Patent ID: 7454815
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Connecting device for producing an articulated connection between successive panels of a sectional door leaf, the device comprising: a connecting element ( 20 ) that is attachable to two successive panels, the connecting element having a joint axis ( 26 ) about which the successive panels pivot; a carrier element ( 10 ); and a guide element mounted in the carrier element, the carrier element ( 10 ) being attachable to the connecting element ( 20 ), the connecting element ( 20 ) having at least one contact surface ( 24 a ) that is contactable with one of the two panels, and a fastening surface ( 24 b ) that is offset a certain distance away from the contact surface in a direction perpendicular to the contact surface so as to form an intermediate space between the fastening surface ( 24 b ) and the panel, the carrier element ( 10 ) having a fastening area ( 16 ) insertable into the intermediate space, the fastening surface ( 24 b ) having a first opening ( 28 ) and the fastening area ( 16 ) having a second opening ( 18 ), the first and second openings ( 18 , 28 ) being aligned with each other when the fastening area ( 16 ) is inserted into the intermediate space, the carrier element ( 10 ) being formed as an essentially U-shaped profile made of the fastening area ( 16 ) in a plane parallel to the joint axis ( 26 ) and two outer sidepieces perpendicular to the contact surface ( 24 a ), each of the two outer sidepieces of the profile having an opening ( 13 ) arranged to accept a retaining bolt of the guide element so that the bolt is parallel to the joint axis ( 26 ), the fastening area ( 16 ) having the second opening ( 18 ).