Electronic gate
AssigneeYCY Technologies LTD
InventorYehiel Dahan
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Abstract
An electric gate system adapted to close an open space. The electric gate system includes a support disposed at an edge of the open space, and a first plurality of gate segments. Each of the first plurality of gate segments has a closed operative orientation and an open operative orientation, where the closed operative orientation and the open operative orientation are in a single plane and are rotationally offset from one another. A gate opening assembly is attached to the support. At least one electric motor is functionally associated with each of a second plurality of gate segments, the second plurality of gate segments being a subset of the first plurality of gate segments. During operation thereof, the at least one electric motor causes simultaneous rotational motion of all gate segments in the second plurality of gate segments.
Claims12
An assembly for mobilizing a plurality of gate segments, the assembly comprising;
- an electric motor;
- at least one gear reducer functionally connected to said electric motor, said at least one gear reducer having an output shaft and an input shaft;
- a manually rotatable handle, connected or connectable to the input shaft of the at least one gear reducer;
- an assembly housing including front and back surfaces, wherein said output shaft of said at least one gear reducer extends between the front and back surfaces of the assembly housing;
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- an axle extending between said front and back surfaces of said assembly housing, substantially parallel to said output shaft of said at least one gear reducer;
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- a plurality of segment-moving subassemblies, functionally associated with said output shaft of said at least one gear reducer, each of said plurality of segment-moving subassemblies including:
- a first sprocket, functionally associated with said output shaft of said at least one gear reducer and rotatable therewith;
- a second sprocket, mounted onto said axle and rotatable relative to said axle;
- a transmission chain connecting said first sprocket and said second sprocket;
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- an engagement arm, mounted onto said second sprocket and adapted to have a corresponding gate segment mounted thereon,
- wherein rotation of said output shaft causes rotation of said first sprocket, which in turn drives rotation of said second sprocket, said engagement arm, and said corresponding gate segment,
- wherein each of said segment-moving subassemblies is adapted to control motion of the corresponding gate segment,
- wherein each of said plurality of segment-moving subassemblies having a closed operative orientation and an open operative orientation, said closed operative orientation and said open operative orientation being in a single plane and being rotationally offset from one another,
- wherein during operation thereof, said electric motor causes simultaneous rotational motion of all of the plurality of segment-moving subassemblies, to transition each segment-moving subassembly of the plurality of segment-moving subassemblies between the closed operative orientation and the open operative orientation, and
- wherein, when said manually rotatable handle is connected to said input shaft of said gear reducer, rotation of said manually rotatable handle causes said simultaneous rotational motion of all of the plurality of segment-moving subassemblies, to transition each segment-moving subassembly of the plurality of segment-moving subassemblies between the closed operative orientation and the open operative orientation.
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