US1115345A

US1115345A - Swinging-structure mount.

Info

Publication number: US1115345A
Application number: US82337814A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hugo V Steuernagel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-03-09
Filing date: 1914-03-09
Publication date: 1914-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 1931-10-27

Description

H. V.. STEUERNAGEL. SWINGING STRUCTURE MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED Mmm, 1914.

Patented 0G13. 27, 1914.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO V. STEUERNAGEL, F HARTFGRD, CONNECTICUT.

SWINGINGr-STRUCTURE MOUNT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Application led March 9, 1914-. Serial No. 823,378.

Patented oet. er, 1914.

inferred, may take the form of a door, af

' gate, a window, a Hap or something of an analogous'character. The supporting-body for the swinging member of whatever .nature the same may be, may vary decidedly in nature, depending upon the particular use to which the article is to be put. I have found the invention as highly advantageous when incorporated in or forming part of a cabinet or bon such as used in sectional bookcase equipment and with show cases. The' swinging element may move in any desired direction; that is it may move horizontally, vertically or obliquely to either of the other directions. f f l' @ne of the primary bjects of the invention is the provision of an article of the character described by which a swinging member such for instance as a door, can be e'e'ctively mounted and can be opened or closed without binding in either direction and with a minimum expenditure of power.

The device possesses other features of novelty and advantage, which with the foregoing will be stated at length in the followlng description whereinIwill set forth 1n detail that form of the embodiment of the invention which -I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification.v I-doy not limit myself to this disclosure; I may d epart therefrom in several particulars within the scopeof the invention defnei by the claims following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional view on the line 1-1 of Fig. 5,

Vlooking in the direct-ion of the arrow, the

swinging element represented 'as a door, being shown in the upper dotted line position in its maximum open position and in thelower dotted line position as being dismounted. Fig. 2 is a practically similarV view showing the door also dotted and as occupying an intermediate position. Fig. 3

or projection.

ing them practically cylindrical.

is a .cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2,

.looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig.

I4 is an end elevation of a cabinet or show case equipped with a mount involving the inventlon. Flg. 5 is a front elevation of the same.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, whichfare on different scales. As 'already noted I can use the invention in widely-different connections. In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown, a cabinet 2 presenting a suitable supporting body for the swinging Vpart 3 which as shown consists of a door' Aadapted when shut to close the open front side of the cabinet or case 2 and when open to uncover said opening as will hereinafter more particularly appear. The cabinet or case 2 need ,not set as shown. It can be arranged so that what is now the back in Fig. 4 would present the bottom,and in this event the door 3 or equivalent part would be at the top. In other words I wish to make it clear that I do not limit myself to any particular disposition of the door or equivalent, and I have cited 'two of many illustrations vin which the same can be arranged to swing.

The swinging member is provided with laterally-extending studs and the support- Ying body hasl grooves to receive lthe studs,

the grooves being so shaped as to jointly applya camming and guiding action to and to also properly support the swinging member Whether the same be in the form of a door or otherwise. Preferably the studs are duplicated at opposite ends of the door and necessarily the grooves are also duplicated, each groove being adapted to receive a stud The construction of the studs is not a matter of consequence. As

shown they are plain, butthey might be provided with anti-friction rollers or equivalent means, the invention not concernmg these and simllar detalls.

On what is shown as the ends of the doorv the stud' 6 j depthwise of 'fthe door. Within the cabinet or case `2 and in opposite walls thereof, (thevend walls as shown) are cam and guiding

grooves

8 and 9, 10 and 11, the

grooves

8 and 10 being mates and being directly opposite each other, while the grooves 9 and 11 are alike and are also opposed. Thel grooves 8l and 10receive for sliding movement the pins or studs 4 and 6', while thel longer grooves 9 and llreceive for corresponding motion the pins or studs 5 and 7. 'As illustrated both grooves aro of cam shape and as also having ineffective portions, so that thevwalls of onepair of opposite grooves may at one time be performin'g a camming action, while simultaneously the walls of theI other .two grooves mayl be simply guiding and vice versa. The shape of the two grooves may be varied decidedly. As shown the

grooves

8 and 10 are formed first on an arc which merges into an arc of still greater radius, the innerv terminal portions of said grooves being projected at an angle to the respective bodies' and the said projecting portions being open as at 12 for a reason that will be hereinafter described. With the'grooves 9 and 11 they first have a descending portion 9', then they merge into the arcuateportion of largeV radius and finally extend at right angles to the majorpart of their length being also vopen as at 13. The purpose of the open inner ends 12 and l13 of the two sets of grooves is to facilitate the dismounting of the swinging part 3 as will hereinafter ap'- ear. p Normally or when the door 3 is closed the two sets of pins 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 will be at the forward or closed ends of the two sets of grooves. To open the door 3 the following procedure may be adopted; the knob or finger piece 14, preferably removably mounted for a reason that will hereinafter appear as by furnishing it with a screw threaded shank, is grasped and the door swung forward. Initially or until the studs or pins 5 and 7 leave the first portion of the mating grooves 11, the motion of the door will be simply a swinging one. Beyond this point as the door is manipulated, its upper portion is swung into the cabinet or case 2 and at the same time there is a slight lifting motion imparted by the cam portionsofthe two sets of

grooves

10 and 11 until the door has practically reached its extreme upward movement after Ywhich point the upward movement ofthe door is comparatively slight or until what might be considered in the illustration given, the lower cross bar of the door is practically against the top of the cabinet 2 at which time the knob, presenting a suitable stop,

acts against the cabinet or case 2 to prevent further inward movement of the door. To dismount the door the knob 14 is taken from place and the two sets of pins pushed lsaid support.

2. The combination of a swinging member and a support therefor, the swingingV member having projecting studs and the support having grooves to slidingly receive out of the open inner endsI 12: and 13 of thetwo pairs of grooves. cases where one set of grooves and studs may be omitted.

YIt willbe .clear that my device comprises 'the duplicate grooves having bearings for two opposite studs and the forward portions of the other two grooves being shaped to positively prevent transverse and to permit solely swinging motion of the' swinging member when the same leaves its initial position or when it substantially leaves said support, and the several groovesv being shaped to jointly swing and move the swinging member transversely on thrust applied thereto, when said swinging member leaves ,said support. In. the present case the bearings inquestion lare obtained by closing the forward ends of the .

grooves

8 and 10, so that on the primary movement of the swinging member 3, the studs 4 and 6vcan turn against said closed endsat which time the upper studs 5 and 7 travel in the' forward arcuate portions 9 ofthe grooves 9 and 11. When I speak of transverse motion of the swinging member 3 I mean what would in the construction shown be a depth? wise movement thereof.

What I claim is:

There may be '1c The combination of a swingingmem#v V ber and a support therefor,` the swinging member initially fitting within the support and having projecting studs arranged in pairs, the studs of the respective pairs being opposite each other and the support having grooves arranged in lduplicate pairs to slidingly receive the respective pairs of studs, the forward ends of two of the du? plicate grooves having bearings for two op-v posite studs and the forward portions of the other two grooves being shaped to positively prevent transverse and to permit solely swinging motion of the swinging member when the same leaves its initial position and passes substantially out of said support and the several grooves being shaped to jointly swing and move theswinging member transversely on thrust applied thereto, when said swinging member leaves .ing member, the rear endsl `of said grooves mme@ being open to permit dsmounting of the swinging member, and an operating member on the Swingin member for engaging the support when t e swingingmember is 5 wide open, said operating member being removably mounted.

In testimon whereof aix my signature Witnesses: v

HEATH SUTHERLAND, L. MARKEL.