US3604155A - Transom panel - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
- E06B1/04—Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings
- E06B1/52—Frames specially adapted for doors
- E06B1/524—Mullions; Transoms
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
- E06B3/54—Fixing of glass panes or like plates
- E06B3/5454—Fixing of glass panes or like plates inside U-shaped section members
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
- E06B3/54—Fixing of glass panes or like plates
- E06B3/5454—Fixing of glass panes or like plates inside U-shaped section members
- E06B2003/5463—Fixing of glass panes or like plates inside U-shaped section members in a preassembled frame, the pane being consecutively introduced obliquely, rotated and shifted
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- the field of the present invention is the art of metal transoms for assembly with sheet metal doorframes.
- the present invention makes it possible for semiskilled workmen readily to make welded sheet metal transoms, and to assemble them with or remove them from doorjambs by the use of simple tools, such as a screw driver and thread-cutting screws.
- the present invention provides a hollow metal doorframe which can be made by using thin metal sheets and channels with the parts being projection welded together.
- the transom may be positioned between the jambs of a doorframe by a top angle which projects into the top horizontal channel of the transom and by clips which are welded to vertical channels of the transom and are connected, as by screws, to rabbets of the metal doorjambs.
- FIG. 1 is a fragmentary, perspective view, looking upward, of a transom embodying the present invention and mounted in position in a sheet metal frame including opposite jambs and a header;
- FIG. 2 is an exploded, fragmentary view showing the transom of FIG. 1, part of the header of that figure and a top angle to be attached to a header of a doorframe and to assist in positioning the transom in the doorframe;
- FIG 3 is a fragmentary, vertical, sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view showing the manner of assembling the panel with the header and top angle of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a fragmentary, sectional view, taken on line 55 of FIG. 1;
- FIG 6 is a fragmentary view showing an alternative frame construction in which ceiling construction is used instead of the metal header in FIGS. 1 and 2;
- FIG. 7 is a fragmentary, perspective view showing three parts of the transom of FIG. 1 prior to the welding operation.
- the doorframe of FIG. 1 consists of vertical jambs l and header 3. These parts are hollow, may be made of thin sheet metal, such for example as l8 gage, and preferably have the same cross-sectional shape which consists of returns 5, face portions 7, rabbets 9, stops 1 l and soffit 13.
- the transom consists of front and rear metal sheets 17 and 19, vertical channels 21, and top and bottom horizontal channels 23.
- the channels are positioned between sheets 17 and 19.
- the edges of top channel 34 are flush with the top horizontal edges of the sheets 17 and 19 and the vertical and bottom channels have their body portions flush with the edges of the sheets and their flanges 29 extending inwardly between the sheets.
- the flanges of the channels are provided with small projections 30 (FIG. 7) which engage the sheets 17 and 19 when the channels and sheets are assembled for welding. Welding is accomplished by placing the assembly in a welding fixture and passing current through said fixture and projections to melt the latter and to form welds connecting the sheets and channels.
- an astragal in the form of a thin metal strip 31 may be attached to the lower edge of the transom (FIG. 2).
- the sheets 17 and 19 may, suitably, be made of 18- or 16-gage steel.
- Sheet metal stiffeners 32 are attached, as by welding, to the inner surfaces of sheets 17 and 19. These stiffeners may be made of light-gage sheet metal, for example 24-gage steel, may have any desired cross-sectional shape, for example the hat shape shown in FIG. 5 and preferably are staggered as there shown. The stiffeners are preferably arranged vertically in single-opening units and horizontally in double-opening units.
- Material 33 for example glass fiber batt which is sound deadening, resistant to fire, vermin, moisture, mildew and rot, may be placed within the transom as shown in FIGS. 3, 5 and Attaching clips 35 are secured to the body portions 25 of the vertical channels 21, preferably by welding, and extend to below the panel for attachment, as by thread-cutting screws 37, to a rabbet 9 of ajamb 1.
- Clips 35 may, suitably, be made of 14-gage steel.
- means for example adhesive-backed mutes 38, may be attached to the stops ll of the jamb to prevent actual sound-creating contact of the transom and jambs.
- These mutes are thin, usually not exceeding about one-fourth inch.
- FIG. 4 shows, diagrammatically, the manner of securing the transom of FIG, 2 to the header 3.
- a metal top angle 39 is adjustably mounted on the header, as by threadcutting screws 41, with flange 43 spaced from the adjacent rabbet 9 by a distance enough greater than the thickness of sheet 19 and flange 21 of the transom to permit ready assembly of the transom and header, as indicated in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 shows an alternative construction in which the header of FIGS. 1 to 5 has been omitted and ceiling construction 44, for example wallboard, has been substituted. Screws 45 serve to secure top angle 39 in position relative to header 41 and transom 15.
- reinforcement 45 may be located within the transom, for example for a door closer or the like.
- the combination of elements comprising a doorframe and a hollow sheet metal transom, the frame including a header and jambs, at least one jamb having at least one stop, and an angle adjustably secured to the header and having a flange projecting downwardly, the said transom including front and rear flat metal sheets, vertical side and horizontal top and bottom sheet metal channels and between said flat sheets, each of the vertical channels and the bottom channel having a flat body portion substantially flush with the adjacent edges of said sheets and flanges extending inwardly therefrom between said sheets, the top horizontal channel having a flat body portion disposed between the sheets and remote from the edges thereof and flanges projecting outwardly therefrom with their edges being substantially flush with the top horizontal edges of the sheets, weld metal joining the flanges of said channels to said sheets, and metal clips attached to the body portion of the vertical channels and projecting below the bottom of the transom for use in securing the transom to the inner surfaces of the jambs of the door frame, said flange on the header angle
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US4335550A (en) * | 1980-12-19 | 1982-06-22 | Johnson David P | Prime window unit installation system |
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US20120181801A1 (en) * | 2010-12-30 | 2012-07-19 | Willis Magnolia K | Reinforcement device for door sockets |
US8850762B2 (en) | 2012-09-17 | 2014-10-07 | Steelcase Inc. | Vertically adjustable partition wall door |
US20160076299A1 (en) * | 2014-09-11 | 2016-03-17 | Republic Doors & Frames | Welded steel door |
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US1959597A (en) * | 1931-07-10 | 1934-05-22 | Kawneer Co | Door construction |
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US3830027A (en) * | 1973-03-12 | 1974-08-20 | Gray Mfg Co | Panel construction |
US4335550A (en) * | 1980-12-19 | 1982-06-22 | Johnson David P | Prime window unit installation system |
NL1005003C2 (en) * | 1997-01-14 | 1998-07-15 | Polynorm Nv | Door frame with lintel on which panel is mounted |
US20120181801A1 (en) * | 2010-12-30 | 2012-07-19 | Willis Magnolia K | Reinforcement device for door sockets |
US8850762B2 (en) | 2012-09-17 | 2014-10-07 | Steelcase Inc. | Vertically adjustable partition wall door |
US9051729B2 (en) | 2012-09-17 | 2015-06-09 | Steelcase Inc. | Reversible door assembly for partition wall |
US20160076299A1 (en) * | 2014-09-11 | 2016-03-17 | Republic Doors & Frames | Welded steel door |
US10435940B2 (en) * | 2014-09-11 | 2019-10-08 | Republic Doors and Frames | Welded steel door |
US10619404B2 (en) | 2014-09-11 | 2020-04-14 | Republic Doors & Frames | Welded steel door |
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