Non-handed swing door operator

• US 8,720,113 B1
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Door Controls USA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Quad Systems, LLC
• Inventors: Krivoy, Paul Jules
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, Katherine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kelly, Catherine A
• Application Number:
  US13/667,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20140123559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 557 Days
• Field of Search: 493/39, 493/40, 493/41, 493/43, 493/46
• US Class Current: 49/341
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/63 operated by swinging arms
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/174 on the left or right side
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/132 Doors

Abstract

A non-handed door operator comprising a motor connected to a mounting plate; at least one gear assembly coupled to the motor and having a driven gear and a driving gear; a gear coupled to the at least one gear assembly; a shaft fixed to the gear and rotatable around an axis in a first rotational direction, the shaft having a first end and an opposing second end; at least one cam positioned on the shaft and having a shell of revolution about the shaft axis; at least one switch intersecting the shell of revolution of the at least one cam; and an arm attachable to the first end and the second end of the shaft.

Claims

1. A door operator attachable to a door operator mounting structure, the door operator comprising:

a motor mounting plate;

a motor connected to said motor mounting plate;

at least one gear assembly coupled to said motor and having a driven gear and a driving gear;

a gear coupled to said at least one gear assembly;

a shaft fixed to said gear and rotatable around a shaft axis in a first rotational direction, said shaft having a first axial end and an opposing second axial end;

a bracket fixed to said motor mounting plate, said at least one gear assembly, and said shaft;

a first sideplate having a first length, a first inner surface fixed to the bracket, a first outer surface opposing said first inner surface, a first lip surface adjacent to said first outer surface and at least partially defining a first slot adjacent to said first outer surface and extending along said first length, and a second lip surface adjacent to said first outer surface and at least partially defining a second slot adjacent to said first outer surface and extending along said first length;

a second sideplate spaced a distance from the first sideplate to define a volume between said first sideplate and said second sideplate, said volume intersecting said motor and said motor mounting plate, said second sideplate having a second length, a second inner surface fixed to the bracket, a second outer surface, a third lip surface adjacent to said second outer surface and at least partially defining a third slot adjacent to the second outer surface and extending along said second length, and a fourth lip surface adjacent to said second outer surface and at least partially defining a fourth slot adjacent to said second outer surface and extending along said second length; and

an elongate arm operationally mounted to either said first end or said second end of said shaft.

2. The door operator of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one cam positioned on said shaft and having a shell of revolution about the shaft axis; and

at least one switch intersecting the shell of revolution of said at least one cam.

3. The door operator of claim 1 further comprising a drive gear attached to said arm and said shaft.

4. The door operator of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one motor mounting hole extending between opposing sides of said motor mounting plate, said motor mounting hole having a first axis parallel to said shaft; and

wherein the at least one gear assembly has an access hole therethrough, said access hole axially alignable with said at least one motor mounting hole.

5. The door operator of claim 1 wherein the door operator is vertically rotatable between an RH and an RHR configuration.

6. The door operator of claim 1 wherein said motor, said at least one gear assembly, said gear, and said shaft are at least partially within the volume defined by said first and second sideplates.

7. The door operator of claim 1 wherein said first slot and said second slot extend only partially between said first outer surface and said first inner surface.

8. The door operator of claim 4 wherein said at least one gear assembly further comprises a driven gear having a cylindrical surface circumscribing a second axis and defining said access hole, said second axis axially alignable with said first axis.

9. The door operator of claim 7 wherein said third slot and said fourth slot extend only partially between said second outer surface and said second inner surface.

10. The door operator of claim 1 wherein said first length is equal to said second length.