Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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A FITTING FOR SLIDING DOORS SUSPENDED AT A RUNWAY RAIL
. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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i 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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The present invention relates to a fitting for
sliding doors suspended at a runway rail, which fitting is
intended for a mounting to the upper edge of the sliding
door or to a travelling or sliding carriage associated
therewith or is structured as an integrated component of
~-is latter and serves for the mounting to a counter fitting at
the travelling or sliding carriage or to the upper edge of
the door and is, therefore, provided with a recess having
an opening facing the counter fitting in its mounted con-
dition thereof and intended for receipt and positioning of
the head of a mounting member forming part of the counter
fitting, which recess is accessible from its side via a
groove having two upper side flanges covering partly the
groove.
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2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Such fittings are generally of the same design.
The mounting element has to be inserted into the fitting
mounted on the door laterally relative to the upper edge
of the sliding door. For this reason the sliding doors
necessitate for their mounting or possible removing a
lateral insertion path of about 10 to 20 millimeters. This
means, however, ~hat front blinds for the hiding of the
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mechanism of the sliding door must either be mounted at a
corresponding distance from the runway rail or sliding
door, which influences the aesthetics detrimentally 2nd
is a waste of space or then must be designed such that
they may be removed.
Specifically in case of a sliding door separat-
ing rooms these drawbacks are of severe consequences. La-
terally located covering walls can be mounted only after
the sliding door has been hung onto its rail. Such cover-
ing walls are often mounted to kitchen furniture sets, to
mounted furniture and similar, such that the sliding doors,
e.g. in case of a possible repairing at the fitting of the
door, can be dismounted only at large expenditures.
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A further severe drawback of the known design
of fittings is that upon the tiahtening of the counter nut
of the mounting element at the fitting of the door such is
rotated along and moves in the receiving groove extending
laterally relative to the upper edge of the door, such
that the set level as well as the lateral position of the
sliding door are changed and must be readjusted several
times. This task ends often in a time consuming trying
procedure.
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~'~ SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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It is, therefore, a general object of the in-
vention to provide a fitting for such sliding doors avoid-
ing the above men~ioned drawbacks. According to the in-
vention this problem is solved by a fitting having a longi-
tudinal groove extending in its mounted condition in the
longitudinal direction of the upper edge of the sliding
door and extending into said recess.
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In order to also provide for the possibility of
lateral adjustment an additional lateral groove is provided
which extends through the longitudinal groove. Accordingly,
also in case of a mounted lateral covering wall the sliding
door can easily be hooked into the mounting member without
~ necessitating a larger lateral intervening space. It is
:~ also possible to fixedly mount an upper front covering until
~ immediately adjacent the sliding door which specifically in
;~i case of doors of cabinets leads to an optical improvement
-- lo which is not to be underestimated. Additionally, due to
this preferred construction the universality of the fitting
is improved.
In order to prevent a shifting of the set position
of the sliding door during the mounting of the mounting
element to the fitting a recess having parallel edges is
preferably located at the lower side of the side flanges and
~, extending in the longitudinal direction of the groove, such
to cause a substantially form-locked positioning of a
correspondingly shaped head of the mounting member. ~y
means of such a rotating or a shifting of the mounting
member during the tighteniDg of a counter nut will be
presented.
According to the invention there is provided a
fitting for sliding doors suspended at a runway rail, which
fitting is intended for a mounting to the upper edge of the
sliding door and serves for the mounting to an associated
travelling or sliding carriage. The fitting comprises an
elongate body adapted for mounting to an edge of a slidable
~`~ door, the body including a longitudinal recess for the
receipt and positioning there within of the head of a
mounting member attached to the travelling or sliding
carriage, a transverse recess intersecting the longitudinal
recess and having two spaced upper side flanges partly
overlaying the transverse recess and defining a transverse
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groove which extends across the entire width of the body,
- and a longitudinal groove extending upwardly from the
longitudinal recess and having a smaller width than that of
~,~ the longitudinal recess to slidably receive the associated
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~ There is also provided a fitting for sliding doors
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suspended at a runway rail, which fitting is intended for a
mounting to a travelling or sliding carriage associated
therewith and serves for the mounting to a counter fitting
~ lo at the upper edge of the door, the fitting comprises an
-~ elongate body adapted for mounting to an edge of a door, a
longitudinal recess in the body, the recess having an
upwardly open longitudinal groove facing the counter fitting
in its mounted condition thereof and intended for receipt
and positioning of the head of a mounting member forming
part of the counter fitting, and a transverse recess in the
body, the transverse recess intersecting the longitudinal
recess and having two spaced upper side flanges partially
covering the transverse recess and defining an upwardly open
transverse groove which extends across the entire width of
the body between the spaced side flanges, the longitudinal
groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the upper
edge of the sliding door and extending into the recess to
~`, permit longitudinal movement of the mounting member along
the longitudinal recess.
The invention further provides a fitting for
sliding doors suspended at a runway rail, which fitting is
structured as an integral component of an associated
travelling or sliding carriage and serves for the mounting
to a counter fitting at the upper edge of the door. The
fitting comprises an elongate body adapted for mounting to
an edge of a door, a longitudinal recess in the body, the
recess having an upwardly open longitudinal groove facing
the counter fitting in its mounted condition thereof and
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intended for receipt and positioning of the head of a
mounting member forming part of the counter fitting, and a
` transverse recess in the body, the transverse recess
` intersecting the longitudinal recess and having two spaced
upper side flanges partially covering the transverse recess
and defining an upwardly open transverse groove which
extends across the entire width of the body between the
spaced side flanges, the longitudinal groove extending in
; the longitudinal direction of the upper edge of the sliding
lo door and extending into the recess to permit longitudinal
movement of the mounting member along the longitudinal
recess.
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Preferably, the transverse recess extends through
` the longitudinal recess and is shaped correspondingly, and
the transverse groove may have openings adjacent a front
~-~ face and adjacent a rear face of the door for the lateral
:i~ positioning of the mounting member. And also preferably,
;~ each of the longitudinal and transverse recesses may have a
width greater than that of the corresponding longitudinal
and transverse grooves to receive a correspondingly shaped
part of the head of the mounting member in a substantially
form locked fashion and to lock the head against any
~i rotation.
BRIEF DESCRIeTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be better understood and
objects other than those set forth will become apparent when
consideration is given to the following detailed description
thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed
drawings wherein:
~ Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a fitting in
; accordance with the invention, including the head area of
-i the mounting element;
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Fig. 2 is a sec~ion through the longitudinal
center plane of the fitting of Fig. l;
Fig. 3 is a view from the left onto the fitting
of Fig. 1: and
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a fitting in
accordance with the invention mounted to a travelling
carriage.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The fitting 1 illustrated in the figures is
screwed onto the upper edge of a sliding door 2. The head
7a of a mounting member 7 connected to a travelling carri-
age is guided into an opening 4 of the fitting 1 and slid
into the longitudinal groove 3. To this end merely an up-
wards movement and a longitudinal shifting of the door 1
or mounting member 7 is necessary. The mounting member 7
is positioned at the rear abutment of the longitudinal
groove 3 or by abutting the side flanges 5" of the lateral
groove 5, respectively. Due to the lateral groove 5 a la-
teral positioning of the mounting member is possible. If
the head 7a of the mounting member 7 is designed such to
have two parallel edges a rising or lifting of the head
leads to a substantially form-locked receipt between the
abutment edges 6 of an additional recess in the lateral
groove 5. By means of such only a lateral shifting of the
coupling member 7 for an adjusting thereof is possible,
a rotating or twisting of this mounting rnember is, how-
ever, prevented. A preventing of the tendency of the mount-
ing element 7 to shift sideways during a tightening of a
counter nut is prevented as well and the selected adjust-
ment will be maintained.
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Basically, it is also conceivable to design the
fitting 1 as part (integral part or part mounted thereto)
of the travelling or sliding carriage 8 and to mount the
counter fitting, i.e. the mounting element 7 having a
head 7a, onto the upper edge of the door (not specifically
illustrated). Also such a fitting allows a simple and pre-
cise mounting of the sliding door. Such a design is illu-
strated schematically in figure 4.
While there are shown and described present pre-
ferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be distinct-
ly understood that the invention is not limited thereto,
but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced with-
in the scope of the following claims.
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