US186388A - Improvement in door-hangers - Google Patents

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` width of door.

- UNITEDr STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN EWARNER, oFV sYRAcUsE, `New YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN, DOOR-HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,388, dated January 16, 1877.; application file October 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, W. EUGENE WARNER, of Syracuse, Onondaga county, New York, have invented an Adjustable Device forHanging Doors, of which the following is a specilication:

My invention consists of a system of suspension roller-carriages connected by rods, soV

as to render the device adjustable, to fit different Widths of doors. The carriages are provided with suspending -rods extending down through hanger-plates, `that. are secured to the front and rear edges of `the door, the rods being supplied with an adjusting device by which the elevation of the door can be regulated at the desiredV distance from the loor. The rollers move upon an ordinary double track. Theyare so hung as to adjust themselves' to any unevenness of the rails from a level horizontal line. To prevent the door from being pulled -out too far, I provide a stop that holds the door at the end of its proper course. A guide-rail, (see Fig. 2,) is aflixed to the door within the recess, that ts into a groove made in the lower edge of the door, to keep it steady atthe bottom.

-The construction of the parts above named Vis as follows, referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 of which is a side" elevation of the door, with the roller-carriages and suspension-rods shown attached, the stationary rails in dottedl lines. Fig.` 2 is an end elevation .of the same, and end of the guiderail in the groove at thebottom of thedoor.

of a frame, c, throng'h holes in which, at i right anglesto b, a rod, d, passes, which extends from one carriage to the other, toiconnect them and give them stability. It is firmly attached to the front carriage, and a set-screw or other fastening attaches it to the rear carriage, which, by this means, can be set atI any distance apart, to adjust it to any The rod d servesas thev pivot-pin of the joint which connects the head .ner edge of the door.

is hung to thecarriage c, by which the latter can adapt itself to the rails (shown by dotted lines in Figs. I, 2) without bending or swaying the door from its upright position.

A friction-roller, r, is placed horizontally in the head of the suspension-rod s, and bears on the inner sides of the stationary rails, between which it runs, and guides the rollers a a on the track. The rails I prefer of hard wood, but they may be of any other suitable material that will afford a permanent support, which should be noiseless.

The suspending-rods-s extend down through thel han ger-plates p, which are secured to the edges ofthe doorl in front and rear, asusueen in the drawing, near the upper corners.

device for adjustment, forming a bearing forthe hanger-plates to rest on, by which the door can be raised or depressed, as desired,

to conform to the `lioor or carpet over which I it passes, and also to make a joint where the front edges meet.`

To prevent the doors from ruiming out too Nfar', I provide adrop-stop, o, Fig's.`l, 4. This stop is pivoted to a plate fastened on the iny Its range of motion is limited by the pins t t on the plate.

When the door is to be removed from the recess, the stop can be'raised with a Aknifeblade inserted between the door and jamb. The bottom of the door is grooved to move on the guide-rail m, as before. described, to prevent the door from swaying out of line at the bottom.

With my adjustable hanger, and suspending doors at their edges, they move easier, and permit a better finish at the bottom. Their height can be readily adjusted to clear the floor or carpet, and match their front edges when'closed under all defects of sagging or `uneven rails, thus combining many advantages over other hangers. l

Having thus fully described my improvements, I claim- 1. Alianger, having asuspension device for suspending the door by the edges, attached substantially in the manner and for` the purposes specified.

if the lower ends of rods ss I put a nut or other 2. The adjustablehanger, consisting of they herein set forthz and for the purposes specieom'pound rallier -ear1siages, eonneetldby fled. rod, d', substantially as herein descril e auvv for the purposes described. WARREN EUGENE WARNER' 3. The suspending-rods s, attached to i'oll- Witnesses: er-frame, provided with the friction-roller 1*, J. J. GREENOUGH, and an adjustable device, substantially as i LAWRENCE JONES'.

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