US1724135A - Locker door - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
- E05B65/02—Locks or fastenings for special use for thin, hollow, or thin-metal wings
- E05B65/025—Locks or fastenings for special use for thin, hollow, or thin-metal wings for lockers
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S292/00—Closure fasteners
- Y10S292/68—Locker latches
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- Another and .more specific object of the invention is to provide a locker door having an especially designed arrangement of louvers adapted to provide ample ventllation, for the interior of the locker, as well as to prevent the entry of small objects into the hollow door and liquids lIltOjhQlIltGl'lOI of the locker.
- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a locker in which is embodied the novel features of the.
- Fig.4 is a cross-section through a portion of the door and latching bar, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3, and
- Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the locker door, taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.
- the locker includes a sheet metal frame 1, and a door '2 hinged thereon, asby means of hinges ⁇ . v
- the door 2 consists of afront panel 4 and a rear panel 5
- the front panel 4 is provided at the top and bottom edges with flanges 6 and 7, respectivel and at the sides with an L-flange 8 and a. ange 9, a portion of the latter being offset by -means of a shoulder 10.
- the front panel isfurther provided near the top and bottom with outwardly pressed and downwardly extending ventilating louvers 11,, and is also provided Fig. 2 is a rear-elevation of the locker.
- the rear panel 5 of the door is provided at the top and bottom edges with flanges 16 and 17, respectively, and at the sides with flanges panel. Holes 23 spaced to correspond withrovided ⁇ the slots 12 in the front panel are at one edge of the rear panel to acilitate connection of the hinges 3 to the front-panel, and also to facilitate spot welding of flanges .9 and 19 to each other at these points when the door is assembled.
- vSpaced slots 24 are provided near the other edge of the rear panel, these slots being adapted to receive the hook-like portions 25 of keepers 26secured to the frame Lof -the locker.
- the frontand'rear panels are assembled as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and are welded to each other in any desired manner.
- Inwardly pressed lugs 30 are provided on the rear panel, and these serve to confine fihe latching bar in the edge portion of the oor.
- louvers 11 in the pressed outwardly and extend doyvnwardlyiland are directly opposite louvers 20 in t gll'lessed inwardly 1s arrangement e rearpanel, which are and extend upwardly. of the louvers provides ample ventilation for the locker,-and at the same time,
- louyers ssed inwardly and extended such occurrences are obviated to lo extent by providing the rear upwardly extendin louvers.
- t e louvers also prevents entry of water into the interior of the locker, when, as often ha the locker is drenched with water a fire.
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Aug, 13,1929 W.ISLER 1,724,135
LOCKER DOOR Filed May 5, 1928 2 Shets-Sheet 1- Aug, 13, 1929.
w. ISLER 1,724,135
LOCKER DOOR Filed May 3, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patent ed Aug. 13, 1 9 29. I
UNITED STATES I 1,124,135 PATENT OFFICE.
'WILLIAM ISLEB, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BERGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.
LOCKER DOOR.
Application filed May 3,
vide a hollow metal door fora locker or other enclosure, so that a latching bar may be advantageously inserted in the edge portion of the door and hidden from view at all times. By thus concealing the latching bar from view, the temptation to tamper with-it is more or less completely obviated.
Another and .more specific object of the invention is to provide a locker door having an especially designed arrangement of louvers adapted to provide ample ventllation, for the interior of the locker, as well as to prevent the entry of small objects into the hollow door and liquids lIltOjhQlIltGl'lOI of the locker.
These and other objects of the invention.
will become more readily apparent in the course of the following description of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a locker in which is embodied the novel features of the.
a present invention;
Fig.4 is a cross-section through a portion of the door and latching bar, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3, and
Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the locker door, taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.
Referring more particularly to the drawings, the locker includes a sheet metal frame 1, and a door '2 hinged thereon, asby means of hinges}. v
The door 2 consists of afront panel 4 and a rear panel 5 The front panel 4 is provided at the top and bottom edges with flanges 6 and 7, respectivel and at the sides with an L-flange 8 and a. ange 9, a portion of the latter being offset by -means of a shoulder 10. The front panel isfurther provided near the top and bottom with outwardly pressed and downwardly extending ventilating louvers 11,, and is also provided Fig. 2 is a rear-elevation of the locker.
1928. Serial No. 274,942.
at the opposite side edges with-spaced slots 12 and 13, the slots 12 serving to receive the leaves of hinges 3, and the slots 13 adapted to receive tenons 14 of a handle 15.
. The rear panel 5 of the door is provided at the top and bottom edges with flanges 16 and 17, respectively, and at the sides with flanges panel. Holes 23 spaced to correspond withrovided} the slots 12 in the front panel are at one edge of the rear panel to acilitate connection of the hinges 3 to the front-panel, and also to facilitate spot welding of flanges .9 and 19 to each other at these points when the door is assembled. vSpaced slots 24 are provided near the other edge of the rear panel, these slots being adapted to receive the hook-like portions 25 of keepers 26secured to the frame Lof -the locker.
The frontand'rear panels are assembled as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and are welded to each other in any desired manner.
- A channel latching bar 27 having slotted latching clips 28 secured to the web thereof at spaced intervals, is then inserted in the edge portion of the door through a suitable opening 29 left in the flanges 7 and 17 of i the front and rear panels. The baris then pushed up into the door to a position where the web ofthe bar maybe engaged by tenons 14 of the handle 15.
Inwardly pressed lugs 30 are provided on the rear panel, and these serve to confine fihe latching bar in the edge portion of the oor.
When the door is closed, the hook-like portions 25 of the keepers 26 enter the'slots in the latching clips 28 to effect positive latching of the door. The operation of the keepers in effecting such positive latching is clearly described in copending application of Joseph Sturm and William L.- Caldwell, Serial No. 115,538. V As clearly shown in Fig. 5, louvers 11 in the pressed outwardly and extend doyvnwardlyiland are directly opposite louvers 20 in t gll'lessed inwardly 1s arrangement e rearpanel, which are and extend upwardly. of the louvers provides ample ventilation for the locker,-and at the same time,
= which would locker space.
were downward a considera panel with the outer face of the rear panel ,is leftxwithout any undesirable projections reduce the available interior Moreover, as lockers are used by children, who
door if the louyers ssed inwardly and extended such occurrences are obviated to lo extent by providing the rear upwardly extendin louvers.
The aforesaid arrangement of t e louvers also prevents entry of water into the interior of the locker, when, as often ha the locker is drenched with water a fire.
Claims:
1. The combination of spaced front and rear metal panels forming a hollow door, a atching bar enclosed in the edge portion of said door, and lugs pressed inwardly from the metal of said rear panel and confining the latching bar to the edge portion of the oor.
2. The combination of spaced metal panels forming a'hollow door, alatching bar enpens,
uring closed in the edge portionof said door, and
lugs pressed inwardly from the metal of one 0 said panels and confining the latching bar to the ed e portion of the door.
\In testimony w ereof I aflix my'signaturc.
WILLIAM ISLER.
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Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2644555A (en) * | 1945-12-27 | 1953-07-07 | All Steel Equipment Inc | Doorpost construction |
US20050104388A1 (en) * | 2003-11-13 | 2005-05-19 | Takes Allen J. | Slide latch assembly |
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Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2644555A (en) * | 1945-12-27 | 1953-07-07 | All Steel Equipment Inc | Doorpost construction |
US20050104388A1 (en) * | 2003-11-13 | 2005-05-19 | Takes Allen J. | Slide latch assembly |
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