The invention relates to a door arrangement provided with a door frame profile that defines an opening in a passageway, and further provided with at least one door which is openable in opposite directions of the passageway, and which at least one door is suspended with one or more hinges from the door frame profile .

Such a door arrangement is known from practice , and are for instance used as a security gates . The known door is however also known from its use at supermarkets or other facilities which are designed for high people traf fic .

With security gates , every centimeter counts when it comes to the available width of the passageway . Space is money . In addition, every centimeter saved on the use of space by the gate where the door arrangement is appl ied is also a long felt need with many applicants , including supermarkets . Particularly because of their desire to increase capacity, supermarkets strive to have a one-way flow o f their customers , and the need therefore is only skyrocketing at nowadays times wherein Covid- 19 is inflicting on everybody' s li fe .

The invention intends to provide a solution for the above .

Accordingly the invention is embodied in a door arrangement having the features of one or more of the appended claims .

Essential to the invention is that the one or more hinges are mounted on the door frame profile outside the opening in the passageway . This provides the advantage that when the at least one door has been swung open, it can be positioned in the ' shade ' of the door frame which provides a person passing the door arrangement a particular feeling of being welcome . This is very much favoured in shops or supermarkets . Also the chance of a shopping cart colliding with the at least one door, or even with the doorframe , is considerably reduced . The obj ects of the invention are particularly attainable by arranging that the at least one door is provided with a body having first and second body portions that extend in two substantially orthogonal directions , and which first and second body portions merge into each other with a curved body portion which is intermediate between the first and second body portions , and which curved body portion is located at a shorter distance from the door frame profile than the distance of the curved body portion from a door edge which is di stant from and parallel to the door frame profile .

According to the door arrangement provided with the above- mentioned features , the obj ects of the invention are in particular achieved such that when the at least one door is opened in a first of the two opposite directions , the first and second body portion and the curved body portion are closely adj acent to a contour of the door frame profile , whereas when the at least one door is opened in a second of the two opposite directions , only the f irst body portion which is provided with the one or more hinges , is closely adj acent to the door frame profile , and the second body portion extends away from the door frame profile .

It is not essential that the door arrangement i s only provided with a single door, on the contrary it may be preferable that the door arrangement is provided with two doors , the two doors being hinged on opposite posts of the door frame profile .

The invention will hereinafter be further elucidated with reference to the drawing of an exemplary embodiment of a door arrangement according to the invention that is not limiting as to the appended claims .

In the drawing : figure 1 shows an example of a door arrangement of the invention in an isometric view; and figure 2 shows the door arrangement of figure 1 from above .

Whenever in the figures the same reference numerals are applied, these numerals refer to the same parts.

With reference to both figure 1 and figure 2 a door arrangement 1 according to the invention is shown, which door arrangement 1 is provided with a door frame profile 2 that defines an opening 3 in a passageway 4. The door arrangement 1 is further provided with at least one door. In the embodiment shown there are two doors 5, 6, the two doors being hinged on opposite posts 2' , 2' ' of the door frame profile 2. The doors 5, 6 are openable in opposite directions of the passageway 4, which is symbolized by the arrows A and B in figure 2. The doors 5, 6 are each suspended with one or more hinges 7 from the door frame profile 2, as depicted in figure 2. Figure 2 further shows that the one or more hinges 7 are mounted on the door frame profile 2 outside the opening 3 in the passageway 4.

It will be clear from figure 1, and in particular from figure 2 that each of the doors 5, 6 is provided with a body having a first body portion 5' , 6' and a second body portion 5' ' , 6' ' that extend in two substantially orthogonal directions, and which first and second body portions merge into each other with a curved body portion 5' ' ' , 6' ' ' which is intermediate between the first body portion 5' , 6' and the second body portion 5' ' , 6' ' , and which curved body portion 5' ' ' , 6' ' ' is located at a shorter distance from the door frame profile 2 than the distance of the curved body portion 5' ' ' , 6' ' ' from a door edge 8, 9 which is distant from and parallel to the door frame profile 2.

Figure 2 shows the doors 5, 6 in two possible positions, wherein the door arrangement 1 is completely opened. It shows that when the doors 5, 6 are opened in a first of the two opposite directions, the first body portion 5' , 6' and the second body portion 5' ' , 6' ' as well as the curved body portion 5' ' ' , 6' ' ' are closely adjacent to and follow a contour of the door frame profile 2. This is the case when the doors 5, 6 are opened in the direction as shown in the bottom part of figure 2. Figure 2 further shows that when the two doors 5, 6 are opened in a second of the two opposite directions as shown in the top part of figure 2, only the first body portion 5' , 6' which is provided with the one or more hinges 7 , is closely adj acent to the door frame profile 2 , whilst the second body portion 5 ' ' , 6 ' ' extends away from the door frame profile 2 . Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the door arrangement of the invention, the invention is not restricted to thi s particular embodiment which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention . The discussed exemplary embodiment shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith . On the contrary the embodiment is merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims to this exemplary embodiment . The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using this exemplary embodiment .