Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Movably interconnected
Patent
1998-06-12
2000-08-08
Purol, David M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Movably interconnected
160232, E05D 1510
Patent
active
060986972
ABSTRACT:
A sectional upward acting door including plural door sections interconnected by hinges and supporting guide members on opposite side edges of each section for moving the door between open and closed positions along spaced apart guide tracks. The door sections are formed from folded metal panels defining an outer wall of each section, opposed top and bottom walls which are curved to provide a pinch resistant connection between door sections and upper and lower inner walls. The upper inner wall includes a socket for receiving a hinge assembly including an elongated hinge plate which is snap fitted into assembly with plural self-lubricating polymer hinge bearing members which fit within the socket. Spaced apart end stiles and center or intermediate stiles support the panel member and transfer the weight of the door sections and other loads between sections at the hinge bearing members. The bottom and top wall profiles of adjacent sections and the hinge assembly provide a substantially pinch resistant door assembly.
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Boucher D. Scott
Krupke LeRoy G.
Megarity W. Mark
Overhead Door Corporation
Purol David M.
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