US2357397A

US2357397A - Door or window mounting

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Publication number: US2357397A
Application number: US446109A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fuller Charles Edward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-06-06
Filing date: 1942-06-06
Publication date: 1944-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 1961-09-05

Description

Sept. 5, 1944.

c. FULLER DOOR 0R wmnow MOUNTING Filed June 6, 1942 5 sheet -sheet 1 Inventor I 604m I'M/1RD Fi/LLEI? Sept. 5, 1944.

C. E. FULLER DOOR OR WINDOW MOUNTING 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June. 6, 1942 61mm. E5 Eon Aim FULLER Sept 5, 19,44.

(1- E. FULLER DOOR 0R WINDOW MQUNTING Filed Jil ne s, 1942 5 Shets-Sheet 3 Sept. 5, 1944. c, Q LER 2,351,391

Filed June a, 1942 5 Sheets Sheet 4 P 9 I c. E. FULLER 2, DOOR OR wnmow MOUNTING Filed June 6. 1942 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 lnventor U/MFLES Eon ma F'uum Patented Sept. 5,

UNITED noon on wmpow MOUNTING Charles Edward Fuller, Dothan, Ala. Application June a, 1942, Serial No. 446,109

3 Claims. ('01. 16-447) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in .doors and, windows of the swingable type, and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a closure of this character comprising a novel construction and arrangement whereby said closure is hingedly supported at opposite edgesand may be swingably opened from either edge and thereafter closed by returning the door to, the starting closed position.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a swinging door or window of the aforementioned character comprising unique means for automatically and positively locking either hinged edge of the closure to the frame while the other edge is in an outswung'position.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a door or window of the character described which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly emcient and reliable in operation, compact, and which may be manufactured and installed at low cost. V

All of the .oregoing and still furtherobjects, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification,- taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference desisviews,.and wherein:

Figure I lean elevational view, looking at one side of a swinging door embodying the present invention.

Figure-2 is an elevational view, looking at the opposite side thereof. 1

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section, taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the hinges.

Figure 51s a perspective view of one of the spring pressed latches.

Figure 6 is a viewin horizontal section, taken substantially on the lime of Figure 1.

Figure 12 is a view in front elevation of one of the telescopic holders or braces,

Figure 13 is an enlarged fragmentary viewin vertical section; taken substantially on the line iS-i3 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it willl be seen that the embodiment of the invention,

which has been illustrated comprises a door frame which is designated generally by reference nuporting hinges t are mounted on the upper and lower portions of .the lambs 3. One leaf of each supporting hinge 4 is in the form of a hook 5 which is engageable in a socket 6 formed in one nate corresponding parts throughout the several Figure 7 is a view substantially similarlto Figure 6 but showing the-dnor partially open.

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view in v horizontal section, taken substantially on the line tive view of one of the edges of the door, showing one of the spring latches thereon.

Figure 11 is a top plan view of one of the telescopic holders or braces. i

side of the door adjacent the edge of the door, as indicated in Figures 6, 7 and 8 of the drawings, for supporting the door on the lambs 3. The hook leaf 5 corresponds in width to the'space between the. upper and lower pin barrels 8' of the hinge 6, and the pin barrels project outwardly from the Jamb and toward the door as ,w

clearly indicated in the'drawings.

Suitable spring latches 1 are mounted on the edges of the door 2 in positions to engage be-=' hind onset the pin barrels 8 as the door is -opened from the opposite edge, whereby the imaging edge of the door is preventedfrom ooming'ofl the hooks 5 and hence from falling from the supporting hinges by movement of the door relative to the hooks in a direction toward that side of the door at which the opening movement takes place. As shown particularly well in Figures 8 and 10 of the drawings, the latches l' consist of flat springs secured at one end to a lateral portion of the edge of the door and extending toward the opposite side of the door, the

unattached portion of the spring being curvedly spaced from the edge of the door in a manner to cause the free ends of the latches to snap behind or operative position.

the male sections l2 are slidable in longitudinal slots 15 which are provided therefor in the female sections 13 ofthe holders 9. a

Hinged striker plates or keepers 16 are recessed in the jambs 3 between the upper and lower hinges 4. Projecting from the hinged ends of the swinging striker plates l6 ,are cams 11 the purpose of which will be presently set forth. As best seen in Figure 4 of the drawings, the recesses which accommodate the hinged striker plates 18 are indicated at ll.

Plates 19 are secured on theedge portions of the door 2. Latches or bolts 20' are pivotally mounted on the plates is to operate in chambers 2| which are provided therefor in the edges-of the door 2,

said latches being engageable with the free ends of the hinged striker plates 16. Suitable springs the present invention will be readily understood,

22 yieldingly urge the latches 2| toward projected' Handles 23 are provided on the pivoted ends of the latches for retracting said latches. Hooks 24 project from the outer ends of thepiates 19. The hooks 24 are engageable behind theupper and lower pin barrels 25 of the hinged striker plates 16 and said hooks are adapted to swing with said striker plates above and below the stationary attaching plates or leaves 26 thereof. Further, the lower hooks 24 are engageable with the cams I 1 for swinging the striker plates 16 outwardly into engagement with the latches 20 when the door 2 is closed.

Slidably mounted on the door 2 and extending between the latches 20 is a rod 21. The rod 21 is provided, on its ends, with heads 28 (see .Fig. 13) for engagement by the latches 20, said heads including arms as which rest on said latches.- Thus, the latches 20 are operatively connected to each other for positive actuation to projected or locking position.

his thought that the operation of the de'vice be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, with both of the latches 20 in projected position, as seen in Figure 3 of the drawings, the door- 2-, which is now supported by all of the hinges, is positively secured in closed position against swinging movement from either edge. To open the door from either edge, the corresponding latch 2d is retracted against its spring 22throughthe medium of its handle 23. When this occurs, the rod 21 is actuated for positively, projecting the other latch and holding same in projected orlocking position. The edge of the door which has thus been freed maybe swung open, said door pivoting or hinging on the hinges at the other or still latched edge. As the door opens, the spring latches 1 at the pivotal edge of the door, which are engaged behind the lower pin barrels of the adjacent hinges 4, secure said door on the members I of said hinges.

and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A frame structure comprising spaced lambs, a closure engageable-between said lambs, said closure having sockets therein, hooks pivotally mounted on the lambs and engageable in the sockets for. pivotally or-detachably connecting either edge of the closure to the jambs, means for releasably securing the closure on the hooks, and

longitudinally extensible braces mounted on the hooks and having one end h'ingedly secured to the closure. I

2. A frame structure comprising a pair of spaced, vertical jambs, a vertical door engageable between said jambs,, hinges mounted on the I lambs, said hinges including swinging hooks, the door having sockets therein for the reception of the free end portions of the hooks for pivotally or detachably connecting either vertical edge of the door to the jambs, telescopic braces having ,one end portion fixedly secured to the hooks and their other ends hing'edly connected to the door adjacent the remote vertical edges. thereof, and means for releasably securing the door on the hooks.

3. A frame structure comprising a pair of spaced, vertical jambs, a vertical door engageable between. said jambs, hinges mounted on. the jambs, said hinges including swinging hooks, the

door having sockets therein for the reception of the free end portions of the hooks for pivotally when the door is closed, the latch 2! on the free or detachably connecting either vertical edge of the door to the jambs, telescopic braces havin one end portion fixedly secured to" the hooks and their other ends hingedly connected" to the door adjacent the remote vertical edges thereof, and means for releasably securing the door on the hooks, the hinges further including eyes, said means comprising arcuate spring latches mounted on the vertical edges of the door and engageable behind the hinge eyes. I

CHARLES EDWARD FULLER.