Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – With mounting or supporting means
Patent
1991-08-06
1993-02-16
Johnson, Blair M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
With mounting or supporting means
160199, 16 72, E05D 1526
Patent
active
051862301
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a mechanism for aiding in the closing of a bi-fold door, and for maintaining the door in a closed position, which includes a door frame having vertically spaced apart frame members, an upper horizontal frame member extending between said vertical frame members, the frame members defining an opening in a wall, a pair of bi-fold doors hinged together at adjacent edges adapted to at least partially close the opening, one of the doors of each pair being in a fixed position to pivot about points at the top and bottom thereof adjacent one of the vertical frame members, a guide and supporting track extending longitudinally along the length of the upper frame member, a roller member extending upwardly from the other of the inner doors into the track and being guided thereby in the track whereby the other of the doors at the free end thereof has sliding longitudinal movement in the track and the pair of doors may move from an open position in which they are in a generally V-shape into a closed position where they are in an in-line closed position to close the opening, comprising, a bracket member mounted within said opening and offset from the pivotal points of the one door, a spring attached at one end thereof to the bracket member and the other end thereof attached to the one of the doors at a point spaced inwardly from the pivotal points of the one end of the one door.
The point of connection of the spring to the bracket and to the one door being such that as the pair of doors are opened the spring has energy stored therein to aid closing the door, the spring being so chosen and arranged as to have energy stored therein so as to maintain the one door in a closed position absent an opening force exerted on the pair doors.
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