Exposed Handle Drives Concealed Lever Patents (Class 49/353)
  • Patent number: 11866973
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a first guide system and a second guide system at a vertical distance from the first guide system. The two guide systems each has a guide and a guide body mounted to be displaceable on the guide, a carrier on which a door is to be fastened and which can be connected to the two guide bodies of the guide systems, and a compensation device by which a tilt moment of the carrier, or of the door arranged thereon, about a tilt axis is compensated for by a restoring moment. The compensation device includes a cable pull device and a pivot lever mechanism. The pivot lever mechanism comprises at least two pivot levers connected to one another in an articulated manner and pivotable relative to one another during a movement of the carrier by the two guide systems along the furniture wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Markus Irgang
  • Patent number: 11506249
    Abstract: The reverse input cutoff clutch comprises a pressed member having a pressed surface, an input member arranged coaxially with the pressed surface and having an input-side engaging portion arranged radially inside the pressed surface, an output member arranged coaxially with the pressed surface and having an output-side engaging portion arranged more radially inside than the input-side engaging portion, and an engaging element arranged radially inside the pressed surface and having a pressing surface facing the pressed surface, an input-side engaged portion that engages with the input-side engaging portions, and an output-side engaged portion that engages with the output-side engaging portion. The output-side engaged portion is configured by a recessed portion, and the interior surface of the recessed portion has a pair of guided surfaces. The output-side engaging portion has a pair of guide surfaces facing the pair of guided surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Nagao Dohi, Yuya Daikoku
  • Publication number: 20140311033
    Abstract: A door control system for a farm implement with a storage bin having a discharge opening and a door movable by a drive mechanism between open and closed positions relative to the discharge opening includes a dual position door control system. The system includes at least two controllers at spaced positions relative to the door and coupled to a drive mechanism for opening and closing the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. VAN MILL, Ronald J. SCHLlMGEN, Daryl RUBNER
  • Publication number: 20140259940
    Abstract: A key lockable window operator, including a crank handle that is shiftable between a folded storage position and an unfolded operating position and a lock cylinder operably engaged to a rack and a sliding pin. The rack and the sliding pin are shiftable between an unlocked position and a locked position. When in the locked position, at least a portion of the sliding pin is engaged into a cavity in the crank handle whereby the crank handle is secured in the folded storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Truth Hardware Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Collins Meves, Sherry Lynn Jones, Michael L. Scott, Gregory J. Vetter
  • Publication number: 20140230332
    Abstract: Furniture door with handle, comprising a panel (2) on one of the edges of which (7) a profile (3) comprising the handle is fixed to said edge by clipping and by way of an auxiliary piece (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Fabian Martinez Garcia, Francisco Martinez Garcia
  • Publication number: 20140000170
    Abstract: A door opener assembly having a rotatable arm-bar for hands-free use by individuals in high-traffic pedestrian conditions. The rotatable arm-bar has a distal knobbed end and allows users to easily position a wrist or forearm within the hook and to move laterally, as the person moves, as the door is opened and thereafter provides a slide-release of the forearm or wrist. The smooth surface and design of the arm-bar allows users to disengage from contact without risk of injury occurring such as from the unexpected opening of the door from the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: John S. Buck
  • Publication number: 20120180392
    Abstract: A casement window unit including a fixed frame (2); a movable sash (3) connected to the fixed frame by a pair of hinged members (4, 5) joined to respective members of the fixed frame and of the sash so as to allow the movable sash to move between a closed position, where the fixed frame and the sash are in contact with each other, and an open position, where at least one stile (3c) of the sash is at a certain distance from the fixed frame towards the outside of the room where the window unit (1) is installed, and vice versa; and a movement arm (7) acting on the sash in such a way that it moves the sash from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: GSG INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Marco Lambertini
  • Publication number: 20120174487
    Abstract: An awning window unit which includes a fixed frame (2); a movable frame (3) connected to the fixed frame by a pair of hinged members (4, 5) joined to respective members of the fixed frame and of the movable frame so as to allow the movable frame to move between a closed position, where the fixed and movable frames are in contact with each other, and an open position, where at least one lower rail (3c) of the movable frame is at a certain distance from the fixed frame towards the outside of the room where the window unit (1) is installed, and vice versa; and a movement arm (7) configured to move the movable frame from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: GSG INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Marco Lambertini
  • Publication number: 20080168715
    Abstract: A sash lifter for positioning a window sash within a window frame of a casement window includes a body portion presenting a sash positioning surface. As the window sash is rotated within the window frame about an axis of rotation defined by at least one hinge assembly, the window sash encounters the sash lifter and rides along the sash positioning surface until it is properly situated within the window frame. The sash lifter may include a barrier structure extending transverse to the axis of rotation to facilitate positioning of the sash lifter within a track of the hinge assembly. The sash lifter may also include a tail structure extending outward from the body portion for increased forced-entry resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventor: John E. Titus
  • Patent number: 5375375
    Abstract: A window regulator includes a rotatable hub that is coupled to a traveller by a cable, such that rotation of the hub raises and lowers the traveller. The hub is mounted on a driven gear which is rotated by a drive gear. The hub and the driven gear are concentrically mounted around a post, which defines an outer surface that is frictionally engaged by a coil spring that is coupled both to the driven gear and to the hub. The coil spring brakes rotation of the hub when the traveller is pushed downwardly. The drive gear and its associated bushings are removably mounted on the window regulator to allow easy replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: A.L. Hansen Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Christopher Lee
  • Patent number: 4295298
    Abstract: A window regulator for moving a window pane through the window opening of a vehicle door includes a single eccentric arm pivotally mounted away from its ends within the door. One end of the eccentric arm is movably secured to a guide bar on the window pane and the opposite end has a handle thereon which is movable within and accessible through an arcuate slot in the vehicle door. The handle is recessed within the arcuate slot so as not to protrude from the interior surface of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Inventor: Richard A. Pundt
  • Patent number: 4151683
    Abstract: A door for vehicles which includes an outer door panel and an inner door panel and is equipped with a window regulator unit. The inner panel is formed with an attachment recess for a window glass regulator unit and a slit. The window regulator unit is attached to the bottom of the attachment recess and has a window regulator arm or connecting pin extending through the slit into a space between the outer and inner panels for operative connection with an attachment plate fixed to the door glass, the connecting pin interconnecting the door glass and the window regulator arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1979
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryuhei Narita, Eiji Yagi, Kenzo Hirashima, Takashi Oka
  • Patent number: 4127101
    Abstract: A windowed oven door for ranges having self-cleaning ovens comprises a system for simultaneously locking the door and raising a shield to cover the window. A linkage mechanism in the shield raising part of the system includes a pair of overcenter link arms which are retained in their past dead center position while the oven door is locked on an oven during its self-cleaning cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1978
    Assignee: GSW Limited -- GSW Limitee
    Inventor: Robert W. Tilton
  • Patent number: 4034509
    Abstract: A vehicle body window regulator of the disclosure incorporates a toggle linkage that is selectively moved between extended and overlapping positions to maintain a window in open or closed positions. The toggle linkage includes a pair of links that are pivotally connected to each other about a first axis, with one of the links pivoted about a second axis to a control member connected to the window, and with the other link selectively driven on a frame of the regulator about a third axis for movement that positions the linkage in either its extended or overlapping position. The first axis moves across a line between the second and third axes as the linkage is moved to either the overlapping or extended position, and the linkage then engages a frame stop to cause a locking action that prevents window movement due to forces applied directly to the window. A one-way clutch preferably drives the linkage and positions the window in partially open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: American Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Delbert Duane DeRees
  • Patent number: 3976325
    Abstract: A crank drive assembly for sliding roof mechanisms of automobiles, in which a hand-operated crank drives a push-pull cable, the assembly including a releasable clutch between a drive shaft and a drive pinion transmitting the crank motion to the drive cable, and an arresting mechanism blocking the pinion, whenever the clutch mechanism is disengaged. The clutch mechanism and the arresting mechanism are simultaneously operated by a pivoting motion of the drive crank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: Webasto-Werk W.Baier KG
    Inventor: Walter Schatzler