Self-Aligning Door Jamb Track
AssigneeRytec Corporation
InventorThomas Terrance Kimener
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Abstract
A track for a roll-up industrial door. The track may include realigners adapted to divert the path of the industrial door as it is opened or shut. For example, a realigner may include a tapered portion to maintain a portion of the door within the track as the door is shut. Another realigner may have a tapered portion arranged to direct a portion of the door onto the track after it has been removed from the track. The tracks may be utilized in conjunction with a break-away industrial door having a flexible frame that is adapted to come out of the guide track upon application of a predetermined force.
Claims30
A vertical jamb for an industrial door, the jamb comprising:
- a first guide at least partially defining a longitudinal track, the first guide including a first guide length and a second guide arranged substantially coaxially, the first guide length spaced apart from the second guide length to define a first discontinuity;
- a second guide mounted parallel to the first guide, the second guide at least partially defining the track;
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- a first realigner proximate the discontinuity for directing a portion of an industrial door outside of the track back into the track as the door is being retracted;
- wherein the first realigner includes a surface that is obliquely angled with respect to the track and that is at least partially outside of the track.
An industry door assembly comprising:
- an industrial door mounted to a roller;
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- a pair of door jambs opposing one another, each of the door jambs including a vertical track defining a line of travel along which the industrial door travels, the vertical track comprising
- a first track second and a second track section arranged coaxially and parallel with the line of travel, the first track section spaced apart from the second track section to provide a first gap therebetween, and
- a third track section arranged parallel but not coaxially with the first track section and the second track section;
- a first realigner mounted proximate the first gap, the first realigner having a surface at least partially outside of the vertical track, the surface being obliquely angled with respect to the line of travel;
- a second realigner mounted proximate the first gap, the second realigner having a surface at least partially outside of the vertical track, the surface being obliquely angled with respect to the line of travel.
A method of realigning a break-away industrial door within a channel, the method comprising:
- providing a retractable break-away industrial door;
- providing a channel through which the industrial door vertically travels;
- providing at least one opening along the channel having at least one diverter mounted proximate the opening;
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- retracting the door so that at least a portion of the door removed from the channel by continued retraction of the break-away door.
A door jamb of an overhead roll-up door, the door jamb comprising:
- a first pair of substantially parallel brackets having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a track along which a door panel moves vertically as it is wound and unwound from a roller;
- a second pair of substantially parallel brackets having an inner surface and an outer surface, the second pair of brackets being aligned substantially coaxial around the track with the first pair of parallel brackets and being spaced from the first pair of brackets such that a discontinuity in the brackets is formed between the first and second pairs of substantially parallel brackets;
- and,
- a first pair of realigners attached to the first pair of substantially parallel brackets, the first pair of realigners having a first portion connected to the inner surface of the first brackets and extending vertically along the track, and a second portion extending outwards from the vertical track through the discontinuity, the second portion extending beyond the outer surfaces of the first and second tracks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.