Patent Grant
7854102
This invention refers to an improved panel for lift doors.
More particularly, this invention refers to a panel for lift doors where different parts are easily assembled to one another in a simple and quick manner and include incorporated devices fit for connection to other parts of the lift system.
It is known that the shutters making up the lift doors are typically composed of rolled sections or bearing frames for various types of covering; these panels are coupled in the upper portion to shaped plates whereon the sliding carriages or part of them are fastened. These shaped plates are traditionally bound to the panels by means of bonded joints or, in any case, using permanent fastening means that entail troublesome and, hence, expensive operations.
The very shutter panels require the presence, on the opposite lower front, of further plates forming the bearing of the traditional shoes that slide in the sill grooves or races.
Even in this case, the mentioned shoe bearing plates are generally fastened to the panel by bonded joints or equivalent means, similarly to the plates that are meant to fasten the carriage.
The known panels, furthermore, are sometimes equipped with stiffening members in the form of metal rolled sections of various shapes and sizes, which also require troublesome assembling operations, that is for a stable connection to the mentioned panels.
All considered, the manufacture of each panel according to the known art involves a number of operations, part of which are manual, which are very expensive and demand long manufacturing time.
The object of this invention is to remedy the drawbacks listed above. More particularly, the object of this invention is to provide a panel for lift door shutters that incorporate both means for connecting the carriage to the upper portion and means for bearing the shoes that slide in the sill in the lower portion.
A further object of this invention is to provide a panel as defined above, which is fit to be easily and quickly coupled to stiffening members.
A further object of this invention is to make available to users an improved panel for lift doors that is such as to allow a high level of resistance and reliability over time, also such as to be easily and cheaply manufactured.
These and other objects are achieved by the improved panel for lift doors according to claim 1.
The structural and functional characteristics of the improved panel for lift doors of this invention can be better understood from the description that follows, wherein reference is made to the attached drawings that provide a preferential embodiment which is not meant to be restrictive, and wherein:
With reference to the above-listed figures, the improved panel for lift doors of this invention is marked, on the whole, with reference 10 in
The lower portion of the plate 12, opposed to the central appendage 16, is delimited by edges 14 and is folded back with a basically “S”-shaped course, as specially highlighted in
As hinted at above, the panel of this invention can be advantageously associable to a stiffening member, or to a plurality of stiffening members, all like each other, like those marked with reference 36 in
Each of these stiffening members, made of metal plate or another suitable material, is illustratively folded back according to a “U” profile which extends to integral and opposed side areas featuring a planar development, equipped at least at the upper end of through openings and or hollows for as many bolts 38 for fastening to the plate 12.
According to a further advantageous characteristic of this invention, each of the stiffening members 36 is equipped, at the lower end portion, of one or more extensions 40, specially visible in
As schematized in the figures, each of the stiffening members 36 is coupled to the sheet 12 through the extensions 40 inserted into the fissures 24 and through the bolts 38 or the like items located by the holes obtained at least on the upper portion of the members. In addition to these fastening means, or for a partial or total replacement of the mentioned bolts, the use of adhesive material is envisaged, in the form of strips 42 applied with any suitable means along at least a portion of the plate 12, aligned with the side areas 36′ of one or more stiffening members 36.
The latter, which mainly lend the panel 10 mechanical rigidity and fire resistance, are preferably slightly spaced from one another; Moreover, it must be envisaged that, once applied to the plate 12, the stiffening members 36 may turn out to be next to one another.
As one can infer from the foregoing description, the advantages achieved by the invention are obvious.
The improved panel for lift doors of this invention advantageously incorporates means for connection to the carriage bearing 20, composed of the upper appendage 16 of the plate 12, which avoids having to resort to bonded joints or complicated systems to bind the bearing. Moreover, the back folding mainly in the shape of an “S” of the opposite lower portion of the plate 12, allows the shoes 32 to be lodged to slide in the sill 34 and advantageously includes fissures 24 which allow to stabilize, at least in part, the stiffening members 36. Therefore, the latter members prove to be easily united to the plate 12, even in anticipation of the use of adhesive strips or materials 42. On the whole, the panel thus manufactured is characterized by a considerable strength and allows remarkable saving both in terms of time and cost-effectiveness to assemble the carriage bearing in the upper portion and the sliding shoes in the lower portion.
Although the foregoing disclosure has been described by making special reference to a preferential embodiment which is provided as an example but which is not meant to be exhaustive in character, all modifications and changes will be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art in the light of the foregoing description.
Therefore, this invention shall be meant to include all those variations and changes that come under its essence and within the scope of the appended claims.
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