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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F3/00—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices
    • E05F3/02—Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices with pneumatic piston brakes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
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  • the .object of my invention is -to prevent the slamming of doors or gates, Which are closed by Weights or springs; and it consists in producing a brake or cushion from air compressed by a valve-piston in a cylinder, for
  • the cylinder is from three to seven inches deep, and from two to ten inches in d'1- ameter. It is deeper, if it is desired to have the door acquire a greater retardation. It is closed at the bottom, and its open end flares at the rim to accommodate slight variations in the size and position of the piston and cupdoor-casing, and by lugs and the arch e f, if
  • the cylinder may be attached to the casing at h or i, Fig. 2, and then the piston attached to the door at g by a bent arm.
  • the operation of the brake is as follows: When the door is closed, as in Fig. 3, and it is drawn back, the valve 7c is opened by the pressure of the air through the passage l, and there is no resistance by the air. When the door is open, as in Fig. 2, and is left to the operation of the springor weight, it moves with accelerated velocity (the air closing the valve D) until the piston enters the cylinder and con-- denses the air to the point of complete resistance. The packing of the piston, expanded against the sides'of the cylinder, shrinks by the escape of air to its place, and the door passing the inch or two of remaining space is closed.
  • the .improvement may be used with a tightfitting piston Without the leather packing with its cup-valve.

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Air-Cushions for Doors.
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Patented September 2,1873.
` AM, MOM-LITHUG/i/IFH/ CMM Massa/w55 MMISS/ i. UNITED STATES PATENT @Errea JEROME W.VWETMORE, 0F ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.
A IMPROVEMENT IN AIR-CUSHIONS FCR DOORS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 142,540, dated September 2, 1873 application filed y January 6, 1873.
To all whom t may concern:
Be it known that I, J Enorm: W. WETMORE, of Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Air Cushion or Brake as an improvement in the means of preventing the slamming of doors which are closed by springs, which I name the door airbrake, and of which the following is a specitication:
The .object of my invention is -to prevent the slamming of doors or gates, Which are closed by Weights or springs; and it consists in producing a brake or cushion from air compressed by a valve-piston in a cylinder, for
ing; D, piston of the air-brake; E, torsionspring to closethe door; cf, an arch in the door-Way to hold and conceal the cylinder; g h i, points referred to, Where the devices may be alternately attached; j, knob ofthe door; 7c, valve of the piston. This is a vertical section of the valve, for it is fastened at its upper edge, its Weight closing it. The rest of Fig. 5 is a horizontal section; l, opening through the valve; m,`lea`ther packing on the valve; n, the bracket to hold the piston. The cylin- .der and piston are constructed on arcs of a circle, as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 5, of which the hinge of the door is the center, and the Outer and inner sides of the cylinder are the radiuses. The cylinder is from three to seven inches deep, and from two to ten inches in d'1- ameter. It is deeper, if it is desired to have the door acquire a greater retardation. It is closed at the bottom, and its open end flares at the rim to accommodate slight variations in the size and position of the piston and cupdoor-casing, and by lugs and the arch e f, if
placed in the upper corner of the door-Way. The cylinder may be attached to the casing at h or i, Fig. 2, and then the piston attached to the door at g by a bent arm.
The operation of the brake is as follows: When the door is closed, as in Fig. 3, and it is drawn back, the valve 7c is opened by the pressure of the air through the passage l, and there is no resistance by the air. When the door is open, as in Fig. 2, and is left to the operation of the springor weight, it moves with accelerated velocity (the air closing the valve D) until the piston enters the cylinder and con-- denses the air to the point of complete resistance. The packing of the piston, expanded against the sides'of the cylinder, shrinks by the escape of air to its place, and the door passing the inch or two of remaining space is closed.
The .improvement may be used with a tightfitting piston Without the leather packing with its cup-valve.
I claim as my invention- The air-cylinder G and piston D, attached one to the door or gate and the other to the casing, to form an air-brake, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
JEROME W'. WETMORE.
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H. N. ARMSTRONG, D. W. FITCH.
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