Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural and/or with rigid closure – Plural strip – slat – or panel assemblies
Patent
1988-05-20
1990-03-27
Britts, Ramon S.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural and/or with rigid closure
Plural strip, slat, or panel assemblies
160201, 160202, 160 33, 160 37, 49366, 49372, 2441294, 2441295, E06B 500
Patent
active
049112198
ABSTRACT:
A laterally sliding pocket door is disclosed for use in curved walled enclosures such as airplanes, submarines, space shuttles, railroad cars, buses and the like, having a laterally extending divider comprising first and second hollow walls positioned on opposite sides with an open doorway tapered to be substantially wider at the top than at the bottom, and a pair of sliding door member assemblies, each positioned in one of the hollow walls, movable between a closed position meeting each other in said doorway and an open position retracted into the hollow walls. Each hollow wall has a curving guide track for pivotal movement of its sliding door assembly. Each sliding door member assembly comprises an upper, middle and a lower door member constructed and assembled in telescopic relation whereby the upper and lower door members telescope in relation to the middle door member during a pivoting lateral movement to permit the door member assembly to be opened beyond the point at which it would otherwise engage the upper portion of the curved side walls. Each sliding door member assembly has guide rollers cooperable with its guide track to guide the door members in telescoping movement during opening movement. An electric or fluid operated linear actuator moves the door member assemblies along their tracks between an open and a closed position.
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Britts Ramon S.
Kolman David G.
Mosely Neal J.
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