Patent ID: 8561351
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. In a slide-guide door for a door opening in a transit vehicle, said opening having substantially vertical edges, said slide-guide door comprising at least one door panel having a top edge and a bottom edge, said door panel being coplanar with the door opening when in a closed position, a door post adjacent one of said edges of the door opening, at least one operating arm mounted on and rotatable with the post, the operating arm being pivotally connected to the door panel via a pin pendent from the bottom edge of the door panel, a guide track adjacent the top edge of the door panel, a follower extending from the top edge of the door panel and engaging the guide track, a prime mover for rotating the door post and operating arm, such that as the operating arm swings inward with respect to the vehicle to a position generally perpendicular to the door opening, the door panel rotates outwardly to an open position generally perpendicular to the door opening, the improvement comprising: said pin having a longitudinal axis parallel with a longitudinal axis of the door post, a solid skirt seal mounted to the bottom edge of the door panel via a hinged connection which enables the skirt seal to rotate about a hinge axis generally parallel to the bottom edge of the door panel, said hinge axis being above the operating arm, said operating arm being adjacent the bottom edge of the door panel, said operating arm having a portion spaced inwardly of the door panel with respect to the vehicle when the door panel is in the closed position; and a bracket fixed to the door panel and supporting the hinged connection between the door panel and the skirt seal; the operating arm and skirt seal being arranged such that when the operating arm is swung to the position generally perpendicular to the door opening, the operating arm pulls the door panel to the open position and the operating arm pivots the skirt seal away from a floor of the vehicle and outward from an interior of the vehicle and simultaneously collapses a flexible cover extending between the door panel and skirt seal.