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US 4,376,352 AGranted
Personnel air lock
AssigneeOy Wartsila Ab
InventorsPentti Soininen, Olle Henrichson
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AssigneeOy Wartsila Ab
InventorsPentti Soininen, Olle Henrichson
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A closable passage arrangement interconnecting two spaces and comprising a closure unit having two passage openings each provided with a door or the like lockable with a locking bolt mechanism. Each door connects the closure unit to a different one of the two spaces. The doors are provided with driving means for their operation. The driving means comprises, for each door, a power transmission unit arranged to influence separately a mechanism for turning the door and a mechanism for operating the locking bolt mechanism of the door. The power transmission units of the doors are interconnected by means of a common shaft. The power transmission units include a pin-and-fork mechanism, wherein a rotatable power transmission member provided with crank pins or the like cooperates with a number of fork members. The driving means comprises a plurality of door operating stations each including a door operating member being directly or by means of the common shaft connected to the power transmission units. The driving means includes mechanical means positively guiding the functions of the driving means during opening and closing of any of said doors and means mechanically guiding these functions to take part only in one given order. The functions are obtainable from any of said door operating stations, whereby, when operating one door, the operating mechanisms of the other door is mechanically locked in its closed position.
A closable passage arrangement interconnecting two spaces, said arrangement comprising a closure unit having two passage openings each provided with a door or the like lockable with a locking bolt mechanism, each door connecting said closure unit to a different one of said spaces and being provided with driving means for operating said door, said driving means comprising, for each door, a power transmission unit arranged to influence separately a mechanism for turning the door and a mechanism for operating said locking bolt mechanism of the door, said power transmission units of the doors being interconnected by means of a common shaft, said power transmission units including a pin-and-fork mechanism, wherein a rotatable power transmission member provided with crank pins or the like is cooperating with a number of fork members, said driving means comprising a plurality of door operating stations each including a door operating member being directly or by means of said common shaft connected to said power transmission units, said driving means including mechanical means positively guiding the functions of said driving means during opening and closing of any of said doors and means mechanically guiding said functions to take part only in one given order, said functions being obtainable from any of said door operating stations, and means connecting the operating mechanisms of the doors for mechanically locking one door during operation of the other door.
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