Patent ID: 6301833
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
A clamping device in combination with a panel element (3) portable along a top and bottom guide rail (1,2), said element being fitted with guide means (4,5) mounted on the top and bottom edge of the element, said guide rails (1,2) being provided with a pivoting point for the element (3), at which the element (3) is pivotable relative to a pivot spindle (6) constituted by a guide means (4) on the top edge of the element and a guide means (5) on the bottom edge of the element, at least one of the guide means (4,5), which constitute the pivot spindle (6), being adapted to set in a clamped position in the guide rail (1,2) as the element (3) is pivoted relative to said pivot spindle (6), characterized in that the guide means (4) adapted to clamp in place includes a locking member (7) with a circular-segment shaped cross-section, adapted to be non-rotatable relative to the element (3) and having a straight portion (8) which is aligned essentially in parallel with the guide rails (1,2) as the element (3) travels along the guide rails, that, for the locking member (7), the pivoting point is fitted with a pivot guide (9), having one (11) of its parallel flanks (10, 11) facing each other provided with a circular-arc shaped recess (12), and that the circular-segment shaped cross-section of the locking member (7) has a smallest diametral dimension (d) which is less than a distance (a) between the straight flanks (10, 11) of the guide pivot and a largest diametral dimension (D) which is substantially equal to a maximum distance (A) between the opposite flanks of the pivot guide (9) at the circular-arc shaped recess (12).