E05Y2201/688

Foot operable door opener

A foot operable door opener operates, without using one's hands, and without an electrical assist. The entrance cycle is initiated by stepping on a pedal. This force drives the pedal a ¼ turn, engaging a soft wheel to open the door. The pedal is hard linked to a crank arm which goes into a unidirectional crank shaft hub to turn the wheel. The downward pressure from the pedal pivots a ratcheted hinge connected to a bracketed spring-loaded wheel assembly to keep constant pressure to the ground. A gear box or multiple pumps of the pedal turns the wheel two or more 360 degrees rotations, opening the door to allow the entrant to pass until the foot pedal is dis-engaged. This action releases the ratcheting hinge mechanism, allowing the spring assisted wheel assemble to rotate to its original up position, releasing the wheel from the ground, allowing the door to close.

OFFSET ROLLER CARRIER AND BOTTOM BRACKET ASSEMBLY
20230003065 · 2023-01-05 ·

Disclosed is a bottom bracket assembly for a sectional door. Roller wheels engage with tracks along the sides of the doorway to support the door and guide it to move up and down or open and close the doorway. A lift cable connected with lift engagements may be provided to provide an upward bias to the motion of the door to offset the weight of the door. The roller wheels are supported by the bottom bracket assemblies connected at bottom portions of the edge stiles of the door. Each bottom bracket assembly has a bottom bracket fastened to the edge stile and a roller carrier that supports roller wheel. The connection between the roller carrier and the bottom bracket is adjustable to allow the wheel of the roller to be adjusted to a position outward of the edge of the door so that portions of the door, such as a lift bracket connected with the lift cable, do not interfere with the track.

Door closer mechanism
11542739 · 2023-01-03 ·

A door closer mechanism includes a base attached to a door frame, a housing attached to a door panel and a groove formed in the housing, a lever includes one end slidably engaged with the base and another end connected to the housing with a pivot axle, a rotary member is pivotally connected to the housing with the pivot axle, a shaft is slidably engaged in the housing and pivotally connected to the rotary member with a pivot pin, and a spring biasing member is disposed in the housing and engaged with the shaft for applying a spring biasing force onto the shaft and for biasing the shaft toward one end portion of the channel of the base.

DOOR HINGE DEVICE OF VEHICLE

A door hinge apparatus of a vehicle may include a rail plate provided on one side of a vehicle body corresponding to an end portion of a door of the vehicle and formed with a rail in a width direction of the vehicle, a hinge slide unit including a slide bracket provided on the rail and a door hinge bracket provided on the door where the slide bracket includes a guide slot formed in a diagonal direction of the slide bracket and the slide bracket and the door hinge bracket are pivotally coupled each other through a hinge shaft, and an actuator having a roller configured at a rod to roll along the guide slot so that the slide bracket moves along the rail.

AN AIRCRAFT PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION UNIT
20220388666 · 2022-12-08 ·

The present invention provides an aircraft passenger accommodation unit comprising a seat, a shell that allows a passenger egress between an aisle and the seat through an opening, and a door assembly comprising a door slidable with respect to the shell between a retracted position and an extended position, a slide track attached to the shell, a slide runner for sliding along the slide track, and a connection mechanism for selectively connecting the door to the slide runner, wherein the door has a first sliding mode in which the connection mechanism connects the door to the slide runner and wherein the slide runner slides along the slide track, and a second sliding mode in which the connection mechanism does not connect the door to the slide runner and wherein the door slides in relation to the slide track. The invention also provides a door arrangement and associated methods.

ADJUSTABLE FLUSH THRESHOLD FOR SLIDING DOORS AND WINDOWS
20220389753 · 2022-12-08 · ·

A sliding door or window system includes a track. The track includes an outer housing; an inner housing within the outer housing; a guide body provided with the inner housing and configured to guide a sliding movement of a door or a window; and at least one adjustable body that is provided on the outer housing, at least partially within the inner housing, and fixed with respect to the inner housing in a vertical direction, the at least one adjustable body configured to change a height of the inner housing with respect to the outer housing by rotating, such as to change a height of the guide body.

VEHICULAR SLIDE DOOR APPARATUS
20220388378 · 2022-12-08 · ·

A vehicular slide door apparatus includes a guide rail forming a sliding path. A cutout portion in a side wall portion of the sliding path forms an insertion opening for a guide roller. The apparatus includes a fixing portion at a first end portion in the cutout portion, a positioning portion at a second end portion in the cutout portion, a closing member that includes a fixed end fixed to the fixing portion and a free end positioned by the positioning portion and that closes the insertion opening, and a fulcrum forming portion forming a rotation fulcrum for the closing member. The fulcrum forming portion generates biasing force of displacing the free end outward. The free end is positioned in contact against the positioning portion located on an outer side of the sliding path. Thereby, the free end and the side wall portion form a continuous sliding contact surface.

Sliding doors floor handling device
11519209 · 2022-12-06 ·

A sliding doors floor handling device (20) for sliding wooden doors (10) or glass doors (72), placed next to a wall (16) and provided at the bottom with a guide (82) combined with a pin (14) protruding from the floor (48), comprises a containment shell (26), substantially parallelepiped in shape, pardy open along the upper base, in which a fork-shaped frame (44) is arranged. The parallel sections (64) of the frame (44) are provided with a hole (52) for inserting a pin (54) that supports a wheel (46) designed to touch the floor (48) when rolling. The fork-shaped frame (44) is provided with one or more elastic sheets (60) secured to the shell (26).

Sliding window/door system including annular roller device for sliding window/door
11519210 · 2022-12-06 · ·

The present invention provides an annular roller device for a sliding window/door, which is proposed as a roller device having a new structure wherein the roller device installed under a door sash can move a sliding window/door having heavy weight, and can maximize the open glass portion of the window/door by minimizing the height of the space required to install the roller device, thereby providing a more open view. The roller device has a structure in which, even when a rail installed on a window frame is not horizontal or the bottom portion of a window is not completely flat, all multiple rolling members, which constitute a ring-shaped rolling unit wound around a load-bearing plate (1220) comprising segment bodies (1221, 1222) rotatably connected to each other by a pivot pin (1225) extending therethrough, form contact points with the rail or the bottom portion, and thus each of the rolling members is prevented from being loaded with excessive weight.

Hold lock mechanism for vehicle door and vehicle door opening and closing apparatus having the same

A hold lock mechanism for a vehicle door, the hold lock mechanism including a grip assembly configured to be mounted on a vehicle body, the grip assembly including a pair of grip members configured to releasably grip a door component and a hook provided on at least one of grip members, and a release assembly mounted on the door component, the release assembly including a release member configured to releasably engage with the hook.