US 5,347,757 AGranted

Device for opening and closing a dock in railway and bus cars

AssigneeO.C.L.A.P. S.R.L.

InventorPietro Losito

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Abstract

A device is provided for opening and closing a door (5) in a doorway (7) of a structure (9) in a railway or bus car comprising an upper ejection assembly, a lower ejection assembly and a translation assembly, the upper ejection assembly further comprising a translation slide bar. The upper and lower ejection assemblies comprise rotation arms (1, 11) joined at one side to the fixed structure (9) by hinges (13) mounted through curved slots on respective brackets (15), and at the other side to a frame which is integral with the door (5). A slide bar (37) passes through the doorway (7) and is pivoted at one end to a movable end of the upper arm (1), and at the other end to a fixed bracket (47) on the other side of the doorway (7). After the door (5) has been separated from the doorway (7), the door is translated by means of a suitable rack (61) integral with the door, engaged by a gear wheel (59) which is driven through suitable gears (55, 57) by another rack (53) which in turn is driven by a rod (51) of a fluid actuated cylinder (49). According to one embodiment of the invention, the ejection assemblies are driven by at least one fluid pressure cylinder (20) the rod of which is secured to a rack (19) which engages a suitable gear wheel (21) keyed on a rotation shaft (23) of the ejection arms (1, 11) and causes their partial rotation, thus accomplishing the separation or ejection of the door (5) from the doorway (7) of the structure (9).

A device for opening and closing a door comprising:

a. a door;
b. a frame adapted to receive the door;
c. first rotating means located adjacent to an upper portion of the door for ejecting the door away from the frame, the first rotating means comprising a first arm rotatably mounted at one end to a first hinge member that is fastened to the frame and rotatably mounted at the other end to a first bracket that slidably mounted to the door, wherein the first hinge member comprises means for adjusting the axis of rotation of the first arm;
d. second rotating means located adjacent to a lower portion of the door for ejecting the door away from the frame, the second rotating means comprising a second arm rotatably mounted at one end to a second hinge member that is fastened to the frame and rotatably mounted at the other end to a second bracket that is slidably mounted to the door, wherein the second hinge member comprises means for adjusting the axis of rotation of the second arm to substantially coincide with the axis of rotation of the first arm;
e. means for rotating the first and second arms comprising first drive means for driving a first rack that engages at least one gear that is in driving engagement with a rotating shaft to which at least one of the first and second arms are connected at their axes of rotation;
f. means for translating the door in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the frame once the door has been ejected from the frame comprising second drive means rotatably mounted at one end to the frame and having a movable rod at the other end fastened to a second rack that engages a gear that is in driving engagement with a third rack that is fastened to the door;
g. a slide bar rotatably mounted at one end to the frame and rotatably mounted at the other end to the first arm;
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h. a sleeve slidably mounted on the slide bar and rotatably mounted on a support member that is fastened to the door.

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