U.S. patent application number 11/401634 was filed with the patent office on 2006-10-26 for inset gripping device for sliding leaves and the like.
This patent application is currently assigned to PAMAR S.p.A.. Invention is credited to Giuseppe Borgonovo.
Application Number | 20060238081 11/401634 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36940410 |
Filed Date | 2006-10-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060238081 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Borgonovo; Giuseppe |
October 26, 2006 |
Inset gripping device for sliding leaves and the like
Abstract
An inset gripping device in particular for sliding leaves,
comprising a pair of frames extending in a longitudinal direction
(X-X) and provided with an associated opening extending inside them
over a partial section of the longitudinal length of the said
frame, the parallel longitudinal sides of said frame being
connected by at least one cross-piece extending in the transverse
direction (Y-Y), said cross-piece comprising at least one seat for
receiving corresponding screws for relative fixing of the frames
and at least one central seat for insertion of the means for
joining a cover plate for frontal closing of the frame.
Inventors: |
Borgonovo; Giuseppe;
(Mariano Comense (CO), IT) |
Correspondence
Address: |
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
131 S. DEARBORN ST., SUITE2400
CHICAGO
IL
60603-5803
US
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Assignee: |
PAMAR S.p.A.
|
Family ID: |
36940410 |
Appl. No.: |
11/401634 |
Filed: |
April 11, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
312/107 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E05B 9/08 20130101; E05B
1/0015 20130101; E05B 65/08 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/107 |
International
Class: |
A47B 77/00 20060101
A47B077/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Apr 12, 2005 |
IT |
MI2005A 000615 |
Claims
1. An inset gripping device in particular for sliding leaves,
wherein it comprises a pair of frames extending in a longitudinal
direction (X-X) and provided with an associated opening extending
inside them over a partial section of the longitudinal length of
the said frame, the parallel longitudinal sides of said frame being
connected by at least one cross-piece extending in the transverse
direction (Y-Y), said cross-piece comprising at least one seat for
receiving corresponding screws for relative fixing of the frames
and at least one central seat for insertion of the means for
joining a cover plate for frontal closing of the frame.
2. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said frames form
a mirror arrangement.
3. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said frames have
a perimetral rim for making contact against the respective side of
the leaf.
4. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said seat of the
cross-piece is provided with an associated flared zone.
5. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said means for
relative fixing of the two frames consist of screws provided with a
head.
6. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said
cross-pieces have a pair of seats (21, 22) which are arranged
alongside each other and are symmetrical.
7. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said
cross-pieces have a central seat able to receive the means for
joining the cover plate to the frame.
8. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said cover plate
has a projection extending outwards from one of the end sides.
9. A gripping device according to claim 9, wherein said frame has a
seat on one of the two short sides of the opening.
10. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein a relief
extending in the longitudinal direction is present on the inner
side of the cover plate.
11. A gripping device according to claim 10, wherein said
longitudinal relief of the cover plate has at least one undercut
seat which is open laterally and arranged in a longitudinal
position corresponding to the position of a cross-piece for
inserting and receiving the means for joining together the cover
plate and frame.
12. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said means for
joining the cover plate to the cross-piece comprise a T-shaped head
and resilient lugs with a hook-shaped end for engagement in the
central seat of the cross-piece.
13. A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said frame of
the gripping device has a part of its longitudinal extension able
to receive the means for operating the latch incorporated in the
said gripping device.
14. A gripping device according to claim 13, wherein said part of
the longitudinal extension of the frame able to receive the means
for operating the latch has a through-seat.
15. A gripping device according to claim 14, wherein said seat has
a shape corresponding to the shape of the latch operating means.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to an inset gripping device
for doors, drawers, leaves and the like.
[0002] It is known in the product sector relating to handles for
doors and the like that there exists the need to provide inset
gripping means such as handles and the like able to produce
opening/closing of a sliding leaf, door, drawer or the like.
[0003] It is also known that the inset handles of the known type
have certain drawbacks arising from the structural complexity and
the number of component parts which make both the production and
the assembly thereof within the thickness of the door
difficult.
[0004] In addition to this, the inset handles of the known type are
standardized only to a limited degree in relation to the different
types which must be manufactured, equipped with key, pommel, screw
and the like for operating the latch of the leaf.
[0005] The technical problem which is posed, therefore, is that of
providing an inset gripping device which can be inserted within the
thickness of sliding walls, doors, drawers and the like and which
is composed of a limited number of component parts which are highly
standardized so as to realise all the different types of latch
operating device.
[0006] In connection with this problem it is also required that
this device should have small dimensions, be easy and inexpensive
to realise and be able to be inserted with an optimum aesthetic
effect in furnishing components.
[0007] These results are achieved according to the present
invention by an inset gripping device in particular for sliding
leaves, comprising a pair of frames extending in a longitudinal
direction and provided with an associated opening extending inside
them over a partial section of the longitudinal length of the said
frame, the parallel longitudinal sides of said frame being
connected by at least one cross-piece extending in the transverse
direction, said cross-piece comprising at least one seat for
receiving corresponding screws for relative fixing of the frames
and at least one central seat for insertion of the means for
joining a cover plate for frontal closing of the frame.
[0008] Further details may be obtained from the following
description of a non-limiting example of embodiment of the subject
of the present invention provided with reference to the
accompanying drawings, in which:
[0009] FIG. 1 shows a front view of the gripping device according
to the present invention inserted within the thickness of a sliding
leaf;
[0010] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a first embodiment of the
gripping device according to the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the piece for joining
together the cover plate and the frame of the gripping device
according to the invention;
[0012] FIG. 4 is a front view of the gripping device according to
the present invention;
[0013] FIG. 5 is a cross-section along the plane indicated by V-V
in FIG. 4; and
[0014] FIG. 6 is a front view of a further embodiment of the
gripping device according to the present invention.
[0015] As shown, the inset gripping device according to the present
invention substantially consists of a pair of frames 10 extending
in a longitudinal direction X-X and provided with an associated
opening 11 extending internally over a partial section of the
longitudinal length of the said frame.
[0016] The two frames 10 form a mirror arrangement so as to allow
joining together thereof by means of insertion inside the opposite
sides 1a and 1b of a sliding leaf 1 against which they come into
frontal contact with a perimetral rim 10a, as will emerge more
clearly below. Said opening 11 has, passing through it, a pair of
cross-pieces 20 extending in the transverse direction Y-Y and with
the opposite ends integral with the two longitudinal parallel sides
of the frame 10.
[0017] The cross-pieces 20 have two seats 21 and 22 provided with
an associated flared zone 21a, 22a for receiving the head 23a of
corresponding screws 23 for relative fixing of the frames 10.
[0018] According to a preferred embodiment, said seats 21, 22 are
designed symmetrically so as to allow the insertion of the screws
on the opposite sides of the gripping device and improve the
centring and the relative alignment.
[0019] The seat for a finishing cover plate 30 of the gripping
device is provided in the thickness of the frame 10; said cover
plate 30 envisages a projection 31 extending outwards from one of
the end sides so as to define in a unique manner the direction of
mounting of the said plate on the frame 10 in turn provided with a
corresponding seat 14 arranged on one of the two short sides of the
opening 11.
[0020] The inner side of the cover plate 30 is provided with a
relief 32 which extends in the longitudinal direction and which, in
longitudinal positions corresponding to the positions of the
cross-pieces 20, has an undercut seat 33 which is open laterally,
for insertion and seating of the T-shaped head 41 of the piece 40
for joining the cover plate 30 to the cross-piece 20.
[0021] In greater detail, said joining piece has resilient lugs 42
with hook-shaped ends 42a suitable for insertion and engagement
inside a corresponding central seat 25 of the associated
cross-piece 20.
[0022] Assembly of the gripping device is performed in the
following sequence: [0023] after providing the through-seat 1c in
the thickness of the door 1 and [0024] a pair of frames 10; [0025]
the two frames are frontally inserted inside the respective opening
of the seat 1c; [0026] the screws 23 are inserted inside the
respective seats 21, 22, said screws being screwed in so as to
cause joining together of the two frames and the stable and precise
inset arrangement of the latter against the door; [0027] the cover
plate 30 is inserted inside the associated seat being pressed
frontally so as to cause the engagement of the resilient lugs 42 in
the cross-piece 20 via the central opening 25 thereof.
[0028] In the example of embodiment shown above, the frame 10 of
the gripping device has a part 15 of its longitudinal extension
provided with a seat 15a suitable for receiving the means 50 for
operating the latch 52 incorporated inside the said gripping
device. In the example shown said-operating means consist of a
pommel 51 in the form of a parallelepiped with a part 51a for
insertion in the gripping device, having a cylindrical shape; it is
envisaged, however, that said operating means may be in the form of
a key or the like and consequently the shape of the seat 15a for
receiving them, which is cylindrical in FIG. 2, will be realized in
a manner corresponding to the shape of the operating means.
[0029] As shown in FIG. 6, it is also possible to reduce the
longitudinal extension of the frame 110 of the gripping device for
those applications where the latch is not envisaged.
[0030] It can therefore be seen how the gripping device according
to the invention is formed by a small number of parts which are
highly standardized and are easy and inexpensive to produce and
assemble, it being possible, however, to adapt with small
modifications the gripping device to the various constructional
forms of the latch operating means.
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