US1913986A

US1913986A - Adjustable striker for doors

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Publication number: US1913986A
Application number: US629289A
Authority: US
Inventors: John H Harward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1932-08-18
Filing date: 1932-08-18
Publication date: 1933-06-13
Anticipated expiration: 1950-06-13

Description

June 13, 1933. J. H. HARWARD ADJUSTABLE STRIKER FOR DOORS Filed Aug. 18, 1932 M M /vw w H fl H /W a a u Patented June 13, 1933 nm'rss stares PATENT OFFICE JOHN H. HARWARD, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS ADJUSTABLE STRIKER'FOR DOORS Application filed August 18, 1932. Serial No. 629,289.

This invention relates to strikers for the latches of automobile doors and more particularly to strikers of the type which are adapted for adjustment to take up wear so that rattling of the door may be prevented.

Strikers for the latches of automobile doors, which are usually employed, are provided with a main and a supplemental abutment for engagement with the latch, the

tightly closed and the second as a safety catch, the exact location of the latter not being essential. l/Vhen originally installed the main abutment is usually correctly located, but after a time the latch and the abutment are likely to become worn, so that the door rattles. The adjustment necessary to compensate for this wear is usually slight, and, as these strikers are usually held in position 7 by screws, it is not usually practical to secure the necessary adjustment by forming new screw holes in the door casing. Also, if the holes for the screws in the striker plate are slotted to permit adjustment, and such adjustment is made, the frictional engagement of the plate and screws is unlikely to be sufficient to prevent movement of the plate by use.

, The objects of my invention are to pro vide a simple form of striker plate whlch is adapted for ready adjustment to take up wear on its engaging surfaces with the latch and which, when adjusted, will be held rigidly in its adjusted position, so that it will not be moved from its adjusted position by use.

I accomplish these objects by means of the construction hereinafter described and illustrated' in the accompanying drawing in which I Flg. 1 is a sectional view of a door and casing showing a striker plate, embodying my lnvention.

justed position of the device.

first for the purpose of holding the door sidewill be flush with the face 16.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing an ad- Fig. 3 is a view of the top side of the device.

sides and the'vertical face of the abutment 13 being adapted to engage the latch 9 when the door is not quite fully closed.

Round holes

12 and 13, to

whichscrews

14 and 15, respectively are fitted, are formedthroughthe plate, in the

abutments

12 and 13 respectively and said screws are extended into the door casing to hold the plate securely in position.

The bottom side of the plate 11 is provided with a flat face 16 which extends from the outer end of the plate inwardly for nearly'the length of the abutment portion l8, and the inner portion of the bottom of the plate is recessedfrom said face to its inner end, to receive a supplemental adjusting plate 17, the thickness of which is equal to the depth of said recess, so that, when plate 17 is in position therein, its bottom The bottom surface of the recess in plate 11 and the top side of the plate 17 which engagesthe same are provided with trans- --verseiy extending interengaging corrugations, or

teeth

18,19, and the inner end of the plate 17 is provided with an abutment ,flange 20, which extends at right angles therefrom and, in the position of initial adjustment of the parts, is held in engagement with the innerend of the plate 11, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 7 in which position the inner side of said flange engages the latch 9 and holds the door in its fully closed position. The plate 17 is also provided with a slot 21 in register with the hole 12', said slot being formed to extend longitudinally of the plate for a sufficient distance to ermit the adjustment of the plate 17 w ich may be required.

When initially installed the

plates

11 and 17 function the same as if they were of integral formation, and they are rigidly held by the

screws

14, 15 in the position in which they are attached, in which position they will, if correctly installed, hold the door tightly closed when the latch is engaged with the inner side of the flange 20, as shown in Fig. 1.

Assuming that, after a period of use, the flange 20 becomes worn by the latch to an extent equal to the space between adjacent teeth, 18, 19, then the door will be likely to rattle when in closed position.

When this occurs, the

screws

14, 15 will be loosened sufliciently to permit the teeth 18 of the plate 11 to be disengaged from the teeth 19 of plate 17, so that the latter may be moved inward to an extent equal to the space between adjacent teeth and then the screws may again be tightened, so that the teeth will be reengaged and the plate 17 will be securely held in this position by the plate 11, as shown in Fig. 2. As thus held the door will be held by the latch in a tightly closed position, and the teeth will prevent any outward movement of the plate 17 relative to the plate 11, which latter will be rigidly held by the fastening screws.

I claim:

1. A. latch striker for doors comprising a main plate having an intermediate latch-en gaging projection, an aperture extending through the inner portion thereof and transverse corrugations on the inner portion of the under side of the plate, fasteners fitted to said apertures for holding said plate in a fixed position, a supplemental plate disposed be neath the inner portion of the main plate and having corrugations on its top side arranged for interlocking engagement with the corrugations of the main plate, and a longitudinal slot in register with the innermost of said apertures, permitting inward adjustment thereof relative to the main plate, and a latch engaging projection on the inner-end of said supplemental plate extending past the inner end of the main plate.

2-. A latch striker for doors comprising a main plate having an intermediate latch engaging projection and fastener-receiving apertures at the inner and the outer sides of said projection, the inner portion of the under side of said plate being recessed and the bottom of said recess having transverse corrugations, a supplemental plate fitted to JOHN H. HARWARD.