Low friction high speed roll door at high wind loads
AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorsRuiping Ouyang, Sree Lakshmi Kanuri, Toru Kimura
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AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorsRuiping Ouyang, Sree Lakshmi Kanuri, Toru Kimura
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A high speed roll door is movable between an open and a closed position at an opening of a building. The door includes a flexible curtain and a pair of side columns. Each side column provides an inner track to guide the curtain in vertical movement and restrain the curtain from lateral movement during deployment and retraction. The curtain further includes multiple cross bars supporting the flexible curtain from one of the pair of side columns to the other. Each of the cross bars further includes a first longitudinal bar sandwiching part of the curtain; and a second longitudinal bar pivotally connected to the first longitudinal bar. The hinge has an axis of rotation parallel to the first and the second longitudinal bars. At least a wheel is rotatably affixed to each end of the second longitudinal bar to engage the inner track of each of the side columns.
A roll door movable between an open position and a closed position, the roll door comprising:
A roll door assembly having a flexible curtain movable between an open position, to allow passage through a passageway, and a closed position, to prevent passage through the passageway, the assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.