US830022A

US830022A - Hinge.

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Publication number: US830022A
Application number: US19832704A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry Stiles
Original assignee: WILL S REED
Current assignee: WILL S REED
Priority date: 1904-03-16
Filing date: 1904-03-16
Publication date: 1906-09-04
Anticipated expiration: 1923-09-04

Description

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HENRY STILES, OF MILES, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILL S. REED, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed March 16 1904. Qerial No. 198,327-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY STILEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miles, county of Ouyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hinges, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to hinges, and particularly to such hinges as may be applied to doors and screens and which are adapted to swing the latter into their normal closed position and retain them in such position when they have been opened and let loose.

It has for its object the construction of a hinge which shall operate the screen or door, as above stated, by the force of gravity.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying the invention, such disclosed means comprising but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a general elevation of a door and casing, showing my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of one'of the members of my improved hinge. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the whole hinge. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of Fig. 5 represents a modification of my invention applied to a door and casing and adapted to allow the door to be swung both in and out. Fig. 6 represents a front elevation of one of the members of said modified hinge. Fig. 7 represents a front elevation of the second member of saidmodification, and Fig. 8 represents a side elevation of both members of such modified hinge when assembled.

My improved hinge consists of two members O and D, each of which is adapted to be fastened by any approved means to a door or casing. In the construction shown the member O is fastened to the door B and the member D fastened to the casing A. Each of said members is fastened to the door or casing by means of small ears 0 cl, joined to the members O D by any suitable means, but preferably cast integral with the same, as shown. The member O embodies a tubular portion, upon the inner periphery of which is 7 portion (1 of the grooves (Z and d provided a pin or lug c, projecting inwardly, as shown, toward the center of the portion.

The other member D comprises a stud furnished in its upper lateral portion with a vertical groove d, extending downwardly a short distance and terminating in a helical groove (Z rrmning downwardly around the stud, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. 'Assuming that the member O is fastened to the door B and the member D fastened to the casingA and the door removed from the casing, the pin 0 is so positioned in the tubular portion that when the two members of the hinge are assembled the pin 0 is adapted to contact the vertical groove (1 when the door is swung wide open and then slides to the bottom of the same, whereby the door is held to the casing. Upon releasing the door from the hand the pin 0 commences to travel in the helical groove (1 and the door is gradually swung shut by the force of gravity, the door shutting without any impetus being given to it in order to start it and swinging gently, so that it does not close with an injurious bang, and neither does it swing back and forth after it has once closed.

In the modified form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 the stud of the member D is provided with two vertical grooves d d and with two helical grooves (Z and (1 running in directions transversely of each other, as shown in Fig. 7, and communicating at their upper portions with the grooves d d, these grooves d and d communicating with and terminating within each other at their lowest portions d By thus providing two helical grooves and two vertical grooves the door may be swung both in and out and may be inserted on the casing upon either side of the same. However, if it is desired one of the vertical grooves d may be dispensed with, in which case the door could be hung upon the casing from one side only of the latter, but would be enabled still to swing both in and out by means of the two helical grooves. The operation of the pin 0 within the grooves d (1, (P, and d is the same as that of the pin in the grooves d and d of the device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, the normal position of the door being a closed one and the pin 0 lying normally at the lowest When it is desired to open thedoor, it may be pushed or pulled in either direction, and when released will return by the force of gravity to its normal closed position in the manner above described. By thus providing the door with a hinge which is adapted to close it by the force of gravity the necessity of providing the door with a lock or other fastening to keep it closed is obviated. ways be shut, because it cannot of itself remain in any other position. It will not bang when closing and will not swing back and forth by reason of the wind or other causes.

Any number of hinges may be applied to a door, there being two applied in the construction illustrated,

It will be seen that the elements common to either form of my hinge above described are a set of communicating grooves in one member of the hinge, of which grooves at least one is helically disposed, and a projecting pin in the other member of the hinge, such pin being adapted to register in such set of grooves. Such set of grooves may comprise, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, a single vertical and a single helical groove or, as shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, two vertical and two helical grooves, and while buta single set of grooves with a single pin registering therein is shown in the figures referred to and in the accompanying descriptive matter a plurality of such sets might be advantageously employed on a hinge of large size.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the ones explained, change being made as regards the means herein disclosed provided the means stated by any one of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. A hinge, comprising the combination of two members, one of said members consist- The door will aling of a cylindrical stud, the other of said members consisting of a tubular portion adapted to fit over said stud and turn thereon, one of said members being provided in its bearing-surface with a set of communicating vertical and helical grooves, the other with a projecting pin adapted to engage such set of vertical and helical grooves.

2. A hinge, comprising the combination of two members, one of the same consisting of a stud provided with communicating vertical and helical grooves, and the other member consisting of a tubular portion provided with a pin adapted to slide in said vertical grooves to secure the two members together, and adapted to travel in said helical grooves to permit said second member to turn relatively to said first member.

3. A hinge comprising the combination. of two members, one of the same consisting of a stud provided with two vertical grooves in its upper lateral surface, two helical grooves in its lower lateral surface, the latter grooves running transversely of, and communicating with each other, each of said helical grooves also commui'iieating with one of said vertical grooves, respectively, and an integral ear for securing such stud to a casing; the other of said members comprising a tubular portion provided with a pin adapted to engage said grooves, and an integral ear for securing such portion to a door, the constructionbeing such that the pin of said tubular portion is adapted to slide in said vertical grooves to secure the door to the casing, and adapted to travel in said helical grooves to allow the door to be swung in either direction, and to allow the door to close by the force of gravity Signed by me this 14th day of March, 1904.

HENRY STILES.

Attest:

D. T. Davms, G. \V. SAYWELL.