Sliding door assembly
OwnerTimothy J. McDonald, Allen Helmuth +1inventors
InventorsTimothy J. McDonald, Allen Helmuth, Giorgio Giuriato
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Abstract
A sliding door has a sash suspended from a top leg of a frame by having a curved channel extend along this leg and providing the sash with a post that passes through the channel and a roller attached to the post, such that the roller sits on the leg and permits the sash to slide relative to the frame. In closing the door, the sash moves towards the inner portion of the frame and is pressed against a compression gasket that extends about the inner portion of the door in order provide an airtight seal between the sash and the frame. A handle is operatively connected to a dog that is attached to the frame which dog acts on an inner wall of a jamb on the frame in order to maintain the seal.
Claims23
A sliding door comprising:
- a frame having a top leg and a bottom leg joined by a first side leg and a second side leg;
- a compression gasket extends along a portion of the top leg, the first side leg, a portion of the bottom leg, and between the top leg and the bottom leg;
- a first jamb extending along the first side leg, the first jamb having a first angled face that is angled relative to the first side leg, an opening located in the first angled face, and an inner wall;
- a sash, having a second jamb with a second angled face that is angled relative to the first side leg and is located along a side edge of the sash, the sash also having an inner face and an outer face, the sash being suspended on the top leg of the frame and capable of sliding on the top leg;
- a dog rotatably attached to the side edge of the sash;
- a handle attached to the sash and operatively connected to the dog for rotation of the dog;
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- wherein the sash is slidable between an open position and a closed position wherein when the sash is in the closed position, the first angled face faces the second angled face, and the handle is activated in order to rotate the dog in order for the dog to pass through the opening and act on the inner wall so that the inner face of the sash presses against the gasket in order to achieve a seal between the sash and the gasket.
A sliding door comprising:
- a frame having a top leg and a bottom leg joined by a first side leg and a second side leg such that a first channel is located along a first portion of the top leg, the first channel having a first end and a second end;
- a pocket extending along a second portion of the top leg, the first side leg, a portion of the bottom leg, and between the top leg and the bottom leg,
- a compression gasket located within the pocket;
- a first jamb extending along the first side leg, the first jamb having a first angled face that is angled relative to the first side leg, a first opening located in the first angled face, and a first inner wall;
- a first sash, having a second jamb with a second angled face that is angled relative to the first side leg and is located along a first side edge of the sash, the first sash also having a top edge and a bottom edge joined by said first side edge and a second side edge, and an inner face and an outer face;
- a post having a roller, the post attached to the top edge of the first sash and passing through the first channel such that the roller rests on the top leg in order to suspend the first sash therefrom and permit the sash to slide along the top leg;
- a first dog rotatably attached to the first side edge of the first sash;
- a handle attached to the first sash and operatively connected to the first dog for rotating the first dog;
- a second sash attached to the frame;
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- wherein the first sash is slidable between an open position and a closed position wherein when the first sash is in the closed position, the first jamb seats on the second jamb such that the first angled face faces the second angled face, the handle is activated in order to rotate the first dog in order for the first dog to pass through the first opening and act on the first inner wall so that the inner face of the first sash presses against the gasket in order to achieve an airtight seal between the first sash and the gasket.
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