WO2011016059A1 - A door having a double leaf movement mechanism - Google Patents

A door having a double leaf movement mechanism Download PDF

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WO2011016059A1
WO2011016059A1 PCT/IT2009/000358 IT2009000358W WO2011016059A1 WO 2011016059 A1 WO2011016059 A1 WO 2011016059A1 IT 2009000358 W IT2009000358 W IT 2009000358W WO 2011016059 A1 WO2011016059 A1 WO 2011016059A1
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Michele Grimaldi
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Opacmare S.P.A.
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    • 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
    • E05D15/56—Suspension arrangements for wings with successive different movements
    • E05D15/58—Suspension arrangements for wings with successive different movements with both swinging and sliding movements
    • 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
    • E05D15/0604—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane allowing an additional movement
    • 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
    • E06B3/50—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 more than one kind of movement
    • 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
    • E06B3/50—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 more than one kind of movement
    • E06B3/5054—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 more than one kind of movement where the sliding and rotating movements are independent of each other
    • E06B3/5072—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 more than one kind of movement where the sliding and rotating movements are independent of each other the horizontal sliding wings having the possibility of an additional rotational movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B19/00—Arrangements or adaptations of ports, doors, windows, port-holes, or other openings or covers
    • 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
    • E05D15/0604—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane allowing an additional movement
    • E05D15/0608—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane allowing an additional movement caused by track lay-out
    • 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
    • E05Y2201/20—Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/218—Holders
    • E05Y2201/22—Locks
    • 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
    • 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
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/514—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles for ships

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  • the present invention refers to a door, comprising a frame and at least one leaf slidingly mounted on a guide formed on said frame, in which said leaf is able to occupy a stop position located along the guide.
  • doors of the sliding type In the nautical field doors of the sliding type, generally glazed doors, are broadly used to allow communication between inner and outer spaces of the boats. Sliding doors are broadly employed in boats such as yachts, since they allow a great communicability between their spaces. Recently the need for further increasing such communicability has been deeply felt, and so has the need for developing doors that are almost able to disappear, thus making inner and outer spaces a sort of single joint space .
  • An object of the present invention is to realize a door of the sliding type, allowing the above mentioned need to be met in the amplest way.
  • Such an object is attained according to the invention by a door of the type defined at the beginning, in which said leaf is provided with control means actuatable when the leaf is in the stop position, said control means being adapted to decouple the leaf from said guide and couple it to pivoting means, with the result that said leaf becomes able to rotate about a vertical axis.
  • the sliding leafs are not constrained anymore to the sole sliding movement, but they can also be rotated about a vertical axis, thus allowing in fact to completely free the opening surrounded by the frame of the door. Accordingly, this allows to eliminate any barrier between the spaces separated by the door at issue.
  • Figures 1 to 4 are perspective views of a door according to the invention, in which some movements of its leafs are illustrated;
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are schematic front views of a lower portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf in two different operating positions;
  • Figures 7 and 8 are schematic front views of an intermediate portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf in two different operating positions;
  • FIGS. 9 to 15 are schematic front views of an upper portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf in different operating positions;
  • FIGS 16 and 17 are perspective views of a lower corner portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf during a rotation;
  • FIGS. 18 and 19 are perspective views of an upper corner portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf during a rotation.
  • FIG. 1 an example of a door, generally designated by 1, is illustrated and realized in the form of a glazed door having three leafs, and fit to be mounted on to a wall of a room of a boat.
  • the door 1 include a main frame 10, fit to be mounted on to the aforesaid wall (not illustrated) in such a way as to surround an opening formed in such wall.
  • the main frame 10 include a pair of vertical elements or uprights 11, 12 and a pair of horizontal elements or cross-members 13, 14, which interconnect the uprights 11, 12 at their opposite ends .
  • the door 1 further include three movable leafs 20, 30, 40.
  • the first of such leafs, designated by 20, is pivoted to the frame 10 of the door 1, through pivots (not illustrated) projecting from the opposite ends of one of its uprights.
  • the other two leafs, designated by 30 and 40 are of the type which can slide and rotate with respect to the main frame 10, and are substantially identical.
  • the sole central leaf, designated by 30 In the sake of simplicity, in the following description reference will be made to the sole central leaf, designated by 30.
  • Each of the movable leafs includes a leaf frame, fit to be mounted on the main frame of the door.
  • the leaf frame also includes a pair of vertical elements or uprights and a pair of horizontal elements or cross-members, that interconnect the uprights at their opposite ends.
  • each leaf is predisposed for the assembling, for instance by gluing, of a plate of transparent or translucent material, for instance glass.
  • the central leaf 30 of the door is able to slide from its closing position, illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, to a stop position, represented in Figure 3, in which the sliding leaf 30 is positioned at the upright 11 at which the exclusively rotatable leaf 20 is pivoted.
  • the sliding leaf 30 is decoupable from its guide, and is able to become rotatable as well, as illustrated in Figure 4, so as to overlap to the exclusively rotatable leaf 20.
  • the sliding leaf 30 is provided with a control mechanism which is actuatable when the leaf 30 is in the stop position; such control mechanism is adapted to decouple the leaf from its guides 15 and 16 and couple it to pivoting seats.
  • the control mechanism is described with more detail in the following, with reference to Figures 5 to 19.
  • the frame of the leaf 30 has a box-like cross section, inside which the components of the control mechanism are housed; in Figures 5 to 19 the uprights 131, 132 and the cross-members 133, 134 of the leaf 30 are represented as partially open, in such a way as to made such components visible. In Figures 5 to 19, for greater clarity some elements have been represented as transparent.
  • a sliding carriage 135 is housed inside the lower cross-member 133 of the leaf 30 and is slidingly coupled to the lower guide 15 of the frame 10 of the door.
  • Such carriage 135 includes a downward projecting slider element 136, which with the leaf 30 in sliding configuration is partially inserted inside the slot of the lower guide 15, and a plurality of rollers 137, which with the leaf 30 in sliding configuration rest on the side edges of the lower guide 15.
  • a stop block 138 (visible in Figures 16 and 17) is fixed on the lower guide 15, on which block the sliding carriage 135 abuts when the leaf is in the position of the Figures 3 and 5. After the stop block 138 a pivoting seat 139 is formed for allowing the rotation of the leaf 30.
  • the control mechanism that allows the leaf 30 to switch from the sliding configuration to the rotating configuration includes one, and preferably two, slide control rods 141, 142 extending vertically, and a rotation control rod 143 extending vertically as well.
  • the slide control rods 141, 142 are vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and are housed in the uprights 131, 132, respectively.
  • the rotation control rod 143 is vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and is housed in one of the uprights, 131, adjacent to one of the slide control rods 141.
  • the slide control rods 141, 142 are at one end fixed to the sliding carriage 135, and are selectively actuatable for decoupling and coupling the sliding carriage 135 from and in the lower guide 15, as illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 16.
  • corresponding racks 145, 146 are associated to the slide control rods 141, 142, engaging with corresponding gearwheels 147, 148 rotatably mounted on the uprights 131 and 132, respectively.
  • the gearwheels 147, 148 are rotatably integral with respective handle grips 149, 151 (projecting on the back of the leaf 30), that allow a user to operate the control mechanism.
  • the position of the handle grips in Figure 7 corresponds to the sliding configuration of Figure 5, in which the sliding carriage 135 is lowered
  • the position of the handle grips in Figure 8 corresponds to the rotating configuration of Figure 6, in which the sliding carriage 135 is lifted.
  • the rotation control rod 143 is selectively actuatable for coupling and decoupling a lower end thereof in and from the pivoting seat 139, as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.
  • a corresponding rack 153 is associated to the rotation control rod 143, engaging one of the gearwheels, 147, rotatably mounted on the upright 131.
  • the rack 153 of the rotation control rod 143 is arranged on the other side of the gearwheel 147, with respect to the rack 145 of the slide control rod 141. In this way it is possible to operate the rotation control rod 143 simultaneously with the slide control rods 141, 142, through the handle grip 149.
  • a corner support block 155 is besides fixed to the frame of the leaf 30, at the lower corner of the leaf 30 on the pivoting axis, while a base block 156 is fixed on the lower cross-member 13 of the frame 10 of the door, at the stop position of the leaf 30.
  • the corner block 155 is arranged in such a way as to bear, by gravity, on the base block 156 when the driving carriage 135 is lifted by the slide control rods 141, 142, during the switching from the sliding configuration to the rotating configuration of the leaf 30.
  • the upper part of the leaf 30 is operatively substantially similar to the lower part of the leaf, but is structurally simpler since it lacks of the sliding carriage. It will be now briefly described, by outlining particularly its differences with respect to the lower part of the leaf. Although in the following paragraphs reference will be made for simplicity to the operation of the sole upper part of the control mechanism of the leaf, it will result immediately clear from the description that this part operates together and in cooperation with the lower part of the mechanism, since they are controlled by the same control members.
  • the upper part of the control mechanism that allows the leaf 30 to switch from the sliding configuration to the rotating configuration includes one, and preferably two, slide control rods 141a, 142a extending vertically, and a rotation control rod 143a extending vertically as well.
  • the slide control rods 141a, 142a are vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and are housed in the uprights 131, 132, respectively.
  • the rotation control rod 143a is vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and is housed in one of the uprights, 131, adjacent to one of the slide control rods, 141a.
  • the slide control rods 141a, 142a having different operating principles, will be designated in the following as right and left, respectively, with reference to their positions as represented in the figures.
  • the right slide control rod 141a is selectively actuatable for decoupling and coupling its end from and in the upper guide 16, as is illustrated in Figures 9 to 15.
  • the right slide control rod 141a of the upper part of the mechanism is made integral with the rotation control rod 143 of the lower part of the mechanism.
  • the position of the handle grips in Figure 7 corresponds therefore to the sliding configuration of the Figures 9 to 13, in which the upper end of the right slide control rod 141a is lifted, while the position of the handle grips in Figure 8 corresponds to the rotating configuration of Figures 14 and 15, in which the upper end of the right slide control rod 141a is lowered.
  • the left slide control rod 142a is fit to slidingly engage the upper guide 16. To this end, such left slide control rod 142a is elastically biased upward, through elastic means (not illustrated) which connect it to a base element 142b integral with the frame of the leaf 30. In order to manually push the slide control rod left 142a downward against its elastic force, it is provided that such rod is integral with an actuating element 142e, in which a grip slot 142f is formed and arranged in such a way as to be accessible for the hands of a user.
  • the base element 142b houses a latching device 142c, fit to releasably engage a corresponding latching structure 142d arranged on the left upright 12 the frame 10 of the door or, if the door according to the invention includes more movable leafs, on the left upright of the adjacent leaf.
  • Such latching is active when the leaf is in its closing position, as illustrated in Figures 9 and 10.
  • the left slide control rod 142a further engages a stop seat 142g formed on the upper cross-member 14 of the frame 10 of the door.
  • the latching device 142c is deactuatable (by instance, mechanically) by the upper slide control rod 142a when this latter is moved downward for disengaging it from the stop seat 142g, thus freeing the leaf 30 that as a consequence can make its slide movement.
  • the left slide control rod 142a reaches the beginning of the upper guide 16, which it engages automatically because of the elastic force biasing the rod.
  • the rotation control rod 143a of the upper part of the mechanism is selectively actuatable for coupling and decoupling its upper end in and from a pivoting seat 139a, as is illustrated in Figures 9 to 15.
  • the rotation control rod 143a of the upper part of the mechanism is made integral with one of the slide control rods of the lower part of the mechanism, 141.
  • the position of the handle grips in Figure 7 corresponds therefore to the sliding configuration of Figures 9 to 13, in which the rotation control rod 143a is lowered, while the position of the handle grips in Figure 8 corresponds to the rotating configuration of Figures 14 and 15, in which the rotation control rod 143a is lifted.

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A door comprising a frame (10) and at least one leaf (30) slidingly mounted on a guide (15) formed on the frame, in which the leaf is able to occupy a stop position located along the guide. The leaf is provided with a control mechanism (141, 142, 143) which is actuatable when the leaf is at the stop position. Such control mechanism is fit to decouple the leaf from the guide and to couple it to a pivoting seat (139), with the result that such leaf becomes able to rotate about a vertical axis.

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A door having a double leaf movement mechanism
The present invention refers to a door, comprising a frame and at least one leaf slidingly mounted on a guide formed on said frame, in which said leaf is able to occupy a stop position located along the guide.
In the nautical field doors of the sliding type, generally glazed doors, are broadly used to allow communication between inner and outer spaces of the boats. Sliding doors are broadly employed in boats such as yachts, since they allow a great communicability between their spaces. Recently the need for further increasing such communicability has been deeply felt, and so has the need for developing doors that are almost able to disappear, thus making inner and outer spaces a sort of single joint space .
An object of the present invention is to realize a door of the sliding type, allowing the above mentioned need to be met in the amplest way.
Such an object is attained according to the invention by a door of the type defined at the beginning, in which said leaf is provided with control means actuatable when the leaf is in the stop position, said control means being adapted to decouple the leaf from said guide and couple it to pivoting means, with the result that said leaf becomes able to rotate about a vertical axis.
In the door according to such solution the sliding leafs are not constrained anymore to the sole sliding movement, but they can also be rotated about a vertical axis, thus allowing in fact to completely free the opening surrounded by the frame of the door. Accordingly, this allows to eliminate any barrier between the spaces separated by the door at issue.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.
Further characteristics and advantages of the door according to the invention will become clearer with the following detailed description of some embodiments of the invention with reference to the attached drawings, given with a purely illustrative and not limitative purpose, in which:
Figures 1 to 4 are perspective views of a door according to the invention, in which some movements of its leafs are illustrated;
- Figures 5 and 6 are schematic front views of a lower portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf in two different operating positions;
Figures 7 and 8 are schematic front views of an intermediate portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf in two different operating positions;
- Figures 9 to 15 are schematic front views of an upper portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf in different operating positions;
- Figures 16 and 17 are perspective views of a lower corner portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf during a rotation; and
- Figures 18 and 19 are perspective views of an upper corner portion of one leaf of the door of Figures 1 to 4 illustrating such leaf during a rotation.
With reference to Figures 1 to 4 an example of a door, generally designated by 1, is illustrated and realized in the form of a glazed door having three leafs, and fit to be mounted on to a wall of a room of a boat.
The door 1 include a main frame 10, fit to be mounted on to the aforesaid wall (not illustrated) in such a way as to surround an opening formed in such wall. The main frame 10 include a pair of vertical elements or uprights 11, 12 and a pair of horizontal elements or cross-members 13, 14, which interconnect the uprights 11, 12 at their opposite ends .
On the cross-members 13, 14 lower and upper guides 15, 16 for sliding leafs (a pair of guides for each sliding leaf) are formed, which are visible in Figures 11 to 14. Such guides 15, 16 are configured in such a way as to look substantially as slots, inside which corresponding slider elements are received which are integral with the leafs.
The door 1 further include three movable leafs 20, 30, 40. The first of such leafs, designated by 20, is pivoted to the frame 10 of the door 1, through pivots (not illustrated) projecting from the opposite ends of one of its uprights. The other two leafs, designated by 30 and 40, are of the type which can slide and rotate with respect to the main frame 10, and are substantially identical. For the sake of simplicity, in the following description reference will be made to the sole central leaf, designated by 30. Each of the movable leafs includes a leaf frame, fit to be mounted on the main frame of the door. The leaf frame also includes a pair of vertical elements or uprights and a pair of horizontal elements or cross-members, that interconnect the uprights at their opposite ends. In the figures only the uprights 131, 132 and the cross-members 133, 134 of the central leaf 30 are indicated. The uprights and the cross-members of each leaf are predisposed for the assembling, for instance by gluing, of a plate of transparent or translucent material, for instance glass.
The central leaf 30 of the door is able to slide from its closing position, illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, to a stop position, represented in Figure 3, in which the sliding leaf 30 is positioned at the upright 11 at which the exclusively rotatable leaf 20 is pivoted. In such stop position the sliding leaf 30 is decoupable from its guide, and is able to become rotatable as well, as illustrated in Figure 4, so as to overlap to the exclusively rotatable leaf 20. To this end, the sliding leaf 30 is provided with a control mechanism which is actuatable when the leaf 30 is in the stop position; such control mechanism is adapted to decouple the leaf from its guides 15 and 16 and couple it to pivoting seats. The control mechanism is described with more detail in the following, with reference to Figures 5 to 19.
The frame of the leaf 30 has a box-like cross section, inside which the components of the control mechanism are housed; in Figures 5 to 19 the uprights 131, 132 and the cross-members 133, 134 of the leaf 30 are represented as partially open, in such a way as to made such components visible. In Figures 5 to 19, for greater clarity some elements have been represented as transparent.
As may be seen in Figure 5, a sliding carriage 135 is housed inside the lower cross-member 133 of the leaf 30 and is slidingly coupled to the lower guide 15 of the frame 10 of the door. Such carriage 135 includes a downward projecting slider element 136, which with the leaf 30 in sliding configuration is partially inserted inside the slot of the lower guide 15, and a plurality of rollers 137, which with the leaf 30 in sliding configuration rest on the side edges of the lower guide 15.
In order to define the stop position of the leaf 30, a stop block 138 (visible in Figures 16 and 17) is fixed on the lower guide 15, on which block the sliding carriage 135 abuts when the leaf is in the position of the Figures 3 and 5. After the stop block 138 a pivoting seat 139 is formed for allowing the rotation of the leaf 30.
The control mechanism that allows the leaf 30 to switch from the sliding configuration to the rotating configuration includes one, and preferably two, slide control rods 141, 142 extending vertically, and a rotation control rod 143 extending vertically as well. The slide control rods 141, 142 are vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and are housed in the uprights 131, 132, respectively. Also the rotation control rod 143 is vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and is housed in one of the uprights, 131, adjacent to one of the slide control rods 141.
The slide control rods 141, 142 are at one end fixed to the sliding carriage 135, and are selectively actuatable for decoupling and coupling the sliding carriage 135 from and in the lower guide 15, as illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 16.
To this end, as is illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, corresponding racks 145, 146 are associated to the slide control rods 141, 142, engaging with corresponding gearwheels 147, 148 rotatably mounted on the uprights 131 and 132, respectively. The gearwheels 147, 148 are rotatably integral with respective handle grips 149, 151 (projecting on the back of the leaf 30), that allow a user to operate the control mechanism. Particularly, the position of the handle grips in Figure 7 corresponds to the sliding configuration of Figure 5, in which the sliding carriage 135 is lowered, while the position of the handle grips in Figure 8 corresponds to the rotating configuration of Figure 6, in which the sliding carriage 135 is lifted. The rotation control rod 143 is selectively actuatable for coupling and decoupling a lower end thereof in and from the pivoting seat 139, as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6. To this end, as is illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, a corresponding rack 153 is associated to the rotation control rod 143, engaging one of the gearwheels, 147, rotatably mounted on the upright 131. The rack 153 of the rotation control rod 143 is arranged on the other side of the gearwheel 147, with respect to the rack 145 of the slide control rod 141. In this way it is possible to operate the rotation control rod 143 simultaneously with the slide control rods 141, 142, through the handle grip 149. The position of the handle grips in Figure 7 corresponds to the sliding configuration of Figure 5, in which the rotation control rod 143 is lifted, while the position of the handle grips in Figure 8 corresponds to the rotating configuration of Figure 6, in which the rotation control rod 143 is lowered. Such position of the rotation control rod, along with the fact that the sliding carriage is lifted, allows the leaf to be rotated as illustrated in Figures 16 and 17.
A corner support block 155 is besides fixed to the frame of the leaf 30, at the lower corner of the leaf 30 on the pivoting axis, while a base block 156 is fixed on the lower cross-member 13 of the frame 10 of the door, at the stop position of the leaf 30. The corner block 155 is arranged in such a way as to bear, by gravity, on the base block 156 when the driving carriage 135 is lifted by the slide control rods 141, 142, during the switching from the sliding configuration to the rotating configuration of the leaf 30.
The upper part of the leaf 30 is operatively substantially similar to the lower part of the leaf, but is structurally simpler since it lacks of the sliding carriage. It will be now briefly described, by outlining particularly its differences with respect to the lower part of the leaf. Although in the following paragraphs reference will be made for simplicity to the operation of the sole upper part of the control mechanism of the leaf, it will result immediately clear from the description that this part operates together and in cooperation with the lower part of the mechanism, since they are controlled by the same control members.
As may be seen in Figures 9 to 15, the upper part of the control mechanism that allows the leaf 30 to switch from the sliding configuration to the rotating configuration includes one, and preferably two, slide control rods 141a, 142a extending vertically, and a rotation control rod 143a extending vertically as well. The slide control rods 141a, 142a are vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and are housed in the uprights 131, 132, respectively. Also the rotation control rod 143a is vertically movable with respect to the leaf 30, and is housed in one of the uprights, 131, adjacent to one of the slide control rods, 141a.
The slide control rods 141a, 142a, having different operating principles, will be designated in the following as right and left, respectively, with reference to their positions as represented in the figures.
The right slide control rod 141a is selectively actuatable for decoupling and coupling its end from and in the upper guide 16, as is illustrated in Figures 9 to 15.
To this end, as is illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, the right slide control rod 141a of the upper part of the mechanism is made integral with the rotation control rod 143 of the lower part of the mechanism. The position of the handle grips in Figure 7 corresponds therefore to the sliding configuration of the Figures 9 to 13, in which the upper end of the right slide control rod 141a is lifted, while the position of the handle grips in Figure 8 corresponds to the rotating configuration of Figures 14 and 15, in which the upper end of the right slide control rod 141a is lowered.
The left slide control rod 142a is fit to slidingly engage the upper guide 16. To this end, such left slide control rod 142a is elastically biased upward, through elastic means (not illustrated) which connect it to a base element 142b integral with the frame of the leaf 30. In order to manually push the slide control rod left 142a downward against its elastic force, it is provided that such rod is integral with an actuating element 142e, in which a grip slot 142f is formed and arranged in such a way as to be accessible for the hands of a user.
The base element 142b houses a latching device 142c, fit to releasably engage a corresponding latching structure 142d arranged on the left upright 12 the frame 10 of the door or, if the door according to the invention includes more movable leafs, on the left upright of the adjacent leaf. Such latching is active when the leaf is in its closing position, as illustrated in Figures 9 and 10. In such position, the left slide control rod 142a further engages a stop seat 142g formed on the upper cross-member 14 of the frame 10 of the door. As is illustrated in Figures 10 and 11, the latching device 142c is deactuatable (by instance, mechanically) by the upper slide control rod 142a when this latter is moved downward for disengaging it from the stop seat 142g, thus freeing the leaf 30 that as a consequence can make its slide movement.
As the slide movement of the leaf is continued, as illustrated in Figure 12, the left slide control rod 142a reaches the beginning of the upper guide 16, which it engages automatically because of the elastic force biasing the rod.
When the leaf reaches the stop position, as illustrated in Figure 13, it is possible to activate the switching of the leaf movement from slide to rotation.
To this end, the rotation control rod 143a of the upper part of the mechanism is selectively actuatable for coupling and decoupling its upper end in and from a pivoting seat 139a, as is illustrated in Figures 9 to 15. To this end, as is illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, the rotation control rod 143a of the upper part of the mechanism is made integral with one of the slide control rods of the lower part of the mechanism, 141. The position of the handle grips in Figure 7 corresponds therefore to the sliding configuration of Figures 9 to 13, in which the rotation control rod 143a is lowered, while the position of the handle grips in Figure 8 corresponds to the rotating configuration of Figures 14 and 15, in which the rotation control rod 143a is lifted.
In the position of Figure 14, in order to finally free the leaf 30 and to allow its rotating movement to be done, it is required to push downward the slide control rod left 142a by acting on the grip hole 142f, as illustrated in Figure 15.
In such condition, thanks to the fact that the upper end of the right upper control rod 141a have already been lowered because of the rotation of its control handle grip, it is possible to carry out the rotation of the leaf as illustrated in the Figures 18 and 19.

Claims

1. A door comprising a frame (10) and at least one leaf (30) slidingly mounted on a guide (15) formed on said frame, in which said leaf is able to occupy a stop position located along the guide, characterized in that said leaf is provided with control means (141, 142, 143) which are actuatable when the leaf is at the stop position, said control means being adapted to decouple the leaf from said guide and couple it to pivoting means (139, 139a), with the result that said leaf becomes able to rotate about a vertical axis.
2. A door according to claim 1, in which said leaf includes a sliding carriage (135) slidingly coupled to said guide, in which said pivoting means include a pivoting seat
(139) arranged on the frame of the door, and in which said control means comprise a slide control rod (141) movable vertically with respect to the leaf, said slide control rod being fixed to the sliding carriage and being selectively actuatable for decoupling and coupling said sliding carriage from and in the guide, and a rotation control rod
(143) movable vertically with respect to the leaf, said rotation control rod being selectively actuatable for engaging and disengaging in and from the pivoting seat.
3. A door according to claim 2, in which said leaf further includes a corner block (155) integral with the leaf and said frame of the door further includes a base block (156) integral with the guide and located at the stop position of the leaf, said corner block being arranged in such a way as to bear by gravity on said base block, when said sliding carriage is decoupled from the guide.
4. A door according to claim 3, in which said corner block is shaped in such a way as to provide a vertical sliding guide for said sliding carriage and rotation control road.
5. A door according to one of claims 2 to 4, in which said control means include a control member (147) capable to operate simultaneously said slide control rod and rotation control rod.
6. A door according to claim 5, in which said slide control rod and rotation control rod are associated to corresponding racks (145, 153) , and said control member comprises a gearwheel simultaneously engaging said racks.
7. A door according to the claim 5 or 6, in which said control member is rotatably integral with a handle grip (149) actuatable by a user.
8. A door according to one of claims 2 to 7, further comprising a further slide control rod (142) movable vertically with respect to the leaf, said further slide control rod being also fixed to the sliding carriage and being selectively actuatable for decoupling and coupling the sliding carriage from and in the guide, in which the two slide control rods are associated to the uprights (131, 132) of said leaf, respectively.
9. A door according to one of the preceding claims, in which said guide includes an upper guide (16) formed on an upper cross-member (14) of the frame of the door, and said control means include an upper slide control rod (142a) movable vertically with respect to the leaf and adapted to slidingly couple to said upper guide, said upper slide control rod being elastically biased upward, and being movable downward for disengaging from the upper guide when the leaf is in the stop position.
10. A door according to claim 9, in which said upper cross-member of the frame of the door further includes an upper seat (142g) adapted to be engaged by the upper slide control rod when said leaf is in a closing position, and in which said leaf further comprises a latching mechanism
(142d) arranged on one its uprights (132), said latching mechanism being adapted to latch the leaf to the frame of the door, or to a further adjacent leaf, if any, when said leaf is in the closing position, and in which said latching mechanism is deactuatable by the upper slide control rod when this latter is moved downward for disengaging from the upper seat.
11. A door according to one of the preceding claims, in which said leaf has a leaf frame having a box-like cross section, and in which said control means of the leaf are housed within said leaf frame.
12. A door according to one of the preceding claims, further comprising an exclusively rotating leaf (20) pivoted at one of the uprights of the frame of the door, in which said stop position is at the upright (11) of the frame of the door at which said exclusively rotating leaf is pivoted.
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