Door or window with watertight sealing mechanism
A door including a main frame, a wing and a sealing apparatus which is interposed between main frame and wing when the door is in the closed condition. The sealing apparatus including a gasket extending along the main frame and a movable sealing member supported by the main frame, and exerting a compressive force on the gasket against the wing when the door is in the closed condition. An operating device moves the movable sealing member between an activated position, in which the movable member exerts the compressive force on the gasket, and a disabled condition, in which the movable member removes the compressive force from the gasket. The movable sealing member comprises a sealing counter-frame which extends along the whole perimeter of the main frame and is movable with respect to the wing when the door is in the closed condition, in a direction perpendicular to the door.
1. Door or window comprising a main frame and at least one wing fitted movably to said main frame, in such a way that said door or window can assume an open condition and a closed condition, and sealing means, positioned in such a way that they are interposed between said main frame and wing when the door or window is in the closed condition, wherein said sealing means comprise at least one gasket extending along at least part of the perimeter of said main frame and a movable sealing member supported movably by one of said main frame and wing, and capable of exerting a compressive force on said gasket against the other of said main frame and wing when said door or window is in the closed condition, said sealing means comprising operating means for making said movable sealing member move between an activated position, in which said movable member exerts said compressive force on the gasket with the door or window in the closed condition, and a disabled condition, in which said movable member removes said compressive force from the gasket with the door or window in the closed condition, wherein said movable sealing member comprises a sealing counter-frame which extends along the whole perimeter of said main frame and is fitted to said main frame in such a way as to be movable with respect to both wing and main frame when said door or window is in the closed condition, in a direction perpendicular to a plane parallel to the door or window defined by the main frame.
2. Door or window according to claim 1 , in which said operating means include driving means comprising at least one disc cam, fitted rotatably on said main frame, and a corresponding pair of opposing cam followers, which can be engaged alternately by said disc cam in such a way as to define, respectively, said activated position and said disabled position of the movable sealing member.
3. Door or window according to claim 2 , in which said operating means include a manually operated device connected for operation to said disc cam by transmission means.
4. Door or window according to claim 1 , in which said door or window includes a watertight door for a ship.