Patent ID: 7426803

Claim:
A swinging and sliding door assembly for a rail vehicle, comprising: a guide stationarily mounted to the rail vehicle, said guide having a straight section and an inwardly curved section curved in a direction toward a door frame of the rail vehicle; at least one door leaf horizontally guided in an upper region thereof by said guide; a guide arm attached to said door leaf and operatively connected to said guide; a guide rail disposed on said door leaf and means coupled to said guide rail for swinging said door leaf relative to the rail vehicle; a drive for moving said door leaf into a position extending parallel to an outer wall of the vehicle, said drive including a guide unit which engages with said guide arm; said means for swinging said door leaf include an angular lever for guiding and moving said door leaf, said angular lever being rotatably mounted in a substantially horizontal plane in an immediate vicinity of said door frame, said angular lever having a first limb connected with said guide rail of said door leaf, and a second limb temporarily engaging with, and selectively operatively connected to, a control element disposed on said guide unit for swinging said door leaf and said second limb disengaging from said control element after a defined swinging displacement of said door leaf; and wherein, for controlling a sliding movement of said door leaf, said guide arm is operatively connected to said control element, and during a closing movement of said door leaf, said second limb of said angular lever selectively engages with, and selectively connects operatively to, said control element for swinging said door leaf into a closed position wherein said angular lever assumes a home position and thereby firmly presses said door leaf against a door seal and locks said door leaf.