Sliding door and threshold arrangement for a railway passenger car compartment
US4176497A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 17, 1978 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE05Y2900/51
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sliding door and self-cleaning door guide and threshold arrangement for the door opening of a railway passenger car compartment. The invention provides for a threshold plate and a guide channel having a guide plate depending from the door slidingly engaged therein to align the door, and a plurality of slots transversely diverging from the channel and opening to the sides of the threshold plate, thus accommodating self-cleaning of the guide arrangement by utilizing the normal opening and closing movements of the sliding door.
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