Sliding door system

An assembly comprising:

• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry a sliding door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to a support frame transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending in use along an upper edge of the door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of the support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame, and
• wherein a display and communications module housing is connected to said drive motor assembly housing at a side facing away from the support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame.

An assembly comprising:

• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry a sliding door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to a support frame transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending in use along an upper edge of the door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of a support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing is formed with a substantially square cross-section, and
• wherein the drive motor assembly housing includes a receiving space for the drive and control devices and has substantially the same sized cross-section as the running mechanism housing.

A sliding door system including:

• a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom, a sliding door wing, and an assembly for supporting the sliding door wing at the support frame, said assembly comprising:
• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry the door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to the transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending along an upper edge of the door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of a support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame, and
• wherein the running mechanism housing and the receiving space have the same axial length and extend over an entire door width.

A sliding door system including:

• a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom, a sliding door wing, and an assembly for supporting the sliding door wing at the support frame, said assembly comprising:
• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry the door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to the transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending along an upper edge of the wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of the transom, and
• wherein the running mechanism housing is connectable in use to said transom by way of a separate carrier housing, said carrier housing having a horizontal limb and a vertical limb, with the horizontal limb lying in use on the transom and the lower edge of the vertical limb terminating with the lower edge of the transom.

A sliding door system including:

• a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom, a sliding door wing, and an assembly for supporting the sliding door wing at the support frame, said assembly comprising:
• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry the door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to the transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending along an upper edge of the wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of the transom,
• wherein the running mechanism housing is connectable to said transom by way of a separate carrier housing, and
• wherein the carrier housing is formed in use as a part of the transom.

A sliding door system including:

• a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom, a sliding door wing, and an assembly for supporting the sliding door wing at the support frame, said assembly comprising:
• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry the door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to the transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending along an upper edge of the wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of the transom, and
• wherein the running mechanism housing has a mounting means for the mounting of modules arranged lying behind one another when seen from the front side of the sliding door wing.

An assembly comprising:

• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry a sliding door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to a support frame transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending in use along an upper edge of the door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of a support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame, and
• wherein a mounting means is formed at the running mechanism housing in such a way that drive and control devices can be fixed into it with variable placing, individually or in component groups.

An assembly comprising:

• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry a sliding door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to a support frame transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending in use along an upper edge of the door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of a support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the drive motor assembly includes a drive belt driven by a drive motor and guided in a horizontal plane via deflection rollers, with a vertical axis of rotation,
• wherein a driver which in use connects the door wing to the drive belt extends in a horizontal plane from an upper edge of the door wing to the drive belt, with provision being made for a top edge of the door wing to lie at least approximately in the same horizontal plane as the drive belt, and
• wherein the running mechanism housing includes two vertical limbs, wherein one of the two vertical limbs is of shortened design for the passage of the driver.

An assembly comprising:

• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry a sliding door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to a support frame transom and the door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending in use a long an upper edge of the door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of a support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein at least one roller carriage is guided in the running mechanism housing and a suspension device for the sliding door wing is connected to the roller carriage, with the suspension device being designed as a suspension and adjustment device,
• wherein the running mechanism has a web on at least one vertical limb which divides the running mechanism housing into an upper region and a lower region,
• wherein the roller carriage is arranged in an upper region and a web is formed as a guide means for the roller carriage, and
• wherein the sliding door wing engages in use, at least in a region of its upper edge, into a lower region of the running mechanism housing.

An assembly comprising:

• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry at least one sliding door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and the at least one door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to a support frame transom and the at least one door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending in use along an upper edge of the at least one door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of a support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing is of a design divided into two parts in its axial extent with the at least one door wing including respective first and second door wings, with the first door wing being guided in use with roller carriages in a first part of the running mechanism housing and the second door wing being guided in use with roller carriages in a second part of the running mechanism housing, and
• wherein provision is made for a cutout to remain between the first part and the second part for the insertion of the roller carriages.

A sliding door system including:

• a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom, a sliding door wing, and an assembly for supporting the sliding door wing at the support frame, said assembly comprising:
• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry the door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to the transom and door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending along an upper edge of the wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of the transom, and
• wherein said parallelepiped shaped body has a vertical height of between 60 mm and 70 mm.

A sliding door system including:

• a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom, a sliding door wing, and an assembly for supporting the sliding door wing at the support frame, said assembly comprising:
• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry the door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to the transom and door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending along an upper edge of the wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of the transom, and
• wherein a display and communications module housing is connected to said drive motor assembly housing at a side facing away from the transom.

A sliding door system including:

• a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom, a sliding door wing, and an assembly for supporting the sliding door wing at the support frame, said assembly comprising:
• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry the door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to the transom and door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on the support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending along an upper edge of the wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of the transom, and
• wherein the running mechanism housing is connectable to said transom by way of a separate carrier housing, said carrier housing having a horizontal limb and a vertical limb, with the horizontal limb lying in use on the transom and the lower edge of the vertical limb terminating with the lower edge of the transom.

An assembly comprising:

• a running mechanism disposed in a running mechanism housing and operable to carry a sliding door wing during movements thereof, and
• a drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing and operably connected to the running mechanism to drivingly move the running mechanism and door wing,
• wherein said running mechanism housing and said drive motor assembly housing are disposed adjacent to and behind one another in a direction transverse to a support frame transom and door wing when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein the running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing form a substantially parallelepiped shaped body with a lower edge extending in use along an upper edge of a door wing, said parallelepiped shaped body having a vertical height determined by a vertical cross-section of the respective running mechanism housing and drive motor assembly housing,
• wherein the parallelepiped shaped body has a horizontal width which is at least twice as large as its vertical height, said vertical height corresponding approximately to a vertical height of a support frame transom when in an in use operating position mounted on a support frame,
• wherein at least one roller carriage is guided in the running mechanism housing and a suspension device for the sliding door wing is connected to the roller carriage, with the suspension device being designed as a suspension and adjustment device,
• wherein the running mechanism has a web on at least one vertical limb which divides the running mechanism housing into an upper region and a lower region,
• wherein the roller carriage is arranged in an upper region and a web is formed as a guide means for the roller carriage, and
• wherein the suspension device engages at least with its substantially vertical extent into a lower region of the running mechanism housing.