the release device. If, on the other hand, there is an activation of the activation section, the release device releases a corresponding delivery of the auxiliary power to the slide. For this delivery of the auxiliary force, a driver section is provided in an actuating aid according to the invention, which in turn is mechanically operatively connected to the energy storage unit. In particular, this mechanical operative connection can be used to provide that mechanical energy stored in the energy storage unit is delivered to the slider as an auxiliary force via the driver section, in particular as an auxiliary force that acts in the direction or at least essentially in the direction of the closing position of the slider. Assistance to the manual operation of the door by a person who also acts as a force on the slide in the direction of the closing position by this auxiliary person can be provided in this way. Overall, preferably for at least a portion of the range of movement of the slide between the activation position and the final position, an auxiliary force can be delivered to the slide by the actuation aid, as a result of which the manual actuation of the door can be supported in this range of motion.

In the case of an actuation aid according to the invention, provision can preferably be made for the activation section to be arranged in a waiting position, the driver section in a retracted position and the release device in a blocking position without activation of the activation section by the counter-activation section, the counter-activation section moving the activation section into an active position and simultaneously moving through the respective mechanical operative connections of the driver section move into a driving position and the release device into a release position. In this preferred embodiment of an actuating aid according to the invention, the provision of the individual functions of the various components of the actuating aid according to the invention, in particular activating the release of the auxiliary power by the activation section, releasing a release of the auxiliary power from the energy storage unit by the release device and releasing the auxiliary power the slider can be provided by the driver section by correlating the positions each occupied by the components. In particular, the actuation aid can therefore be essentially in two states, a state without activation, in which the activation section in the waiting position, the driver section in the retracted position and the release device in the blocking position are arranged, and an activated state in which the activation section in the active position, the driver section is arranged in the driving position and the release device in the release position. The respective positions preferably differ in that, for example, the activation section does not have any activation due to the counteractivation state in its waiting position and there is an activation due to the counteractivation state in its active position. The driver section on the other hand, it can preferably be arranged in such a way that in its retracted position it does not make contact with the counter-driver section of the slide, but in its entrained position it does. In the release device, it can preferably be provided that in its blocking position it blocks a release of the auxiliary power from the energy storage unit via the driver section to the slide and releases it in its release position. This correlation of the individual positions of the components can in particular be provided mechanically in a particularly simple manner, for example by lever elements, linkages and / or even by a one-piece or one-piece configuration of at least parts of the individual components.

An actuating aid according to the invention can also be designed in such a way that the release device has a release guide with a blocking area and a release area and a release pin indicated in the release guide, wherein the release of the auxiliary force from the energy storage unit is blocked in the case of a release pin arranged in the blocking area and in the release area arranged release pin is released. Such a release guide with a release pin guided in the release guide represents a particularly simple way to provide a release device for an actuating aid according to the invention. For example, the blocking area can be designed in such a way that a delivery of the auxiliary power is blocked by simply guiding the auxiliary power into a blocking area. In the release area, on the other hand, the direction of force of the assistant can be directed past the blocking surface, as a result of which the blocking can be released and the assistant can be released. For example, the release area can preferably have a longitudinal extent, the Release pin is moved guided during the delivery of the assistant along this longitudinal extent in the release area. With regard to the embodiment already described above, it can in particular be provided that the release pin in the blocking area of the release guide corresponds to a blocking position of the release device and correspondingly a release pin in the release area of the release guide corresponds to a release position of the release device.

An actuating aid according to the invention can preferably be further developed in such a way that the release pin is held in a form-fitting and / or non-positive manner in the blocking area. In this way, an unwanted release of a submission of the assistant can be prevented in a particularly simple manner or at least made significantly more difficult. In other words, a self-locking of the release pin in the blocking area can be provided at least in this way. Only when the activation section is activated is the corresponding mechanical operative connections used to move the release pin from the blocking area into the release area, as a result of which the auxiliary force can then be released via the driver section onto the sliding piece.

Furthermore, an actuating aid according to the invention can be further developed in such a way that the release guide is L-shaped or at least essentially L-shaped. Such an L-shaped configuration of the release guide represents a mechanically particularly simple way to provide a release guide. For example, the L-shaped release guide can be arranged such that the short leg of the L's transversely to the direction of movement of the slider, the long leg along the direction of movement of the Slider is arranged. In this arrangement, the short leg forms the blocking area, the long leg the release area. The transition between the two legs of the L-shaped release guide can also be particularly preferably rounded, in order to simplify a transition of the release pin between the two legs, both from the short to the long leg and from the long to the short leg.

An actuating aid according to the invention can particularly preferably be further developed in such a way that the activation section for a movement of the release pin from the blocking area of the release guide into the release area of the release guide is mechanically operatively connected to the release pin, in particular that the activation section and the release pin are arranged on a common lever element. A forwarding of the activation of the activation section through the counter-activation section of the slide to the release pin as part of the release device can be provided in a particularly simple manner in this way. Simultaneous movement of the activation section and the release pin as part of the release device can be ensured via the mechanical operative connection. In particular in the embodiment in which the activation section and the release pin are arranged on a common lever element, this correlation of the movements or the positions of these two elements and thus of the activation section and the release device can be prepared in a particularly simple manner and also ensured.

According to a further preferred embodiment of an actuating aid according to the invention, it can further be provided that the driver section and / or the activation section are arranged on a U-shaped fork lever, in particular that the driver section and the activation section are arranged on different legs of the U-shaped fork lever. The driver section and the activation section are provided, in particular, for an interaction of the actuating aid according to the invention with the slide piece in the slide rail. U-shaped fork levers are particularly suitable for providing this interaction. Particularly preferably, both the driver section and the activation section can be arranged on a common U-shaped fork lever, wherein the driver section and the activation section are each arranged on different legs of the U-shaped fork lever. Simultaneous movement of the activation section in its waiting position and of the driver section in its retracted position into the active position or the driving position can be provided particularly easily in this particularly preferred embodiment. As soon as the common U-shaped fork lever moves, both sections are transferred from their corresponding positions without activation of the actuation aid to their corresponding positions with activation.

The activation section and the release device, for example in the form of a release pin, are particularly preferably arranged on a common lever element, and the activation section and the driver section are arranged on a common U-shaped fork lever. In other words, all three components, the activation section, the driver section and the release device are arranged on a common lever element. As above in relation to the driver section and the Activation section described, in this particularly preferred embodiment, a correlated change in the respective positions of these components can be prepared and ensured in a particularly simple manner by arrangement on a common lever element.

An actuation aid according to the invention can also be designed such that the actuation aid has an arrangement interface for arrangement in an arrangement position on a counter-arrangement interface of the slide rail. In this way, it can be provided in a particularly simple manner to arrange the actuating aid on the slide rail, in order then to be able to provide the auxiliary person for assisting the actuation of the door when the door is operated manually by a person. The arrangement interface can in particular be designed in such a way that the actuating aid can be fully integrated into the slide rail. It is also possible to retrofit an existing slide rail with a corresponding arrangement interface of the actuation aid.

An actuating aid according to the invention can also be further developed in such a way that, when an actuating aid is arranged in the arrangement position on a slide rail, at least the activation section for contacting the slide piece projects into the slide rail. The activation section of the actuation aid is provided for contacting the counteractivation section of the slider. This contacting usually represents the first interaction between the actuating aid according to the invention and the sliding piece in the sliding rail. This can be achieved and ensured particularly simply by protruding the activation section into the sliding rail. In particular, the activation section can extend so far into the Protrude into the slide rail that it at least partially blocks a movement of the slide from its start position into its end position, this blockage being able to be lifted when the counteractivation section contacts the activation section by transferring the actuation aid into an activated state.

Furthermore, in the case of an actuation aid according to the invention, it can be provided that the energy storage unit has a spring element, in particular a plate spring element, for reversibly storing the auxiliary force. Spring elements, in particular disc spring elements, have proven to be particularly suitable for use as an energy storage unit in an actuating aid according to the invention. Thus, spring elements, preferably disc spring elements, are mechanically particularly simple and can store large auxiliary forces in a particularly small volume.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by a system comprising at least one actuating aid, a lever mechanism, a slide piece mounted in a slide rail and a pivot bearing which is arranged on the door, the pivot bearing for actuating a door via the lever mechanism with the Slider is mechanically operatively connected, and wherein, when the door is manually operated by a person, the slider moves from a start position to a final position. A system according to the invention is characterized in that the actuation aid is designed according to the first aspect of the invention. All of the advantages that have been described in detail in relation to an actuation aid according to the first aspect of the invention can thus also be provided by a system according to the second aspect of the invention.

A pivot bearing arranged on the door is to be understood within the scope of the invention as a bearing for absorbing the bearing forces and for the mechanical operative connection of the sliding piece and the door via the lever mechanism. In addition, the pivot bearing can be regarded as weak.

Analogously to the first aspect, in the manual closing process of the door, a final position can correspond to the end position of the closing movement of the door and thus to a door opening angle of 0 °. Likewise, according to the invention, a final position in the manual opening process of the door can correspond to an adjustable end position of the opening movement of the door, and a door opening angle between 85 ° and 120 °, preferably 90 °. A starting position corresponds to the starting position of the movements listed.

Furthermore, it can be provided in the system according to the invention that the slider has a slider pin, the counter-contact section and / or the counter-driver section being arranged on the slider pin, in particular being arranged on different sides of the slider pin. Such a sliding pin is a mechanically particularly simple component, which can particularly preferably be cylindrical. In the slider, the slider pin can also preferably be arranged transversely to a direction of movement of the slider from the start position to the end position. Such a slide pin is particularly preferably suitable for cooperation with an activation section and a driver section of the at least one actuating aid according to the invention, which in turn are preferably designed as different legs of a U-shaped fork lever. In this embodiment in particular, it is particularly preferred that the counter-contact section and the counter-driver section are arranged on different sides of the slide pin.

In the system according to the invention, it can also be particularly preferred that the at least one actuation aid is integrated in the slide rail. A particularly compact embodiment of a slide rail and thus of an entire system according to the invention can be provided in this way.

In addition, a system according to the invention can be designed such that the system has a first and a second actuation aid, the first actuation aid for providing a first auxiliary force on the slide piece in the direction of a first closing position and the second actuation aid for providing a second auxiliary force on the slide piece is designed in the direction of a second final position.

This particularly preferred embodiment of the invention enables a first assistant for at least a portion of the door opening angle for a manual closing movement. Furthermore, a second assistant for at least a portion of the door opening angle is made possible for a manual opening movement. For example, for a manual door operation by a person, a first assistant can be generated in the section of small door opening angles, preferably between 15 ° and 0 °, which ensures automatic or supportive and convenient closing of the door. Likewise, for a manual door operation by a person, a second assistant can be set in the section of larger door opening angles, preferably between 85 ° and 120 °, particularly preferably between 85 ° and 90 °, by means of which an open position of the door can be held automatically and safely .

In this embodiment, the first and second actuation aids are thus designed to be mirror images. The structural arrangement of the first and second confirmation aids can also be designed as a mirror image, but can also be solved in many other ways.

1. a) Bewegen des Gleitstücks in der Gleitschiene in Richtung einer Abschlussposition angetrieben durch die manuelle Türbetätigung durch eine Person,
2. b) Aktivieren der mindestens einen Betätigungshilfe durch ein Kontaktieren des Aktivierungsabschnitts der mindestens einen Betätigungshilfe durch den Gegenkontaktabschnitt des Gleitstücks bei Erreichen der Aktivierungsposition der mindestens einen Betätigungshilfe durch das Gleitstück,
3. c) Betätigen der Freigabevorrichtung der mindestens einen Betätigungshilfe durch den Aktivierungsabschnitt zum Freigeben einer Abgabe der Hilfskraft aus der Energiespeichereinheit, und
4. d) Abgeben der Hilfskraft aus der Energiespeichereinheit der mindestens einen Betätigungshilfe über den Mitnehmerabschnitt der mindestens einen Betätigungshilfe an den Gegenmitnehmerabschnitt des Gleitstücks zum Bereitstellen der auf das Gleitstück zumindest im Wesentlichen in Richtung einer Abschlussposition wirkenden Hilfskraft.

According to a third aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by a method for supporting a manual door operation by a person in at least a section of the door opening angle with an assistant by at least one operating aid according to the first aspect of the invention and / or in a system according to the second aspect the invention. A method according to the invention is characterized by the following steps:

1. a) moving the slide in the slide in the direction of a final position driven by the manual door operation by a person,
2. b) activating the at least one actuation aid by contacting the activation section of the at least one actuation aid by the counter-contact section of the slide when the activation position of the at least one actuation aid is reached by the slide,
3. c) actuating the release device of the at least one actuating aid by the activation section for releasing a release of the auxiliary worker from the energy storage unit, and
4. d) delivering the auxiliary force from the energy storage unit of the at least one actuation aid via the driver section of the at least one actuation aid to the counter-driver section of the slide for providing the slide on the slide at least in Assistant working towards a final position.

A method according to the invention is carried out by an actuation aid according to the first aspect of the invention or in a system according to the second aspect of the invention. All of the advantages which have been described in detail in relation to an actuation aid according to the first aspect of the invention or in relation to a system according to the second aspect of the invention can thus also be provided by a method according to the invention in accordance with the third aspect of the invention, which by such an actuation aid or such a system can be executed.

In a first step a) the slide is moved in the slide, driven by the manual door actuation by one person. This movement takes place from a starting position of the slider towards a closing position of the slider. Manual door operation by a person means, in particular in the sense of the invention, that the sliding piece is acted upon by an operating force due to the effort of a person in the form of a manual door operation and the power transmission through the door, the pivot bearing and the lever mechanism.

When an activation position is reached by the slider, the activation position being arranged between the start position and the end position, in the next step b) of a method according to the invention, by activating the activation section of the at least one actuating aid by means of a mating contact section of the slider, the activation section and thus the activation section triggered at least one actuation aid. The activation of the activation section by the counter-activation section can additionally include, in particular, not only the mere contacting of the activation section by the counter-contact section, but also a further movement of the slide and a continuous contact of the activation section by the counter-contact section of the slide.

As a result of the activation of the activation section in step b), in the following step c) of a method according to the invention, a release device of the at least one actuation aid is actuated simultaneously or downstream via a mechanical operative connection through the activation section. This release device releases a release of the assistant from the energy storage unit of the at least one actuation aid when actuated. In other words, the activation of the assistant from the energy storage unit is blocked without activation of the activation section and the consequent actuation of the release device, but is released when an activation is present.

In the last step d) of a method according to the invention, this enables the auxiliary worker to be transferred from the energy storage unit to the slider. This takes place in particular via a driver section which is mechanically connected to the energy storage unit and which in turn contacts a counter driver section of the slider, in particular in a form-fitting manner, and in this way releases the auxiliary force to the slider. The auxiliary force preferably acts at least substantially in the direction of a final position of the movement of the slide in the slide rail, as a result of which either the already existing operating force from the manual door operation of a person by the auxiliary force of the Energy storage unit of the at least one actuation aid can be supported or whereby the assistant of the energy storage unit of the at least one actuation aid can independently carry out a section of the movement of the slide in the direction of a closing position.

In summary, it can thus be made possible by a method according to the invention that support for manual actuation of a door by a person, at least for the section of the door actuation in which the sliding piece moves in the slide rail between the activation position and a final position, by one of the at least one Actuating aid provided can be provided. Manual actuation of the door can be supported more securely and in particular with greater force in this way.

A method according to the invention can particularly preferably be developed in such a way that when the slide moves from its final position in the direction of the activation position, the auxiliary force is fed into the at least one actuating aid via the contact section and / or the driver section and is stored in the energy storage unit. In this particularly preferred embodiment in the form of a method according to the invention, it is now provided that the movement of the slider from the closing position in the direction of the activation position and in particular the already existing mechanical operative connection between the slider and the at least one actuation aid, provided via the contact section of the at least one actuation aid and the counter-contact section of the slider and / or the driver section of the at least one actuation aid and the Counter-driver section of the slider can be used to convert the manual movement of the door into mechanical energy, which can then be stored as an assistant in the energy storage unit of the at least one actuation aid. In this way, it can in particular be provided that for the next manual operation of the door by a person the assistant is available again in the at least one operating aid, so that the assistant is also made available for this new implementation of the manual operation of the door by a person Person can be provided to provide support.

Fig. 1

ein erfindungsgemäßes Verfahren,

Fig. 2

ein erfindungsgemäßes System,

Fig. 3

eine erste Ansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Betätigungshilfe,

Fig. 4

eine zweite Ansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Betätigungshilfe,

Fig. 5

eine erfindungsgemäße Betätigungshilfe während einer ersten Phase eines erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens,

Fig. 6

eine erfindungsgemäße Betätigungshilfe während einer zweiten Phase eines erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens,

Fig. 7

eine erfindungsgemäße Betätigungshilfe während einer dritten Phase eines erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens, und

Fig. 8

eine erfindungsgemäße Betätigungshilfe während einer vierten Phase eines erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens.

Fig. 9

zwei erfindungsgemäße Betätigungshilfen in einer Gleitschiene.

An actuating aid according to the invention, a system according to the invention and a method according to the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to drawings. All of the features and / or advantages arising from the claims, the description and the drawings, including structural details and spatial arrangements, can be essential to the invention both individually and in the various combinations. Elements with the same function and mode of operation are provided with the same reference symbols in the drawings. Each shows schematically:

Fig. 1

a method according to the invention,

Fig. 2

a system according to the invention,

Fig. 3

a first view of an actuating aid according to the invention,

Fig. 4

2 shows a second view of an actuating aid according to the invention,

Fig. 5

an actuating aid according to the invention during a first phase of a method according to the invention,

Fig. 6

an actuating aid according to the invention during a second phase of a method according to the invention,

Fig. 7

an actuating aid according to the invention during a third phase of a method according to the invention, and

Fig. 8

an actuating aid according to the invention during a fourth phase of a method according to the invention.

Fig. 9

two actuation aids according to the invention in a slide rail.

An actuating aid 30 according to the invention, a system 1 according to the invention and a method according to the invention as well as its implementation and the elements necessary for this are shown in FIGS Fig. 1 to 8 explained in more detail. The Fig. 1 to 8 are therefore described together below, with the individual figures being dealt with separately in each case.

Fig. 1 schematically shows a method according to the invention, wherein steps a) to d) are each designated with capital letters A to D. Such a method according to the invention can in particular be carried out in a system 1 according to the invention, as described in Fig. 2 is shown. Such a system 1 according to the invention has, in particular, a rotary bearing 10 which is mechanically operatively connected to a slide piece 21 (not shown) via a lever mechanism 11, that 20 is slidably mounted in a slide rail. In the embodiment shown, the pivot bearing 10 is arranged in particular on a door leaf 61 of a door 60, and the slide rail 20 correspondingly on a door receptacle 62 of the door 60. For a manual actuation of the door 60, an actuating force is exerted by a person, via the door 60 , The rotary bearing 10 and the lever mechanism 11 is transferred to the slide 21, which in turn then moves from a start position in a direction to a final position 27 (not shown). At least one actuating aid 30 according to the invention is arranged in the interior of the slide rail 20 Fig. 2 is covered by the cover of the slide rail 20. By means of this at least one actuation aid 30, an assistant 50 (not shown) can be provided for part of the manual actuation of the door 60, which assists the actuation force of the person and in this way a manual actuation of the door 60, in the embodiment shown, a closing the door 60, supported in at least one section.

The Fig. 3 and 4 now show in detail an actuating aid 30 according to the invention and the slider 21 which is arranged on the lever mechanism 11 and is mechanically operatively connected thereto. In Fig. 3 the actuating aid 30 and the slider 21 are shown in their actual relative arrangement in the system 1 according to the invention (not shown), in Fig. 4 separated for a better overview. An actuation aid 30 according to the invention has, in particular, arrangement interfaces 37, via which the actuation aid 30 can be arranged in an arrangement position on counter-arrangement interfaces 37 of the slide rail 20 (not shown). The major part of the actuation aid 30 according to the invention is occupied by the energy storage unit 35, which in the embodiment shown has, in particular, spring elements 36, for example cup springs. The auxiliary force 50 (not shown) can be stored particularly easily and in particular reversibly by means of these spring elements 36. In addition to the energy storage unit 35, the actuation aid 30 also has an activation section 33 which, together with the driver section 34 (not shown), are arranged jointly on a U-shaped fork lever 32. It is also visible that the activation section 33 protrudes downward from the actuation aid 30 and, in particular in the case of an actuation aid 30 arranged on the slide rail 20, projects into the slide rail 20. In this way it can be ensured that the activation section 33 in the waiting position 70 shown is the counter-activation section 22 of the slider 21, visible in FIG Fig. 4 , can contact. The embodiment of the slider 21 is shown, in which the counteractivation section 22 is arranged on a slider pin 26. The activation section 33 of the actuation aid 30 is further arranged together with a release pin 44 on a common lever element 31. This release pin 44 forms part of the release device 40 and is guided in a release guide 41. The release pin 44 is shown in a blocking area 42 of the release guide 41, as a result of which in particular the entire release device 40 is in its blocking position 72. Delivery of the auxiliary force 50 is blocked in this blocking position 72 of the release device 40, in particular, for example, as shown by introducing the auxiliary force 50 into a blocking surface as part of the blocking area 42. The release pin 44 is preferably held in the blocking area 42 in a positive and / or non-positive manner.

In the following Fig. 5 to 8 Different phases of a method according to the invention are described in succession, wherein in particular the actuation aid 30 and only the slider pin 26 are shown as part of the slider 21 (not completely shown).

According to a first step a) of a method according to the invention, in Fig. 1 denoted by A, the slider 21 and thus the slider pin 26 is moved in the direction of a closing position 27. The support for the manual actuation of the door 60 in the case of a sliding piece 21 is preferably ended in its final position 27, for example the door 60 is completely closed or opened, see in particular Fig. 8 . In Fig. 5 That point in time is now shown at which the slide pin 26 reaches the activation position 25, as a result of which the counteractivation section 22 arranged on the slide pin 26 contacts the activation section 33. This activation position 25 preferably corresponds to a point in time during the manual actuation of the door 60 at which it only executes the last 20 ° of your movement, for example. In other words, the at least one actuation aid 30 is activated by a person at the end of the manual actuation of the door 60. In addition to the in Fig. 3 and 4 elements of the actuating aid 30 shown in the Fig. 5 to 8 also the driver section 34 visible in the Fig. 5 is in its retracted position 71.

In Fig. 6 the slider pin 26 as part of the slider 21 has now moved from the activation position 25 towards the closing position 27 (visible in FIG Fig. 8 ) moves, as a result of which the entire positions of these elements have changed via the respective mechanical operative connections of the individual elements of the actuation aid 30 according to the invention. Lie in Fig. 5 the activation section 33 in its waiting position 70, the release device 40 in its block position 72 and the driver section 34 in its retreat position 71 are in front now in Fig. 6 to 8 these elements are shown in their active position 80, release position 82 or take-away position 81. This corresponds to steps b) and c) of a method according to the invention, in Fig. 1 designated B and C. This simultaneous, correlated change in the positions for providing a respective mechanical operative connection between these components of an actuating aid 30 according to the invention can be provided particularly simply overall in that the activation section 33, the driver section 34 and the release pin 44 as part of the release device 40 on a common lever element 31 are arranged, which at the same time forms a U-shaped fork lever 32, on which the activation section 33 and the driver section 34 are arranged in particular. This U-shaped fork lever 32 in particular enables the activation section 33 and the driver section 34 to engage around the counter-activation section 22 and the counter-driver section 23 on the slide pin 26 from different sides. Furthermore, in Fig. 6 visible that the release pin 44 is no longer in the blocking area 42 but in the release area 43 of the release guide 41 which is L-shaped in this embodiment. The assistant 50 (visible in Fig. 7 ), which is stored in the energy storage unit 35, is no longer diverted in the blocking area 42 by the release pin 44 into a blocking area, but can relax in a movement of the release pin 44 in the release area 43 of the release guide 41, as a result of which at the same time the driver section 34 and thereby the counter-driver section 23 and thus the entire sliding piece 21 in the direction of the closing position 27 in accordance with step d) of a method according to the invention, in Fig. 1 denoted by D, with the assistant 50 is applied. This assistant 50 is in particular in addition to the already existing example Operating force of the door actuation provided by one person. Overall, a manual actuation of the door 60 can thus be supported in this way by providing the assistant 50.

In Fig. 9 A system 1 according to the invention is shown with two actuation aids 30 in a slide rail 20, the first actuation aid for providing a first auxiliary force 50 (not shown) on the slide piece 21 in the direction of a first closing position 27 and the second actuation aid 30 for providing a second auxiliary force 50 (Not shown) is designed on the slider 21 in the direction of a second end position 27. For example, in the state shown, the activation section 33 of the left actuation aid 30 is in its waiting position 70. The assistant 50 (not shown) is available in the energy storage unit 35 of the left actuation aid 30. The components of the left actuation aid 30 are in the to Fig. 5 described condition. Furthermore, in the state shown, the slider is in a closing position 27. For example, the closing position 27 can be an end position 24 of a closing movement of a door 60 due to the manual actuation by a person. The door 60 would thus be in a closed state. The state can also represent that the final position 27 is an end position 24 of an opening movement of a door 60 by the manual actuation by a person. The door 60 would accordingly be in an automatically kept open state. The components of the right actuation aid 30 is located in the Fig. 8 described condition.

With a manual operation of the door 60, which causes a movement of the slide 21, the reverse sequence of the 5 to 8 corresponds, it can in particular be provided that the Slider pin 26, in turn, the driver section 34 or the activation section 33 are taken along, whereby the auxiliary force 50 can be stored again in the energy storage unit 35. For a next manual actuation of the door 60 (not shown) by a person, the assistant 50 is again available for provision by the at least one actuation aid 30 according to the invention.

Reference list

1

system

10th

Pivot bearing

11

Lever mechanism

20th

Slide rail

21

Slider

22

Counteractivation section

23

Counter driver section

24th

End position

25th

Activation position

26

Sliding pin

27

Final position

30th

Actuation aid

31

Lever element

32

Fork lever

33

Activation section

34

Driver section

35

Energy storage unit

36

Spring element

37

Layout interface

40

Release device

41

Approval management

42

Blocking area

43

Release area

44

Release spigot

50

Assistant

60

door

61

Door leaf

62

Door frame

70

Waiting position

71

Retreat position

72

Blocking position

80

Asset position

81

Take position

82

Release position

Claims (16)

Actuating aid (30) for supporting manual door actuation by a person in at least a portion of the door opening angle by moving a sliding piece (21) mounted in a slide rail (20) from an activation position (25) to a final position (27), the actuating aid ( 30) an energy storage unit (35) for providing an auxiliary person (50), a driver section (34) mechanically operatively connected to the energy storage unit (35) and an activation section (33) for activation by a counteractivation section (22) of the slider (21) in one Movement of the slider (21) in the direction of the end position (27) at least at an activation position (25) arranged between the start position and the end position (24), the actuating aid (30) further comprising a with the activation section (33), the driver section ( 34) and the energy storage unit (35) are each mechanically active and a release device (40) for releasing a release of the auxiliary power (50) from the energy storage unit (35) via the driver portion (34) to a counter-driver portion (23) of the sliding piece (21) for providing the auxiliary power (50) to the sliding piece (21 ) towards the final position (27). Actuating aid (30) according to claim 1,
characterized in that
without activation of the activation section (33) by the counter-activation section (22), the activation section (33) is arranged in a waiting position (70), the driver section (34) in a withdrawal position (71) and the release device (40) in a blocking position (72) , When the counter-activation section (22) is activated, the activation section (33) moves into an active position (80) and at the same time the driver section (34) moves into a driver position (81) and the release device (40) into a release position () through the respective mechanical operative connections. 82) move. Actuating aid (30) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the release device (40) has a release guide (41) with a blocking area (42) and a release area (43) as well as a release pin (44) guided in the release guide (41), the auxiliary worker (50) being released from the energy storage unit (35 ) is blocked in the case of a release pin (44) arranged in the blocking area (42) and is released in the case of a release pin (44) arranged in the release area (43). Actuating aid (30) according to claim 3,
characterized in that
the release pin (44) is held in a positive and / or non-positive manner in the blocking area (42). Actuating aid (30) according to claim 3 or 4,
characterized in that
the release guide (41) is L-shaped or at least essentially L-shaped. Actuating aid (30) according to claims 3 to 5,
characterized in that
the activation section (33) for moving the release pin (44) from the blocking area (42) of the release guide (41) into the release area (43) of the release guide (41) is mechanically operatively connected to the release pin (44), in particular that the activation section ( 33) and the release pin (44) are arranged on a common lever element (31). Actuating aid (30) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the driver section (34) and / or the activation section (33) are arranged on a U-shaped fork lever (32), in particular that the driver section (34) and the activation section (33) are arranged on different legs of the U-shaped fork lever (32) are. Actuating aid (30) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the actuating aid (30) has an arrangement interface (37) for arrangement in an arrangement position on a counter-arrangement interface of the slide rail (20). Actuating aid (30) according to claim 8,
characterized in that
in the case of an actuation aid (30) arranged in the arrangement position on a slide rail (20), at least the activation section (33) for contacting the slide piece (21) projects into the slide rail (20). Actuating aid (30) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the energy storage unit (35) has a spring element (36), in particular a plate spring element, for reversibly storing the auxiliary force (50). System (1) comprising at least one actuating aid (30), a lever mechanism (11), a slide (21) mounted in a slide rail (20) and a pivot bearing (10) which is arranged on the door (60), the pivot bearing (10) is mechanically operatively connected to the slide (21) via the lever mechanism (11), and the slide (21) also moves from a start position into a final position (27) when the door (60) is operated manually by a person ,
characterized in that
the at least one actuating aid (30) is designed according to one of the preceding claims. System (1) according to claim 11,
characterized in that
the slider (21) has a slider pin (26), the counter-contact section and / or the counter-driver section (23) being arranged on the slider pin (26), in particular being arranged on different sides of the slider pin (26). System (1) according to claim 11 or 12,
characterized in that
the at least one actuating aid (30) is integrated in the slide rail (20). System (1) according to claim 11 to 13,
characterized in that
the system (1) has a first and a second actuation aid (30), the first actuation aid (30) for providing a first auxiliary force (50) on the slide (21) in the direction of a first final position (27) and the second actuation aid ( 30) is designed to provide a second auxiliary force (50) on the slide (21) in the direction of a second final position (27). Method for supporting a manual door operation by a person in at least a section of the door opening angle with an assistant (50) by at least one operating aid (30) according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 10 and / or in a system (1) according to one of the preceding claims 11 to 14,
characterized by the following steps: a) moving the slide (21) in the slide rail (20) in the direction of a final position (27) driven by the manual door actuation by a person, b) activating the at least one actuation aid (30) by contacting the activation section (33) of the at least one actuation aid (30) through the counter-contact section of the slide (21) when the activation position (25) of the at least one actuation aid (30) is reached by the slide (21), c) actuating the release device (40) of the at least one actuating aid (30) by the activation section (33) for releasing a release of the auxiliary power (50) from the energy storage unit (35) of the at least one actuating aid (30), and d) delivering the auxiliary force (50) from the energy storage unit (35) of the at least one actuation aid (30) via the driver section (34) of the at least one actuation aid (30) to the counter-driver section (23) of the slide (21) in order to provide the Slider (21) at least essentially auxiliary force (50) acting in the direction of a closing position (27). A method according to claim 15,
characterized in that
when the slider (21) moves from a closing position (27) towards an activation position (25), the auxiliary force (50) is fed into the at least one actuating aid (30) via the contact section and / or the driver section (34) and into the energy storage unit (35) is saved.

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