Automatic skirting board

1 (~ 98144 The present invention relates to a plintheautomatique, without visible screws, to be fixed on outer laface of a panel, in particular door, ina pivoting frame, and comprising a sealing member displaceable between a allongésusceptibled'être position at least in partieescamotée relative to the baseboard and an étanchéitéen projecting position with respect thereto under the effect of a organed'actionnement implemented when closing the panel. already known different types of baseboard , notammentde low door, comprising a pivoting oudéplacé seal in traslation under the effect of a drive mechanism. from tellesplinthes generally comprise a mechanism montédans a groove of a profile attached to the door. in a soucid ' aesthetic can be covered by this section another profiléqui may have the external shape of a water jet, lafixation of the outer profile being made in general USING fixing means such as screws which remain after the appa-rents mounting. Furthermore, the known baseboards are relatively Encom-brantes particularly high especially if you want obtenirune important race of the sealing element. The present invention proposes to carry out automatic uneplinthe whose operation is not affected Inthe time, very low overhead while providing courseimportante of the sealing element to provide a perfect seal when the panel is closed, do not hinder the panel of the die-placement toward and into its at position retracted open position of the sealing element. According to the present invention, there is provided a plintheautomatique comprising a shaped receiving member action ment consists of a deformable rod one extrémitédépasse one end of the profile in the open position of the 1 ~ 98 ~ 44panneau, and whose the other end is fixed to the profile, laditetige being pushed axially into the profile by contact with a jamb member during closing of the panel and moves ense deforming an elongated profile supporting the élémentd'étanchéité, characterized in that said rod déformableest housed in an internal longitudinal groove and is supported by .Its end opposite to that projecting from one end duprofilé against a stop formed in said groove to distancede the other end of the profile, said rod guided between said lesparois groove protruding laterally out deladite groove in an aperture made therein, on a ~ -part of its length when the panel of the closure and MOVE ~ cant the elongate sealing member pushing a profile;! elongate support accommodated in said section and bearing the élémentd'étanchéité, said présentantunesection shaped profile U and having near its bottom said inner longitudi-nal groove which receives the deformable rod, the latter ~ Decelle deformation out of said groove causing a movement in trans-lation of the elongated support profile, and the sealing element 20 carried by it ~. . Fa ~ is advantageous the deformable rod actuating formantorgane has for example a sensitive section ably circular or substantially rectangular, said groove being delimited by the bottom wall of the profile, ad underlying regions of the side walls of the profile and two nervuresfaisant projecting inwardly of the profile from its paroislatérales, said ribs being interrupted at voisinagede the central part of the plinth so as to define unelumière allowing said stem to deform sensiblementhors of said groove over a part of its length and assurerle travelers translation in a substantial height duprofil elongate support and the sealing member portépar him. . --2-- 1 ~ 981 ~ 4 Alternatively, the bottom of the groove may êtreréalisée by a flange connecting the side walls of the profile. The support profile is avantageusementmétallique elongate and has a longitudinal recess, for exemplede semicircular section, receiving a sectioncorrespondante edge of the sealing element. Preferably, the elongated profile support is rappeléen towards the bottom of the section having laditegorge by springs which can advantageously be consti-killed steel spring son hooked by their extrémitésdans openings in the elongated support profile these son being wound between their ends in one or plusieursspires on rods including cotter pins or desrivets hollow for the passage of screws for fixing the plinth beyond applique, said pins protruding from lateral uneparoi profiles is within thereof, of ~ eCOU-pes for these rods being provided in the support of profilallongé. Preferably, two identical springs are used, mounted fa ~ is symmetrically reversed with respect to the æonecentrale of the luff groove which allows deformation beyond the ti ~ e contained within. The resilience of the springs allows adaptationautomatique of inclination relative to the floor llélémentd'étanchéité and its elongate carrier profile. The orificesménagés in this elongate support profile provides the neces-sary clearance to allow the automatic adaptation of inclination The présenteinvention also relates to novel industrial product titrede a sealing element susceptiblenotamment to be used in the baseboard according to this embodiment modede , said sealing member having a substantially circular section to which arêtesupérieure ~. --3--: ~ 98i44raccordent two divergent wings ~ e the turn connected by a V-shaped member disposed between said diverging wings, connecting said wings, or two shaped elements ~ disposésentre wings, each connected by one end desailes to one and the other ends abut the unecontre another in the central joint plane. This sealing element preferably uneforme symmetrical about a longitudinal plane and also advantageously comprises a wing extending perpendicular-ment to the symmetry plane, which connects the ridge of substantially circular cross-sec tion and from which divergentles wings é ~ anchéité element. This preferably d`étanchéitéest element made in one piece in any matériauapproprié and for example an elastomer such as "Neoprene", soft PVC or rubber. In order to better understand the invention ONVA now describe as examples, but in no manièrelimitative, two embodiments with reference to dessinannexé bearing in mind that this application describes and définitla variant shown in Figures 4-8 while lavariante shown in figures 1 to 3 was revendiquéedans the original application No. 281 995 - Figure 1 is a sectional view of the baseboard selonun first embodiment, mounted on a panel, ~; - Figure 2 is a partial perspective view of unedes ends of the skirting board according to Figure 1, - Figure 3 is a perspective view partielleillustrant mounting an end frame. - Figure 4 shows the skirting according secondmode an embodiment of the invention, - Figure 5 is an end view of the baseboard selonla FIG 4 ~ 98144 - 6 shows the skirting according to figure4 wherein a wing of profile forming the plinth étéarrachée for clarity, the sealing element trouvanten retracted position relative to the baseboard, - Figure 7 is a view similar to FIG 6Where Sealants the item can be found by projecting repo ~ ta ~ 1 plinth - 8 shows a variant of the invention élémentd'étanchéité. The plinth according to the first embodiment del'invention consists of a profile 1 with external water jet uneforme. As can be seen in lafigure 1 this profile is fixed to the lower part of a panneaumobile, such as a door 2 by means of fixationtels elements as screws 3a. It is of course possible to prévoird'autres fixing elements for example in the form of guidesmonté ~ on the panel 2 by screws 3b and s'engageant desgorges in section semi-circular and Ib of the profile 1. Onse thus makes account that the profile of the fastening means Surle panel are invisible from the outside, being dissimuléspar profile 1 itself. The section 1 comprises an internal groove 4 havinga trough-shaped section in side walls sensiblementparallèles 5 and 6. As best seen in Figure 2the side wall 5 is folded in 7 and 8, a light dansla groove being defined between the parts 7 and 8. in intérieurde the groove 4 is disposed a rod or rod 9, plas-tic self-lubricating material, for example polyoxymethylene, laditetige 9 having at its end a metal pin 10 seen in FIG thata 2 protruding from the extremity of the groove 4. the stud 10 is preferably provided with means adjuster is run, for example in the form of a screw capable --5-- 1 ~ 9814 ~ to be actuated from outside dutéton to adjust the length 10 and the stem 9 projecting from the end of the groove 4. the folded portion 7 of the side wall 5 permetde retain the stem 9 within the groove 4, the extrémitérabattue 8 having a an abutment which will be explained lasuite, when describing the operation of the plintheselon the invention. The profile 1 comprises a second groove 11 réaliséedans an extension 12 of the wall 6, this groove as repre-ll a substantially semicircular section. The plinth according to the first embodiment del'invention has a flat profile 13 including one of extrémités14 represents a substantially circular cross section corresponding to the section `throat 11 pivotally Inside of this groove, the other end with uneforme fork 15 capable of receiving a tongue 16 soupled'étanchéité, lad; you tongue is sufficiently inclined, for example at 45 to prevent it turns lorsde closing the panel. By pivoting in the groove IIIe elongate support profile 13 and the sealing tongue 16peuvent occupy a sealing position, shown in traitspleins in FIG l and a retracted position, représentéeen dotted lines in Figure l; biasing means such as a spring, are advantageously provided for rappelerl'élément seal 16 and its support profile 13 dansleur retracted position within the baseboard, représentéeen-s dotted lines in Figure 1. In this retracted position the support13 profile is facing the gor ~ e 4. it is seen from Figure 3 mounting a cache Extremists-MLTE 17 on the profile, after it has been cut to the desired length. Installation is carried out by rivets `18 -6 1 through 98144s'engageant in the gorges and Ib The cache extrémitédont protruding nipple 10 having a corre-sponding opening 19. The automatic skirting according to the first-realization mode of the invention works as follows: In the panel the open position 13 and desupport profile the sealing element 16 under the effect of the return moyensde, are in the retracted position représentéeen dashed lines in Figure 1. the stem 9 is housed dansla throat 4. During the closing panel of the nipple 10 soli-dary the end of the rod 9 abuts against vertical andapproved amount of the frame and is thus pushed axialementà inside the groove 4. with abutment means constituted ~ -by folded part 8 or by any other means suitable, forexample a rivet passing through or the like, the rod 9, which is then maintained at one of its ends by the element, and -butée pushed at its other end by the action of the element against téton10 door frame is deformed by being guided selonun plane between the side walls 5 and 6 of the Yorge 4 and emerges on a portion of the length of the groove 4 as celaest schematically in phantom in Figure 2. during this movement towards outside the, gorge4 the deformed rod 9 pushes back the support profile 13 setrouvant rest position opposite the groove 4, and Lefait rotate to the position shown in Figure 1 pleinssur traits, while ensuring the tongue 16 iron-MEE 2 position of the panel its sealing function. When opening the panel 2 again effort Surle pin 10 ceases, the rod 9 returns to its position intérieurde the groove 4 and the supporting profile 13, being no longer repoussépar the rod 9, Rocking again under the effect of its means, --7-- 1 ~ 981 ~ 4rappel to the retracted position shown in broken pointilléssur Figure 1. referring to figures 4 and 7, it is seen that in the second mode laplinthe ~ e embodiment of the inventioncomprend a section profile of substantially U-17, havingat vicinity of its bottom a sensiblementrectangulaire section groove delimited by the bottom wall 18 of the profile, leszones 19 adjacent the side walls of the profile and deuxnervures 20 projecting toward inside the section 17depuis its side walls. The two ribs 20 may serejoindre to form an assisted continues raliant the deuxparois side of ~ rofile 17 As shown in Figures 6 and 7 these nervures20 are interrupted near the party central laplinthe to form a light to allow lateral defor-mation of a deformable rod 21. As can also be seen in figures 6 and 7, these ribs 20 are repliéesen 22 at one of their ends so as to realize a butéepour the deformable rod 21 of section sen ~ iblement rectangular, self-lubricating plastic material such as for example dupolyoxyméthylène. This rod 21 extends in the groove définieentre the bottom wall 18, the adjacent portions of paroislatérales 19 and the ribs 20, and protrudes from cettegorge by its end 23 opposite to that abutting againstunfair folded portions 22 of the ribs 20. At its end 23 the rod 21 is avantageusementmunie a metal stud 24 provided with adjustment means allows many aiuster the length of the rod protruding from the extrémitéde the groove which receives it. . Inside the section 17 is also housed unprofil metal 25 serving as a supporting member of a rd'étanchéité element 26. 9t ~ ~ 144 - support profile 25 is biased toward the bottom of the profile lapartie 18 17 by springs 27 constituésde spring steel son and hooked by one of their Extremists moths in holes 28 formed in the support profile 25. by their ends 29, the springs bear against the ribs 20. These faceinférieure son between leursextrémités are wound in several turns on slotted particularly desgoupilles rods or hollow rivets 30 projecting from a paroilatérale the profiled inside thereof. In addition, support 25 comprises leprofil-cutouts 31 allowing it to `engage around said rods 30. The support profile 25 advantageously Asa lower portion a longitudinal recess of semicircular cross-section receiving an edge 32 of corresponding section del sealing member 26. This sealing element 26 comprises in addition to the arêteune wing 33 perpendicular to the plane of symmetry élémentd'étanchéité and which adjoin two wings divergentes34 themselves connected adjacent their ends element by a V-shaped tip 35 which exceeds slightly desextrémités wings 34. Although a sealing element having the charac-teristics shown in the drawing are particulièrementavantageux for the implementation of the skirting according to the embodiment secondmode of the invention it should be understood thata could use to it of Etan elements ~ héitéde any suitable type. Thus it is alternatively possibled'utiliser a sealing element having between ailesdivergentes 34, two shaped elements 35a and 35b of V disposésentre wings, each connected by uneextrémité to one desaileset whose other ends abut the contrel'autre a median Leplan in the joint. _G_ ~ 8144 will now describe the operation of the plintheselon this second embodiment of the inventionJ is assumed, although this is not shown, the plinth is arranged at the lower part of a panel, for example door , the plinth being for example encastréedans the panel or integrated with a jet-shaped profile eaufixé including flanged to the bottom of the panel, lemécanisme the baseboard can advantageously be mounted DanSCe profile shaped water jet, by cotter pins. This gives an aesthetic fixation without screws apparentesau profile level shaped fountain. When closing the panel end 23 of latige 21 comes into contact with the frame corre- ing element so that it exerts on the stem a force in lesens schematically by the arrow "Figure 4 .The rod is thus pushed back and as the voitsur Figure 7 is deformed out of the groove of the profile 17 and pushes quila contiPnt in translation in the direction schématisépar arrows B in figures 4 and 6 of the Prafil support25 and sealing member 26 without that these do soientdéportés out of their vertical plane. When opening again the panel effortne no longer exercised on the end 23 of the rod 21 so thatthe supporting profile 25 and the sealing element 26 reviennentdepuis their position shown in Figure 7 until leurposition represented surl ~ 6 under the biasing effect desressorts 27. These springs 27 allow a parfaitguidagede the support member 25 during its movement. in addition, particular ladisposition springs 27 can accommodate leprofil support 25 also Presqu ~ -possible of Lagorge danslaquelle is the rod 20 which allows the élémentd'étanchéité to retract to a significant extent to --10- -98 ~ 44 ~ tl'int Procedure of the profile panel 17 in the open position. Oncomprend that the skirting according to the invention is reversible. Although the invention has fl ~ d ~ scribed in conjunction withcompounds Particular embodiments it is obvious ~ i - .., that it is in no way limited and can ~ e apporterde him numerous modifications without however departing or soncadre or its spirit. This application is a division of the Canadian application 281,995 ~ July 5 1977 m ~ me applicant. ~: - 1 1 -