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L. P. GAROIN & A. W. BALDWIN Door Wisket. 7 No. 241,485. Patented May 17,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Cl ment LEOPOLD P. GARGIN AND ALFRED W. BALDWIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

DOOR-WICKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 241,485, dated May 17, 1881.

Application filed June 2, 1880. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEOPOLD P. GAR- CIN and ALFRED W. BALDWIN, of the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door -Wickets; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved wicket, showing it as applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof; Fig. 3, a detail plan view of the outer perforated plate, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the hinged door and frame.

The present invention has relation to that class of doorwickets in which an opening through the door is covered upon the outside with a grating or perforated plate, and upon the inside of the door with a small door or sash adapted to be openedor closed.

The object of this construction of door-wickets is to enable a person inside of a house to converse with and inspect the person who knocks or rings the door-bell before opening the door to admit the caller into the house, the grating also admitting air for ventilating purposes. This form of door-wicket, although very common, was open to a very serious objection, as the hinged or sliding door consisted of a frame in which was secured a glass panel. Malicious persons could therefore break the glass by inserting. sticks or other objects through the openings in the grating or perforated plate. It is therefore essential that the panel or door should be of such material that no injury thereto will occur, and also to so simplify the construction of the wicket as to enable the same to be applied to any of the ordinary doors with comparatively little expense. These objects we attain by the construction shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents an ordinary door of a house. In this door, at a convenient height, is made an opening of sufficient size to give a person who looks through it from the inside a view of the person standin g on the outside. Around this opening, upon both sides of the door, is formed a recess, or the door is cut away to receive a perforated plate or grating,B, andaframe, a, to which is hinged the cast-metal door O, provided with asuitable catch, b, for retaining the door closed.

The manner of connecting the wicket to the door is very simple, and will be understood from the following:

The metallic perforated plate B has welded to it screw-threaded bolts 0, which pass through holes in the door A, said bolts being sufficiently long to project beyondthe inner side of the door. Alter the plate B has been placed in position over the opening and the bolts 0 inserted through the holes in the door, the frame a, which also has bolt-holes at its four corners,is placed over the projecting ends of the screw-threaded bolts, and the frame a held securely in place around the opening in the door A by suitable clamping-nuts d. I

It will thus be seen that a very simple construction of Wicket is obtained with comparatively small cost,,and which may be readily attached to any of the ordinary doors with little trouble, and can be quickly detached and removed for cleaning or repairing.

The door-wicket being entirely constructed of metal, it is very durable, and there is no danger of its being injured by malicious persons from the outside of the door; nor can it be removed by them, as the nuts 0 are upon the inside.

The wicket is especially useful at night, when it is desirable to learn the character of the person who seeks admission and the nature of his business before opening the door, thus in many cases avoiding the necessity of opening it and preventing the inrush of cold air into the house, especially in winter.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A doorwicket composed wholly of metal, consisting of the perforated plate B, having rigidly connected to its inner side screw-bolts c, in combination with the frame on, having hinged thereto door 0, and secured over the projecting ends of the screw-bolts upon the inner side of the door A by nuts 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

LEOPOLD P. GARCIN. ALFRED W. BALDWIN.

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