Classifications

• • 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
  • E06B3/48—Wings connected at their edges, e.g. foldable wings
  • E06B3/485—Sectional doors

Definitions

• Panel intended for a sectional door, sectional door and packaging.
• the invention relates to sectional doors with ceiling clearance and vertical clearance such as garage doors.
• It relates more particularly to a panel specially intended for such a door; an assembly comprising two pivotally associated panels; a leaf comprising a succession of two to two hinged panels; a door once manufactured, pre-assembled and pre-adjusted on the one hand, once placed in the construction for which it is intended on the other hand; a packaging incorporating several pre-mounted doors; a method of mounting such a door; and, finally, a construction incorporating a mounted door.
• Sectional doors with ceiling clearance and vertical clearance are already known, such as garage doors.
• EP-A-304 642, EP-A-370 324 and EP-A-370 376 deal with the structure of the longitudinal edges of two adjacent panels.
• the garage doors under consideration are intended to be installed in a construction comprising an opening which the door is intended to conceal.
• the overall dimensions of the door (horizontal width and vertical height) are therefore larger than the dimensions of the opening in question.
• the construction generally comprises a ceiling and two partitions on either side of the opening defining a drop of the lintel and the right and left corners respectively of appreciable dimensions.
• the lintel dropout is necessary due to the presence, at this location, of rails, of a shaft supporting cable winding drums, of one or more leaf return members.
• the spandrels they are necessary for the housing of pebbles carrying rollers, rollers and side rails.
• the known doors previously considered are stored delivered and supplied in several spare parts.
• the manufacturer must assemble these parts on site and ensure the adjustment. These operations are necessarily long and costly.
• the setting may turn out to be less than optimal.
• the object of the invention is in particular to limit the height of the lintel dropout and the width of the corner pieces, as well as the assembly and adjustment times on the construction site.
• the opening may be larger.
• storage, delivery, supply and installation are easier, shorter in duration, more compact in volume, less expensive.
• the invention also aims a door which does not have the drawbacks of those currently known, which is simple while being solid and easy to implement.
• the invention relates to a panel specially intended for a sectional door with ceiling clearance and vertical clearance such as typically a garage door, said panel being provided for being able to be mounted on at least one other panel.
• said panel comprising first and second facings defining its large parallel external faces, produced from thin sheets of metal or similar material, rigidly secured one to the other 'other towards the two longitudinal edges of the panel by folding with nesting; at least one of the facings comprising at least one hollow stiffening rib extending in longitudinal direction; the space closed at the periphery by the two facings being - at least partially - substantially filled with a synthetic material expanded during manufacture; at least one longitudinal edge being essentially defined by several substantially planar successive faces of one of the facings, the edge having a thickness decreasing, continuously, from the large faces of the panel to the free longitudinal edge of said edge by presenting in cross section a profile in general pseudo triang
• one of the facings has at least one longitudinal rib, while the other does not, being moreover substantially planar.
• a longitudinal rib such as that considered has, in one embodiment, a substantially triangular or rounded profile.
• At least part of this profile has, relative to the large face of the corresponding facing, an inclination similar to that of the face of the longitudinal edge adjoining this face.
• the profile of the longitudinal rib is similar to or close to the profile formed by two adjacent and coplanar panels.
• several longitudinal ribs are provided which are spaced from one another, in particular at least substantially equidistant.
• the longitudinal rib (s) are located essentially in the middle zone of the panel, away from the longitudinal edges.
• the depth of a longitudinal rib is of the order of magnitude of one third of the total thickness of the panel.
• a longitudinal rib extends between the two transverse edges of the panel in whole, or over only part of the distance between these two edges.
• the panel considered is such that the facings are devoid, or on the contrary that at least one facing is provided, with rib, groove or projection of substantial stiffening, extending in transverse direction.
• a facing provided with longitudinal ribs is also provided with at least one -and if necessary several- hollow transverse ribs, in particular of profile similar or close to that of a longitudinal rib.
• Such a panel is then of the so-called cassette type.
• the panel facings are produced in an embodiment from thin sheets of steel whose thickness is of the order of 0.4 mm.
• Such a panel can be devoid of reinforcement or interior insert of substantial stiffening.
• the folding with overlapping of the sheets of the facings is flat and substantially coplanar with one of the large faces of the panel.
• the folding with nesting is located on the side of the large face opposite that where the longitudinal ribs are located.
• a fold is located substantially opposite the edge formed by the first inclined face of the longitudinal edge on the large opposite face; or in the vicinity of the edge formed by the first inclined face of the longitudinal edge on the same large face.
• Folding also forms a functional means of fixing a hinge element for the relative pivoting mounting of two adjacent panels.
• a panel has two longitudinal edges with a pseudo-triangular profile. One of the two longitudinal edges is prominent. The other is returning.
• the edge profile has a general concavity shape facing the inside of the panel.
• the re-entrant profile edge has a general shape with convexity facing the interior of the panel.
• the profiles of two longitudinal edges projecting and returning respectively are substantially complementary to each other.
• a longitudinal edge is essentially defined by at most four substantially planar faces - and more especially two faces - and a rounded shape forming the longitudinal free edge.
• the faces and the rounding are made on one of the facings folded and rolled for this purpose.
• this facing is that comprising the longitudinal rib (s).
• a longitudinal edge has a face inclined between 15 ° and 25 °, in particular approximately 20 ° relative to the large faces; an inclined face between 40 ° and 50 °, in particular approximately 45 ° in relation to the large faces.
• Two adjacent faces of a longitudinal edge form between them an edge and an angle, salient or inward, between 150 ° and 160 °, in particular approximately 155 °.
• the rounding of the longitudinal free edge has a radius of curvature of the order of or less than one tenth of the total thickness of the panel.
• the panel comprises, on each of its two lateral edges, an added U-shaped profile.
• the panel which has just been described is lighter than those of the state of the art and contributes to the aims of the invention.
• a panel as just described can have a length of the order of 4 to 5 m and a height (or width) of the order of 0.5 to 0.7 m. Its mass can be of the order of 9 to 10 kg / m 2 , in particular close to 9.5 kg / m 2 , while for known doors, the mass is close to and even exceeds 11 to 12 kg / m 2 .
• the invention relates to a set of two panels as they have just been described, mounted one on the other with relative pivoting by pivoting means.
• These pivoting means are rigidly associated for one of the panels towards its projecting longitudinal edge and, for the other panel, towards its reentrant longitudinal edge.
• the pivoting means comprise at least two end hinges towards the lateral edges of the panels and, where appropriate, one or more intermediate hinges. The two elements of each hinge are fixed to the panels at least on the folds of the corresponding longitudinal edges.
• the pivot axis of the hinges, and therefore of the panels is located outside the dimensions of the panels, at proximity to the second large face and to the facing where the protruding edge of a first panel is folded.
• This axis is located substantially at the right of the middle part of this edge.
• it is located substantially to the right of the free edge of the longitudinal edge returning from the second panel when the latter extends the first panel in a coplanar manner.
• the faces defining the reentrant longitudinal edge are substantially tangent to an arc having the pivot axis at the center.
• the pivot axis of the hinges is spaced from the facing of the first panel by a value of the order of magnitude of a third, half, or even less than the total thickness of the panel.
• the two longitudinal edges facing two adjacent panels are spaced from each other by a reduced free space, forming an external anti-finger clip.
• the end hinges are fixed to the added profiles of the side edges.
• an internal anti-finger clip in the form of added plates or profiles, fixed flat on the second panel, on the second large face where the folding is located.
• Such an anti-finger clip plate or profile extends until it is substantially in line with the middle part of the protruding longitudinal edge of the first panel when the two panels are in extension relative to each other in a coplanar manner.
• such a plate or profile is folded back against the facing of the first panel when the two panels are in extension and coplanar.
• one of the two end hinge elements has a square shape having, on the one hand, a plate for fixing the hinge element to the panels and on the other hand a tab provided with an oblong slot extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the panel, in which is rigidly fixed, but in an adjustable manner in position, a roller support pin.
• said pin has, in cross section, a non-circular profile, in particular polygonal, for the purpose of tightening the fastening.
• the invention relates to a leaf for a door of the type considered comprising a succession of panels as they have just been described, similar or identical to each other.
• the number of panels used is limited to a few, of the order of three to ten in the embodiment envisaged. In a typical embodiment, the number of panels is between four and six.
• the invention relates to an erasing door on the ceiling and vertical displacement manufactured, pre-assembled for its installation, able to be thus stored, delivered and supplied on the installation site comprising on the one hand a first assembly including lateral guide rails; a leaf, the rollers cooperating with the side rails; a shaft disposed longitudinally towards one end of the side rails; one or two cable winding drums mounted wedged on the end parts of the shaft towards the outside of the leaf and between it and the side rails; one or two cables linked on the one hand to the leaf to the lower end panel, on the other hand wound on the drum or drums, these cables not being thus undesirably accessible; one or more elastic return members mounted on the shaft, such as a helical spring; manual and / or motorized maneuvering means, said first assembly being pre-assembled and pre-adjusted; and, on the other hand, a second assembly including upper guide rails.
• the door thus manufactured is presented pre-assembled while being compact and handy being of a suitable weight.
• the second set is placed flat against the leaf of the first set, the two sets forming a package.
• the invention relates to packaging for such a door which comprises a support forming a pallet and rack capable of receiving a plurality of doors placed side by side.
• the support has two side blanks to which the side rails are removably attached and also two flat bars to which the side rails are removably attached opposite the sidewalls.
• This package can contain up to nine doors, two to two symmetrical.
• the invention relates to a method of positioning in a construction provided with an opening of a door with erasing on the ceiling and vertical clearance, said door having been manufactured, pre-assembled and pre-adjusted, if necessary conditioned as indicated above, in which said manufactured door is brought, pre-assembled and pre-adjusted to the construction site and 10
• the first and second sets are put in place and fixed to said construction.
• the invention relates to a sectional door with ceiling erasure and vertical clearance, such as typically a garage door, intended to be mounted in the opening of a construction, comprising lateral guide rails and rails upper guide; a leaf, the rollers being intended to cooperate with the lateral and upper rails in order to properly guide the leaf; a shaft disposed longitudinally towards the junction of the side rails and the top rails; one or two cable winding drums mounted on the end parts of the shaft towards the outside of the leaf and between the latter and the side rails; one or two cables linked on the one hand to the leaf to the lower end panel, on the other hand wound on the drum or drums; one or more elastic return members mounted on the shaft such as a helical spring; and manual and / or motorized maneuvering means.
• drums of reduced diameter such as between 65 and 75 mm.
• the invention relates to a construction comprising an opening in which is mounted a door as just described.
• the construction is such that the lintel fallout and the corner pieces are of reduced size which can be less than 10 cm, in particular of the order of 8 cm and of the order of 9 cm respectively.
• the upper guide rails and the hinges are located on the inside and the longitudinal ribs on the outside. 11
• FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the interior side of a construction comprising a door according to the invention, shown closed;
• FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the door leaf of Figure 1, on a larger scale, seen from the inside;
• FIG. 3 is an elevational view of a panel of the leaf of Figure 2, on a larger scale, seen from the outside;
• FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the panel of Figure 3 along the line IV-IV;
• FIGS. 5a and 5b are two schematic cross-sectional views of the two facings, respectively exterior and interior of a panel;
• FIGS. ⁇ a and 6b are two partial schematic views, on a larger scale, of Figures 5a and 5b showing the folding of the facings;
• FIG 7 is a schematic, partial view, in section through a vertical plane, on a larger scale, of two coplanar panels, more specifically illustrating their longitudinal edges;
• Figure 7a is a similar view of an alternative embodiment;
• - Figure 8 is a view similar to that of Figure 7, the two panels here being in their extreme pivoted relative position - not coplanar - corresponding to the open door;
• Figures 9 and 10 are two schematic views similar to Figures 7 and 8 showing the panels with the end hinges;
• FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an end hinge with its pin and its roller
• Figure 12 is a front view of a door package according to the invention
• FIG. 13 is a side view of the packaging of FIG. 12.
• the opening 1 is typically that allowing the passage of a motor vehicle, the door 2 therefore being a garage door.
• the ground is designated by 3, by 4 the lintel fallout and by 5 the spandrels, on one side and on the other.
• the dropout of the lintel 4 and the spindles 5 are of reduced size, compared with those of the state of the art.
• the sizes are less than 10 cm and in particular of the order of 8 cm for the fall of the lintel and of the order of 9 cm for each corner piece.
• the door 2 comprises a leaf 6, movable between a closed position ( Figure 1) and an open position.
• the leaf 6 In the closed position, the leaf 6 is arranged vertically or substantially vertically in the opening 1.
• the leaf 6 In the open position, the leaf 6 is arranged horizontally or substantially horizontally towards the ceiling adjoining the dropout of the lintel.
• the door 2 considered is therefore of the erasing type on the ceiling and vertical travel. It is also of sectional type, the leaf 6 comprising a succession of panels 7 similar or identical to each other. Two adjacent panels are arranged and mounted one on the other so as to be associated with each other by pivoting means 8. 13
• the door 2 also comprises lateral guide rails 9 and upper guide rails 10. These rails are respectively arranged vertically or substantially vertically, horizontally or substantially horizontally. They are placed inside the construction, respectively on either side and above the opening 1. They are located near this opening 1.
• the rails 9 and 10 form two sets on one side and on the other side of the opening 1.
• Each of these two assemblies comprises one or two lateral rails 9 and one or two upper rails 10, the latter adjacent to the upper end portions of the lateral rails 9.
• the two sets of rails 9 and 10 are located in two vertical planes parallel to each other, perpendicular to the plane of the opening 1.
• the rails 9 are fixed, directly or not, to the wall of the construction in which the opening 1 is made.
• the rails 10 are fixed in particular on the ceiling.
• D a horizontal direction located in the plane of the opening 1, perpendicular to the plane of the two sets of rails 9 and 10.
• Rollers 11 of axis D cooperating with the rails 9 and 10 are carried by the panels 7 projecting from their vertical lateral edges 12.
• the rollers 11 can slide in the rails 9 and 10 to allow movement of the leaf 6 between its positions opening and closing.
• the door 2 also comprises in the embodiment considered a mechanism 13 comprising a shaft 13a of axis D disposed towards the junction of the rails 9 and 10 -and therefore towards the upper end of the rails 9-, two drums 13b for winding cables mounted wedged on the lateral end portions of the shaft 13a towards the outside of the leaf 6 and between the latter and the lateral rails 9; two cables linked on the one hand to the lower end panel of the leaf 6, on the other hand wound on the drums 13b; one or more elastic return members 13c mounted on 14
• the shaft 13a such as a helical spring
• operating means 13d in this case manual, such as a handle controlling a latch cooperating with an attachment window formed in the frame of the door 2.
• the cables are arranged vertically or substantially vertically between the lateral edges of the leaf 6 and the rails 9. They are located in the immediate vicinity of the plane of the opening 1. They pass between this plane and the roller supports 11. They are therefore not unintentionally accessible.
• the panels 7 include a lower end panel 7a, an upper end panel 7b and one or more intermediate panels 7c.
• the leaf 6 comprises a total of four identical panels 7.
• the panels 7 have in front elevation a generally rectangular outline, the long side being horizontal and of direction D and the short side vertical (when the door 2 is installed and closed).
• a panel 7 is limited by the two lateral edges 12 and two longitudinal edges 14.
• a seal there is associated with the free longitudinal edges 14 of the panels 7a and 7b a seal, a feeler bar or other suitable device.
• the longitudinal edges 14 have, in cross section, a profile of generally pseudotriangular shape.
• Two adjacent panels 7 are associated with relative pivoting with respect to each other about an axis 15 parallel to the direction D. They have two longitudinal edges substantially complementary to each other 15
• the projecting edges 14a are, when the door 2 is mounted and closed, directed upwards and in the high position. And, conversely, the inside edges 14b are directed downwards and in the low position.
• a panel 7 therefore comprises, at the top, a projecting edge 14a and, at the bottom, a re-entrant edge 14b.
• the protruding edge 14a has a general shape with a concavity facing the inside of the panel 7.
• the re-entrant edge 14b has a general shape with a convexity facing the inside of the panel 7.
• protruding edges 14a and re-entering edges 14b are described below with reference to the association of two panels 7 in which these edges are combined.
• a panel 7 comprises a first and a second facing respectively 16 and 17, defining its large visible external faces 18 and 19, which are parallel.
• the facings 16 and 17 are made from thin metal sheets, rigidly secured to one another.
• the facings 16 and 17 are produced from steel sheets with a thickness of about 0.4 mm.
• the two facings 16 and 17 are, in this embodiment, made from the same type of thin sheet.
• the two facings 16 and 17 are made from different types of sheets.
• the sheets of the facings 16 and 17 can be made of materials other than steel, provided that this material is suitable for the use and performance required.
• the first facing 16 is that located on the outside of the building, that is to say towards the "noble" visible face.
• the first facing 16 - comprises at least one stiffening rib 20 in hollow, longitudinal, extending between the two edges 12.
• the other facing, 17, is in this embodiment devoid of such a groove and is substantially planar.
• the longitudinal rib 20 extends entirely over the distance between the two edges 12. According to another embodiment, the rib 20 extends over only part of this distance.
• the longitudinal rib 20 has, in cross section, a substantially triangular or rounded profile.
• the facing 16 comprises, in the embodiment shown corresponding to a panel 7 of appreciable width, several longitudinal ribs 20. These are of identical or close profile.
• the ribs 20 are located essentially in the middle area of the panel 7, away from the edges 14. They are spaced apart at least substantially equidistant from each other. In the embodiment considered where the door 2 comprises four panels 7, each of these comprises five longitudinal ribs 20.
• the internal space 56 of the panel 7, closed at the periphery by the two facings 16, 17, is filled - at least partially - with a synthetic material which expands during manufacture.
• the panel 7 is devoid of reinforcement or interior insert of substantial stiffening. 17
• a longitudinal edge 14 has a thickness which decreases continuously from the large faces 18, 19 to its longitudinal free edge 21.
• the edge 14 is essentially defined by several successively substantially planar faces of one of the facings, in this case the outer facing 16 having the longitudinal rib (s) 20.
• the edge 14 is defined by at most four faces (two faces in the embodiment shown), and a rounded shape forming the longitudinal free edge 21.
• these two faces are, from the first large external face 18 and being the facing 16, a face 22 of greater width followed by a face 23 of smaller width, the latter being - even followed and ended by the rounding of the edge 21 of connection with the second large inner face 19.
• these two faces are, from the first large external face 18 and acting on the facing 16, by means of the rounded edge 21, a face 24 of smaller width and a face 25 of greater width of connection with the second large inner face 19.
• the facing 16 is folded and rolled in order to produce the faces 22, 23, 24, 25 and the rounded edges 21.
• At least one face 26 of the rib 20 a with respect to the first large external face 18 of the facing 16, in the embodiment under consideration, an inclination similar or close to that of the face 22 of the projecting longitudinal edge 14a.
• the profile of the rib 20 is similar or close to the profile formed by the two adjacent longitudinal edges of the two adjacent panels 7 associated and coplanar. This last profile is in 18
• a panel 7 has a total thickness of less than 3 cm.
• the total mass of a panel 7 according to the structure described can be of the order of 9 to 10 kg / m 2 , in particular close to 9.5 kg / m 2 .
• the facing 16 would be provided with longitudinal ribs 20 and also provided with at least one - and if necessary several - hollow transverse ribs, of profile similar or close to that of a longitudinal rib 20, the panel being of the so-called cassette type.
• the depth of a longitudinal rib 20 is of the order of magnitude of a third of the total thickness of the panel 7.
• the two sheets forming the facings 16 and 17 are rigidly secured to each other towards each of the edges 14 by folding with nesting 27.
• This folding 27 is flat and substantially coplanar with one of the large faces of the panel 7, in this case the second large internal face 19, on the side of the facing 17. In this embodiment, the folding 27 is therefore located on the side 19
• the folding 27 is obtained by means of a fold 28 in one direction of the facing 16 and a fold 29 in the other direction of the facing 17, the two folds 28, 29 being nested one in the other at the like a hook ( Figures 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b).
• the folding 27 is situated as regards the projecting edge 14a substantially facing the edge 30 formed by the first inclined face 22 of the edge on the first large opposite face 18. As regards the inside edge 14b, the folding 27 is located in the vicinity of the edge 31 formed by the first inclined face 25 of the edge on the same second large face 19.
• a folding 27 also forms a functional means for fixing a hinge element to the pivoting means 8. Indeed, a folding 27 allows the effective tightening of one (or more) screws 32 for hinge fixing.
• the facing 16 has a general shape of a U-shaped bowl, while the facing 17 is substantially flat.
• the panel 7 also comprises, attached to each of its edges 12, an attached U-shaped section 33.
• a edge 14 has a face 22, 24 inclined between 15 ° and 25 °, in particular approximately 20 ° relative to the large faces 18, 19. It also has a face 23, 25 inclined between 40 ° and 50 ° in particular approximately 45 ° on these same large faces 18, 19.
• Two adjacent faces of a edge 14, namely 22, 23 on the one hand 24, 25 on the other hand form between them an edge and a salient or re-entrant angle respectively 34, 35, between 150 ° and 160 °, in particular about 155 °. 20
• the rounding 21 has a radius of curvature of the order of or less than one tenth of the total thickness of the panel 7.
• the pivoting means 8 rigidly associated for one of the panels 7 towards its protruding longitudinal edge 14a and, for the other panel 7, toward its reentrant longitudinal edge 14b. This rigid association is ensured by means of the screws 32.
• the pivoting means 8 comprise at least two end hinges 8a towards the lateral edges 12 and, if necessary, one or more intermediate hinges 8b.
• the two elements 36, 37 of each hinge 8 are fixed to the panels 7 at least on the folds with nesting 27. These elements include platinum-shaped parts 38 provided with holes 39 for the screws 32 of the shouldered head type and parts curved 40 for the passage and fixing of a pin 41 forming the axis 15.
• the pivot axis 15 of the hinges 8, and therefore of the panels 7, is located outside the dimensions of the panels, near the second large face 19 and the facing 17 where the folding 27 is located, substantially at right of the middle part of the projecting edge 14a of the first panel 7 and substantially in line with the free edge 21 of the re-entrant edge 14b of the second panel when the latter extends the first in a coplanar manner.
• the panel 7 qualified as "first” is in the lower position and that qualified as "second” is in the upper position.
• pivot axis 15 is spaced from the second large face 19 and from the facing 17 of the first panel 7 by a value of the order of magnitude of a third, half, or even less, of the thickness. total of panel 7.
• the two longitudinal edges 14a, 14b facing the two panels 7 are spaced from each other by a free space 21
• the faces 24, 25 of the re-entrant edge 14b are substantially tangent to an arc of a circle having the pivot axis 15 as a center.
• the end hinges 8a are fixed to the added profiles 33 forming the side edges 12.
• the door 2 also includes an anti-finger pinch inside 43 in the form of added plates or profiles, fixed flat on the second panel 7, on the second large face 19 where the folding 27 is located (facing 17).
• an anti-finger pinch inside 43 in the form of added plates or profiles, fixed flat on the second panel 7, on the second large face 19 where the folding 27 is located (facing 17).
• Such a plate or profile 43 extends until it is slightly below the pivot axis 15, when the two panels in question are in extension relative to each other in a coplanar manner.
• the plate or profile 43 is folded at 44 to come against the facing 16 of the first panel when the two panels are in extension and coplanar.
• the internal anti-finger clip 43 is not an attached piece fixed flat on the large face 19 of the second panel 7, but is integrated into the face 19 of the facing 17.
• the large face 19 extends then until being slightly offset from the middle part of the projecting edge 14a of the first panel 7, when the two panels in question are in extension relative to each other in a coplanar manner (FIG. 7a).
• the large face 19 is folded at 44 to come against the facing 16 of the first panel 7 when the two panels are in extension and coplanar, and to form the folding 27 for the second panel 7.
• One of the two elements of an end hinge 8a namely element 36 for example, has a square shape having on the one hand the plate 38 and on the other hand a tab 45 provided with an oblong light 46 , extending substantially perpendicularly to the plate 38 in question, in which is rigidly fixed but in an adjustable manner in position a pin 47 supporting the roller 11.
• Said pin 47 has a non-circular profile 48, in particular polygonal in cross section, for tightening the fastening.
• the panels 7 thus formed have the advantage of being of reduced weight. It is therefore the same for the entire leaf 6.
• the dropout of the lintel and the corner pieces may also be reduced in size, as indicated above.
• the shape of the longitudinal edges 14 described allows the use of reduced sheet metal for manufacturing, and the panels are simple to produce, by folding. The door is especially intended for private homes.
• a first set includes the lateral guide rails 9, the leaf 6 placed between them, the rollers 11 cooperating with the rails 9 and, finally, the mechanism 13.
• a second set 23 includes the lateral guide rails 9, the leaf 6 placed between them, the rollers 11 cooperating with the rails 9 and, finally, the mechanism 13.
• the first set 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 is compact and fits in an envelope of generally flattened parallelepiped shape. Indeed, as has been mentioned previously, this assembly is laterally limited by the rails 9, the drums 13b not projecting from this assembly since they are placed between the leaf 6 and the rails 9. As for the cables, they are incorporated in the door 2 hardware, i.e. they are not protruding.
• the first set of door 2 which has just been described is such that it can also be preset during manufacture. This pre-setting concerns the length, arrangement and tension of the cables as well as the spring (s) 13c.
• This constructive arrangement is advantageous because it leads to a quality presetting during manufacture and avoids tedious, long or delicate operations on the final assembly site of the door.
• the second assembly 10, 49 can be placed flat against the leaf 6 of the first assembly on the side of the second large face 19.
• the two assemblies which have just been described form a package which can be included in an overall thickness of less than 125 mm, while in the prior art the thickness is close to and even exceeds 155 mm.
• Doors 2 as they have just been described are conditioned by means of a packaging 50.
• the packaging 50 includes a support 51 forming a pallet for its part 52 and a rack for its part 53. 24
• the rack 53 is able to receive a plurality of doors as they have just been described, placed side by side.
• the support 51 comprises, for the rack forming part 53, two lateral flanks 54. Furthermore, the packaging 50 also comprises, in the embodiment considered, two lateral flat irons 55.
• Such packaging can receive up to nine doors each in the form of the package described above. These doors are placed two by two symmetrical so that the first two large faces 18 or the second two large faces 19 of the two doors are opposite one another.
• the doors being thus arranged, they can be fixed removably by their lateral rails 9 to the sides 54 by means of screws.
• the support 51 is placed in the lower part, forming a pallet.
• the flat irons 55 are placed in the upper part.
• the overall size of such a package comprising nine doors and being inscribed in a parallelepiped is for example 1.15 m ⁇ 3.20 m by 2.60 m in height, or less.
• the doors once manufactured are packaged as just described. This packaging is easily transportable given the limited weight of the panels 7.
• the packaging 50 allows convenient waiting storage of the doors before they are put in place in a construction. 25
• the door having been pre-assembled in manufacturing and pre-adjusted, assembly can be quick.

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