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(.No Model.)

' I J. W. MOYER.

' DOOR: No. 328,900. I Pg tenjthed 001;. 2.0L 1885.

74 Jaw-$16M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONAH W. MOYER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,900, dated October 20, 1885. Application filed February 6, 1885. Serial No. 155,080. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONAH W. MOYER, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Doors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to hinges for hanging doors, &c.; and it consists in certain improvements, fully set forth in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

Heretofore doors and lids have been secured to the door-frame and boxes by metallic hinges, two or more in number. That the door should swing easily it was necessary that the said hinges should be secured to the door and doorframe so as to be perfectly true, otherwise binding and squeaking resulted; and if the spring attachment is to be used to close the door, it mustbe unnecessarily strong to overcome this excessive friction. In addition thereto, hinges are ungainly, detracting from the ornamentation of the door and its frame and architravc, and in addition thereto it re quires in many instances recesses to be made in the stile of the door, into which the hinges fit, mutilating the wood-work and making it more or less liable to become defaced.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objectionable features by providing a door, lid, or shutter with a vertical hinge-piece extending. almost its full height, and which hinge-piece forms part of the door itself, but corresponds with and forms a continuation of a part of the architrave of the door-frame, and to whichit is invisibly hinged. By this means there are but two hinge-points and these are separated by almost the full height of the door; consequently no binding can result, and less pressure will open or close the door. All squeaking is also overcome and, if desired, a small spring may be inclosed within the hinge-piece of the door or the architrave, which, while it is invisible, will cause the door to close with a gentle pressure, preventing all slamming and undue noises. In looking at the door with my improvements, if it were not for the handle it would not be perceptible on which side it opened; consequently there is a great improvement in appearance and effect, the same being far more pleasing to the eye and decidedly more perfect in its operation. Of course this improvementis equally adapted to lids of ornamented boxes or cases.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a door and its frame embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 00 a: on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3/ y on Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section similar to part of what is shown in Fig. 3, except that the spring is shown in the architrave in place of in the hinge-piece of the door.

D is the architrave of the door-frame, and may be made with any ornamentation desired.

E represents the rabbet-strip,and is brought out flush with the architrave.

G is the door, and may be made in any manner desired, and is furnished with a vertical hingepiece, 0, preferably cylindrical, and which may be secured to the stile by any ornamental connection F; or it may be directly secured thereto or formedintegral therewith,this connection being immaterial to my invention. This hinge-piece O is almost the full height of the door, and fits between two similar pieces, A and B, of the architrave, forming, apparently, a single cylindrical column; and the places of j unctureshould be suitably ornament ed to prevent their being noticed. This ornamentation A and B of the architrave is carried over the top of the door, as at A, and down the other side, as at B, making the architrave similar all around the door.

The hinge-piece O of the door is connected with the piece A and B of the architrave by hinges H H, which may be of any form desired; and these hinges having practically but one point of connection, (being separated by so great a distance,) they will work very easily and smoothly. As more wear will come upon the lower hinge, it is advisable that suitable bearings should be placed between the hingepiece 0 and part B of the architrave. As

shown, the plate h, carried by the part B of the architrave, is furnished with ahole or depression, M.

Secured into a recess on the lower end of the hingepiece 0 is a case, K, which is provided with an aperture through which the stud or pin L extends, the end of which pin works in the depression M. 1 The upper part of case K has a square hole, K, into which an adj ustinghinge-piece O or part F may be connected to the stile of the door by invisible hinges f, which allows the door to assume the position indicated in the dotted lines.

The hinge-piece O or the parts A and B or either ofthem, may be made of metallic tubing or any suitable material, made cylindrical, square, flat, octagonal, twisted, 850., so long as the same is applied to form part of the finish or architrave of the door and frame. This invention is equally adapted to shutters or blinds. The ornamention would be varied to suit the ideas of the architects, and therefore I do not limit myself to the details of construc-' tion, as it may be modified in various ways without departing from my inventionas, for instance,'the parts A B C may be all secured to the door and the hinges placed on the ends of parts A and B; or in place of the two parts A and B, three or more parts may be arranged ,With two or more hinge parts 0 on the door.

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

l. A door, lid, or blind having a portion thereof formed to correspond to the ornamentation of the architrave, in combination with said architrave or frame, and hinges which connect the similar parts of the door and architrave, substantially as and for the purpose hinged to the architrave, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A door combined with ahinge-piece hinged to said door and the architrave or door-frame, the said hinge-piece correspond ing to the finish of said architrave, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A door or lid having a portion thereof formed to correspond to the ornamentation of the architrave, in combination with said architrave or frame, and hinges which connect the similar parts of the door and architrave, and aspring to keep said door normally closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A door or lid having one of its stiles provided with a strip or hinge-piece corresponding to a part of the ornamentation of the architrave or frame of the doorway, in combination with hinges connectingthe top and bot tom of said hinge-piece with said architrave, and a spring contained within the hingepiece or the corresponding part of the architrave to keep the door normally closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of a door having hingepiece (3, with architrave D, having parts A and B and binge H, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination of adoor havinghingepiece 0, with architrave D, having parts A A and B and B and hinge H, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 1

8. The combination ofdoor G,having hingestrip 0, architrave D, having parts A and B, hinges H, and spring I, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination of the door G, having hinge-strip C, with architrave D, having parts A B, hinges between the parts A B 0, one of which is made of case K, nut J having stud L, spring I, and plate h, having hole M, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

10. A door, lid, or blind having a portion thereof formed to correspond to the ornamentation of the architrave, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

R. M. HUNTER, WILLIAM G. MAYNE.

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