US818603A - Door-hanger. - Google Patents

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No. 818,603. PATENTED APR. 24,1906. W. P. BENSON. DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1902.

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fipecification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 242, 1966.

Application filed June 16, 1902. Serial No. 111.944.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. BENsoN, residing at Sterling, Whiteside county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door-hangers such as commonly used for'barn'doors; and, the object thereof is to provide a novel and efficient device of this character whose features of advantage will be apparent from the description hereinafter given.

In the drawings, Figiu'es 1 and 2 are elevations of opposite sides of. the hanger, and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation thereof on line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the difierent figures of the drawings.

My improved hanger, which is preferably, butnot necessaril made from sheet metal, comprises a lower l r to be secured to the door as usual, an an upper wheel-supporting frame or hood havjournaled in it the usual g ooved trackwheel 3. The bracket 1 ant frame 2 are hinged together by a pin or intle 8 which passes through eyes 5, formed upon the upper inwardly-bent ends of the side arms of the bracket 1, and through an intermediate bearing 7, formed upon the lower ed e of the inner s de of the hood or frame 2. T 's bearng -7 is formed in the present instance by roiling up the lower edge of said side of the frame into tubular form and is located at the inner side of the track-wheel 3 between the axis and periphery of the latter, the inward bend or ext nsion of the upper ends of the side arms or the bracket 1 permitting the body of the letter to normally hang in the vertical plane of the op osite or outer side of the frame or hood 2. his outer side of the frame or hood 2 extends downwardl below the wheel and has )rojecting inwart ly from iguard 9, which travels oenea th the track-rail upon which the wheel 3 rests and prevents displacement of the wheel fron'i Ll rail.

The oppl l arms or the bracket 1 are connected, near their upper ends, by a crossbar 6, which normally rests against the outer taco of the outer side or" the frame-or hood 2, as shown in Fig. 3. The contact of this crosswith the lower end'o'f the frame 2, as in li of the l nuts the inward movement t ,but the'orackct 13 free to be swung acket portion 1, adapted;

' fore, my hanger embodies t outward and upward, as indicated in th dotted lines in Fig. 3, inde endently of the ame 2 and the wheel carrie thereby. Inasmuch as the door is secured to the inner side of the bracket 1 and is usually of such thickness as to pro ect inward beyond the vertical plane of the wheel 3, the hinging of the bracket to the frame 2 at a point at the inner side of the plane of said wheel and the contact between the depending extension of the frame and the cross-bar of the bracket will cause the bracket and frame 2 to hang in a substantially vertical plane and in line with each other, as in Fig. 3, and prevent any tilting or binding of the grooved wheel 3 upon the track-rail. The provision of the cross-bar 6 and the depending extension of the frame 2 cooperating with it and limiting inward movement of the bracket 1 independently oi the frame makes my hanger, in effect, a solid hanger except when it is desired to swing the door outwardly and u wardly. F or the purposes of hanging the clbor upon the track-rail and sliding it longitudinally thereof, tl1eree advantages of a solid or one-piece hanger, while by the hinged connection of the lower part of the hanger with the upper it is, in effect, a hinged hanger for all 01" the purposes of a hinged hanger.

Inasmuch as both the upper'and lower portions of the hanger may be and in practice are stamped out of sheet-steel and their bearin s for the hingeintlo formed by sink ply rolling up their 8!1(l;,llll hanger niav be cheaply made and is at the same time of simple construction and great strength.

By reason of the hinging of the bracket at a point above the lower edge or trend of the trackwheel and at one side of the vertical plane th reof the door has tender: .y to assume a vertical position, in proximity to the building or door-opening, but not to contact the same, inasmuch as the door will hang suspended in a vertical plane passing through the intle on which it is pivoted, besides which the stop arrangements hereinboiore referred to will limit tire inward movement of the door. Moreover, the advantage is ob tained of providing a full door-opening when the door is raised and used as an awning.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim--v 1. A do'orrhanger comprising a frame havinga track's heel journale'd therein, and a dcpending bracket hinged to said frame at the inner any of said wheel, whereby the door has a tendency to assume a vertical position in proximity to the building; substantially as described. 7 l V 2. I A door-hanger comprising a frame having a track wheel journaled therein, and a depending bracket hinged to said frame at "the innerside of the track-wheel and above the lower edge thereof, whereby the door has a tendency to assume a vertical position in proximit to the building; substantially as described 3; A door-hanger comprising a frame having a track-wheel journaled therein, a depending bracket hinged to said frame, and means arranged on the door-hanger for limiting the inward movement of said bracket relat vely to saidframe while permitting its free out Ward movement independently of said frame; substantially as described.

4. A door-hanger comprising a frame haV-' ing a track-wheel j ournaled therein, a dependin bracket hinged to said frame at the inner si e of the track-wheel, and means for limitingthe inward movement of said bracket relatively. to said frame While permitting its free outward .movement independently of said frame; substantially as described.

5. A door-hanger comprising a framehaving a track-wheel journaled therein,a depend- .in bracket hinged to said frame at the inner si e of the track-wheel and above the loweredge thereof, and means for limiting the inward movement of-said bracket relatively to said frame while permittin its-free-outwardmovement independently o said frame ,sub-

stantiall as described.

- 6. A oer-hanger comprising, in combination with "a track-wheel, a frame in which such wheel is journaled and which extends thereover as a hood, a depending bracket hin ed t'o'said frameat the inner side of the trac -wh eel, said frame having an extension below the Wheel, and means for r ecting1 i iting t e inward movement of the depending bracket relatively to the wheel-frame while permitting its free outward movement independently of said frame substantially .50 I tion with a track-Wheel, a frame in which as..described.

7. A door-hanger comprising in combinasuch wheel .is journaled and which extends havin a trackwheel 3 journaled in it and 'provi ed'at one side of the said wheel with i the bearin 7, the bracket 1 provided withas upwardly-extending side arms 4 e'mbrac:

.throug bracket-hinged to said of the track-Wheel substantially as described.

bracket; substantially as ing the frame 2 and having the bearings 5 at their u per ends, and the pintle 8 extending ii the bearings 5 and 7; substantially as described.

9. The combination of the frame 2 havin a track-Wheel ournaledtherein. and provide upon one side of the said Wheel with the bearin 7 and having its 0 posite side depending below the axis of "sai wheel, the bracket 1 having its upwardly-extendin side arms provided with the bearings -5, tie pintle 8 extending through the bearings 5 and 7 and the stop-bar 6 carried by the bracket 1 and cod erating with the de ending extension of t e frame 2; substantially as described. I 10. A door-hanger comprising a frame having a track-Wheel journaled therein, and a depending bracket hinged to said frame at the inner side of the track-wheel, a portion of said frame being arranged in the path'of movement of said bracket to limit its independent inward movement and prevent the door from contacting the building; substantially as described;

1 1. A door-hanger com rising a frame having a track-wheel journa ed therein'and pro-' vided with a depending extension and a de- 1 pending bracket hinged to said frame and pro vided with a cross-bar arranged to contact said depending extension and to be limited thereby as to further inde endent movement; substantially as describe i 12. Adoor-hanger comprisinga frame having a track-wheel journaled therein and substantially inclosed by the frame and a dependin bracket hinged to said frame at the inner si e of the track-wheel and at a point inter-- mediate the plane of the tread of the wheel and its axis; substantially as described;

13. Adoor-hangercomprisingaframe substantially inverted-U-shaped and having a track-wheel journaled therein and substantially inclosed thereb and a depending ame at the inner side 14. A door-hanger. comprising a'frame substantially inverted-U-shaped and having a track-wheel journaled therein and substantially inclosed thereby, and a bracket depending in the plane of the outermember of the U- shaped frame and hinged at its upper end to the other or inner member of said -U-shaped frame and at a point above the tread of the wheel; substantially as described.

15. Adoor-hanger comprising a frame having a track-wheel j ournaledtherein, and a depending bracket hinged to said frame at the inner side of-said track-wheel, said bracket having a portion normally lying against said frame at the other side of'said track-wheel,

wherebv the movement in one direction of said bracket relative to said frame is limited.

16. A'doorhanger comprising a trackwheel, a frame'therefor, a ownward exten- @1021 from said frame atone side of the wheel,

tion is limited.

i saidextension being constructed to enga e the traek-rail to revent derailment of sald wheel, and a bracket having a hinged connectien with said frame at the other side of said wheel, a portion of said bracket being adapted to engage said downward extension, where by the movement of said bracket in one direc- 17. A'door-ha ereomprisin aframe havbracket hingedto said frame at one side of the central plane of said wheel, said frame and bracket having engaging parts adapted to limit their relatlve movement due to the offset hinging of said bracket.

WILLIAM P. BENSON.

Witnesses i B. F; WASHBURN, L. A. BITTQRF.

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