US1755585A - Remote lock and control means for doors - Google Patents

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April 22 1930. c. J. ANDREWS REMOTE LOCK AND CONTROL MEANS FOR DOORS Filed March 16 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR. (magma JACOB A/ypem Q. @(fl Wmm ATTORNEY April 22, 1930. c. J. ANDREWS 1,755,585

REMOTE LOCK AND CONTROL MEANS FOR DOORS Filed March 16, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet MIX u h 4 I N V EN TOR. CHAQLES Jacoa .QNDQEWS ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 22, 193i) UNETED CHARLES JACOB ANDREW'S, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA REMOTE LOCK AND CONTROL MEANS FOR DOORS Application filed March 16, 1926.

My invention relates to remote lock and control means, particularly adapted and applicable for garage doors.

The objects of my invention are: first, to

5 provide a remote lock for doors whereby the door may be easily and quickly opened as the sameis approached; second, to provide means of this class whereby a garage door, normally locked; may be unlocked and opened from the fd-rivers compartment of the automobile, or from any other compartment thereof, as the automobile is directed toward the arage door, but before the door is reachec, thus avoiding getting out of the automobile in wet weather, or when the driveway is muddy, or under other disagreeable conditions; third, to provide means of this class for locking doors whereby, when the lock portion is set, the door or doors may be locked automatically by merely closing the door or doors; fourth, to provide a remotelock and control means for doors whereby, when the door is unlocked from a remote position thereof, the door or doors are opened by a weight or weights within the garage or other building structure; fifth, to provide a remote lock and control means for doors which is applicable to one or more doors mounted on straight tracks, or one or more doors mounted on 39 tracks extended around corners of a garage or other building, or one or more hinged doors, without deviating from the spirit of the invention; sixth, to provide a novelly constructed and arranged remote lock and control means for doors, and seventh, to provide a means of this class which is particularly simple and economical of construction, durable, efficient, reliable, fool-proof, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

\Vith these and other objects-in view, as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon, which form a part of this application, in which:

Serial No. 95,110.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the entrance portion of a garage, showing a door mounted on a curved track with my remote lock and control means in connection therewith; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view I thereof, taken from the inside of the garage, showing the walls and other portions in section; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary partial sectional and partial elevational view, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, showing a portion of the garage, the column or post for supporting the lock, the latch within the garage and the means for connecting the same; Fig. 4; is an enlarged fragmentary sectional eleva tional view thereof, taken through 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a greatly enlarged view thereof, taken on the line 5+5 of Fig. 4.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

The structure 1, as shown in the drawings and as embodying my invention, is a garage or other small structure provided in one side or one end with an entrance 1 over which is shiftably positioned a door 2. As shown in the drawings, the door consists of a plurality of panels 2, 2" and 2, hinged together,

.by means of hinges 2, at their adjacent edges for providing a foldable door, At the upper ends of the door panels are secured roller or flanged wheel hangers 3, which support the door on a track 4 supported, by means of brackets 4 to the inside of the garage over the opening therein and on the inner side of the wall provided with the entrance, the portions of the track at the adjacent side walls of the garage being connected'bya curved track portion 4*, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the (door may travel around the curved por tion to the side of the garage. The door 2 is normally adapted to be shifted to its par: position against the sidewall. of the g r g by means of a weight 5,.which is connected.

by means of a cable6 which extends around a sheave 7 and is connected at its opposite end to an eye portion 4? mounted on one of the hangers?) mounted on the mostlremotely positioned door panel 2 when the door is closed. v l

vi l rp d to be h ld in a Chad position by means of a latch member 8, which is pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on a block 1 on the inside of the garage. The one end of the latch member 8 is provided with a hook portion 8 which is adapted to engage a corresponding hook portion on the keeper 9 which is secured to one edge of the door. Said latch member 8 is held in engagement with the keeper 9 by means of a spring 10 connected with the latch member 8. Said latch member is held in a downward or latching position by means of the spring 10 against the pin 11 preferably mounted on the block 1 so that when the door is closed, the keeper 9 will raise the hook portionof the latch member 11 against the tension of the spring 10'and' will lock or latch with said hook portion.

At one sideof the driveway 12 leading to the entrance 1 of the structure 1 is placed a column or post 13, the upper portion of which'ma-y be easily reached from the drivers or other compartment of the automobile. Near the upper end' of the driveway side of the column 13 is provided an opening 13 in which is positioned an L-shaped frame 14 which is pivotally mounted on its lower shorter leg and near the intersection of the legs, by means of a hinge 15, on the column 13 within the recess mentioned. The longer leg oft-he L-shaped frame 14 is adapted, when the frame 14 is shifted inwardly, to close the opening 13". At the upper end and the inner side of the longer leg of theL-shaped frame 14 is mounted a lock 16 which, when the frame member 14 is shifted inwardly, is enclosed in a frame 17 secured within the recess 13, the beveled outer end of'thebolt 16" extending into a slot in the Wall of the frame 17, as shown in- Figs. 3 and 5. To the inner end of the shorter leg or arm 14 of the frame 14 is secured the one end of a cable or other flexible connector 18, which extends downwardly through the longitudinal passage 13" of the column 13, around a sheave 19 at the lower end of the column 13, through a horizontal underground passage ortube 20 con necting the lower end of the column 13- with a box or chamber 22 positioned in the structure 1, preferably below the floor level thereof, as shown in Fig; 2. The cable 18 extends from the tube 20 around another sheave 21 mounted in the box 22, and thence upwardly and is connected at its endwith the one end of the latch member 8 opposite its hook portion 8.

I Thus, when the lock 16 is unlocked with a key from the automobile and pulled outwardlyfrom the recess in the column 13, by means of the handle 14 at the upper end of the longer leg of the frame 14, the shorter leg or arm 14 pulls the one end of the cable18upwardly around the sheaves 19" and 21t0' the opposite end. of the cable 18=and therefore the attached end of the latch member 8 downwardly, which releases the hook portion thereof from the keeper 9 and permits the door to be carried around the track by the weight 5. After the door is open, the spring 10 returns the latch 8 to its normally closed position and also pulls the frame 14 to its closed position, thus setting the latch memher 8 to be engaged by the keeper 9 and locked in position when the door is returned to its closed position.

It will be here noted that although the column or post, on which the lock is mounted, is shown positioned on the rightside of the driveway or approach to the door, the column may be conveniently placed on the left side of the approach if desired, so that the lock may be unlocked directly from the drivers seat of the automobile.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions and a particular adaptation of my lock and control means to a single flexible door hung on a track, I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement nor to the particular adaptation, but desire to include in the scope ofmy invention the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set-forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a lock mechanism of the class described, a lock support having a recess in one side, a lock supporting frame pivotally mounted on said support adapted to cover said recess, a-lock positioned at the inner side of said frame adapted to be enclosed in said recess when said frame is positioned thereover, the bolt of the lock being adapted to engage a recess portion of said support, and means operatively connected to said frame and adapted to be connected to a door.

2. In a lock mechanism of the class described, a support having a recess in one side, an L-shaped frame pivotally mounted on said support with its one leg extending into said recess and its other leg positioned to cover said recess when said L-shaped frame is shifted inwardly, a lock positioned at the inner side of the last mentioned leg of said frame, the bolt of the lock being adapted to engage a recess portion of said support, and means operatively connected to said first mentioned leg and adapted to be connected to a door.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Diego, California, this 5th day of March. 1926 CHARLES JACOB ANDREWS;

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