Door checks for vehicles - Patent 0807737

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EP 0 807 737 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/47

(21)	Application number: 97303260.0

(22)	Date of filing: 13.05.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: E05C 17/22, B60J 5/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR IT SE

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Priority:

14.05.1996 GB 9410046

(71)	Applicant: Bloxwich Engineering Limited
	Bloxwich Walsall West Midlands, WS3 2JR (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Taylor, Colin Jeffrey Walsall, West Midlands WS3 5BT (GB)

(74)	Representative: Spall, Christopher John
	BARKER, BRETTELL & DUNCAN 138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)

(54)	Door checks for vehicles

(57) A door check for vehicles in which a link (20) in the form of a strap is adapted to be pivotally connected at one end (21) to a door frame and is adapted to be withdrawn through a housing (1), mounted on a complementary part of the door against a restraining force applied to the strap by the frictional co-operation with the strap of a restraining mechanism housed within the housing, and providing a mounting for a pair of rollers (9,7) which are resiliently urged into engagement with opposite faces of the link (20) and which provide a restraining force to the link (20). The link (20) is so profiled that the resistance to movement of the link (20) through the rollers (9.7) varies during the length of its travel.

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