Patents Assigned to Dorma GmbH +Co. KG
  • Patent number: 6826868
    Abstract: A slim-frame door is guided in a guide rail by a sliding piece. The door includes a hollow section in which a compensating element is displaceably arranged, the compensating element being connected to the sliding piece and being capable of moving in the vertical direction in the hollow section in order to compensate for slopes present between a horizontal edge of the sliding door and the guide rail as the sliding door is moved. At least one end in its direction of movement, the sliding piece has a wedge which prevents the sliding piece from jamming on small objects in the guide rail. A pivoting fitting includes a carrying arm arranged in a carrier section, and a shaft fixed in a horizontal section of the door leaf. The door leaf is pivotably mounted on the carrier section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: DORMA GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Finke
  • Patent number: 6796091
    Abstract: A building glass facade having glass panes that are mounted to a mounting structure, such as a building. The glass panes are mounted using clamp fittings or clamping arrangements for fastening glass panes with two clamping elements that clamp the glass pane between them, whereby one clamping element is realized in the form of a conical nut or taper nut that is set into a boring of the glass pane and has a detachable cover. The invention teaches that a clip closure is integrated into the cover or is an integral part of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 6715955
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fastening device for an insulating glass panel. A punctiform holder (1) is used that is fastened by means of an adhesive (51) to the outside of the insulating glass plate (50). In the vicinity of the punctiform holder (1), a spacer piece (53) is inserted between the separated glass plates (2, 50). The invention further relates to a mounting element (5) with adjustable bias, whereby between a cap bell (10) and the mounting element (5) there is a permanently elastic spring element (7) that permits a relative movement of the cap bell (10) with respect to the mounting element (5). The invention further relates to the realization of a plurality of three-dimensional articulations (12, 13) between the insulating glass plate (2, 50) and the holder on the building side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Lothar Ginzel
  • Patent number: 6694687
    Abstract: There is now provided a building glass facade of a building comprising a plurality of glass plates each of which is secured by clamp fittings for a glass plate, with each clamp fitting comprising two clamp elements that clamp the glass plate between them and also comprising an articulated support of the clamp fitting on a fastening device, whereby a first articulated arrangement comprises a substantially permanently elastic element that is disposed on one clamp element. There is also provided a second articulated arrangement that has two plano-concave lenses that face each other with their spherical surfaces, between which the bolt head of a pendulum bolt with corresponding concave complementary surfaces is guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: DORMA GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 6668499
    Abstract: Fire door or window, comprised essentially of a glass pane that is embedded in a metal frame that surrounds it, whereby the fire door has a modular construction and thereby is comprised of at least one door panel that is formed by two glass panes that are separated by profiles, whereby the glass panes extend almost to the edge of the door panel and the profiles realized in the form of hollow chamber profiles are connected to form a frame, whereby the frame is covered by a partial enameling of the glass panes, and there can be a transparent fireproofing agent between the separated glass panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Walter Degelsegger
  • Patent number: 6662502
    Abstract: A movable partition system with a plurality of wall elements that are suspended from a guide rail and can be laterally moved to form a wall to close a space in a building. One of the wall elements is realized in the form of a door that can be operatively connected to a door closer that is mounted in a stationary manner to the guide rail. When the wall elements are moved to a closed position, the door is engaged with the door closer so as to pivot the door. When the wall elements are moved out of the closed position, the door is disengaged from the door closer. In addition, the door is prevented from pivoting by a rocker arm during movement of the wall elements, which rocker arm is rotated out of the way of the door when the wall elements are in the closed position to permit pivoting of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Janutta, Ernst Udo Blöbaum
  • Patent number: 6623203
    Abstract: A clamp fixture to fasten glass plates that are clamped between an inner clamp element and an external clamp element, whereby a clamp bolt is supported elastically, to a limited extent, on the inner clamp element by means of a bush. The invention teaches that the inner clamp element, on the side facing the substructure, has a cylindrical receptacle space to hold the bearing that supports the clamp bolt in the axial direction, whereby the bearing is realized optionally in the form of a fixed bearing, in the form of a friction bearing that intersects the center longitudinal axis of the clamp bolt, or in the form of a movable bearing for the four-point bearing of a glass plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Kreyenborg, Dirk Schulte
  • Patent number: 6618899
    Abstract: A door closer assembly and method of making the assembly, in which the closing force is exerted by at least one closing spring. The door closer assembly comprises a housing, a rotor journalled in said housing to deliver torque, and at least one piston apparatus, wherein said housing, said rotor, and said at least one piston apparatus are comprised of the same material of construction and exhibit at least substantially the same thermal expansion coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Lothar Ginzel, Horst Tillmann, Günter Gollnick
  • Patent number: 6606831
    Abstract: Fire rated door or fire rated window to prevent the spread of smoke and fire which is suitable for use in the region of a fire protection partition, said fire rated door or fire rated window comprises a mobile frame with a filling compartment consisting of fire resisting material, and the mobile frame is partially or completely surrounded by a stationary frame component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co., KG
    Inventor: Walter Degelsegger
  • Patent number: 6591551
    Abstract: There is now provided a swinging door with a door closer having a slide rail at the door frame with a suspension system for adjusting the height of the slide rail with respect to the door frame. The suspension system comprises a height adjustment device, which comprises a threaded sleeve (5) that has a first female thread (5d) and a threaded bush (4) that has a male thread (4c). The threaded bush (4) can be screwed into the first female thread (5d) of the threaded sleeve (5) to adjust the height of the slide rail, and the slide rail (2) is located on the exposed side of the threaded bush (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Winkler
  • Patent number: 6557303
    Abstract: A housing for an automatic door operator comprising a header section, a closing section and a terminal section. The header section includes two legs and a connecting leg which connects the two legs to one another. One of the two legs includes an end portion having a projection with a circular cross-section and an undercut. The closing section includes another projection with a circular cross-section and an indentation at one end and the terminal section at the other end. The closing section is removably attached to the header section through the engagement of the projection of the closing section with the undercut and the engagement of the projection of the one of the two legs and the indentation. The housing serves to house mechanical and electrotechnical components for the automatic the door operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Finke, Andreas Althoff
  • Patent number: 6553238
    Abstract: Device and method for the remote diagnosis and/or remote monitoring and/or remote initialization of a microprocessor-controlled door, door system or garage door system operated by an electric motor. The microprocessor control can be connected with a data transmission device for the performance of a remote diagnosis and/or remote monitoring and/or remote initialization of the microprocessor control. The data transmission device can have a modem adapter. The modem adapter can connect the microprocessor control to a cellular telephone, which cellular telephone can be dialed through a cellular data network. The cellular telephone can also be part of the data transmission device. The data transmission device can simultaneously be effectively connected to a service center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Lothar Ginzel, Willi Ressel, Ulrich Theile
  • Patent number: 6530627
    Abstract: A glass display case being held together by clamping fittings and a clamping fitting for the corner connection of three adjoining wall structures, especially glass panes or the like. The clamping fitting presents a central coupling member, to which are associated three rotatable and lockable connecting axles, the center longitudinal axes of which respectively stretch out or extend radially with regard to the coupling member at an angle of approximately 120 degrees from one another. At their free end opposite to the coupling member, the connecting axles present a stiffening connector articulation for the connection to an adapter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: DORMA GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 6530176
    Abstract: A system for locking a driveable sliding door which comprises at least one moveable sliding panel and a swingable locking element which interlocks in its closed position with a first end with a lock pin. The system for locking is characterized by the second end of the swingable locking element being brought into contact with the sliding panel by opening or closing of the locking element so that the sliding panel can be driven into its opened or closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Christian Hein
  • Patent number: 6516566
    Abstract: A housing for a movable partition system, which housing is used to house mechanical, electrical and electronic components of the movable partition system. The housing has a one-piece, C-shaped transom profile. The housing further has a support leg which defines a cavity in the interior of the housing. The support leg is designed to maximize stability and torsional stiffness of the housing and to maximize available space in the interior of the housing to house components of the movable partition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Finke
  • Patent number: 6516569
    Abstract: Door with a door terminal for use with or as part of a door, such as sliding doors, folding doors, pivot-hung doors, and automatic doors. The door terminal can comprise a housing accommodating therein an access opening. The door terminal further comprises a stationary attached mounting plate to which the housing is detachably connected and designed to be essentially tamper-proof. Further development of the door terminal intends to make the installation simple and more universal, therefore the mounting plate presents a pivot bearing and a stopper, and the housing presents a cut free web and a lock operable from the front side. The door terminal can also have a pushbutton to release a locking device, and a protection pane covering the pushbutton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Falko Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 6510586
    Abstract: Door closer with a spring system that must be stretched when the door is open and supplies the closing moment necessary to close the door. There is provided a gear train between the spring system and the door to influence the force curve which varies over the opening angle of the door, whereby the gear train that varies in its translation ratio over the opening angle of the door has a first and a second gear wheel that mesh with each other and are each formed by a circular gear rim and are mounted eccentrically with respect to their centers while retaining the axial distance between them. The first gear wheel is connected with an output shaft and the second gear wheel is connected coaxially with respect to its center of motion with a gear wheel that is engaged in a rack that is coupled with the spring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Lothar Ginzel
  • Patent number: 6467227
    Abstract: A fastening device for a glass panel on a wall, a building-side substructure, or similar object, such as a building facade, using a clamp fitting that grips the glass panel and a holder that is supported on the clamp fitting that it can move to a limited extent in three dimensions. The invention teaches that the holder has a two-arm connecting bridge that can be fixed in position by means of a center retaining pivot on the clamp fitting whereby, on the outer free ends of the connecting bridge, there are connecting articulations that can be fixed in position for the connection of respective compensating shafts, which are connected on their ends farther away from the connecting bridge by means of respective articulations that can be fixed in position with an adapter for fastening to a wall, a substructure, or similar object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: DORMA GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: D479459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: DORMA GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Homberg
  • Patent number: D493352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: DORMA GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Homberg