montage à galandage

11:56 Dec 24, 2018 

Mrrafe's comment relates to their, useful, links. However, I think that they have failed to interpret those links correctly in the context of this translation. I would definitely not use "retracting" except in the context of some additional (not really necessary), explanation that the door retracts into a pocket between the partitions. "Sliding" is "coulissant". Neither "sliding" nor "retracting" translates the source term "montage à galandage". I think that the correct translation of your term has to be "mounting as a pocket door". This, obviously, entails either two thin partition walls or a structural wall plus a thin partition wall.

13:00 Dec 21, 2018 

Pocket door per BD Finch is exactly it, if it retracts into an allocated space. In some of the illustrations, however, the door remains exposed even after sliding into the open position (e.g., on a shower stall, as I recall). Factually the safest choice might be pocket or sliding, depending on your product, and forget the partition.

11:44 Dec 20, 2018 

The problem with partition is that I also have the term used in the context of "coulissement à galandage" therefore describing the way the door leaf moves. I'm thinking along the lines of "retracting" or a similar term. What do you think?

11:41 Dec 20, 2018 

I agree with mrrafe - partition without assuming bricks.

https://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/galandage

09:13 Dec 20, 2018 

"Partition" might adequately translate it, without assuming bricks.

https://www.ad-lyon.fr/Catalogue/travaux/decoration/separati...

https://www.leroymerlin.fr/v3/p/campus/comment-poser-une-por...

08:46 Dec 20, 2018 

Thanks for the input Tony. It's a tricky one as I can't give too much information with it being a patent. The document talks about various embodiments of this sliding door/window and the aim is to make it less bulky than solutions already on the market. Your suggestions do help, so I will have a think about which of them is most likely. Thanks again!

08:42 Dec 20, 2018 

Probably, with the full document in front of you, it's easier for you to understand what is going one here, wheras we can only guess. It seems to me that this design appears to involve a sliding door/window leaf that opens fully clear of the opening — normally, this would be achieved either by its sliding across the front of the flanking wall, or into a cavity within same.
So I'm wondering if what they're saying here is one of those two situations: either, they are talking about mounting it onto a solid brick wall (as distinct from a hollow one, where a cavity could be made); or perhaps they are talking about moutning it within a partition wall made of 2 leaves of brick (= narrower than concrete blocks) with a suitable cavity between them.
Assuming this is an outside door/window, of course it wouldn't properly speaking be a 'partition' wall (at least not in the sense of 'dividing 2 roomspaces') — though obviously it is 'partition' in the sense of 'non-loadbearing'

Hopefully with the other clues in your document, you may be able to figure it out!