Actuatable assemblies
AssigneeLuis Jones
InventorsLuis Jones, Bradley Ward
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Abstract
An example system in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes an opening assembly and a guard assembly installable in a floor above an enclosed region. The opening assembly is actuatable between an open configuration to provide access to the enclosed region, and a closed configuration in which the opening assembly provides a closed surface. A guard assembly is mounted to the opening assembly and actuatable independent of the opening assembly, between a retracted configuration flush with the closed surface of the opening assembly, and a deployed configuration to serve as a guard for the opening assembly.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- an opening assembly installable in a floor above an enclosed region actuatable between an open configuration to provide access to the enclosed region, and a closed configuration in which the opening assembly provides a closed surface
- the opening assembly comprising:
- an outer support oriented along a plane:
- a plurality of support arms extending along the plane inward from the outer support;
- an inner support oriented along the plane inward relative to the outer support and coupled to the plurality of support arms to form a support gap around the inner support extending along the plane between the outer support and the inner support;
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- a guard assembly mounted to the opening assembly and actuatable independent of the opening assembly between a retracted configuration flush with the closed surface of the opening assembly, and a deployed configuration to serve as a guard for the opening assembly;
- wherein the guard assembly includes a plurality of shafts hound on their upper ends by an upper guard support and bound on their lower ends by a lower guard support;
- wherein the guard assembly includes a plurality of linear bearings to slidably engage the plurality of shafts of the guard assembly, and wherein the plurality of shafts have customized diameter profiles comprising non-constant diameters along lengths of the plurality of shafts;
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- wherein the opening assembly comprises a double door system of two actuatable doors. wherein each door includes a corresponding independent counterweight.
An opening assembly comprising:
- an outer support oriented along, a plane:
- a plurality of support arms extending along the plane inward from the outer support:
- an inner support oriented along the plane inward relative to the outer support and coupled to the plurality of support arms to form a support gap around the inner support extending along the plane between the outer support and the inner support;
- a double door system of two actuatable doors hingedly mounted to the inner support, wherein each door includes a corresponding independent counterweight;
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- a door actuation system coupled to the double door system to actuate the double door system between an open configuration to provide access through the opening assembly, and a closed configuration in which the double door system provides a closed surface;
- wherein the plurality of support arms are configured to slidably mount a guard assembly actuatable between a retracted configuration flush with the closed surface and a deployed configuration to prevent access to the at least one door;
- wherein the guard assembly includes a plurality of shafts bound on their upper ends by an upper guard support and bound on their lower ends by a lower guard support;
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- wherein the guard assembly includes a plurality of linear bearings to slidably engage the plurality of shafts of the guard assembly, and wherein the plurality of shafts have customized diameter profiles comprising non-constant diameters along lengths of the plurality of shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.