US1264578A

US1264578A - Door-support.

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Publication number: US1264578A
Application number: US17543517A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ulysses G Sweeney
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-06-18
Filing date: 1917-06-18
Publication date: 1918-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 1935-04-30

Description

U. G. SWEENEY.

DOOR SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, I917 lPatenitedApr. 30,1918.

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ULYSSES G. SWEENEY, F CUTLER, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed .Tune 18, 1917. Serial No. 175,435.

the back stile 3 that the framework of a door, and particularly the framework of a screen door not infrequently sags at its outer edge, and as a consequence, there exists an undesirable opening at the to of the door.

In view of the oregoing, one object of the present invention is to provide novel means for connecting the constituentmembers of a door frame, so that the door will not sag.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling a flexible element with the constituentmembers of a door frame. and to provide means for tightening the flexible element to accomplish the end above. mentioned.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

/Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina- .tion and arrangement of parts and inthe details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in section, a part of a door frame whereunto the device forming the subject matter of this application has been applied;

2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is asection showing a modification.

As shown in Fig. 2, there appears a door 1 including a front stile 2, a back stile 3 and a bottom rail 4, the latter having tenons 5 received in mortises 6 in the

stiles

2 and 3. In the forward edge of the front stile 2 there is fashioned a groove 7 communicating with a groove 8 in the bottom rail 4, the

groove 8 opening into a groove 9 in the outer edge of the back stile 3 of the door. In

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3d, 1912.

there is formed a recess 10 base of the groove 9 and communicating with said' groove. Rollers 11 are journaled on the

stiles

2 and 3 adjacent the lower corners of the door. Mounted in the groove 9 at the ends of the recess 10 are U-shaped supports 12 which may be made of metal. A securing device such as a screw 14 is mounted in the stile 2at the base of the groove '7 located at the and near to the upper end of the groove. A securing device 15, which may be a screw, is mounted in the stile 3, in the groove 9, and adjacent the upper end of the groove. ,The numeral '16 denotes a U shaped flexible element which may be a piece of wire, comprising parallel arms A and a bend B. The flexible element 16 is looped at its bend Hover the securing device 14 and is extended, along the grooves 7, 8 and 9, across the rollers 11, and through the supports 12, the ends of the flexible element being attached to thesecuring device 15. 'A U- shaped saddle 17, which maybe made of metal, is inverted over the flexible element 16 opposite tothe seat 10. A tightening device 18, which may be a screw, passes through the saddle l7 and engages the stile 3 at the base of the seat 10.

' In practical operation, by advancing the screw 18into the stile 3, the saddle 17 will be advanced with respect to the recess 10, the flexible element 16 will be bent transversely, adjacent the seat 10, the flexible element traveling over the rollers 11,and the

stiles

2 and 3 being held assembled with the bottom rail 4,in such a way as to prevent a sagging of the frame. It is to be observed that, as shown at 19, the ends of the tenons 5 are cut back, so that they will be out of the Way of the flexible element 16 and will not prevent a proper tightening thereof. As in Fig. 4 of the drawings, a modified form of the invention has been shown. In the said figure, there appears a door 20 including a front stile 21, a bottom rail 23, and a top rail 22, the rails having tenons24: entering mortises in the stile 21, V

. bottom rail 23 within the contour of the in the lower edge of the bottom stile 23. A securing device 30 is mounted in the top rail 22 within the contour of the groove 28, and a securing device 31 is mounted in the groove 29. The numeral 32 denotes a flexible element looped-around the securing device 31 and having its ends connected with the securing device 30, the flexible element, which preferably is a pieceof wire, passing along the grooves 29, 27 and 2-8, and being engaged around rollers 33 located in the groove 27 and journaled on the stile 21 adjacent the forward corners of the door.

Mounted in the groove 26 at the ends of the seat2'l are supports 350i the kind hereinbefore described. A U-shaped saddle 35 is inverted over the intermediate portion of the flexible element 32, and a tightening de vice, such as a screw 36-, passes through the saddle 35 and enters the stile 31 at the base ofethe seat 27, it being possible, by advancing the tightening device 36 and consequently the saddle 35, to flex the member 32 intermediate its ends, tosecure a tightening thereof.

' bottom of a door frame, it will be obvious j that the. structuresho'wn inthe said figure may be placed. at the top of a doonor, if desired, the structure shown in Fig. 1 may I be used both at the top and at the bottom of the door.

Having thus described the invention, what 1s claimed 1s 1. The combination with the intermediate lng means for engaging both arms, said member having a recess into which the ti ghtening mechanism may be advanced and into which the arms may be flexed.

2. Thecombination with intermediate and terminal door members having edge grooves, of securing devices carried by the terminal .members and located in the grooves; a U- shaped flexible element in the grooves and comprising a bend and arms, the bend being 7 engaged around one securing device, and the terminals of the arms being attached to the other securing device; a U-shaped saddle receiving the arms to permit a separation thereof, and bearing upon the arms, the saddle being received in the groove of one member; and a screw passing through the saddle and engaging said member, the said member being provided, at the base of its groove, with a recess to which the saddle may be advanced, the screw extending between the arms. J

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' ULYSSES Gr. SWEENEY.

V Witnesses L. A. ELLIOTT,

Leora M. KING.

fiofpies of this patent may he obta-i-nefi for has cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! iatenta, Washington, 10.