US1954225A - Mirror frame door - Google Patents

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April 10, 1934. s. PIKER 1,954,225

MIRROR FRAME DOOR Filed Sept. 16, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 z zz j 13 ('3 I i i 23 A. \U M ATTORNEY.

S. PIKER MIRROR FRAME DOOR- April 10, 1934.

Filed Sept. 16, 1932. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 VENTOR. BY MM ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 3, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application September 16, 1932, Serial No. 633,494

Claims.

My invention relates to doors for bathroom cabinets, surgical cabinets and the like, in which the door has a mirror mounted in it which may be opened to expose the interior of the cabinet. The door, when closed, has the appearance of an ordinary mirror in a shallow frame, but in reality comprises a hinged door for the cabinet which may readily be swung open for access to the cabinet. I 7

It has heretofore been the practice in the manufacture of cabinet doors of this type, to form the door and then to place a mirror on the outside surface of the door. This construction has been necessary in order to give the back of the door an even and pleasing appearance, since it is exposed to view when the door is opened. The above construction has been expensive, and usually results in a very bulky door, or a door with a very unsightly back. The above is especially true of doors made of sheet metal, of

which my novel door is constructed.

Another disadvantage of the doors heretofore constructed is that if the mirror becomes broken it is necessary to replace the whole cabinet door in order to obtain a new mirror door, or to take the door off of the cabinet and to dismantle it andbuild it completely over containing a new mirror. This cannot be doneby the ordinary householder, and usually necessitates the return 'of the whole cabinet, or at least the door, to the factory for rebuilding.

It is anobject of my invention to provide a cabinet door composed of sheet metal, and the method of making the same, which has none of the abovedisadvantages and which may be made very cheaply, and which has a mirror covering substantially the entire face. My novel door also has a neat back of balanced and uniform appearance.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a cabinet door, and the method of making the same, with all of the aforesaid advantages, and in which the mirror, if it becomes broken, may be readily removed from the door,

-* and a new one inserted in its place, without the necessity ofremoving the door from the cabinet,or in any way dismantling the cabinet.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cabinet door and the method of making it, which shall be substantially composed of a single blank with the back portion integral with the frame portion, and in which the use of solder, welding or any similar binding material or operation is unnecessary, except for the attachment of the hinge and the latch to the door.

These and other objects of my invention which will be set forth hereinafter or will be apparent to one skilled in the art upon reading these specifications, I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts of which I Figure 3 is a plan view of the removablextop edge blank.

Figure 4 is a perspective of thehinge, with part cut away to conserve space.

Figure 5 is a front perspective of the .door with the mirror partly removed. and showing :the removable edge piece removed. Part of this figure is cut away to conserve space.

Figure 6 is a back perspective of the assembled door.

Figure 7 is a section of Figure 6 .takenalong the section line 7--"(.

Figure 8 is a section of Figure 5 taken along the section line 88.

In the practice of my invention I provide a metal blank 1 composed of sheet'metal or-any similar material, with side and top and bottom edge portions 2,3, 4, and 5 outlining the size .of the finished door. Integral with the surface having the edge portions 2, 3, 4, and 5 are'thethree side pieces 6, 7, and 8, and contiguous withthese side pieces are the front frame or edge pieces 9, 10 and 11. Contiguous with the fourth sidex2, 3, of the blank are two projecting earsl2 andl3'. The ends ofthe front edges are beveled as at 14 and have circular cutout portions 15, so as to present a curved corner in the finished door. .The three side pieces are all of the same width, which is slightly greater than the thickness of themirror 15 itself. There is a second blank 16 with the side piece 17 of thesame lengthasthe side piece '7 on the other blank. Integral withthis side piece 17 there is the front edging l8, and integral with this side piece 1'7, but on the opposite side from the front edging, is the supplemental back wall 19. There are two slits.20.and 21 cut in the side piece 17 and so positioned thatzthey will register with the two cars 12 and 13. This blank 16 represents the removable side piece and front edging for the fourth side. On the back wall there is the depression 22, 23 of such a Width that the distance from the inner edge of the depression to the edge of theblanki. e., 22-4-2 is equal to the width 24-25 of thesupplemental back wall 19, and of a depth equal to the gauge of the metal sheet. There. may alsolbe- aidepression 23, 26, on the back wall to acconnnodatethe hinge 27 (Fig. 4) so as to present an.even-sur-,

face when this hinge is in place, and whenlthe supplemental back wall 19 is in position. The end of the supplemental back wall 19 may be beveled as at 28, and also the end of the hinge piece as at 29, so that they will register with each other.

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The hinge 27 is of the ordinary strip type and composed of the same material as the blanks, having a length equal to the side 3-4 of the back wall.

In forming and assembling my invention, the side pieces 6, '7 and 8 are bent perpendicular to the back portion 2, 3, 4, 5, and the three front edges 9, 10, and ill are bent inward and perpendicular to the sidejpieces and parallel to the back wall, giving the' appearance as illustrated in Figure 5. The blank 16' has the front edge 18 and the supplemental back wall 19 bent parallel to each other and perpendicular to the plane of web 17, and both projecting in the same direction from the web 17. The hinge piece 2'? is fastened on the back of the back wall 2, 3, 4, 5, in the depression 2326 as in Figure 6. In my preferred embodiment this fastening is done by spot welding as at 30. A latch 31 may be spot welded on the back of the back wall on the opposite side from the hinge. This latch 31 in my preferred embodiment is in the form of a projecting spring adapted to keep my cabinet door closed by friction with the cabinet frame.

In assembling my door the'mirror 15 is slipped into the frame formed from my blank 1 through the fourth side, which does not have a side piece or front edge. After the mirror has been slid in, the piece formed from the blank 16 is placed in position by slipping the piece over the fourth edge 23 of the door in such a manner that the ears 12, 13, will slip through the slits 20, 21, and the supplemental wall portion 19 will register in the depression 22, 28, and against the bevel 29 of the hinge 27. The ears l2, 13, are now bent toward merely incidental and well known in the art. My

mirror door may now be swung on its hinge on the front of a cabinet, and it will give a very pleasing appearance to the back as well as to the front.

. I wish particularly to call attention to the cheapness of construction incident to my invention. The whole of my door frame is made out of a single gauge of sheet metal, and in reality consists of only two blanks. These blanks may .be cheaply and easily pressed out of ordinary cheap sheet stock. The hinge and the latch may be made from the same stock, and the only welding or fastening necessary is the attaching of the hinge and the latch. If the mirror in my invention should become broken, it is only necessary to remove the removable piece made from the blank 16 by bending back the two ears l2.

and 13, and then sliding out the broken mirror and inserting a new one in its place. It will not be necessary to remove the door from the cabinet,

or to in any way dissemble the cabinet itself. The portions 15 on the ends of the front edging come together in the finished product, and present curved corners which are very pleasing in ap- It is not necessary to fasten the corners in any way, since the natural stiffness of the metal will keep them in position. The back of my door gives an even appearance, since the hinge and the supplemental back wall are sunk into the back wall itself.

It is to be understood that different forms of my preferred form may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

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

1. In a metal frame door, the combination of a flat four-sided back, three upwardly projecting side pieces integral with three sides of said back, three relatively narrow front pieces integral with said side pieces and projecting at right angles therewith, a plurality of ears projecting from and integral with the fourth side of said back, a removable side and front piece integral with a narrow supplemental back piece, said removable side piece containing slits registering with said ears and positioned on said fourth side of said back in such a manner that said supplemental back piece lies over said back piece, and said ears being bent over said fourth side piece, so as to hold said removable side piece in position relative to said back piece, said back piece having a depression to accommodate said supplemental back piece so as to present a uniform smooth surface.

2. In a metal cabinet door, the combination of a mirror, a frame therefor comprising a back, three sides and front edges integral with said back, the fourth side being open, a separate piece constituting a fourth side and front edge and supplemental back, and means for attaching said fourth side and front edge and supplemental back to said back, said back having a depression of a depth equal to the gauge of the metal to accommodate said supplemental back.

3. In a metal frame door, the combination of a back, three sides and relatively narrow front pieces integral therewith, a fourth side and front piece and supplemental back, said back having a recess of a depth equal to the gauge of the metal to accommodate said supplemental back, and means integral with said back for fastening said fourth side and front piece and supplemental back onto said back.

4. In a metal frame door, the combination of a back, three sides and relatively narrow front pieces integral therewith, a fourth side and front piece and supplemental back, said back having a recess of a depth equal to the gauge of the metal to accommodate said supplemental back, and means integral with said back for fastening said fourth side and front piece and supplemental back onto said back, said means comprising at least one projecting ear.

5. In a metal mirror door, the combination of a mirror and a frame, said frame comprising a back and three sides integral with said back and three front edges integral with said side pieces, the fourth side having a depression of a depth equal to the gauge of the metal, a removable side piece comprising a side, a front edge, and a narrow back piece integral with said side and said front edge, slits positioned in said side piece, and projecting ears from said back piece being projected through said slits for the purpose of holding said removable side piece in position relative to said back piece after said mirror has been inserted in said first mentioned piece, said narrow back piece being accommodated by said depression in said back.

SIDNEY PIKER.

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