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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2019
Rytec Corporation, Jackson, WI (US);
Brian Norbert Drifka, Richfield, WI (US);
Seth Edward Kampa, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Gabriel John Biertzer, West Bend, WI (US);
Rytec Corporation, Jackson, WI (US);
Abstract
A door assembly having a door panel fixed proximate a top edge of the door panel to a rotatable drum. The door assembly includes a first and a second side column, each positioned proximate a doorway which is opened and closed by the door panel. Each side column includes a guide track positioned to guide one of the first or the second vertical edge of the door panel as the door panel is moved. A first column of drive teeth is positioned along the first vertical edge and a second column of drive teeth positioned along the second vertical edge, wherein each of the first column of drive teeth and the second column of drive teeth are formed by a plurality of adjacent drive teeth, each drive tooth in each plurality of drive teeth abutting an adjacent drive tooth as the door panel is wound and unwound from the drum.