Automated cargo door opener
AssigneeMitsos Restaurants LLC
InventorsKenneth A. Ramage, Scott A. Ramage, Dusty R. Ramsey
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Abstract
A door operator assembly is configured to raise and lower a cargo door of a cargo enclosure. The assembly includes a power and control unit mounted on an exterior of the cargo enclosure. The power and control unit includes a motor, a coupler operatively connecting the motor to a torsion assembly of the cargo door, a manual release mechanism for actuating the coupler to connect and disconnect the motor and the torsion assembly of the cargo door, and a control circuit for the motor. The assembly may also include an operating switch disposed on the exterior of the cargo enclosure.
Claims10
A cargo enclosure, comprising:
- a plurality of walls defining an interior and an exterior of the cargo enclosure;
- a cargo door movable between a fully open position and a fully closed position;
- a set of tracks supporting the cargo door for movement between the fully open position and the fully closed position;
- a door torsion assembly disposed in the cargo enclosure and configured to apply torque to the cargo door to facilitate movement of the cargo door from the fully closed position to the fully open position;
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- a door operator assembly configured to raise and lower the cargo door, the door operator assembly comprising:
- a power and control unit mounted on the exterior of the cargo enclosure, the power and control unit comprising:
- a motor in communication with a power source, the motor comprising an output configured to be operatively connected to the door torsion assembly;
- a coupler configured to operatively connect the output of the motor to the door torsion assembly, the coupler extending through one of the plurality of walls of the cargo enclosure to engage the door torsion assembly;
- a control circuit configured to relay electrical power from the power source to the motor;
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- a unit enclosure configured to house the motor on the exterior of the cargo enclosure;
- wherein the torsion assembly is configured to be aligned with the coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.