Control device for doors or panels, notably for closing open spaces and the like

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED PANELS INTENDED TO OPEN AND CLOSE AN APERTURE IN A HORIZONTAL DECK OF THE SHIP COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PANEL, A LUG MEMBER PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM SAID PANEL, A RIGID STRUCTURE FIXED TO THE SHIP''S DECK ADJACENT THE APERTURE, SHAFT MEANS PIVOTALLY ENGAGING SAID LUG MEMBER AND SAID RIGID STRUCTURE SO THAT SAID PANEL MAY BE SWUNG THEREON 180* BETWEEN AN APERTURE CLOSING POSITION AND AN APERTURE OPENING POSITION, AT LEAST ONE JACK MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PANEL TO SO SWING IT ABOUT SAID SHAFT MEANS, SAID JACK MEANS BEING LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID SHAFT MEANS AND OUTSIDE OF SAID APERTURE AND INCLUDING A CYLINDER AND HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD SLIDABLY MOVABLE IN THE CYLINDER, A FIRST PIVOT PIN LOCATED AT A FIX POSITION OUTSIDE O SAID APERTURE FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID CYLINDER OUTSIDE SAID APERTURE FIRST LINK MEANS PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO THE SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD AND AT ITS OTHER END PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID LUG MEMBER AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID SHAFT MEANS, A SECOND LINK MEANS ACTING AS A CRANK ARM AND HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID FIRST LINK MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, AND A PIVOT PIN MOUNTED AT A FIXED LOCATION ON SAID RIGID STRUCTURE TO PIVOTALLY SECURE THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND LINK MEANS THERETO, SAID SHAFT MEANS, SAID LAST-NAMED PIVOT PIN AND SAID SECOND LINK MEANS ALL BEING LOCATED ABOVE SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD AND SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS WHEN THE PANEL IS IN THE APERTURE CLOSING POSITION, AND SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD AND SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS ARE THEN ALIGNED, AND WHEREIN IN THE APERTURE-CLOSING POSITION OF SAID PANEL THE PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD IS FULLY RETRACTED WITHIN SAID CYLINDER AND THE FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS THEN FORMS AN ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY 90* WITH AN AXIS PASSING THROUGH SAID SHAFT MEANS AND THE PIVOTAL SECURING POINT OF SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS AND SAID LUG MEMBER, AND WHEREIN IN THE APERTURE-OPENING POSITION OF SAID PANEL SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS IS AT AN ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIAL 90* WITH THE AXIS OF SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD WHICH LATTER THEN EXTENDS FULLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID CYLINDER, WHEREBY SAID PANEL MAY BE ROTATED SUBSTANTIALLY 180* ABOUT SAID SHAFT MEANS IN A CHANGE FROM APERTURE-CLOSING TO APERTURE-OPENING POSITIONS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED PANELS INTENDED TO OPEN AND CLOSE AN APERTURE IN A HORIZONTAL DECK OF THE SHIP COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PANEL, A LUG MEMBER PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM SAID PANEL, A RIGID STRUCTURE FIXED TO THE SHIP''S DECK ADJACENT THE APERTURE, SHAFT MEANS PIVOTALLY ENGAGING SAID LUG MEMBER AND SAID RIGID STRUCTURE SO THAT SAID PANEL MAY BE SWUNG THEREON 180* BETWEEN AN APERTURE CLOSING POSITION AND AN APERTURE OPENING POSITION, AT LEAST ONE JACK MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PANEL TO SO SWING IT ABOUT SAID SHAFT MEANS, SAID JACK MEANS BEING LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID SHAFT MEANS AND OUTSIDE OF SAID APERTURE AND INCLUDING A CYLINDER AND HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD SLIDABLY MOVABLE IN THE CYLINDER, A FIRST PIVOT PIN LOCATED AT A FIX POSITION OUTSIDE O SAID APERTURE FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID CYLINDER OUTSIDE SAID APERTURE FIRST LINK MEANS PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO THE SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD AND AT ITS OTHER END PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID LUG MEMBER AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID SHAFT MEANS, A SECOND LINK MEANS ACTING AS A CRANK ARM AND HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID FIRST LINK MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, AND A PIVOT PIN MOUNTED AT A FIXED LOCATION ON SAID RIGID STRUCTURE TO PIVOTALLY SECURE THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND LINK MEANS THERETO, SAID SHAFT MEANS, SAID LAST-NAMED PIVOT PIN AND SAID SECOND LINK MEANS ALL BEING LOCATED ABOVE SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD AND SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS WHEN THE PANEL IS IN THE APERTURE CLOSING POSITION, AND SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD AND SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS ARE THEN ALIGNED, AND WHEREIN IN THE APERTURE-CLOSING POSITION OF SAID PANEL THE PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD IS FULLY RETRACTED WITHIN SAID CYLINDER AND THE FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS THEN FORMS AN ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY 90* WITH AN AXIS PASSING THROUGH SAID SHAFT MEANS AND THE PIVOTAL SECURING POINT OF SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS AND SAID LUG MEMBER, AND WHEREIN IN THE APERTURE-OPENING POSITION OF SAID PANEL SAID FIRST-NAMED LINK MEANS IS AT AN ANGLE OF SUBSTANTIAL 90* WITH THE AXIS OF SAID PUSHING AND RETRACTABLE ROD WHICH LATTER THEN EXTENDS FULLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID CYLINDER, WHEREBY SAID PANEL MAY BE ROTATED SUBSTANTIALLY 180* ABOUT SAID SHAFT MEANS IN A CHANGE FROM APERTURE-CLOSING TO APERTURE-OPENING POSITIONS.