FR2887283A1 - Garage door`s panel assembly protecting device, has elements with lateral flanges contacting lateral sides of panels, where one of flanges carries lug, with wing, laterally extended along another flange and determining surface - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has two panels (2, 3) whose longitudinal sides are articulated along a longitudinal axle (13). Two elements (25, 26) comprise lateral flanges (27, 31) contacting the lateral sides of the panels. The flange (31) carries a lug (53) comprising a longitudinal projecting wing (54), where the lug is laterally extended along the flange (27) and determines an outer surface (55) co-axial or concentric to the axle. The flange (27) comprises ribs (56, 57) guiding the lug in rotation along the axle. An independent claim is also included for a panel assembly comprising two panels.

Description

Protective device for adjacent corners of an assembly of

  pivoting panels, in particular door.

  The present invention relates to the field of panels hinged together, used in particular for the production of doors, especially garage.

  Certain types of garage doors comprise horizontal panels hinged together along horizontal axes, the end edges of which are provided with means that can slide in slides which successively have vertical parts located on either side of the opening. to close, arcuate upper parts and substantially horizontal parts in height.

  When the door is in the area of the vertical portion of the slide, the panels are aligned. When passing through the region of the arcuate portions of the slideways, the panels pivot on one side successively relative to each other.

  In some cases, some panels are cut into three parts, the middle portions of which are hinged on one side to the corresponding end portions so that these medial portions constitute an auxiliary access door that can be opened when the panels are aligned. and vertical.

  According to a particular known embodiment, the adjacent edges of the panels have grooves in which hinges are installed. These grooves determine longitudinal ribs such that when the panels are pivoted on one side with respect to the other, the space determined by the grooves is not accessible with a finger of a person. This arrangement is what is commonly referred to as an anti-finger clamp and prevents the light from passing through the door.

  The object of the present invention is to provide a protective device adapted to substantially constitute an anti-finger clip in the corner areas of the adjacent panels determining said auxiliary door and to substantially prevent the light from passing through the door in these areas.

  According to an object of the invention, the protective device is intended for a panel assembly comprising at least a first and a second panel, two longitudinal sides of which are articulated along a longitudinal axis to pivot from a position in which the panels are aligned and on one side and have two lateral sides perpendicular to said longitudinal sides and in the extension of one another.

  According to the invention, the device comprises a first and a second element which have side flanks coming into contact on said lateral sides, in the extension of one another.

  According to the invention, the lateral flank of the second element carries at least one tab which comprises a longitudinally projecting wing, which extends laterally and along the lateral flank of the first element and which determines an outer surface coaxially or concentrically longitudinal axis.

  According to the invention, the lateral flank of the first element preferably comprises means for guiding the lug of the second element, in rotation along said longitudinal axis.

  According to the invention, said tab preferably extends in an area opposite to the folding angle of the panels.

  According to the invention, the adjacent edges of said lateral flanks are preferably arcuate concentrically to said longitudinal axis. According to the invention, said guide means preferably comprise two protruding ribs between which the leg of the first element passes.

  According to the invention, said first and second members preferably respectively comprise first and second opposite longitudinal main flanks coming into contact on the faces of the first and second panels and having adjacent edges when said panels are aligned, said outer surface of the wing of the leg of the second member extending in the area of the space between the adjacent edges of the first major flanks opposed to the folding angle of the panels and the second main flank of the second element located on the side of the angle of folding the panels passing externally above the corresponding second main flank of the first element when the panels are rotated.

  According to the invention, said first and second elements preferably comprise respectively a longitudinal secondary flank extending their second main flank on the other side of their lateral flank.

  According to another object of the invention, said assembly comprises third and fourth panels extending longitudinally to the first and second panels, two longitudinal sides of which are articulated along said longitudinal axis to pivot at the same time as the first and second panels, the third and fourth panels having lateral sides perpendicular to their longitudinal sides, in the extension of one another, and located at a short distance from the lateral sides of the first and second panels.

  According to the invention, the device preferably comprises a third and a fourth element which have lateral flanks coming into contact on said lateral sides, in the extension of one another, and corresponding longitudinally to said lateral flanks of the first and the second elements, said wing of the leg of the second element extending between the lateral flanks of the first and third elements and between the lateral flanks of the second and fourth lateral flanks of said elements.

  According to the invention, the third and fourth elements preferably respectively comprise first and second opposite longitudinal main flanks coming into contact on the faces of the third and fourth panels and corresponding to the main flanks of the first and second elements.

  According to the invention, the third and fourth elements preferably comprise respectively a longitudinal secondary flank extending their first main flank on the other side of their lateral flank.

  According to the invention, the secondary flanks of the first and second elements preferably come above the second main flanks of the first and second elements and the secondary flanks of the third and fourth elements preferably come above the first main flanks of the first and second elements. first and second elements.

  According to the invention, said longitudinal axis preferably extends between said longitudinal sides of the panels.

  According to the invention, the lateral sides of the panels are equipped with profiles extending in the extension of the sides of said elements.

  According to another object of the invention, the protection device is intended for a panel assembly comprising at least a first and a second panel whose two longitudinal sides are articulated along a longitudinal axis, a third and a fourth panel, two longitudinal sides of which are articulated along this longitudinal axis, means for connecting said panels so that the first and third panels are aligned and that the second and fourth panels are aligned, the first and third panels on the one hand and the second and the fourth panels on fourth panels further defining between their adjacent lateral sides of the aligned spaces, one of the edges of the longitudinal sides of the second and fourth panels sliding in and near the corresponding edge of the longitudinal side of the first and third panels, the third and fourth panels having flanks passing in front of said spaces on the side of said slid edges and whose ends come close to each other when said panels are aligned.

  According to the invention, the lateral side of at least one of the panels is preferably provided with an element comprising a lateral flank in contact with its lateral side and carrying a tab which extends behind and near the parts end of said flanks and which determines an outer sealing surface access to said spaces when the panels are rotated.

  A particular embodiment of a protection device according to the present invention, installed on corners of adjacent panels of a door, will now be described by way of non-limiting example and illustrated by the drawing, in which: FIG. 1 represents an external perspective view of a horizontal slice of a main door comprising an auxiliary door and equipped with a protection device according to the invention, the main door being in a vertical position and the auxiliary door being closed; Figure 2 shows a side view of Figure 1; Figure 3 shows a top view of Figure 1; Figure 4 shows a top view of Figure 1, the auxiliary door being this time open; FIG. 5 represents an external perspective view of the horizontal door slice of FIG. 1, in the rotated position; FIG. 6 represents a partial external perspective view, in a rotated position, of part of the main door of FIG. 5, adjacent to the auxiliary door, the latter being removed; FIG. 7 is a partial external view of perspective, in the rotated position, of a portion of the main door complementary to that of Figure 6; Figure 8 shows a perspective view of the auxiliary door, in the open position; - Figures 9 and 10 show views in opposite perspectives of a first and a second elements of the protection device according to the invention, in the coupled and rotated position; And Figures 11 and 12 show opposite perspective views of third and fourth elements of the protection device according to the invention in the coupled and rotated position.

  In general, the main door 1 described as an example comprises a plurality of large longitudinal panels hinged together, whose end edges are equipped with sliding means in slides, not shown. These slides successively comprise vertical parts located on either side of an opening to close a room such as a garage, arched upper parts and horizontal parts in height located in the room, to raise or lowering the main door 1, the auxiliary door being closed, for example under the effect of mechanical means not shown.

  When the large panels are in the area of the vertical portions of the slides, the large panels are vertically aligned and when they pass in the area of the arched upper portions of the slides, they pivot relative to each other, one side forming sharp crimping angles from the interior to the room, usually less than 45.

  We will now describe a horizontal slice of such a main door 1, in an area of an auxiliary access door arranged vertically in a central portion of this main door, this auxiliary door opening outside the room when the main door 1 is vertical in the closed position. Above this auxiliary door la and possibly below, the main door 1 comprises at least one monobloc panel, not shown, extending over its entire length.

  The main door 1 comprises, in said slice, first and second longitudinal panels 2 and 3, third and fourth panels 4 and 5 and fifth and sixth panels 6 and 7.

  In a closure configuration shown in particular in FIGS. 1 to 3, the first, third and fifth panels 2, 4 and 6 are aligned longitudinally and the second, the fourth sixth and the panels 3, 5 and 7 are aligned longitudinally. .

  According to the example shown, as shown in particular in Figures 1, 2 and 7, the adjacent longitudinal sides 8 and 9 of the panels 2, 4 and 6 and panels 3, 5 and 7, of the same section, have longitudinal grooves 10 and 11. In the space defined by these grooves 10 and 11 are installed recessed hinges 12, visible in Figure 2, allowing them to pivot along a longitudinal axis 13, placed between the sides 8 and 9, and one side from a position in which the panels 2 and 3, the panels 4 and 5 and the panels 6 and 7 are vertically aligned.

  The grooves 8 and 9 define ribs 14, 15 and 16, 17 arranged so that, on the side of the folding angle of the panels, the rib 17 passes over and close to the rib 15 and that, opposite side to the aforementioned folding angle of the panels, the rib 16 remains and slides close to and inside the rib 14. Thus, a finger of a person can not be introduced into the space determined by the grooves 10 and 11 on the side of the faces of the panels. The hinges 12 are arranged so as not to interfere with the abovementioned pivoting of the panels on the above-mentioned folding angle. Furthermore, the panels 4 and 6 and the panels 5 and 7 are hinged together by surface hinges 18 situated at the door. opposite to the aforementioned folding angle and axes 18a offset outwardly and in front of the panels 6 and 7, so that when all the panels are vertically aligned, the panels 4 and 5 can be pivoted together to the opposite of the aforementioned folding direction and constitute the auxiliary door opening on the outer side of the room.

  As shown in particular in Figure 3, the panels 2 and 3 and the panels 4 and 5, opposite the hinges 18, have lateral sides 19 and 20 perpendicular to their longitudinal sides 10 and 11 and in the extension of each other. others, these lateral sides 19 and 20 defining between them spaces 21. Similarly, the panels 4 and 5 and the panels 6 and 7, the side of the hinges 18, have lateral sides 22 and 23 perpendicular to their longitudinal sides 10 11 and in the extension of each other, these lateral sides 22 and 23 defining between them spaces 24.

  On the corners of the panels 2 and 3 located on the side of the longitudinal axis 13 and the panels 4 and 5 are coupled first and second elements 25 and 26.

  As shown in particular in FIGS. 6, 9 and 10, the first element 25 comprises a lateral flank 27 in contact on the lateral side 19 of the panel 2 and traversed by the longitudinal axis 13, as well as first and second flanks main longitudinal 28 and 29 in contact on the opposite faces of the panel 2, the first main side 28 being opposite the aforementioned folding angle and the second main side 29 being on the side of this angle. Thus, the lateral flank 27 and the main flanks 28 and 29 form a U placed longitudinally astride the corner of the panel 2. The first element 25 further comprises a longitudinal secondary flank 30 which extends the second main flank 29 of the other side of the lateral flank 27 and whose length is greater than the width of the space 21.

  The second element 26 comprises a lateral flank 31 in contact on the lateral side 19 of the panel 3 and a first and a second longitudinal main flanks 32 and 33 in contact on the opposite faces of the panel 3, the first main flank 32 being at the opposite end. opposite of the aforementioned folding angle and the second main side 33 being on the side of this angle. Thus, the lateral flank 31 and the main flanks 32 and 33 form a U placed longitudinally astride the corner of the panel 3. The second element 26 further comprises a longitudinal secondary flank 34 which extends the second main flank 33 of the other side of the lateral flank 31 and whose length is greater than the width of the space 21.

  The lateral flanks 27 and 31 are in the extension of one another and their edges 35 and 36 located close to each other are arcuate concentrically to the longitudinal axis 13.

  For fixing the elements 25 and 26 on the panels 2 and 3, their side flanks 27 and 31 have through holes 37 and 38 for the passage of longitudinal fastening screws not shown.

  As shown particularly in Figures 5, 6, 9 and 10, when the panels 2 and 3 are vertically aligned, the edges of the main flanks 28, 32 and 29, 33 are adjacent or close to each other. When the panels 2 and 3 are pivoted along the longitudinal axis 13, on the one hand the first main flanks 28 and 32 of the elements 25 and 26 move apart and define between them a space obstructed by the longitudinal rib 16 of the panel 3 and on the other hand, the second main flank 33 and the secondary flank 34 of the second element 26 pass over and close to the second main flank 33 and the secondary flank 34 of the first element 25 leaving only a small gap.

  As shown particularly in Figures 7, 8, 11 and 12, on the corners of the panels 4 and 5 located on the side of the longitudinal axis 13 and panels 2 and 3, are coupled a third and a fourth elements 39 and 40 which are substantially symmetrical with the elements 25 and 26 with respect to the space 21.

  Thus, the element 39 comprises a lateral flank 41 in contact on the lateral side 20 of the panel 4 and a first and a second longitudinal main flanks 42 and 43 in contact on the opposite faces of the panel 4, as well as a secondary flank 44 located this time opposite the aforementioned folding angle and whose length is greater than the width of the space 21.

  Similarly, the element 40 comprises a lateral flank 45 in contact on the lateral side 20 of the panel 5 and a first and a second longitudinal main flanks 46 and 47 in contact on the opposite faces of the panel 4, as well as a secondary flank 48 this time also the opposite of the aforementioned folding angle.

  As shown particularly in Figures 1 and 2, when the auxiliary door is closed, on the one hand the secondary flanks 44 and 48 of the fourth and fifth elements 39 and 40 come on top of the first main flanks 28 and 32 of the first and second elements 25 and 26 covering the space 21 and secondly the secondary flanks 30 and 34 of the first and second elements 25 and 26 are above the second major flanks 43 and 46 of the fourth and fifth elements 39 and 40 covering the space 21. When the auxiliary door opens by pivoting along the hinges 18, the above flanks in contact move away.

  Furthermore, the lateral sides 19 of the panels 2 and 3 are equipped with profiles 49 and 50 having wings that extend the lateral flank, the main flanks and the secondary side of the elements 25 and 26. The lateral sides 20 of the panels 4 and 5 are equipped with profiles 51 and 52 having wings which extend the lateral flank, the main flanks and the secondary side of the elements 39 and 40. The secondary flanks of said profiles corresponding to said secondary flanks of said elements constitute supports for the door in the closed position .

  As shown more particularly in FIGS. 5, 6, 9 and 10, the second element 26 comprises a projecting arcuate flange 53 which extends laterally and along the lateral flanks 27 and 31 of the first and second elements 25 and 26, being carried by the lateral flank 31 of the second element 26, in the zone of its edge 36. This lug 53 extends over an opposite zone of the abutment angle mentioned above, on the side of the first main flanks 28 and 32 of the first and the second elements 25 and 26.

  The tab 53 has a wing 54 longitudinally projecting from said lateral flanks 27 and 31 and determining a cylindrical outer surface 55 coaxial or concentric with said longitudinal axis 13, this wing passing close to the adjacent longitudinal edges of the first main flanks 28 and 32 of the elements 25 and 26.

  The wing 54 of the lug 53 extends between the lateral flanks of the first and third elements and between the lateral flanks of the second and fourth lateral flanks of said elements, to a short distance from the lateral flanks 41 and 45 of the third and fourth elements. 39 and 40.

  Thus, when the auxiliary door is closed and the panels 2, 3 and 4, 5 are vertically aligned or pivoted together along the longitudinal axis 13, the wing 54 of the tab 53 substantially closes the space between the flanks 27, 41 and 31, 45 and between the secondary flanks 44 and 48, as shown in particular in Figure 5.

  It follows that the tab 53 obstructs the access to the above space, constituting an anti-finger clip protection, preventing at the same time the passage of light.

  In addition, the tab comprises an inner arcuate radial flange 54a located on the side of the lateral side 27 of the first element 25. The lateral flank 27 of the first element 25 comprises ribs 56 and 57 projecting longitudinally, weakly, and arcuate coaxially or concentrically to said longitudinal axis 13, between which the tab 53 passes and is guided. These ribs maintain the tab 53 in the event of forces radially applied to its wing 54.

  The adjacent corners of the panels 6 and 7, adjacent to the panels 4 and 5, are equipped with elements 58 and 59 symmetrical to the elements 25 and 26 with respect to a vertical median plane perpendicular to the door 1. The adjacent corners of the panels 4 and 5 5, adjacent to the panels 6 and 7, are equipped with elements 60 and 61 symmetrical to the elements 39 and 40 relative to a vertical median plane perpendicular to the auxiliary door la. These elements 58, 59, 60 and 61 produce the same effects as elements 25, 26, 39 and 40, as previously described. The lateral flanks 22 and 23 of the panels 4, 5, 6 and 7 are also equipped with corresponding profiles.

  Of course, the panels constituting the main door 1 and the auxiliary door la can be equipped with accessories such as seals and locks.

  In one example, the elements 25, 26, 39 and 40 may be of an injected plastic material.

  The present invention is not limited to the particular embodiment described above. Many variants are indeed possible without departing from the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims (12)

  A protective device for a panel assembly comprising at least first and second panels, two longitudinal sides of which are articulated along a longitudinal axis for pivoting from a position in which the panels are aligned and on one side and which have two lateral sides perpendicular to said longitudinal sides and in the extension of one another, characterized in that it comprises a first and a second element (25, 26) which have lateral flanks (27, 31) coming in contact on said lateral sides of said panels (2, 3), in the extension of one another, and that the lateral flank of the second element carries at least one lug (53) which comprises a wing (54) longitudinally in protrusion, which extends laterally and along the lateral flank of the first element and which determines an outer surface (55) coaxially or concentrically to said longitudinal axis (13).   2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lateral flank of the first element comprises guide means (56, 57) of the lug of the second element, in rotation along said longitudinal axis.   3. Device according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that said tab extends in an area opposite to the folding angle of the panels.   4. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the adjacent edges (35, 36) of said side flanks are arcuate concentrically to said longitudinal axis. 5. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that said guide means comprise two projecting ribs between which passes the leg of the first element.   6. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said first and second elements respectively comprise first and second main longitudinal flanks (28, 29, 32, 33) coming into contact on the faces of the first and second faces. second panels and having adjacent edges when these panels are aligned, said outer surface (55) of the wing flange (53) of the second member (26) extending in the area of the space between the adjacent edges of the first main flanks (28, 32) opposed to the folding angle of the panels and the second main flank (33) of the second element (25) located on the side of the folding angle of the panels passing outwardly above the second flank corresponding principal (29) of the first element (26) when the panels are rotated.   7. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said first and said second elements respectively comprise a longitudinal secondary flank (30, 34) extending their second main flank (29, 33) on the other side of their side flank.   8. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, said assembly comprising a third and a fourth panel (4, 5) extending longitudinally to the first and second panels, two longitudinal sides of which are articulated along said longitudinal axis to pivot in same time as the first and second panels, the third and fourth panels having side sides perpendicular to their longitudinal sides, in the extension of one another, and located at a short distance from the lateral sides of the first and second panel, characterized in that it comprises a third and a fourth element (39, 40) which have side flanks (41, 45) coming into contact on said lateral sides, in the extension of one another, and corresponding longitudinally to said lateral flanks of the first and second members, said wing of the leg of the second member extending between the lateral flanks to the first and third elements and between the lateral flanks of the second and fourth lateral flanks of said elements.   9. Device according to claims 6, 7 and 8, characterized in that the third and fourth elements respectively comprise first and second opposite longitudinal principal flanks (42, 43; 4, 47) coming into contact on the faces of the third and a fourth panel and corresponding to the main flanks of the first and second elements, and the third and fourth elements respectively comprise a longitudinal secondary flank (44, 48) extending their first main flank (42, 46) on the other side from their lateral flank, the secondary flanks of the first and second elements coming above the second main flanks of the first and second elements and the secondary flanks of the third and fourth elements coming from above the first main flanks of the first and second elements.   10. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said longitudinal axis (13) extends between said longitudinal sides of the panels.   11. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lateral sides of the panels are equipped with profiles (49, 50, 51, 52) extending in the extension of the sides of said elements.   12. Assembly of panels comprising at least a first and a second panel whose two longitudinal sides are articulated along a longitudinal axis, a third and a fourth panel, two longitudinal sides of which are articulated along said longitudinal axis, means for connecting said panels in a that the first and third panels are aligned and that the second and fourth panels are aligned, the first and third panels on the one hand and the second and fourth panels of other determining between their adjacent lateral sides of the aligned spaces, one of the edges of the longitudinal sides of the second and fourth panels sliding in and near the corresponding edge of the longitudinal side of the first and third panels, the third and fourth panels having sidewalls passing in front of said spaces of the side of said sliding edges and whose ends come close to one of the other when said panels are aligned, characterized in that the lateral side of at least one of the panels (2, 3) is provided with an element comprising a lateral flank in contact with its lateral side and carrying a tab ( 53) which extends behind and near the end portions of said sidewalls and which determines an outer sealing surface (55) for access to said spaces (21) when the panels are rotated.