Shutter open-closing apparatus, shutter open-closing system including the same, and shutter open-closing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024181281-A1
Application number	US-202318524742-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 30, 2023
Priority date	Dec 6, 2022
Publication date	Jun 6, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosure provides a shutter open-closing apparatus capable of improving producibility, assemblability, and maintainability and reducing an operating cost, a shutter open-closing system including the same, and a shutter open-closing method. The shutter open-closing apparatus includes a main body connected to a main door, which is opened and closed, to move along with movement of the main door, a main guide unit coupled to the main body, a shutter pushing unit movable on the main guide unit, a link unit rotatably connected to the shutter pushing unit to move along with movement of the shutter pushing unit, and a shutter connected to the link unit to move along with movement of the link unit, and opened and closed using a driving force for moving the main door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A shutter open-closing apparatus comprising:
a main body connected to a main door, which is opened and closed, to move along with movement of the main door; a main guide unit coupled to the main body; a shutter pushing unit movable on the main guide unit; a link unit rotatably connected to the shutter pushing unit to move along with movement of the shutter pushing unit; and a shutter connected to the link unit to move along with movement of the link unit, and opened and closed using a driving force for moving the main door.

2 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main guide unit comprises:
a guide body at a side surface of the shutter pushing unit; and a pusher insertion groove formed in an inner surface of the guide body, and the shutter pushing unit is guided to move by being inserted into the pusher insertion groove.

3 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main guide unit comprises:
a first guide supporter at one side of the shutter pushing unit to support the one side of the shutter pushing unit; and a second guide supporter at the other side of the shutter pushing unit to support the other side of the shutter pushing unit.

4 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an elastic unit provided to the shutter pushing unit to move the shutter pushing unit to an initial position thereof by using a restoring force by an elastic force.

5 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein one side of the elastic unit is coupled to the shutter pushing unit, and the other side of the elastic unit is coupled to the main body.

6 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the shutter pushing unit comprises an elastic unit insertion portion into which the elastic unit is inserted.

7 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the link unit comprises a first link member and a second link member rotatably connected to the shutter pushing unit and the shutter, respectively.

8 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein movement of the shutter is guided in response to a change in a separation distance between one end of the first link member and one end of the second link member.

9 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the shutter comprises:
a first shutter member connected to the first link member to move along with movement of the first link member; and a second shutter member connected to the second link member to move along with movement of the second link member.

10 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, when the shutter pushing unit moves toward the link unit, an included angle between the first link member and the second link member increases, and the first shutter member and the second shutter member move in directions away from each other, and when the shutter pushing unit moves away from the link unit, the included angle between the first link member and the second link member decreases, and the first shutter member and the second shutter member movein directions toward each other.

11 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a link connection unit connected to each of the shutter and the link unit to move along with movement of the link unit, thereby moving the shutter.

12 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the link connection unit guides the movement of the shutter in a state of being inserted into a link moving hole formed in the main body.

13 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a shutter guide unit connected to the shutter to move along with movement of the shutter.

14 . The shutter open-closing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the shutter guide unit moves together with the shutter in a state of being inserted into a shutter guide hole formed in the main body.

15 . A shutter open-closing system comprising:
a main frame having an access space formed therein; a first main door on the main frame to be movable in a first axial direction; a second main door on the main frame to be movable in the first axial direction; a first shutter open-closing apparatus comprising a first main body coupled to the first main door to move together with the first main door, a first shutter pushing unit on the first main body to be movable in the first axial direction, a first shutter connected to a first link unit to move in response to an operation of the first link unit connected to the first shutter pushing unit, and a first elastic unit providing a restoring force by an elastic force to the first shutter pushing unit; and a second shutter open-closing apparatus comprising a second main body coupled to the second main door to move together with the second main door, a second shutter pushing unit on the second main body to be movable in the first axial direction, a second shutter connected to a second link unit to move in response to an operation of the second link unit connected to the second shutter pushing unit, and a second elastic unit providing a restoring force by an elastic force to the second shutter pushing unit.

16 . The shutter open-closing system of claim 15 , wherein, when the first shutter pushing unit is in contact with the second shutter pushing unit from a separated state, the first shutter pushing unit drives the first link unit so that the first shutter closes at least a part of the access space.

17 . The shutter open-closing system of claim 15 , wherein, in a state in which the first shutter pushing unit is separated from the second shutter pushing unit, the first shutter pushing unit is positioned to protrude toward the second shutter pushing unit from an end portion of the first main door.

18 . The shutter open-closing system of claim 15 , wherein, when the first shutter pushing unit is separated from the second shutter pushing unit from a contact state, the first elastic unit returns the first shutter pushing unit to an initial position of the first shutter pushing unit, and the first shutter pushing unit moves the first link unit so that the first shutter opens at least a part of the access space.

19 . A shutter open-closing method comprising:
moving a first main door, which is opened and closed, and a first main body coupled to the first main door, in a first direction that is parallel to a first axial direction; moving a second main door, which is opened and closed, and a second main body coupled to the second main door, in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; making a first shutter pushing unit on the first main body be in contact with a second shutter pushing unit on the second main body; moving the first shutter pushing unit in the second direction and moving the second shutter pushing unit in the first direction; and moving a first shutter connected to the first shutter pushing unit, in a second axial direction crossing the first axial direction, and moving a second shutter connected to the second shutter pushing unit, in the second axial direction.

20 . The shutter open-closing method of claim 19 , further comprising:
moving the first main door in the second direction and moving the second main door in the first direction; separating the first shutter pushing unit from the second shutter pushing unit; moving the first shutter pushing unit in the second direction and moving the second shutter pushing unit in the first direction; and returning the first

Assignees

• Semes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Baek Doohyun
• Yoon Eunsang
• Lee Myungjin
• Park Chuljun

Classifications

• E06B9/68

  Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive · CPC title

• E06B9/56 Primary

  Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor (devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H75/34) · CPC title

• E05Y2800/252

  the elements functioning only in case of emergency · CPC title

• E05Y2800/344

  elastically · CPC title

• E05Y2201/686

  Rods, links · CPC title