Linkage for a door actuator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12385309-B2
Application number	US-202018024427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2020
Priority date	Sep 7, 2020
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

A linkage for force transmission between a driven axle of a door actuator and an assembly surface, includes a hinge, a fastening arrangement designed for fastening the hinge to the assembly surface, in particular a door, frame or wall, wherein an assembly axis is defined perpendicularly to the assembly surface, and a lever arrangement which is fastened to the hinge so as to be rotatable about a hinge axis perpendicular to the assembly axis and which is designed for rotationally-fixed connection to the driven axle of the door actuator. The linkage is designed to detach through the weight of the door actuator falling down in the event of a fire and/or wherein the linkage includes a thermally activatable trigger element that is designed to detach the linkage in the event of thermal activation triggered by a fire.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A linkage for force transmission between a driven axle of a door actuator and an assembly surface, comprising:
a hinge;
a fastening arrangement designed to fasten the hinge to the assembly surface, wherein an assembly axis is defined perpendicularly to the assembly surface;
a lever arrangement which is fastened to the hinge so as to be rotatable about a hinge axis perpendicular to the assembly axis and which is designed for rotationally-fixed connection to the driven axle of the door actuator,
wherein the linkage is designed to detach through the weight of the door actuator falling down in the event of a fire and/or wherein the linkage comprises a thermally activatable trigger element that is designed to detach the linkage in the event of thermal activation triggered by a fire; and
a securing element is arranged on a hinge joint or the hinge and is configured for holding together the hinge joint or the hinge,
wherein the lever arrangement comprises a first lever, the hinge joint, and a connecting element, wherein the connecting element is fastened to the hinge so as to be rotatable, and the first lever is rotatably connected to the connecting element via the hinge joint, wherein a hinge joint axis is perpendicular to the hinge axis.

2. The linkage according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge or a joint in the lever arrangement is designed to detach through the weight of the falling door actuator.

3. The linkage according to claim 1 , wherein the securing element, by the first lever being lowered, is configured to be moved into a non-constrained position which does not hold the hinge joint or hinge together.

4. The linkage according to claim 3 , wherein the first lever comprises an actuating section which protrudes beyond the hinge joint axis in the direction of the hinge and which moves upwards when the first lever is lowered and thereby moves the securing element to the non-constrained position.

5. The linkage according to claim 4 , wherein the hinge comprises a hinge pin, wherein the hinge pin is secured against falling out with the securing element, configured as a securing tab, securing splint or securing screw.

6. The linkage according to claim 5 , wherein the hinge comprises a hinge leg only on the upper side of the connecting element, in which the hinge pin is received.

7. The linkage according to claim 5 , wherein the securing element, configured as a securing tab or a securing splint, is configured to be pulled off the hinge pin.

8. The linkage according to claim 5 , wherein the securing element, configured as a securing screw, is configured to be destroyed by the movement of the actuating section.

9. The linkage according to claim 3 , wherein the securing element is a securing sleeve which sits on the hinge joint.

10. The linkage according to claim 9 , wherein the hinge joint has a hinge joint pin and a U-shaped, downwardly open first pin receptacle on the connecting element and/or on the first lever, wherein the securing sleeve with a U-shaped, laterally open second pin receptacle holds the hinge joint pin in the first pin receptacle, and wherein the securing sleeve is configured to be removed from the hinge joint pin to detach the hinge joint.

11. The linkage according to claim 2 , wherein the lever arrangement comprises the first lever and a second lever, wherein the two levers are connected to one another with a ball joint, and wherein the ball joint is designed to detach through the weight of the falling door actuator.

Assignees

• Dormakaba Deutschland Gmbh

Inventors

• Salutzki Thomas
• Wiemann Sabine
• Hellwig Alexander

Classifications

• E05Y2900/132

  Doors · CPC title

• E05Y2600/63

  Retainers · CPC title

• E05Y2201/626

  Levers · CPC title

• E05Y2201/214

  Disengaging means · CPC title

• E05F15/00

  Power-operated mechanisms for wings (motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00) · CPC title