IP Library Granted Patent US 9,371,680
Granted Patent B2
US 9,371,680 · App. 11/596,424 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Sliding door system comprising a locking unit displaceably supported in a transom

Inventor: Andreas Finke (Gevelsberg, DE)
Assignee: DORMA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
E05F15/603E05F15/643E05Y2201/22E05Y2201/246E05Y2201/434E05Y2900/132
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Patent No.
US 9,371,680
App. No.
11/596,424
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sliding door system including a transom; at least one door leaf movable along the transom; an endless traction mechanism traction-resistantly connected to the at least one door leaf; a drive device for driving the endless traction mechanism, the drive device comprising a driven pulley guiding the endless traction mechanism; a rotational body torsion-resistantly connected to the driven pulley and rotatably supported by the transom, the rotational body comprises a coupling member; a locking bolt displaceably supported by the transom; and an electromechanical actuation device. The electromechanical actuation device is operable to cause the locking bolt to interlock with the coupling member of the rotational body to lock the at least one door leaf relative to the transom.

Claims (18)

1. A drive system for a sliding door system comprising at least one door leaf guided along a transom, the drive system comprising:

a pulley which can be rotated by a drive device;

a shaft passing through the pulley and fixed relative to the pulley;

an endless traction mechanism guided around the pulley for moving the at least one door leaf linked to the traction mechanism;

a rotational body which is separate from the pulley and configured to be mounted for rotation in the transom, said rotational body being fixed to the shaft so that the rotational body rotates with the shaft and the pulley, the rotational body is bell-shaped and formed by a bottom wall and a circumferential envelope wall, the circumferential envelope wall having at least one aperture;

a locking bolt which is configured to be displaceably supported in the transom and movable to engage the at least one aperture of the rotational body thereby preventing rotation of the pulley; and

an electromechanical actuation device which moves the locking bolt in response to an impulse emitted by a locking control.

2. The drive system of claim 1 , wherein the rotational body and the locking bolt form a coupling member and the locking bolt has a complementary locking component on a free end of the locking bolt configured to engage in the at least one aperture.

3. The drive system of claim 1 , further comprising a bearing configured to be supported by the transom, the shaft being rotatably supported by the bearing.

4. The drive system of claim 1 ,

wherein the rotational body and the locking bolt form a coupling member, the circumferential envelope wall of the rotational body constituting a locking component, the locking bolt having a complementary locking component on a free end of the locking bolt.

5. The drive system of claim 4 , wherein the locking bolt is in a locking position when the free end of the locking bolt is in the at least one aperture of the circumferential envelope wall.

6. The drive system of claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate lever, and a shaft disposed between a push-rod of the actuation device and the locking bolt and stationarily connected to the transom, the intermediate lever being pivotably connected to the push-rod, the shaft, and the locking bolt.

7. The drive system of claim 1 , wherein the actuation device comprises an electromagnet.

8. The drive system of claim 7 , further comprising an intermediate lever, and a rotating shaft disposed between a push-rod of the actuation device and the locking bolt and stationarily connected to the transom, the intermediate lever being pivotably connected to the push-rod, the rotating shaft, and the locking bolt, the intermediate lever having a free end which is closer to the push-rod than to the rotating shaft, and a first permanent magnet attached to the free end, the sliding door system further comprising a second permanent magnet disposed adjacent to the first permanent magnet and stationarily supported by the transom, polarities of the first and second permanent magnets are such that the first and second permanent magnets repel each other and have a maximum distance to each other when the push-rod is in a respective final position to maintain the locking bolt in a locked or an unlocked position.

9. The drive system of claim 1 , wherein the locking bolt is movable in a direction transverse to the shaft.

10. The drive system of claim 1 , wherein the actuation device comprises a bistable electromagnet.

11. The drive system of claim 10 , further comprising an intermediate lever, and a rotating shaft disposed between a push-rod of the actuation device and the locking bolt and stationarily connected to the transom, the intermediate lever being pivotably connected to the push-rod, the rotating shaft, and the locking bolt, the intermediate lever having a free end which is closer to the push-rod than to the rotating shaft, and a first permanent magnet attached to the free end, the sliding door system further comprising a second permanent magnet disposed adjacent to the first permanent magnet and stationarily supported by the transom, polarities of the first and second permanent magnets are such that the first and second permanent magnets repel each other and have a maximum distance to each other when the push-rod is in a respective final position to maintain the locking bolt in a locked or an unlocked position.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: DORMA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: DORMAKABA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 044090/0447 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Mar 17, 2015
From: DORMA GMBH + CO. KG
To: DORMA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 035220/0595 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2006
From: FINKE, ANDREAS
To: DORMA GMBH+CO. KG
Reel/Frame 018612/0402 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2004 023 926 · May 12, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080256872A1 · Oct 23, 2008