US2352015A - Door holder - Google Patents

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M'. J. SASG EN noon HOLDER Filed Oct. 13, 1941 June 20, 1944.

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noon HOLDER Filed Oct. 13. 1941 I 4 Sheets-Sheet I June 20, 1944. .M, .1. SASGEN DOOR HOLDER Filed 001;. 13. 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented June 20, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y noon no n 'a; Michael-J. Sasg en, Chicano, Ill. Application October s, 1:1411Qs naim;414,383 v reclaims; (transa- This application is a continuation inpart of v my copending-application, Serial No. 342,527, filed June26,1940. '1

This invention relates to doorholdersorthe character effective to. hold a doorin fully open position or in selected positions intermediate the fully open or fully closed positions thereof.

Those door holders which have-been employed heretofore to hold doors as aforesaid and which have been constituted and arranged so as 'to embody parts respectively secured to the upper portionsof a door and jamb have usuallyrelied upon friction between relatively; movable parts thereof to retain the door in open positions, and in such instances it has'been necessary to move the door against the effect ofwsuch friction.

-- Moreover, those door holders of the aforesaid I type as heretofore constructed and which-have been effective to retain a door only in fullyopen position have been so arranged asto always be effective irrespective of whether or, not it was desired-inall instances toretain the door in fully openposition; For example, in those instances where a door. has been equipped withconventional door closing means and-also with means for retaining the door in fully open position there are instances, such as during inclement weather, where it-may notbe desired to retain the doorin fully. open position and in which instances it is desired to have the usual door closingmeans effective. to close the door. door closing means i are prevented from bringing about closing of ,the door when thegdoor has been fully opened andsuch prior devices for retaining the "door in -fully-open position have been used However, :the usual and embody means for holdingthe door in fully openposition andwhich means become effective to prevent the-doon closing means from closing the door; 7

, :Furthermore,those arrangements of the aforesaid character as heretofore constructed, ,which have been efiective toretain adoorin fully-open position, have usually been so constituted and arranged that-resilientportions included therein might become inefiective to such a degree that the arrangements become ineffective for the purposes forwhichthey were intended; v

In view of the foregoing and lri d ed objections and difiiculties which have been encOuntered it is among the objects of my invention to so ,arrange a door holder, embodying parts adapted to be respectively secured to the upper portionsiof a door and jamb, thatthe holder will notinter-v fere with opening and closing of the door orcause a friction-drag to be impressed upon movements of the door, and other and related objects are to J so arrange a door holder of the aforesaidcharac' ter that it will be effective to either holda'doorin fully-open position or in positions intermediate the fully .open and'fully closed positions thereof to utilize manually operable mean'sfor retaining a do r" i position intermediate the iully' op n and fully; closed positions thereof; [to utilize. automatically operable means ioriretaining a door in fully open position and to enable suchand to utilize yieldable portions for retaininga door n a l 'e enr io a d t so ar a e 1t portions that' the 'tension thereof may be e'xpeditiouSly-adjHsted when and as required or desired. Whileit' is advantageous tosoarrange a door holderfofthe aforesaid character that the-means effective to retain the door in fully open position may be rendered ineffective when "and as required or desired,* itis-also advantageous so to'arrange door holders of-the aforesaid character that-they may be used with doors which 'are hinged either at-the right-hand or the left-hand side thereof. However, in an instance where the means nor mally effective to retain a door in open' position may be manually rendered ineffectivaiit is neces sary to enable movement'of the parts which bring this about to and 'fr'om' effective and' inefiective positions, and in 'such circumstances' it"is' ad vantageous to so arrangefthe parts that this movement may be effected in-a'direction. away from the door so as 'to' :enable thevarious parts of thedoorhblder tozbesomoun'ted that they will lie in "close proximity to the door when the door is fully closed. However, if this is to be realized ina-door holder which'maybeused with either a door hinged at the right-hand "or the'leftehand side thereof. it is necessary that the parts which are movable? as aforesaid be -capab1e of such movement; irrespectiveof whether, the door holder is used with a door'mounted at the-right-hand or the left-hand side thereof, and it is desirable that theeparts beconveniently located and be capable of movement in bothsuch circumstances in a direction 'awayfrom the door and so to-do is another important object oii-rrnp invention. In instances where manuailyc operable means areemployedt for securing a doorin positions intermediate :the fullyopen and fully closed posi' tions thereof, it is advantageous to-preventundesired displacement, of ,the movable parts. 'of' the manually operable means so as ftoepr'even't loss of these parts and insure availability" thereof when I the functioning thereof. is desired ,and to enable this to be accomplished is stilllanother object of my invention" j. I p f.

Yet further objectsof thisfinvention are to so arrange relatively movable arts f. th "do holder that freedom of :inovementtherebetween willbe assured at all times; t o jexpedite assembly' of the interrelated parts of the door holder and yet insure against-undesireddisplacement said character which will be simple and economical in construction, installation and use.

Still another 'ohjeetjis to enablelmyxnovel door holder to -be utilized 'for the purpose of -retaining the door in closed position, and objects ancillary to this are to utilize manually operable an efiicient and positive door holder of the aforeof one of the interengageable elements illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12;

Fig. 19 is a perspective detail view of a sleeve embodied in my door holder and. embodying a part' adapted for cooperation. with the element shown in Fig. 18;and

.. .Fig. 20 is a sectional detail view, taken submeans for the purpose of preventing movement,

relative to the door and jamb, of a portion army novel door holding apparatus which so. moveswhen the door is moved fromtully closed to an open position so as to thereby enable the door" to be retained in fully closed positiohg" Tand to tration, show preferred. embodiments and the principle thereof and whatI nowconsider to be the best mode in which I havecontemplated applying-that principle; Other embodiments ofthe invention embodying the same or equivalent principle may be used and structural changes and the purview of the appended'claims"; j Inthedrawings;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred'em bodimentof myinvention utilized to retain a door intermediate fully open and fully closed positions thereof;f

Figfiaz is:anotherperspective view ofthe preferred' embodimentof my invention utilized to door holder showing the same mounted: on a jamb I and a 'door' hinged alongithe left-handf'side thereof; I 7 Figs. Sand Gare sectionaldetail'views taken substantially and respectively on the lines Iv -5 and'Sfl-BonFi'glQ ii Fig. 7 is a fragmentary side elevationalview' of a modificationof the guide sleeve shownin'Fig. 4; Fig, 8 is a sectional detail view t'aken substan tially on the line'8 8'onFig.7; f g Fig. 9jis a horizontal view taken substantially on the'line 95-9 on Fig.4: I

Fig. 10 is a vertical view'jtal zen substantially on the line lQ'lU-ofijFi .'9; I?

Fig. 11 is a horizfontal :view,

drawn to an enlarg'ed' scale, showing interengageable partsof my .do yh m' r e d' ii ia i vm j n yiare effective .to retain a door; in fully 'en position;

Fig. 12 isa vertical view somewhat simila'r 'to Fig. 11 butlshowing the parts arranged to be in}- efiective-toretain a ,do'o fln v pe Po t n? .Fig. .13.is avi w lar OFig'Abut. showing a modified'form of my invention;

Fig. 14 is a sectional viewtaken on the line l4.-I. l on Fig.i10; i. Fig. 151s aview similar to Fig. ing theparts in another p osition; Fig; 16 is 'adetailed view taken substantially on the line lii- -llion Fig.--4;.;, p r a Fig. 17. is a detail view :taken substantially on thelinelF-llon-Fig-IO; l 1 Fig. 18 is a fragmentary perspective detail View sass-tat '14- as saw;

maybe made as desired by those skilled in-the I I be 'elrcul-ar m outhne' art without departingfromthepresentinvention stantially on the line 20-20 on Fig. 4, of a modificati'on of my invention operable to retain the 10 .doprin fully closed position.

, The preferred embodiment of my invention i1- lustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, Figs 9 to 12, inclusive, and Figs. 14 to 19, inclusive, is effective to retain a door either in the fully open position thereof or in positions intermediate the fully open-and'fully closed positions thereof and to this end embodies means which are automatically effective to retain the door in fully .open position, which ma be manually rendered ineflective when so desired,and also manually operable means-which-are' effective to retain the door in positions'intermediate the fully open and fully closed positions thereof.

This preferred form of my invention embodies aguidefrod 20 which in the present instance is hexagonal in outline, but it is to be understood that-anyother desired polygonal outline could be employed or, if desired, this guide rod could However, because of; the utilization of manually operable clamping means, as hereinafter explained,it is advantageous to employ a guide 'rodo'f such polygonal configuration'that a flat face will be presented to a friction -clamping portion'embodied in the manually operable means. As best shownin Fig. 10, the guide rod 20 is screw-threaded'as at 2| atone end thereof for reception in a tapped opening 22 in a-lug 23on an eyelet 24. The eyelet is adaptedto neatly fit'bet'ween the ears of a bifurcated lug 25 of a bracket '26 to which the ear is pivotally connected, either by a rivetas'R, Fig. 10,'-or by a screw as S,- Fig. 13, The bracket 26 is secured tothe door as D by screws 21 or other suitable securing means.

'The guide rod is passed through a 'com'plementary-shaped opening 28 in a guide sleeve 29 thatfl is pivotally or swivel ly connect'ed to the 'jambas J, as] will be explained.- This guide sleeve has aligned bosses 30' and 3| projected from opposite-faces'and near one-end thereof. The bosses 30" and 3| include alignedbores 32 and 33 and the outer portion of the bore 33 is screwthreaded as indicated at 34. Desirably, a suitable milling tool is passed through the bore 32 and is-utilized to cut away a part of the screw threads 34 asat'35 along the wall of the bore 33 'a'tthe inner end of such screw threads. Hence, when the screw-threaded portion 36 of a thumb screw 31 is run into the screw threads 34, the inner end of the screw-threaded portion 36 aligned with the cut-away portion may be peened or otherwise rolled over, as indicated at 38; to bedisposed in this portion. This arrange- 'ment limits the rotative movement of the thumb 'screw'3] relative to the boss 3| and prevents displacement of v thumbscrew 3! from the boss 3| for a purpose which will be explained presently. v For the purpose of pivotally connecting the sleeve 29 to the jamb as J, an attachment plate 39 is fastened to .the j amb associated with the door as D by wood screws .40 or the like. This plate hasia recess. 4 l in the face thereof adapted to be disposed toward the jamb as J, this recess 4| being disposed about a medially located opening 42 is -pro'vided on the plate 39. Awasher 44, preferably of fibrous or other non-rusting or otherwise non-corroding material, is disposedin the recess 4| and the reduced portion 45 at the free 'end of'the boss 30 is passed through the opening 42- and an aligned opening in the washer 44. Hence, when the free end of the reduced portion 45=ofthe boss 30 ispeenedor otherwise rolled over onto the washer 44, as indicated at 46, displacement of the sleeve 29 from the plate 39jis prevented and a pivotal interconnection is afforded :between the attachment plate 39 and the guide sleeve 29. The interposition of the washer between the relatively movable parts of this pivotal interconnection insures freedom of ,movement between these parts at all times.

" When the bracket 26 is secured to a door as D and the attachment plate 39 is secured to a jamb as J and the door D is moved from the fully closed position thereof shown, for example, in

Fig. 9, the guide rod 20 slides through the sleeve 29 in an amount proportionate to the degree of opening of the door. Hence, by tightly. clamping the guide rod 20 in the sleeve 29, the door D may be retained in various positions intermediate the fully open and fully closed positions thereof, the particular position in which the door may thus beretained being dependent upon the amount the guide rod 20 has moved. through the guide sleeve 29. Therefore, a fiber button 41 is secured in apocket 4B in the screw-threaded portion 36 of the thumb screw 31 and projects beyond the free end of such portion and .where, as in' the present instance, the guide rod 20 is polygonal in outline, the button 41 is arranged to engage a fiat face of the guide rod.

- ,Hence, when a'door as D has been. opened in a desired amount, as shown in Fig. 1,-for example, the thumb screw 31 may be grasped and turned to thereby engage the fiber button 41 with the guide rod 20 to thereby clamp in the guide rod in the sleeve 29, as shown in Fig. 3, and in this way the door may be secured in a desired position. EThe button-41 is preferably made of fibrous material. so as to 'insure a good friction-grip with the-guiderod and therebyprevent movement of the guide rod relative'to the sleeve 29 when it is desired to retain the door in a selected position intermediate the fully open and fully closed positions thereof or, if desired, in either-of these positions. However, when the thumb screw 31 ,isgrasped and turned so as to retract the fiber button 41 from engagement with the guide rod 20, as shown inFigs. 5 and 10, the guide rod may freelymove through the guide sleeve without.

having a friction dragthereon which mightimpede free movement of the door. It will be recognized that the-rolled over portion 38 on the thumb screw '31 is movable in but a limited amount in the cut-away portion and this-is efiective to prevent displacement and loss of the ,thumbscrew.

. The arrangement of the door holder as thus far described enables retention of the door in desired positions to be manually effected and may be. advantageously utilized ininstances where it is, desired to hold a door in such a positionas to prevent free passage therethrough and may be utilized, for example, to retain adoor in a partly open position so that circulation of air thereby least at certain timesfadoor. in fully open positionas, for example, the doors leading to shippingand receivin'g'platfor'ms. and'the doors at the entrance to churches, theaters ior the like where, particularly during coldweather and the like, it will be advantageous to keep doors closed most oflthetime but also where'it will be desirable to keep the doors in'fully. open position to permit free passagethereby. "I'have therefore so arranged.- my novel door holder that it will automatically-retain-a door-infully open position: when this is so desired.

Hence, at the end of the guide rod 20, opposite the screwr-threaded' end thereof, 1 provide. a reduced circular portion 49 to thereby define'a shoulder 50. -A further reduced circular stem portion 5| projects outwardly from the reduced portion 49 and is screw-threaded as at 52 near thefree end thereof The reduced circular portion 49 affords a bearing for the element generally indicated at 53 and which isfragmentally illustrated in Fig. 18, this element comprising a flat plate 54 which has" an opening 55- therein which is sized to neatly fit on the reduced circular portion'49.

A sleeve 56 having a flange 51 at one end thereof is disposed about the reduced stem portion 5i and the outwardly disposed face of the flange 51 engages the adjacentiface of the plate 54. A bearing surface 58 is provided in the sleeve 58 at the end thereof whereat the flange 51 is provided and neatly fits on the reduced circular portion 49 so that the sleeve '56 is supportedfrom the portion 49. -A coil spring 59 is disposed about the stem portion 5| and engages a shoulder 6|] formed in. the sleeve 56 near the end thereof whereat the flange 51 is provided. A castellated nut BI is mounted on the screw threads 52 on thestem portion 5| and tensions the spring 59 wherefore this spring acting against the shoulder 60 forces the flange 51' toward the plate 54 to thereby urge the late 54 into engagement with the shoulder 50 on the-guide rod 29. Thisarrangement also affords a resilient abutment effectiveto'absorb shock when the element 53 engages the guidesleeve 29 which occurs when the door as D is moved to fully open position, this engagement ofithe element 53 and the guide sleeve 29 being described more fully presently.

Apair of resilient fingers 62 and 63 project inwardly-from the plate 54 substantially parallel to butt-in spaced relation with the adjacent portion of the guide rod 20 and the free ends of these'finger's are flared outwardly, as best shown in Fig.-11, to facilitate passage therebetween of a projectinge'nd portion E on the guide sleeve 29.

- By referring to Figs. 11 and12-it will be seen that the end portion E of the sleeve 29, which projects toward'theresilient'fingers 62 and 63, is substantially'rectan'gular in crossfsection and the sides 'of this 'rectangularly extending portion which extend parallel to the walls of the bosses 39 and 3|,which-is-to say, which extend vertically when the attachment .plate'39 is secured to a jamb J as shown in Fig; 10, include formed portions-afforded, in the present instance, by a pair .of outwardly projecting rounded ears 64 and 65 whereas the-other two faces,'whichis to say, the

horizontallydisposed faces of this projecting end portion E, aresubstantially fiat, a's"best"shown inFig.12.

- The guide rod 20 is of such length and the attachment-plate is secured to the-jamb J in such spacedrelationzwith the hinged edge of a door as D that when 'a' door is swung on the hinges as :H therefor-from theifull-line position thereof shown in- Fig: 9 to therbroken-line posi-, tion thereofiin this view, which is the fully open position of the door D, the guide "rodu29iwill have so slid through the sleeve 29. thatfthe spring. fin- " gers 62 and 63 will pass over the'aforesaid pro-'- J'ecting end portion .of the sleeve 29. When'the springlfingersBZ and 63 are arranged to extend vertically, which is .tosay, parallelto the ears64 and 65, and 'thedoor D is swung-to fully open position, then'by reason of the vaforesaidposie tioning of the attachmentlug 39 and the'length of the guide rod20, the springfingers 62 and 63 will pass over the ears 64 and 65 and thereupon clamp the sleeve 29 therebetweenso as to hold the door Din thefully openposition thereof. It will thus be seen. that whenever the spring fin gers 62 and 63 are arranged in vertical position as aforesaid and the door D isswung to fully open position, it is automatically retained in this fully open position .until suificient force is applied thereto to overcome the. clamping effect of the spring fingers .62-and163.' w l 1 In. order to insure that the spring fingers 62 and 63 will engage the cars 64 and'65withsufficient tension to retain'the door iiniopen position until sufiicient manual force is applied to overcome the clamping effect of thefingers 62 and 63, it is-desirable that the tension of the spring fingers 62 and'63 be capable of such'adjustment as to insure that thewclamping effect thereof will besufficient to resistwind pressure and the like on the door Dto'prevent'undesire'd closing thereof. i To this end a screw 66' is, in the present instance, freely passed through an opena ing in the spring finger-63 and the threaded end of this screw 66 is passed into a, tapped opening in the spring finger 62. Then by manipulating the screw 66, the spacing between the curved gripping portions of the fingers 62 and 63 may be varied to thereby vary' the tension that will be applied by these fingers on the ears 64 and 65 and the portion E. By reason of the adjustment thus afforded I am able to insure that the tension of the spring fingers 62' and 63 will at all times be sufficient to resist undesired closing of the doors D from the fully open position thereof.

Many'times doors, such asthose with'which my novel door, holder is adapted to be used, are

equipped with a door closing means and in many instances it will be desirable that the door be closed by such door closing means eventhough the door is swung to the fully-open position thereof which would ordinarily enable the spring fingers 62 and 63 to be effective to re'tain the' .door in this fully open position against the action of the normal door closing means. 'In those instances where it is not desired-that the door be retained in fully open position and that it be responsive to the effect of the normal door clos ing means associated therewith and even in other instances where it is not desired that a door be retained in fully open position, even though it is not equipped with a door closing means, it is advantageous to so arrange the element 53, which includes the spring contact fingers 62 and63, that the spring fingers may be rendered ineffective to automatically retain a door in fully open position. Therefore; the element 53 is rotatably mounted on the reduced circular portion 49 on the guide rod 20.

Howevenin order to insure that the element 53 may be accurately toriented'so'that'the ears 64 and 65 will pass between clamping fingers 62 and 63 when automatic retention of the door in fullyopen position is" desired and also. to. insure that'the fingers '62" and 63: may befdisposed in an ineffectiveposition; whereat they will not automatically function to retain the door in fully open position,"I mount the element 53 for but limited rotatable movement on the reduced-circular portion 49. To this end and as bestshown in Fig. 19, the flange51 on the sleeve 56 is interrupted to thereby define shoulders 61 and 68 which are preferably spaced ninety degrees'apart and, in a manner to be-explained presently, the reduced circular portion 49 and the sleeve 56 are so arranged-that when my novelfidoor holder. is used with a door hinged at the left as is the door D; Fig. 9, the shoulder- 67 will be disposed in a horizontal position and the shoulder "68 will be disposed in a vertical position. Moreover, a lug 69 is provided on the face of the plate 54 disposed toward the flange 51 and this lug is arranged to be movable between the shoulders 61' and 68 so as to thereby limit the rotative movement of the element 53. i

The arrangement is such that when the shoulder 68 is arranged to extend vertical and the lug 69 is engaged therewith, the spring fingers 62 and 63 are arranged in position to engage-the ears 64 an'd65 when the projecting end portion E- of the sleeve 29 passes therebetween in the manner shown in Fig; 11 which is occasioned when the dooras D is swung to fully open position illus trated 'in'broken linesin Fig. 9. However, when the handle Gwhich projects from the lower end of the plate 54 is grasped andthe element 53 is turned on the reduced circular portion-49 so as to move the lug 69 into engagement with the horizontal shoulder 61, the spring'fingers 62 and 63 are swung ninety 'degrees'so that instead of being disposed in the vertical'positionshown in Fig. 11 in which they are effective to engage the ears 64'and 65, the fingers 62'and 63 are disposed in horizontal planes as illustrated in Fig. 12. When the spring fingers 62 and 63 are so disposed in-horizontal planes and the door Dis swung to fully open positiornthe projecting end E of the sleeve 29 passes therebetween but in this instance the aforesaidflatfaces'bnthis projecting end portion freely pass between the fingers 62 and 63 which therefore do not exert a'clamping effect on the sleeve 29 andtherefore when the door Dis swung to fully open position illustrated in broken lines'in Fig. 9, his not automatically held in this 'position for, as stated the fiat faces of the projecting end portion of the sleeve '29 freely pass between the fingers 62 and 63,;as'shown in Fig. 12. Therefore, the normal door closing means "effective on the door D may bring about closing thereof evenwhen the door D is 'swungto' 'fully' open position.

It will be apparent, when the free end of the projecting end portion passes between the fingers 62 and 63 and engages the inwardly disposed face of the plate 54, that the spring59 will be effective to dissipate the shock incidental to such engagement.

It is desirable that my novel door holder be capable of use'with doors that are hinged at the left-hand'or' at the right-hand side thereof, and it is also' desirable, for example as illustrated in Fig. 9, that my novel doorholder be mounted in juxtapositionto a door as D. However, if the shoulders-61 on the flange 59 were always ar: ranged in horizontal position, it'would be neces: sary, when my novel door holder was secured to a door hinged at the right-hand side thereof,,, to turn thehandle G on the plate '54 toward the door as D rather'than away from the door as is done when my novel door holder is attached to a door hinged at the left-hand side thereof and the shoulder 61 is arrangedin a horizontal plane. One way of overcoming this would be to so arrange my door holder that it could be used only with a door hinged at the left-hand side thereof or only with a door hinged at the right-hand side thereof, but this would obviously be objectionable. Hence, I have so arranged my novel door holder that it may be used either with a door hinged at the left-hand side or at the righthand side thereof, and to this end I have so arranged the sleeve 56 that it may be mounted in alternate positions depending upon whether my door holder is to be used with a door hinged at the left-hand side 'or at the right-hand side thereof.

Thus referring to Fig. 17 it will be seen that the outer end of the reduced circular end portion 49 of my novel door holder is provided with rightangularly related fiat faces '10 and H which are so disposed with relation to the guide rod 20 that the flat face 70 projects downwardly. Furthermore, the bearing surface 58 in the sleeve 56 is provided with a flat face 12 that is complemen tary to the fiat faces 10 and H. Then when my novel door holder is to be used with a door that is hinged at the left-hand side thereof,the fiat face I2 is engaged with the vertically extending fiat face H which disposes the shoulder 61 in a horizontal plane and the shoulder 68 in a vertical plane. In this circumstance when the lug 69 is engaged with the shoulder 68., as shown in Fig. 14, the spring fingers .62 and B3 are arranged in vertical position, which is to say, in the position in which they will be effective to engagethe ears 64 and 65. When, however, the handle G is grasped and the element 53 is turned so as to engage the lug 69 with the shoulder 61, as shown in Fig. 15, then the spring fingers 62 and 63 are so disposed. that the flat faces of the'projecting end portion E of the sleeve 29 will pass therebetween in the manner shown in Fig. 12. This arrangement, as explained hereinabove, is resorted to when the door is hinged at the left-hand side thereof as is the door D shown in Fig. 9.

.When, however, my door holder is to be, used with a door hinged at-the right-hand side thereof, the castellated nut 6| is removed so as to enable the sleeve 56 to be withdrawn from the reduced circular portion 49 to'thereby permit the flat face 12 to be disengaged from the fiat face .H. When this is done, the flat face 12 may be engaged with the fiat face 10 which results in the shoulder 61 being disposed in a vertical plane and the shoulder 68 being disposed in a horizontal plane, and in this instance the lug 69is again disposed to be movable between the shoulders 61 and 68. In this instance, however, the lug 69 will be engaged with the shoulder 61 when-the spring fingers 62 and 63 are to be effective to retain the door in open position in the manner above described. However, when the spring fingers 62 and 63 are to be rendered ineffective so as to permit the fiat faces of theprojectingend E of the sleeve 29 to freely pass therebetween in the manner shown in Fig. 12, the handle --G is grasped and in this instance the element- 53 is rotated ninety degrees in .a direction'opposite to the manner in which it :is turned from, the;po si tion shown in Fig. 14 into the position shown in Fig. -15 and in so doing the lug-69 engages the and 63-inineifective position. It will be;appreciated that when my novel door holder is used with adoonwhich is hinged at the left-hand side thereof and the handle G is rotated from-theposition shown in Fig. 14 tothe position shown in Fig. 15 it .isturned away from the door. The handle G is also turned in adirectionaway from the-door when the flat face 12 is engaged with the flat face 10 for in this instance my novel door holder will-be used Withadoor which is. .hinged betweenthis guide sleeve and the guide rod 20.

In instanfims such as this resort may be -.had to the arrangements ;i1lu strated in Figs; .7 and 8 where the guide sleeve 29a, includes a boss 30a which is'desirablysecuredito an attachment plate 39a in the manner, shown, for; example,,in Fig. 10 and described .hereinabove; it being understood that in this instance the attachment plate 'is secured to the jamb J in; theisame manner as that in which the, attachment-plate .39 is secured to such ajamb; In this instance; however, the boss 3| is supplanted by a,pair"of;ear's*13 and 21.4' and the lowerfacef of j the .sleeve. 29a, is medially divided as indicated at .15, the ear 13 being disposed onone side of-such-medial division an'dthe ear l4 on-the opposite sidemIn an instance .suchas this, a thumbscrew .16-is, freelypassed through the ear Band: is threaded into. a tapped opening provided in *the Bear 14. *Normally the thumb screw 16 isso arranged relative' toith'e' cars 13 and 14 that-the guide rodi20ama freely slide through the opening :afforded ther'eforin the sleeve;29a. ,I-Iowever, when the'doorlwith which this arrangement is used has been .s'wiung to a desired open position, the thumb screw-"l6 may be grasped and turned so as to draw the ears :13 and zl litoward each other to thereby reduce" the width of theslot 15 and when this is done; the sleeve 29a .eifectively grips :the guide rod 29a'throughout the prolonged interengagem'en't'of these parts and in: this waycthe door maybe firml secured in ,aqpartly open position; ,"However," while the arrangement..th'us.s'li'own in Figs. 7 and 8has the advantage that. it is more economical than the arrangement shown'in'Fig: 3, there will be instanceswhere it will be particularly advantageous to resort to the arrangement shown, for example, iii-Fig.3 for'the utilization of' a-button of fibrous material as'the. buttoni 4'|- :will "insure-"against damage to a finished surface on the guide rod as 20: and is otherwise advantageous. i

Figs. a, 9:-;and 20 'I have illustrated an arrangement which may be utilized'with a door holder of the kindhereina'bove described tore- .tain the door in"'fully'cl'osedposition. To this end a substantially U-shaped bracket 11 is pro- :videdwhich has ears as 18 'at't he' freeends of the. limbs thereof and which extend substantially at rightianglesitosuch limbs which are adapted to be secured to-th door D by having screws 19 or the like passed through apertures provided therein: LAs' can best be ascertained from Figs. '4,

-9 and 20,-"the braclret "is secured to the doorD shoulder 68'which disposesthexspring fingers- 62 =7 in suchipos'i'tionia's'to lie closely adjacent to the rod as 2!] when the door D is-in fully closed p'osition 1 r I The bight portion of the bracket 71 isprefer ably somewhat flattened to afford a bearing surface against which a; finger 80 may be rested to be pivotally connected thereto by a rivet 8-lor the like. A handle 82 in the present instance in unitary with the finger 8D and preferably the pivotal connection'of the finger 80 and handle 82 to the bracket 11 is sufficiently tight that undesired movementof these parts relative to the bracket willbe prevented. The bracket 11 extends outwardly from the door-'D sufficiently to enable the handle 82 to be turned from the broken-line positionthereof shown in Fig. 4 into the full-line position-thereof and when thefing'eris disposed in this position, itis sized so as to lie in frontof the rod as 20,"and preferably the rod will be so disposed with respect to the door D that the finger 80, when disposed in the full-line position, will either engage with the rod 20 or lie quite close thereto. When the finger 80 is in the full-line position thereof shown in Fig. 4 and an attempt is made to move thedoor D from the fully closed position thereof, the rod-20 will so engage the finger 80 thatmovement of the door from the fully closed position thereof will be prevented. It will there fore be seen thatan' arrangement such as the bracket 11 and the finger 80 when arranged 'to cooperate with a rod as 20 may be utilized to prevent undesired movement of a door as D from the fully closed position thereof. Y

Furthermore, there will be instances where it will notbe necessary to secure adoor in positions intermediate the fully open and fully closed positions thereof as, for example, the doors to a garage or the like where it is necessary only to secure the doors, in fully open position. In such an instance resort may be had to the arrange- Y ment shown in Fig.' 13 where a, bracket 26b is secured to.a door as Db and which has an eyelet 24b pivotallymounted between the ears of the bifurcated lug 25b. In this instance a circular guide rod 20b is utilized but it will belunderstood that. aguide rod polygonal in outline could be utilized, if desired. In this instance, however; the guide sleeve 29b includes only a boss as 302: that is connected to the attachment plate 39b in-the manner shown, for example,in Fig. 10. However, the sleeve 29b in this instance does not include a: boss as 3| nor is it medially divided as at 15, Fig. 8. 'Also in this instance an arrangement like that illustrated, for example, in Fig. 10 is provided at the free'end of the guide rod 20b so that'an ear as h may cooperate with a'spring finger as 6317 to thereby be automatically effective to retain a door as Db in fully open position. It will be understood that while the parts provided at the ends of the guide rod 29b are not described in detail, these parts correspond to similar parts shown, for example, in Fig. 10, and where these parts appear in Fig. 13 they are designated by a reference character corresponding to that used, for example, in Fig. 10 but in Fig. 13 the sufi'ix b is added to such reference characters.

Hereinabove I have described that a castellated nut; Bl-is mounted at the outer end of the guide rod 20 and such a nut is advantageously 'used where my door holder is to be associated with a door that also'has a screen, storm or similar door associated therewith, for in such an instance the rounded end of the castellated nut will freely slide over-the other door and-thelikelihood of damage as a result of such sliding will therefore be mitigated. It will be understood, however, that if desired resort could be had to an ordinary nut rather than to the castellated nut that I have shown and described.

Hereinabove I have referred to my invention as being a door holder and while this is the primary purpose of my invention, it will be understood that it is equally applicable to use with other hingedly mounted members as, for example, casement windows, cabinet doors and the like, and it is therefore to'be understood thatthe term door is used hereinin a generic rather than in a strictly definitive ense.

Moreover, hereinabove Ihave referred to the cooperation of the end portion as E of the guide sleeve as 29 and the spring fingers as 62 and-63 being effective to automatically retain a door in fully Open position. It will be recognized, however, that there may be instances where it will be desirable to retain a door in some predetermined position rather than in the fully open position thereof, and hence reference to automatic retention of a door in fully open position is to be understood as being applicable to automatic retention of a door in a predetermined open position rather than strictly in the fully open position thereof.

In the foregoing description I have provided a novel door holder which may be arranged either to retain a door in positions intermediate the fullyopen or fully closed positions thereof and I have so arranged the door holder that such holding of the door may be manually eifected. Moreover, my door holder is so constituted and "arranged that it will be automatically effective to retain a door in fully open position and in this'respect my door holder may be so arranged as to only be effective to retain a door in fully open position or it may also embody manually operable means, referred to hereinabove, which are efiective to retain the door in positions intermediate the fully open and fully closed positions thereof.

Furthermore, my novel door holder is so arranged that the means which are automatically effective to retain the door in fully open position may be manually rendered ineffective so as to enable, for example, door closing means'asso- 'ciated with the door'to function in-the intended manner. Additionally, the means which are-so manually operative to render the automatic retentionof a' door in fully open position are" so arranged that by making a 'simple adjustment this means may be used with a door that'is hinged either at the right-hand or at the lefthand'sidethereof and still have such means so arranged that it will be movable in a direction away from the door.

Many other advantages of my novel door holder will'be apparent from the foregoing description and-in this respect, while I have illustrated preferred embodiments of my invention, it is" tof'be understood that these are capable of variation 'and'modification and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details set forth but desire to avail myself of such changes and' altera 'tions as fall within the purview of the following c H Iclaim: 3

1. A door holder comprising a rod provided at one end with means for pivotal attachment to a door, aguide through which the rodi slidably extends, means'for mounting said guide swivelly on a door ca'sing,'the end'portionof the rod besesame ingreduced to 'form a shoul der; a sleeve slidable on' said "reduced:- portion a'n'd having a flange Zat bne-end thereofj a 'sprin g-fooiled around the reduced end portionof said rod urging said :sleevetoward said shoulder, stop means on the end of said reduced end portion against which the spring reacts, together with a pair of spring jaws disposed at opposite sides of the rod and connected by an integral portion fitted'on the rod between said. shoulder and said flange and rotatable about the axis of the rod, said jaws being normally engageable with holding abut- ;mentsiormed onbppo'sitesides ofthe guide and positioned to be embraced by the jaws at the limitoi 'openingmovement of the door,"and copperating stop means onthe flames and on the iionnecting member of the jaws respectively, permitting'the latter to "be rotated through a quarter-turn about the-axis 'of the rod'torender thejaws inoperativej'with respect tosaid abut- :clamping means. engage said ,formed portion to thereupon be eflfective to retain the door insuch open position said guide also having a sized portion thereon associated with said-formed portionwhich is sized so asto be movable into association with said clamping fingers without I having said clamping fingers exert a clamping efIect thereon, and means connecting said clamping-fingers to "said rod for movement to and; from said predetermined position thereon whereby said clamping fingers maybe moved from said predetermined position into a position to cooperate with the sized portion on said guide "so that when said? sized portion is. moved into association, with said clamping fingers when said dooris moved to'an open position said clamping fingers-will' beineffective to retain said door in 'jinjsuch openposition', v

3;.A door holdercomprlsing atrod provided atone end with means for pivotal attachment .to' a. door and having clamping means thereon, aguidethrough which said rod is slidable, means .ior .pivotallyconnecting said guide to av jamb, a formed portion-onsaid guide disposed to be engageable with the-clamping means when said .-clamping means is disposedina predetermined :position onsaid-rodand thedoor is moved to such an open position.-.that the clamping means engage said formed portion to thereby be efiec- 'tive to retain the door in such open position, means for retaining-said clamping means on said rodand iembodyingrspaced apart'stops, iand imeans on. :said clamping means; movable between said" stops whereby when said means is engaged with-one of'said stops said clamping means is disposed inisaid predetermined posinan-aim whensuchi'n'eans is engaged with the other of said stops said clamping means is moved from said predetermined position to a position wherein the clamping means is ineffective to engage said formed portionand retain the door as aforesaid.

" 4'. A} door holder comprising a rod provided at one end with means ior pivotal attachment toadoor and having a pair of clamping fingers thereon, 'aguide-through which said rod'is slidabie, means for pivotally connecting said guide toja jamb, a formed'portion on said guide disposed'to be engageablewith the clamping fingers =whenfsaid clamping fingers aredisposed in a predetermined lpositionon said rod and the door is moved to such an open "position that the clampinfgmeans engage said formed portion to therepim,beefiective to retain the door in such open position, said guide also having a sized portion thereon associated with said formed portion whichis sized so as to be movable into association with said clamping fingers without having said clamping fingers exert a clamping efiect thereon,v means for retaining said clamping fingers on said rod for rotative movement thereon and embodying spaced apart stops, and means on saidclamping'fingers selectively on "gageable with said stops whereby when such means is engaged with one of said stops said clamping fingers are disposed in said predetermined position and when such means are en gag edlwithjthe other of said stops said clampjng' fingers are disposed in a position to cooperatelwithfthe sized portion on said guide so that when said sized portion is moved into associationfwith said clamping fingers when said door islmiov'ed to an'fopen position, said clamping fingers will be ineffective toretain said door in such open position. s

A door holder comprising a rod provided at one end .withmeans for pivotalattachment to a .door andlhaving clamping means thereon, .a guide throughrwhich said rod is slidable, means for pivotally connecting said guide to a jamb, a'formed portion on said guide disposed to be engageable with the clamping means when said clamping meansis disposed in a predetermined positionon said rod and the door is moved to su h an open position that the clamping means engage saidiormed portionto thereby be effectiveto retain the door in such open position, means connecting said clar'n'ping means to said rod for movement to and from said predetermined positionthereon whereby said clampin means may b ,movedfrom said predetermined position to 3 aposition wherein the clamping means is inefiective to engage said formed portion and retain the door as aforesaid, and means includedlin the means connecting said clamping @means to said rod that areconstituted and ar ranged to enable said clamping means to be disposed on said rod for movement either in a v clockwise or, in a counterclockwise direction selectively to. and from said predetermined po- .6; A doorholder comprising-a rod provided at one end with means for pivotal attachment to a doorqand, having-s clamping means thereon, a

.guide through which'said rod is slidable, means :for pivotally connecting: said guide to a jamb, a formed portion on said guide disposed to-be enzgageable with the clamping means when said ;clamping;means'is disposed in a predetermined position onsaid rod and the. door is moved to such ano'pen position that the clamping means ie'ngage said formed portionto thereby be effective to retain the door in such open position, means for retaining said clamping means on said rodi andembodying' spaced apart stops, means on said clamping means movable between said stops whereby when said means; is engaged with O e-oi said ste {said m i zm ist i posed ;,insaid predetermined position. and when such means. is, 'engagedwith the other or said stops said clampingimeans is movedirloni said predetermined position; to ,a position. wherein the clamping means, isfinefiectivelto engage said formed portion, retain the; door as aforesaid, and means for connecting said. retainingi means to said rod in alternately. selectable positions to thereby. ,dispose said spaced apart stops in seleoted positions and thereby enable said, clampingmeans to be selectively'moved either clockwise} or counterclockwise 'into said predetermined psmqnv d flIA'door holder comprising a rod provided at onjeendv withmeans for pivotal attachment to a" door having clamping means thereo p a guide. through which said rod is slidable, means iorpiyotally conneatingv said q deto aljamb, a iorme'd portion on said, guide disposed to be engageabl zwith 'thelclamping ,means when said clamping means" is disposed, in a predetermined position on said, rod and the dooris moved to siichfan open positionthat the clamping means engage said iorined'iporti on to therebylbeefiecti've to retain the door in such open position; a bearing shoulder on said rodon whichsaid clamping means is mounte'd'ito' berotatable thereon, a member retained in e agement with s'aidblampingmeans and including" spacedapart stops, a projection on "said clamping .I'neansv movable between said stopswhereby when said projection is engaged with one .of said stops said clamping means is disposed in saidpi'edetermined position and when said" projection is engaged with the other of said stops said clamping means is moved irom said predetermined position 'toa position 2 wherein the clamping means'fis ineffective t engage said formed porti n and retain ,sai door Iasjaforesaid.

8. A door holder a; .rod providedat o endwith means for, pivotal attahlment'to a :doo'r and ;.having clampingifmeans thereon," a

guide through which said r d is "siidable, means iorjpivotally connectingsaid guide to a. jamb, a formed portion onsai'd 'guide disposed to be fen- ;gageable with the clampi'rigfmeans when said To" mping means is disposed in a predetermined p tionlon' saidfrod and'the door ismdv'ed to siich an open position; that the 3 clamping means engage. said. formed portio'n to thereby be effecti've to retain the door in such open position, a hearing shoulder o'nsali'd rod' havingangularly related racs tii monandafio'rding a bearing surface on-whichfsaid clamping means is rotatabiy mounted, a member retained on said'rod and having a facethereonselectively eng'ag'eable with the'angnlarlv related faces on said'bearing portion, said member having spaced apart stops thereon adapted to be disposed in a selected position when the face on said member is engaged with one of said angularly related faces and adapted to be disposed in another position when the'face on said member is engaged with the other of said angularly related faces, and a projection on said clamping means disposed between said stops and "movable in a clockwise direction between said stops to move said clamping means to and from said predetermined position when saidstops are disposed in one of the aforesaid positions and movable between said stopsina counterclockwise direction to move said clamp-.- ing means to and-from saidpredeterminedposi tion when said stops are, disposed in the other of the aforesaid positions thereof, said clamping means being movableffrom said, predetermined position ,to a position lwherein this means ,is in efiective to eng e said-formed portion and, re-

tain said door ,as aforesaid 9. A door-holder comprising a, rod provided at one end with .meansffo'rpivotal-attachment we door andhavinga pair or clamping fingers thereon, a guide through which said'orod is slidal ble, means forpivotally connecting said. -g'nide to a jamb, a formedfportio'rronsaid fen-mes posed .to be engageablewith the clamping-fingers when said ..clainping fingers are disposed finja predetermined position on said rod and thedoor is moved to such an open position that the clamp} ingmeans engagesaid'iprmed portion to there;- upon be efiective tojret'ainthe door insuch Iop'en position, said guidejalsojhaving "a sized portion thereon associated with said formed portion which is sized so as to be movable into as's'ociationwith said clamping iingers without having dfic amn n fin e ex a mp n et d there bn,- and :means including, a resilient portion connecting said clamping fingers to said spa ,ior movement to andfrornfsaid predetermined position thereon whereby said clamping fingers may be moved'from's'aid predetermined position into a position to cooperate with the sizedpitibh on said} guide so that when said' sized portion is moved into association with said clampingfingers when said door'is moved-to anop'en position "said clamping fingers will .be' ineffective to retain'fsaid door in such open position", said resilient portion being. effective t'o-idissipate' the shock incidental tothe engagement ofwthe formed portion vonsaid guide'with said clamping fingers."

' 10. A door holderv comprising a rod provided at oneend with means for ;pivotal,"attachm nt .to a door and having a pair of clamping fingers thereon, a guide through which, said rod-isislida- 'ble, means i or ,pivotally connecting sai d{g u ide to a jamb, a formed portion on vsaidgnide rdisposed .to-be engageable with-.the .cl amping fingerswhen said clampin fingersfare. disposed in apredetermined position onlsaid rod andflthe door is moved ,to-such an open position thatfthe clampin means engage saidformed p rtionto, thereuponfbe' effective to'retai'n the door in su ohopen'posltio V guide also having a .sizedfportionthereon' asso; ciated'with saidfonned portionfjw'jhioh is sized ,so as to be movable intoassociation with said cla m)- ing fingers without having saidclamping'iingrs exert-a clamping efie'ct thereon, -means connecting'said clamping fingers tosaid rod gror movement to and 'from said predetermined position fth'ereon whereby said clamping-fingers may be moved from said predetermined position 'into' a position to cooperate with the 's'izediportion on said guide so that when said sized 'portionriis moved into association with said clanipingfingers when said dooris moved-ttofan open position :said clamping fingers will be-inefiective toi-retainsaid idoor irisuch open :position', *and means for? -ad-

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