Patent ID: 6250014
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
A door closing coordinator used to control a sequence in which first and second doors are closed, said coordinator comprising:a housing,said housing formed as a tube having a uniform cross section along its length,said tube having a front face, a rear wall, a top panel, a bottom panel, a left end and a right end,first and second arms mounted within and extendable from said housing,each said arm having first and second ends,each said arm pivotally attached to said housing proximate said first arm end,said first arm being shorter in length than said second arm;means for extending said arms outward from said housing to a ready position;means to retain said second arm in said ready position until said first arm is contacted by said first of said doors and retracted into said housing,said retaining means including a timing cam member engaging said second arm proximate said first end,a link having first and second ends,said first link end pivotally attached to said cam and said second link end pivotally attached to said first arm proximate said first arm and whereby retraction of said first arm into said housing causes said link to rotate said cam to disengage said first end of said second arm allowing said second arm to retract into said housing when contacted by said second door.