Abstract:
An auxiliary or backup locking mechanism which is used primarily with garage doors of the swing-up type which are controlled by an automatic garage door opener. The backup mechanism causes the lower corners of the door to be secured when in the closed position and to be unlocked by the oepration of the garage door opener when the door is to be opened.
Abstract:
A lock for use with a garage door having an automatic garage door opener attached thereto includes a housing which attaches to the garage door. A bracket attaches to the inside of the garage and is positioned such that the housing and the bracket are in close proximity to each other when the garage door is closed. An element is movably mounted on the housing to move between a locked and unlocked position. The automatic garage door opener attaches to the element and is capable of moving both the element between its locked and unlocked positions and moving the garage door via motion imparted to the door via the housing and the element. When the garage door is closed and the element is moved from its unlocked to its locked position the garage door is securely locked against being opened by an outside influence. An element positioning member is associated with the element and functions with the element such that when the garage door is closed and locked and the automatic garage door opener is activated, the automatic garage door opener first moves the element from its locked to its unlocked position and in further movement moves the garage from its closed to its open position. Upon reversal, the automatic garage door opener first moves the garage door from its open to its closed position and then subsequently moves the element from its unlocked to its locked position such that the element interacts with the bracket means to securely lock the garage door.
Abstract:
A stationwagon vehicle body has a tailgate movable in an arcuate path between a lowered open position and a raised closed position. The tailgate is power actuated through a bi-directional drive mechanism which allows manual closing of the tailgate but prevents its manual opening.
Abstract:
An automatic operator for an overhead garage door gravity-biased to a closed position includes a keeper centrally positioned on the garage above the doorway, a pivotally biased latch member secured to the top of the door and spring-biased into a locking configuration wherein it is engageable with the keeper for locking the door in its closed position, a reel mounted in the garage above the top of the door centrally thereof, a cable interconnecting the reel and the latch member, a reversible electric gear head motor coupled to the reel for rotating same in a winding direction to unlock the latch and open the door and in an unwinding direction to permit closing of the door and locking thereof by the latch member, means for actuating the motor, and motor control circuitry including a screw-type limit switch responsive to rotation of the reel for deactuating the motor after opening or closing of the door.
Abstract:
A truck bed cover assembly includes a driver side cover door and a passenger side cover door and opening mechanisms which are electrically powered to independently open and close each of the cover doors from a closed position at which the cover doors enclose an upper end of the truck bed to an open position which can be varied up to at least 180° from the closed position. The opening mechanisms include a kinematic triangle, an arcing bow and a linear actuator which are arranged to open and close the cover doors
Abstract:
A covering of a building opening includes a rail, a first sash having a guiding slot, a second sash hinged with the first sash and having a center of rotation at an end thereof, a pulley assembly, and a restricting assembly. The pulley assembly is movably received in the rail and has a rod. The rod has a protrusion section extending out of the rail, and the protrusion section enters and leaves the guiding slot while the pulley assembly is moving. The restricting assembly has a moving member and a locking base. The moving member is provided on one of the first sash and the second sash, and the locking base is provided on the other. The moving member is moved by the rod and engages the locking base when the rod leaves the guiding slot.
Abstract:
An apparatus for moving a furniture part in a movable manner on a furniture body, having a drive unit, a control unit, and a sensor device which interacts with the control unit, wherein the movable furniture part can be moved in an opening direction and a closing direction in a driven manner relative to the furniture body. The drive unit is coupled to the movable furniture part and drives the movable furniture part in a drive mode of the drive unit. The control unit and the sensor device are designed such that, when the apparatus is in the assembled use state, the sensor device identifies an action by an operator on the movable furniture part from the outside as an action with the purpose of moving the furniture part in a manner which can be predefined by the operator and provides a corresponding sensor signal to the control unit.
Abstract:
A hinge for a movable furniture part fastened to a body of a piece of furniture is proposed, the hinge having a first fastening part which is attachable to the body and which is connected pivotably via a joint mechanism to a second fastening part attachable to the movable furniture part, the joint mechanism comprising articulated levers mounted via axes of articulation. According to the invention, a further pivotably mounted lever is present, which, during a complete as-intended pivoting movement of the hinge, is temporarily coupled to a guide portion on the hinge, the further lever acting upon a damper arrangement of the hinge.
Abstract:
A refrigerator and/or freezer with an appliance carcass, can be closed by at least one door, and a powered door operating device for automatically operating the door. The door operating device has drives both automatically opening and closing the door.