Vertical stability roller for vertically stacking panels
AssigneeCornellCookson, LLC
InventorsJames Janick, Joseph A. Garrah
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Abstract
In example implementations, an end cap for a panel of a vertically stacking panel door is provided. The end cap includes a body to be coupled to an end of a panel of a vertically stacking panel door, a first track wheel coupled to the body, a second track wheel coupled to the body, and a vertical stability roller coupled to the body, wherein the first track wheel, the second track wheel, and the vertical stability roller are arranged along a vertical line, wherein the first track wheel is located vertically above the second track wheel and the vertical stability roller is located between the first track wheel and the second track wheel.
Claims18
An end cap for a single panel of a vertically stacking panel door, comprising:
- a body to be coupled to an end of the single panel of the vertically stacking panel door;
- a first track wheel coupled to the body;
- a second track wheel coupled to the body;
- a vertical stability roller coupled to the body, wherein the first track wheel, the second track wheel, and the vertical stability roller are arranged along a vertical line, wherein the first track wheel is located vertically above the second track wheel and the vertical stability roller is located between the first track wheel and the second track wheel;
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- a lower insert roller located below the second track wheel to guide the single panel into a horizontal track of the vertically stacking panel door.
A top most single panel of a vertically stacking panel door, comprising:
- a first end cap coupled to a first end of the top most single panel;
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- a second end cap coupled to a second end of the top most single panel, wherein the first end is opposite the second end, wherein each of the first end cap and the second end cap comprises:
- a first track wheel coupled to a body;
- a second track wheel coupled to the body;
- a vertical stability roller coupled to the body, wherein the first track wheel, the second track wheel, and the vertical stability roller are arranged along a vertical line, wherein the first track wheel is located vertically above the second track wheel and the vertical stability roller is located between the first track wheel and the second track wheel;
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- a lower insert roller located below the second track wheel to guide the top most single panel into a horizontal track of the vertically stacking panel door.
An end cap for a single panel of a vertically stacking panel door, comprising:
- a body to be coupled to an end of the single panel of the vertically stacking panel door;
- a first track wheel coupled to the body;
- a second track wheel coupled to the body;
- a vertical stability roller coupled to a vertical stability roller body, wherein the vertical stability roller body is coupled to the body such that the first track wheel, the second track wheel, and the vertical stability roller are arranged along a vertical line, wherein the first track wheel is located vertically above the second track wheel and the vertical stability roller is located between the first track wheel and the second track wheel;
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- a lower insert roller located below the second track wheel to guide the single panel into a horizontal track of the vertically stacking panel door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.