US665080A - Door-hanger. - Google Patents

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No. 665;'080.- Patented Jan. l,vl90l.

, H. L; FERRIS.

DOOR HANGER.

(Ag uplication filed Dec. 11, 1899.)

(Nb Model.)

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HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 665,080, dated January 1, 1901.

' Application filed December 11, 1899- Serial No. 739,877. (NomodeL) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in door-hangers, the object of which is to provide means whereby an unusually heavy door may be carried upon a hanger the construction of which interferes with its free oscillation upon the track.

Other and minor objects have been obtained in the preferred construction before described, all of which will appear herein and in the claims for the improvements making up the complete invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger, a section of track, a bracket,

and a part of a protecting-hood. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section in line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a hangerplate; and Fig. 4 is a detail transverse vertical section in line 4 4 of Fig. 1, the view in the case of the two sections being indicated by the arrows 2 and 4, respectively.

Referring to the drawings, A is one of a series of brackets secured to the structure on which the door is hung, to the upper ends of which is secured a protecting-hood a, designed to cover the brackets and the working parts of the hanger as a protection against rain,

sleet, and the like. The bracket is braced by means of a post a, so that its lower end hangs parallel with the structure and supports a horizontal track 0, preferably composed of two parallel angle-irons c 0', arranged side by side with their vertical webs secured to the brackets and their horizontal webs in the same horizontal plane.

The hanger proper, as shown, is made up of a hanger-plate D, a depending strap (Z, and rollers (1 d journaled within the plate and running upon the track. The rollers are flanged upon their outer sides and are journaled upon their axles (1 supported at their respective ends by the hanger-plate D and horizontal straps 61 01 secured to the plate and embracing the rollers. The two rollers travel respectively'upon the respective horizontal flanges of the angle-irons, and as they move back and forth upon the track the supporting-brackets pass between them. For this reason and because of the width of the track traversed by the rollers it is impractical to oscillate the hanger in a plane at right angles to the track, which is often necessary or unavoidable in their ordinary use. For this reason I have pivoted the strap (1 to the hanger-plate upon an axis substantially parallel with the track, so as to permit the strap to oscillate in the direction referred to independently of and without disturbing the relative positions of the remainder of the hanger and the track. 7

The hanger-plate is preferably made U- shaped in cross-section, with the middle portion downward, and the ends of said middle portion bent inward to form a round bearing d upon which the strap d hangs, as seen in Fig. 2. Said strap dis preferably U-shaped, as shown, with its ends bent back uponthemselves to form hooks embracing the hangerplate and the door, which is held firmly between the two depending portions of the strap, as seen at E in Fig. 2.

A stay-bolt F is preferably passed through the hanger-plate to assist in preventing the spreading apart of the upper portions of the same. It will be seen that the door is thus permitted to pivot freely upon the hanger plate in a plane perpendicular to the track and that any oscillation in suchldirection cannot disturb the hanger proper.

The exact details of the construction shown are not essential to the invention, broadly considered, as great variation in these details is possible without any material departure from the more important features of the invention.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a door-hanger, the combination of a plate or frame substantially U -shaped in cross-section and having the opposite ends of its middle portion of circular form, rollers supported within the plate and a door-supporting device extending from the circular portions of the plate and pivoting thereon in a line substantially parallel with the track; substantially as described.

2. The combination with the hanger-plate, D, substantially U-shaped in cross-section with the middle portion downward and the ends of said middle portion bent inward to form round bearings, of a suitable door-holding device pivoted upon said bearings and a pair of rollers joui'naled between the opposite portions of the plate; substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Harvard, in the county of McHeni'y and State of Illinois, this 1st day of December, A. D. 1899.

HENRY L. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

L. E. NORTON, H. J l FERRIS.

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