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H. REIGHWEIN. SPRING HINGE.

No. 495,370. Patented Apr. 11, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN REICHVEIN, OF VILLA PARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO FRANCIS KEIL 85 SON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPRING- HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,370, dated April 11, 1893. Application filed May 25, 1892. Serial No. 434,250. (No model.)

To all whom it 7nay concern..-

Be it known that I, HERMAN REICHWEIN, of

Villa Park, in the county of Monmouth and.

State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Double-Acting Hinge, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in double-acting hinges, and has for its object to simplify theconstruction of such devices, and to provide a hinge consisting of but few parts which will be perfect in its action, durable, and capable of expeditious and convenient application. 7

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the hinge, the hinge being shown as applied to a door and the door jamb, the door being in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the hinge, one section being carried at a right angle to the other, in which position of the hinge the door is open. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section taken practically on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section through a gate hinge illustrating the application of the hinge, the gate being in its closed position. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the gate hinge, one of its sections being carried at an angle to the other, which throws the gate to an open position; and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the connecting or pintle pin of the hinge, which pin likewise serves as the fulcrum upon which the gate turns.

The hinge consists primarily of two sections A and B and a pintle 0, connecting the two sections. The section A, is adapted to be attached to the door, while the section B, is to be secured to the door frame. The outer face of each section is preferably made somewhat cylindrical, while the inner facesof the sections are more or less flat. The section A,

vthe two sections.

which is to be secured to the door, is provided with a longitudinal recess 10 in its inner or rear face. This recess is located at the center of the section, and the section is further provided with an upper and alower transverse opening designated as 11 and 12, which openings extend through into the recess 10.

The end walls of the openings 11 and 12 of the section A, are beveled from the back outward in opposite directions; and transversely upon the central portion of the outer or cylindrical face of said section A, a series of spurs or teeth 13, is produced, as is best shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

The section B, is provided with two. transverse openings 14 and 15, adapted to register with the openings 11 and 12 in the opposing section, as the openings 11 and 12, 14 and 15, are made at the same points in the sections. The section B, at its center, is provided also tures correspond in number and location to the teeth or spurs 13 of the section A, and as one section is rocked upon the other the teeth 13 enter the apertures 16, and by this means the two sections are guided in their movements one upon the other.

Upon the rear face of the section B a barrel 17, is formed, the barrel being located at the center of the section between the upper and loweropenings 14 and 15; and the upper and lower faces of the barrel are preferably made flat. The said faces at the outer end or extremity of the barrel have longitudinal recesses formed therein, designated in the drawings as 18 and 19. Within the barrel a spring 20, is contained, which spring may be of any approved character; preferably, however, it is a coil or spiral spring, as illustrated.-

The two sections are connected bya pintle 0, above referred to, and this pintle constitutes the fulcrum of the sections. This pintle is of peculiar construction, and embraces a head bar 21, which enters and turns in the recess 10 of the section A, and upper and lower arms 22 and 23, which emanate from the head bar 21 and pass respectively through the aligned openings 11 and 14, and 12 and 15 of The arms 22 and 23, are

connected at their rear ends by a pin 24, and

this pin bears against the spring 20, and is capable of sliding movement in the recesses 18 and 19 of the barrel. Any approved form of tension device may be applied to the spring 20, so that it may be permitted to expand or may be contracted as desired.

The operation of this hinge is exceedingly simple, yet it is thoroughly practical, and said operation is as follows: The section B IO containing the barrel is fastened to the door frame D, the said frame having a socket D, produced therein to receive the barrel l7, and the arms of the pintle C,Workingover and in the barrel, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

[5 The attachment to the door frame having been made, it is very easy to secure the section A of the hinge to the door D The door may now be opened in either direction, as the section A, will rock upon the pintle connected with the stationary section B, while the pintle, as the section A is carried inward or outward, will compress the spring 20, and when the door is released the spring acting upon the pintle will automatically restore the sections of the hinge to theirnormal position, that is, with the central faces of the sections in positive engagement. It will be observed that the teeth or spurs 13, serve to prevent any undue strain being brought upon the pin- 0 tie, and likewise serve to prevent any twisting movement on the part of the sections of the hinge.

In Figs. 5 6 and 7, I have illustrated a gate hinge constructed upon the principle of the 3 5 doorhinge above described. There is a slight departure in the shape of the sections and in the location of the springs, the gate hinge consisting of two sections F and F, the section F, being adapted to be secured to a gate post F while the section F ,is adapted to be attached to the gate F Each section consists of a plate 25, having formed at the central portion of its outer face a socket 26, the plate being provided With an opening in its back com- 5 municating directly with the socket, and in the upper portion of the opening and in a portion of the top of the socketahorizontal groove or channel 26, is produced. The plate and socket are reinforced upon their outer faces by a horizontal rib 27, and upon the plate of the section F, below the rib 27, a horizontal step 28, is formed, this step being omitted in the section F. In the bottom of each socket 26 a slot 29, is produced, and this slot is in communication with an opening 30, made in the front of the plate, the opening 30 in the section F, being located between the step 28 and the socket of that section, while the opening in the section F, extends vertically downward through the plate. Each socket contains a spring 31, which may have a tension device connected therewith; and the said springs are preferably provided, at least the spring in the section F, with a stop 32, as

shown in Fig. 5, the stop preventing the spring from escaping from the socket. In connection with the two sections F and F an essentially U-shaped pintle G, is employed to pivotally connect the sections, the pintle comprising a head or body bar 33, and upwardly- 7o extending members 34 and 35 located at the end of the body, as shown in Fig. 7. The member 34 passes up through the openings 30 and the slot 29 in the section F, and engages with the spring 31 of said section at its back. The body section of the pintle extends beneath both of the hinge sections, as islikewise shown in Fig. 5, and the member 35 of the pintle passes up through the slot 29 and the opening in the section F corresponding to the opening 30 in the section F to a bearing against the inner end of the spring of the said section F, as shown best in Fig. 5. It is evidentthat the section F connected with the gate may be lifted from the pintle G whenever it is desired and replaced upon the pintle. The outer face of the socket of the section F, has produced thereon horizontally-arranged teeth or spurs 36, adapted to enter apertures correspondingly located in the outer face of the 0 socket of the section F, these teeth constituting guides for the sections. The operation of this hinge is identical with that of the door hinge, as one section rocks upon the other which is fulcrumed upon the pintle, and the members of the pintle are springpressed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A spring hinge, comprising a stationary and a swinging section separate and independent of each other and the latter having a rocking movement upon the other at their inner faces, a pintle having two transversely connected vertical members mounted in the respective hinge sections, and a spring be tween one hinge section and its vertical pintle member, the said spring being mounted in a suitable barrel or casing, substantially as set forth.

2. A spring hinge, comprising a stationary and a swinging section separate and independent of each other and provided on their adjacent rounded sides with registering teeth I I5 and sockets respectively, a pintle having two transversely connected vertical members mounted in the respective hinge sections, and a spring between one hinge section and its vertical pintle member, the said spring being mounted in a suitable barrel or casing, sub stantially as set forth.

3. In a double-acting hinge, the combination, with a section adapted to be attached to a door and provided with a recess in its inner face, openings leading into the recess, and a section adapted for attachment to a door frame, having openings corresponding to the openings in the door section and provided with a barrel at its rear, of a spring located in the barrel, a pin having sliding movement in the barrel against the tension of the spring, and a pintle one portion of which is located in the recess of the door section, the other IIO portions whereof extend through the openings 'in both sections and are connected with the pin sliding in the barrel, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a double-acting hinge, the combination, with a section adapted for attachment to a door and provided with a longitudinal recess in its rear face, transverse openings leading into said recess, and spurs or teeth located upon its outer face, and an opposing section having rocking movement upon the door section and adapted for attachment to the frame, the frame section being provided with transverse openings aligning those'in the door section, and also provided with openings to receive the teeth of the door section, and a barrel or socket formed upon its inner face, of a spring located in the barrel or socket, a pin having bearing against the spring and HERMAN REIOHVVEIN.

Witnesses:

E. M. CLARK, F. W. HANAFORD.

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