Guiding rail for guiding a door leaf between an opening position and a closing position in relation to a door opening in a wall

Abstract

A guiding rail for guiding a door leaf between an opening position and a closing position in relation to a door opening in a wall includes: at least one guiding section with a guiding compartment, in which a sliding element is accommodated to be movable, wherein the guiding section includes a guiding opening, through which a bearing axis of the sliding element exits at least partially from the guiding compartment, at which axis a lever element is supportable to be rotationally movable, in order to establish an operative connection between the sliding element and the door leaf. The guiding rail further includes at least one functional section with a functional compartment, in which a transmission means is receivable, which serves for transferring electrical energy and/or data between at least a wall-sided energy source and a door leaf-sided energy recipient and a labyrinth guide between the guiding and functional compartments.

Claims

1. A guiding rail for guiding a door leaf between an opening position and a closing position in relation to a door opening in a wall, the guiding rail comprising: at least one guiding section with a guiding compartment, in which a sliding element is accommodated to be movable, wherein the guiding section includes a guiding opening, through which a bearing axis of the sliding element exits at least partially from the guiding compartment, at which axis a lever element is supportable to be rotationally movable, in order to establish an operative connection between the sliding element and the door leaf, at least one functional section with a functional compartment configured to receive a transmission means, said transmission means configured to transfer electrical energy or data between at least one wall-sided energy source and a door leaf-sided energy recipient, wherein a guide is located between the guiding compartment and the functional compartment, in order to mechanically or electrically connect the sliding element to the transmission means, wherein the guide is disposed a distance from a longitudinal extension axis of the guiding opening such that the guide is located outside an intrusion sector into the guiding compartment through the guiding opening, wherein the guide is located in a wall in the guiding compartment of the guiding section, wherein the guide essentially extends parallel to an extension plane of the wall, wherein a further functional section with a further functional compartment is disposed in a plane parallel to the extension plane of the wall above the guiding section, or a functional opening is configured between the guiding compartment and the further functional compartment, in order to provide for a mechanical or electrical connection to the sliding element.

2. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein seen in cross-section of the guiding section, the guide is configured at a lower blockade area of the guiding section, which is inaccessible through the guiding opening.

3. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein the functional section with the functional compartment configured to receive the transmission means includes a wall that is shared with the guiding section, the wall extending in a transverse direction to the extension plane of the wall, and the guiding opening forms at an edge thereof, or the functional section with the functional compartment configured to receive the transmission means includes a projection extending into the guiding opening and is configured to delimit the intrusion sector into the guiding compartment.

4. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein a connecting element is releasably connected at the sliding element and is configured to be movable in the guide to mechanically or electrically, connect the sliding element to the transmission means, or the connecting element includes a plug-in connection configured to connect the sliding element to the transmission means.

5. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein a gearing is disposed in the functional compartment of the functional section and is configured to accommodate the transmission means during movement of the sliding element along the guiding section, or the gearing is configured as a pulley block gearing.

6. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein at least the guiding section, the functional section with the functional compartment configured to receive the transmission means or the further functional section is in a shape of a structural component for assembling the guiding rail and is configured in an assembly kit.

7. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein the functional section with the functional compartment configured to receive the transmission means, seen in a transverse direction to the extension plane of the wall, is located further distant from the wall than the guiding section, which bears against the wall, or in that the functional section with the functional compartment configured to receive the transmission means, seen in a transverse direction to an extension plane of the wall, is disposed neighbouring the guiding section.

8. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein at least one arresting device for arresting the door leaf in an arresting position between the opening position and the closing position, a smoke detector, or a control, or a regulating unit is disposed in the further functional compartment for at least partially automatically actuating the door leaf.

9. The guiding rail according to claim 1, wherein the transmission means is configured at least as a flat cable, a flat ribbon cable, or a flexible printed circuit board, or the transmission means is configured at least as a round cable.

10. A system for at least partially automatically actuating the door leaf between the opening position and the closing position, including: a device for driving the door leaf at least partially during the transfer of the door leaf from the opening position into the closing position, and the guiding rail according to claim 1.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Hereinafter, further measures enhancing the disclosure will be illustrated in detail in conjunction with the description of the preferred exemplary embodiments of the disclosure based on the Figures. In this context, the features mentioned in the claims and in the description may be essential to the disclosure individually or in any arbitrary combination. In this case, it should be noted that the Figures do have a descriptive character only and are not intended to delimit the disclosure in any way. In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1a shows a door leaf with an inventive guiding rail in a closing position,

(3) FIG. 1b shows a door leaf with an inventive guiding rail in an arresting position,

(4) FIG. 1c shows a door leaf with an inventive guiding rail in an opening position,

(5) FIG. 2 shows an inventive guiding rail in cross-section with a transmission means in a functional compartment, and a sliding element in a guiding compartment, as well as an optional arresting device in a further functional compartment,

(6) FIG. 3 shows an inventive guiding rail in cross-section, and

(7) FIG. 4 shows a diagrammatic illustration of an inventive system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(8) Throughout FIGS. 1-4, same parts of the inventive guiding rail 100 and of the inventive system 110 are always identified by the same reference numerals, and therefore, normally they will be only described once.

(9) The FIGS. 1a, 1b, and 1c show a door leaf 101 initially in a closing position I in the view of FIG. 1a, then in an optional arresting position II in the view of FIG. 1b, and finally in an opening position III in the view of FIG. 1c. In the opening position III, the door leaf 101 is pivoted open to the maximum, and opens up a door opening 104 in a wall 103, which is delimited by means of a door casing 102. In this case, the guiding rail 100 serves for assisting the movement of a door leaf 101 between the opening position III and the closing position I in relation to the door opening 104 in the wall 103.

(10) In this case, the guiding rail 100 includes at least one guiding section 1 with one guiding compartment 10, in which a sliding element 11 is movably accommodated, and at least one functional section 2 with a functional compartment 20, in which a transmission means 21 is receivable, which serves for transferring electrical energy and/or data between at least one wall-sided energy source 22 and a door leaf-sided energy recipient 23. At least section-wise the inventive transmission means 21 may be configured as a flat cable, flat ribbon cable, a flexible printed circuit board or as a round cable.

(11) As shown in the FIGS. 2 and 3 in the following, the guiding section 1 includes a guiding opening 13, through which a bearing axis 14 of the sliding element 11 exits at least partially from the guiding compartment 10, at which axis a lever element 15 is supportable to be rotationally movable, which is illustrated in the FIGS. 1a to 1c. In this case, the lever element 15 serves for establishing an operative connection between the sliding element 11 and the door leaf 101. Thus, the lever element 15 is disposed at the sliding element 11 to be rotationally movable, which is guided along the guiding rail 100.

(12) The transmission means 21 is placed for example with a length compensation within the guiding rail 100 for example by means of a gearing G illustrated diagrammatically in the FIGS. 1a to 1c, then electrically and/or mechanical connected to the sliding element 11, and, via the sliding element 11, guided to the lever element 15. As, in any position of the sliding element 11 in the guiding rail 100, the transmission means 21 is mechanically and/or electrically connected to the sliding element 11, the transmission means 21 has such a length to run as far as to the stationary wall-sided energy source 22 even in a most distant position of the sliding element 11, as shown in FIG. 1a. In another closer position of the sliding element 11, an excess of length of the transmission means 21 may be given, for example in the shape of a loop. Advantageously in this case, the gearing G may ensure that the excess in length of the transmission means 21 is fold- and kink-free turned over, such as not to create any jamming within the functional section 2. Within the scope of the disclosure, it is conceivable that the gearing G be configured as a pulley block gearing.

(13) In the FIGS. 1a to 1c, the guiding rail 100 is illustrated on a casing side of the wall 103. However, it is equally conceivable to dispose the guiding rail 100 on the door leaf 101. The guiding rail 100 may present for example a horizontal course. In this case, the sliding element 11 may move within the guiding rail 100. Simultaneously, the lever element 15 at another end performs a rotary movement around a drive axis of rotation, at which a spring element may be provided, which is not illustrated in detail, in order to accumulate a closing energy during the movement of the door leaf 101 from the closing position I into the opening position III, which energy, during the movement of the door leaf 101 back into the closing position I, may be at least partially released again. As an alternative or in addition, it may be intended that the sliding element 11 be configured likewise spring-loaded and may be guided by means of a spring.

(14) As revealed in the FIGS. 2 and 3, a labyrinth guide 12 is configured between the guiding compartment 10 and the functional compartment 20, in order to mechanically and/or electrically connect the sliding element 11 to the transmission means 21, for example by means of a connecting element 16, which is releasable disposed at the sliding element 11. In this case, the connecting element 16 may be positively and/or non-positively attached to the sliding element 11, for example latched in. The connecting element 16 is guided to be longitudinally displaceable in the labyrinth guide 12, and during the movement of the sliding element 11 within the guiding section 1, it remains mechanically and/or electrically connected to the transmission means 21. From the side of the transmission means 21, the connecting element 16 may include a plug-in connection 17 for the transmission means 21.

(15) The inventive idea will be explained based on the FIG. 3, according to which the labyrinth guide 12 is disposed in such a manner with a distance A1 to a longitudinal extension axis L of the guiding opening 13 that it is located outside an intrusion sector ES into the guiding compartment 10 through the guiding opening 13. Thereby, an intervention with a tool or even with a hand into the guiding rail 100, in particular into the functional section 2 of the guiding rail 100 may be prevented, or the view into the functional section 2 of the guiding rail 100 may be prevented, in which the transmission means 21 is laid.

(16) In this case, the guiding section 1 and the functional section 2 are created within the guiding rail 100, wherein the guiding section 1 for the sliding element 11 is open to the outside through the guiding opening 13, and wherein the functional section 2 for the transmission means 21 is configured to be inaccessible and hidden, respectively non-visible from the outside. The labyrinth guide 12 forms a transition between the two sections 1, 2, which transition, however, is disposed offset with regard to the guiding opening 13 that no tool nor hand may reach the transmission means 21 through the guiding opening 13 and through the labyrinth guide 12. Furthermore, such an arrangement of the labyrinth guide 12 may create a free space above the sliding element 11 in the guiding rail 100, which space may be employed as an additional functional compartment 30 of an additional functional section 3, e.g. for further structural modules, such as a smoke detector, a control and/or regulation module or an electro-magnetic arresting device 31 for the sliding element 11. The arresting device 31 may retain the door leaf 101, for example in the arresting position II, which is shown in FIG. 1b, in that the arresting device 31 arrests the sliding element 11 within the guiding rail 100. For establishing an operative connection between the sliding element 11 and the arresting device 31, a functional opening 32, for example in the shape of an oblong hole, may be configured between the guiding section 1 and the further functional section 3. Advantageously, the sliding element 11 may override the arresting device 31, such that an arresting is even conceivable in several positions of the door leaf 101.

(17) Thereby, the inventive guiding rail 100 is configured with a hidden labyrinth guide 12 in the inside of the guiding rail 100, which thus forms a so-called blockade device, respectively a protecting device for the transmission means 21, and thus reliably protects the transmission means 21 against damages.

(18) As furthermore shown in FIG. 3, the labyrinth guide 12 is configured at a walling W1 in the guiding compartment 10 of the guiding section 1, which essentially extends parallel to and at a distance A2 to an extension plane x, z of the wall 103. In this case, the walling W1 separates the guiding section 1 from the functional section 2. In the view of FIG. 3, the labyrinth guide 12 is offset to the left, respectively away from the extension plane x, z of the wall 103, in order to delimit the intervention sector ES into the guiding rail 100 through the guiding opening 13. In the event a tool may not be inclined further than to the wall 103, because it impacts at the wall 103, moreover, a potential maximum intervention angle to the wall 103, as well as a potential intervention lever at the left border of the guiding opening 13 is delimited in relation to the wall 103. For example, in FIG. 3 an opening angle w is shown, which is determined for example by the fact how far an unauthorized individual may see with the naked eye, respectively reach with a hand and/or with a tool into the guiding rail 100.

(19) As moreover visible from FIG. 3, seen in cross-section of the guiding rail 100, the labyrinth guide 12 is configured at a lower blockade area UB of the guiding section 1, which is inaccessible through the guiding opening 13. The deeper the labyrinth guide 12 is located in this case, the more difficult an unauthorized intervention into the guiding rail 100 will be.

(20) In the lower area of the guiding rail 100, a common walling W3 is provided for the functional section 2 and the guiding section 1, which wall extends in a transverse direction y with regard to the extension plane x, z of the wall 103, and which, at an edge, delimits the guiding opening 13, which is located on the right in the view of FIG. 3. In this case, the common walling W3 does not only delimit the guiding compartment 10, but also moreover closes off the functional compartment 20 from the bottom.

(21) Said walling W3 common to the functional section 2 with the guiding section 1 is provided with a projection 24, which engages into the guiding opening 13, and determines, preferably delimits the intrusion sector ES into the guiding compartment 10. The projection 24 may engage as far into the guiding opening 13 that the distance between the longitudinal extension axis L of the guiding opening 13 and the wall 13, and thereby the potential intervention angle through the guiding opening 13, may be even further reduced. Consequently, likewise the labyrinth guide 12 is placed further away from the longitudinal extension axis L of the guiding opening 13 in the direction away from the wall 103. Thus, the blockade effect, respectively the protective effect of the labyrinth guide 12 may be reinforced.

(22) As can be seen from the FIGS. 2 and 3, the functional section 2 seen in the transverse direction y with regard to the extension plane x, y of the wall 103 is further distant from the wall 103 than the guiding section 1, which directly with a walling W2 bears against the wall 103. Thus, the functional section 2 may be reached only from the side of the wall 103, wherein the distance A2 to the wall 103 delimits the intervention lever and the potential intervention angle into the guiding opening 13 of the guiding section 1 in such a manner that the functional section 2 is located outside the intervention sector ES into the guiding rail 100.

(23) The functional section 2 is located in the transverse direction y with regard to the extension plane x, z of the wall 103 neighbouring the guiding section 1, in order to reduce the distance A2 of the labyrinth guide 12 to the wall 103.

(24) Furthermore, within the scope of the disclosure, it may be intended that at least the guiding section 1, the functional section 2 or the further functional section 3 in the shape of a standardized structural component for assembling the guiding rail 100 may be configured in the shape of an assembly kit.

(25) Finally, FIG. 4 shows an inventive system 110 for at least partially automatically actuating the door leaf 101 between the opening position III of the FIG. 1c and the closing position I of the FIG. 1a. The system 110 comprises a device 200 for driving the door leaf 101 at least partially during the transfer of the door leaf 101 from the opening position III into the closing position I, and a guiding rail 100, which may be configured as described above based on the FIG. 1a to 3. In this case, it is advantageous that the system 110 for actuating the door leaf 101 may be configured with different devices 200 for automatically, partially automatically and/or mechanically driving the door leaf 101.

(26) The preceding description of the FIGS. 1a to 4 describes the present disclosure exclusively on the basis of examples. Obviously, individual features of the embodiments, as long as technically reasonable, may be freely combined with each other without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.