Door closer
AssigneeDormakaba Deutschland GmbH
InventorsAlexander HELLWIIG, Sven BUSCH, Lothar BALTES, Gökhan AKGÜN
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Abstract
A door closer for closing a door, including a housing and an output shaft supported therein, designed for fastening a lever arrangement, a mechanical energy storage device in the housing which drives the output shaft to rotate, with the energy storage device preferably being a spring, a module including at least one battery and/or a data transmission unit for data transmission, with the housing having a first end face, which is to face a hinge of the door when the door closer is mounted, with the housing having a second end face, which is opposite the first end face, and with the module being arranged next to the second end face of the housing.
Claims14
A door closer for closing a door, comprising
- a housing and an output shaft supported therein, designed for fastening a lever arrangement,
- a mechanical energy storage device in the housing, which drives the output shaft to rotate, wherein the energy storage device is preferably a spring,
- a module comprising at least one battery and/or a data transmission unit for data transmission,
- wherein the housing comprises a first end face, which is to face a hinge of the door when the door closer is mounted,
- wherein the housing comprises a second end face which is opposite the first end face,
- and wherein the module is arranged next to the second end face of the housing,
- wherein the door closer is designed to be arranged in a right-sided and left-sided arrangement on a door or wall, wherein the door closer is designed such that the module is arranged next to the second end face of the housing both in the right-sided and in the left-sided arrangement and is connected at least indirectly to the housing,
- wherein the door closer comprises a mounting plate with fastening elements, in particular holes, for fastening, in particular screwing on, the housing,
- wherein the mounting plate, the housing and the module are designed such that the housing can be fastened on the mounting plate on the left and right sides without rotating the mounting plate,
- wherein in the left-sided arrangement of the housing, the module is located on the right next to the housing above the mounting plate,
- and wherein in the right-sided arrangement of the housing, the module is located on the left next to the housing above the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.