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US 6,618,994 B1Granted
Sliding-rotating leaf system which can be locked
AssigneeSolarlux Aluminium Systeme GmbH
InventorBjoern Nussbaum
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Abstract
A rotating and/or sliding leaf system, which can be locked, with a leaf (1), which can be swiveled and/or shifted and can be fixed in a system frame by two locking bars (5), which can be shifted and are mounted opposite to one another, wherein the locking bars (5) are connected by an actuating element in such a manner that, upon pulling on the actuating element in the opening direction (7) of the leaf (1), both locking bars (5) are moved simultaneously from a locking position into a position, in which the leaf (1) is unlocked from the leaf frame and released so that it can be swiveled or shifted. The actuating element is formed flexibly from a rope (6).
Claims31
A leaf system adapted to be moveable relative to an associated structure, the leaf system comprising:
- a least one area element movably supported on said associated structure to move between an open position and a closed position, said area element being substantially planar and thereby defining an area element plane;
- a pair of locking devices on said area element;
- each of said locking devices including a support unit and a locking element mounted on said support unit for movement between a locking and a non-locking position, said pair of locking devices being adapted to establish a locking relationship with said associated structure when said locking elements are in said locking position and said area element is in said closed position, and to establish a non-locking relationship with said associated structure when said locking elements are in said non-locking position permitting displacement of said area element to said open position in an opening direction directed out of said area element plane;
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- an actuator element interconnecting said locking elements and disposed to be manually pulled in a pulling direction directed out of said area element plane to move said locking elements from said locking to said unlocking position to thereby establish said non-locking relationship between said locking elements and said associated structure and to then move said area element toward said open position by continued pulling in said pulling direction.
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A leaf system comprising:
- an associated structure;
- a least one area element, said area element being substantially planar thereby defining an area element plane;
- mounting parts movably mounting said area element on said associated structure to move between a closed position to an open position displaced partially from said associated structure;
- a pair of locking devices on said area element, each of said locking devices including a support unit and a locking element mounted on said support unit for movement between a locking and a non-locking position, said pair of locking devices being adapted to establish a locking relationship with said associated structure when said locking elements are in said locking position and said area element is in said closed position, and to establish a non-locking relationship with said associated structure when said locking elements are in said non-locking position permitting displacement of said area element to said open position in an opening direction directed out of said area element plane;
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- an actuator element interconnecting said pair of locking elements and disposed to be manually pulled in a pulling direction out of said area element plane to move said pair of locking element from said locking to said unlocking position to thereby establish said non-locking relationship between said locking elements and said associated structure and to then move said area element toward said open position by continued pulling in said pulling direction.
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A moving panel apparatus comprising:
- a panel having a major surface defining a panel plane;
- a top frame member and a bottom frame member;
- mounts for pivotally mounting said panel between said top frame member and said bottom frame member such that said panel pivots in a plane orthogonal to said panel plane;
- a top lock mechanism mounted on a top portion of said panel and having an engagement member displaeable between a locked position for engaging said top frame to prevent pivoting of said panel and an unlocked position for disengaging said top frame to permit pivoting of said panel, and a bias device biasing said engagement member toward said locked position;
- a bottom lock mechanism mounted on a bottom portion of said panel and having an engagement member displaceable between a locked position for engaging said bottom frame to prevent pivoting of said panel, and an unlocked position for disengaging said bottom frame to permit pivoting of said panel, and a bias device biasing said engagement member toward said locked position;
- a flexible linear actuator having a top end connected to said engagement member of said top lock mechanism, and a bottom end connected to said engagement member of said bottom lock mechanism, said engagement members being displaceable such that force applied to said flexible linear actuator in a direction substantially perpendicular to said panel plane is applied at least partially to said engagement members by said flexible linear actuator so as to displace said engagement members, against bias of said biasing devices, from said locked positions to said unlocked positions and such that said force applied to said flexible linear actuator further acts to pivot said panel with respect to said top and bottom frame members.
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A moving panel apparatus comprising:
- a panel having a major surface defining a panel plane;
- a top frame member and a bottom frame member;
- mounts for pivotally mounting said panel between said top frame member and said bottom frame member such that said panel pivots in a plane orthogonal to said panel plane;
- a top lock mechanism mounted on a top portion of said panel and having an engagement member displaceable in a plane parallel to said panel plane between a locked position for engaging said top frame to prevent pivoting of said panel, and an unlocked position for disengaging said top frame to permit pivoting of said panel, and a bias device biasing said engagement member toward said locked position;
- a bottom lock mechanism mounted on a bottom portion of said panel and having an engagement member displaceable in a plane parallel to said panel plane between a locked position for engaging said bottom frame to prevent pivoting of said panel, and an unlocked position for disengaging said bottom frame to permit pivoting of said panel, and a bias device biasing said engagement member toward said locked position;
- a flexible line having a top end connected to said engagement member of said top lock mechanism, and a bottom end connected to said engagement member of said bottom lock mechanism,
- top and bottom guides for said flexible linear actuator which deflect said flexible linear actuator such that when force applied to said flexible linear actuator in a direction substantially perpendicular to said panel plane at least a portion of said force is redirected in directions substantially parallel to said panel plane to displace said engagement members of said top and bottom lock mechanisms to said unlocked positions, against bias of said biasing devices, and such that said force applied to said flexible linear actuator further acts to pivot said panel with respect to said top and bottom frame members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.