Abstract:
A system and method for driving a drawer of a refrigerator and a refrigerator employing this system is provided. This system and method allows the drawer to substantially immediately and automatically stop when the drawer encounters an obstacle. This type of automatic control of the drawer may enhance the safe operation of the drawer, prevent injuries to users, and prevent overload and subsequent malfunction of a drive motor used to move the drawer.
Abstract:
A body portion 41 of a hinge apparatus 4 is mounted to an inner surface of a side wall portion of a housing 2. Basal end portions of first and second links 42, 43 are rotatably mounted to the body portion 41. Distal end portions of the first and second links 42, 43 are rotatably mounted to a connecting member (not shown). A movable member 53 is connected to the connecting member such that the movable member 53 is movable in a left-right direction. A door 3 is mounted to the movable member 53. An outer gear portion 42a is disposed in the distal end portion of the first link 42. A rack portion 53 is formed in the movable member 53 such that a longitudinal direction of the rack portion 53 is oriented in the left-right direction. The outer gear portion 42a is engaged with the rack portion 53b.
Abstract:
A resin window includes a plate-shaped main body portion and a gear projection portion that is molded integrally with the main body portion so as to project in a thickness direction of the main body portion from a rear end portion of the main body portion. A part of a side face of the gear projection portion is surrounded by a gear-side guide frame for guiding the raising/lowering of the resin window. The gear projection portion includes a meshing gear provided along a vertical direction to mesh with a drive gear, and positioning members provided respectively on upper and lower end portions of the gear projection portion to abut on an inside surface of the gear-side guide frame. When the drive gear is rotated, the positioning members slide relative to the inside surface of the gear-side guide frame, and thus the resin window can be raised or lowered along the gear-side guide frame.
Abstract:
A door driving apparatus includes a rotary actuator, a rotary transmission member integrally fixed to an output shaft extending from the rotary actuator, and a pair of linear transmission members opposed to each other via the rotary transmission member. The linear transmission members are configured to be in mesh with the rotary transmission member and to move approximately parallel to each other in opposite directions.
Abstract:
An automatic door driving system that includes a motor, a driving member and a belt cooperating with the driving member. The belt is attached to a door panel to be moved. The motor, the driving member and the endless belt are disposed in a footprint defined by the width and dept of the door frame.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a furniture drive for driving a movable piece of furniture, comprising an electric motor, an actuator that can be moved back and forth between two end positions to apply a force on the piece of furniture to be driven, and a gearbox connected between the electric motor and actuator, the gearbox having at least one gear stage that is configured as an eccentric gearbox and comprising two gear wheels that mesh with each other, characterized in that one of the two gear wheels (7, 8) is firmly connected or coupled to the actuator (4) and the other gear wheel (7, 8) is coupled to the electric motor (3) such that the eccentric gearbox (6) has two limit positions, which correspond to the end positions of the actuator (4), and upon a rotation of the gear wheels (7, 8), starting from a first of the two limit positions to the other limit position, the gear ratio decreases steadily.
Abstract:
A method of controlling the motion of a moveable door includes determining the direction that the door is moving with respect to its anticipated closed position, and based on the direction, regulating an amount of force that is available to the door for its motion. The method may further include monitoring the position of the door as it is moving, and adjusting the motion of the door and regulating the amount of force available to the door for its motion, based on the calculated difference between the door's position as detected during monitoring and its expected position.
Abstract:
Movable partition systems include an elongated, fixed drive member extending along a track, a partition that is automatically and manually movable along the track, and a motor carried by the movable partition configured to drive a rotatable drive member that is engagable with the elongated, fixed drive member. The rotatable drive member may be engaged with, and disengaged from, the fixed drive member. Methods of moving a partition along a track include actuating a motor carried by a movable partition to drive rotation of a drive member while the drive member is engaged with an elongated, fixed drive member, and manually moving the partition along the track while the rotatable drive member is disengaged from the fixed drive member. Methods of installing a movable partition system include configuring a rotatable drive member to be capable of engagement with, and disengagement from, an elongated, fixed drive member.
Abstract:
A rotary damper includes an operating part mounted in an interior in a vehicle in such a manner that the operating part can be introduced or withdrawn, an operating part case that guides a path of the operating part, a pinion gear mounted to one side of the operating part and a guide rail rotatably mounted to the operating part case such that the pinion gear can be engaged with the guide rail. Further, a separation preventing protrusion is provided at a portion of the guide rail, where the pinion gear starts to move in a curvilinear form, the separation preventing protrusion configured to support an outside surface of the pinion gear.
Abstract:
A sliding door has a sliding leaf comprising a peripheral frame. A top guide rail and a bottom guide rail are provided, wherein the sliding leaf is slidable in the top and bottom guide rails. A drive motor is arranged within the frame of the sliding leaf either in the vertical area of the frame or in the horizontal area of the frame.