EP1492933A1 - Structure deployable - Google Patents
Structure deployableInfo
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- EP1492933A1 EP1492933A1 EP03745833A EP03745833A EP1492933A1 EP 1492933 A1 EP1492933 A1 EP 1492933A1 EP 03745833 A EP03745833 A EP 03745833A EP 03745833 A EP03745833 A EP 03745833A EP 1492933 A1 EP1492933 A1 EP 1492933A1
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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
- E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
- E06B9/02—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary
- E06B9/06—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type
- E06B9/0607—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position
- E06B9/0646—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position characterised by the relative arrangement of the closing elements in the stored position
- E06B9/0676—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position characterised by the relative arrangement of the closing elements in the stored position stored in a stacked configuration
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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
- E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
- E06B9/02—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary
- E06B9/06—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type
- E06B9/0607—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position
- E06B9/0615—Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type comprising a plurality of similar rigid closing elements movable to a storage position characterised by the closing elements
- E06B9/0638—Slats or panels
Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of deployable structures.
- the present invention applies in particular, but not exclusively, to the production of shutters of the “roller shutters” type intended for the concealment of windows, doors or the like.
- a deployable structure has been described in particular in document FR 2 414 613 comprising elements in the form of blades independent of each other and guide means comprising on the one hand a box suitable for receiving the blade-shaped elements in a stacked arrangement and on the other hand a guide which opens into the boot and which is adapted to receive the blade-shaped elements in a juxtaposed position, the blade-shaped elements comprising means for mutual attachment on their edges transverse to the direction of movement of the blade-shaped elements in the guide.
- FR 2 414 613 The structure described in this document FR 2 414 613 is not entirely satisfactory. In particular, it requires a complex drive structure, which in particular requires a counterweight intended to keep the assembly in tension and a linkage to ensure the opening and closing operations of the shutter.
- the present invention now aims to propose new means having higher performance than that of the prior devices.
- This object is achieved in the context of the present invention, thanks to a structure of the type previously mentioned comprising independent deployable elements and guide means comprising on the one hand a trunk capable of receiving the deployable elements in a stacked arrangement and on the other hand a guide which opens into the trunk and which is adapted to receive the deployable elements in a position juxtaposed, the deployable elements comprising means for mutual attachment on their edges transverse to the direction of movement of the deployable elements in the guide, characterized in that it comprises, on the one hand, means capable of prohibiting relative movement between the hooking means of two adjacent deployable elements when these are positioned outside the boot, whatever the direction of movement of the deployable elements in the guide and, on the other hand, guide elements adapted to impose on the deployable elements, in the trunk, a displacement in a direction having a component transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guide, these guide elements being formed by complementary guide means provided respectively on the sides of the boot and on the sides
- FIG. 1 represents a schematic sectional view, along a sectional plane passing through the direction of movement of the deployable elements, of a structure according to a first embodiment
- FIG. 2 represents a similar view of a deployable element in accordance with this first embodiment
- FIG. 3 represents a similar view of the guide means in accordance with the first embodiment
- FIGS. 4a to 4f represent the positioning of the deployable elements during successive stages of their movement
- FIG. 5 represents a perspective view of a structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 represents a perspective view of a deployable element in accordance with this second embodiment
- FIG. 7 represents an exploded perspective view of a deployable element in accordance with this same second embodiment
- FIG. 8 represents a partial perspective view of the guide means according to this second embodiment
- Figures 9a to 9e show the positioning of the deployable elements during successive stages of their movement, Figures 9a to 9e illustrating more precisely the cooperation between the deployable elements and the oblique guide elements, Figures 10a to 10e represent views respectively similar to FIGS. 9a to 9e, but illustrate more precisely, according to a different cutting plane, the cooperation between the attachment means of the deployable elements during this movement,
- FIG. 11 shows an exploded perspective view of a deployable element according to a third embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 12 shows a sectional view of a structure according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in which the relative immobilization of the deployable elements, outside the trunk, is carried out using latches, according to a cutting plane passing through the direction of movement of the deployable elements,
- FIG. 13 represents a perspective view of a structure in accordance with this fourth embodiment
- FIG. 14 represents a sectional view of a variant of this fourth embodiment
- FIG. 15 represents an exploded perspective view of this variant
- - Figure 16 shows a perspective view of a deployable element according to this variant
- Figure 17 represents a perspective view of the guide means according to this variant
- - Figures 18 and 19 respectively represent a view of the end a deployable element in accordance with this variant in the unlocked position of the lock for FIG. 18 and in the locked position of the lock for FIG. 19, and
- FIG. 22a, 22b correspond to a schematic and detailed view of a first embodiment of complementary fastening means defined at the fastening means, this in a position, respectively, for unlocking and blocking the elements deployable,
- FIGS. 23a, 23b correspond to a view similar to FIGS. 22a and 22b and relate to a second embodiment of complementary fastening means defined at the level of the fastening means, this in a position, respectively, of unlocking and blocking of deployable elements.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 We will first describe the first embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4.
- the deployable structure essentially comprises guide means 100 and deployable elements 200. It also comprises a drive system.
- the guide means 100 include a box 110 and a guide 150.
- the guide 150 opens into the trunk 110. According to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 1
- the guide 150 is formed by two parallel slides 152 and symmetrical with respect to a plane passing through the direction of movement of the elements 200 in the guide. These slides 152 are designed to receive and guide the lateral edges of the elements 200 respectively.
- the invention also applies to variants according to which the structure comprises a single slide 152 (then typically not disposed on a lateral edge of the elements 200 but on the middle part of these), or comprises a number of slide 152 greater than two, or alternatively has variants according to which the slide or the slide 152 receive a part of the elements 200 different from their lateral edge.
- each slide 152 comprises a rectilinear channel having a cross section of constant width.
- each slide 152 may have a profile that is not straight, but at least slightly curved.
- each slide 152 considered transversely to the direction of movement of the elements 200 is complementary to that of the elements 200.
- the guide 150 prohibits any relative movement between two adjacent blades 200 in a direction transverse to the direction of the guide.
- the mechanical connection between the adjacent blades 200, in the longitudinal direction of the guide 150, is itself provided by the hooking means 220 themselves.
- the trunk 110 defines a housing 112 which extends essentially in a direction transverse to the slides 152.
- the guide 150 opens into the bottom of the trunk 110.
- a wall 153 of each slide thus extends the bottom wall 114 of the trunk 110.
- the trunk is delimited, in addition to the aforementioned bottom wall 114, by two flanks 120 parallel to each other and parallel to the direction of movement of the elements 200 both in the guide 150 and in the trunk 110 (one of these flanks 120 is visible in Figures 1 and 3), by a wall downstream 122 transverse to the direction of movement of the elements 200 in the guide 150 but parallel to the direction of movement of the elements 200 in the trunk 110 and by an upstream wall 124 parallel to the downstream wall 122.
- the guide 150 is connected to the wall upstream 124. Obviously it is perforated opposite the guide 150 to allow the latter to open into the trunk 110.
- junction zone between the internal channel of the guide 150 and this upstream wall 124 preferably has a chamfer 126.
- guide elements having an oblique arrangement with respect to the longitudinal direction of the guide 150, adapted to impose on the deployable elements 200, in the boot 110, a component transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guide.
- such oblique guide elements are formed by a partial inclination of the internal surface of the bottom wall 114 of the trunk 110. More specifically still such guide elements are formed by a pan inclined 116. This is preferably flat. It is formed on the part of the bottom wall 114 furthest from the guide 150. The inclined face 116 moves away from the axis of the slide 152 in the direction of a distance from the latter. The inclination between the pan 116 and the axis of the slide 152 is typically a few degrees.
- the location, the length and the inclination of the inclined face 116 are adapted so that, as can be seen in FIG. 4c, which will be described in more detail below, when a blade L2 rests entirely on the face 116, its upstream attachment structure 226 slightly interferes with the downstream structure 226 complementary to the adjacent blade L3 located in the slide 150.
- These attachment structures 226 are brought into engagement when the blade L3 or the blade L2 is biased towards the exterior of the trunk 110. On the contrary, the attachment structures 226 are disengaged when the blade L3 is biased towards the interior of the trunk 110.
- the length of the guide 150 is adapted to receive the elements 200 in their entirety in the position juxtaposed by their edge.
- the guide 150 may have a limited length, less than the amplitude deployed of all the elements 200 as soon as means are provided. able to ensure relative immobilization of the elements 200 outside the trunk 110.
- the latter in turn is adapted to receive one set of elements 200 in a stacked position in which the elements 200 are adjacent by their main lateral faces.
- the deployable elements 200 are formed by blades elongated in a direction orthogonal to the direction of movement of the elements 200 in the guide 150.
- the characteristics of the embodiments corresponding to these Figures 12 and following are, however, not limited to this type of structure and can also find application in roller shutters or other blackout devices, with appropriate arrangements capable of be brought by the skilled person.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of such an element 200 in a view orthogonal to its direction of movement in the guide 150.
- all the elements 200 making up the same structure are identical.
- the foremost element 200, in the direction of deployment, in the guide 150 can be different from the other elements 200 and constitute a covering piece, at least because it does not require mutual attachment means. with another element, than on its downstream edge.
- the elements 200 are formed from solid and opaque partitions. However, this arrangement is not necessary for all applications. It is thus possible in the context of the present invention to produce most of the body of the elements 200 using largely openwork panels.
- each element 200 has a central body 210 defined essentially by two main faces 212, 214 planar and parallel to each other.
- Each element 200 has, at each of its sections perpendicular to the direction of movement in the guide 150, hooking means 220. These means 220 are intended to ensure mutual hooking of each pair of two elements 200 when these are arranged outside the trunk 110.
- Such attachment means 220 can be the subject of numerous embodiments.
- They can be continuous over the entire length of the blades 200 or only partial, limited to part of the length of the blades 200.
- the attachment means 220 define two grooves 222, 224 which open respectively on opposite faces 212, 214 of the elements 200.
- downstream groove 222 that is to say the one which first enters the boot 110
- upstream groove 224 that is to say the one which enters the trunk last 110
- these grooves 222, 224 are symmetrical with one another.
- each element 200 has a section 230 intermediate between the central body 210 with parallel faces and the grooves 222, 224.
- Each intermediate section 230 is delimited on the one hand by a facet 232 plane which extends one of the main faces 212, respectively 214 of the body 210, and an oblique face 234. The latter diverges with respect to the face 212, 214 on which the groove 222, 224 opens in approach to the latter.
- each groove 222, 224 has a generally U-shaped cross section. It is delimited on the outside (which corresponds to the edge of the blades 200) by a wall 226 whose height (considered in a direction orthogonal to the faces 212, 214) is greater than the corresponding height of the wall 228 of the grooves adjacent to the oblique sections 234.
- This arrangement is intended to guarantee on the one hand that the walls 226 escape the wall in look 228 of the blades respectively associated, thanks to the inclined face 116, during stacking in the trunk 110, and on the other hand to guarantee that the walls 226 of two adjacent blades come on the contrary in engagement, during deployment in the guide 150.
- each groove 222, 224 considered parallel to the direction of movement of the blades 200 in the guide 150, is typically complementary to the width of the walls 226 so that in the deployed position in the guide 150 each wall 226 of a blade 200 can penetrate into the complementary groove 222, 224 of an adjacent blade, without play in the direction of the guide 150 outside the functional clearance necessary for the engagement of the walls 226 in the grooves 222, 224 and necessary for the displacement of all of the blades 200 in the guide 150.
- the sum of the height of a low wall 226 and the thickness of the bottom wall of the groove 222, 224 is equal to the thickness of the slats 200.
- each blade 200 has a rounded 229 on its edge which corresponds to the angle of the edge opposite the face on which the grooves 222 open out, 224.
- the blades 200 can also comprise, at the level of said hooking means 220, complementary hooking means 220A capable of ensuring immobilization between two adjacent deployable elements 200, this in a direction transverse to the direction of the guide 150 and in the engagement position of the hooking means 220.
- Such additional attachment means 220A are provided with a certain clearance J authorizing their disengagement and that of the attachment means 220 when the blades 200 of the structure are folded back into the trunk 110.
- Such additional attachment means 220A also make it possible to envisage their activation (FIGS. 22b, 23b) or their deactivation (FIGS. 22a, 23a) in the deployed position of the deployable elements 200, this by acting on the relative position of these elements. deployable 200 by avoiding or ensuring clearance J.
- the blades 200 can be formed from solid material having a constant section.
- the blades 200 have groove structures 222, 224 identical to those visible in FIG. 2, over their entire length.
- the groove structures 222, 224 can be limited to part of the length of the blades 200.
- groove structures 222, 224 are then preferably provided in the vicinity of each of the ends of the blades 200 intended to cooperate with guides 150.
- the blades 200 can be formed from a solid monobloc element.
- the blades 200 can be formed by assembling different components. It can be, for example, the assembly of a central body 240, for example a body produced by extrusion, and two end pieces 242, 244, on the ends thereof (of the type illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 11) .
- the means forming the grooves 222, 224 can be provided either on the central body 240 or on the end pieces 242, 244.
- It may for example be a central body 240 formed by assembling two side panels on longitudinal members defining the groove structures 222, 224 with the interposition of an air space, or even of a material having good properties sound and / or thermal insulation between the two panels.
- They can be made of any suitable material, in particular plastic and / or metal, for example aluminum.
- the blade drive means 200 can be the subject of numerous embodiments. They can be manual or motorized drive means. These drive means are adapted to engage at least one of the blades 200 at the outlet of the trunk 110 to force the latter to move in the guide 150, alternately in the direction of deployment in the guide 150 or on the contrary in the direction of stacking in the trunk 110.
- the drive means may comprise a pinion driven in rotation about its fixed axis at the outlet of the trunk 110 and capable of coming into engagement (by means of a rack provided on each blade 200) with the blade 200 adjacent to the bottom of the trunk 110.
- the pinion successively engages with the various blades as they advance.
- the drive means can be adapted to engage with the outermost blade 200, that is to say the blade which is furthest forward in the direction of deployment, in the guide 150.
- the stacking or stacking of the blades 200 in the trunk 110 from the position illustrated in FIG. 4a is carried out as follows.
- a blade LI is illustrated in the stacked position in the trunk 110.
- the next blade L2 is in position longitudinal extended, like the following blades L3, L4 and L5.
- the blade L2 is thus engaged by means of the attachment means 226 with the complementary means 222 of the blade L3.
- the blade L2 is placed in an intermediate position between the guide 150 and the bottom of the trunk 110.
- FIG. 4b shows that the longitudinal displacement of the blades 200, in the direction of the elongation of the guide 150, associated with the presence of the chamfer 126, the rounding 229 and the oblique face 116 allows the rotation of the blade L2 when that -this is biased towards this oblique face 116 by the biasing means 300.
- FIG. 4c shows the blade L2 bearing against the oblique face 116. Its longitudinal movement is blocked by the wall 122 of the trunk. The pivoting of the blade L2 ensures the disengagement of its attachment means 224 and of the complementary attachment means 222 of the adjacent blade L3. It will be noted that during the reversal of the movement and therefore of the deployment, the walls 226 on the contrary come into engagement to allow the attachment of the blades.
- FIG. 4d shows that the movement continues with the lifting of the blade L2 by the blade L3 thanks to the oblique face 234, accompanied by a relative movement in the direction of the slide 152 between the blades L2 and L3.
- Figure 4e shows the blade L3 taking position under the blade L2.
- FIG. 4f shows that the blade L3 has taken the initial position of the blade L2. A complete stacking cycle of a blade 200 is thus completed.
- the discharging of a blade 200 is operated according to the reverse kinematics.
- the assembly of the blades 200 between them requires a relative displacement of their attachment zones 222, 224 (of two different blades) in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the displacement in the slides 150.
- the width of the guide 150 being complementary to the thickness of the blades 200 and the width of the grooves 222, 224 being complementary to the width of the walls 226, any relative movement between the hooking means 222/224/226 of two adjacent deployable elements 200, is prohibited, when these are positioned outside the boot 110, regardless of the direction of movement of the deployable elements in the guide.
- the second embodiment illustrated in Figures 5 to 10 attached, more particularly according to the invention, differs mainly from that shown in Figures 1 to 4 by the fact that the deployable elements 200 adopt a translational movement to the inside the trunk 110, this translation is due to complementary guide shapes provided respectively on the sides 120 of the trunk 110 and on the opposite sides 250 of the blades. These complementary guide shapes are arranged to give the deployable elements 200, in the trunk 110, a displacement in a direction having a component transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guide 150.
- such complementary forms of guidance are, more particularly, defined to give said deployable elements 200 a translational movement inside the trunk 110, such translation comprising a component in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction T of the guide. 150 (and therefore to the direction of movement of the deployable elements 200 in this guide 150).
- forms of guidance can, again, be defined to give such a deployable element 200, in particular when it enters the boot 110, a translational movement comprising, in addition to a component in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction T of the guide 150, a component in this longitudinal direction T of the guide 150.
- each side 120 of the trunk 110 is provided with at least one guide 160, such as a rib (FIGS. 5 to 10) or a groove, capable of having any shape, adapted to impart a substantially translational movement along a trajectory.
- a guide 160 such as a rib (FIGS. 5 to 10) or a groove, capable of having any shape, adapted to impart a substantially translational movement along a trajectory.
- a deployable element 200 intended to be stored, by stacking, inside a chest 110 or to be extracted therefrom.
- this trajectory conferred on a deployable element 200 can be broken down into a succession of rectilinear and / or curvilinear sections.
- a non-limiting embodiment of the invention consists in that such a rib is inclined (or even perpendicular) relative to the longitudinal direction T of the guide 150, or even rectilinear. More precisely and as visible in FIGS. 5 to 10, each guide 160 diverges with respect to the bottom wall 114 of the trunk 110, away from the guide 150.
- a particular embodiment consists in that the complementary guide shapes are oblique, for example at 45 °, with respect to the longitudinal direction T of the guide 150.
- At least two guides 160, 162 are provided on each flank 120 of the boot 110.
- the guides 160, 162 are distributed longitudinally on the flanks 120, according to a distribution in a direction parallel to the direction of elongation T of the guides 150.
- the guides 160, 162 are preferably parallel to each other. Means are also provided ensuring that, when the blades 200 are engaged in the boot 110, the guides 160, 162 engage with complementary means provided on the sides 250 of the blades.
- the guides 160, 162 have their end closest to the bottom wall 114 located at different distances from the latter.
- the guide 160 furthest from the slide 152 is closer to the bottom wall 114 than the guide 162 closest to the slide 152.
- the ends of the guides 160, 162 furthest from the bottom wall 114 are located at identical distances from the bottom wall 114.
- the blades 200 are provided on each of their sides 250 with grooves 252, 254, complementary in their orientations and dimensions of the guides 160, 162.
- the inputs of the grooves 252, 254 which open on the face 212 of the blades 200 directed opposite the bottom 114 of the trunk 110 are situated at different altitudes with respect to this face 212. More precisely for this, provision is made on the sides 250 of the blades 200 for two longitudinal slots 253, 255, parallel to the face 212 and which open onto the latter. The two lights have different widths.
- the downstream lumen 253, in the sense that it is closest to the downstream wall 122 of the trunk 110, has the greatest width. It opens into the groove 252.
- the grooves 252, 254 are formed in the end pieces 242, 244.
- an elastic biasing means 300 inside the trunk 110 there is provided an elastic biasing means 300 inside the trunk 110.
- the guide means provided on the sides 120 of the trunk 110 can adopt a hollow shape (in particular by adopting the shape of a groove or the like), while the complementary means provided on the sides of the blades 200 would be protruding.
- projecting means can be in the form of rollers, nipples or the like, each of length and / or section adapted to come to move in a groove or the like of depth and / or width. corresponding.
- Such an embodiment makes it possible, for example, to assign a specific projecting element to a specific hollow element for appropriate guidance.
- such guide means may have any shape, adapted to impart a substantially translational movement along a defined path to a deployable element 200 intended to be stored, by stacking, inside a chest 110 or to be extracted from it.
- Figures 9 and 10 show in a comparable manner to Figure 4 the main steps of stacking / deploying blades 200.
- the blade according to the third embodiment, illustrated in FIG. 11, differs from the blade 200 illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 10 by the fact that the means attachment 220, defined by walls 226 and associated grooves 222, 224, are no longer orthogonal to the main faces 212 and 214 of the blades but are inclined relative to the latter, for example at 45 °.
- the downstream edge of the blades 200 that is to say the one which first enters the trunk 110
- the upstream edge of the blades 200 that is to say that which enters the trunk last 110 diverges with respect to the bottom wall 114 of the trunk 110 when approaching the slide 152.
- the blades 200 illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 11 can also include, at the level of the hooking means 220, complementary hooking means 220A (such as visible in FIGS. 22a, 22b, 23a and 23b) capable ensuring immobilization between two adjacent deployable elements 200, this in a direction transverse to the direction of the guide 150 and in the engagement position of the fastening means 220.
- complementary hooking means 220A such as visible in FIGS. 22a, 22b, 23a and 23b
- guide means 100 and deployable elements 200 are found.
- these pins 160, 162 and the associated groove openings 252, 254 are not stepped relative to the base wall 114 of the trunk 110.
- the trunk has in its junction zone between the base wall 114 and the transverse wall 122, an inclined face 123 oblique to the to the longitudinal direction of the guide 150.
- This inclined face 123 diverges with respect to the base wall 114 away from the guide 150.
- the blades 200 are guided both at the bottom wall of the trunk 110 and at the guide 150 by rollers 102.
- the attachment means 220 are formed by a finger 226 projecting from one end of the blades 200 in an inclined orientation relative to the faces 212, 214 of the blades, which finger 226 is adapted to on the one hand to engage with a transverse bar 226bis provided on the second end of the adjacent blade in order to ensure a mechanical connection between the blades in the longitudinal direction of the slide 152, and is adapted on the other hand to penetrate a complementary housing 222 formed between two cheeks 223, on the same second end of the blades in order to simultaneously ensure a mechanical connection between the blades in a direction transverse both to the longitudinal direction of the slide and transverse to the direction of engagement of the hooking means 220.
- the connection between the adjacent blades 200 on the one hand in the longitudinal direction of the slide 152, and on the other hand in a direction transverse both to the longitudinal direction of the slide and transverse to the direction of engagement of the means attachment 220 is ensured by complementary structures of the dovetail or equivalent assembly type provided respectively on the opposite ends of the blades 200 (one of the ends of each blade is equipped with a protruding male element 2200 having a cross section in T resting on generators inclined with respect to the direction of movement of the blades, while the other end of each blade 200 is provided with a female groove of complementary section 2202.
- the means preventing any relative movement between the hooking means 220 of two adjacent deployable elements 200 when these are positioned outside the trunk 110, whatever the direction of movement of the deployable elements 200 in the guide 150, are no longer formed by the guide 150 itself, as was the case for the embodiments previously described.
- latches 260 are formed by latches 260.
- These locks 260 can be the subject of numerous embodiments. Essentially they are formed of means adapted to be moved between a release position and a locking position. In the retracted position, the latches 260 do not interfere with the hooking means 220 and therefore allow free engagement of the walls 226 in the grooves 222, 224 or any equivalent hooking means and respectively free separation thereof. On the contrary in locking position, the latches 260 interfere with the attachment means 220 to prevent free separation thereof.
- the attachment means 220 comprise structures whose orientation is not orthogonal to the main faces 212, 214 of the blades.
- the latches 260 can be formed of pins 262 mounted to slide on one end of the blades 200 in a direction perpendicular to the direction of reciprocal engagement of hooking means 220.
- the pins 262 are resiliently biased towards a projecting position in which the pins 262 interfere with the path of engagement of the attachment means.
- the pins 262 are integral with rollers 264 or any other equivalent means capable of being urged upon entry into the boot 110 to retract the elastic biasing element and the associated pin 262.
- the rollers 264 are urged into the retracted position by a wheel 104 provided at the level of the opening contour of the trunk 110, that is to say at the level of the junction zone between the trunk 110 and the guide 150.
- rollers 264 are biased in the retracted position by a partition 106 provided at the opening contour of the trunk 110, parallel to the direction of elongation of the guide 150, with chamfers of inlet 107 and outlet 108 facilitating the passage of the rollers 264 under the partition 106.
- each blade 200 is provided at its end opposite to that carrying the latch 260 with a housing 261 complementary to part of the pin 262.
- the device according to the present invention offers numerous advantages over the arrangements known from the prior art.
- the present invention allows in particular a limited overall size because it makes it possible to limit the volume of the trunk 110 to the total volume of the blades 200.
- the present invention allows a significant thickness of the blades. It thus makes it possible in particular to integrate any desirable function into the thickness of the blades, for example to give them a showcase function or even to integrate active anti-intrusion means into them. It also makes it possible to easily carry out any desired sound and / or thermal insulation and offers great resistance against intrusion attempts.
- the present invention allows good cohesion in traction (direction of deployment) and in compression (direction of folding) between the blades 200.
- the present invention offers great simplicity of operation (absence of cable, chain or counterweight).
- the present invention is not limited as to its applications. It includes in particular the production of shutters of the roller shutter type. However, it is in no way limited to this application.
- the present invention can thus be applied to any structure which can be deployed in a vertical, horizontal or even inclined direction both vertically and horizontally, to any large structure or wall which must be stored in a limited volume, and thus in particular to the production of telescopic masts, retractable partitions, movable floors, closings, bays, etc.
- Another possible application relates to that of a deployable structure constituting, in its deployed form, a safety rail defined by a plurality of joined deployable elements, such a safety rail being able to be deployed and folded continuously.
- the invention may also relate to a complex structure resulting from the juxtaposition or the arrangement of at least two deployable structures of the aforementioned type.
- an exemplary embodiment may be in the form of two structures of the aforementioned type and juxtaposed so that the deployable elements of these structures can adopt a rectilinear and parallel movement between them, at least part of the deployable elements of one structures being connected, in particular by means of rigid or semi-rigid connection means, to at least part of the deployable elements of the other structure.
- rollers provided on the blades 200 and / or on the guide means 100 to facilitate guiding and moving the blades 200, at the level of all facing surfaces and susceptible of relative displacement, for example at the level of the pins 160, 162.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR0204315 | 2002-04-08 | ||
| FR0204315A FR2838156B1 (fr) | 2002-04-08 | 2002-04-08 | Structure deployable |
| PCT/FR2003/001102 WO2003085229A1 (fr) | 2002-04-08 | 2003-04-08 | Structure deployable |
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| EP1492933A1 true EP1492933A1 (fr) | 2005-01-05 |
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| ES (2) | ES2546958T3 (fr) |
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| FR2838156A1 (fr) | 2003-10-10 |
| EP1492933B1 (fr) | 2015-06-17 |
| WO2003091527A1 (fr) | 2003-11-06 |
| DE60321671D1 (de) | 2008-07-31 |
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