FR3031762B1 - Convertible door panel for sliding or swinging use and mounting kit for such a panel - Google Patents

Abstract

A swing door panel convertible into a sliding panel comprises first and second vertical uprights and first and second horizontal transverse bars (4, 5), and has a peripheral edge (B) and a first face and a second face (10). opposed, the first bar (4) defining a longitudinal groove (11) facing the ground so as to mate with a fin when used in sliding door, the first amount defining on the edge (B) of the first and second vertex areas (6, 7) with the first and second bars (4, 5), respectively, the first and second regions (6, 7) defining first and second cavities (16, 17) for receiving bodies hinge elements defining an axis parallel to the first and second uprights, the first cavity (16) having first sides (20) inside the first upright or the first bar (4), the second cavity (17) comprising both of the second sides (21) inside the second bar (5) or the first upright, the first sides (20) ending in a first recess (18) extending between the first and second (10) faces, and the second sides (21) terminating in a second recess (19) extending between the first and second (10) faces.

Description

The present invention relates to a convertible door panel intended to be mounted either in a sliding mode inside or outside, or in a mode by beating with an opening to the right or left.

A door assembly includes a frame attached to a wall, a movable panel in the open position and in a closed position and a connecting accessory for connecting the panel to the frame and / or to maintain the closed position of the panel, for example by the intermediate of a lock with a bolt.

There has been a need to standardize as much as possible the components of a door assembly, so as to allow a continuous supply of components, and thereby reduce the delivery times after the end customer has made a purchase order. In particular, the door panel is the most bulky and heaviest component of the door assembly. There are numerous mounting variants of the door panel, for example swinging or sliding, swinging with an opening on the right or left, flapping against the edge of the outer or inner wall, and sliding outside or on the outside. inside the wall. This leads to a fragmentation of the delivered lots, with inefficiency of both logistics and distribution, because the unit transport cost tends to increase with the decrease of the quantities, and the management of the stocks inside the stores, because the Product codes to manage and handle increase accordingly.

As a result, there has been a need to standardize, in particular, the door panel, to promote large-volume procurement and reduce transportation and management costs.

The object of the present invention is to satisfy at least part of the requirements specified above.

The object of the present invention is achieved by means of a swing door panel convertible into a sliding door panel. This door panel is characterized in that it comprises a first and a second vertical uprights, a first and a second horizontal transverse bars arranged so as to keep the vertical uprights at a distance from each other, and having an edge device B, a first face and a second face opposite to each other vis-à-vis the transverse bars and the peripheral edge B, the first horizontal crossbar defining a longitudinal groove facing, in use, on the ground, so as to mate with a fin when used in a sliding door, the first vertical upright defining on the peripheral edge B a first and a second vertex area, respectively with the first and with the second transverse bar horizontal, the first and second vertex regions respectively defining first and second cavities for receiving, respectively, orps of hinge elements defining an axis A parallel to the first and second vertical uprights, the first cavity having first sides inside the first vertical upright or the first horizontal transverse bar, the second cavity having second sides at the first interior of the second horizontal transverse bar or the first vertical upright, the first sides terminating in a first recess extending between the first and second faces, and the second sides terminating in a second recess extending between the first and second faces, second faces. Other nonlimiting and advantageous features of the device according to the invention, taken individually or in any technically possible combination, are the following: the door panel defines a pocket open towards the second vertical upright, and capable of receiving a lock for closing the door panel, - the door panel defines first and second holes through the pocket to the first and second faces, respectively, - the groove extends through the first vertical upright, meeting the first hollow , and is closed towards the second vertical upright, - the first vertical upright defines a blind hole that can be coupled with an anti-deformation projection, the invention also relates to a door mounting kit for a door panel according to the invention, kit which comprises at least a first and a second frame uprights respectively defining receiving elements in respective moldings, a first and a second mask which can be mounted in the respective molding, a first insert which can be mounted in the first mask, and which can be received, in use, in one of the elements of receiving, and a second insert, different from the first insert, and mountable in the second mask, and can additionally be received, in use, in the other receiving elements, the first and the second frame uprights being interchangeable with respect to the first mask with the first insert and vis-à-vis the second mask with the second insert.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the kit comprises an anti-deformation projection, the first insert is a recess coupled with the anti-deformation projection when the door panel is in the closed position, and the second insert is a latch for a bolt.

According to another advantageous embodiment, the kit comprises a first and a second hinge assembly, each hinge assembly comprising a movable element capable of being interchangeably fixed in the first or in the second cavity, and comprising a raised leg screw to one of the first or second faces through the first or second recess so as to define the axis A.

According to another advantageous embodiment of the kit, each movable element defines at least a first and a second fasteners, arranged, in use, on opposite sides vis-à-vis the groove.

According to an additional advantageous modality, the kit comprises recessing catch elements received in the holes.

According to another advantageous additional embodiment, the kit comprises a stop piece for closing the groove on the first vertical upright.

According to a still further advantageous embodiment, the kit for a door panel according to the invention comprises a stop piece which extends over the entire height relative to the door panel, so as to also cover the blind hole, and it includes a cover element for the pocket. The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate non-limiting exemplary embodiments, and which refer to: - Figure 1, a front view with partial sections of a door panel according to the present invention; - Figure 2, a perspective view of the bottom of Figure 1; - Figure 3, in perspective views of hinge assemblies that can be associated with the door panel of Figure 1; - Figure 4, a section along a horizontal plane IV - IV (Figure 5a) of a plant by beating the door panel of Figure 1; - Figure 5a, a front view of the door panel of Figure 1, installed in a swinging manner; - Figure 5b, a section along the line "b - b" of Figure 5a; - Figure 6a, a section along a horizontal plane of a detail of Figure 4; - Figures 6b and 6c, respectively, to a front view and an axial section of details of Figure 6a; - Figure 7a, a section along a horizontal plane of another detail of Figure 4; - Figures 7b and 7c, at front views, respectively, of a detail and an assembly of Figure 7a; - Figure 8, a perspective view of the door panel of Figure 1 slidably mounted outside a wall; - Figure 9a, a front view of the door panel of Figure 1 slidably mounted within a wall; - Figure 9b, a section along the line "b - b" of Figure 9a.

In Figure 1 is illustrated in 1, as a whole, a door panel comprising a first and a second vertical uprights 2, 3, a first and a second horizontal transverse bars 4, 5, a first vertex zone 6 between the vertical upright 2 and the horizontal crossbar 4 and a second crown area 7 between the vertical upright 2 and the horizontal crossbar 5 (Figures 1 and 2). The vertical uprights and the horizontal transverse bars 2, 3, 4, 5 are rigidly connected so as to define a closed frame inside which is present a filling material 8, for example a cellular material, an expanded material, or, more generally, the panel being plywood. The frame defines the supporting structure of the door panel 1, and the filling material 8 has a density and / or mechanical characteristics, in particular a breaking load, lower than those of the frame. The frame and the filling material 8 are enclosed between two plates defining a face 9 and a face 10 (FIGS. 1 and 2). The plates comprise a layer of a covering material, for example laminates, claddings or plastic coatings, and optionally a surface topcoat, for example a varnish or a fabric. The faces 9, 10 are opposed, preferably parallel, and at a distance from each other, vis-à-vis the uprights and transverse bars 2, 3, 4, 5. In addition, the frame comprises a peripheral edge B disposed between the faces 9, 10, and having portions, respectively defined by the uprights and the transverse bars 2, 3, 4, 5, facing a floor, a ceiling, and, in the case of use in beating, to the amounts of the chassis, which will be described in more detail later. The vertex areas 6, 7 are defined on the B edge.

The door panel 1 is preferably made by removing chips from a parallelepiped panel with an edge defined by planar faces, and after the embodiment, it comprises prefabricated cavities, such as recesses, seats, blind holes, depressions, and the like, for sliding or beating use. In particular, the prefabrication for the sliding use provides a groove 11 on the horizontal transverse bar 4 facing, in use, on the ground, in order to mate with a guide fin 12 (Figure 8). The guide fin 12 is present in the sliding equipment either outside a wall or inside a wall.

The groove 11 is made using automatic machines, for example a numerically controlled milling machine. The prefabrication for the sliding use further comprises holes 13 on the horizontal transverse bar 5 for fixing carriages 57 guided on a rail 58 (Figure 8). The holes 13 may be made either by automatic machines or by hand, for example by the end user or by an assembly technician, using a bench and a drill. However, the holes 13 are optional.

The door panel 1 according to the present invention may be associated with first and second hinge assemblies 14, 15 (Fig. 3), which define a hinge axis A outside the door panel 1 (Fig. 4). .

In particular, the door panel 1 defines a first and a second cavity 16, 17 intended to be connected, respectively, to the hinge assemblies 14, 15. The first cavity 16 is situated in the crown zone 6, and the second cavity 17 is located in the apex area 7. Each cavity 16, 17 terminates in a respective recess 18, 19 extending between the faces 9, 10. Through the respective recess 18, 19 extends a portion of the assembly. hinge 14, 15, so as to define the hinge axis A during use by beating, as will be seen more specifically later.

In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the recess 18 is open either towards the horizontal transverse bar 4 or toward the vertical upright 2, and the recess 19 is open either towards the horizontal transverse bar 5 or towards the vertical upright 2 (FIG. Figure 2). In addition, the cavities 16, 17 are both elongated and open towards the vertical upright 2 (FIG. 2), and have respective sides 20, 21 inside the vertical upright 2. Preferably, the cavities 16, 17 and or the recesses 18, 19 define stops and reference faces for mounting the hinge assemblies 14, 15 such that the hinge axis A is in the correct position. For example, convergent faces F1, F2 of the recesses 18, 19 and sides 21, 22 define limits in the three orthogonal directions to precisely position, after the assembly of the hinge assemblies 14, 15, the axis A. In a way that depends on the geometry of the hinge assemblies 14, 15, the cavities 16, 17 and the recesses 18, 19 can be opened or closed in different configurations from that illustrated. In all cases, the cavities 16, 17 define anchors on the door panel 1 for the associated hinge assemblies 14, 15, and, through the recesses 18, 19, the hinge assemblies 14 extend to from the faces 9, 10 so as to define the axis A in a way that depends on the opening to the right or left.

Each hinge assembly 14, 15 of Figure 3 comprises a respective movable member 25, 26 connected, in use, to the door panel 1, and a respective fixed member 27, 28 to be attached to one of the amounts 29 (Figure 4) of a support frame of the door panel 1. The uprights 29 are attached to a wall M using many modalities: they can be embedded in the wall M, both in the case where the latter is masonry only in the case where it is used Placoplatre or other building materials. In another way, the uprights 29 are associated with covering profiles 30, 31 to cover the junctions between the wall M and the uprights 29 when they are mounted outside the wall M, as illustrated in FIG. .

The movable elements 25, 26 are interchangeable in the cavities 16, 17 with the associated recesses 18, 19, so as to be able to connect the door panel 1 to the uprights 29 in order to make a swing opening on the right or on the left (the latter being illustrated in FIG. 4 with reference to arrow F) through a 180 ° rotation of the door panel 1 about a vertical axis, or, in other words, parallel to the uprights 29.

In addition, the groove 11 intercepts the recess 18, and to obtain optimal anchoring on the door panel 1, the movable elements 25, 26 comprise at least two fasteners 32, which are in this example two through holes, which are located on opposite sides to the groove 11 when the movable member 25, 26 is mounted on the door panel 1. The movable members 25, 26 include other fasteners 33 for anchoring the movable members 25, 26 at the door panel 1.

In addition, the movable elements 25, 26 are preferably received in an inconspicuous manner on the door panel 1. For this purpose, each movable element 25, 26 comprises an elongated body 34 which can be mounted partially or completely embedded in the door panel 1, and a lug 35 extending transversely from the body 34 so as to pass, in use, the recess 18, 19, and to define the axis A to the outside of the door panel 1. In the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3, the body 34 is partially embedded in the door panel 1, a face 36 of the body 34 being visible, in use, when the door panel 1 is open.

Each fixed element 27, 28 comprises a group of three reference faces T1, T2, T3 orthogonal to each other in order to define the mounting position on the upright 29 and to define the axis A simply and intuitively. In particular, each fixed element 27, 28 comprises an anchoring body 37, preferably elongated, which can be fixed, for example by means of screws, to the upright 29, and a tab 38 extending from the anchoring body 37. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the reference faces T1 and T2 are defined, respectively, by a head and a projection of the tab 38, and the face T3 is defined by the body of FIG. However, other embodiments are possible. The group of three surfaces T1, T2, T3 makes it possible to avoid making moldings on the uprights 29 in a crown zone A1 for the hinge assemblies 14, 15 to accommodate parts of the fixed elements 27, 28 and to define way the mounting position of these. In this way, the uprights 29 to the right and to the left are identical to each other, and retain no visible traces during use, regardless of whether the door panel 1 is mounted by beating with an opening To the right or to the left. Preferably, the crown area A1 for the hinge assemblies 14, 15 is that of the ends of the uprights 29, as illustrated in FIG. 5.

In addition, in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 3, the tabs 35 of the fixed elements 27, 28 respectively support hinges 39 sinking in bushes 40 or other female elements, movable elements 25, 26. In particular, the bushes 40 are respectively carried by the lugs 32 of the movable elements 25, 26.

FIG. 5 illustrates the door panel 1 placed between the uprights 29 and the covering rods 31. A transverse bar 41 disposed above the door panel 1 between the uprights 29 has a profile identical to that of the uprights 29, and is associated in a similar manner to cover profiles 42 similar to the cover profiles 31. The door panel 1 may be previously provided, using a milling, a pocket 43 (Figure 5b) open towards vertical amount 3 to receive a lock (not shown). Advantageously, the pocket 43 is also open towards the faces 9, 10 through respective holes 44. When used by beating the door panel 1, the hole 44 receives a manual actuating element of the lock, such as a keyhole, or other manual actuating element, such as a free / busy indicator, for locking the closing position of the lock. In the sliding use, the pocket 43 is closed by a cover member, and the holes 44 receive respective gripping elements for the user, as will be described later. The swinging operation normally provides for other holes 45 extending through the door panel 1 in the pocket 43, and through which a handle for actuating the lock is passed. The other holes 45 can either be made beforehand on the door panel 1, such as the holes 44, or be made by the end user using the support of a workbench. The use of the door panel 1 to flap with the hinge assemblies 14, 15 disposed in the apex areas A1 tends to apply the load of the weight force to the door panel 1 so as to produce, over time, deformations, in particular deflections, of the door panel. In a conventional swing door, in order to counter such deformation, it is known to mount an anti-deformation protrusion on the leaf, and to have a recess in the amount of the door panel, which couples in a manner calibrated with the anti-deformation protrusion, so as to provide support against the weight force of the door panel when it is closed.

The door panel 1 according to the present invention is, optionally, prepared beforehand for mounting an anti-deformation projection 46, for example by means of a blind hole 47 on the upright 2. , the upright 29 comprises a receiving element 48 inside which can be received a recess 49 mating with the anti-deformation projection 46 so as to counteract the force of the weight of the door panel 1 when the latter is closed during of use by beating.

The anti-deformation projection 46 can be mounted on the opposite side to the pocket 43. The upright 29 faces the pocket 43, further defining another receiving element 50 to receive a strike 51 of a bolt 52 of the mounted lock in the pocket 43. The bolt 52 can be either spring loaded or magnetic.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the receiving elements 48 and 50 are identical to each other, and as they allow the interchangeability of the recess 49 in the receiving element 50 and the keeper 51 in the receiving element 48.

In addition, advantageously, the uprights 29 for the use of the door panel 1 by beating are associated with covering masks intended to be fixed interchangeably on the uprights 29, so as to conceal the receiving elements 48, 50 around the recess 49 and the striker 51.

Preferably, the uprights 29 each include a bead 53 disposed around the associated receiving member 48, 50. Each bead 53 is interchangeably coupled to the cover masks so as to define the mounting position thereof.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the cover masks are interchangeable with the uprights 29, and are one-to-one and in form coupling with the recess 49 or the keeper 51. In particular, a mask 53 couples with the recess 49, and for this purpose it has a circular hole. A mask 54 defines an oblong opening in the direction of the upright 29 and vertical uprights 2, 3 in order to receive the striker 51.

In addition, preferably, the molding 53 is connected to the masks 54, 55 in at least one direction, or in both, of the direction parallel to the uprights 29 and vertical uprights 2, 3 and the direction perpendicular to the faces 9, 10 .

The masks 54, 55 are connected to the associated upright 29 in the direction parallel to the horizontal transverse bars 4, 5 via the recess 48 or the keeper 51, which are anchored to the upright 29 by means of a screw or another equivalent fixation. In particular, the recess 49 and the striker 51 comprise a respective flange 56 through which the associated mask 54, 55 bears against the upright 29 itself when the recess 49 or the keeper 51 are fixed to the upright 29 using the screw. To adjust the coupling with the anti-deformation projection 46, the recess 49 is eccentric.

According to the present invention, a door panel 1 according to Figures 1, 2 may be associated with a mounting kit comprising the uprights 29 and / or the hinge assemblies 14, 15 and / or the masks 54, 55 with the inserts. associated, namely the recess 49 and the striker 51. This mounting kit is identical for the opening to the right and the opening to the left, the masks 54, 55 and the inserts 46, 51 are interchangeable in the moldings 53 and in the receiving elements 48, 50.

Figure 8 illustrates an embodiment of the door panel 1 for sliding use outside a wall.

The door panel 1 is fixed through the holes 13 to a carriage 57 guided by a straight rail 58. The groove 11 engages the guide 12, which is circumscribed by a stop piece 59. The blind hole 47 and / or the recesses 18 or 19 are enclosed by associated covering elements, so as to be hidden from view. According to the embodiment of Figure 8, the stopper 59 is a profile over the entire height of the door panel 1, and also covers the blind hole 47 and the recesses 18, 19, at least on the opposite portion to Wall. For this purpose, the profile may have a cross-section in "U" or "L", and is fixed on the upright 2.

Holes 44 are provided with engaging elements with a recess, so that the user can slide the door panel 1 on the rail 58, and the pocket 43 is closed by a cover member 60. In another way, the covering element 60 is a profile over the entire height of the door panel 1. Preferably, this profile is identical to the profile 59.

The door panel 1 is associated with a kit for sliding use outside a wall, including the stopper 59 and / or the cover member 60 and / or the recessing element , received in the holes 44.

Figure 9 illustrates the door panel 1 installed for sliding use within the wall. In this configuration, the recesses 18, 19 are concealed by profiles 61, different from those for the use by beating described above, parallel to the vertical upright 3, the pocket 43 is closed by the covering element 60, and the recess plugs are received in the holes 44.

The advantages of obtaining the door panel 1 according to the present invention are as follows.

The possibility of configuring the door panel by the rotation of the panel around a vertical center line axis makes it possible to maintain the vertical orientation of the prefabricated elements made on the uprights 2, 3 and the transverse bars 4, 5. In particular, it is possible to decide without limitations on the vertical position of the pocket 43, the anti-deformation projection 46, and the bolt 52. This is particularly useful when the uprights 29 of the chassis each have a milling greater than 45 °, as shown in Figure 5a. This milling defines the up / down orientation of the upright 29 of the frame, the milled part always being the upper part. In order to maintain the vertical position of the pocket 43, the anti-deformation projection 46 and the bolt 52 in one or the other of the assemblies by beating with opening to the right and to the left, the blind hole 48 and the pocket 43 must keep substantially the same vertical dimension, to minimize the longitudinal dimensions of the masks 54, 55. In addition, for the same purpose, the edge B is defined by flat faces without projections.

Finally, it finally appears, as a result, that it is possible to bring to the door panel according to the present invention modifications or variants without departing from the scope of the applicability of the protection such as it is defined in the appended claims.

It is possible for the anti-deformation projection 46 to be mounted on the upright 29 of the frame associated with the mask 54, and for the recess 49 to be mounted on the door panel 1. In this case also, the anti-deformation projection may be even, be coupled in the blind hole 47.

Claims (4)

1. Door panel (1) flap convertible sliding door panel, characterized in that it comprises a first and a second vertical uprights (2, 3), a first and a second horizontal transverse bars (4, 5) arranged in such a way as to keep the vertical uprights (2, 3) at a distance from each other, and having a peripheral edge (B), a first face (9) and a second face (10) opposite one another. other with respect to the transverse bars (4, 5) and the peripheral edge (B), the first horizontal crossbar defining a longitudinal groove (11) facing, in use, on the ground, so as to mating with a fin (12) when using a sliding door, the first vertical upright (2) defining on the peripheral edge (B) first and second crown regions (6, 7) respectively with the first and with the second horizontal transverse bars (4, 5), the first and the second me vertex areas (6, 7) respectively defining a first and a second cavity (16, 17) for receiving, respectively, bodies (34) of hinge elements (25, 26) defining an axis (A) parallel to the first and second uprights (2, 3), the first cavity (16) having first sides (20) within the first vertical upright or the first horizontal crossbar (2, 4), the second cavity (17) ) having second sides (21) within the second horizontal crossbar (5) or the first vertical post (2), the first sides (20) terminating in a first recess (18) extending between the first and the second faces (9, 10), and the second sides (21) terminating in a second recess (19) extending between the first and second faces (9, 10). 2. Door panel according to claim 1, characterized in that it defines a pocket (43) open towards the second vertical upright (3), and capable of receiving a lock for closing the door panel (1). 3. Door panel according to claim 2, characterized in that it defines a first and a second hole (44) passing through the pocket (43) to the first and second faces (9, 10), respectively. 4. Door panel according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the groove (11) extends through the first vertical upright (2), meeting the first recess (18), and is closed towards the second vertical upright (3). 5. Door panel according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first vertical upright (2) defines a blind hole (47) which can be coupled with an anti-deformation projection (46), 6, A wing mounting kit comprising a door panel (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises at least a first and a second frame uprights (29) respectively defining elements receiving means (48, 50) surrounded by respective moldings (53), first and second masks (54, 55) being mountable in the respective molding (53), a first insert (49) mountable in the first mask (54), which can be received, in use, in one of the receiving members (48; 50) and a second insert (51) different from the first insert (49) and which can be mounted in the second mask (55), and can additionally be received, in use, in the other of the receiving elements (50; 48), the first and second frame posts (29) being interchangeable to the first mask (54) with the first insert (49) and vis-à-vis the second mask (55) with the second insert (51), 7, Kit according to claim 6, characterized in that it comprises an anti-deformation projection (46), in that the first insert (49) is a recess (49) coupled with the anti-deformation protrusion (46) when the door panel (1) is in the closed position, and in that the second insert (51) ) is a latch for a bolt (52), 8, Kit according to one of claims 6 or 7, characterized in that it comprises a first and a second hinge assemblies (14, 15), each hinge assembly ( 14, 15) comprising a movable member (25, 26) interchangeably attachable in the first or second cavity (16, 17), and having a raised lug (35) facing the one of the first or second faces (9, 10) through the first or second recess (18, 19) so as to define the axis (A). 9, Kit according to claim 8, characterized in that each movable element (25, 26) defines at least a first and a second fasteners (32), arranged, in use, on opposite sides vis-à-vis the groove (11). 10, Kit for a door panel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises recess-engaging elements received in the holes (44), 11, Kit according to claim 10 for a panel door according to claim 4, characterized in that it comprises a stop piece (59) for closing the groove (11) on the first vertical upright (2), 12, Kit according to claim 11 for a door panel according to claim 2, characterized in that the stop piece (59) extends over the entire height with respect to the door panel (1), so as to also cover the blind hole (47), and in that it comprises a cover member (60) for the pocket (43).