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AssigneeRite-Hite Corporation
InventorsBill Hoerner, Tom Jansen, Perry Knutson, Steve Lester, Ronald P. Snyder, Donald P. Grant
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A guiding mechanism for use in combination with an industrial door that includes an extension member extending across a doorway when the door is in a doorway blocking position is provided. The guiding mechanism includes a guard bracket extending along the doorway and having a mounting segment and a guard segment, and a track extending along the doorway and including a guideway for receiving a roller of the extension member and for guiding the roller as the door moves between blocking and unblocking positions. The track is affixedly mounted to the mounting segment such that the guard segment protects the track from an obstacle during a track impact condition.
A guiding mechanism for use in combination with an industrial door that is movable between blocking and unblocking positions relative to a doorway defined by a wall, the door including an extension member which extends across the doorway with the door in the doorway blocking position, the guiding mechanism comprising:
A method for protecting a track during a track impact condition, where the track guides movement of an industrial door having an extension member and being moveable between blocking and unblocking positions relative to a doorway, the method comprising the steps of:
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