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Closure system

US5685355A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 8, 1995
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06B9/0638
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A closure system includes a plurality of closure panels adapted to be moved between deployed and stowed positions. All on a pair of carrier tracks on opposite side of a building opening. The actuator in the deployed position have abutting top and bottom edges and parallel side surface that span across the building opening. The actuators in the stowed position have abutting in inner and outer side surfaces in parallel top edges and parallel bottom edges. The top and bottom edges maintain their top and bottom orientation as their closure panels transition between the deployed an stowed positions.

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