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Description

A.,()I.THORNTON.

(No Model.)

DOOR HANGER,-

No. 530,866. Patented D50. 4, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

ALBERT- 0. THORNTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 530,366, dated December 4, 1894.

Application filed June 28, 1894; Serial No. 516,007. (No model.)

To all whom it concern): Be it known that I, ALBERT O. THORNTON,

ful Door-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to an improvement in that class of door hangers'wherein means are provided for mounting the door upon rollers or carrying-wheels, so that it will be capable of easy movement towardor from the opening bounded by the door-frame; and the invention consists in certain-improvements in the construction of these devices, whereby they are made capable of application to both the bottom and top of a door.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the lower portion of a door having my improvements applied thereto; Fig. 2, a similar view of the upper portion of a door having my improvements applied; Fig. 8, an end elevation of the hanger, showing it detached from the door; Fig. 4, a plan view; Fig. 5, a front elevation; Fig. 6, a cross-section of one of the wheels; Fig. 7, a view of one of the extension rods which has a hereinafter described purpose; Fig. 8, a vertical sectionof the hanger, taken midway its ends and looking toward one of the same.

The hanger is formed, preferably, of cast iron and with a rear plate or portion 1, which has formed integral therewith, and at its ends, the downwardly-extending plates 2, each having the vertically-elongated slots 3 therein. By means of these slots the plates 2, and consequently the hanger, are secured to the door in a way which will render the hanger capable of adjustment to compensate for the shrinkage of the timbers. The rear plate 1 is provided on its upper edge with the shoulders 4:, which lie one at each endof the depressed portion or track 5. Upon this track one trunnion of the carrying-wheel is adapted to move, while the purpose of the shoulders is to limit the movements thereof. Formedin the lower edge of the plate 1,and vertically aligned with the track 5, is the track 6, which is bounded by the shoulders 7, similar in function and construction to the shoulders 4: of the upper edge. Formed with the ends ot'the rear plate 1, and projecting forwardly therefrom, is the citizen of the United States, residing at Frovidence, in the countyof Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and use-l front plate '8, which extends parallel with the plate 1, and which is joined thereto by the lateral sections 9, which project out from said plate and are formed integral with the ends of the plate 8.

The lateral sections .9 are provided with downwardly and inwardly extending curved brackets 10, which operate to brace and strengthen the sections 9, while the plate 8 is strengthenedby the rib 11, which extends longitudinally throughout its length, and which curves rearwardly with the sections 9and terminates directly adjacent to the rear plate 1. The upper edge of the plate 8 is horizontally aligned with the upper edge of the plate 1, and is provided with the depression or track 12, bounded by the shoulders 13, arranged one at each end of the track 12.. The track 12 is laterally aligned with the track 5, while the shoulders 13 are similarly related to the shoulders 4. Thus it will be seen that there are provided two tracks upon which the ends of the carrying-wheel trunnion may respectively travel, while the body of the wheel is received within the space between the plates 1 and 8.

The lower edge of the plate 8 is formed with the track 14 thereon, which is similar to the remaining tracks of the hanger, and which has its ends terminating in the shoulders 15. The track 14 and its shoulders 15 are laterally aligned with the track 6 and shoulders 7, so that the tracks 6 and 14 will be capable; as are the tracks'12 and 5, of mounting a carryingwheel. Thus it will be seen that the hanger is adapted for use either at the top or bottom of a door, and this use is illustrated in Figs. 1 and '2 of the drawings. Thus, in Fig. l the hanger is shown used at the lower end of a door, and when so operating the plates 2 are 'secured by screws 16, so that the tracks 5 and 12 will be arranged adj acentto the floor.

The wheels, numbered 17, are now placed upon a suitable track or way and so that their trunnions will respectively bear upon the tracks 5 and 12, thereby supportingthe door and giving the wheels a rolling bearing thereon. In Fig. 2, the arrangment is reversed. The wheels are mounted upon an elevated track or guide 19, and the hangers are so disposed that the trunnions 18 will bear upon the tracks 6 and 1 1 respectively.

In using the hanger with the upper end of a door, the extension rods or plates of Fig. 7 will be found convenient, indeed necessary. These consist of metallic plates provided with the bolt-openings 20, through which the bolts 16 and 21 pass. The bolts 16 are used for securing the hangers to the door, while the bolts 21 pass through the openings 3 of the plates 2, thereby projecting or extending the hanger beyond the upper edge of the door The wheels 17 may be of any suitable or ap-- proved construction, and I prefer that shown in Fig. 6. Here the trunnions are formed by passing a single bar axially through the wheel and allowing its ends to project outwardly therefrom, as will be understood.

It will be observed that the essential feature of my invention lies in those structural features which make it capable of reversal.

In applying the hanger to the lower end of a door the front plate, or the plate 8, is arranged on the outer side, while in applying the devices to the upper portion of a door the arrangement is reversed, and the rear plate, or the plate 1, is arranged on the outside. It will therefore be understood that the terms front and rear, as used in connection with the plates 1 and 8, are not taken in their literal 3o sense, but rather in their figurative sense.

Having described my invention, I claim- A door hanger comprising in its construction a rear plate having vertically-aligned tracks in its upper and lower edges, said tracks terminating at each end in vertically-aligned sponding shoulders on the rear plate, substantially as described. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT O. THORNTON.

Witnesses:

HERBERT B. W001), WILLIAM FITCH.

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