US1574553A

US1574553A - Door mounting

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Publication number: US1574553A
Application number: US713837A
Authority: US
Inventors: Chase Irwin
Original assignee: ELCO WORKS OF ELECTRIC BOA
Current assignee: ELCO WORKS OF ELECTRIC BOA; ELCO WORKS OF ELECTRIC BOAT Co
Priority date: 1924-05-16
Filing date: 1924-05-16
Publication date: 1926-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 1943-02-23

Description

Feb. 23 1926. 5

l. CHASE DOOR MOUNTING Filed May 15. 1924- Patented Feb. 23, 1926. UNI-TED S I oFF-rcs.

IRWIN cnnsngor BAYQNNE, NEW JERSEYIHASQSVIGNQJRVTO THE rineowonxs or ran ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY, A CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

noon MOUNTING.

Application filed May 16, 1924. Serial No. 713,837.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, IRWIN CHASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bay onne, in the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Mountings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

'lhisinvention relates to door mountings, the particular object of the invention being to provide a mounting for a door ofordinary construction which will permit the door to be opened wide without having the door project away from the door casing any considerable distance as the door is swung open.

This invention can be used for many purposes, although it was devised for use in conncction with pleasure cruisers of the type having a deck house.

I prefer to describe my invention as used on a pleasure cruiser of this type, inasmuch as it has been found to be particularly useful in this connection.

A pleasure cruiser of the type above referred to includes a deckhouse, the floor of which is substantially flush with the deck of 0 the boat; It is desirable to provide as much space as possible-within the deck-house, and accordingly the deck-house structure is made to extend out on each side of the boat so as to leave only a small side deck on each side thereof; The side deck, while large enough to permits one to walk-along tllGSldG of the deck-house, is usually somewhat narrower than an ordinary doorway, and accordingly, if a door were provided in the side of the declchouse, hinged to its casing in the ordinary manner, it would not swing past the railing at the edge of the deck. This would be quite objectionable, for it would make it necessary'to close the deckhouse door whenever it was necessary to walk along the side deck past. the door. It. 7

is not desirable to have the door swing in to the deck-house, for the space within the deck-house near the'door can be used for merely to provide room for the door 'to swing in and against the inside of the deckhouse wall. If a sliding door were provided, this would necessitate the construction of a door casing within thedeck-house wall, and

disar'ranged or broken parts.

many purposes of greaterimportance than this is objectionable for the reason that it i s-expensive to so construct a door casing, and whenever the door supports or the enclosed door casing would get out of order, it'would be necessary to tear down part of the. cabin wall in order to gain access to the A folding door is open to many of the objections noted in connection with the slidingdoor construe tin, by virtue of the large number of supporting partswhich easily get out of order. Furthermore, an ordinary folding door would project out into the side deck a considerable distance. whenever it was opened wide, and therefore it would probably be necessary to closeeven a folding door before one could get past the door along the side deck.

I have found that it is possible to provide a door mounting whicliis free from all the objections which prohibit the use of the several types of doorsabove described. Ingeneral, I accomplish this result by providing. what may be called extension hinges fastened to the back edge of a door of ordinary construction. These hinges have pivotpoijnts onthe door and on a hinge support which may well be the wall of the decklrouse. A link extendsubetween the pivot pointson the deck-house wall and on the door. .The length of this link is'somewhat less than the width ofthe door and preferably of a length substantially equal to onehalf the width of they deck-house door. By employing this type of door mounting, the back edgeof the door is swung out toward the deck railing and then back against the side of the declehouse wall and it is not necessary for the front edge of the door to swing out awayf'rom the door casing atall. A unitary deck-house door of ordinary construction can therefore be used and the door an be opened wide without having the door project out so as to strike the deck railing when the door is open.

A feature of my invention which can be omitted if desired, but. which is Very useful in th-e event that a lock is to be provided on the door, comprises means for causing the front edge of the door to follow a certain path when the door is being swung open. Such a means may comprise lugs carried at the top and bottom of the door near the front edge thereof and cooperating with slots formed in the top and bottom of the door casing. The lugs on the door cause the front edge thereof to follow a path correspending with the slots in the door casing. An ordinary door lock can be provided at the back edge of the door, and this lock, together with the lugs andslots just referred to, prevent the door from being opened until the door lock is released or unlocked in the ordinary manner.

The various objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent upon considering the following detailed description, which is to be taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of a pleasure cruiser of the t pe above described showing my improved oor mounting applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section view of a portion of the deck-house and door of Fig. 1, showing the construction and operation of my invention.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a door mounted in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on line 14 of Fig. 3, showing certain details of construction.

The pleasure cruiser of which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view, comprises a deck-house located amidships and constructed so as to provide a narow side deck on each side thereof. In Fig. 1, the deck-house wall is shown as 1, and the narrow starboard deck is shown as 2, and the usual deck-rail is shown as 3.

This pleasure cruiser is preferably about 56 feet in length, in which case the deckhouse is approximately 15 feet feet long and completely encloses the bridge. The deckhouse wall is provided with a large number of windows, 4, so that when the weather is pleasant the deck-house can be opened completely. A door is provided on each side of the deck-house, opening out on to the side deck. One of these doors is shown at 5 in Fig. l. It will be readily appreciated that in' constructing a deck-house on a cruiser of this type there are many reasons why an ordinary door hinged in the usual manner cannot be used. By referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be noted that the width of the side deck 2 is only slightly greater than one-half the width of the door 5. Accordingly, if the door 5 were hinged in the ordinary manner so as to swing out, it would strike the deck rail 3 as soon as the door had been swung to an angle of about 4:0 or 45 degrees, and it would be impossible to walk along the side deck until the door was closed. If the door were mounted so as to swing into the deck-house, it would strike against the deck seats just within the deck-house wall or againstother objects which must be placed in close proximity to the doorways.

The preferred embodiment of my invention includes two or more extension hinges designated generally by the reference characters 6 and 7. The hinge 6 includes a piece 8 adapted to be fixed to a support such as the deck-house wall and a second piece 9 adapted to be fixed to the upper back corner of the door 5. A link 10 connects these two pieces and is pivoted on each of them. The

. piece 9 projects up above the door so that the link 10 pivoted thereto clears the upper back corner of the door.

In like manner, the lower hinge 7 includes pieces 8 and 9, identical with the pieces 8 and 9 just described. The hinged pieces 8 and 9 are fixed to the wall and door respectively by any convenient means such as screws passing through holes in the pieces; and the pieces 8 and 9 are fastened in like manner. The hinge piece 9 projects down below the lower edge of the door and the link 10, which connects the pieces 8 and 9,

clears the lower back corner of the door 5 of the door is carried around in a corrcsponding arc.

1f the

links

10 and 10 have a length equal to substantially one half the width of the door 5 the back edge of the door will be carried back a distance equal to substantially the width of the door, thus opening the door wide. This is the preferred manner in which to construct the

links

10 and 10 although it is of course possible to make a satisfactory door mounting of this type by employing links of other lengths.v I

In Fig. 2, three positions of the door 5 are shown. The full line position is the position occupied by the door when it is closed 111 which case the

links

10 and 10 are sub stantiallyparallel to the wall 1 of the cabin. It is desirable to have the hinge pieces 9 and 9 project'out from the face of the door somewhat further than do the

corresponding hinge pieces

8 and 8 so as to make the

links

10 and 10 extend at a slight angle to the wall 1 substantially as shown. If the

links

10 and 10 are exactly parallel with the wall 1 when the door is closed, the links are in substantially dead center positions and it is necessary to pull out on the back edge of the door inorder to make the door open. By having the links set at a slight angle as just described it is not necessary to pull out on the links or on the back edge of the door in order to make the door open, it being merely necessary to push back on the door knob.

1f the

links

10 and 10 are made-longer than thoseshown in the figures of the drawing the door 5 will be carried back further than is necessary to expose all of the doorway, but as pointed out above, this may be desi able in some cases. On the other hand,

if the links are substantially shorter than those shown in the drawing the door will not be entirely drawn away from the door casing when the extension hinges are swung all the way back against the deck house wall.

The features of my invention above de scribed can be employed to advantage by themselves, but I prefer to add certain additional features which make the door mount ing of greater value for most purposes. The principal additional means which I prefer to use comprises means for causing the front edge of the door to follow a certain predetermined path when the door is swung open on its extension hinges. This means may be in the form of lugs carried by the door and cooperating with slots whereby the front edge of the door is caused to follow a certain path. i

In the figures of the drawing I have shown the door casing 11 as provided with slots at the top and bottom thereof, these slots extending from a point near the inner face of the door casing at the front edge of the easing to a point near the outer face of the easing at the back edge of this casing. The door 5 is provided with two

brackets

12 and 12 carrying lugs 13 and 13 which project into the grooves or slots in the door casin The brackets 12 and 12' can be fastened to the door in any convenient manner as by means of the screws 14. Vhile it is true that the

brackets

12 and 12 carrying the lugs 13 and 13' can be fastened to the door 5 at any point which will permit the lugs to cooperate with the grooves in the door casing, yet I prefer to mount these brackets at the upper and lower corners of the door opposite the back edge of the door. The brackets and the slots in the door casing are constructed so that when the 'door is closed it is substantially flush with the cabin wall l and when the door is open. it is substantially parallel with the cabin wall 1 as represented by the dot and dash line in Fig. 2. The dotted lines in Fig. 2 indicate a position of the door intermediate its closed and wide open positions.

it is apparent that by providing extensions on the door casing at the top and bottom thereof the slots therein can be so formed that the door 5 would move parallel to itself when it was swung open, and in fact the slots can be shaped so that the front edge of the door will follow any deec go of the door in position when the door is closed. 7

If it is desired to lock the door 5, it is merely necessary to provide a lock 15 of ordinary construction near the back edge of the door and this lock together with the

lugs

13 and 13 within the grooves inthe door casing will prevent the door from being opened until the lock is released.

The door casing 11 may be an ordinary wooden door casing having slots cut in the top and bottom portions thereof for the purpose described or the top and bottom parts of the casing may be of special construction; It may be desirable in order to prevent excessive wearing along the edges of the slots or grooves of the door casing to provide

metal plates

16 and 16 as shown in Figure 4 covering the face of the top and bottom portions of the door casing.

It is to be understood that many of the details of construction of my invention may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to the particular embodiment illustrated and described, but includes such modifications thereof as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination of a door, a support and means carried by the support and connected to one edge of the door for causing this edge of the door to swing out away from the support a maximum distance equal to approximately one half the width of the door and then back against the support whereby the door is opened wide.

2. The combination of a door, a support. means carried by the support and connected to one edge of the door for causing this edge of the door to swing out away from the support a maximum distance equal to approxi- 'mately one half the width of the door, and

the door to swing out away from the sup-" port a maximum distance'equal to approximately one half the width of the door and means including lugs carried by the door for causingthe opposite edge of the door ,to follow a certain path when the door is swung open.

41. The combination of a door, a support,

means carried by the support and connected to one edge of the door for causing this edge of the door to swing out away from the support a maximum distance equal to approximately one half the width of the door and means including a lug carried by the door near the other edge thereof and adapted to cooperate with a slot to cause this other edge to follow a certain path when the door 18 swung open.

5. The combination of a door, a casing for said door, the said casing having a slot therein, a support, means carried by said support and connected to one edgeof said door for causing this edge to swing out away from the support when the door is opened and means carried by said door near the other edge thereof and cooperating with the slot in the door casing to cause this other edge to follow a certain path corresponding to the slot when the door is opened.

6. The combination of a door, a door casing having a slot in the top thereof and a second slot in the bottom thereof, a support, means carried by the support and connected to one edge of the door for causing this edge to swing out away from the door casing when the door is opened and lugs carried by the door at the upper and lower corners thereof opposite this edge of the door, the said lugs projecting into the slots in the door casing.

7 The combination of a door, a door casing having a slot in the top thereof and a second slot in the bottom thereof, the said slots extending from a point near the inner to swing out away from the door casingwhen the door is opened and lugscarried by the door at the upper and lower corners thereof opposite this edge of the door, the said lugs projecting into the slots in the door casing.

8. The combination of a door, a casing for said door, said casing having a slot therein extending to a point near the face of the easing at one edge of door, a support, means carried by said support and connected to one edge of said door for causing this edge to swing out away from the support when the door is opened and means carried by said door near the other edge thereof and cooperating with the slot in the door casing to cause this other edge to follow a certain path corresponding to the slot when the door is opened.

9. The combination of a door, a casing for said door, the said casing having a slot therein, a support, means carried by said support and connected to one edge of said door for causing this edge to swing out away from the support when the door is opened and means carried by said door near the other edge thereof and cooperating with the slot in the door casing to cause this other edge to follow acertain path corresponding to the slot when the door is opened, this last named means comprising a bracketfastened to the door and having a lug thereon projecting into the slot in the door casing.

10. The combination of a door, a door casing having a slot in the top thereof and a second slot in the bottom thereof, a support, means carried by the support and connected to one edge of the door for causing this edge to swing out away from the door casing when the door is opened and brackets fixed to the door at the upper and lower corners thereof opposite this edge of the door, the said b 'ackets having lugs thereon projecting into the slots on the door casing.

11. The combination of a door, a support, a hinge piece fixed to said support, a second hinge piece fixed to one edge of the door and a link connecting these hinge pieces, the length of this link being equal to substantially one half the width of the door.

12. The combination of a door, a support, hinge pieces fixed to the support, a hinge piece fixed to one edge of the door so as to project above the top of the door, a hinge piece fixed to the opposite edge of the door so as to project below the bottom of the door and links connecting the hinge pieces on the support with those on the door.

13. The combination of a door, a support, hinge pieces fixed to the support, a hinge piece fixed to one edge of the door so as to project above the top of the door, a hinge piece fixed to this edge of the door so as to project below the bottom of the door and links connecting the hinge pieces on the support with those on the door, the length of these links being equal to approximately one half the width of the door.

14. The combination of a door, a support, a hinge piece fixed to said support, a second hinge piece fixed to one edge of the door and a link connecting these hinge pieces and means including-lugs carried by the door for causing the opposite edge of the door to follow a certain path when the door is swung open.

15. The combination of a door, a support, a hinge piece fixed to said support, a second hinge piece fixed to one edge of the door, a link connecting these hinge pieces, the length of this link being less than the width of the door, and means including lugs carried by the door near the other edge thereof adapted to coope ate with Slots to cause this other edge to follow a certain path when the door is swung open;

16. The combination of a door, a support, a hinge piece fixed to said support, a second hinge piece fixed to one edge of the door and a link connecting these hinge pieces, the length of this link being equal to substantially one half the width of the door, and

means other than the means carried by the support for causing the opposite edge of the door to follow a certain path when the door is swung open.

17. The combination of a door, a door casing having a slot in the top thereof and a second slot in the bottom thereof, a support, hinge pieces fixed to the support, a hinge piece fixed to one edge of the door so as to project above the top of the door, a hinge piece fixed to this edge of the door so as to project below the bottom of the door, links connecting the hinge pieces on the support with those on the door,'the length of these links being equal to approximately one half the width of the door, brackets fixed to the door at the upper and lower corners thereof of the'door for causing this edge of the door to swing out away from the support when I the door is opened, means other than the means carried by the support for causing the opposite edge of the door to follow a certain path when the door is swung open and means for locking the hinged edge of the door.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

IRWIN CHASE.