FR2643109A1 - MOBILE SHUTTERING DEVICE FOR OPENING IN A PARTITION - Google Patents

Abstract

This device is composed of a closure member (3) which comprises at least one, and preferably two, juxtaposable walls (30, 31) which have the general shape of cylindrical arcs of vertical axis and with a (total) arc length of the order of 180 DEG , the height of which corresponds to that of the opening (O), and which can rotate about a vertical axis (ZZ') coinciding with their own axis and corresponding to the axis of vertical symmetry of the opening (O), such that the said walls (30, 31) can, as desired, either be brought by rotation into a position in which they are inscribed in the opening (O), completely closing it and being located in the said outer space (EE), or be brought into the said inner space (EI). Equipment for building.

Description

MOBILE SHUTTER DEVICE FOR OPENING

HOUSEHOLD IN A ROOM

  The present invention relates to a movable shutter device for an opening of substantially rectangular shape

  formed in a partition, the vertical plane which contains the opening

  separating one from the other two spaces, one conventional

  called inner space and the other called outer space. Known devices such as doors, windows, and traditional windows serve when they are brought

  in their closed position to achieve a material separation

  between an indoor space and an outdoor space. On the contrary, in the open position, these devices allow free communication between the two spaces. However, they do not allow the user to transfer a useful volume

  normally contained in one of these two spaces in the other.

  For example, when the French window separating an

  a balcony is closed, which is particularly the case during the night or in winter, the entire volume of outdoor space that corresponds to the balcony, and which would be useful as

living space, is lost.

  The presence of a veranda, communicating with an interior space by a French window, allows to enlarge if necessary the space of this space. This solution is not entirely satisfactory. Indeed, it is necessary to provide various equipment for isolating heat and cold interior space, this both at the wall of the wall.

  veranda (opening hatches, blinds) only at the level of the door

  window. These equipment very significantly increase the cost of the installation. The cost is further increased because of the need to provide a motorization of these equipment (due in particular to the phenomena of rapid overheating resulting from

the greenhouse effect of the veranda).

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  The main objective of the invention is to solve these difficulties by proposing a shutter device of the kind mentioned which not only allows - like doors, windows and

  traditional patio doors - to realize the communi-

  cation or, on the contrary, the material separation of the two spaces, but also that has a changing configuration offering leisure to the user to enlarge at will one of the two spaces by appropriating a useful volume which normally, in an other

  configuration, belongs to the other space.

  A second object of the invention is to propose a device

  This system fulfills the various functions of an installation combining a veranda and a French window, without presenting the disadvantages, in particular of greenhouse effect, high cost and

  need for multiple motorization.

  Another object of the invention is to propose a device

  aesthetic, modern looking, inexpen-

  easy to use, and that can be used for various applications both in collective housing and individual housing, either inside a building (in a partition separating two rooms), or in a wall separating an inside of the outside (for example a room overlooking a

terrace or on a balcony).

  These different objectives are achieved in accordance with the

  thanks to the fact that the device comprises an obturator

  comprising at least one wall which has the general shape of a cylinder arc of vertical axis, whose height corresponds to that

  opening, and which is rotatably mounted around a vertical axis

  cal coinciding with its own axis, this axis being positioned in such a way that said wall can at will be rotated into a position where it fits into the opening by closing it completely and being located in said space

  outside, to be brought back into said interior space.

  3. Furthermore, according to a certain number of advantageous but non-limiting characteristics: the shutter member comprises several juxtaposed walls having different physical characteristics, in particular in terms of thermal and / or optical insulation, for example a wall; opaque and a transparent wall; - The shutter member comprises a plurality of adjacent walls which are movable independently of one another about said axis of rotation; the shutter member comprises two juxtaposed walls each having an arc length of the order of 120; the shutter member comprises a single wall (or several juxtaposable walls) having an arc angular length (total)

  of the order of 180, so that the axis of rotation substantially decreases

  with the vertical axis of symmetry of the opening, and that the diameter of the cylinder of this wall corresponds to the width of the opening; the wall is made of a transparent material; - The shutter member is carried by a metal frame-shaped frame to be placed in the wall to define the opening; - The shutter member has the general shape of a drum comprising a pair of up and down circular trays arranged horizontally, which is fixed to the wall; each of the circular plates is guided in rotation about the axis in journals carried by the sleepers

  upper and lower chassis; -

  the chassis carries a pair of high and low annular guides in which the wall slides; - The upper rail is a box receiving a roller shutter can be lowered into the opening through the upper annular guide; - The rotational movement of the wall is controlled by a motor, for example by an electric gear motor, via a worm gear transmission and gear; - The frame is provided with at least one flexible seal capable of ensuring a sealed connection of the wall with the frame, at least when the wall is in the closed position of the opening; the seal is an inflatable hollow seal; the wall has at least one extra thickness adapted for

  compress the seal in the closed position of the opening.

  Other features and advantages of the invention are

  the description and accompanying drawings, which

  preferential embodiments.

  In these drawings: FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view with cutouts of a first embodiment; - Figure 2 is a schematic top view, on a smaller scale, of the embodiment of Figure 1;

  FIG. 3 is a large-scale detail view illustrated

  a principle of tight connection of the mobile wall with the

chassis of the device; -

  FIG. 4 is a schematic top view showing a

  example of implantation of the same device in a dwelling house.

  tion; - Figures 5 and 6 are partial views similar to

  that of Figure 4 but showing the device in two posi-

different conditions;

  FIG. 7 is an exploded diagrammatic view, in perspective

  tive, a second embodiment; - Figures 8 and 9 are schematic top views of the second embodiment of Figure 7, in two different positions; FIGS. 10 and 11 are diagrammatic plan views of a third embodiment implemented in a café having a terrace, the device being represented in two different positions; FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 are diagrammatic and partial top views of a fourth embodiment implemented

in a dwelling house.

  The device shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a rectangular metal frame 1 which defines a rectangular opening 0 arranged vertically; the fictitious vertical plane containing this opening is designated P. The chassis 1 is

  intended to be fixed in a coarse opening previously provided

  in a partition (not shown). By "partition" we mean

  indifferently a thin wall designed to separate rooms within a dwelling, or a wall separating the interior of a room from the outside. The vertical uprights of the frame 1 have been referenced 10 and the upper and lower rails of this same frame have been referenced

respectively 11 and 12.

  The device further comprises a shutter member 2 which has the general shape of a drum. It is composed of two circular trays 20, 21, arranged horizontally and distant from a height which is very slightly less than the height of the opening 0, which allows to embed with a certain clearance the drum in this opening. At the periphery of these two trays are fixed two arcuate cylinder walls 30, 31, which play somehow the role of spacers for the two circular trays. The two walls 30, 31 have substantially the same shape; their arc value is theoretically 120, in practice close to this value to take account of the binding requirements with the edges of the opening. The trays 20, 21 are for example made of polyester concrete; one of the walls, in this case the wall 30, is an insulating and opaque wall which may consist for example of a polyester sandwich panel / polyurethane foam / polyester. The other wall, in this case the wall 31,

  is transparent, for example bent glass.

  Fixing the walls 30, 31 to the two plates 20, 21 can be achieved by any suitable means whose design is within the reach of the skilled person, for example by means of screws and / or gluing; the two adjacent edges of the plates 30 and 31 are for example connected to one another via a profile

metallic.

  The shutter member 3 in the form of a drum is articulated around a vertical axis ZZ 'which coincides with its own axis, that is to say that passes through the center of the circular plates 20, 21, and which corresponds to the axis of the portions of cylinders 30, 31. For this purpose, the trays 20, 21 are provided in their central portion of a shaft portion 200, respectively 210, which pivots in a bracket 110, respectively 120, integral with the sleepers respectively high 11 and low 12 of the frame 1. An electric geared motor 9, mounted on a suitable support (not shown) is adapted to drive in rotation, in one direction or the other, the upper shaft 200, and correlatively the drum set,

  around the vertical axis Z-Z '. This training is done advantageously

  by means of an irreversible transmission

  Endless 90 and gear 91. Ball bearings are advantageously

  designed to reduce friction during this rotation. The consoles 110, 120 are dimensioned, and the shafts 210 are positioned in such a way that, by rotation, each

  walls 30, 31 can come to register and position themselves exactly-

  the walls 30, 31 extend over a sector 120, it follows that the axis ZZ 'is at a distance from the plane P which is substantially equal to half of the radius of curvature of the walls, as can be understood from the simple observation of FIG. 2; in this figure we have

  designated by Y1, Y2 and y3 the radial lines which delimit

  the opaque wall 30 relative to the free space 32 which remains in the drum, the two walls 30 and 31 relative to each other, and the transparent wall 31 with respect to

free space 32.

  We understand that this space 32 allows access to the volume

inside the drum.

  The dimensions of the drum will of course depend on the use

  the device is intended for. For information,

  for use in a dwelling house in which the provision of

  If the separator is between the interior and a balcony, a drum (and opening) of height equal to two meters and a drum diameter of about two meters can be envisaged. In this case the width of the opening will therefore be equal to lm x tg 60,

about 1.732 meters.

  In Figure 2, the frame 1 is shown integrated in a partition 100 separating an inner space El of an outer space Ee. Note that there is provided on the lateral sides 10 of the frame seals 4. Seals can also be provided to ensure the tightness of the connection between the sleepers

11, 12 and the trays 20, 21.

  In FIG. 2, the drum is in a position such that the opaque wall 30 completely closes the opening O while the wall 31 is inside the space El. The wall 30 projecting outwards of the opening (in relation to the plan

  P) it is easily understood that the interior space E1 is increased

  users who can enter the platform below

  21 by the free space 32 inside the drum.

  In Figure 3 there is shown a seal device 4 which cooperates with a thickening or projection 300

  provided in certain areas of the walls 30, 31. When this excessively

  it comes opposite the flexible seal 4, it is compressed which ensures a good seal; against, in intermediate rotational positions, the seal 4 is not compressed, and therefore does not rub against the walls 30, 31, so as not to hinder the rotation of the drum. Note that it is also provided soft flaps 40 further improving this

  tightness, especially to rain; the amounts 10 are advantageously

  metal sections with suitable grooves

  to receive the seal-4 and the flaps 40.

  In a variant, the seal 4 is a flexible tube of the air chamber type that can be inflated with compressed air by means of

  an electro-valve. In this case the inflation is carried out only

  when the drum has been moved to the desired position; it is deflated in order to rotate so as not to rub

against the walls.

  Figures 4 to 6 show a possible example of

  installation of the device in a dwelling house; in these figures two pieces have been represented, for example a living room and a bedroom which are partly separated by a

  partition 101 and which respectively delimit

  EI1 and El2. The wall separating these two interior spaces

  the outer space EE is referenced 100.

  The opening O which is closed by the device 3 is located in the wall 100, facing the internal partition 101, at the

  junction of the three spaces EI1, El2 and EE.

  In FIG. 4, the drum is in an angular position

  2. In this position, the insulating and opaque wall 30 closes the opening O and is located in the outer space EE; the glazed wall 31 is inside the space EI1. In such a position, the space of the El2 is thus substantially enlarged, this space communicating with the interior of the drum 3 through the passage 32. The space El2, which

  corresponds to the chamber, is also thermally and optimally

  isolated from the outside, so that this position is

  most appropriate for the night period. In the daytime, the position of Figure 5 is best suited, as it substantially enlarges the living room while the wall

  glazed 31 allows light to enter the space EI1.

  In the position of Figure 6, the drum is a small balcony fully open to the outside, which can be used for

  reading or taking a meal if the weather is nice.

  It will naturally advantageously be provided outside the wall 100, a cover (not shown) of circular contour corresponding to that of the drum, to prevent falls from

  users, especially if the device is on the floor.

  The passage of the device from one position to another can be achieved either voluntarily, by control of the motor 9,

  either automatically, for example depending on the temperature

  erature and / or outside sunshine, this pilot being

  ordered from appropriate sensors.

  It may of course be possible, although it has not been shown in the figures, to stop the device in an intermediate position, for example by making the free passage 32 move between the two interior spaces El1 and EI2 (in against the partition 101), which allows the passage from one room to another through the drum 3. In this same position, only part of the opaque wall is in

  shutter position of the aperture O, which may be of interest

  especially when there is too much sun to avoid glare. It will be noted that the lower plate 21 plays the role of a floor part inside the dwelling. At time

  the installation of the device, this platform 21 is advantageously

  placed in the ground, so that its upper surface

  is on the same level as the rest of the ground. It goes without saying that the objects possibly placed on the plate 21 will rotate with the drum. This is particularly interesting in certain circumstances; Thus, if the users take the meal on the plate 21 in the position of FIG. 6, and it suddenly starts to rain, by bringing the drum to the position of FIG. 5, it is possible for them to continue their meal.

meal without leaving the table.

  In a variant of smaller dimensions, the plateau

  lower 21 may be shaped to constitute a planter.

  Thus, by rotating the device, the user can permanently have the opening 32 of the planter located in the room where it is located; it is possible from time to time to bring the plants outside (position of Figure 6) in order to

  exposing in a beneficial way to the natural climatic

real, sun or rain.

  The device which is the subject of the second embodiment shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9 comprises a metal frame 5 having the general shape of an inverted "U" comprising two lateral uprights 50 and an upper cross member 51. This frame defines a generally rectangular opening 0 located in a vertical plane P. Between the uprights 50, at the upper part and at the lower part thereof, are fixed two annular guides 52, respectively 53, whose diameter corresponds to the width of the opening 0. The vertical axis ZZ 'of symmetry of the chassis 5 passes

by the center of the rings 52, 53.

  The shutter member, designated by the reference 6, has the shape of a semi-cylindrical wall, of the same diameter as the rings 52, 53. This member 6 consists of two curved bars 62, 63 connected by a series of rods vertical members 61 between which are mounted elements 600; these are rectangular glass plates, of height corresponding to that of the opening 0, and of small width; the plates 600 are attached to the rods

  61 and 62, 63 by conventional means.

  nels, for example by gluing and / or grouting in the same way that windows are fixed on windows. These plates are part of a half-cylinder. The upper members 62 and lower 63 are adapted to

  be slidably mounted in the guides 52, 53 respectively.

  For this purpose, the elements 62, 63 are for example "T" section profiles adapted to move in grooves in the guides 52, 53; anti-friction organs such as

  rollers can be provided to improve this sliding.

  The upper cross member 51 affects the structure of a trunk adapted to receive - as is well known per se - a shutter 55 mounted on a winding drum, the latter can be controlled either manually or motorized by means of

  appropriate control means not shown.

  The apron of the shutter 55 can be raised to be retracted into the trunk 51; it can also be lowered between the two uprights 50 as a traditional flap, through the ring 52; appropriate guide and retaining means, which have not been shown in the figures because they are not strictly part of the invention, allow to guide and

  to retain the lateral edges of the shutter 55.

  The device finally comprises a canopy 54 which has the shape

  a visor which can be made of transparent plastic material

  parent or translucent, for example by thermoforming. The awning 54

  is used when the device is put in place in the opening

  exterior wall; the awning is of course fixed on the outer face of the wall, so as to cover the upper ring 52; for this purpose, the lower edge 540 of the awning has

  a corresponding semi-cylindrical shape.

  When mounting, the lower annular guide 53 may possibly

  be integrated into the soil, so as not to exceed

  the surface of it and not hinder the passage.

  The essential differences of this second mode of

  relative to the first are on the one hand that there is provided a single wall in a cylinder portion - in this case semi-cylindrical - and not two walls juxtaposed on the other hand that only this wall is movable, the device not including

  lower and upper trays turning with the partition.

  In a variant, the wall 60 could be formed of two adjacent and juxtaposable half-walls, movable independently of one another, these two walls (of the same diameter) being able to be brought edge-to-edge or, on the contrary, apart from one another. the other in a circumferential trajectory. In another variant the device could also, of course, include a

  upper and / or lower turn plate (s).

  Figures 8 and 9 show the implementation of the device on a balcony B provided with a R padding carried by a wall 100 separating the inner space El of a room of the outer space EE (and balcony). In the position of Figure 8, the device 6 is positioned in such a way that the glass wall 60 is on the outside. The room is closed, the wall 60 preventing air from entering while allowing the passage of light. When the shutter 55 is raised, it is possible to enter the balcony, and therefore to have an additional volume that is added to that of the interior space El. At night, the shutter 55 can be lowered. If the shutter member 6 is rotated 180, the glazed wall 60 is returned to the interior space, which enlarges - or constitutes - the balcony. As shown in Figure 9, it is of course possible to position the member 6 in an intermediate position, for example to protect the wind (arrow V) and to allow the free passage of the user of the

balcony to the room.

  The third embodiment shown in Figures 10 and 11 shows the characteristic of the first embodiment in which the shutter member - referenced 7 - comprises at least one low circular plate, referenced 70; it can also be equipped with a tray or a high board, but this

  is not essential; it also incorporates the

  the second embodiment according to which the member 7 comprises a single semicylindrical wall 71, made for example in a transparent material. The device shown in Figures 10 and 11 is intended to equip a café with a terrace 102. The front wall overlooking the terrace is referenced 100; the bar disposed inside the coffee is designated b and consumption tables are designated T. The device has a large diameter, for example of the order of 4 to 8 meters, and it is mounted in the middle of an opening corresponding width O made in

the wall of facade 100.

  In the usual position of use, shown in the figure, the wall 71 is outside the opening 0, on the terrace 102. The coffee therefore has a useful volume that corresponds to

  the whole of its interior space increased by the volume of half

  inner cylinder to the wall 71. This position is used especially at night, and when the weather is unpleasant. Note that there is provided in the wall 71 one or more doors

  710 which allow to enter the cafe.

  When the weather is particularly beautiful, it is possible to consume on the outside, by rotating the shutter member

  7 of 1800 to make him occupy the position of figure 11.

  The space available on the terrace is thus in turn increased by

  volume corresponding to the half-cylinder defined by the wall 71.

  The presence of a half high plateau, which is then in the interior space, that the terrace is completely exposed to sunshine. On the contrary, the glass wall being retracted into the interior space is in the shade, which avoids a greenhouse effect and therefore overheating of the interior volume. The tables T and chairs on the plate 70 are automatically transferred as a result of the rotation of the shutter member 7 which naturally facilitates the task of management personnel. This is particularly useful if it is desired to move rapidly from one position to another, for example as a result of the arrival of a downpour while the device is in the position of FIG. bring back into that of

Figure 10).

  The device represented in FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 comprises a shutter 8 composed of two adjacent walls 80, 81, for example both made of glass. The wall 81 has a radius greater than the wall 80, the difference between the rays corresponding, with the game, to the thickness of these walls. As in the first embodiment they both extend over an arc length of the order of 120, thus providing a free space 82 also extending over 120. The device may or may not be equipped with upper or lower circular trays. He is represented

  in an implementation similar to that of the first embodiment of

  tion (Figures 4 to 6). In the position of Figure 12, the organ

  8 is positioned in such a way that the wall 81 closes the opening

  0 and that the other wall 80 separates the two spaces EI1 and EI2.

  In this same position, the possibility of the passage 82 substantially increases the useful space of the room EI1. To move from the position of FIG. 12 to that of FIG. 13, the member 8 is rotated in a block of 1200 so that the free space 82 is open towards the outside, which enables the user to have a balcony of circular shape and relatively

  great. From this position, it is possible to regain

  one or other of the two parts by rotating one or the other of the two walls 80, 81 which thus play the role of individual doors. At the position of FIG. 14, the two walls are brought into correspondence, and superimposed, which makes it possible to improve the quality of thermal and / or phonic insulation of the device, the two walls then playing the role of a double- glazing. From the foregoing, it is clear that the device according to the invention can be the subject of multiple applications; of course the shapes, dimensions and materials used for the different constituent elements will be chosen according to

this use.

  Thus, for example, in the case of use in the form of a large drum (in the case of FIGS. 10 and 11), this drum may be made of welded steel section on which sheet metal ferrules will be assembled. thick steel

  which will form the frame of the high and low circular trays.

  When the device will be used on an outer wall, the movable cylinder arc wall may be coated on its outer surface with a material consistent with the coating of this facade, for example ceramic tiles. On a building facade, it is conceivable to provide on each floor a series of balconies provided with such a device, all of the bins stacked,

  with a variable configuration, thus forming a particular set of

aesthetic.

Claims (16)

  1. Mobile shutter device for an opening (O) of substantially rectangular shape formed in a partition (100), the vertical plane (P) containing this opening separating one from the other two   spaces, one called inside (EI) and the other outside (EE),   characterized in that it comprises a shutter member (3, 6, 7, 8) comprising at least one wall (30, 31; 60; 71; 80, 81) which has the shape   of a cylinder arc of vertical axis, the height of which corresponds to   to that of the opening (0), and which is rotatably mounted about a vertical axis (ZZ ') coinciding with its own axis, this axis (ZZ') being positioned in such a manner that said wall (30, 31 60; 71; 80, 81) can be rotated into a position at will.   in which it fits into the opening (0) by closing it completely   and being located in said outer space (EE), be   brought back into said interior space (EI).   2. movable shutter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said shutter member (3) comprises a plurality of juxtaposed walls (30, 31) having different physical characteristics, in particular in terms of thermal insulation and / or optical , for example an opaque wall (30) and a transparent wall (31).   3. Mobile shutter device according to claim 1, characterized in that said shutter member (8) has a plurality of adjacent walls (80, 81) which are independently movable one of the other about said axis (ZZ ').   4. Mobile shutter device according to one of the claims   1 or 2, characterized in that said shutter member (3, 8) comprises two juxtaposed walls (30-31, 80-81) each having a length arc angle of the order of 120.   Mobile plugging device according to claim 1, 264310 9   characterized in that said shutter member (6, 7) comprises a single wall (60, 71) or a plurality of juxtaposable walls having a total arc angular length of the order of 180, so that said axis of rotation (ZZ ' ) coincides substantially with the vertical axis of symmetry of the opening (0), and that the diameter of the cylinder of this wall   corresponds to the width of this opening.   6. movable shutter device according to claim 5, characterized in that said wall (60, 71) is made of a transparent material.   Mobile plugging device according to one of the claims   1 to 6, characterized in that said wall (60) is composed of elements   plans (600) juxtaposed to fit in a cylinder arc.   Mobile shut-off device according to one of the claims   1 to 7, characterized in that said shutter member (3, 6) is carried by a metal frame (1, 5), generally in the form of a frame, intended to be put in place in the partition (100) in order to delimit the opening (0). Mobile plugging device according to claim 8, characterized in that said shutter member (2) has the general shape of a drum comprising a pair of high (20) and low (21) circular plates to which is (are) fixed (s) said (s) wall (s) (30, 31). 10. movable shutter device according to claim 9, characterized in that each of said circular trays (20, 21) is guided in rotation about the axis (ZZ ') in pins (110, 120) carried by the sleepers. upper (11) and lower (12) of said chassis (1).   11. Mobile shutter device according to claim 8, characterized in that said frame (5) carries a pair of high (52) and low (53) annular guides in which said wall (60) slides. 12. movable shutter device according to claim 11, characterized in that the upper cross member (51) of the frame (5) is a box receiving a shutter (55) adapted to be lowered into   the opening (0), passing through the upper annular guide (52).   13. Mobile shutter device according to one of the claims   1 to 12, characterized in that the rotational movement of said   wall (30-31, 71) is controlled by a motor, for example by a motorcycle   electric reducer 9, via a worm gear transmission and gear. 14. movable shutter device according to claim 8, characterized in that said frame (1) is provided with at least one flexible seal (4) adapted to provide a sealed connection of said wall (30, 31) with the frame (1), at least when this wall is in the   shutter position of the aperture.   Mobile plugging device according to claim 9,   characterized in that said wall (30) has at least one   thickness (300) adapted to compress the seal (4) in the ob- ration of the opening.   Mobile plugging device according to claim 9,   characterized in that the seal (4) is an inflatable hollow seal.