US318125A - Door-hanger - Google Patents

Description

(Model.)

D. MANUEL. DOOR HANGER.

Patented May 19, 1885. Iliff. 3f,

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID MANUEL, OF HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO HIMSELF, GEORGE HAIGH, OF SAME PLACE, HERBERT C. SOMES, OF MILTON, AND

THOMAS LONERGAN, OF CANTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

' DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,125, dated May 19, 1885. 'Application mea May 28,1884. (Model.)

' T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvrD MANUEL, f Hyde Park, in the county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, of

which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same,

i0 reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure l is a side elevation showing a .door provided with my improved hangers, a portion of the door and building to which it is attached being represented as broken away. I Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line x in Fig. l; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section taken through the center of the hanger; 2o Fig. 4, avertical longitudinal section taken on the line a in Fig. 3 5 Fig. 5, a bottom plan view; Fig. 6, a side elevation showing a modifica tion of the hanger; Fig. 7, an end View of the' hanger shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 8, a top plan view of the hanger shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 9, a side elevation showing another modification of the hanger; and Fig. 10, an end view of the hanger shown in Fig. 9, and representing it in use, some of the surrounding parts b eing represented in section.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of doorhangers which are employed for hanging or supporting sliding doors; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more desirable article of 4o this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and'operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its eXtreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the hanger, and B the cap. The body. is chambered, as seen at b, to receive thefriction-rolli ers m m, which are arranged in parallelism therein and journaled in suitable bearings `at the frontand rear of the body, as shown ato cl. The cap is provided with the downwardlyprojecting flange or strap C, by which it is attached to the door, and projects over the rear wall of the body A, as seen at t', to form eaves for preventing the water from entering the chamber b, in whichv the rollers are contained, said chamber being formed partly in the body and partly in the cap of the hanger. A cir 60 cular opening, r, is formed in the lower part of the body A centrally between the rollers m, and disposed in the chamber b. Beneath the rollers m there is a ball, D, the lowerportion of which protrudes through said hole, its up 65 per portion resting against the rollers m. The rollers are curved or cut out at the center, as seen in Fig. 3, the form or curvature of the rollers being such that the rollers bear on the ball near their ends only, and not the entire 7c length, thus lessening the friction. An elongated slot is formed in the bottom of the body A, for receiving a downwardly-projecting flange, Z, on the cap B, which passes 4be tween the rear ends of the rollers, and assists in keeping them in proper position in the chamber b.

Projecting downwardly from the body A there are four studs or guides, f, designed to keep the hanger in proper position on the 8o track E, as best seen in Fig. 2, the cap and body of the hanger being connected by screws g, which pass through flanges p at either end.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the cap is not provided with a downwardlyprojecting iiange, and the end fianges, p, are elongated to receive the overhanging straps F, which are made laterally adjustable thereon from front to rear by means of the slots and screw-bolts h, to enable the door to be hung 9o properly with reference to the track, and freed or relieved in case it warps or binds, the bolts also connecting the cap and body.

In the modification shown in Figs. 9and 10 the body and cap are connected at the ends by 95 screws and flanges in the same manner as shown in Fig. 4, and the cap is not provided Y with a downwardly-projecting ange. A yoke or strap, H, passes over the top of the cap, and

is made adjustable thereon by means of the screw-bolt t, a slot (not shown) being formed in the yoke to permit it to be moved back and forth from front to rear, as required.

In the use of my improvement the hangers are attached to the upper edge of the door by screws or nails passed through the flange C, as shown in Fig. 1, a V-shaped or any other suitable'track, E, being secured to the ybuilding above the door. The door is then suspended or supported with the balls D of the hangers resting on the track, the track being inserted between the guides or studs f to keep the hangers in proper position.

The modications shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 'are used in substantiallythe same manner; but in that shown in Figs. 9 and 10 the door is immediately under the track, the yoke passing down on either side of it, as seen in Fig. 10, and the hangers and upper edge of the door being entirely housed by the casings or walls J. l

It will be obviousl that my invention may be used at the top of the Adoor for suspending it, or at the bottom for supporting it, as de sired.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim isl. The combination, substantially as set forth, of a hanger-box having acircular opening in its bottom, concave rollers journaled within said box, and a ball interposed between said rollers and bottom and projecting through said opening below said bottom.

2. The combination, substantially as set forth, of a hanger-box the bottom of which is provided with a circular opening and with downwardprojecting studs on opposite sides of said opening, concave rollers journ aled within said box, and a ball interposed between said rollers and bottom and projecting through said opening below said bottom between said studs.

3. The combination, in a door-hanger, of an inclosing box or body having a slot in its bottom plate, and a caphaving a vertical arm which shuts within the vertical flange of said body and projects into said slot, substantially as described. n

4. The combination, in a door-hanger, of a box comprising a body composed of an angular plate the horizontal arm of Which has a circular opening, a rectangular slot and downward-projecting studs on opposite sides of said opening, and a cap connected to said body and having an inner vertical ange which enters said rectangular slot, a ball within said box projecting through said circular opening, and rollers journaled within said box and resting on said ball, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a door-hanger, of angular attaching metallic straps provided with slots in their upper ends transversely to the hanger, and screw-bolts passing through said slots into said hanger, whereby the door may be laterally adjusted on the hanger, substantially as described. Y m

- DAVID MANUEL. Witnesses:

C. A. SHAW, L. J. VHITE.

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