Building closure operator
AssigneeMilgard Manufacturing Incorporation
InventorsTravis James Dodge, Michael Barton, Eric Baczuk
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Abstract
A building closure operator includes an operator arm pivotable about an arm axis from an arm closed position to an arm open position, an arm lock actuatable to lock the arm in different locked positions and releasable to release the arm, and an articulatable lever pivotable about a lever axis parallel to the arm axis, from a lever home position corresponding to the arm closed position, to a lever actuated position corresponding to the arm open position. The lever includes a lever coupling maintainable in the lever actuated position, and a lever handle pivotable with respect to the lever coupling back to the home position to actuate the arm lock to lock the arm in one of the different locked positions.
Claims20
A building closure operator, comprising:
- an operator arm pivotable about an arm axis from an arm closed position to an arm open position;
- an arm lock actuatable to lock the arm in different locked positions and releasable to release the arm;
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- an articulatable lever pivotable about a lever axis, from a lever home position corresponding to the arm closed position, to a lever actuated position corresponding to the arm open position, and including:
- a lever coupling maintainable in the lever actuated position, and
- a lever handle pivotable with respect to the lever coupling in the lever actuated position of the lever coupling back to the home position to actuate the arm lock to lock the arm in one of the different locked positions.
A method of pivoting a building closure operator arm about an arm pivot axis, comprising the steps of:
- carrying a lever with respect to a housing, wherein the lever is locatable in a lever home position with respect to the housing;
- pivoting the lever about a lever axis, away from the lever home position to a lever actuated position with respect to the housing, so as to pivot the building closure operator arm away from an arm closed position to an arm open position of the building closure operator arm;
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- articulating the lever so that a handle of the lever is movable back to the home position to engage and actuate an arm lock that locks the building closure operator arm in the arm open position.
A method of pivoting a building closure operation arm about an arm pivot axis, comprising the steps of:
- pivoting a lever about a lever axis, away from a lever home position to a lever actuated position so as to pivot the building closure operator arm away from an arm closed position to an arm open position;
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- articulating the lever so that a handle of the lever is movable back to the home position to actuate an arm lock that locks the arm in the arm open position, wherein the method is carried out using a building closure operator, comprising:
- the operator arm;
- an arm lock actuatable to lock the arm in different locked positions and releasable to release the arm;
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- an articulatable lever pivotable about the lever axis, from the lever home position corresponding to the arm closed position, to the lever actuated position corresponding to the arm open position, and including:
- a lever coupling maintainable in the lever actuated position, and
- a lever handle pivotable with respect to the lever coupling in the lever actuated position of the lever coupling back to the home position to actuate the arm lock to lock the arm in one of the different locked positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.