Sliding door construction for closing an opening in a wall
AssigneeMarkus Heretische Deuren B.V.
InventorJan J. G. Markus
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Abstract
A sliding door construction including a door provided with rollers at its upper edge, which rollers are supported for rolling along a V-shaped portion of a guide rail having recesses adjacent the locations of the rollers in the closed position of the door for moving the door slightly downwards and towards the wall just before reaching its closed position. The guide rail is provided at one block for arresting the sliding movement of the door and a detachable cover for concealing the rollers and the upper edge of the door from view.
Claims10
A sliding door construction for closing an opening in a wall, which door construction comprises:
- (a) a door;
- (b) a guide rail having a longitudinal V-shaped portion;
- (c) a plurality of rollers carried by the upper edge of the door and disposed in the V-shaped portion for supporting the door on the guide rail for sliding movement along a plane parallel to and spaced from the wall;
- (d) the V-shaped portion including recesses for engaging the rollers to move the door downwardly and towards the wall into a closed position;
- (e) the upper edge of the door including a first C-shaped slot;
- (f) a plurality of bolts, each bolt including a shaft portion and a head portion, with the head portions being disposed in the first C-shaped slot and the rollers being rotatably mounted on the shaft portions;
- (g) at least one ball bearing carried by the upper edge of the door;
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- (h) means carried by the guide rail and engageable by the ball bearing for arresting the sliding movement of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.