Patent ID: 9227739
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B64G,E04H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A rolling hinge device comprising: two winding cylinders arranged substantially parallel to each other; a longitudinal link element-forming winding means, the winding means being able to maintain a predetermined distance between the two winding cylinders and being wound around the two winding cylinders; and at least two flexible tracks, each flexible track of the at least two flexible tracks being fixed to a respective one of the two winding cylinder cylinders, wherein the at least two flexible tracks are arranged facing one another and have a point of contact, wherein a prestressing force is applied at the point of contact under an effect of the winding means, and wherein at least a first flexible track of the at least two flexible tracks includes a first plurality of slots produced over an entirety of a length of the first flexible track and between lateral edges of the first flexible track, and wherein the first plurality of slots delimits a plurality of flexible beam sections of determined profiles in the first flexible track that are configured to promote an evacuation of foreign bodies housed between the at least two flexible tracks.