US1126764A - Hinge. - Google Patents

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R. W/HUBBARD.

' HINGE.

l APPLICATION-FILED APRA, 1914. l, 1,126,764. l Patented Feu 2, 1915.

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RICHARD W. HUBARD, OF-ASHTABUL, OHIO.

y HINGE.

` Specicatin of Letters Patent.

Application led April 1, 1914. Serial No. 8285898.

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. HUB- BARD, citizen of the United States, residing at Ashtabula, in`the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to hinges, and it contemplates the provision of a type of hinge for use more particularly on automobile doors, pianos and the like, where it is desirableV to have thev hinge concealed for the` purpose of neatness and appearance, yet kone which may be readily removed and replaced with a new hinge andv this with but a small amount of effort on the part of a person applying the same.

The invention also contemplates the pro.

vision ofl a binge capable of use onr the doors of buildings and especially lire doors,

and is constructed and arranged so that when the door is closed it will be snugly held v against the frame and thereby rendered fireproof.

' Other advantageous features of my novel hinge will be readily understood and appreciated from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my novel hinge applied to a vehicle body and the door thereof, and showing the door in its open position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the hinge as applied to a house door, and showing the set screw removed, thereby permitting the door to swing clear around against the door frame; Fig. 2 showing the side of the hinge opposite to that shown in Fig. 1,

and also showing the hinge reversed. Fig. 3 .is a section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and showing the manner in which my hinge is' secured in a house door and door frame. Fig. 4 is a similar View taken in the. plane indicated bythe line 4 4 of Fig. 1 and showing the manner in which my novel hinge is secured in the vehicle body and door thereof. Fig. 5 is a section showing the hinge, door and door frame in a closed position.l Fig.,6 is a section taken on Ithe line 6-6of Fig. 5,

- showing the ghinge in closed Aposition as applied to a door and dport frame.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings. i

' Among other features my novel hinge comprises the body members 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 are pintles through the medium of which the leaves 5 and 6 are pivotally connected to the said body portions 1 and 2. Each of the body members 1 and 2 are preferably of oval shape in elevation, and are provided with side walls 7 and 8, and are also provided at their back portions with a plate 9, which plate is secured to the said .body members through the medium of course, do not wish to be limited to thev same. The plates 9 alle provided with apertures for the reception-of screws 10, which screws retain the hinge members in their proper positions in the door 14 and door frame 15. The pintles 3 and 4 take into apertures in the upper and lower forwardly extending faces of the body portion, andare retained in proper position by the said' apertures. l,

The leaves 5 and 6 of my novel hinge are of the ordinary well known construction, being held together through the medium of a pintle 11, and in the face of one of the said leaves is an aperture 12 for the reception of a set or adjusting screw 13, whichfset screw serves a very important function, as willbe noted hereinafter. It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that the body portion 2 is also provided with an aperture l1x for the reception of the said set screw 13.

ln the application of my hinge to an automobile, cab, .coach and the like, where it is desirable to have a hinge that does not show when the door is ina closed position, it is simply necessary to bore two holes in the door 14 and door frame 15, Icut away wood left on either side between the holes, slip the body members l and 2 into the recesses and then drive the screws 10- home. In doors suh as automobile, cab and the like, it is desirable that the door )be open only half-way or thereabougand in other hinges for this purpose*"tley""require a leatherstrap or the like in connection with the door and door fran/1e, but with my device it will be seen' Patented Feb. 2, 1915.,

Iii-'that by means of the set screw 13 it is` simply necessary to turn the same with a screwdriver or the like, so that it will be seated inv the aperture 12 and be received by the aperture 11x a of the body member, which will tend to retain the door at a right-angle position to the frame thereof when the door is in an openfpositiom By simply loosening the screw the opening can begoverned to a certain extent, and for this purpose it is also desirable to provide the leaf 5 Iwith a beveled vor swelled portion, the said beveled portion tending to cause the door to open to a slight extent when the set screw l,13 is loosened. L'

, When it is desirable to open a door clear aroundagainst the wall, as in the case of housedoors or metal covered doors used as `fire doors, the set screw is dispensedwith entirely, and the hinge is applied upside down which allows the door to swing;r around to a parallel position with the casing, and

at the same time when the door is closed the crack between the door and the jamb will be perfectly tight, giving fire no vchance to get through between the edge of the door and the door frame. Thisf'hinge can be used as well for a double-acting dr as for a single acting door, and by using one or more leaves 5 in connection with those shown in Fig. 2, I can throw thel'door clear around against the `wall in eitherdirection. I can also providey the door with v a spring attachment either to the hinge or 35.

the door roper, and in this way make the door selfclosing, and -b adjusting' the spring can make it not o., self;closing in either direction, but in ad .'tion y lgk'e 1t a perfect check when thegdoo is t o wnlin 40 either direction.

It will be readily ap reciatedi the foregoing that my nove hinge is: compactA and well able to withstand fthe roughusa le to'which hinges of this character armeni, s jected, and I wouldalso-haveitffunderstod that the hingel can be made Averyv clieaplyw,v

and a plied to a door without the of skille labor.

I would have it 'understood that in the future practice of my invention such changes and modifications may be made as fairly fall within the. scope of the claims appended." `v

Having described my invention, what I -claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is: v

' 1. The combination. with the jamb of a door frame, and a door, of rece tacleshaped members open at their outer si es, said members being secured in the edges of the jamb and door and arranged `flush with said edges and one of the members having a'threaded aperture in its bottom, leaves arranged opposite each other and in the same plane and that has the threaded aperture in its bottombeing rovided with an aperture oppo- .site said t readed aperture, and a headed screw removably arranged in the aperture of thevleaf and the threaded aperture of the member.

tacle-shaped member.V y v 4 In testimony'wheref I have hereuntozset the other leaf with its complementary recepmy-ha'nd 'inpresence of' two subscribing wits.

nesses. A l I I RICHARD' w. HUBBRD. Wimm 75 2. A hinge comprising receptacle-shaped c vmembers, and leavesflexiblyconnected tomembe`r,1 and means adjustably- .connecting l

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