Door operation control apparatus

• US 4,383,206 A
• Filed: 07/08/1981
• Issued: 05/10/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamauchi, Koji, Suzuki, Mitsuo, Tokunaga, Takeshi, Yonekura, Seiji, Matsuoka, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): Truhe, J. V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Evans, A.
• Application Number:
  US06/281,425
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: 318/445, 318/466-469, 318/475, 318/283, 318/284, 318/286, 318/266, 318/452, 364/107, 364/425, 364/513, 49/28
• US Class Current: 318/445
• 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 15/668 for overhead wings
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/79 using time control
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/00 Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/0851 for motors actuating a movable member between two end positions, e.g. detecting an end position or obstruction by overload signal

Abstract

A motor for operating the door is controlled for forward and reverse rotations and stoppage by a control circuit responsive to an operation command signal, an upper-lower limit signal, an obstruction detection signal and a maximum drive time over signal, thus controlling the door stepwise for opening, stoppage, closing, stoppage and opening in that order. Upon generation of an obstruction detection signal or a maximum drive time over signal during the closing operation, the control circuit controls the motor in a manner to open the door for a certain period of time, and subsequently upon application of an operation command signal, the control circuit is set in a manner to open the door again.

Claims

1. A door operation control apparatus comprising door drive means and control means for controlling said door drive means, said control means including an output control circuit for controlling said door drive means in such a manner as to effect selected one of the opening, stopping and closing of said door, condition detector means for detecting various conditions of selected one of the door and the door drive means, door operation command means, and a signal processing circuit for effecting logic decision on a signal from said condition detector means and said door operation command means thereby to control said output control circuit, said signal processing circuit stepping forward the repetitive operating cycle of door opening, stoppage, closing and stoppage in response to each command signal applied thereto from said operation command means, said signal processing circuit further controlling said output control circuit in such a manner as to open said door in response to an obstruction detection signal from said condition detector means indicative of the fact that the door closing operation has been prevented, said signal processing circuit including means for processing signals in such a manner as to open said door for a predetermined length of time in response to said obstruction detection signal and means for processing signals in such a manner as to control said output control circuit so that the door is opened again in response to a command signal from said door operation command means if the door is stationary after said opening operation by said obstruction detection signal.

2. A door operation control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said signal processing circuit includes means for processing signals in the same manner as the stoppage after the door closing in said repetitive operating cycle of the opening, stoppage, closing and stoppage as a stoppage control after the opening operation by said obstruction detection signal.

3. A door operation control apparatus comprising door drive means and control means for controlling said door drive means, said control means including an output control circuit for controlling said door drive means in such a manner as to effect selected one of the opening, stopping and closing of said door, condition detector means for detecting various conditions of selected one of the door and the door drive means, door operation command means, and a signal processing circuit for effecting logic decision on a signal from said condition detector means and said door operation command means thereby to control said output control circuit, said signal processing circuit stepping forward the repetitive operating cycle of door opening, stoppage, closing and stoppage in response to each command signal applied thereto from said operation command means, said signal processing circuit further controlling said output control circuit in such a manner as to stop the closing of said door in response to a maximum drive time over detection signal from said condition detector means indicative of the fact that the door closing operation has continued for longer than a predetermined maximum drive time, said signal processing circuit including means for processing signals in such a manner as to stop the door closing operation and open said door for a predetermined length of time followed by the stoppage thereof in response to said maximum drive time over detection signal, and means for processing signals in such a manner as to control said output control circuit so that the door is opened again in response to a command signal from said door operation command means during the stoppage of the door following the opening thereof for said predetermined length of time.

4. A door operation control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said signal processing circuit includes means for processing signals in the same manner as the stoppage after the closing operation in said repetitive operating cycle of opening, stoppage, closing and stoppage as a stoppage control after the opening operation in response to the maximum drive time over detection signal.