Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
  • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
  • E05F15/60—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators
  • E05F15/603—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors
  • E05F15/611—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings
  • E05F15/616—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings operated by push-pull mechanisms
  • E05F15/619—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings operated by push-pull mechanisms using flexible or rigid rack-and-pinion arrangements
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
  • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
  • E05F15/60—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators
  • E05F15/603—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
  • E05D1/00—Pinless hinges; Substitutes for hinges
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2201/10—Covers; Housings
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
  • E05Y2201/644—Flexible elongated pulling elements
  • E05Y2201/656—Chains
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
  • E05Y2201/71—Toothed gearing
  • E05Y2201/722—Racks
  • E05Y2201/724—Flexible
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
  • E05Y2600/10—Adjustable
  • E05Y2600/30—Adjustment motion
  • E05Y2600/32—Rotary motion
  • E05Y2600/322—Rotary motion around a horizontal axis
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
  • E05Y2600/50—Mounting methods; Positioning
  • E05Y2600/52—Toolless
  • E05Y2600/528—Hooking, e.g. using bayonets; Locking
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
  • E05Y2600/60—Mounting or coupling members; Accessories therefor
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2600/00—Mounting or coupling arrangements for elements provided for in this subclass
  • E05Y2600/60—Mounting or coupling members; Accessories therefor
  • E05Y2600/626—Plates or brackets

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an actuating system for casings which allows particularly easy installation.
• a very common design comprises a fixing bracket which is to be mounted on the casing and which supports a box by means of two side arms. Said box encloses an electric motor which, by means of gears, engages with and drives a chain.
• This chain has one end which always remains inside the box, while the other end is secured to the movable part of the casing, which is reached via an opening in said box. Owing to the particular configuration of the box and the provision of special guides, the chain is able to be completely wound inside said box, occupying a m-riimum amount of space.
• the motor When the motor is operated, the chain is unwound and the end connected to the casing moves away from the box, causing opening of the said casing. During closing, the motor retracts and rewinds the chain inside the box.
• the bracket and the box are made of plastic. Normally installation of this type of actuating system is performed after installation of the.
• the person carrying out installation must first fix the bracket to the casing, usually by means of screws.
• the box is pivotably mounted on the bracket and fixed there by means of screws or a dovetail joint is formed between bracket and box, which joint is then made fast by means of locking screws.
• the disadvantage of these solutions is obvious when one considers that the person carrying out installation nearly always performs the assembly operations on a ladder, having to support and fix the components at the same time. As a result, assembly is awkward to perform, installation may be imprecise and the person carrying out installation risks losing his/her balance.
• the object of the present invention is to provide an actuating system which does not have the drawbacks described, but allows simple and rapid installation of bracket and box without the use of screws or the like.
• the characteristic feature of the invention is to provide a system for hinging together the bracket and box by means of suitable shaping of the said bracket and box.
• the corresponding parts during formation of the hinge may be added to the bracket and the box or conveniently incorporated in the said bracket and box, during moulding of their plastic bodies.
• the ends of the arms of the bracket have formed thereon a tooth, to which a receiving surface formed in the body of the box corresponds. Said receiving surface communicates with a seat for said tooth, which is again formed in the body of the box.
• Fig. 1 shows an overall view of the actuating system for casings
• Fig. 2 shows a view of a bracket and a part of a box according to one embodiment
• Fig. 3 shows another view of the same parts of the actuating system according to Fig. 2.
• Fig. 1 shows an actuating system 1 consisting of a bracket 10 and an elongated box 20.
• Said bracket 10 which is able to be fixed to the casing (not shown) or, alternatively, to the wall, comprises two support arms 12, one of which is partly visible in Fig. 1.
• Said arms are situated at the ends of the box 20 with the aim of spacing the box 20 from the bracket 10.
• the free ends of the arms 12 each comprises a tooth 30 in the form of a parallelepiped (see Fig. 2).
• Said tooth 30 may be an element formed directly during moulding or may be mounted subsequently on the arm 12.
• Said tooth 30 has a given height T and a given length L (see Fig. 2).
• the description which follows refers to one side only of the actuating system 1 since the other side is identical in all respects.
• a side 20a of the box 20 (see Fig. 2 and Fig. 3) comprises a receiving surface 50 formed in the body of the said box 20.
• Said receiving surface 50 has a width H and extends vertically inside the box 20 from the bottom side 22 thereof (the box 20 in Fig. 2 is shown rotated through 90° with respect to the position which it would assume when mounted).
• the receiving surface 50 terminates in a circular seat 40 which is also formed in the body of the said box.
• the length L and the height T are related to the diameter of said seat in such a way as to allow said tooth 30 to touch with its edges the walls of the circular seat, once it has been inserted as will be described more clearly below.
• the height H of the receiving surface 50 is substantially equal to the height T of the tooth 50, while the depth of the receiving surface 50 and the seat 40 correspond to the projection of the tooth 30.
• the box 20 is moved towards the arms 12 of said bracket 10. Said box 20 is rotated through 90° with respect to the casing, resulting in the position shown in Fig. 2, so as to align the receiving surface 50 with the tooth 30. Said tooth 30 is then inserted into the receiving surface 50 so as to engage it inside the seat 40 and the box 20 is rotated through 90° in the opposite direction to the previous direction.
• the box 20 is thus hinged with the bracket 10 by means of the tooth 30 and the seat 40, without the possibility of separation since the tooth 30 is completely gripped by the walls of the seat 40.
• the opposite sequence of operations to that described above is performed. It is clear that the dimensions of the seat 40 and those indicated by H, T and L may vary depending on the design. It is also possible to imagine variations with regard to the form of the bracket 10 (a bracket with 1 or 2 arms, different position of the tooth
• the form of the box 10 (for example, a different position or orientation of the receiving surface 40 and the seat 50), which variations, however, are all included within the scope of protection of the present invention.
• Another example of a variation is to design a bracket as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, but with a cylindrical lug between the free ends of the two arms 12.
• At least one omega- shaped tongue ( ⁇ ) is integral with the box 20, in the sense that one "foot" of the omega is situated on one side of the box, while the other "foot” of the omega is free.
• hinging together of the bracket 10 and box 20 is performed by inserting with pressure said lug inside said tongue (thus occupying the space delimited by the body of the omega).
• hinging between the bracket 10 and the box 20 is performed by inserting with pressure said lug inside said tongue (thus occupying the space delimited by the body of the omega).

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• Seats For Vehicles (AREA)
• Power-Operated Mechanisms For Wings (AREA)
• Cold Air Circulating Systems And Constructional Details In Refrigerators (AREA)
• Devices That Are Associated With Refrigeration Equipment (AREA)
• Casings For Electric Apparatus (AREA)
• Table Equipment (AREA)
• Carriages For Children, Sleds, And Other Hand-Operated Vehicles (AREA)
• Toilet Supplies (AREA)
• Lock And Its Accessories (AREA)
• Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
• Percussion Or Vibration Massage (AREA)
• Surgical Instruments (AREA)

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