Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
  • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
  • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/0621—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides
  • E05D15/0626—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides for wings suspended at the top
  • E05D15/0652—Tracks
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
  • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
  • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/0621—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
  • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
  • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
  • E05D15/08—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane consisting of two or more independent parts movable each in its own guides
• • 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
  • E05Y2201/11—Covers
• • 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
  • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
  • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets
• • 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
  • E06B3/34—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 with only one kind of movement
  • E06B3/42—Sliding wings; Details of frames with respect to guiding
  • E06B3/46—Horizontally-sliding wings
  • E06B3/4663—Horizontally-sliding wings specially adapted for furniture
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
  • Y10T24/32—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. having magnetic fastener

Definitions

• This innovation relates to a new type of cover that can be placed between the upper edge of a cupboard compartment and its overlying guide rail, used for the sliding movement of support carriages of the cupboard's sliding doors.
• the cover has been designed in such a way as to ensure the pleasant aesthetic appearance of the cupboard as it conceals the presence of the guide rail and of its movement mechanisms without significantly affecting the useful height of the cupboard while at the same time permitting inspection of door movement and support mechanisms.
• the main characteristic of this innovation is that it provides for the presence and insertion of a cover or profile, which can be applied and lowered along the entire upper length of the cupboard, together with the movement and support guide rail of the sliding door carriages for the movement of the doors, and may be raised, only when said carriages have been definitively positioned and registered on the guide.
• the cover may be lowered to meet inspection requirements. It is equipped with at least one iron plate, which is aligned to at least one magnet previously positioned in the appropriate part of said guide.
• each sliding door of a standard cupboard has lower brackets which slide along guide rails at the bottom of the cupboard and is supported by two support brackets positioned on its upper edge and connected to a similar number of carriages, which are able to move along the tracks or guide rails, the guide rails being soundly positioned along the external surface of the upper horizontal panel or top panel of the cupboard .
• the various types of furniture sliding door guides have an external or visible side which is inexistent or as much as possible reduced in height so that the sliding door carriages may be fitted without further impact on the required space, in respect of the ceiling height of the room where the cupboard is to be positioned, and to allow the initial registration and ordinary maintenance over time.
• the objective of the present innovation is to create a sliding door cupboard, which conceals the unaesthetic view of the carriages and their movement and support carriages, without significant impact on the space required for the application and correct functioning of the door movement and support carriages.
• Another important aim of the innovation is to ensure the maximum accessibility and ease of inspection of door guide rails and movement and support carriages.
• Another objective of the innovation is that of ensuring maximum stability and manageability of the removable cover to be fitted in order to achieve the desired aesthetic effect.
• Fig. 1 represents the transversal, partial view of the top of a cupboard of the above type, in which the main movement and support elements of said sliding door cupboard are shown and where an innovative cover is shown in the lowered position;
• Fig. 2 represents a transversal view of the profile of the cover in Fig. 1 ;
• Fig. 3 represents the transversal view, similar to the view presented in Fig. 1 , in which the cover in Fig. 2 is presented in an intermediate, raised position;
• Fig. 4 represents the transversal view, similar to the view presented in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, in which the cover of Fig. 2 is presented in a raised position;
• part of the top of cupboard A consists of an upper wall or ceiling 10 and of a couple of sliding doors 20 and 30, which are slidingly supported on guide 40 by means of brackets 21 and 31, to which carrying wheels 22 and 32 of respective carriages (not shown) are attached.
• Said wheels 22 and 32 are attached to the tracks 41 and 42 of said guide rail 40, roughly positioned at the front edge of the top panel 10 of cupboard A.
• the front side 43 of said guide rail 40 innovatively presents a longitudinal slot 44 suitable for housing at least one magnetic bar or element 45.
• an innovative cover 50 is present, preferably in the form of a section bar, which should at any rate be essentially flat, presenting an upper hook edge 51 and an intermediate section 52 as well as a lower section 53.
• Section 53 is suitable for housing a flexible brush 54.
• compartment 53 forms a shoulder 55 with the lower edge of the cover 50.
• the intermediate compartment 52 of the cover 50 is destined to house at least one iron bar or element 56, suitably held in place, e.g. by light interference.
• a guide 40 is fixed to the front edge of the top panel 10 of the cupboard A, to which sliding doors 20 and 30 are to be attached, along the entire length of cupboard A, save for the application of closure head panels in accordance to existing methods.
• a couple of brackets 21 are generally fixed to the sides of the upper edge of door 20, each of which is of an identical "U" shape, with the opposite side indirectly connected to a wheel 22, which in turn presents a radial slot suitable for housing the track or aisle 41 of guide 40.
• wheel 22 is generally indirectly fixed to the aforementioned bracket 21, in that it is screwed to an adjustment device, not shown as not pertinent, the device or carriage of which is suitable for the vertical positioning of the door 20, to ensure the linearity of its movement on cupboard A.
• brackets 31 are fixed to the two sides of the upper edge of the sliding door 30, again shaped in the form of a "U", but this time of smaller dimension compared to bracket 20, and on the opposite side from the side to which the door 30 is fixed, which is suitable for indirectly supporting one wheel 32, the radial slot of which is capable of housing the aisle or track 42 of the guide rail 40, with similar possibilities of registration of the position of the door 30 compared to its track 42 on cupboard A.
• bracket 31 The fixing of the door 30 to the track 42 by means of bracket 31 assumes that the carrying wheel 32 is able to overcome the height of the front side 43 of the guide rail 40, thus said door 30 must be slightly raised so that the wheel 32 can be lowered on track 42.
• the raising of the external bracket 21 and of the door 20 requires a certain availability with respect to the ceiling of the room housing cupboard A, and in fact defines the maximum useful height of cupboard A.
• the presence of the innovative cover 50 does in fact not result in any increase of the required space and ensures that the mobile parts attached to the guide rail 40 are concealed.
• guide rail 40 in the first stage of the assembly, guide rail 40 must be soundly fixed to the external surface of top panel 10, in order that its front side 43 is slightly inward facing with respect to the front edge of top panel 10, as well as having at least one magnetic element 45 which is suitably attached to its slot 44.
• the top hook 51 of the cover 50 is placed on the upper edge of the front side 43 of the guide rail 40, in order that the cover 50 is supported by the front side 43.
• the doors 20 and 30 are fixed to tracks 41 and 42 of guide rail 40 by passing their carrying wheel 22 and 32 over the edge 51 of the lowered cover 50, in order that they may be allocated on tracks 41 and 42.
• the cover 50 is raised into the intermediate position illustrated in Fig. 3, before reaching its final raised position as illustrated in Fig. 4.
• the attraction of magnet 45 on the iron element 56 ensures that cover 50 reaches its maximum position, blocking the external view of movement and support mechanisms of doors 20 and 30.
• cover 50 In this raised position of cover 50, its shoulder 55 is destined to position itself on the corner between the edge and the upper surface of the top panel 10, and is involved, together with magnet 45 and iron element 56, in the stability of the raised position achieved by cover 50.
• magnet 45 For each subsequent registration of the mechanisms for doors 20 and 30 on wheels 22 and 32, it shall of course be sufficient to overcome the force of the magnet 45 in order to shift shoulder 55 and be able to pull cover 50 in a downwards direction until its hooked edge 51 hooks on to the edge of the top side 43 of guide rail 40.
• the magnetic components 45 and 56 may be replaced by mechanical components such as, for example, removable fixing screws in the raised position or fixed hook ratchets.

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• Support Devices For Sliding Doors (AREA)
• Cabinets, Racks, Or The Like Of Rigid Construction (AREA)
• Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)

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