Patent ID: 7000977
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a slidable and hinged door; at least one swivel arm configured as a double hinge arranged to displace the door from a plane of a door opening, the double hinge configured to provide a slide motion of the door to displace the door into a plane arranged in front of the plane of the door opening and approximately parallel to the plane of the door opening and to slide the door in the plane arranged approximately parallel to the plane of the door opening by parallel guidance, the double hinge connected to a door frame configured to limit opening of the door, the double hinge including a first hinge and a second hinge, each of the first hinge and the second hinge including an axis parallel to each other, the first hinge and the second hinge hingedly supported with respect to each other, the first hinge rotatably fixed to the door frame, the second hinge rotatably fixed to the door; and servomotors arranged to engage the first hinge and the second hinge; wherein the door is configured to swivel on an axis of the first hinge in response to a selected swivel function of the door, the door configured to swivel on the axis of the first hinge and on an axis of the second hinge in response to a selected sliding function of the door, the servomotors configured to one of (a) activate and (b) determine at least one of (a) swivel motions and (b) swivel possibilities of the double hinge.