US1843973A - Garage, barn, and warehouse door - Google Patents

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Feb 1932. F. a. mcKAsoN GARAGE, BARN, AND WAREHOUSE DOOR Filed May 9, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet INVEN OR ATTORNEY Fek. 9, 1932. F. B. DECIKAQQN 1,843,973

GARAGE, BARN, AND WAREHQUSE DOOR Filed May 9, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiF/WK 5. 0/6/0450 INVENTOR ATTORNEY through Patented Feb. 9, 1932 UNITED STATESf P-ATE NT OFFICE FRANK B. DIOKASON, or snnnvnronn LOUISIANA GARAGE} Benn, AND .WAnEnousE noon 7 Application fila'ma 9, 1930.. Serial No. 451,078.

' "This invention relates to certain'new. and

useful-improvements in doors and supports therefor. v

v One of the principal objects of the inve'n 5 tion contemplates the provision and'arrangementof a mounting for the door whereby the latter may be disposed in vertical and horizontal planes. J

Another object of the invention'consists of weight operated means normally holding the door in open position. I

A further object of the invention embodies a latch mechanism for the door operable from both sides.

, More specifically stated the door construction is to be provided with jambs upon both sides ofthe door to facilitate alignment of the latch mechanism.

With the above and other objects in view,

! the invention further consists of the followlng novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying pointed out in the appended claim.

1.25 In the drawings;

' Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the improved form of door construction and operating mechanism therefor.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View taken the door frame with the door disposed in closed position. 7 1

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 illustrating by full and dotted lines-the relative positions of the door when shifted to occupy its respective positions.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectlonal view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of an appropriate portion of the door and latch operating mechanism.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the door and j amb therefor.

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional View taken on line 77 of Figure 1.

on line 88 of Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of a post of the door frame illustrating the arrangement of the battens, stops, j'ambs,

guides, etc.

drawings and I I ly proj e'ctedfrom the door frame 10, are pro- *Pu11ey wheels or she v 2 1 Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 taken of box like construction, that is, the side, top "and bottom rails project rearwardly for appreciable distances beyond the inner side of v the facing for the door. A multiplicity of 5 cross braces, such as indicated at 14 are joined at their ends andfat' intervals to theadj ac'ent' portions of the door side rails.

, v 7 From the foregoing it will be understood that the form 'of doormay be shifted to occupy the posi- 7 tions shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. c I, Bracket arms 15, carried by and rearwardvidedfwith aligned vertical slots16 accommodating the endsof a beam or rod 17 for "rocking motion therein. Leg members, such 'as'indicated at 18, carried by and depending from the rodjor beam17 subsequently termi hate to providefinwardly offset pintles journaledat 20 in the door13,

l V ournaled upo'n' thebraclrets 15 have passed thereover flexible c0nnectors22which have connection at their 'ends;with the outwardly projecting extremities of the fulcrumbar 12within the boxin gs of the door frame and weightmembers23; the latterbeing sufiicient' in avoirdupois to overbalance the weight of the door 13 wherethe latter will be normally ind d to cupythe position shown in Fi 3 of the drawings' Aswill beunderstood from'thefillustratlon's of my invention in Figures 7 and 8 of the drawings, the-upper and lower halves of I the door. are provided with separate jambs dis osed upon opposite'sides thereof. The

upper portion ofthe dooris provided'with jamb -portions 24 formed as continuations' of Itheouter sidesl'of the door forlabutting en projecting from the latch finger 31 gagement with the door frame 10. As mentioned in the foregoing, the fulcrum bar 12 is slidably mounted within the slots 11 and which are formed between the adjacent sides of the frame 10 and strip members 25. Spacing members 26 carried upon the inner portions of the door frame and aligned with the inner side of the door opening are secured to the lowermost ends of the strip members 25. Said strips being rigidly retained against displacement at their opposite ends by the bracket arms 15. Stops 27 carried upon the inner faces of the spacing membersare de signed for abutting engagement with abbreviated j amb portions 28 formed as continuations of the door facing and upon the lower half thereof.

The latch mechanism, alluded to in the foregoing, comprises latch fingers 30 and 31 respectively vertically disposed in the manner shown in Figures 1 and 4 of the drawings and joined adjacent the innermost ends thereof through the instrumentality of a chain or linkage connection 32. The latch fingers are fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

A vertically sliding door construction comprising complemental oppositely disposed bracket arms having vertically arranged elongated slots within the rearwardly projecting ends thereof, a beamv terminally supported within said slots, a door, leg members carried by and depending from the rod having pintles inwardly, projecting from the remaining extremities thereof for pivotal eccentric connecti-ons within diametrically opposite sides of the door, a fulcrum bar for the door,"wei ght operated means carried by the bracketarms having operative connection with the projecting extremities of the fulcrum bar, and a latch mechanism for the door rendering inactive the leg members and weight operated means.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRANK B. DIICKASON.

slidably mounted within pockets or openings provided for the purpose in the cross braces 14. An car 33 carried by thelatch finger 30 v p is engaged upon one side thereof with the adjacent end convolution of a compression spring 34 having its opposite end sprung against the upper side of the immediate of the cross braces 14 whereby the two latch fingers will be normally disposed in the positions shown in Figures 1 and 4. A latch plate 35 carried upon the upper rail of the door frame is provided with an opening designed for accommodation of the uppermost projecting end of the latch finger 30. An apertured ear 36 carried by and forwardly through an opening 37 in the door 13'is designed for accommodation within the outeryoke receiving opening 38 in a form of hasp 39 swingably mounted upon the outer surface of the door. The ear 36 being apertured for the purpose of accommodating the yoke of a lock, not shown. the ear 36, swinging the hasp 39 to occupy an elevated position and by depressing the ear 36, it is to be noted that the linkage connection 32 established between the adjacent extremities of the latch fingers 30 and 31 will facilitate releasing of the uppermost extremity of the latch finger 30 from the latch plate 35 even against the tension of the spring 34.

As shown the latch finger 30 and the door proper are each provided with separate pulls 40 and 41 respectively whereby the door may be readily unlatched from the inside and the door pulled bodily down from the Figure 3 position.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and theright is herein reserved to make such changes as properly y removing the padlock from V

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