EP0770745A1 - Abnehmbarer Griff für Türen oder Fenster insbesondere in Metallprofilen - Google Patents

Abnehmbarer Griff für Türen oder Fenster insbesondere in Metallprofilen Download PDF

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EP0770745A1
EP0770745A1 EP96402284A EP96402284A EP0770745A1 EP 0770745 A1 EP0770745 A1 EP 0770745A1 EP 96402284 A EP96402284 A EP 96402284A EP 96402284 A EP96402284 A EP 96402284A EP 0770745 A1 EP0770745 A1 EP 0770745A1
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Noel Robert
Francis Lasfargues
Patrick Lahbib
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B3/00—Fastening knobs or handles to lock or latch parts
    • E05B3/04—Fastening the knob or the handle shank to the spindle by screws, springs or snap bolts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
    • E05C9/06—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with three or more sliding bars
    • E05C9/063—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with three or more sliding bars extending along three or more sides of the wing or frame
    • E05C9/066—Locks for windows or doors specially adapted for tilt and turn
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
    • E05C9/04—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
    • E05C9/041—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening with rack and pinion mechanism

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  • the present invention relates to a control handle for a door, window or the like, in particular in metal carpentry, in particular of the type known as with tilt-and-turn or French-style opening.
  • a lever is generally used actuated by a control mechanism housed inside a profile of the opening of this door or window, this lever comprising rods or the like suitable for being sieved with respect to the opening to project or retract out of or into the profile at its ends, generally high and low, if necessary lateral, by penetrating or disengaging from housing reception provided in the fixed frame relative to which the opening struggles.
  • the cremone bolt control mechanism is usually actuated by a handle which projects outside the opening in one of its faces, being mounted in the central part of the corresponding profile and which transmits the movement causing the 'opening or closing by means of the cremone bolt, following a relative rotation of this handle, of the type comprising in particular a cane beak or even of the type known as espagnolette.
  • the handle comprises a body allowing its rotation to be maneuvered, which is extended by a rod, usually with a square section, this rod penetrating into the profile by a drilling thereof to cooperate with a housing or a toothing of the same profile provided in the cremone bolt actuation mechanism, mounted inside the profile.
  • the arrangement of a conventional handle of this kind requires, as a rule, the drilling of three holes, on the front face of the profile towards the outside thereof in the region of assembly of the handle, respectively for the passage of the rod extending the body of the latter and for the installation of immobilization screws of a support or base, inside of which the rod can pivot, which causes by its square section the movement of the cremone bolt as recalled above, the control mechanism being mounted in a housing inserted into a housing of the profile by the side thereof.
  • the heads of screws can then be concealed by a suitable cover, covering or extending from the support.
  • An improvement to such an assembly consists in designing and using a handle which is snap-on, so that it can be easily put in place or removed from the profile. Indeed, when the doors or windows are transported from their place of manufacture to the construction site where they are to be used, the prominence of the handle is a drawback since it prevents the frames from being applied against each other.
  • the handle can be removable and that the operator who ensures the installation of these doors or windows, himself realizes the adaptation on these of the handle, which requires that the latter comprises a simple and quick fixing system.
  • a snap-on handle meets these objectives, further eliminating the use of fixing screws.
  • known systems are designed such that the handle rod has a transverse bore for mounting a locking ball or the like, in particular of the type of a pin extending laterally relative to the rod, subjected to the thrust of a spring so as to be able to be erased in its housing or to project outside of it, to allow or on the contrary prevent the withdrawal of the rod vis-à-vis the profile in which it penetrates in order to actuate the control mechanism of the lever.
  • unlocking the handle requires providing in the side of the profile an orifice through which a tool can have access to the ball or locking pin to allow its erasure in the housing of the rod provided for this purpose, in releasing the handle which can be removed with the rod by a displacement in the direction of the latter.
  • the present invention relates to a removable handle, in particular by snap-fastening, capable of carrying out its installation by a very simple operation, which can be carried out by the user himself, the assembly being adaptable to any type of lever and does not requiring no specific tool to ensure the erasure of the locking ball against its spring.
  • the handle considered, of the type comprising an operating body, provided axially with a rod capable of penetrating through a passage orifice practically of the same section as the rod, provided in a profile of the opening of a door or window, the end of this rod being arranged to engage, when the handle is applied against the profile, with a mechanism mounted in a housing housed inside the profile for actuation of a cremone bolt, achieving the opening or closing of the movable opening relative to a fixed frame, the rod comprising a transverse locking pin subjected to the action of a thrust spring so as to project towards the outside of the rod or to be erased therein against this spring in order to allow the passage orifice to be crossed by this pin when the handle is put in place, before this pin, inside the profile , does not protrude from the surface t to the rod to prevent its withdrawal in the direction reverse, and a positioning base, of generally cylindrical shape, disposed opposite the passage orifice on the outside of the opening and crossed in its center by the rod
  • the rod secured to the operating body has a running part of circular cross section and comprises at its end a drive key or the like, capable of coming to cooperate with a homologous shape provided in the cremone bolt actuation mechanism, the main part and the end of the rod being separated by a smaller cross-section area.
  • the housing containing the mechanism for actuating the lever is adapted so that, depending on the axial position of the rod, this mechanism is engaged with the drive key or released of it when the connection zone is brought to the right of this mechanism.
  • the transverse pin locking pin is mounted in a blind housing, arranged perpendicularly to the latter and against the bottom of which is applied the thrust spring which rests opposite on a supported shoulder of the pin, by exerting an effort to project it out of the outline of the rod.
  • the transverse pin is associated with a retaining ring, cylindrical, crossed by the rod and arranged in line with the pin, which engages at its end projecting into an orifice provided in the ring, which keeps the pin trapped in the rod housing by its shoulder span.
  • the positioning base has a circular counterbore in its face opposite to the intermediate washer, this counterbore being adapted to receive the cylindrical retaining ring which can freely rotate with the rod relative to the base.
  • the removable blocking stop carried by the operating body is constituted by a transverse screw, in particular of the type headless screw controlled by means of a so-called "Allen" key, which cooperates with a tapped hole provided laterally in the 'positioning base so as to bring its end a sufficient distance inside thereof to constitute a bearing on which the end of the operating body is supported.
  • the rod is permanently secured to the operating body by means of another transverse fixing screw carried by the body and which comes to block the end of the rod which penetrates into a suitable cavity of the body.
  • the handle in question designated as a whole under the reference 1, comprises an operating body 2, here of substantially cylindrical shape, extended by a transverse extension 3 forming a cane beak, for control the rotation of this handle.
  • the body 2 comprises at its end opposite to the spout 3 a cylindrical ferrule 4 delimiting an internal housing 5 in which is mounted a compression spring 6, in a spiral, pressed against a transverse bearing 7 of the body 2 in the bottom of the housing 5.
  • This the latter has, along the axis of the handle, a shoulder portion 8 at the center of which an axial hole 9 is provided intended to receive the end 10 of a rod 11, thus extending the body 2.
  • the end 10 of the rod 11 engages inside the axial hole 9, the rod and the body 2 then being secured to one another by a lateral screw 12, which opens into the hole 9 and immobilizes by force the rod previously pressed into it.
  • the operating body 2 is also associated with a positioning base 13, which comprises an external flange 14 capable of coming to surround the cylindrical shell 4 of the body from the outside when the parts are mutually assembled, as illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • a passage 16 is provided, substantially of the same section as the main part 17 of the rod 11, so that the latter can freely pass through the base. It also comprises in the face of the bottom 15 opposite the body 2 a circular counterbore 18, of cross section slightly greater than that of the main part 17 of the rod and whose role will be explained below.
  • the bottom 15 of the base 13 includes a ring 19, which is provided with a dog clutch system, the notches 20 and the intermediate recesses 21 of which are distributed over the periphery of this ring at 90 ° , as shown schematically in the sectional view of Figure 3.
  • the dog clutch system of the ring 19 is designed to cooperate with an intermediate washer 22, itself comprising notches 23, this washer being disposed in the housing 5 of the body 2 and having, on the one hand, an internal bore 24 for the passage of the rod 11, having for this purpose substantially the same section as the latter, and on the other hand a bearing surface 25 for the compression spring 6.
  • the main part 17 of the rod also comprises a transverse locking pin 26, which is mounted in a blind housing 27 provided in the rod perpendicular to its axial direction, at a suitable location along the length thereof so that , once the various elements of the handle 1 mutually assembled as shown in Figure 4, the pin 26 is disposed slightly behind the bottom 15 of the base 13, projecting outwardly from the rod.
  • the locking pin 26 is hollow and has a cavity 28 in which a small return spring 29 engages, bearing opposite to the bottom of the housing 27 so as to permanently exert a force on this pin, tending to push it outwards from the rod 11.
  • the rod 11 is associated with a cylindrical ring 30, the diameter of which is determined to enable it to come over the rod by positioning itself in line with the pin, which advantageously comprises a lateral flange 31 coming to cooperate with the corresponding surface 32 of the ring 30, while the head of the pin can freely pass through a hole 33, thus coming to be flush with the outside of the latter, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the outside diameter of the ring 30 is also determined so that, in the position of use of the handle, it is applied in the circular counterbore 18 of the bottom 15 of the base, thereby ensuring the guiding of the rod .
  • the equipment of the handle is completed by a screw 34, mounted in a tapped hole 35 in the external flange 14 of the base 13, this screw, preferably of the headless screw type and controlled by an "Allen" key, being provided to overflow inside the flange, facing the end of the shell 4 of the body 2, constituting for the latter a transverse stop, limiting the maximum displacement of this body in the direction of the base, the role of this stop being specified in the following description.
  • the rod 11 has a profiled end 36, playing the role of a key, here in the form of a square and whose maximum transverse dimension is however at most equal to that of the main part 17 of the rod, so that this end can safely pass through the passage 16 of the base 13 when the rod is placed through it.
  • connection zone 37 also of circular section.
  • the handle 1 comprising, as described above, the operating body 2, the rod 11, the base 13 and the intermediate washer 22, is provided, once put in place, to act on a mechanism 38 for actuating a cremone bolt, in itself well known in the art, and of which Figure 5 illustrates by way of very schematic example the structure.
  • This mechanism 38 comprises a housing 39 in which is housed a pinion 40 having an axially through bore 41, having the profile of a nut and whose shape and homologous to that of the key 36 provided at the end of the rod 11, here at square profile, this pinion 40 being arranged to cooperate with teeth, respectively 42 and 43, provided opposite on bars 44 and 45, consequently able to slide relative to each other with respect to the housing 39, but in opposite directions, so that these bars can emerge or disappear in a profile of the opening of the door or window, allowing their engagement or withdrawal vis-a-vis strikes provided in the corresponding frame, for the opening or closing of the 'opening.
  • Figures 6 to 8 on the one hand, 10 to 12 on the other hand, make it possible to explain how the handle thus produced is respectively placed in the section 46 of the opening of the door or window, with automatic latching of this handle thanks to the locking pin 26, then possibly removed by erasing this pin and allowing the extraction of the rod, this without the intervention of any additional tool.
  • the positioning base 13 has a lateral extension 48, which is arranged to cooperate with a surface 49 of the same contour of the profile 46 so that, when the handle is in place, the base is blocked relative to this profile and in particular cannot rotate with the handle.
  • the section 46 comprises a fabric 50 with a passage orifice 51, the diameter of which corresponds to that of the cylindrical retaining ring 30, so that the latter can pass through this orifice, from the inside to the outside of the profiled, when the pin 26 is completely erased in the ring, the projection of this pin on the other side of the fabric normally preventing the withdrawal of the rod.
  • the locking pin 26 is in front the orifice 51 and is gradually caused to fade into the housing 27 of the rod 11, to facilitate the latter to continue its movement.
  • the head of the pin 26 is rounded to allow it this gradual erasure.
  • the rod spout 3 is rotated so that both the rod 11 which controls the nut 41 and the intermediate washer 22 whose notch 23 cooperates with the dog clutch system 20, 21 of the ring 19, causing a slight recoil of this washer, absorbed by the compression spring 6.
  • the notch of the washer is opposite the following recesses of the ring, by performing a conventional indexing of the handle according to the aforementioned angle.
  • the base of positioning 13 is immobilized by its extension 48 which cannot rotate relative to the opposite surface 49 of the section 46.
  • the intermediate washer 22 is permanently applied to the ring 19 by means of the spring 6.
  • the ferrule 4 of the handle 22 can be pushed deeper into the base 13, the additional stroke thus offered being sufficient for the key 36 at the end of the rod 11 to escape the nut 41, in bringing inside the latter the connecting region 37 of smaller diameter.
  • the rod 11 can then rotate freely, independently of the actuating mechanism 38, so that the ring 30 and the locking pin 36 again pivot 90 °, or 180 ° with respect to the position illustrated on Figure 10, by arranging as shown in Figures 11 and 12.
  • the locking pin 26 is again retracted inside the ring 30 by pressing on a facing surface 52, provided inside the section 46, the ring secured to the rod 11 can then be extracted crossing the orifice 51 of the fabric 50.
  • a very simple snap-on handle device is thus produced, which in particular has a reduced bulk, which makes it possible to mount it without difficulty on a profile of small section.
  • the only machining required in the latter corresponds to the production of the orifice 51 which is constituted by a simple hole, usually circular, corresponding to the diameter of the rod 11.
  • the handle can be assembled in a single operation and does not require any fixing. Finally, the handle can be removed by a simple unlocking screw, forming a limit stop, mounted on the base and the disassembly of which is both simple and capable of being carried out as quickly as necessary.

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FR9512664A FR2740496B1 (fr) 1995-10-26 1995-10-26 Poignee demontable pour porte ou fenetre notamment en menuiserie metallique
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WO2003069100A1 (en) * 2002-01-30 2003-08-21 Krzysztof Golus A device designed for fixing antabes, particularly for door
CN107142679A (zh) * 2017-07-05 2017-09-08 无锡小天鹅股份有限公司 洗衣机及门锁装置
CN107142679B (zh) * 2017-07-05 2019-10-25 无锡小天鹅电器有限公司 洗衣机及门锁装置
WO2019229260A1 (fr) 2018-06-01 2019-12-05 Bronze Alu Poignee de porte et fenetre a montage et demontage rapide sans outil
FR3081902A1 (fr) 2018-06-01 2019-12-06 Bronze Alu Poignee de porte et fenetre a montage et demontage rapide sans outil
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