Pivotally Mounted Patents (Class 160/195)
  • Patent number: 11585136
    Abstract: A guide system for a door assembly including a door, which door can be attached to the guide system in a pivotal manner, has a closed position in which at least one device object can be covered on the front side and a parked position in which the door can be moved, preferably slid, in a direction transversely to the front of the at least one device object, preferably into a lateral receiving shaft, by the guide system. The guide system for the door is assembled or formed on a support structure separate from the device object to be covered, the support structure having at least one stand surface for standing on the floor of a room and/or at least one assembly device for assembling on the wall of a room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 11530566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door operator system (1) for opening and closing an opening (2), comprising a drive unit (10), a door frame (3) and a door (8), wherein the drive unit (10) is mounted to the door (8) and adapted to move the door (8) between an open (O) and closed position (C), the door frame (3) comprise at least a first frame section (4) adapted to be mounted at a first side (5) of the opening (2), a second frame section (6) adapted to be mounted at a second side (7) of the opening (2), a first track unit (31) moveably connected to the first frame section (4), and a second track unit (32) moveably connected to the second frame section (6), the door (8) is at a first side moveably connected to the first track unit (31) and at a second side moveably connected to the second track unit (32), wherein the door frame (3) is adapted to move the door (8) between the closed position (C) and an intermediate position (I) and to guide the door (8) between the intermediate position (I) and the open posit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Peter Van De Wiel, Jan Balder, Sven Roos, Johan Bizot
  • Patent number: 9925926
    Abstract: A blind for closing a storage compartment in a central console of a motor vehicle is provided. The blind has rod-shaped guide elements which are slidably guided in lateral grooves. Slats are clipped onto the guide elements, which slats project laterally and become wider in a longitudinal direction of the blind, so that in a closed position of the blind they completely cover an intermediate space between two obliquely diverging side walls of the central console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: fischer automotive systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorg Flothmann, Gunter Leopold
  • Patent number: 8819993
    Abstract: A window includes a frame, a rail module, and two sashes. The rail module includes a first rail, a second rail, and a pulley assembly. The first rail is fixed to the frame, and the second rail is able to turn. The second rail is turned to connect to the first rail so that the pulley assembly can slide in both the first and the second rails. The first sash is pivoted on the frame, and the second sash is hinged with the first sash and connected to the pulley assembly. The pulley assembly is moved to the second rail from the first rail to make the sashes fold up. After the second sash arrives at the second rail, one may turn the folded sashes totally off the window and attach them to a wall besides the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., ltd.
    Inventor: Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 8584428
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of multi-component spin hardware for connecting structural framing members to other structural framing members while allowing desired portions of the framing members to pivot, selectively displacing the framing members to variable positions. The spin hardware generally includes a top bracket, a bottom bracket, and a counter bracket assembly. The spin hardware bracket assemblies can be installed along a vertical axis to provide maximum flexibility and creativity while pivoting structural framing members in any number of configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Timothy Pulver
  • Publication number: 20130228292
    Abstract: A folding door with two or more intrinsically rigid folding shutter elements with alternating noncollapsing and collapsing element edges, with at least one guide means which can be raised and lowered on or in one or more guide rail(s), for moving a, in particular the lower, permanently guide rail-adjacent, noncollapsing door element edge, wherein at least one release movement means, which is provided for the initial release movement of the permanently guide rail-adjacent door element edge from the guide rail(s), at the beginning of the opening of the folding door, and for the final advance movement of the permanently guide rail-adjacent door element edge at the end of the closing of the folding door, and an actuation device and method for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: BELU VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventor: Bernhard Lucas
  • Patent number: 8443909
    Abstract: A fire shutter adapted to close off an area comprises a shutter curtain movable from an up position to a closed position, wherein the shutter curtain closes off the area when in the closed position, and at least one retractable guide, movable from a retracted position to an extended position and having a camber. The shutter curtain engages the at least one retractable guide as the shutter curtain moves from the up position toward the closed position, biasing the at least one retractable guide to the retracted position, and in the closed position the shutter curtain engages the camber and allows the at least one retractable guide to move to the extended position. The shutter curtain can also comprise front slats and rear slats, and an insulation package can be deployable from a non-deployed position to a deployed position within a space between the front slats and the rear slats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Gliderol Doors (S) Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Lok Yung Wong
  • Patent number: 8360132
    Abstract: A high-speed door assembly has a shaft or drum having a longitudinal axis which is configured so that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a wall to which the door assembly is mounted. A flexible door panel is attached to the shaft or drum so as to be capable of being wound and unwound about the drum for selectively permitting and prohibiting access through an opening in the wall to which the door assembly is mounted, the door panel being wound on the shaft or drum in an orientation such that the door panel defines at least one vertical plane when unwound from the shaft or drum, the vertical plane being spaced further from the wall to which the door assembly is mounted than the longitudinal axis of the shaft or drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Rytec Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Norbert Drifka
  • Patent number: 8316915
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an industrial high-speed door assembly having a reduced door panel width and having guides for guiding the door which extend into a passageway but are resilient, tough, or resiliently collapsible, to either withstand impacts from vehicle collisions or moveable during opening of the door to avoid collisions while returning for guidance upon closing the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Rytec Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Norbert Drifka, Arno Klein, John Sonn, Donald P. Grasso, Daniel J. Gregoriou, Walenty Kalempa
  • Patent number: 8122678
    Abstract: A multi-component spin hardware is provided for connecting structural framing members to other structural framing members while allowing desired portions of the framing members to pivot, selectively displacing the framing members to variable positions. The spin hardware generally includes a top bracket, bottom bracket and counter bracket assembly. The spin hardware bracket assemblies can be installed along a vertical axis in infinite locations providing maximum flexibility and creativity while connecting structural framing members in infinite configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Timothy William Pulver
  • Patent number: 7950439
    Abstract: By providing a door wherein the components forming a multi-panel unit assembly, a support & alignment mechanism, an automatic actuating panel action locking and release mechanism, sliding mechanism and hinges, a dual action door assembly is achieved which assures component engagement that allows the door assembly to operate within controlled confines combining first a sliding action and then a swing action to open the door for full unobstructed access of a range of doorway widths from narrow to ultra-wide while overcoming the support problems, full open access problems and wide swing radii problems consistent with conventional doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventor: Victor Ray Anderson
  • Patent number: 7299849
    Abstract: The present invention provides a garage door screen storing system that is adapted for permanent mounting onto the exterior wall above a garage door. An aluminum steel cabinet with several advantages, including an electric moter being the power source that propels the main screen power rod which rotate the garage screen in and out of the screen storing units; It is equipped with devices that provide remote or manual activation for the screen and lighting of the designed light fixtures. The doors that closes at the bottom of the cabinet are adapted to rotate roller devices inside of metal tracks devices that are designed to contain the rollers as they are manipulating the screen guide landing rod in and out of the system. When the doors are opened to a vertical position, they served as retention tracks that are adapted to keep the garage screen nestled against the exterior walls of garage doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventor: Marrell Haney
  • Patent number: 7089989
    Abstract: A folding door apparatus for homes and other building structures that is formed of a plurality of panels hinged together in accordion fashion. The door panels are raised and lowered along parallel vertical rails by a pair of winding reels and cable. A stability pin and a plurality of guide pins extend from the outer side edge of selected panels. The rails are hinged to the structure's flooring, and define an inner and outer trackway. The inner trackway for receiving the stability pin, and the outer trackway for receiving the guide pins. The inner trackway further defines a release point at the approximate midway of the length of the rail. In application raising the door panels to an open position, the stability pin remains engaged within the inner railway until stability pin is raised to the release point. At release point the stability pin is disengaged from inner railway for proper folding of the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas E. Pfender
  • Patent number: 6422287
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a slide/swing patio door including a frame having a first panel pivotally mounted on the frame and a second panel slidingly mounted in the frame in a plane adjacent to the first panel. The second panel slides toward the first panel until they are substantially congruent, at which time the first and second panels can be selectively moved out of the frame around a pivot of the first panel. Another embodiment includes a latch to couple the first panel and the second panel together before the panels can be moved around the pivot. An additional embodiment provides a lock pin mounted on the first panel configured to engage a box staple mounted on the frame. In addition, another embodiment further includes a guide mounted on the first panel aligned to engage the second panel, wherein the second panel is guided alongside of the first panel and supported by the guide on the first panel during movement around the pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Inventor: James Bradley Wilke
  • Patent number: 6148897
    Abstract: A release mechanism for use in combination with an industrial door, which includes an extension member extending across the doorway opening when the door is in its doorway-blocking positions, the releasing mechanism including a roller mounted for movement with the extension member, and a track including a guideway for receiving the roller and guiding it during normal door operation, the roller and track being movable relative to each other upon application of a breakaway force to the extension member, thereby allowing the roller to escape from the track when a breakaway force is applied to the extension member, the breakaway force being defined as a force that has a component perpendicular to the plane of the door above a certain magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Rite-Hite Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Bill Horner, Tom Jansen, Perry Knutson, Steve Lester
  • Patent number: 5878803
    Abstract: A goods-handling door for closing or opening a bay formed in a wall, said door comprising: a raisable curtain (3) capable of being collected together at the top of the door; a vertical slideway (5) on either side of the curtain, each slideway being suitable for receiving a respective side edge of the curtain and having a face placed against the wall at the edge of the bay, the side edges of the curtain being adapted to slide in said side vertical slideways to hold the curtain substantially in the plane of the door; and mechanical means for operating the door, the mechanical means comprising a shaft (4) disposed at the top of the door for winding up the curtain or curtain-raising straps, a motor (104) for driving said shaft, an end-of-stroke device (105), and control means (106), said door being characterized in that each slideway is fixed in position by disengageable means (9) to hold the slideway in the plane of the door during normal operation thereof while allowing the slideway to leave its location when s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Inventor: Bernard Kraeutler
  • Patent number: 5762123
    Abstract: A door is mounted within a doorway to be pivotal about a pivot axis disposed close to and along one of side surfaces of the doorway to selectively open and close the doorway. A guide roller protrudes toward the upper surface of the doorway from the upper edge of the door at a location remote from the location of the pivot axis when the door is closed. A guide rail extends along the length of the upper surface of the doorway for guiding the guide roller along the length of the upper surface of the doorway. The guide rail is pivotal about the pivot axis. Means is provided to disengageably engage the guide rail with the upper surface of the doorway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Nabco Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuyama, Kozo Nishihira
  • Patent number: 5402841
    Abstract: An overhead door assembly is disclosed having a pair of rails each with upright and horizontal segments. Pivot supports at the lower ends of the upright segments permit the rails and a door thereon to move into and out of the doorway of a temperature controlled storage structure. A control shaft imparts movement to the rails by arm assemblies each including pivotally coupled arms to tilt the rail segments and door thereon between open and closed positions. The door is held in a closed position by an over-center relationship in each arm assembly. The control shaft is manually actuated while modified rail positioning arrangement includes a pneumatic cylinder and a valve control for rail positioning. Seals about the door and between panels of the door render the storage structure airtight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Inventor: Patrick F. Tierney
  • Patent number: 5212918
    Abstract: A support panel base cover is used with a support panel and a wall panel system. The support panel is mounted to a wall panel and has a bottom edge spaced apart from a floor. At least one vertically adjustable leg is adapted to cooperate with the support panel and the floor to support said panel on the floor. The support panel also is adapted to receive a cover internally therein. The cover is moveable relative to the support panel and the leg and is adapted to rest on the floor. In addition, the cover has a height sufficient to substantially conceal the space between the bottom edge of the support panel and the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Newhouse, Paul G. Dame
  • Patent number: 4807312
    Abstract: A partition, more particularly for a corner-shower, with a rounded entrance area, contains door-elements by means of which the entrance-area may be closed off or opened. The door-elements are arranged displaceably in guide-rails which are curved in the entrance area and are connected to at least one wall-element. It should be possible to produce a partition of this kind inexpensively and to obtain reliable guidance and accurate alignment of the door-elements with as few components as possible. The door-elements are curved to match the guide-rails and the guide-elements of each door-element is arranged at a predetermined distance from the longitudinal edges. A total of two door-elements is provided and these are curved over an angular range of approximately 45.degree.. They are adjustable in height by means of at least one guide-element, more particularly an eccentric pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Inventor: Heinz G. Baus
  • Patent number: 4379585
    Abstract: A roll-up door assembly for a vehicle body having a roof, a pair of opposed sidewalls and an end wall including an opening into the interior of the body and over which the door assembly is disposed. The door assembly is located externally of the body adjacent the opening and includes a sliding door which is slidable from a stored position above the roof to a pivoted open position wherein the door covers the opening but is pivoted outward from the opening about a pivot axis located adjacent the bottom of the opening. The door is pivotable to a pivoted closed position wherein the door is pivoted toward the opening to fully close the opening. The door is located within fixedly mounted track means when in the stored position. The fixedly mounted track means are mounted externally of the body adjacent the roof and the sidewalls. The door is rolled into pivotable track means when it is in either the pivoted open or pivoted close position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Inventor: Leonard Strick
  • Patent number: 4350199
    Abstract: A quick closing gate, formed of uniformly spaced horizontal bars slidably engaged within a gate track of two sections joined at an acute angle close to ninety degrees, said gate track being rotatable so as to be easily rotated from a position in which gravity maintains the gate in a stable open position, to a position in which gravity acts to close the gate. Quick closure of the gate is facilitated by compressed springs in one embodiment of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Inventor: Isidro Pino