DE29900781U1 - Door drive peripheral device and door drive provided with it - Google Patents

Description

Hörmann KG Drive Technology
Carl-Bosch-Str. 1
33790 Halle i. W.

F 14.777 G-DE sk/si

Gate drive peripheral device and gate drive equipped with it

The invention relates to a gate drive peripheral device for actuating and/or controlling a gate drive that enables a motor-driven opening and/or closing movement of a gate, with a housing that has a housing body and, on a housing front facing an operator, a functional field on which a functional device associated with the gate drive control is arranged. The invention also relates to a gate drive comprising at least one such gate drive peripheral device and to a gate drive series formed from several such gate drives.

Gate drive peripherals of the type mentioned above are usually found in the form of key switches in the area of the entrances to most buildings that can be locked with automatically operated gates. Such key switches are arranged in the area of the gate entrance, for example on a wall on or under plaster. In the key switch design, a housing front has the insert end of a locking cylinder as a functional device. By inserting a key, a person can identify themselves as authorized and control the gate drive of the assigned gate to open the gate. The disadvantage of previous gate drive peripherals such as key switches, code switches, internal buttons, handheld radio transmitters or the like is that if these gate drive peripherals are to be adapted to their environment, expensive special designs are necessary.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a Torante peripheral device whose 40

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Appearance can be easily adapted to customer requirements using simple means.

This object is achieved on the basis of a door drive peripheral device of the type mentioned at the outset in that a decorative panel is exchangeably attached to the housing body to form at least part of the housing front.

If a buyer of a door operator equipped with such door operator peripherals wishes to have the appearance of the door operator peripherals specially adapted to the place of use, it is sufficient to replace the decorative panel with a suitable one. Everything else, in particular the housing body, which forms the actual housing, can remain unchanged. This means that individually designed door operator peripherals can be created with minimal manufacturing effort.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.

In order to be able to individually design as large an area of the housing front as possible, the decorative panel is preferably a frame, in particular a colored frame, that surrounds the functional field. The functional field, which can thus be part of the remaining housing, can thus be prefabricated together with the housing. For example, the housing front is only designed with the corresponding frame upon special customer request. A particularly attractive design is achieved when the decorative panel is provided with a color that is different from the housing body and/or the rest of the housing front area, which can achieve contrast effects. The color of the decorative panel can preferably be selected to match the environment of the door drive peripheral device at the place of use. This can be done, for example, by providing a set of decorative panels, as provided in a further preferred embodiment of the invention, from which a desired decorative panel can be selected for attachment to the housing body or for replacing a decorative panel already present on the housing body. On the other hand, special colors can also be sprayed and

The gate drive peripherals can thus be given a new look.

A wide variety of types of door drive peripheral devices are conceivable. These are preferably control devices by means of which an operator can initiate an opening movement of the door. On the other hand, communication and/or security devices (microphones, cameras, motion detectors, loudspeakers or the like) to be installed at a door entrance could also be designed according to the invention. The door drive peripheral device according to the invention is preferably designed as a stationary or mobile actuating device for the door drive, the functional field being a control panel for the door drive having an actuating device by means of which the operator can initiate opening and/or closing of the associated door or identify himself as authorized for the purpose of initiating this.

For example, it can be designed as a personal identification device that can be attached to a gate entrance. In a further preferred embodiment, the personal identification device is a key switch, a code switch with keyboard, a card reader or similar code input device or a sensor device for detecting personal characteristics or has such switches or devices.

The door drive peripheral device can also be an internal button that enables convenient internal operation or can have one. Mobile remote control devices for door drives such as handheld radio transmitters, infrared transmitters or the like can also be designed as door drive peripheral devices according to the invention.

Gate drives for the motor-driven opening and/or closing of a gate, whose gate drive peripheral devices are designed according to the invention, are characterized by a particularly harmonious integration into the place of use. Finding gate drive peripheral devices belonging to a specific gate drive is made easier in particular if the gate drive peripheral devices assigned to the specific gate drive have elements of the same design. Accordingly, in the case of a gate drive with several gate drives, 35

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drive peripheral devices is preferred if the areas of the housing fronts of these door drive peripheral devices that are still visible outside the decorative panel are provided with molded elements that are identical in color and/or shape. If, for example, an externally mounted key switch and an internally mounted internal button each have identically designed molded elements above and below an exchangeable cover frame, an operator can more easily assign these devices to the common door drive, even though their appearance can be determined by means of the front panel.

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In addition, the decorative panel, which can be exchanged according to the invention, offers an additional advantage in cases where an operator is authorized to operate a whole series of door drives for different doors. If in such a case the decorative panels are selected in such a way that the door drive peripheral devices provided with them can be assigned to the respective door drive, this makes operation easier. For example, the decorative panel could have the same color as the respective door leaf (e.g. different from door to door).

Embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a surface-mounted key switch for a

Gate drive,

Figure 2 is a front view of the key switch according to Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a front view comparable to Figure 2 of the key switch with

removed decorative panel,

Figure 4 is a perspective sketched, reduced view of a removed

decorative panel,
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Figure 5 is a partially broken away side view of a key switch in a

partially concealed design,

Figure 6 a front view of a code keypad,

Figure 7 is a side view of a housing area of the code switch according to Figure 6,

Figure 8 is a side view of a code or key switch equipped

Column,

Figure 9 is a front view of the column according to Figure 8,

Figure 10 is a front view of an internal button in a first embodiment,

Figure 11 is a partially broken away side view of the internal button according to Figure 10,

Figure 12 is a perspective view of the removed front or decorative panel of the internal button of Figure 10,

Figure 13 is a front view of a second embodiment of an internal button and 25

Figure 14 is a partially broken away side view of the internal button according to Figure 13.

The figures show various door drive peripheral devices designed as control devices for a door drive. All door drive peripheral devices have a housing 10. The housing front 12 is formed by molded elements formed in one piece on the housing body 24 and a decorative element in the form of a cover frame 16 inserted between these molded elements 14. As can best be seen in Figure 4, the cover frame 16 is approximately U-shaped with a slightly curved web 18 forming the housing front 12 and two legs 20 protruding from it in the same direction.

formed. The web 18 is provided with an opening 19 which keeps a functional field 22 at least partially accessible for actuating the door drive. The legs 20 are provided on their inside with fastening elements (not shown) of a fastening device by means of which the cover frame 16 is detachably fastened in a corresponding recess 26 (see Figure 3) on the housing body 24 of the housing 10. The fastening device is preferably designed in the form of a locking device. At least one of the two legs 20 is laterally provided with a receptacle 28 into which a tool (not shown) for releasing the fastening device - for example a screwdriver for releasing the locking device - can be inserted. The housing 10 and/or the decorative panel are preferably made of plastics, in particular dyed or colored plastics, or are provided with a coating. Each door drive peripheral device is assigned a set of at least two cover frames (e.g. one light and one dark, i.e. one grey and one dark brown), from which a suitable cover frame 16 can be selected.

In the following, the individual designs of door drive peripherals are explained in more detail.

Key switches 30 and 32 are shown in Figures 1 to 3 and 5. 30 designates a key switch to be mounted on the plaster and 32 designates a key switch to be mounted partially under the plaster. Both have the same housing front 12 shown in Figure 2, but the housings 10 are each adapted to the particular type of installation. The opening 19 of the cover frame 16 leaves only the key insertion opening 36 of a locking cylinder 34 free from the functional surface 22, which is coupled to a key switch (not shown) for operating the associated door drive.

Figure 6 shows a code keypad 38 that can be used instead of such a keypad 30, 32. Here, the opening 19 of the frame 16 is larger, and the operating device for operating the door drive is provided on the function panel 22 in the form of a keyboard 40. A keyboard foil 42 is embedded over the keyboard 40 to protect it. A code for personal identification and operation can be entered via the keyboard 40.

Figures 8 and 9 show a column 44. One of the buttons 32, 38 is arranged on it. An adapter 46 is provided for adjusting the button 32, 38. The column 44 has a base 48 anchored to the ground by means of screw connections with blind plugs 48, a tube 50 forming the main body of the column 44 and a cover 52 for closing the upper end of the tube. The cover 52 consists of a roof-shaped protruding and inclined upper part 54 and a lower part 55 located between the upper part 54 and the tube 50.

Figures 10, 11, 13 and 14 show two embodiments of internal buttons, a first smaller embodiment (Figures 10, 11) and a second larger embodiment (Figures 13, 14). Figure 12 shows the removed frame 16 of the smaller embodiment. The smaller internal button 60 is provided with two buttons 64 and a signaling device 62 on its function field 22, which can also be referred to as the operating field, and in the example shown here has two light guides 66. Figure 11 shows the base plate 68 with a control board 70 inside.

The larger embodiment of the internal button 72 has, in addition to the devices already explained for the internal button 60, two slide switches 74 for switching the door drive (not shown) or a lighting device (not shown) on or off.

Other designs of door drive peripheral devices are conceivable. For example, a handheld radio transmitter (not shown) is shaped similarly to the internal button 30.

The previously described internal buttons 60, 62 are connected to a control unit or a motor unit of the gate drive (also not shown) via cables with printed circuit terminals (not shown).

Essential aspects of the door drive peripheral devices 30, 32, 38, 60, 72 described here are summarized below using the illustration in Figure 1:
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A door drive peripheral device (30) for actuating and/or controlling a door drive that enables a motor-driven opening and/or closing movement of a door has been described, which has a housing (10) that has a housing body (24) and, on a housing front (12) that is to be arranged facing an operator, a functional field (22) on which a functional device (34, 36, 40, 62, 64, 74) assigned to the door drive control is arranged. In order to enable cost-effective and simple adaptation of the door drive peripheral device (30, 32, 38, 60, 72, 44) to the environment prevailing at the place of use, it is proposed that a decorative panel (16) be exchangeably attached to the housing body (24) to form at least part of the housing front (12).

Claims (14)

1. A door drive peripheral device for actuating and/or controlling a door drive that enables a motor-driven opening and/or closing movement of a door, with a housing ( 10 ) that has a housing body ( 24 ) and, on a housing front ( 12 ) to be arranged facing an operator, a functional field ( 22 ) on which a functional device ( 34 , 36 , 40 , 62 , 64 , 74 ) assigned to the door drive control is arranged, characterized in that a decorative panel ( 16 ) is replaceably attached to the housing body ( 24 ) to form at least part of the housing front ( 12 ). 2. Door drive peripheral device according to claim 1, characterized in that the decorative panel is a particularly colored panel frame ( 16 ) surrounding the functional field. 3. Door drive peripheral device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the decorative panel ( 16 ) is optionally provided with a color that differs from the color of the housing body and/or the remaining area of the housing front or corresponds to this. 4. Door drive peripheral device according to claim 3, characterized in that the color of the decorative panel is selected to match the surroundings of the door drive peripheral device ( 30 , 32 , 38 , 44 , 60 , 72 ). 5. Door drive peripheral device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by a set of decorative panels ( 16 ), from which a desired one can be selected for attachment to the housing body ( 24 ) or for replacing the decorative panel ( 16 ) already present on the housing body ( 24 ). 6. Door drive peripheral device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it ( 30 , 32 , 38 , 44 , 60 , 72 ) is designed as a stationary or mobile actuating device for the door drive and that the functional field ( 22 ) is a control panel for the door drive having an actuating device ( 34 , 36 , 40 , 64 , 74 ) by means of which the operator can initiate an opening and/or closing of the associated door or can identify himself as authorized for the purpose of initiating this. 7. Gate drive peripheral device according to claim 6, characterized in that it is provided with a personal identification device ( 30 , 32 , 38 , 44 ) which can be attached to a gate entrance or a gate access. 8. Door drive peripheral device according to claim 7, characterized in that the person identification device is a key switch ( 30 , 32 ), a code switch ( 38 ) with keyboard ( 40 ), a card reader or similar code input device or a sensor device for detecting person-specific characteristics or has such switches or devices. 9. A door drive peripheral device according to claim 7 or claim 8, characterized in that the housing ( 10 ) is attached to a column ( 44 ) to be attached in the area of the gate entrance or gate access at a height that can be reached from the driver's seat of a motor vehicle driving into the gate entrance. 10. Door drive peripheral device according to claim 6, characterized in that it is an internal button ( 60 , 72 ) enabling convenient internal operation or has such a button. 11. Door drive peripheral device according to claim 6, characterized in that it is designed as a mobile remote control device, in particular a hand-held radio transmitter, for a door drive. 12. Gate drive for the motor-driven opening and/or closing of a gate, characterized by at least one gate drive peripheral device ( 30 , 32 , 38 , 44 , 60 , 72 ) according to one of claims 1 to 11. 13. Door drive according to claim 12, characterized by several of the door drive peripheral devices ( 30 , 32 , 38 , 44 , 60 , 72 ), the housing front of which differs from the decorative panel ( 16 ) and is provided with molded elements (14) which are preferably identical in color and/or shape. 14. Gate drive series consisting of several gate drives according to one of claims 12 or 13 for different gates, characterized in that the decorative panels ( 16 ) are each selected such that they allow an assignment of the gate drive peripheral device ( 30 , 32 , 38 , 44 , 60 , 72 ) provided therewith to its respectively assigned gate drive.