Acceleration and deceleration device with two carrier elements
OwnerGünther Zimmer, Martin Zimmerinventors
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Abstract
In an acceleration and deceleration device which includes at least one energy storage device and a cylinder with at least one piston movably disposed in the cylinder and moved therein by a carrier element and a sliding door including a slidable door panel provided with an acceleration and deceleration device, a second carrier element is provided guiding either the first piston or the second piston for movement in the cylinder so as to control the movement of pistons and of the sliding door near its end positions.
Claims7
An acceleration and deceleration device (20) comprising an energy storage device (32), a cylinder (43) with first and second pistons (61, 81) disposed in the cylinder (43) and being movable therein by means of a first carrier element (111, 131), and a second carrier element (131, 111) guiding one of the first piston (61, 81) and the second piston (81, 61) for movement in the cylinder (43) relative to the second and, respectively, the first piston (61, 81), the carrier elements (111, 131) being connected to the pistons (61, 81) so as to be movable therewith over predetermined stroke lengths, the sum of the stroke lengths of the carrier elements (111, 131) being greater than the length of the cylinder interior.
A sliding door including a sliding door panel (2) and an acceleration and deceleration device (20) comprising an energy storage device (32), a cylinder (43) with first and second pistons (61, 81) disposed in the cylinder (43) and being movable therein by means of a first carrier element (111, 131) and a second carrier element (131, 111) each being connected to a respective one of the first piston (61, 81) and the second piston (81, 61) for movement with the respective piston in the cylinder (43) relative to the other piston (61, 81) over predetermined stroke lengths, the sum of the stroke lengths of the carrier elements (111, 131) being greater than the length of the cylinder interior.
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