Sliding door arrangement for a containment space
AssigneesEduardo V. Bruno, Jorge Ricardo Lepretre
InventorEduardo V. Bruno
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Abstract
A vehicle door arrangement suitable for closing an opening in a container or containment structure provides for at least one door to be slidably guided by a single rail provided in the vehicle side near the top of the door. Guidance to the door between a closing position and an open position is provided by an arm located at the top of the door and carrying a wheel and a guide lug which are respectively supported and guided by the rail. A mechanism including a levered shaft is provided at the side of the opening near the bottom of the door and is operable to engage with the door thereat to hold it in a closed position relative to the opening.
Claims7
An arrangement of a plurality of sliding side doors closing an opening in a wall of a containment means, comprising:
- at least one door;
- support means provided at an upper edge of the opening for supporting said at least one door, said support means comprising a single rail provided along a side of the opening along which said at least one door is guided and slides relative to the opening, said support means also comprising a wheel and a fixed guide lug both mounted to the at least one door and located during use inside the single rail;
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- closing means mounted to said wall and arranged at a lower side of the opening to engage a lower portion of said at least one door in a closed position thereof.
An arrangement of a plurality of sliding side doors closing an opening in a wall of a containment means, comprising:
- at least one door;
- support means provided at an upper edge of the opening for supporting at least one door, said support means comprising a single rail provided along a side of the opening along which said at least one door is guided and slides relative to the opening, said support means also comprising a rotatable wheel and a fixed guide lug both mounted to the at least one door and located during use inside the single rail;
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- closing means mounted to said wall and arranged at a lower side of the opening to engage a lower portion of said at least one door in a closed position thereof,
- wherein said rail has a sliding groove for receiving said wheel therein, a sliding surface for guiding said guide lug by making sliding contact therewith, and an upper end portion for receiving said guide lug.
An arrangement of a plurality of sliding side doors closing an opening in a wall of a containment means, comprising:
- at least one door;
- support means provided at an upper edge of the opening for supporting at least one door, said support means comprising a single rail provided along a side of the opening along which said at least one door is guided and slides relative to the opening, said support means also comprising a rotatable wheel and a fixed guide lug both mounted to the at least one door and located during use inside the single rail;
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- closing means mounted to said wall and arranged at a lower side of the opening to engage a lower portion of said at least one door in a closed position thereof,
- wherein said wheel is a conical wheel and said guide lug is located to make sliding contact with a sliding surface of the rail as said at least one door is moved to a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.