Door, in particular sectional door, and door drive

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a door, in particular a sectional door, comprising a door leaf which includes several interconnected panels, pairs of track rollers which are connected with one of the several panels and which are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, wherein the door comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers and at least one middle pair of track rollers, and the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, and wherein the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion has a trough-like shape.

Claims

1. A door, comprising: a door leaf which includes several interconnected panels, and pairs of track rollers which are connected to the several panels, wherein the pairs of track rollers are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, wherein the pairs of track rollers comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers, and at least one middle pair of track rollers, the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers, and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion is curvilinear and trough shaped and contains no kink or kink point; wherein the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers is located between the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers; and wherein the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers run separately and disconnected from each other and the course of the uppermost guide rail at the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers.

2. The door according to claim 1, wherein the course of the guide rails provided for the uppermost pair of track rollers is formed by two linear guide rail elements in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course.

3. The door according to claim 2, wherein the guide rails for at least one of the uppermost pair of track rollers and the bottommost pair of track rollers substantially consist of a plurality of interconnected linear guide rail elements.

4. The door according to claim 3, wherein the two linear guide rail elements provided for the uppermost pair of track rollers forming the curvilinear and trough shaped portion are connected with further guide rail elements which are arranged on a common straight line.

5. The door according to claim 1, wherein the course of the guide rails provided for the uppermost pair of track rollers is arc-shaped in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion.

6. The door according to claim 1, wherein the uppermost pair of track rollers is located in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the respective guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers, and, when the bottommost pair of track rollers has reached an end position of the respective guide rails of the bottommost pair of track rollers, the door is in a completely closed position and the uppermost pair of track rollers has gone through the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the respective guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers.

7. The door according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a convex side of the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers is oriented downwards and the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers substantially are oriented horizontally.

8. The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers have a substantially linear part which transitions into the curvilinear and trough shaped portion, and wherein the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers are arranged such that in a closed state of the door an end of each guide rail of the uppermost pair of track rollers closer to the curvilinear trough shaped portion is positioned closer to the panels than an end of each guide rail of the uppermost pair of track rollers which is farther away from the curvilinear and trough shaped portion.

9. The door according to claim 1, wherein the course of the respective guide rails with the curvilinear and trough shaped portion declines in a bend from a linear portion, thereby forming a first edge, with a further bend producing a bottom, and with a last upward bend producing a second edge.

10. The door according to claim 1, wherein, during opening or closing of the door, the uppermost pair of track rollers is running in respective separate guide rails along the uppermost pair of track rollers' entire path of movement.

11. The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails for the at least one middle pair of track rollers comprise a substantially vertical portion and a substantially horizontal portion, which each are connected with each other by an arc-shaped guide rail portion.

12. The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers, and the at least one middle pair of track rollers at least partly consist of sheet-metal sections.

13. The door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers consist of a molded plastic part in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the guide rails of the course for the uppermost pair of track rollers.

14. The door according to claim 1, wherein the door leaf consists of three or four panels.

15. The door according to claim 1, wherein the door leaf is transferred from a completely open position into a closed position by a door drive.

16. The door according to claim 1, wherein the door leaf is manually transferred from a completely open position into a closed position.

17. The door according to claim 1, wherein the door is a sectional door.

18. The door of claim 1, wherein the guide rail for at least one of the middle pair of track rollers is shorter than the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers.

19. A door drive for a door for moving a door leaf from a completely open position into a closed position and vice versa, wherein the door comprises several interconnected panels of the door leaf, pairs of track rollers are connected with the several panels, and wherein the pairs of track rollers are designed to guide a respective panel in guide rails, the pairs of track rollers comprises an uppermost pair of track rollers, a bottommost pair of track rollers, and at least one middle pair of track rollers, the uppermost pair of track rollers, the bottommost pair of track rollers, and the at least one middle pair of track rollers each run in separate guide rails, the guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion has a curvilinear and trough shape containing no kink or kink point, wherein the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers is located between the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers; and wherein the guide rail for the bottommost pair of track rollers and the guide rail for the at least one middle pair of track rollers run separately and disconnected from each other and the course of the uppermost guide rail at the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the uppermost pair of track rollers; and the door drive comprises a drive motor, a guiding device, and a carrier, wherein the carrier is connected with the door leaf, and a controller, wherein, on opening of the door from the closed position, the door is initially moved to at least one ventilation position by the controller such that an uppermost panel of the several interconnected panels is tilted and the upper most pair of the track rollers is located in the curvilinear and trough shaped portion of the course of the respective guide rails of the uppermost pair of track rollers.

20. The door drive according to claim 19, wherein different ventilation positions of the door are adjustable by tilting the uppermost panel by different tilt angles.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 shows a door according to the prior art, which includes a kink in the guide rails which take up the uppermost pair of track rollers.

(2) FIG. 2 shows a door according to the present disclosure, whose guide rails for the uppermost pair of track rollers have a course which in one portion has a trough-like shape.

(3) FIG. 3 shows a door according to the present disclosure, in which the guide rails for the at least one middle pair of track rollers are shortened.

(4) FIG. 4A shows a side view of the guide rails according to the present disclosure.

(5) FIG. 4B shows a side view in a spaced arrangement of the guide rails.

(6) FIG. 4C shows a cross-sectional view A to A of a guide rail of FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(7) FIG. 1 in simplified form shows a perspective view of a door 90 which serves for closing the opening of a pre-fabricated garage. This door is known already from the prior art. It is typical for the door known in the prior art that the guide rails 91, in which the uppermost pair of track rollers 92 is guided, have a kink. The kink is designated with the reference numeral 93. The disadvantages related therewith have been discussed already in the introductory part of the application, which is why they will not be discussed again.

(8) FIG. 2 shows a section of a door 1 illustrated in simplified form in a perspective view, which door is formed as sectional door. It includes a total of three panels 21, 22, 23, which are articulated to each other in a known manner. The lower edge of the bottommost panel 21 forms a closing edge in likewise known manner. On the panels pairs of track rollers 31, 32, 33 are arranged, of which only a part of the pair each is visible. An uppermost pair of track rollers 33 each is arranged laterally at the uppermost end of the upper panel 23. A first middle pair of track rollers 32 is arranged in the upper region of the panel 22 adjoining the uppermost panel at the bottom, while the bottommost panel 21 once includes a middle pair of track rollers 32 in its upper region and in its lower region close to the closing edge includes a bottommost pair of track rollers 31. The pairs of track rollers 31, 32, 33 run in separate guide rails 41, 42, 43 each arranged laterally.

(9) For the middle pair of track rollers 32 there is each provided a guide rail 42 of the guide rail system, which in a known manner consists of a vertical and a horizontal region and a region connecting the same in the shape of an arc.

(10) In FIG. 2 the door 1 is closed completely, wherein for transfer into a partly open or into an open state it is pulled into a non-illustrated carrier along the individual paths of movement of the guide rails 41, 42, 43 upwards into the garage. From the closed state of the door 1, the uppermost panel 23 initially is tilted to the rear, so that the uppermost pair of track rollers 33 comes to lie in the trough-like portion of the guide rails 43.

(11) For a transition of the garage door 1 from a closed state into an open state, a pulling force is applied in the vicinity of the upper edge of the uppermost panel 23 in direction of the garage interior, which due to the trough-like portion 5 need not be slowed down or be decelerated to the value zero or a value close to zero during the movement from the closed position to an open position.

(12) FIG. 3 shows an advantageous embodiment of the present disclosure, in which the guide rails 42 of the at least one middle pair of track rollers 32 are shortened. It is not required to let the middle guide rails 42 run as far as the vicinity of a bottom region or to extend the same along the entire length of the guide rails 43 for the uppermost pair of track rollers 33. As shown in FIG. 3, this results from the fact that even in a closed state of the door leaf 2 the bottommost panel 21 does not get near a region close to the ground with its middle pair of track rollers 32.

(13) Conversely, this also applies for the uppermost panel 23 which in a completely open state of the door 1 does not get in the vicinity of the uppermost pair of track rollers 33 with its middle pair of track rollers 32. The guide rails 42 for the at least one middle pair of track rollers therefore can be shortened correspondingly.

(14) In the present exemplary embodiment the door equipped according to the present disclosure was provided with a door drive 65 for a door according to any of the above-described embodiments for moving a door leaf 2 from a completely open into a closed position and vice versa, comprising a drive motor 67, a guiding device 69, a carrier 70 movable by the drive motor 67 along the guiding device 69, which carrier 70 is connected with the door leaf 2, and a controller 72, wherein on opening of the door from the completely closed state at least one ventilation position initially can be moved to by the controller 72 in that the uppermost panel is tilted, the uppermost pair of track rollers hence is located in the trough-like part of the associated guide rails. The present disclosure however does not depend on the presence of a corresponding door drive. A door according to the present disclosure can also be moved manually without leaving the inventive idea. As far as the door is moved manually, the uppermost tiltable panel can be provided with a lock, in order to fix and/or secure the same in a desired ventilation position.

(15) FIG. 4A shows another embodiment of the present disclosure, in which the guide rails 43, 41 for the uppermost and the bottommost pair of track rollers substantially consist of interconnected linear guide rail elements.

(16) It can be seen that the guide rail 43 for the uppermost pair of track rollers substantially is arranged on a straight line from which only the trough-like shape 5 deviates. The same here is constructed by two linear guide rail elements 51, 52 which together form a V-shape. The two distal ends of the V-shape are connected with the guide rail elements arranged on a straight line.

(17) The guide rail 41 for the bottommost pair of rollers consists of a connection of two substantially linear guide rail elements.

(18) The construction of the guide rails with the linear elements is advantageous with respect to the manufacturing costs, as the materials used therefor need not be bent.

(19) FIG. 4B shows the individual guide rails in a view spaced from the other guide rails.

(20) FIG. 4C shows the cross-section A to A of a guide rail of FIG. 2. In the cross-section it can be seen that the guide rail includes a running groove 61 in which the roller or the rollers are moved. One side of the running groove 61 is adjoined by a side wall 62 which typically is utilized to manufacture an attachment with a wall element of a building. Vertically in cross-section a roof 63 adjoins the side wall 62, which should prevent the ingress of dirt. Between the end of the roof 63 protruding from the side wall 62 and the end of the running groove 61 remote from the side wall 62 an opening is provided, by which a connection with the door guided in the guide rail is accomplished.

(21) FIGS. 1-4C show example configurations with relative positioning of the various components. If shown directly contacting each other, or directly coupled, then such elements may be referred to as directly contacting or directly coupled, respectively, at least in one example. Similarly, elements shown contiguous or adjacent to one another may be contiguous or adjacent to each other, respectively, at least in one example. As an example, components laying in face-sharing contact with each other may be referred to as in face-sharing contact. As another example, elements positioned apart from each other with only a space there-between and no other components may be referred to as such, in at least one example. As yet another example, elements shown above/below one another, at opposite sides to one another, or to the left/right of one another may be referred to as such, relative to one another. Further, as shown in the figures, a topmost element or point of element may be referred to as a top of the component and a bottommost element or point of the element may be referred to as a bottom of the component, in at least one example. As used herein, top/bottom, upper/lower, above/below, may be relative to a vertical axis of the figures and used to describe positioning of elements of the figures relative to one another. As such, elements shown above other elements are positioned vertically above the other elements, in one example. As yet another example, shapes of the elements depicted within the figures may be referred to as having those shapes (e.g., such as being circular, straight, planar, curved, rounded, chamfered, angled, or the like). Further, elements shown intersecting one another may be referred to as intersecting elements or intersecting one another, in at least one example. Further still, an element shown within another element or shown outside of another element may be referred as such, in one example.

(22) Spatially relative terms, such as inner, outer, beneath, below, lower, above, upper, and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. Spatially relative terms may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as below or beneath other elements or features would then be oriented above the other elements or features. Thus, the example term below can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.