US1318349A

US1318349A - Door controller

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Publication number: US1318349A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 1936-10-14

Description

P. A. B008.

DOOR CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION r1150 OCT. 29. 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29.191]- 1,818,349. Patented Oct. 14,1919.

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PETER ALOYSiEUS 3008, OF OCON'OMOWOC, WISCONSIN. v

DOOR-CONTROLLER.

Application filed October 29, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, PETER ALoYsIUs Boos, a citizen of the United States, and resident of ,Oconomowoc, in the county of Waukesha and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Controllers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n door controllers more particularly adapted for opening and closing garage doors.

In order to open garage or other like doors of ordinary construction it is necessary to stop and get out of the vehicle a short distance from the garage, unlock and open the door and then reenter the vehicle to run it into the garage. In running the vehicle out of the garage the same operations, partly in reverse order, are necessary.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to overcome the before mentioned objectionable features and provide a door controller whereby one or more doors of a garage may be opened or closed from a point outside of the arage.

A further 0 ject of the invention is to provide a door controller having means outside of the garage for locking the door or doors ineither open or closed position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door controller with which the door or doors may be yieldingly maintained in an open or closed or in an intermediate position.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a 'door controller actuated electrically from a point distant from the garage.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door controller which is of simple construction, is strong and durable and well adapted for the purpose described.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the improved door controller and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof...

In the accompanying drawings in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Figure 1 is a top view of the improved door controller shown mounted on a portion of a garage, portions of the arage being shown in cross section and the figure also in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 114, 1919.

Serial No. 199,081.

Fig. 5 is an edge detail view on a larger scale of the actuating lever;

Fig. 6 is a side view partly in section of an electrically actuated door controller; and

Fig. 7 is a top view thereof, parts of the garage being shown in section.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 indicates a portion of a garage or other building, 11. the hinged doors thereof and 12 the improved door controller mounted thereon.

The doors of the garage shown swing outwardly but it is to beunderstood that the controller may be used in connection with a garage having inwardly swinging doors.

In using the controller on buildings, with double doors-as shown, the frame on opposite sides of-the doors isprovided with U- shaped inwardly projecting brackets 13 forming bearings for vertically extending

rock shafts

14 and 14 which are connected together to rock in opposite directions by levers '15 and 15 and a connecting rod 16. The levers are pinned or otherwise mounted on the upper ends of the rock shafts above the brackets, one extending inwardly and the other extending outwardly and their free end portions are pivoted to the connecting rod 16. Door levers 17 and 17 "mounted and pinned on the upper end portion of the rock shafts between the upper brackets 13 and the

levers

15 and 15 extend approximately in a direction toward each other and their free ends are preferably bifurcated to pivot the inner ends of connecting door rods 18 and 18' thereto. The door rods extend toward the respective doors 11 and at their outer ends are pivoted to eared door brackets 19 and 19' which are mounted on the reproach to the garage. The actuating rod 21 extends outwardly from the garage to a convenient point and its outer end is pivoted to the lower end portion of an operating lever 22 forming part of a controlling mechanism 23. The lever is fulcrumed on the standard frame 2 and pro ects upwardly therefrom in the form of an operating handle 2-5. The frame 24 is formed with a segmental portion 26 having notches 27 to receive the angular lower end portion of the spring actuated dog 28 which is mounted on the operating lever and yieldingly enters the notches 27 to hold the lever and the doors moved thereby in adjusted position. The said notches are of rounded form. and while of suflicient depth to maintain the parts in adjusted position will permit the operating lever to be freely swung to any desired position.

The operating lever 22 's provided with an opening 29 which is positioned to register with either one of two openings 30 formed in the standard frame 24:. These last mentioned openings correspond with the angle of the operating lever 22 when the doors are in open or closed position so that a padlock 31 having its locking bolt or staple 32 extending through the registering

openings

29 and 20 will lock the doors in said adusted position.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the rock shaft 14 is of less length and a worm wheel 33 is mounted and pinned to the lower end portion of said shaft in lieu of the lever arm 20. An electric motor 34 mounted on a bracket 34 attached to the garage adjacent the worm wheel is provided with a worm 35 which meshes with the worm wheel 33 and transmits motion thereto. Electric current supply wires 36 are connected to said motor and extend therefrom downwardly and then out of the building and beneath the surface of the road to the point of control 37. From the point ofcontrol the wires extend to a source of current sup ly. The point of control comprises pre erably a double throw reversible knife switch 38 mounted on a support 39 which is adapted to reverse the direction of rotation of the motor and thereby turn the rock shafts to open or close the garage doors.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the door controller is of very simple construction and may be easily actuated exteriorly of the building to openor close or lock the doors.

What Iclaim as my invention is: I

1. The combination with a building hav-' ing a hinged door, of a means for opening and closing said door, comprising a rock shaft, a lever mounted on the rock shaft, a bracket mounted on the door, a rod connecting the lever to the bracket, a lever arm and closing said door, comprising a rock shaft, a lever mounted on the rock shaft, a bracket mounted on the door, 'a rod connecting the lever to the bracket, a lever arm mounted on the rock shaft, a standard frame positioned exteriorly of the building, a manually operable lever fulcrumed on the standard frame and extending downwardly therefrom, means for yieldingly maintaining the lever in adjusted position,'other means for locking the lever in adjusted position,and a rod connecting the lower end of the operating lever to'tlie lever arm.

3. The combination with a building having hinged swinging doors, of a means for opening and closing said doors, comprising rock shafts mounted adjacent the hinged portions of said doors, brackets mounted on the doors, levers mounted on the upper end portions of the rock shafts, rods connecting the levers to the brackets, other levers mounted on the rock shafts, a rod connect ing the last mentioned levers together to turn said rock shafts in opposite direction, a manually operable lever positioned remote from the doors, means for yieldingly maintaining the lever in adjusted position, a lever arm mounted on one of the rock shafts, and a rod connecting the lever arm to the operating lever. I

4. The combination with a building having hinged swinging doors, of'a means for opening and closing said doors comprising rock shafts mounted adjacent the hinged portions of said doors, brackets mounted on the doors, levers mounted on the upper end portions of the rock shafts, rods connecting the levers to the brackets, other levers mounted on the rock shafts, a rod connecting the last mentioned levers together to .turns'aid rock shafts in opposite directions,

a standard frame positioned exteriorly of the building, an operating lever fulcrumed on the standard frame'and extending downwardly therefrom, means for 'yieldingly maintaining the. lever in adjusted position,

means for locking the operating lever in ad-' justed position, a lever arm mounted on one of the rock shafts, and a rod connecting the lever arm to the operating lever.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature.

PETER ALOYSIUS B008.