US402342A - Richard miller and john george kanouse - Google Patents

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. R. MILLER & J. G. KANOUSE.

DOOR HANGER. No 40Z,34Z. \3, Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD MILLER AND JOHN GEORGE KANOUSE, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNORS TO THE EAGLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,342, dated April 30, 1889.

' Application filed December 27,1888. saw... 294,768. (NomodeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD MILLER and JOHN GEORGE KANOUSE,'OitiZens of theUnited States, residing at Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front elevation of-our improved door-hanger complete; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same, the door, rail, and sup port being in section; Fig. 3, a plan view of the partsattached to the door; Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of the combined axle bar and brace; Fig.5, a front view of one of the ra l-supports; Fig. 6, a detail sectional view showing the rail-support and manner of adjustably securing the rail thereto, and Fig. 7 a slightmodification of the rail-support.

The invention has relation particularly to that class of doorhangers wherein two or more brackets or hangers are bolted to the upper edge of the door, each of these brackets having two horizontal axle bars or rails, which rest upon the projecting ends of the axles of interposed wheels or rollers, the wheels or rollers being adapted to rest and travel upon a stationaryrail secured to the adjacent building or other' support, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

ports may be readily placed at any points or positions along the length of the rail (as the exigencies of the case may require) without boring or drilling holes in the rail or otherwise weakening it, as will presently appear.

The invention has also for its object the production of a simple and very strong hanger or bracket to be attached to the upper edge of the door, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Referring to the annexed drawings by letter, A designates a portion of a sliding door of any description. 7

B designates the hanger or bracket bolted to the door.

of any suitable length, and is preferably con- 'made much larger and heavier, especially for C designates the adjacent portion of a barn or other building; D, the vertical battens secured thereon, and E the rail secured to the barn or other support, 0. The rail E may be structed of a bar of plain angle-iron, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, without holes or notches of any kind. The rail is supported upon tubular spacing or supporting blocks or castings F, these blocks being provided with notches in their outer ends for the reception of the lower edge of the rail. The rails are adjustably secured to the blocks and the blocks to the support or barn by means of horizontal bolts (1, located immediately below the lower edge of the rail, the bolts passing preferably through the tubular blocks and the adjacent portion of the building 0 and battens D, as shown clearly in Fig. 6, and provided on their inner ends with suitable tightening-nuts. By thus notching the outer ends of the spacingblocks for the reception of the rail it will be observed from Fig. 6 that the head a of the bolta may be made to bear directly upon the outer surface of the rail and the outer end of the block, thus insuring a rigid attachment of the rail. It will also be observed that the rail maybe readily adjusted endwise by simply loosening the nut upon the bolt.

In lieu of the angle-iron rail shown in Figs. 2 and 6, we may employ a plain flat bar-rail, as shown in Fig. 7; but we prefer the angleiron,inasmuch as a greater degree of strength with a lesser amount of metal may be obtained by using that form of rail. 4

In all the methods of supporting the rails heretofore used, in connection with doorhangers, it has been necessary to drill holes through the rails for the passage of the securing bolts and rivets. This method of attaching and supporting the rails is obviously imperfect and defective, inasmuch as the rails will be considerably weakened transversely, and will consequently have to be the support of heavy doors. And then again,

distance apart along the entire length of the rail, thus weakening the rail to a very serious extent. It is obvious that the drilling of the holes cannot be left for the consumer or purchaser. By our invention these and other serious drawbacks which attend the use of the ordinary method of supporting the rails are completely obviated.

Our invention permits the rail to be readily adjusted endwise, either way and to any extent, and it also allows the spacing-blocks to be placed at any desirable points along the entire length of the rail, wherever the battens may occur. It is also obvious that at any time after the rail is secured in place, should it sag or become weakened at any point, an additional supporting-block and bolt may be readily attached at the weak point without disturbing any of the part-s.

The hangers may be constructed in any approved manner, but in this instance they are each constructed as follows: Two vertical bars of iron, 1) 1), form the main frame of the hanger, and are suitably bolted to the door near the upper edge of the same. The upper portions of these two bars are curved or turned inwardly and downwardly, forming arches or hooks b b. Bolted or riveted to these bars I), one to the main port-ions and the other to the end of the arched or bent portions, are the two horizontal parallel axle-bars c c, the lower edges of these bars being arranged in the same horizontal plane. The under or lower edges of the axle bars or rails rest upon the projecting ends of the axle of the grooved wheel or roller G, which latter travels upon the rail E and works freely back and forth between the axle-rails as the door is operated.

The ends of the inner bar, 0, are extended out a short distance and turned outwardly, as at c, and then downwardly, terminating in depending portions 0, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. By thus constructing the hanger it will be very strong and durable, its strongest points being where the most strain is usually brought to bear. The depending port-ions 0" may be bent in toward each other a shortdistance and bolted to the face of the upright bars I), the same bolts that secure these latter bars to the door being used to secure the said depending portions, as shown in Fig. 1. Of course it is evident that the portions 0 may be made longer, if desired or found necessary in hanging heavy doors. By thus bolting the portions c" upon the face of the upright bars the latter are greatly strengthened and re-enforced.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a suit-able support, of a rail, spacing and supporting blocks interposed between the rail and support, and headed bolts for securing the said rail to the faces of the outer ends of the said block, the said bolts passing below the lower edge of the rail and into the said support, whereby the rail and spacing-blocks may be adgusted 1ndependently of each other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the vertical bars I; Z), having their upper ends bent over, forming arches b b, the horizontal rails c 0, secured to upper ends of the said bars, the inner one of the said rails being extended outwardly and downwardly and bolted to the said vertical bars I) 1), whereby the said vertical bars and their arches are effectually braced and strengthened.

3. The combination of a suitable support, a rail, tubular spacing-blocks interposed between the said rail and support, these spacing blocks being notched at their outer ends for the reception of the lower edge of the rail, and headed bolts for holding the said rails in their notches and clamping the spacing-blocks to their support, as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD MILLER. JOHN GEORGE KANOUSE.

Witnesses:

A. B. WHITMAN, CHAS. MCGILL.

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