Sliding door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9869115-B2
Application number	US-201414784828-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2014
Priority date	Apr 16, 2013
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A sliding door for use with a rail system, having a rail, which guides a sliding motion of the door, and an attenuation and retraction device, which brakes the sliding motion of the door at a brake position in the vicinity of a door end position and retracts the door to the end position. The sliding door includes a pin, which is slideably attached to the door, slideable between a pin retracted position and a pin extended position, a tip of the pin interacting with the attenuation and retraction device. The door further includes a wheel carried by a wheel holder, which is arranged to move the wheel between a wheel retracted position and a wheel extended position. A transmission mechanism interconnects the wheel holder and the pin such that a movement of the wheel, towards the wheel extended position, urges the pin towards the pin extended position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sliding door for use with a rail system having a rail for guiding a sliding motion of the door and an attenuation and retraction device for braking the sliding motion of the door at a brake position in proximate a door end position and retracting the door to the end position, comprising:
a pin attached to the door and slideable between a pin retracted position and a pin extended position, the pin having a pin tip for interacting with the attenuation and retraction device; and
a wheel carried by a wheel holder for moving the wheel between a wheel retracted position and a wheel extended position, the wheel holder including a transmission mechanism interconnecting the wheel holder and the pin for urging the pin towards the pin extended position in response to movement of the wheel towards the wheel extended position.

2. The sliding door of claim 1 , wherein the wheel holder comprises a spring for urging the wheel towards a wheel extended position against the rail.

3. The sliding door of claim 1 , wherein the transmission mechanism is operable to maintain a gap between the pin tip and the rail.

4. The sliding door of claim 3 , wherein the maintained gap is in the range 2±0.5 mm.

5. The sliding door of claim 1 , further comprising a spring for urging the pin towards the pin retracted position.

6. The sliding door of claim 1 , wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
a transmission lever pivotably suspended at a pivot axis, the transmission lever having a first arm and a second arm, the first arm disposed at a side of the pivot axis opposite the second arm;
an abutment disposed on the wheel holder for moving the first arm of the transmission lever such that the second arm of the transmission lever moves the pin toward the pin extended position through contact on a pin abutment surface.

7. The sliding door of claim 1 , wherein the pin comprises:
a pin wing; and
a pin waist narrower than the pin wing and spaced from the pin tip by the pin wing, wherein the pin wing is adapted to catch the attenuation and retraction device for pulling the pin from the pin retracted position.

8. The sliding door of claim 1 , wherein the wheel holder and the pin are mounted in a cassette.

9. The sliding door of claim 2 , further comprising a spring for urging the pin towards the pin retracted position.

10. The sliding door of claim 3 , further comprising a spring for urging the pin towards the pin retracted position.

11. The sliding door of claim 2 , wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
a transmission lever pivotably suspended at a pivot axis and having a first arm and a second arm, the first and the second arms disposed on opposite sides of the pivot axis;
an abutment disposed on the wheel holder for moving the first arm of the transmission lever such that the second arm of the transmission lever moves the pin through contact on a pin abutment surface.

12. The sliding door of claim 3 , wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
a transmission lever pivotably suspended at a pivot axis and having a first arm and a second arm, the first and the second arms disposed on opposite sides of the pivot axis;
an abutment disposed on the wheel holder for moving the first arm of the transmission lever such that the second arm of the transmission lever moves the pin through contact on a pin abutment surface.

13. The sliding door of claim 5 wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
a transmission lever pivotably suspended at a pivot axis and having a first arm and a second arm, the first and the second arms disposed on opposite sides of the pivot axis;
an abutment disposed on the wheel holder for moving the first arm of the transmission lever such that the second arm of the transmission lever moves the pin through contact on a pin abutment surface.

14. The sliding door of claim 2 , wherein the pin comprises:
a pin wing; and
a pin waist narrower than the pin wing and spaced from the pin tip by the pin wing, wherein the pin wing is adapted to catch the attenuation and retraction device for pulling the pin from the pin retracted position.

15. The sliding door of claim 3 , wherein the pin comprises:
a pin wing; and
a pin waist narrower than the pin wing and spaced from the pin tip by the pin wing, wherein the pin wing is adapted to catch the attenuation and retraction device for pulling the pin from the pin retracted position.

16. The sliding door of claim 5 , wherein the pin comprises:
a pin wing; and
a pin waist narrower than the pin wing and spaced from the pin tip by the pin wing, wherein the pin wing is adapted to catch the attenuation and retraction device for pulling the pin from the pin retracted position.

17. The sliding door of claim 6 , wherein the pin comprises:
a pin wing; and
a pin waist narrower than the pin wing and spaced from the pin tip by the pin wing, wherein the pin wing is adapted to catch the attenuation and retraction device for pulling the pin from the pin retracted position.

18. The sliding door of claim 2 , wherein the wheel holder and the pin are mounted in a cassette.

19. The sliding door of claim 3 , wherein the wheel holder and the pin are mounted in a cassette.

20. The sliding door of claim 5 , wherein the wheel holder and the pin are mounted in a cassette.

21. The sliding door of claim 6 , wherein the wheel holder and the pin are mounted in a cassette.

22. The sliding door of claim 7 , wherein the wheel holder and the pin are mounted in a cassette.

Assignees

• Elfa Int Ab

Inventors

• Nilsson Peter

Classifications

• E06B3/4636

  for doors (E06B3/4609 and E06B3/4654 - E06B3/4681 take precedence; sliding shower doors A47K3/34) · CPC title

• E05F1/16

  for sliding wings · CPC title

• E05F5/003 Primary

  for sliding wings (Fasteners specially adapted for holding sliding wings open E05D13/04) · CPC title

• E05D15/0643 Primary

  on balls or floating rollers · CPC title

• E05D15/0678

  on balls or floating rollers · CPC title