US1046071A

US1046071A - Door-hanger.

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Publication number: US1046071A
Application number: US58423010A
Authority: US
Inventors: Iver Johnson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-09-28
Filing date: 1910-09-28
Publication date: 1912-12-03
Anticipated expiration: 1929-12-03

Description

I. JOHNSON.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1910.

1,046,071 v Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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ATTLE, WASHINGTON.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3,1912.

Application filed September 28, 1910. Serial No. 584,230.

To all whomtt may concern:

Be it known that I, Ivan Jonxsox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of ashington, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to door hangers and is especially adapted to that class of doors which are opened or closed by a combination of sliding and folding movements.

The object of the invention is to provide a hanger of this type which is characterized by its simplicity, durability, efiiciency in operation and in the facility by'which it may be adjusted.

Vith these ends in view, my invention consists in the novel construction and comhination of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section of devices embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the supporting track for the hanger.

The reference numeral 5 indicatesa trackrail of an inverted U-shape in cross section, and which, for convenience in shipping, is constructed of a number of lengths. The recesses in the underside of said rail parts are each tilled with a bar 6 of wood, preferably, of approximately the length of the respective rail part but secured to the latter so as to afford a cavity 7 (Fig. 3) at one end and protrude as a tongue 8 from the other end of a rail part.

In assembling the rail, the tongue of one part is inserted into the cavity at the adj acent end of the abutting part, making a substantially continuous rail. At a short distance from the tongue end of each rail part it is secured to a support, such as the building wall 9, or to the frame-work of the doorway, by a screw 10 which unites the rail part with the inclosed bar and engages in the support, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. Said screws each pass through a hole in an offset portion 11 of a bracket which is interposed between the respective rail part and said support. A bracket is provided with feet 12 having holes through which supplemental screws 13 are inserted into the support to afiord a more rigid securement of the bracket.

Mounted upon the track rail are the grooved wheels 14 of the various door hanger Each of these door-hangers comprising a hanger-member 15 formed with a horithe wheel and extending laterally from the upper end of a vertical shank 17. At the lower end of said shank is a bend and from thence the member continues by a horizontal portion 18 to terminate in a downwardly directed stem 19 whose axis is arranged to be in alinement with a vertical plane extending through the axis of the hanger wheel posed track. The shank of the hanger-memher is of a length so that the horizontal element 18 thereof will be positioned in proximity to the underside of the track for the purpose of acting as a stop to prevent the derailment of the associated wheel. The hanger-stem 19 is screw-threaded and passes through a hole 20 in a plate 21 to receive a nut 22 therebelow. Said plate serves as a strap and to connect the hanger-member with the door, as A, Figs. 1 and 2, and, as illustrated, is formed with a substantially horizontal central part 23 extending between legs 24 which are provided with feet 25 through which screws 26 extend for fastening the'plate to the door. The part 23 is made with a concave under surface 27 to afford a recess into which the nut 22 is lodged and prevents the nut turning with respect to the door when the weight of the latter is applied. The distance between the under sides of the strap edges 28 and the top of the door affords suflicient space to introduce the nut when the hanger is being assembled. 29 represents a hole bored into the top of a door to accommodate the end of the stem 19 when required in the adjustment of the height of the door. The vertical adjustment of the door is accomplished by raising the door to present the nut 22 in the space below the strap edges 28 whereupon the nut may be properly manipulated.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoing description.

Among the advantages afforded by the invention, is the suspending of a door in a line central with respect to the latter so that the the manner of securing the nut against turnmg with relation to the door and wlthout zontal arm 16 which serves as the axle of and also the longitudinal axis of the super-- door will hang freely in an upright position;

sacrificing access to the nut for adjust-ment purposes; and the guard presented by the hanger part 18 which is prevented from being raised by the track rail above and accordingly preventing the Wheel from leaving its track.

What I claim as my invention, is

In a door hanger, a track, a wheel mounted upon the track, an integral bent hanger member comprising a vertically-disposed intermediate portion, an upper portion extending at right angles With respect to the intermediate portion and further extending through the Wheel and constituting the axle therefor, an inverted L-shaped lower portion, the vertical arm of said lower portion having its axis in alinement with the axes of the track and wheel, said vertical arm threaded, a strap adapted to be connected to V a door and having its central portion extended upwardly with respect to the end portions thereof, said central portion provided with an opening through which extends the vertical arm of said hanger memher, and a nut mounted upon the threaded end of the vertical arm of the lower portion of the hanger member for adjustably connecting said hanger member to the strap whereby the door will be suspended from the said hanger member, said strap having side openings adapted for the passage of said nut and the strap edges adapted to restrain the said nut from turning.

IVER JOHNSON.

Witnesses H. BARNES, E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, -Washington, D. 0.