US593472A

US593472A - Hinge

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Publication number: US593472A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 1914-11-09

Description

V. V. HEDGES. HINGE.

Patented Nov! 9, 1897.

WITNESSES @0 M 24 M414. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VESPASIAN V. HEDGES, OF OOFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,472, dated November 9, 1897.

Application filed October 6, 1896. Serial No. 607,986. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, VESPASIAN V. HEDGES, of Coffeyville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Door-Hinge and Threshold, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in door-hinges and thresholds adapted to make a more secure joint between the door and the threshold for excluding water, air, &c.

Reference is to be-had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections through the door, showing the hinge and the door in raised and lowered positions; and Fig. 3 is a side view of the joint and hinge of the door, showing the door raised.

The object of my invention isto provide a hinge and threshold for doors which will ordinarily carry the door so that it will clear the threshold and swing open, but which when closed will lower the door into a notch or rabbet in the threshold. The purpose of this is to make a secure'and tight joint which will exclude wind, water, 850.

The body of the door or the stile is indicated by A. The hinge shown is made in the general form of an ordinary butt-hinge. This consists of two leaves B and C. These leaves have eyes B and 0, through which the pivotpin D is placed. This portion of the hinge is exactly like an ordinary butt-hinge, except that the eyes in the hinges are made so that one may have a sliding movement upon the pin with relation to the other. The amount of this movement is shown by the space E.

The pin D has a head D upon. the lower end, which prevents its pulling through the eye of the hinge. Upon its upper end is pivoted a lever F, having an eccentric or camhead F. When the leverF is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the weight of the door is suspended upon the pin D and the cam F. WVhen the lever is thrown in the position shown in Fig. 2, the door is then dropped and enters the groove or space provided in the threshold.

The threshold G is provided with a rabbet or raised portion G upon the side of the same. The vertical portion g of this is placed so that it coincides with the inner surface of the door when the door is closed. When the door is lowered by throwing down the lever F, it will sink into this groove or recess in the manner shown in Fig. 2. It will be seen that with this construction it is practically impossible for storms to drive under the door' the hinge is the one which is fastened to the' door.

When the door is being used, the hinge will be in the position shown in Fig. 1, the door being raised so as to'swing clear of the threshold. \Vhen the door is locked or when it is necessary to close the same tightly to exclude storms, the position .ofthe hinge will be that shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent' 1. A hinge, comprising two leaves and a pintle, and having the swinging leaf movable axially the pintle and relative to the other, an adjustable suspension-support for the swinging leaf'consisting of acam-lever pivoted to the upper end of the pintle and bearing upon an eye of thefixed leaf, and ahead upon the lower end of the pintle supporting the swinging leaf, said swinging leaf being free to swing in either position, substantially as described.

2. A hinge having two leaves and a pivot pin or pintle, one of said leaves being adapted to have a longitudinal movement with respect to the other on their pivot-pin, the edges of the eyes of the leaves having smooth bearingsurfaces and the pin having a head on its lower end engaging the swinging leaf, and a lever and cam attached to the upper'end of the pin and engaging the fixed leaf, substan tially as described.

3. The combination of a door and its sup- I in its closed position, substantially as deporting-hinges, the latter having means by which the door may be dropped below its normal swinging position, With a threshold hav- 5 ing a ledge or raised strip which is cleared by the door when in its raised position and I behind which the doormay be dropped when scribed.

VESPASIAN V. HEDGES.

\Vitnesses:

F. H. VERNNOM, DAN POLLET.