Partition wall element

Abstract

A motor-driven wall element of a dividing wall is secured and sealed in an end position by at least one motor-driven closure profile. The voltage applied to the wall element for moving the element is switched in an end position of the element by a switching apparatus in such a way that the at least one closure profile is moved out after the end position is reached and is moved in before the end position is exited.

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         7 . A dividing wall comprising: 
 a wall element which can be driven between a closed position and an open position by a voltage;    a closure element associated with said wall element, wherein said closure element can be driven between a closed position and an open position by applying a voltage; and    switching apparatus for switching the voltage to move the closure element to the closed position after the wall element has reached the closed position, and for switching the voltage to move the closure element to the open position before the wall element exits the closed position, said switching apparatus comprising    a first sensor for determining when the wall element has reached the closed position; and    a second sensor for determining when the closure element has reached the open position.    
     
     
         8 . The dividing wall of  claim 7  further comprising: 
 a first reversible motor for driving the wall element; and    a second reversible motor for driving the closure element,    wherein the switching apparatus switches the voltage from the first motor to the second motor to move the closure element to the closed position after the wall element reaches the closed position, and to move the closure element to the open position before the wall element exits the closed position.    
     
     
         9 . The dividing wall of  claim 8  comprising: 
 a first voltage supply connection which can be switched between a first connection of the first motor and a first connection of the second motor; and    a second voltage supply connection which is connected to a second connection of the first motor and to a second connection of the second motor.    
     
     
         10 . The dividing wall of  claim 8  wherein the first voltage supply connection has a first polarity for moving the wall element to the closed position and a second polarity for moving the wall element to the open position, the second voltage supply connection having an opposite polarity in each case.  
     
     
         11 . The dividing wall of  claim 9  wherein the first sensor comprises a first switch having a switchable connection connected to the first voltage supply connection, a first fixed connection connected to the first connection of the first motor, and a second fixed connection connected to the first connection of the second motor via a first diode, wherein the first switch connects the switchable connection to the second fixed connection in the closed position of the wall element and to the first fixed connection in the open position of the wall element.  
     
     
         12 . The dividing wall of  claim 11  wherein the second sensor comprises a dual switch having a first switching path which is connected in parallel to the first diode and bypasses the first diode when the closure element is in the open position, and having a second switching path which is connected in series with a second diode parallel to the switchable connection of the first switch and bypasses the first switch when the closure element is not in the open position.