Direct driving of doors for multi-door trailer
AssigneeRemorques Cft Inc.
InventorFrancois Thouin
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Abstract
A door opening system for a merchandise container comprising a plurality of bay doors, the door opening system comprising a wheel in frictional contact with a bay door of the plurality of bay doors; and a motor connected in driving arrangement with the wheel. The motor drives the wheel to rotate and thereby to control a movement of the bay door of the plurality of bay doors between a closed position and an open position.
Claims20
A door opening system for a merchandise container comprising a plurality of bay doors, the door opening system comprising:
- a wheel in frictional contact with a bay door of the plurality of bay doors;
- and
- a motor connected in driving arrangement with the wheel;
- wherein the motor drives the wheel to rotate and thereby to actuate a movement of the bay door of the plurality of bay doors between a closed position and an open position.
A merchandise container comprising:
- a body having a longitudinal axis, the body comprising:
- a side wall;
- and
- a plurality of bays in the side wall;
- a plurality of bay doors adapted to controllably close or open the plurality of bays that comprises neighbor bay doors, wherein the body comprises a dividing wall extending between the neighbor bay doors;
- and
- a door opening system comprising:
- a wheel in frictional contact with a bay door of the plurality of bay doors;
- and
- a motor connected in driving arrangement with the wheel;
- wherein the motor drives the wheel to rotate and thereby to actuate a movement of the bay door of the plurality of bay doors between a closed position and an open position.
A door opening system for a merchandise container comprising a bay door, the door opening system comprising:
- a wheel in frictional contact with the bay door;
- and
- a motor connected in driving arrangement with the wheel;
- wherein the motor drives the wheel to rotate and thereby to actuate a movement of the bay door between a closed position and an open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.