GB2277550A - Folding doors - Google Patents
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- Publication number
- GB2277550A GB2277550A GB9309091A GB9309091A GB2277550A GB 2277550 A GB2277550 A GB 2277550A GB 9309091 A GB9309091 A GB 9309091A GB 9309091 A GB9309091 A GB 9309091A GB 2277550 A GB2277550 A GB 2277550A
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- folding door
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- 238000010070 extrusion (rubber) Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000011521 glass Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000007921 spray Substances 0.000 description 1
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D3/00—Hinges with pins
- E05D3/06—Hinges with pins with two or more pins
- E05D3/12—Hinges with pins with two or more pins with two parallel pins and one arm
- E05D3/122—Gear hinges
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
- A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
- A47K3/30—Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths
- A47K3/36—Articulated screens
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
- E06B3/32—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing
- E06B3/48—Wings connected at their edges, e.g. foldable wings
- E06B3/481—Wings foldable in a zig-zag manner or bi-fold wings
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
- E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
- E05D5/02—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
- E05D5/0215—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps for attachment to profile members or the like
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
- E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
- E05Y2800/26—Form or shape
- E05Y2800/262—Form or shape column shaped
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
- E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
- E05Y2900/10—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
- E05Y2900/114—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof for showers
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Abstract
Folding doors, particularly for shower enclosures and screens are provided with a double-axis hinge 12 and can have brush seals 16. <IMAGE>
Description
FOLDING DOORS
This invention relates to folding doors, particularly, but not exclusively, to such doors used as shower doors or bath shower screens.
Such doors are constructed of panels which are hinged together. The hinge, especially in a shower door or screen, is a source of potential leakage, more especially so when modern, high-pressure showers are taken into consideration, and is usually provided with some form of sealing. It is necessary, of course, to extend the sealing to the very top and bottom of the hinge if complete containment of water is to be achieved (though the top is perhaps less important than the bottom, as the shower unit may not deliver spray above a certain height on the door). Sealing at the ends of the hinge (and an "end" may well be at middle height if the panels are journalled intermediate, as well as at, the top and bottom of the door) is problematical as the journal bearings are necessarily displaced along the hinge pin, and this leaves, inevitably, a gap, even if only a small one.
Moreover, while conventional hinging is satisfactory for doors consisting of two panels the outer edges of which are supported, one, for example, hinged to a wall, the other running in tracks in the lintel and sill of the door surround, problems arise when the door is cantilevered, and especially if the door has three or more panels, such as might be used as a bath shower screen for a corner bath.
The present invention provides improved folding door arrangements.
The invention comprises a folding door comprising a double-axis hinge.
The hinge may comprise an elongate hinge member of dumbell cross-section. The dumbell ends of the crosssection may fit into arcuate section channels in the side frame members of hinged-together door panels.
The channels may contain lengthwise-extending seals cooperating between the hinge member and the recesses, and the seals may be brush seals.
The hinge member may have axially extending recesses in each dumbell end receiving spigots of door panels hinged thereby. The spigots may comprise reduced diameter projections from bodies of diameter equal to the axial spacing of the double axis hinge which bodies are as a result in substantial contact though with freedom to roll one on the other whereby to form an endwise seal. The bodies may have meshing teeth whereby to control the disposition of the hinge member between the adjacent door panels.
The spigots may be on insert members inserted into upper and lower door panel frame members. The insert members may be secured to door panel frame side members. Such attachment may be by way of screws inserted through the said upper and lower members and this may constitute the only fastening required to hold together the door panel frame - the screws will naturally be out of sight, leaving all visible edges free of fastenings.
The double axis hinge may also constitute the hinge between the door and the wall or other fixed structure, affording the like firm support and sealing as when it joins two door panels.
Embodiments of folding doors according to the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :
Figure 1 is an exploded isometric drawing
showing various components of a hinge
arrangement joining adjacent panels
of a door;
Figure 2 is a drawing like Figure 1, showing a
hinge arrangement fastening a door
panel to a wall or other fixed
structure; and Figure 3 is a plan view of a multipanel bath
shower screen disposed to a corner
bath.
The drawings illustrate a folding door 11 (Figure 3) comprising double axis hinges 12.
Each hinge 12 comprises an elongate hinge member 13 of dumbell cross-section.
The dumbell ends 13a,13b of the cross-section fit into arcuate section channels 14 in side frame members 15 of hinged-together door panels. The channels 14 contain lengthwise extending brush seals 16 (of which only one is shown in each of Figures 1 and 2) cooperating between the hinge member 12 and the recesses 14. The brush seals 16, comprising bristles set in a rubber extrusion, are carried in grooves 17 in the arcuate channels 14.
The hinge member 12 has axially extending recesses 18 in each dumbell end receiving spigots 19 of door panels hinged thereby or, in the case of the arrangement of Figure 2, a spigot 19 of a wall-mounted support 21. The spigots 19 comprise reduced-diameter projections from bodies 22 of diameter equal to the axial spacing of the double axis hinge 12 which bodies 22 are as a result in substantial contact though with freedom to roll one on the other whereby to form an endwise seal. As illustrated the bodies 22 have meshing teeth 23 whereby to control the disposition of the hinge member 13 between the adjacent door panels.
The spigots 19 are on insert members 24 inserted into upper and lower door panel frame members - the drawings show only the upper members 25, the lower ones being similar. The insert members 25 are secured by screws (not shown) through apertures 26 engaging in seats 27 in the door panel frame side members 15.
The wall fixing shown in Figure 2 is slightly different, the spigot 19 being in a special body 22 that caps the wall mounted support 21 which has two screw seats 27, the cap 22 having two corresponding screw apertures 26.
The door panel frame side members 15 (except for the support 21) and 25 have door panel glass receiving channels 28. With the exception of the inserts 24, the arrangement is made of extruded sections. Assembly is straightforward, and no screws or other fastenings are required except those that go into the top and bottom of the frames. The free edge 29 (Figure 3) can be neatly finished in a plain edge member that needs no screws to be exposed.
Claims (10)
1. A folding door comprising a double-axis hinge.
2. A folding door according to claim 1, in which the hinge comprises an elongate hinge member of dumbell cross-section.
3. A folding door according to claim 2, of which the dumbell ends of the cross-section fit into arcuate section channels in side frame members of hinged-together door panels.
4. A folding door according to claim 3, the channels containing lengthwise-extending seals cooperating between the hinge member and the channels.
5. A folding door according to claim 4, in which the channels carry brush seals.
6. A folding door according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the hinge member having axially extending recesses in each dumbell end receiving spigots of door panels hinged thereby.
7. A folding door according to claim 6, in which the spigots comprise reduced diameter projections from bodies of diameter equal to the axial spacing of the double axis hinge which bodies are as a result in substantial contact though with freedom to roll one on the other whereby to form an endwise seal.
8. A folding door according to claim 7, in which the bodies have meshing teeth whereby to control the disposition of the hinge member between the adjacent door panels.
9. A folding door according to any one of claims 6 to 8, in which the spigots are on insert members inserted into upper and lower door panel frame members.
10. A folding door according to claim 9, in which the insert members are secured to door panel frame side members.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB9309091A GB2277550A (en) | 1993-05-01 | 1993-05-01 | Folding doors |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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GB9309091A GB2277550A (en) | 1993-05-01 | 1993-05-01 | Folding doors |
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GB9309091D0 GB9309091D0 (en) | 1993-06-16 |
GB2277550A true GB2277550A (en) | 1994-11-02 |
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GB9309091A Withdrawn GB2277550A (en) | 1993-05-01 | 1993-05-01 | Folding doors |
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Cited By (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US5570971A (en) * | 1992-01-21 | 1996-11-05 | Rixen; Wolfgang | Connection between components |
GB2321489A (en) * | 1997-01-28 | 1998-07-29 | Mark Richard Curtis | A weatherproof roller shutter for roofs |
DE19808833C1 (en) * | 1998-03-03 | 1999-07-29 | Spirella Gmbh | Pivot joint for doors of shower cubicle |
US6955205B2 (en) | 2001-11-15 | 2005-10-18 | Aluminum Systems Nz Limited | Panel system and hinge device therefor |
EP2149663A1 (en) * | 2008-07-30 | 2010-02-03 | DLP Limited | Hinge assembly |
ITUD20080208A1 (en) * | 2008-10-09 | 2010-04-10 | Breda Tecnologie Commerciali S R L | ELEMENT OF BOOK SEPARATION |
ITPD20090023A1 (en) * | 2009-02-06 | 2010-08-07 | Stefano Doro | BOX OR DIVIDING WALL FOR SHOWER OR BATH WITH HINGED DOOR |
EP2261433A3 (en) * | 2009-06-08 | 2013-05-29 | Ropimex R. Opel GmbH | Partition wall |
GB2510388A (en) * | 2013-02-01 | 2014-08-06 | Kamaljit Bhatoa | Seal device for a shower screen |
Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB958497A (en) * | 1960-05-25 | 1964-05-21 | Renzo Oddicini | Improvements in and relating to folding panel structures |
GB1069966A (en) * | 1964-08-03 | 1967-05-24 | Lavorazione Mat Plast | Improvements in folding sliding doors |
GB1589950A (en) * | 1977-12-30 | 1981-05-20 | Cordella L | Folding closure construction |
GB2120306A (en) * | 1982-05-13 | 1983-11-30 | Martin David Solomon | Rolling gate |
GB2145040A (en) * | 1983-08-16 | 1985-03-20 | Southfields Coachworks Ltd | Closure means for a vehicle body |
US4878530A (en) * | 1987-04-03 | 1989-11-07 | Marielle Jean | Bathroom panel |
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- 1993-05-01 GB GB9309091A patent/GB2277550A/en not_active Withdrawn
Patent Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB958497A (en) * | 1960-05-25 | 1964-05-21 | Renzo Oddicini | Improvements in and relating to folding panel structures |
GB1069966A (en) * | 1964-08-03 | 1967-05-24 | Lavorazione Mat Plast | Improvements in folding sliding doors |
GB1589950A (en) * | 1977-12-30 | 1981-05-20 | Cordella L | Folding closure construction |
GB2120306A (en) * | 1982-05-13 | 1983-11-30 | Martin David Solomon | Rolling gate |
GB2145040A (en) * | 1983-08-16 | 1985-03-20 | Southfields Coachworks Ltd | Closure means for a vehicle body |
US4878530A (en) * | 1987-04-03 | 1989-11-07 | Marielle Jean | Bathroom panel |
Cited By (13)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US5570971A (en) * | 1992-01-21 | 1996-11-05 | Rixen; Wolfgang | Connection between components |
GB2321489A (en) * | 1997-01-28 | 1998-07-29 | Mark Richard Curtis | A weatherproof roller shutter for roofs |
GB2321489B (en) * | 1997-01-28 | 2001-08-22 | Mark Richard Curtis | A weatherproof roller shutter for roofs |
DE19808833C1 (en) * | 1998-03-03 | 1999-07-29 | Spirella Gmbh | Pivot joint for doors of shower cubicle |
US6955205B2 (en) | 2001-11-15 | 2005-10-18 | Aluminum Systems Nz Limited | Panel system and hinge device therefor |
GB2462583A (en) * | 2008-07-30 | 2010-02-17 | Dlp Ltd | Hinge assembly for panels with toothed elements and circular seal |
EP2149663A1 (en) * | 2008-07-30 | 2010-02-03 | DLP Limited | Hinge assembly |
GB2462583B (en) * | 2008-07-30 | 2012-08-29 | Dlp Ltd | Hinge assembly for panels with toothed elements |
US8312596B2 (en) | 2008-07-30 | 2012-11-20 | Dlp Limited | Hinge assembly |
ITUD20080208A1 (en) * | 2008-10-09 | 2010-04-10 | Breda Tecnologie Commerciali S R L | ELEMENT OF BOOK SEPARATION |
ITPD20090023A1 (en) * | 2009-02-06 | 2010-08-07 | Stefano Doro | BOX OR DIVIDING WALL FOR SHOWER OR BATH WITH HINGED DOOR |
EP2261433A3 (en) * | 2009-06-08 | 2013-05-29 | Ropimex R. Opel GmbH | Partition wall |
GB2510388A (en) * | 2013-02-01 | 2014-08-06 | Kamaljit Bhatoa | Seal device for a shower screen |
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