US425477A

US425477A - Door-hanger

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Publication number: US425477A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 1907-04-15

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`(No Moda.) T. J. WEAVER.

DooR HANGER'.

No. 425,477. Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

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THOMAS J. WEAVER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,477, dated April 15, 1890.

Application iiled'April l5, 1889. Serial No. 307.315, (No model.) i

hangers for sliding doors in which the door is' hung upon wheels or rollers ruiming on tracks or guides above the door; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, so that the door may always be easily made to run true andthe difficulties incident to the warping and sagging of the parts of the building be overcome.

My object is to arrange the parts so that the tracks upon which the door is hung and the door itself may be raised or lowered at pleasure and the track and door entirely removed when necessary, and to obtain by my novel construction and arrangement of parts asimple, cheap,and eifcctive track and hanger.

In ,the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the sliding door and hanger in position. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the hanger through one of the wheels. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of a part of the hanger.

Like letters of reference indicate identical parts in all the figures.

A is a sliding door, and B the track above the door, upon which the door is hung.

C C are two wheels running on this track. These wheels are journaled in the arms d d, which, with the connecting-bar o., form a yoke, to which the door is hung .by means of the hooks h Z1, arranged parallel with each other. The wheels or pulleys are grooved, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the bearingsurface is segmentalr in section, and the track is rounded to tit the grooved wheel. With this shape of grooved wheel the door will always han g true, although the track may become shifted out of line. The ordinary dat track and wheels with or without flanges may, however, be equally well used with my device. On the top of the door a plate gis screwed or otherwise fastened, 1n which holes are cut and recesses made in the wood to receive the end of these hooks, which are held in place by the edge of the plate, shown in Fig. 3, or pins may be provided to hold the hooks. v

To the forward end of the hanger-yoke is pivoted the arm h, which is provided at its outer end with a lug Z at right angles to the arm. This lug Z is screw-threaded to receive the screw-bolt fm. This bolt m passes through the bracket n where the slotted head of the bolt S bears against the farther surface of the bracket. ened to the top of the door. The opening for the bolt is beveled, as shown by the dotted lines, in order to allow sufficient play for the bolt. The bolt and arm thus connect the door raised or lowered at pleasure by screwing up or up, the pivoted hooks I), retaining their parallelism, are swung farther out as the hangeryoke and door-bracket are brought nearer together, and thus the door is raised evenly as much as required. When it is desired for any purpose to remove the door, it may be done at a moments notice by unscrewing the bolt and casting off the hooks b l). The track B is a simple beam of wood having` screwed upon the top edge an iron or hard wood rail formed to the grooved wheel running thereon. This track B is also arranged to be raised and lowered or easily removed in the following manner: A strip ot iron t is bolted or fastened to one end of the track or rail, and by this the end of the track is supported, the upper end of the iron'being hooked within the hook of a bolt or bar fastened to thev joist above. At the other end a screw-bolt le passes through the track, the head of the bolt bearing against the under surface of the track. This bolt engages with the threaded ear of the bracket p, which is fastened to the joist above bythe bolt lr. *In this way one end of the track can be raised or lowered at pleasure and the ltrack always kept horizontal. The track can also be re moved when needed by unscrewing the bolt and unhooking the other end of the rail. Instead of fastening the strip of iron iat the end of the track, my arrangement of hanging the door to the yoke c. with arms d coming unscrewin g the bolt. l/Vhen the bolt is screwed This bracket is securely fastwith the hangerfyoke, and the door can be IOO advantageous.

down along one side of the track only, enables me to fasten myiron strip or supportingbracket to the side of the track at any convenient distance from the end and support the track by a hook from that point. The advantage to be gained from this is that as the distance between the bearing-points on the track is reduced a Very much lighter and cheaper beam for the track can be used, inasmuch as the farther the distance between l'the supporting-points the heavier and more expensive the beam has to be.

While the drawings show only a single track, it is obvious that a double track can be also used with the door hung on a double set of Wheels. I/Vith a double track my arrangement of suspending the track is especially The hanging bracket p being fastened to the joist by the single bolt r by loosening the nut which holds the bolt or by striking with a hammer the lbracket p can be turned on the bolt as a pivot, and the tracks thus adjusted sidewise 'as Well as up and down. In door-hangers in ordinary use the door is usually hung on rollers at each end of the door. The track upon which the door is suspended has therefore to be made twice as long as the door. Of course the longer the track the more apt it is to Warp and twist. I overcome this difficulty by placing my rollers nearer the center of the door, so that the track can be made much shorter, thereby reducing the liability to Warp.

I am aware that it is not new to support tracks for sliding doors so that they may be adj usted vertically, and do not claim, broadly, such construction.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isr l. In a door-hanger, the combination, With a sliding door, of an adjustable track above said door piVoted to the joists at or near one end, the other end arranged to be adjusted vertically and horizontally, rollers engaging said track, hanger-yoke hung thereon, and hooks attached to said yoke and supporting said door, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a door-hanger, the combination, With a sliding door, of an adjustable track above said door, the bar t, for supporting one end of said track, said bar being fastened to the side of the track at any distance from the end for the purpose of reducing the distance between the bearings of the track, and ahook securely fastened to the joist above supporting said bar, the other end of said track arranged to be adjusted vertically and horizontally, as described, Wheels mounted on said track, hanger-yoke hung thereon, and hooks pivoted in said yoke and supporting the door, substantially as and for the -purpose described. 3. In a door-hanger, the combination, of the segmentally-grooved wheels C C, track rounded to fit said grooves,hangeryoke hung from said Wheels and connecting them near the middle of the door, and parallel swinging hooks attaching the door to said hanger-yoke, substantially as and for vthe purpose described. n

THOMAS J. VEAVER.

XVitnesses:

ALFRED M. ALLEN, GEORGE HEIDMAN.