US1013535A

US1013535A - Hinge for coach and automobile bodies.

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Publication number: US1013535A
Application number: US64995111A
Authority: US
Inventors: Franklin Crawford; William Whiteley
Original assignee: North and Judd Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: North and Judd Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1911-09-18
Filing date: 1911-09-18
Publication date: 1912-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1929-01-02

Description

F. CRAWFORD & W. WHITELEY. HINGE FOR COACH AND AUTOMOBILE BODIES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1911.

Patented Jafi. 2, 1912.

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F. CRAWFORD & W. WHITELEY. HINGE FOR COACH AND AUTOMOBILE BODIES. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1911.

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FRANKLIN CRAWFORD AND WILLIAM WHITELEY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNORS TO NORTH & JUDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CON- NECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

HINGE FOR COAOI-I ANDAUTOMOBILE BODIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, FRANKLIN CRAW- FORD and WILLIAM WHITELEY, citizens of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Coach and Automobile Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in hinges for coach and automobile bodies, and the objects of our improvements are simplicity and economy in construction and convenience and efficiency in use.

In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 is an end elevation of our improved hinge.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig.

3 is another end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the moving element opened outward. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 50 w of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 3/ 11 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of the post member. F ig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of the same. Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 2' of the door member. Fig. 12 is an end elevation of the post plate member. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 14 is an end elevation of the closing plate. Fig. 15 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the closing plate in position in the post plate member, closing the slot or recess therein. Fig. 17 is a side elevation of the same.

A is our hinge and comprises a post member B and a door member C pivotally united by a pivotal pin D. The post member B is suitable for being embedded generally in a post of a coach or automobile and comprises a post plate member E and a knuckle member F secured thereto by screws G. The

post plate member E comprises the postleaf 15 which is a plate-like member, rectangular in shape, provided with holes 16 for holding screws and is provided with a relatively large recess or slot 17 extending from the front lateral edge 20 rearward for the greater part of the width of the plate or leaf 15, and the exposed face is cut away at the corners 19 of the said recess 17 and front lateral edge 20 to fit and suitably to receive the ends 21 of the supporting plate 22 of the knuckle member F. The corners 19 are provided with threaded holes 23 for receiving the screws G and are suitably reinforced on the post side 24 by bosses 25. The slot or recess 17 is bordered on the rear lateral edge by a relatively narrow wall 26, by parallel walls 27 along the top and bottom, and is normally closed on the lateral edge 20 by the said supporting plate 22 of the knuckle member F, which bridges the front end of the recess 17. In special cases the slot 17 may be closed by a closing or filler plate H to be described. The knuckle member F comprises the said supporting plate 22 provided with screw holes in the ends 21 for receiving the screws G, and has a knuckle arm 28 extending inward suitably for being received in a mortise in the post and which is provided at the inner end with a plurality of knuckles 29, which latter are axially bored to receive the pivotal pin D. e prefer to have the end knuckles on the said knuckle member F, and to have the pivotal pin Gr removable, the same being headed at the upper end, and the upper end of the bore for the pin countersunk as shown at 80. The said knuckle arm 28 is located adjacent the front lateral edge 20 and is directed at right angles to the

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22 and 15. Furthermore, as described, the screws G that hold together the post plate member E and knuckle member F are also located adjacent the front lateral edge 20.

The door member C is a unitary structure and comprises the door-leaf 31 at one end, the knuckle arm 32 at the other end, and intermediate thereto the supporting arm 33. Considering the normal closed position shown in Fig. 5, the knuckle arm 32 extends inward an appreciable distance in alinement with the said knuckle arm 28 on the knuckle member F, the knuckles 29 intermeshed and engaged with the pivotal pin D and at the free end joins the supporting arm 33, and the latter arm is are shaped, curving outward, concentric with the pivotal axis, the free end thereof extending through the recess or slot- 17, and merges into the inner face of the door leaf 31, the latter, being parallel and essentially in abutment with the post leaf 15. The door leaf 31 is provided with screw holes 34:.

As described, a free movement of over 90 degrees is provided for the door memher relatively to the post member. The extent of the movement of the same is limited by a shoulder 35 on the back wall of one of the recesses between the knuckles 29 of the door member C, preferably as shown, the

middle recess 36, whichreceives the middle.

knuckle 29 of the knuckle member F, and which shoulder 35 in the open position engages with the said middle knuckle 29. The line of travel for the supporting arm 33 across the recess 17 is at the same point, and adjacent the rear lateral wall 26 of the post leaf 15. By making the depth of the arm 33 correspond to the width of the slot 17 as shown, the same will fit between the top and bottom walls 27, particularly at the bearing points, and the curved arm 33 in its travels will ride on the lower of the walls 27 and be supported thereby, and this will be the case with our hinge used either as a right hand or as a left hand hinge, because, as described, our hinge is reversible, and adapted equally as well for left and right hand use. As shown in Fig. 1, the edge of the door leaf 31 just clears the screws Gr, wherefore the screws Gr may be removed with the hinge elements in the closed position, which is a convenience in use. Our hinge, as stated, is also separable by removing the pivotal pin D. M

By removing the screws G the door member C and the knuckle member F, united by the pivotal pin D, may be separated from the post plate member E as a unit, and this is done at some seasons of the year or on special occasions, especially in the case of automobiles, when the vehicle is to be used without the doors. In this condition the slot 17 is entirely open and exposed and likewise the cut away corners 19 with the screw holes 23 for the screws G, are uncovered and exposed. Under these condi tions the opening in the supporting post provided for a housing and working space for the knuckle member and door member is also exposed, a condition that is objectionable and undesirable, and we overcome this condition by providing the filler plate H already referred to. This filler plate H has a body 40 that is a fit for the slot 17 and at the front corners has ears 11 that fit the cut away corners 19 and which ears are provided with screw holes 42 that register with the threaded holes 23, the front end 413 corresponding generally to the supporting plate 22 of the knuckle member F and being suitable for replacing the same in bridging the corners 19 and completing the front lateral edge 2O. Accordingly, the filler plate H provides a means for closing the slot 17 when the knuckle member F is removed from the post plate member E and the means of support for the filler plate are the same as are used for supporting the knuckle plate when in use.

Our hinge as described is provided with a plurality of intermeshing knuckles, and the curved arm by its engagement with the adj acent edges of the recess in which it travels, cooperates with the knuckles in supporting the door, and the same is suitable for use for the doors for coach and automobile bodies.

\Ve claim as our inventio-n:

A hinge comprising a post member and a door member pivotally united, the said post member comprising a plate member and a knuckle member secured thereto by screws, the said plate member comprising a leaf having an open slot extending from the front lateral edge rearward, and means for receiving the said screws at the corners on each side of the said slot and adjacent the front edge, and the said corners suitably reinforced by bosses, 'Whereby' the said knuckle member serves to bridge the front end of the said slot, and to support the said door member from adjacent the front edge of the said post leaf.

FRANKLIN CRAWVFORD. WILLIAM WHITELEY.

Vitnesses ILLA F. HOFFMAN, R. J. P. NUss.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7

Washington, D. C.