US443638A

US443638A - Door-hanger

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Publication number: US443638A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1907-12-30

Description

(No Model.) LE GRAND TERRY,

DOOR HANGER.

Patented Dec. 30

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wiiweoo/eo rrnn STATES LE GRAND TERRY, OF HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,638, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed July 8,1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LE GRAND TERRY, a resident of Horseheads, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in doorhangers, the object being to provide a light and simple device for supporting heavy doors, and, further, to provide a device of this character which may be manufactured at a small initial cost.

IVith this endin View my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan View, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

A represents the body of the hanger, the same being composed of a single piece of metal, preferably sheet metal. This is bent over at its upper end to form the overhanging upper portion 1, which I designate the roofof thehanger, as it virtually serves as a roof for protecting the bearings by preventing water, snow, and dust from settling thereon. To make this hanger rigid and solid, the portion A is flanged at its edges 2 2, as shown. These flanges hold the hanger in place and give it the strength of thicker metal. The body of the hanger is provided with an elongated slot 3 opposite the lower edge of the roof 1, and the material forming the hanger is bent out at right angles to form the flanges or widened bearings 5 5. The hanger is provided with a wheel or roller U,the axles '7 7 of which extend beneath the bearings 5 5, for the latter to ride upon as the door which the hanger supports is moved. These bearings also stiffen the hanger and keep it rigid. The hanger is provided with screw or nail holes to receive devices for holding it in place, and the body itself constitutes abroad bearing adapted to be secured to the door. Devices constructed in this manner can be Serial No. 358,045. (No model.)

placed on the market at a very slight cost, and they are just as effectual in performing their work as those constructed of heavier metals, especially for light doors.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of inyinvention, and hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

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

1. A door-hanger composed of a single end, having an elongated slot formed in the body portion, a recess in the edge opposite this slot, and flanges bent laterally from the recess and slot in the same horizontal plane to form widened bearings, in combination with a wheel upon the axle of which the bearing-flanges are supported, substantially as set forth.

2. A door hanger composed of a single piece of sheet metal having flanged edges which give rigidity to the plate, the main portion of the plate constituting an extended bearing-surface for attachment to a door or other device to be moved, and having its upper end folded over, so that two leaves are. formed, each leaf having a lateral bearingflange adapted to rest on the axle of a wheel, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a wheel and axle, of a thin plate of metal folded over at its upper end an d having flanged edges which give rigidity to the plate, oneleaf of the plate provided with an elongated slot, and lateral bearingflanges extending from one edge of the slot and one edge of the other member in the same plane and adapted to bear upon the wheelaxle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LE GRAND TERRY.

\Vitnesses:

1-1. .1. WELLER, A. S. TERRY.

piece of sheet metal folded over at its upper