Cover Guide Rail Cable Routing for Tilt Moment Compensation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing guide systems for sliding doors and windows fail to compensate for tilting moments effectively without obstructing the opening, rendering the window or door unusable when in an open position.
Innovation Solution
A guide system with a cable connecting guide bodies and a deflecting device that guides the cable orthogonally to the guide rails, using deflection rollers and a shortening mechanism to adjust cable length based on the cover element's position, ensuring compensation for tilting moments while keeping the opening free.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a compensation device is provided to compensate for tilting moments of a cover element, then the cover element can be properly supported, but the compensation device blocks the opening when the cover element is in an open position
Solution Approach 1:
The cable is guided through a deflecting device that changes its spatial orientation, routing it orthogonally to the guide rails in the region between the first and second guide rails. This three-dimensional cable arrangement allows the compensation function to be provided without the cable extending into the opening region, thus maintaining opening usability while ensuring reliable cover element support
2Reliability
If prior art compensation devices are used, then tilting moments can be compensated, but the compensation device extends into the opening region and blocks the window or door
Solution Approach 1:
The cable routing is extracted from the opening region and relocated to the space between the guide rails through the deflecting device. This separates the compensation function from the opening space, allowing full opening area to remain unobstructed while maintaining effective tilting moment compensation
Data Source
AI summary
A guide system is provided for movably supporting a cover element for covering an opening in a stationary structure. The guide system includes a first guide rail and a first guide body movably arranged thereon, a second guide rail and a second guide body movably arranged thereon, and a compensation device for compensating for a tilting moment of a cover element. The cover element can be moved by the guide system between a first position and a second position, and the compensation device has a cable connecting the first guide body and the second guide body together. A deflecting device allows the cable to be guided orthogonally to the longitudinal extension of the first guide rail and/or the second guide rail at least in some regions, preferably in a region between the first guide rail and the second guide rail.