Wheel Mounts Patents (Class 16/97)
  • Patent number: 11879283
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a rail profile and a running carriage movably mounted relative to the rail profile in the longitudinal direction and to which a sliding door can be fastened. The running carriage has a rolling body, and the rail profile has a running surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the rail profile and supporting the rolling body. The rolling body is displaceable on the running surface transversely to the longitudinal direction of the rail profile. Therefore, the running carriage can be pivoted about a pivot axis extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the rail profile. The rail profile has a vertical web extending in the longitudinal direction and oriented substantially perpendicularly to the running surface. The running carriage can be pivoted about the pivot axis such that a distance from the vertical web increases under loading by the sliding door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Duer
  • Patent number: 11857989
    Abstract: A system for retaining and maneuvering workpiece items to be spray-coated, the system including a workpiece hanger mount including a body portion, two side portions extending downward from the body portion to form an upper open space therebetween, two flange portions extending inwardly respectively from proximate distal ends of the two side portions to form a lower open space therebetween, and a groove formed in an upper surface of each of the flange portions, and one or more workpiece hangers including a lower portion configured to be attached to a workpiece, and an upper portion having two side tabs extending away from one another and configured to be selectively received in the respective grooves formed in the flange portions of the hanger mount, wherein a workpiece is hung from the system by attaching the workpiece to one of the workpiece hangers and mounting the workpiece hanger in the hanger mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Guffey Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan D. Guffey, Benjamin D. Nibali, Lukas R. Bearden, Kenny D. Guffey, Aaron D. Carroll
  • Patent number: 11180940
    Abstract: A roller with a plastic injection tube to coat the steel shaft wherein the plastic coated shaft eliminates the metal-to-metal contact that creates the noise. Closing the gap between the metal roller shaft and hinge barrel will eliminate the metal-to-metal contact resulting in a very quiet, rolling garage door. Further disclosed is an improved roller wheel having a tire made of material selected from the group consisting of urethane and urethane (PER) on which the roller will roll within a garage door track to significantly reduce the noise of the roller as it rolls inside the garage door tracks as the garage door is raised and lowered. The improved wheel include two plastic wheel sections with a gap therebetween with the tire made of urethane (PER) molded between the two sections and also extending through openings within the two wheel sections to retain the two wheel sections together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Robert A. Kelley
  • Patent number: 10926879
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a closure device, notably for closing a passage formed in a cabin of an aircraft, comprising: a support means that is able to slide along a slideway in a sliding direction, a closing wall that is able to close off the passage, and a locking system that is able to take up a locked state, in which the locking system ensures a mechanical connection between the closing wall and the support means, such that the closing wall is movable with the support means in the sliding direction, characterized in that, notably in the case of a malfunction, the locking system is able to pass into an unlocked state, in which the closing wall is disconnected from the support means, such that the closing wall is movable on its own in the sliding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Seats
    Inventors: Bastien Bonnefoy, Patrick Herault
  • Patent number: 10758072
    Abstract: Various embodiments of curtain support and swivel assembly designs are provided. One embodiment is a curtain support assembly comprising a support attachment member and a curtain attachment member. A rod extends from the support attachment member. A stop member is disposed on an end of the rod. The curtain attachment member has a longitudinal opening with a lip. The stop member is configured to be received within the longitudinal opening and positioned such that the stop member engages with the lip and rotates within the longitudinal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CROMPTON VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Eric Hatton, Robert Alfred Blanford, Thomas Allan Fitzgerald, Glen Ray Planter
  • Patent number: 10667497
    Abstract: A mobile cellular cooling apparatus includes frame having a distribution pipe for carrying and distributing water through the pipe and into a plurality of cells. Excess or unevaporated water is collected in trough and recirculated through the apparatus utilizing a reservoir and a pump. Air passes through the cells and achieves a cooling effect on the air temperature while removing contaminants and/or pollutants. One or more of the apparatuses may be included or installed within a poultry house or structure. One or more apparatuses may be included or installed along with other ventilation components to provide an improved ventilation for such structures or buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventors: James Lamar Collins, Thomas J. Harris
  • Patent number: 10672305
    Abstract: A wheel/foot assembly for a sign display stand or other object includes a cradle partially enclosing an optional wheel. The assembly is releasably attachable to a leg for a sign display stand, protects the leg and can be easily replaced if worn. The assemble protects wear on the stand and permits the sign display stand to be wheeled, rather than dragged or carried. Because the assembly is releasably attached, it can be replaced easily if damaged or worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventors: Clifford Struhl, Raymond M. Schneider
  • Patent number: 10264908
    Abstract: Various embodiments of curtain support and swivel assembly designs are provided. One embodiment is a curtain support assembly comprising a support attachment member and a curtain attachment member. A rod extends from the support attachment member. A stop member is disposed on an end of the rod. The curtain attachment member has a longitudinal opening with a lip. The stop member is configured to be received within the longitudinal opening and positioned such that the stop member engages with the lip and rotates within the longitudinal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CROMPTON VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Eric Hatton, Robert Alfred Blanford, Thomas Allan Fitzgerald, Glen Ray Platner
  • Patent number: 10143305
    Abstract: A roller unit for a drawer capable of decreasing the number of components, improving assembly productivity, and continuously maintaining a normal assembly state of the component by changing a structure of an assembled portion of the components configuring the roller unit. The roller unit includes a rotating support shaft fixed to an accommodation body, an idle roller idle-rotatably coupled to the rotating support shaft, and coupling structures provided at assembled portions of the rotating support shaft and the idle roller, respectively, the coupling structures including a locking groove formed in a circumferential direction with respect to an outer circumferential surface of the rotating support shaft, a protrusion formed on an inner circumferential surface of a fastening hole of the idle roller and coupled to the locking groove, and an assembly guiding groove formed at one end of the outer circumferential surface of the rotating support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SEGOS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10030886
    Abstract: In an outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus is a blow-out opening configured to deliver air from an air-blowing fan that is covered by a protective grill. The outdoor unit includes an eave part protruding in a direction along which the air is blown out from a top part of the grill. A top surface of the eave part has a water-leading part extending in a direction intersecting the direction along which the air is blown out. The water-leading part leads water dripping down onto the top surface of the eave part to at least one of longitudinal ends of the eave part and a middle of the eave part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunya Iino, Kazuyoshi Taguchi, Fumio Ohta, Minoru Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 9914036
    Abstract: A golf swing training aid comprising a base member, a primary support member emanating upward from the base member, a primary guide rail secured to the primary support member, a backswing guide rail secured to the primary guide rail in the form of an elongate, curved rail which guides a golf club shaft during a golfer's backswing, a swing transition aid secured to a downswing guide rail which operates to guide the club from the top of a golfer's backswing to the beginning of a downswing, the downswing guide rail secured to the primary guide rail in the form of an elongate, curved rail which guides a golf club to a golfer's ball-striking position and a follow-through guide means secured to the primary guide rail in the form of an elongate, curved rail which facilitates the guiding of a golf club shaft to the completion of the golf swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventors: Deon Kellerman, Troy Wolf
  • Patent number: 9555305
    Abstract: A golf swing training aid comprising a base member, a primary support member emanating upward from the base member, a primary guide rail secured to the primary support member, a backswing guide rail secured to the primary guide rail in the form of an elongate, curved rail which guides a golf club shaft during a golfer's backswing, a swing transition aid secured to a downswing guide rail which operates to guide the club from the top of a golfer's backswing to the beginning of a downswing, the downswing guide rail secured to the primary guide rail in the form of an elongate, curved rail which guides a golf club to a golfer's ball-striking position and a follow-through guide means secured to the primary guide rail in the form of an elongate, curved rail which facilitates the guiding of a golf club shaft to the completion of the golf swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventors: Deon Kellerman, Troy Wolf
  • Patent number: 9301669
    Abstract: A rail assembly for a dishwasher basket that may include a rail to be connected to a side wall of the dishwasher basket; at least one support roller for guiding a front portion of the rail; a pair of guide rollers for guiding a rear portion of the rail, the pair of guide rollers may include a lower guide roller located to engage a lower guide face of the rail, and an upper guide roller located to engage an upper guide face of the rail; a lever element on which at least one of the guide rollers is mounted and which is rotatable about an axis extending generally in parallel to the axis of rotation of the at least one guide roller; and may include a spring element for rotationally biasing the lever element to urge the at least one guide roller against the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Henrik Nygren
  • Patent number: 9221422
    Abstract: A hood lifting mechanism includes a housing and a piston rod movably mounted in the housing so as to be extendible from the housing in a first direction. A retainer is secured to an exterior of the housing so as to define a cavity between the housing and the retainer. A locking member is positioned in the cavity and structured to contact the piston rod so as to impede motion of the piston rod in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy M. Henck
  • Patent number: 9038240
    Abstract: A hanger for a sash of a window to detachably engage the sash with a rail of the window, and the hanger includes a pulley assembly and a restricting assembly. The pulley assembly has a base and a plurality of pulleys mounted on the base for rotation. The pulleys engage the rail so that the pulley assembly moves in the rail. The base is provided with a slot. The sash is provided with a rod. The rod engages the slot of the pulley assembly to engage the sash with the rail, and the rod leaves the slot via a lateral opening thereof while the covering rotates for a predetermined angle. At this time, the sash is disengaged with the rail to be moved off the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 9032589
    Abstract: A method of height adjusting a hanger bolt with a threaded shaft and side flats in a threaded retainer of a bogey proceeds by rotating the bolt to adjust the axial position and height of the bolt relative to the retainer. A keeper of a lock mechanism housed within a body of the bogey is slid into an engaged position against flats of the bolt in order to prevent further rotation of the bolt relative to the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: RMD Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Stylianos Pelekanos
  • Patent number: 9032588
    Abstract: A covering of a building opening includes a rail, a first sash having a guiding slot, a second sash hinged with the first sash and having a center of rotation at an end thereof, a pulley assembly, and a restricting assembly. The pulley assembly is movably received in the rail and has a rod. The rod has a protrusion section extending out of the rail, and the protrusion section enters and leaves the guiding slot while the pulley assembly is moving. The restricting assembly has a moving member and a locking base. The moving member is provided on one of the first sash and the second sash, and the locking base is provided on the other. The moving member is moved by the rod and engages the locking base when the rod leaves the guiding slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 9009918
    Abstract: A carriage, which serves for holding and shifting a separating element in a running direction along a rail, includes a carriage body that holds at least one running element and a mounting body that is slidably connected to the carriage body and is connectable to the separating element. A coupling member includes a first and second coupling element connected via a bridge member, wherein the first coupling element is slidably held in the carriage body and the second is slidably held in the mounting body. The bridge member has a first coupling surface inclined relative to the running direction which supports the carriage body or the mounting body, so that with a movement of the coupling member the carriage and mounting bodies are shifted relative to one another. The shifting device includes two inventive carriages that are guided in a rail and that are connected to a separating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Hawa AG
    Inventors: Gregor Haab, Peter Ettmüller, Myrta Kappeler, Felix Meili
  • Patent number: 8984716
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a carriage body (10) and a bearing (24) as a sub assembly for use in a roller wheel assembly (32), the bearing (24) centrally supporting a roller wheel supporting shaft (27) for rotation, in use, about a rotation axis defined by the rotation shaft (27), the bearing (24) having an outer peripheral mounting surface (50), the carriage body (10) being in one piece defining a bearing support cavity (17) providing a support surface (23) engaging at least a portion of the outer peripheral mounting surface (50) of the bearing (24), the one piece carriage body (10) further having a bearing access opening (28) whereby the bearing (24) is operationally positioned in the bearing support cavity (17) by movement through the access opening (28) in a direction transverse to the rotation axis defined by the support shaft (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Anthony Innovations Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Nigel Proctor, Derek Jefferson
  • Patent number: 8959713
    Abstract: This driving carriage for a sliding curtain comprises a body that can move along a rail by virtue of two pairs of carrier wheels supported by the carriage, this body being provided, between the two pairs of carrier wheels along the longitudinal axis of the carriage, with at least one opening designed to receive a part of an inner curved edge of the rail without the rail striking the carriage. This eliminates or greatly limits the risks of the carriage becoming jammed along the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventor: Eric Lagarde
  • Patent number: 8950041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of sliding door systems. The invention relates to a second wheel holder (800) enabling using a flexible number of wheels in a wheel carriage (300) for a sliding door resting in sliding track (106). The second wheel holder (800) comprises one attachment means (810) adapted to be removably attached to the first wheel connection means (340) and at least two second wheel connection means (820) each adapted to connect one wheel (330). The invention also relates to a method for exchanging the wheels (330) and of a wheel carriage (300), by lowering a door panel and replacing the wheels, by removing the second wheel holder (800), while the wheel carriage (300) is resting in the sliding track (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: ASSA Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Ingemar Palsson, Sven Asbo, Erik Backman
  • Patent number: 8894284
    Abstract: A support base for securing a linear motion guide track in a defined location comprises an elongated support body having one or more receiving slots, each slot including inwardly extending deformable teeth-like protrusions that deform upon insertion of the guide track into the slot thereby firmly securing the guide track to the support base without the use of traditional fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation
    Inventor: Nigel S. Watson
  • Patent number: 8869351
    Abstract: A hanger for a sash of a window to detachably engage the sash with a rail of the window, and the hanger includes a pulley assembly and a restricting assembly. The pulley assembly has a base and a plurality of pulleys mounted on the base for rotation. The pulleys engage the rail so that the pulley assembly moves in the rail. The base is provided with a slot. The sash is provided with a rod. The rod engages the slot of the pulley assembly to engage the sash with the rail, and the rod leaves the slot via a lateral opening thereof while the covering rotates for a predetermined angle. At this time, the sash is disengaged with the rail to be moved off the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 8857015
    Abstract: A carriage includes body, at which at least one first roller is freely rotatably mounted, as well as a carriage suspension member with an upper terminal section is supported at or in the body and, with regard to the body, is pivotable about at least one axis of rotation extending parallel to the longitudinal extension of the carriage. A lower terminal section, the carriage suspension member is configured to extend in a downward direction towards a panel to be moved. The lower terminal section is adapted to suspend the panel to be moved therefrom. An axis of rotation of the at least one first roller extends transversely to the downward direction and transversely to a tangent of the travel path of the at least one panel to be moved in an area of the at least one first roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Hufen, Axel Richstein, Andreas Finke
  • Patent number: 8850659
    Abstract: A hanger assembly for an architectural door or panel utilizes a head track connected to an overhead structural member with two concave tracks for receiving the convex wheel bearings which are attached to a hanger extending downwardly from the wheel bearings. The bottom of the hanger has a head which is inserted into a housing by way of an open groove. The housing is mounted to the frame of the door or panel. Rubber neoprene spacers are mounted between the head and the housing to adjust the vertical height of the door or panel relative to the head track and structural member. Additional wheel bearings may be added to the hanger as is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: K. Brad Ewing
  • Publication number: 20140237769
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a carriage body (10) and a bearing (24) as a sub assembly for use in a roller wheel assembly (32), the bearing (24) centrally supporting a roller wheel supporting shaft (27) for rotation, in use, about a rotation axis defined by the rotation shaft (27), the bearing (24) having an outer peripheral mounting surface (50), the carriage body (10) being in one piece defining a bearing support cavity (17) providing a support surface (23) engaging at least a portion of the outer peripheral mounting surface (50) of the bearing (24), the one piece carriage body (10) further having a bearing access opening (28) whereby the bearing (24) is operationally positioned in the bearing support cavity (17) by movement through the access opening (28) in a direction transverse to the rotation axis defined by the support shaft (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ANTHONY INNOVATIONS PTY, LTD.
    Inventors: Nigel Proctor, Derek Jefferson
  • Patent number: 8813309
    Abstract: A roller hinge assembly for connecting articulating door panels and simultaneously supporting a laterally extending panel support roller assembly includes one or more hinge units each having a male hinge strap and a female hinge strap. The structural integrity of one or more of the hinge units is supplemented by a reinforcing, slotted tubular member fitted over the roller axle support bushing which extends between and simultaneously engages opposed, spaced hinge strap arms. Two or more such hinge units may be arrayed laterally or side by side co-joined by a single hinge pin. Further, to insure appropriate alignment, a single tubular roller bushing may co-join the male or the female hinge units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Raynor Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Friesen, Surinder Sambhi
  • Publication number: 20140165330
    Abstract: The specification discloses a wheel carriage assembly (10) for supporting sliding doors or other similar panels with the wheel carriage assembly (10) rolling along a fixed guide track (11), the wheel carriage assembly (10) having at least one and often multiple pairs (17, 18) of laterally spaced wheels (19, 20) adapted to roll along the fixed guide track (11), the wheels (19, 20) of the or each said pair of wheels (17, 18) being mounted to a shaft (21) and at least one of the wheels (19, 20) being capable of limited axial movement relative to the shaft (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Anthony Innovations Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Nigel Proctor, Derek Jefferson
  • Patent number: 8695165
    Abstract: A bogey assembly including a body for supporting a cantilevered hanger bolt, a wheel to support the body on a rail and a roller, spaced lengthwise of the body and offset relative to the wheel, so as to bear against an overhead surface and resist rotation of the body away from the rail when load is applied to the hanger bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: RMD Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Stylianos Pelekanos
  • Publication number: 20140082886
    Abstract: A device for sliding door leaves with co-planar closure, particularly for furniture and the like, including a bracket system, for connection with each one of said door leaves and with which a first pair of wheels is associated in a downward region. The device includes elements adapted to force the closure arrangement of at least one of said door leaves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: BORTOLUZZI LAB S.R.L.
    Inventors: Guido Bortoluzzi, Adriano Girotto, Bruno Sponga, Rodolfo Dal Castel
  • Patent number: 8677564
    Abstract: A bogey assembly (1) for supporting a hanger bolt, the bogey assembly (1) including a body (2) for supporting the hanger bolt when in use and a lock mechanism (32) operatively mounted to the body (2), the lock mechanism being operable so as to be able to adopt a locked condition, where the hanger bolt is restricted from movement relative the body (2), and a unlocked condition where the hanger bolt can be moved relative to the body (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: RMD Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Stylianos Pelekanos
  • Publication number: 20130284382
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include movable partitions and devices, methods and systems that help to limit or prevent lateral displacement of movable partitions. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a movable partition includes two structures, each structure having a first plurality of panels, and each panel being hingedly coupled to an adjacent panel. The two panels are each supported from an overhead track at laterally spaced locations. One or more lateral restraint devices are supported from the overhead track at a location between the two laterally spaced structures. The lateral restraint device may include a trolley disposed in a channel of the overhead track and an elongated member coupled with the trolley and extending away from the trolley to a location proximate a lower edge of the first structure and a lower edge of the second structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: E. Carl Goodman
  • Patent number: 8555949
    Abstract: An overhead door with spring-loaded roller hinges that push the door against its frame or weather stripping to provide an effective weather and thermal seal when the door is closed. The spring-loaded roller hinges are readily retrofit to overhead doors with conventional roller hinges. Each hinge spaces and pivotally secures a roller hub from the base of the hinge. The roller hub is pivotally secured to an inside flange and movably held by an elongated slot in an outer flange. The roller hub supportingly receives the axle of a wheel that rollingly engages a track fixed to the vertical sides of the door frame. Each roller hinge has a spring that biases its roller hub and wheel rearwardly against the fixed track, which pushes the door panels forward and into sealing engagement with the door frame or its weather stripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Lester L. Mortier
  • Patent number: 8418318
    Abstract: A drive carriage for a sliding curtain including a first carriage portion which is movable along a rail by at least one wheel assembly mounted thereto and a second carriage portion which is also movable along the rail and wherein the first and second portions of the carriage are connected by a coupling piece which is selective mounted in at least two positions with respect to the first and second portions so as to adjust a length of the drive carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Rich Scharf, Scot Cochran
  • Patent number: 8356387
    Abstract: To the top or bottom edge of a bi-fold door panel near either its pivoting or channel guided mechanisms is attached a base plate with an opening in it through which is passed into the panel either pivoting or track sliding hardware. A clamping plate is attached to the panel's face at that site to provide strong lateral support so that pin wobble is avoided. A backing plate may also be attached to the opposing side of the panel for reinforcement. It is generally necessary to drill some holes in the door to complete the arrangement. If desired, the plates may be welded to one another along an edge or otherwise manufactured as one-piece unified structure. The hardware may be sold in kits for repair or preventive maintenance. Undertaking the steps involved provides a reliable method toward that end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Inventor: Timothy Jude Mattix
  • Patent number: 8261427
    Abstract: Crystal devices are disclosed, of which an exemplary device includes a crystal frame comprising a crystal vibrating piece having an electrode pattern and an outer frame supporting the crystal vibrating piece. The device also includes a crystal package base including at least one connection electrode formed on a first main surface and at least one external electrode formed on a second main surface, wherein the second main surface is opposite the first main surface. The crystal frame and crystal base are layered together with a lid wafer to form a 3-layer sandwich. The layers of the sandwich are bonded together by siloxane bonding, which results in the connection electrodes contacting the electrode pattern on the crystal vibrating piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Inose, Toshiaki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8117784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanism for a sliding-type glass pane, of those formed by a top guide profile, placed against the wall and provided with a rib on which a rolling element moves; a bottom guide; a suspension device and top retaining stops, in which the suspension device has a larger outer plate and two smaller inner plates, which define a space between them in which the rolling element is housed and in which the top retaining stops are provided with respective horizontal flats so as to retain the cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Klein Iberica, S.A.
    Inventor: Miguel Angel Tarrega Illoret
  • Patent number: 8046872
    Abstract: A carriage for fitting a suspendable door on a rail is described. The carriage includes a housing and at least one running roller disposed on the housing. The running roller is positioned to engage the rail. An installation plate is included that is adapted to be connected to the suspendable door. A suspension bolt is connected between the housing and the installation plate. A portion of the suspension bolt engages a bearing disposed at one end of either the housing or the installation plate. The bearing permits at least angular displacement if the suspension bolt with respect to either the housing or the installation plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hettich-Heinze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Burgess, III, Joerg vom Dorp, Michael Leidner
  • Patent number: 7962999
    Abstract: A wheel suspension mechanism includes an absorber having an outer sleeve. A support spindle is rotatably received in the outer sleeve and reciprocally moved relative to the outer sleeve. The support spindle has an annular flange radially extending from a middle section thereof to divide the support spindle into a first section and a second section. A flexible member is compressively sleeved on the first section and abuts against the annular flange of the support spindle for providing a cushion effect. A wheel assembly is connected to the second section of the support spindle of the absorber and the wheel assembly is rotatably slanted relative to the absorber for adapting to mesh with an uneven rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventor: Don-Lon Yeh
  • Patent number: 7962998
    Abstract: A roller support assembly is used to support sliding doors, windows or the like. The assembly includes a housing member having spaced apart side walls and interconnecting transverse walls defining a roller receiving zone for receiving and operationally mounting a roller assembly. The roller assembly has a roller body with a rolling peripheral rim and a shaft whereby the roller body is rotatable relative to the shaft having short stub axle parts. The housing side walls including openings that are fully enclosed by the side walls into which the short stub axle parts fit. The housing side walls further include projecting elements extending inwardly from an inner surface of a housing side wall to cooperate with the corresponding roller body side wall surfaces to spay the housing side walls apart as the roller assembly is moved into the roller receiving zone to locate the stub axle parts in the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Anthony Innovations Pty, Ltd
    Inventors: Nigel Proctor, Paolo Lazzarin, Derek Jefferson
  • Patent number: 7921512
    Abstract: An improved arrangement for a transverse dividing element includes an upper cross beam (32), each free end of the cross beam being guided longitudinally by way of an associated guiding structure. The guiding structure includes a slide having a groove in which a free end (34) of the cross beam (32) can slide longitudinally, the free end being equipped with guiding (92, 100) and a locking (102, 104) element. The transverse dividing element can be used to guide an upper cross beam supporting a transverse element that is used to divide the internal space of an aircraft cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Adder
    Inventor: Dominique Michel
  • Publication number: 20110072614
    Abstract: Apparatus including shower door roll wheel assemblies and methods of using the same are provided. In one embodiment, a shower door roll wheel assembly includes a shaft, a roll wheel and an outer flange. The roll wheel includes a passageway disposed through the body of the roll wheel. The roll wheel is configured to rotate on the shaft about an axis of the passageway. The roll wheel includes a tread configured to engage a track of a shower door track. The roll wheel may include multiple polymeric materials to facilitate tailored durability and noise reduction, among other properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: SAPA Extrusions, INC.
    Inventor: Craig Luedke
  • Publication number: 20100313382
    Abstract: A hardware system for mounting a structure includes at least one roller assembly and a base surface. A roller assembly includes a substantially round outer ring, a substantially round inner ring, and a frame that structurally engages at least a portion of a side surface of the inner ring. The frame and the side surface of the inner ring remain stationary with respect to each other when the outer ring rotates about its axis of rotation. One or more roller assembl(ies) may be included within a hardware system for mounting a structure such as a door panel, a window panel, a window covering, a decoration or the like that is able to be rolled along a base surface by the roller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan B. Andren, Jeff Ray Miller
  • Patent number: 7849560
    Abstract: A window roller apparatus comprising a cradle, a housing pivotably installed in the cradle, and at least one roller wheel rotatably installed in the housing. Cradle side walls are formed with opposite inwardly-opening cradle side wall recesses, and respective housing side walls are formed with opposite inwardly-opening housing side wall recesses and with opposite outwardly-projecting bosses configured to pivotably engage the respective inwardly-opening cradle side wall recesses. The at least one roller wheel has an axle that engages the housing side wall recesses. A resilient pad is positioned on the cradle bottom wall between the cradle and the housing, the pad being of a sufficient size and thickness to at least partially engage the housing and effectively bias the housing toward a parallel orientation relative to the cradle while allowing for non-parallel operation of the housing relative to the cradle as dictated by operational constraints on the window roller apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Traci L. Kelley
  • Patent number: 7841048
    Abstract: A sliding assembly having a body for a transversal sliding door includes a positioning unit and a sliding device. One end of the positioning unit serves to assemble with a doorplate; and another end thereof serves to assemble with the sliding device. The sliding device includes a retaining portion and a rolling portion. The rolling portion includes a first combining portion, a second combining portion, a wheel shaft and a contact unit. The contact unit is clampingly and sandwichedly disposed between the first and second combining portion. Of the wheel shaft; and the wheel shaft is rotatably engaged with the retaining seat and is received in the first combining portion. Thereby when the doorplate is pushed, the contact unit will suffer from a force so that the rolling portion will pivotally rotate with respect to the retaining portion so that the doorplate can move transversally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Door & Window Hardware Co.
    Inventor: Dong-Shiuan Tsai
  • Patent number: 7752789
    Abstract: An exemplary display device includes a support member, a pair of displays slidably attached to the support member, and positioning members disposed between the displays and the support member. The support member includes a straight slideway, and a curved slideway defined therein. The curved slideway includes a slanting portion, and a first straight portion and a second straight portion extending out from opposite ends of the slanting portion. The straight slideway is parallel to the first straight portion of the curved slideway and in line with the second straight portion of the curved slideway. The displays are slidably received in the straight slideway and the curved slideway respectively. The displays may be positioned to form a large screen, or slid to overlap leaving a single display visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ke Sun, Zhen-Xing Ye
  • Patent number: 7712258
    Abstract: A panel or door suspension system used to hang sliding panels or doors. The panel members are hung by an upper bearing assembly with bearings on each side of the longitudinal axis of the panel thereby allowing the weight of the door to bear wholly on the upper bearings and to act centrally and downwardly between the bearings thereby preventing a moment on the bearings. A wedge member attached to the upper portion of the panel allows for vertical adjustment of the panel relative to the bearings and the door frame. A sill assembly beneath the panel allows for stable sliding operation of the panel member, provides for debris drainage and facilitates servicing of the members comprising the sill assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Inventors: K. Bradley Ewing, Brent John Ewing, Bruce Hewson
  • Publication number: 20100037427
    Abstract: A carriage for fitting a suspendable door on a rail is described. The carriage includes a housing and at least one running roller disposed on the housing. The running roller is positioned to engage the rail. An installation plate is included that is adapted to be connected to the suspendable door. A suspension bolt is connected between the housing and the installation plate. A portion of the suspension bolt engages a bearing disposed at one end of either the housing or the installation plate. The bearing permits at least angular displacement if the suspension bolt with respect to either the housing or the installation plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Hettich-Heinze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Burgess, III, Joerg vom Dorp, Michael Leidner
  • Publication number: 20090077766
    Abstract: A roller support assembly is used to support sliding doors, windows or the like. The assembly includes a housing member having spaced apart side walls and interconnecting transverse walls defining a roller receiving zone for receiving and operationally mounting a roller assembly. The roller assembly has a roller body with a rolling peripheral rim and a shaft whereby the roller body is rotatable relative to the shaft having short stub axle parts. The housing side walls including openings that are fully enclosed by the side walls into which the short stub axle parts fit. The housing side walls further include projecting elements extending inwardly from an inner surface of a housing side wall to cooperate with the corresponding roller body side wall surfaces to spay the housing side walls apart as the roller assembly is moved into the roller receiving zone to locate the stub axle parts in the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Nigel Proctor, Paolo Lazzarin, Derek Jefferson
  • Publication number: 20070289090
    Abstract: A drapery arrangement includes a drapery fabric, a sliding track, and a plurality of sliding wheels. Each of the sliding wheels includes a sliding hanger, a wheel seat, a central connecting shaft, and a plurality of sliding elements. The wheel seat, having a rotating groove, is adapted to fittedly receive in a toggle cavity of the sliding hanger, wherein the wheel seat has a through connecting channel extended along a radial direction thereof. The central connecting shaft penetrates though the connecting channel enhancing a structural rigidity of the respective sliding wheel, and evenly distributing a load imposed on the sliding wheel. The plurality of sliding elements is rotatably received in the rotating groove for running on a circular sidewall of the toggle cavity, wherein the sliding wheel is slidably mounted on the sliding track for sliding therealong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Yiwei Cai