Sliding door having recovering device
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Abstract
A sliding door includes a track having a longitudinal channel to slidably receive a carrier, a door panel secured to the carrier, a bracket attached to one end of the track and having a pathway and a pulley, and a recovering device having a cable. The cable has one end secured to the track, and a middle portion slidably engaged through the pathway of the bracket, and the other end secured to the carrier. The door panel and the carrier are movable along the track against the cable, and the cable is engageable around the pulley of the bracket, to recover and to force the door panel and the carrier backward toward the end portion of the track when the door panel is released. One or more spring members may be engaged in the cable.
Claims12
A sliding door comprising:
- a track including a longitudinal channel formed therein, and including a first end portion and a second end portion,
- a carrier slidably received in said longitudinal channel of said track,
- a door panel secured to said carrier and movable in concert with said carrier along said track,
- a first bracket attached to said second end portion of said track, and including a pathway formed therein, and including a pulley rotatably attached thereto, and
- a recovering device including a cable having a first end secured to said first end of said track, and having a middle portion slidably engaged through said pathway of said first bracket, and having a second end secured to said carrier,
- said door panel and said carrier being movable along said track against said cable and movable from said second end portion toward said first end portion of said track, and said cable being engageable around said pulley of said first bracket, to recover and to force said door panel and said carrier backward toward said second end portion of said track when said door panel is released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.