Abstract:
A seal for the gap between the edge of a building opening and the back end of a vehicle driven up to the opening. A covering of flexible material is arranged between a downwardly open U-shaped frame serving to hold the sealing apron on the one hand, and the building or the profiled members fastened thereto on the other hand. For the purpose of being able to quickly assemble and replace this covering, and also for the purpose of being able to balance or equalize stresses within the covering, the edges of the covering are inserted or drawn into longitudinal grooves of the profiled members located on the building and on the U-shaped frame. The edges are folded-over or doubled and surround a core. The edges are located in undercut longitudinal grooves, and in particular in such a manner that sliding movements of these edges are also possible during operational use of the seals.
Abstract:
With transfer bridges for ramps having an extension capable of being extended and retracted, and tongues capable of being pushed in, in connection with a bridge plate pivotably mounted on the ramp, a drive is associated with the extension. The drive retracts the extension by a small distance, for instance 20 mm, when the tongues are pushed in and arrested, in order to thus form a gap between the tongues and the vehicle which is to be loaded or unloaded, for avoidance of damage to the vehicle. The retraction of the extension is to occur with the release of the operating button intended for the extension of the extension, or for the lowering of the bridge plate dependent upon a time switch, so that the retraction movement of the extension can occur with a structurally simple double-acting cylinder.
Abstract:
A dock leveler or transfer bridge for ramps, comprising a bridge plate pivotally journalled at its rear end about a horizontal axis on a ramp. The front end of the bridge plate has a foldable or pivotal extension pivoted downwardly in the rest position and, in the working or effective position, pivoted into the plane of the bridge plate. The extension serves for exclusive support of the bridge plate upon the vehicle which is to be loaded or unloaded. When the dock leveler is not being used, the bridge plate is supported upon a pendulum-like strut or support located at the front end thereof. This pendulum-like support, by means of a lever pivotal with the extension, holds or maintains a pivot position for introducing the bridge plate into a ramp recess. In this pivot position, the strut or support cannot correspond or align with its abutment. The strut has an extension prolongation located above its pivot shaft, with the lever engaging behind the prolongation by means of a pull rod pivotally connected to the lever.
Abstract:
A closure structure especially for openings in a building, in which a flexible closure member (e.g. a door) is laterally guided in substantially vertical guides and is prevented from accidentally slipping out of the vertical guides by means of latching members, e.g. steel balls, which during the downward movement of the closure member are released through a discharge opening of a magazine into and through a passage in the closure member and into the respective adjacent guide. In response to the upward movement of the closure member, the latching members are returned to the magazine and stored therein. The upward movement of the closure member is brought about by winding the latter up upon a reel, and the downward movement of the closure member is brought about by winding the closure member off the reel.
Abstract:
A guiding arrangement for closure bodies such as roller doors, roller gates and shutters, which has a substantially U-shaped cross section for receiving the lateral marginal portions of the closure body by means of which an opening of a building, e.g. a garage entrance, is to be closed. The inside of the guiding arrangement is provided with one or more longitudinal grooves for displaceably receiving a roller mounting system including one or more rollers for laterally engaging and guiding the closure member.