Sliding-Door Closer Set

• US 20160369547A1
• Filed: 02/16/2015
• Published: 12/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SATO, Genichi
• Granted Patent: US 10,920,475 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/063 on wheels with fixed axis
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/0652 Tracks E05D15/063 - E05D15/0647 and E05D15/0656 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/16 for sliding wings
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 3/02 with pneumatic piston brakes rotary type E05F3/14
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 3/18 with counteracting springs double-acting springs E05F1/14
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/003 for sliding wings Fasteners specially adapted for holding sliding wings open E05D13/04
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/12 by manual operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/14 Doors disappearing in pockets of a wall, e.g. so-called pocket doors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/4654 disappearing in pockets in the wall; Pockets therefor

Abstract

Provided is a sliding door closer set which makes it possible to adjust the position of a trigger arranged inside a door pocket from outside of the door pocket. A sliding door closer set comprises a rail (4), a closer (6) hanging a sliding door (1) and being capable of moving along the rail (4), and a trigger (8) arranged inside the door pocket (2), wherein the sliding door (1) is pulled into the door pocket (2) as a result of engagement between the trigger (8) and the closer (6), which has moved to a predetermined position on the rail (4). The trigger (8) arranged inside the door pocket (2) is integrally connected to a trigger integrated plate (10). The trigger integrated plate (10) is mounted to the rail (4) outside the door pocket (2).

Claims

1. A sliding door closer set comprising:

a rail arranged partially inside a door pocket;

a closer hanging a sliding door and being capable of moving along the rail; and

a trigger arranged inside the door pocket;

wherein

the sliding door is pulled into the door pocket as a result of engagement between the trigger and the closer, which has moved to a predetermined position on the rail; and

the sliding door closer set further comprises a trigger integrated plate mounted to the rail outside the door pocket and integrally connected to the trigger arranged inside the door pocket.

2. The sliding door closer set according to claim 1, wherein a guide unit for guiding the trigger integrated plate is formed in the rail such that the trigger integrated plate can be inserted into and removed from the rail.

3. The sliding door closer set according to claim 2, wherein the rail comprises an outer rail located outside the door pocket and an inner rail located inside the door pocket;

and

the trigger integrated plate straddles a boundary line between the outer rail and the inner rail.