Door having a flexible curtain and a wireless emitter inside the curtain

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9767670-B2
Application number	US-201314403172-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	May 24, 2012
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

A flexible curtain has a ballasting and sealing element and a reinforcing element, and is able to move between an open position and a closed position. The door comprises a detection unit configured to detect an encounter of the ballasting and sealing element with an obstacle. The door also comprises a wireless emitter arranged inside the curtain, close to an upright, in a lateral region of the curtain. The emitter cooperates with the detection unit and emits a radio signal when the obstacle is detected by the detection unit. The radio signal is received by a receiver which cooperates with a driving unit so as to stop or reversely move the curtain.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door system comprising a flexible curtain and a structure, said structure including uprights for guiding said flexible curtain, the flexible curtain having a ballasting and sealing element, a free end provided with said ballasting and sealing element, and at least one reinforcing element parallel to the ballasting and sealing element, wherein the door system also comprises a driving unit supported by the structure, the driving unit being configured to drive the curtain between an opening position and a closing position, and a detection unit configured to detect an encounter of the curtain with an obstacle, said encounter causing, when the detection unit is activated, a stopping or a reverse displacement of the curtain, the detection unit being carried at least partly by the reinforcing element which is integrated within a lower part of the curtain, the detection unit being situated upstream of the ballasting and sealing element along a closing trajectory of the curtain between the reinforcing element and the ballasting and sealing element, wherein the curtain includes at least one emitter, said at least one emitter cooperating with the detection unit in order to emit a radio signal following a triggering of the detection unit, the radio signal emitted by said at least one emitter being received by at least one receiver cooperating with the driving unit, and the curtain comprises at least one support member adjacent one of the uprights in order to support said at least one emitter in a lateral area of the curtain, and wherein said at least one emitter is arranged inside the curtain, and wherein the curtain comprises an inspection shutter arranged to permit access to the at least one emitter through a cutout arranged on one face of the flexible curtain, and wherein the curtain includes at least one flexible pocket therein containing the at least one emitter.

2. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one emitter is spaced from said one of the uprights by a distance between about 5 cm and about 40 cm.

3. The door system according to claim 1 , wherein communication between the at least one receiver and said at least one emitter is bidirectional in order to verify that a charge level of a battery device integrated into said at least one emitter is greater than a predetermined charge level threshold.

4. The door system according to claim 3 , wherein said at least one emitter comprises a secondary receiver, said at least one receiver comprising at least one secondary emitter capable of emitting a radio signal towards the secondary receiver of said at least one emitter in order to control operation of said at least one emitter.

5. The door system according to claim 4 , wherein the secondary receiver is configured to control said operation of the at least one emitter only during displacement of the curtain toward the closing position.

6. The door system according to claim 3 , further comprising an alerting device for informing a user of an error in the operation of the at least one emitter.

7. The door system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one amplifier of an infrared signal transmitted between an emitting cell and a receiving cell of the detection unit.

Assignees

• Nergeco Sa
• Assa Abloy Entrance Systems Ab

Inventors

• Kraeutler Bernard

Classifications

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