Sliding-door system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12553261-B2
Application number	US-202218560115-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2022
Priority date	May 17, 2021
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

A sliding-door system includes a sliding door, a door frame, and a locking system, wherein in a locked state, a first latch engages in an engagement notch of an anchor body locking the sliding door, and a bolt engages on the anchor body in an engagement region to prevent the anchor body from rotating about a rotational axis. An actuator moves the bolt out of the engagement region to switch the locking system from the locked state into an open state by rotating the anchor body about the rotational axis. A locking system emergency opening function is actuated by applying an emergency activation force to a first door leaf to move a lock substantially perpendicular to a surface of the first door leaf such that the engagement notch is slid out of the engagement region to enable the sliding door to open.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A sliding-door system comprising:
a door frame; a sliding door mounted in the door frame, the sliding door including a first door leaf and a second door leaf opposite the first door leaf, wherein a distance between the first door leaf and the second door leaf in an open state of the sliding door is smaller than a distance between the leaves in a closed state of the sliding door; a locking system including a lock fastened to the sliding door and a locking part mounted on the door frame; wherein the lock has an anchor body mounted to rotate about a rotational axis, the anchor body having an engagement notch, and the locking part having a first latch; wherein, in a locked state of the locking system, the first latch engages in the engagement notch of the anchor body thereby locking the sliding door, and a bolt engages on the anchor body in an engagement region thereby preventing the anchor body from rotating about the rotational axis, the lock having an actuator that moves the bolt out of the engagement region thereby moving the locking system from the locked state into an open state by the anchor body rotating about the rotational axis; and wherein the locking system has an emergency opening function actuated by an emergency activation force, the emergency opening function operating, by a movement of the lock brought about by the application of the emergency activation force to the sliding door, to release the locking of the sliding door, wherein a movement direction of the lock is perpendicular to a surface of the first door leaf, and the lock slides relative to the locking part such that the engagement notch slides out of the engagement region of the first latch enabling opening of the sliding door.

2 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 wherein the emergency activation force is applied directly to the first door leaf of the sliding door.

3 . The sliding-door system according to claim 2 wherein the emergency activation force is applied to the first door leaf of the sliding door system perpendicular to the surface of the first door leaf.

4 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 wherein when a compressive force of a same magnitude as the emergency activation force is applied to the second door leaf, the lock and the locking part block a counter movement of the lock against the movement direction, the second door leaf pauses, and the sliding door remains locked.

5 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 wherein the anchor body is plate-shaped.

6 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 wherein the anchor body has a circular contour and an outer region of the anchor body has a sector-shaped cutout extending between two ends, one of the ends forming the engagement region and another of the ends forming the engagement notch.

7 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 wherein the anchor body is fastened to the lock and has a first stop and a second stop limiting rotation about the rotational axis, wherein the first latch keeps the sliding door closed when the anchor body is at the first stop and the anchor body passes the first latch when the anchor body is at the second stop.

8 . The sliding-door system according to claim 7 wherein the anchor body is fastened to the lock by a spring that exerts a preload force on the anchor body pressing the anchor body against the first stop.

9 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 wherein the actuator is an electric drive.

10 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 wherein the locking part has a second latch opposite the first latch and the anchor body is adapted to be insertable between the first latch and the second latch.

11 . The sliding-door system according to claim 1 including a guide member, on which the lock is fastened, is mounted between the first door leaf and the second door leaf.

12 . The sliding-door system according to claim 11 wherein the guide member is mounted by a parallelogram guide system.

13 . A method for emergency opening of a sliding-door system, the method comprising the steps of:
applying an emergency activation force as a compressive force on the first door leaf of the sliding-door system according to claim 1 ; moving the first door leaf such that a distance between the first door leaf and the second door leaf is reduced and simultaneously guiding the lock of the locking system such that the first door leaf and the lock move in a same direction; and emergency opening the locking system by passing the first latch through the engagement notch of the anchor body.

14 . The method for emergency opening of a sliding-door system according to claim 13 including a step of pressing the second latch through the lock as a result of the movement of the lock caused by the application of the emergency activation force.

15 . The method for emergency opening of a sliding-door system according to claim 13 wherein, in a first phase of reducing the distance between the first door leaf and the second door leaf, before the sliding door is unlocked, the second door leaf remains substantially still.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Vonaesch Jonas

Classifications

• E05B63/248

  the striker being movable for latching, and pushed back by a member on the wing for unlatching, or vice versa · CPC title

• E05B65/102 Primary

  opening under pressure on the surface of the door itself (E05C19/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05B63/244

  the striker being movable for latching, the bolt for unlatching, or vice versa · CPC title

• E05Y2900/14

  Doors disappearing in pockets of a wall, e.g. so-called pocket doors · CPC title

• E05Y2201/42

  for locking · CPC title