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US 6,477,810 B2Granted
Closing mechanism
AssigneeEno B.V.
InventorJan Van De Keuken
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Abstract
The invention relates to a closing mechanism for a ship's door comprising: a number of latches arranged around said door; a substantially planar rod mechanism connected to said latches and comprising a number of guided rods; an operating member connected to said rod mechanism for operating said latches via said planar rod mechanism; wherein at least one of said rods is curved and guided between at least two rollers.
Claims6
A closing mechanism for a ship's door comprising:
- a number of latches arranged around said door;
- a substantially planar rod mechanism connected to said latches and comprising a number of guided rods;
- and
- an operating member connected to said rod mechanism for operating said latches via said planar rod mechanisms,
- wherein at least one of said rods is curved and guided between at least two rollers.
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A rod guide for a rod mechanism of a closing mechanism for a ship's door, said rod guide comprising:
- a base;
- at least three rollers rotatably arranged on said base and having their rotation axis extending perpendicular to said base;
- and
- a cover plate arranged parallel to said base, wherein the periphery of at least two of said at least three rollers abut to one side of a curved rod having a curved guide path and the periphery of at least one of said at least three rollers abuts on the other side of said curved rod.
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A closing mechanism for a ship's door comprising:
- a number of latches arranged around said door;
- a substantially planar rod mechanism connected to said latches and comprising a number of guided rods;
- and
- an operating member connected to said rod mechanism for operating said latches via said planar rod mechanism,
- wherein at least one of said rods is curved and guided by a rod guide comprising:
- a base;
- at least three rollers rotatably arranged on said base and having their rotation axis extending perpendicular to said base;
- and
- a cover plate arranged parallel to said base,
- wherein the periphery of at least two of said at least three rollers abut to one side of a curved rod having a curved guide path;
- and the periphery of at least one of said at least three rollers abuts on the other side of said curved rad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.