# US 11,306,525 B2 · Door closer arrangement

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- Number: US 11,306,525 B2
- Document ID: US11306525B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/143,778
- Filed: 2021-01-07
- Published: 2021-07-15
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2020-01-09
- Assignees: Abloy Oy
- Applicants: Abloy Oy
- Inventors: Sauli Seppänen; Juhani Karvonen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306525B2

## CPC

- E05F 1/10: for swinging wings {, e.g. counterbalance}
- E05F 3/227: {mounted at the top of wings, e.g. details related to closer housings, covers, end caps or rails therefor}
- E05F 15/603: using rotary electromotors
- E05F 2003/228: {Arrangements where the end of the closer arm is sliding in a track}
- E05F 2015/631: {the end of the arm sliding in a track; Slider arms therefor}
- E05Y 2201/412: for the final closing movement
- E05Y 2201/612: between carriers and rails
- E05Y 2201/628: Bearings
- E05Y 2201/638: Cams; Ramps
- E05Y 2201/64: Carriers
- E05Y 2201/684: Rails; Tracks
- E05Y 2201/692: having vertical axes
- E05Y 2600/14: with position retaining means
- E05Y 2600/46: in or on the wing
- E05Y 2900/132: Doors
- E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF

## Abstract

The aim of the invention is to achieve a door closer arrangement where the force needed for opening the door is not so substantial. The invention comprises a door closer, a slide rail, and an arm that connects the door closer with the slide rail. The arrangement comprises also a second rail, which is arranged to form a slide slope for the door closer and the auxiliary spring arrangement.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A door closer arrangement comprising a door closer, a slide rail, and an arm that connects the door closer with the slide rail, wherein the arrangement comprises a second rail, and a carriage to be attached to the second rail in a sliding manner, and wherein the carriage is arranged to form an attachment with the door closer, the door closer arrangement also comprising a first low-friction arrangement between the second rail and the carriage, and a second low-friction arrangement between the arm and the slide rail, the door closer arrangement also comprising an auxiliary motion arrangement in order to aid movement of the carriage and the door closer along the second rail,
the auxiliary motion arrangement comprising a raising part at a first end of the second rail, the first end being the end to be installed nearby a hinge side of a door forming a slide slope for the door closer, the auxiliary motion arrangement comprising also an auxiliary spring arrangement,
the auxiliary spring arrangement comprising an harvesting arm, a carrier and a third rail, the third rail being on the second rail and the carrier being attached moveable on the third rail so that the carrier is capable to move along the third rail, the harvesting arm being turnable attached to the carrier at a first end of the harvesting arm and being turnable and moveable attached to the slide rail at a second end of the harvesting arm,
the auxiliary spring arrangement further comprising an harvesting spring attached on the second rail and a transmission mechanism between the harvesting spring and the carrier in order to tension the harvesting spring when the carrier and the harvesting arm move towards the first end of the second rail, and to release energy of the harvesting spring when the carrier and the harvesting arm move away from the first end of the second rail, the auxiliary spring arrangement also comprising a switch mechanism, in order to keep the carrier at a first end of the second rail and to release the keeping of the carrier when the door has moved to a closed position,
the door closer arrangement comprising an attachment part attached on the carriage on the second rail, and the transmission mechanism comprising a connection part having a protruding part, which connection part is arranged to move the carriage through the protruding part towards the first end of the second rail after the release of the keeping of the carrier,
the door closer arrangement comprising also a safety switch arrangement, which comprises a frame part and a pin, which frame part is arranged to drive the pin when the door is opened few degrees, the safety switch arrangement further comprising a shoulder part that is a part of the protruding part, and a guide block on vicinity of the second end of the second rail, said driving of the pin being arranged to move the protruding part away from a protruding position, and said guide block being arranged to move the protruding part to the protruding position when the connection part moves towards the second end of the second rail.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the safety switch mechanism comprises a holding mechanism in order to keep the protruding part at the protruding position and away of the protruding position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the protruding part comprises a shaft within the connection part, and the holding mechanism comprises two slots on the shaft, a holding part and the holding spring, which spring is arranged to bias the holding part towards the shaft and the said slots.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the safety switch mechanism comprises a body attached to the second rail at vicinity of the first end, the body supporting the pin.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the pin comprises a head being arranged to be contact with the frame part when the door is opened few degrees, and a push head being arranged to push the shoulder head due to the said contact with the frame part and a return spring in order to bias the pin for said contact.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the frame part has a driving surface for driving the pin.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the guiding block has a wedge surface in order to move the protruding part to the protruding position.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a fourth rail on the second rail forming a slide guide for the connection part.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a belt, a band, a strip, a chain or a string.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises an idler.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary spring arrangement further comprises a second harvesting spring attached on the carriage through an attachment part, an end of the second harvesting spring being connected to a second connection part, which is arranged to move with the connection part when tensioning the harvesting spring, and to be tensioned at the same time, and to aid movement of the carriage from the first end of the second rail.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the second connection part comprises a projection towards the connection part, and the protruding part is arranged to be against the attachment part when the connection part and the second connection part, are at the first end of the second rail, and when the second connection part is at the vicinity of a second end of the second rail and the second harvesting spring have been released from tension, and also then when the tension of the harvesting spring is releasing.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the switch mechanism comprises a retainer pin to keep the carrier at a first end of the second rail and a release pin to release the keeping of the carrier when the door has moved to a closed position, the switch mechanism further comprising an axis being provided with the retainer pin, the release pin and a bias spring, the bias spring being arranged to turn the axis in order to keep the retainer pin at a retaining position.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 13, wherein the carrier has a guiding surface for the retaining pin.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first end of the harvesting arm comprises a second bias spring.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the second rail comprises at least one slide guide to form the sliding attachment to the carriage.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the first low-friction arrangement comprises a bearing arrangement, and the second low-friction arrangement comprises a second bearing arrangement.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the bearing arrangement is a rolling bearing arrangement in the carriage, the arrangement comprising wheels, which are arranged to contact the second rail in a vertical direction, and wheels, which are arranged to contact the second rail in an horizontal direction.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 18, wherein the carriage comprises four support members, which comprises the said wheels, each support member having at least one wheel in the vertical direction, and at least one wheel in the horizontal direction.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the bearing arrangement is a rolling bearing arrangement in the slide guide, the arrangement comprising rollers or balls, which are arranged to contact the carriage in a vertical direction, and rollers or balls, which are arranged to contact the carriage in a horizontal direction.

### Claim 21 (depends on 17)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the bearing arrangement is a plain bearing wherein the carriage comprises sliding surfaces and the slide guide/s comprising second sliding surfaces, the sliding surfaces and/or the second sliding surfaces comprising friction reducing ingredients.

### Claim 22 (depends on 17)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the second bearing arrangement comprises a ball bearing or a roller bearing, which ball/roller bearing comprises a ring in order to provide a contact with the slide rail, the ring having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a width of the ring in the perpendicular direction with respect to a radial of the ring being maximum at the outer surface.

### Claim 23 (depends on 21)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 21, wherein the second bearing arrangement comprises third slide surfaces comprising friction reducing ingredients.

### Claim 24 (depends on 17)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the slide guide comprises a bottom part and two side parts, the bottom part and the side parts performing a groove for the carriage.

### Claim 25 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the second rail comprises a second raising part at a second end of the second rail.

### Claim 26 (depends on 1)

The door closer arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the second rail is mountable on the door or on a door frame, and the slide rail is mountable on the door or the door frame.