Abstract:
A damped hinge assembly is provided that comprises a hinge unit (10) and a damping unit (14). A mechanism is provided for connecting the two units together for purposes of transportation and handling, as well as for ease of installation. The connecting mechanism allows the units to move relative to one another between a transit state, which allows access for installation purposes, and a working position in which the damping unit is operative to provide resistance to closing movement of a door.
Abstract:
A rotary damper has a damper body having a receiving portion, and a rotor rotatably disposed in the receiving portion of the damper body. A space between an inner circumferential surface of the receiving portion and an outer circumferential surface of the rotor is divided into a plurality of pressure chambers. A rotation speed of the rotor is controlled to be at a low speed by a flow resistance of fluid filled in each of the pressure chambers when the fluid flows through gaps between an inner surface of the receiving portion and an outer surface of the rotor opposed to each other in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotor. The damper body and the rotor are relatively movable in the direction of the rotation axis of the rotor.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a low profile, adjustable, soft close hinge comprised of a hinge cup pivotally connected to a hinge body via a hinge arm and a hinge link in a four-bar linkage arrangement. A spring biases the hinge to a closed position. The hinge body is adjustably connected to an inner frame with an overlay adjustment screw and depth adjustment cam. The inner frame releasably connects the hinge body to a mounting plate. A stop bracket is adjustably and slidably connected to the hinge body by a helical cam. The adjustable position of the stop bracket relative to the hinge body determines the point at which the damping functionality of a damper begins during a hinge closing movement. A linkage sub-assembly pivotally connects the damper to the hinge link.
Abstract:
A combination door operator assembly and door, wherein the door operator assembly includes an operator unit mounted to the door on the pushing side thereof, an arm linkage having a driving arm and a driven arm, a second mounting bracket preferably on the frame of the door, a rechargeable power storage pack having at least one of a rechargeable battery and one or more capacitors, and a controller, for monitoring a speed and a position of the door, wherein when the door moves faster than a predetermined speed, the motor is used as a generator to charge the rechargeable power storage pack and the speed of the door is reduced.
Abstract:
A support arm for a sliding door of a mobile platform is provided and may include a first housing slidably attached to the mobile platform proximate to an opening of the mobile platform and a second housing attached to a door of the mobile platform and to the first housing. The second housing may be moveable relative to the first housing between a retracted state and an extended state.
Abstract:
A closet door support mechanism that provides rotation and translation of a door used to close the entry to a room such as a closet is disclosed. An example of the mechanism includes a first track that is generally straight and is connected to a first track retraction section by a curved section. The track sections are mounted a distance from the floor, and allow movement of a closet door through translation and rotation to close the entry of the closet.
Abstract:
A mechanism for installing a door or other similar closure device with rotary and translational motion, of the type comprising the following elements to be associated with a leaf first pivoting means, which form a first vertical axis (11) for the pivoting of the leaf (12), in a central region thereof, to means for translational motion arranged so as to slide in a corresponding guide (13) associated with the upper stringer (14) of the frame (15) of the door; second pivoting means, whose axis is parallel with respect to the axis of the first pivoting means, for the articulation of two arms (16, 17), a first upper arm (16) and a second lower arm (17), which are both pivoted by means of a first end (21, 22) thereof to the frame (15) of the door or window proximate to a jamb (18) so as to form a second rotation axis (20), third pivoting means, which are formed by the second ends (23, 24) of the arms (16, 17), which are hinged to the leaf (12) so as to form a third rotation axis (26) that passes through the leaf (12) parallel to the first and second axes and in an intermediate position between the two first and second axes when the leaf is in the closed configuration. The second pivoting means comprise a pivot (27) arranged in a compartment (28) formed within the jamb (18), the pivot (27) joining the first ends (21, 22) of the arms (16, 17) and thus causing their joint rotation.The mechanism according to the invention facilitates and improves the installation of doors with rotary and translational motion.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hinge arrangement, in particular refrigerator housing comprising a refrigerator door pivotably articulated thereto, with a first part, with a second part pivotably articulated to the first part via a hinge, with a piston cylinder damping unit, which is operatively arranged between the first part and the second part for damping a pivoting movement of the two parts relative to one another, and which is articulated to at least one part.
Abstract:
A vehicle door hinge assembly includes a first hinge supported to pivot about a first axis, a guide surface, a door located at a side of the vehicle, a bracket to which the door is secured, supported to pivot about the first axis and a second axis and including a follower engaged with the guild surface, and a strut secured to the bracket that extends as the bracket pivots toward an open position and retracts as the bracket pivots toward a closed position.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates generally to barrier assemblies, and more particularly, to the coupling of a barrier operator to the barrier that the operator is to move. In one embodiment, a barrier operator coupling includes a wedge member that is fixedly attached to an output shaft of the barrier operator. A housing is brought to bear against a wedge member, and an adjustment device is used to maintain the force between the wedge member and the housing.