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US3720255A
US3720255A US00152891A US3720255DA US3720255A US 3720255 A US3720255 A US 3720255A US 00152891 A US00152891 A US 00152891A US 3720255D A US3720255D A US 3720255DA US 3720255 A US3720255 A US 3720255A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/32—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing
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  • ABSTRACT A horizontally sliding and folding shutter having a plurality of doors made of glass and other rigid materials
  • the present invention relates to a shutter for doors, windows and other openings of building, and more particularly to a horizontally sliding and folding shutter with a plurality of doors made of glass and other rigid materials.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a horizontally sliding and folding shutter to keep sufficient airtightness by itself.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a horizontally sliding and folding shutter which is substantially rigid in construction yet quite easy to open and close.
  • FIG. 1 is a part-cut front view of a shutter embodying the invention, when it is closed;
  • FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 22 in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a part-cut enlarged view of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken approximately on the line 44 in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a part-cut enlarged view of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 6 is a part-cut plan view of FIG. 5, when the shutter is opened;
  • FIG. 7 is a part-cut crosssectional view of FIG. 6 taken approximately on the line 7-7 in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a fragmentary front view, showing the connection of a door and a slider of the embodiment
  • FIG. 9 is a side elevation of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 10 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 10- 10 in FIG.-8;
  • FIG. 11 is a fragmentary sectional view, showing the connection of a joint and adjacent doors of the embodiment.
  • the embodiment primarily comprises a sill 20, a head jamb 10 parallel with the sill 20, a plurality of doors 50 horizontally slidable and foldable between the sill and the head jamb 10, and a receptacle 61 at one end of the sill 20 and head jamb 10.
  • the sill 20 and the head jamb 10 are made of rigid material, and are oppositely channel-shaped in cross section as best shown in FIG. 4.
  • the head jamb 10 is provided with a pair of shoulders 11', by which it is divided into an upper groove 12' and a lower groove '11.
  • a hanger rail 12 which is C- shaped in cross section is provided within the upper groove 12.
  • a pair of packings 13 are provided along the lower corners of lower groove 11.
  • the sill 20 is provided with a pair of shoulders 21', by which it is divided into an upper groove 23' and a lower groove 21.
  • a pair of packings 23 are provided in the upper groove 23'.
  • Both head jamb 10 and sill 20 are provided with indented guide ways 14 and 24 in the receptacle 61, respectively, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7.
  • a guide plate 25 is protruded from one end of the guide way 24 into the receptacle 61 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • each of the sliders 30 consists of a block 31 having a pair of transverse apertures 32 parallel with each other.
  • a pair of same-sized balls 33 are provided in each aperture 32 in a manner that both balls are in contact with each other at the inner sides and project from the block 31 at the outer sides.
  • Each door 50 consists of a glass pane 53 sashed with a pair of horizontal members 52 and a pair of vertical members 51 which are all made of metallic or other rigid material.
  • the outer ends of both vertical members 51 are formed to be fingers so as to provide connecting ends 51', respectively.
  • Packings 54 are provided between the glass pane 53 and the sash members 51 and 52.
  • a plurality of such doors 50 are connected horizontally by the intermediary of joints 40, and side frames 60 and 60' are provided at both ends of the horizontal line.
  • the joints 40 are made of metallic or other rigid material.
  • Each joint 40 integrally comprises a middle member 41 and a pair of arms 42 in a crossing relation with the middle member 41 as best shown in FIG. 11. Both ends of middle member 41 are rounded.
  • the ends of arms 42 are bent to one side with the right angle to the trunk portion, and formed to be shafts of a total or partial circle in cross section so as to provide connecting ends 43, respectively.
  • each joint 40 and door 50 is such that the finger of connecting end 51' is fitted on the shaft of connecting end 43 in a rotatable relation so as to permit each door 50 to rotate on the relevant connecting end 43 of arm 42 by 90 relatively to the same arm 42.
  • the connecting end 51' of vertical member 51 is titted on the connecting end 43 of arm 42 more than. l radially as many degrees as possible for instance by 240 if only the door 50 is permitted to rotate by relatively to the arm 42 as above describedso as to provide substantial airtightness of joint 40 and door 50 irrespective of their relative position.
  • Each door 50 has the fingers of both vertical members 51 formed oppositely to each other as best shown in FIG. 5.
  • the joints 40 are arranged in the opposite directions to each other alternately, also as best shown in FIG. 5. As the result, each adjacent doors 50 are foldable flat against each other.
  • One of the side frames, for instance 60 is fixed to a side jamb of the building or a pillar of the receptacle 61, while the other, for instance 60', is left free to handle.
  • the free side frame 60 is initially pulled by hand outwardly or to the direction op- 40 immediately slides outwardly along the head jamb l0 and sill 20 as it is originally between them.
  • the second joint 40 gets out of the receptacle 61 into the head jamb 10 and sill 20 through the guide ways 14 and 24, with the lower roller 35 sliding along the guide plate 25.
  • the first door 50 leaves the receptacle 61 entirely when the second joint 40 gets into the head jamb 10 and sill 20, with the upper and lower rollers 44 and 37 respectively getting into the lower grooves 11 and 21 of head jamb 10 and sill 20.
  • the first door 50 is entirely between the head jamb 10 and the sill 20 in a substantially airtight relation with both of them.
  • the second door 50 gets out of the receptacle 61 into the head jamb l0 and sill 20 entirely at the same time with the first door 50.
  • the first and the second doors are unfolded together completely and slided outwardly. Further outward pull of the free side frame 60' will unfold and slide the succeeding doors 50 similarly, until the shutter is closed totally over the opening of building.
  • the free side frame 60 is initially pushed inwardly or in the direction toward the fixed side frame 60, and then the doors 50 are slided and folded into the receptacle 61 one after another in the mannerjust reverse to the above-described closing.
  • the doors 50 are firmly supported with the sliders 30 and the rollers 44, 35 and 37 between the head jamb 10 and the sill 20 as well as they are firmly connected with the joints 40 by sufficient fitting for instance of 240, as described above.
  • the head jamb l0, sill 20, doors 50 and joints 40 are all made of rigid materials. Therefore the shutter provides not only sufficient airtightness but also quite rigid construction, even against a considerable blowing of wind in any direction.
  • the shutter can be opened and closed quite easily just like the curtain, also as described above.
  • a shutter for windows, doors and other openings of building of the kind sliding and folding horizontally primarily comprising a sill, a head jamb parallel with said sill, a plurality of doors horizontally slidable and foldable between said sill and said head jamb, and a receptacle at one end of said sill and said head jamb, said sill being made of a rigid material and a channelshaped in cross section, said head jamb being made ofa rigid material and channel-shaped in cross section oppositely to said channel of sill, said channel of head 'amb being divided into an upperand a lower roove by the intermediary of shoulders, said channel 0 Slll being divided into an upper and a lower groove by the intermediary of shoulders, said doors being made of glass and other rigid materials, said doors being connected horizontally by the intermediary of joints and provided with side frames at both ends of the horizontal line, said joints being made of a rigid material, those joints oddnumbered from
  • each of said joint integrally comprises a middle member and a pair of arms in a crossing relation with said middle member, both ends of said middle member being rounded, the ends of said arms being bent to one side with the right angle to their trunk portion and formed to be shafts of a total or partial circle in cross section so as to provide connecting ends, both ends of said door being formed to be fingers so as to provide connecting ends, said finger of connecting end being fitted on said shaft of connecting end in a rotatable relation.

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US3994330A (en) * 1975-06-11 1976-11-30 American Shower Door Co., Inc. Releasably restrained folding door for showers and the like
FR2336526A1 (fr) * 1975-12-23 1977-07-22 Milant Effe Elle Snc Paroi mobile a volets coulissants et pliables
US4276919A (en) * 1977-06-16 1981-07-07 Walters Kenneth I Enclosure doors
FR2613410A1 (fr) * 1987-04-03 1988-10-07 Marielle Jean Portes pliables pour cabine de douche ou baignoire
EP0401180A1 (en) * 1989-05-30 1990-12-05 Tender S.R.L. Folding partition
US5085262A (en) * 1989-02-08 1992-02-04 Daiyusu Kinzoku Co., Ltd. Device for supporting folding doors
US5549148A (en) * 1994-06-01 1996-08-27 Wrono Enterprise Corp. Blade for accordion storm shutter
US6220332B1 (en) * 1999-12-06 2001-04-24 Sheng-Yang Lai Door assembly for spanning an entrance of a shower room
US20030089464A1 (en) * 2001-11-15 2003-05-15 Lewis Warren P. Panel system and hinge device therefor
US20030213564A1 (en) * 2002-05-15 2003-11-20 Pacholke Glen Douglas Roller screen housing for a folding window
US20040231808A1 (en) * 2003-05-19 2004-11-25 Belanger Michael B. Folding grille assembly
US20070272372A1 (en) * 2003-10-14 2007-11-29 Michael Glover Multi-Fold Door and Window Assemblies
FR2915506A1 (fr) * 2007-04-30 2008-10-31 Pierre Yves Leger Systeme d'elements rigides ou analogues, pliable et depliable par rapport a un referentiel donne
US20140367056A1 (en) * 2013-06-14 2014-12-18 Qualitas Manufacturing, Inc. Accordion Shutter Hinge Assembly
US10119324B2 (en) * 2015-08-17 2018-11-06 Ltl Wholesale, Inc. Folding doors with receiving channel and locking clip
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US2493815A (en) * 1946-02-19 1950-01-10 Jr Nicholas R Guilbert Collapsible safety gate
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FR952006A (fr) * 1947-02-17 1949-11-08 Diaphragme repliable à soufflet pour la fermeture des portes, fenêtres et similaires
US3466698A (en) * 1967-04-05 1969-09-16 Morton Mfg Co Hanger assembly for sliding vehicle door

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US3994330A (en) * 1975-06-11 1976-11-30 American Shower Door Co., Inc. Releasably restrained folding door for showers and the like
FR2336526A1 (fr) * 1975-12-23 1977-07-22 Milant Effe Elle Snc Paroi mobile a volets coulissants et pliables
US4276919A (en) * 1977-06-16 1981-07-07 Walters Kenneth I Enclosure doors
FR2613410A1 (fr) * 1987-04-03 1988-10-07 Marielle Jean Portes pliables pour cabine de douche ou baignoire
US5085262A (en) * 1989-02-08 1992-02-04 Daiyusu Kinzoku Co., Ltd. Device for supporting folding doors
EP0401180A1 (en) * 1989-05-30 1990-12-05 Tender S.R.L. Folding partition
US5549148A (en) * 1994-06-01 1996-08-27 Wrono Enterprise Corp. Blade for accordion storm shutter
US6220332B1 (en) * 1999-12-06 2001-04-24 Sheng-Yang Lai Door assembly for spanning an entrance of a shower room
US20030089464A1 (en) * 2001-11-15 2003-05-15 Lewis Warren P. Panel system and hinge device therefor
US6955205B2 (en) * 2001-11-15 2005-10-18 Aluminum Systems Nz Limited Panel system and hinge device therefor
US20030213564A1 (en) * 2002-05-15 2003-11-20 Pacholke Glen Douglas Roller screen housing for a folding window
US20040231808A1 (en) * 2003-05-19 2004-11-25 Belanger Michael B. Folding grille assembly
US20070272372A1 (en) * 2003-10-14 2007-11-29 Michael Glover Multi-Fold Door and Window Assemblies
FR2915506A1 (fr) * 2007-04-30 2008-10-31 Pierre Yves Leger Systeme d'elements rigides ou analogues, pliable et depliable par rapport a un referentiel donne
US20140367056A1 (en) * 2013-06-14 2014-12-18 Qualitas Manufacturing, Inc. Accordion Shutter Hinge Assembly
US9062484B2 (en) * 2013-06-14 2015-06-23 Qualitas Manufacturing, Inc. Accordion shutter hinge assembly
US10119324B2 (en) * 2015-08-17 2018-11-06 Ltl Wholesale, Inc. Folding doors with receiving channel and locking clip
US11486177B2 (en) * 2019-06-06 2022-11-01 Endura Products, Llc Continuous locking hinge assemblies and folding door assemblies including the same
US12345083B2 (en) 2019-06-06 2025-07-01 Endura Products, Llc Continuous locking hinge assemblies and folding door assemblies including the same

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