Door opening system for a garage door

• US 20070235149A1
• Filed: 03/28/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: May Tzou
• Original Assignee: May Tzou
• Inventors: Trzaskowski, Czeslaw, Kiszkiel, Urszula, Hillar, Tomasz, Trzaskowski, Michal, Wu, Sam
• Application Number:
  US11/392,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20070235149A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 160/188
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/41 Detection by monitoring transmitted force or torque E05F15/48 takes precedence; Safety couplings with activation dependent upon torque or force, e.g. slip couplings
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/686 by cables or ropes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/654 Cables
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/668 Pulleys; Wheels
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/337 Encoder wheels
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/458 in or on a transmission member
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages

Abstract

A door opening system includes a power transmission mechanism, a trolley, and a connecting arm. The power transmission mechanism includes a motor, a drive wheel driven rotatably by the motor, an indirect wheel, and a tension wheel. A transmission rope is trained on the drive, indirect and tension wheels in a closed loop such that parts of the transmission rope extend along a spiral path on the drive and indirect wheels, and do not contact each other, and such that rotation of the drive wheel drives the indirect and tension wheels rotatably. The trolley is coupled to the transmission rope, and is disposed between the indirect and tension wheels of the power transmission mechanism. The connecting arm has a first end coupled to the trolley, and a second end adapted to be coupled to the garage door.

Claims

1. A door opening system for a garage door, comprising:

a power transmission mechanism including

a motor,

a drive wheel driven rotatably by said motor, and having a first outer surrounding surface formed with a first groove unit,

an indirect wheel having a second outer surrounding surface formed with a second groove unit,

a tension wheel having a third outer surrounding surface formed with a third groove,

said drive, indirect, and tension wheels being aligned along a longitudinal direction, and being spaced apart from each other, said indirect wheel being disposed between said drive wheel and said tension wheel, and

a transmission rope trained on said drive, indirect, and tension wheels in a closed loop such that said transmission rope is received in said first groove unit, said second groove unit and said third groove, such that the parts of said transmission rope that are received in said first and second groove units extend along a spiral path and do not contact each other, and such that rotation of said drive wheel drives said indirect and tension wheels rotatably;

a trolley coupled to said transmission rope, and disposed between said indirect and tension wheels of said power transmission mechanism; and

a connecting arm having a first end coupled to said trolley, and a second end adapted to be coupled to the garage door.

2. The door opening system for a garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first groove unit includes a first number of annular grooves, said second groove unit including a second number of annular groves, the second number being one more than the first number.

3. The door opening system for a garage door as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a main board including a main processor for generating an identification code for a specific function of said door opening system; and

a voice module coupled electrically to said main processor for receiving the identification code from said main processor, and for generating a voice signal that corresponds to the identification code.

4. The door opening system for a garage door as claimed in claim 3, wherein said voice module includes:

a memory bank for storing a plurality of voice samples;

a voice processor coupled electrically to said main processor and said memory bank for receiving the identification code from said main processor, for obtaining the voice samples from said memory bank that correspond to the identification code, and for generating a synthesized output from the voice samples thus obtained;

a pulse width modulation module coupled electrically to said voice processor for modulating the synthesized output from said voice processor; and

an amplifier coupled electrically to said pulse width modulation module for amplifying a modulated output from said pulse width modulation module so as to result in the voice signal.

5. The door opening system for a garage door as claimed in claim 1, wherein said motor is a direct current motor.

6. The door opening system for a garage door as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

a rotation sensor for generating an output corresponding to rotational speed of said indirect wheel of said power transmission mechanism; and

a double force control system circuit unit coupled electrically to said motor and said rotation sensor for controlling said motor according to at least one of current flowing through said motor and the output of said rotation sensor.