Sliding Security Door
AssigneeHydra DoorCo LLC
InventorGary Gayhart
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Abstract
A sliding door apparatus for closing and opening in a wall. The sliding door apparatus includes a sliding door having top and bottom edges, a door frame, a carriage secured to the top edge of the door and a drive mechanism for opening and closing movement of the door. The drive mechanism preferably includes a bi-directional effector, a power-storing power source and a controller configured to enable the door to be continuously closed but not locked when a continuously-closed signal is received by the controller.
Claims22
In sliding door apparatus for closing and opening in a wall, the apparatus of the type including:
- (a) a sliding door having top and bottom edges, (b) a door frame having a track adjacent to the top edge of the door, (c) a carriage secured to the top edge of the door and having track-engaging rollers, and (d) a drive mechanism for opening and closing movement of the door, the improvement wherein the drive mechanism includes:
- a bi-directional effector secured with respect to the frame and driving the door;
- a power-storing power source;
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- a controller configured to enable the door to be continuously closed but not locked when a continuously-closed signal is received by the controller.
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