US902348A

US902348A - Door and gate hanger.

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Publication number: US902348A
Application number: US43311208A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hugh Todd
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-05-15
Filing date: 1908-05-15
Publication date: 1908-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 1925-10-27

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H. TODD.

DOOR AND GATE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 190e.

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APIfLIoATIoN FILED MAY 15, 190s.

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HUGH TODD, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DOOR AND GATE HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH TODD, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door and Gate Hangers, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in door and gate hangers and the object of the invention is to devise a strong, durable and efficient hanger for a door or the like, which will always insure of the door moving evenly and without liability of jamming and in whilch the use of drags is entirely dispensed wit i.

A further object is to provide a ready means for adjusting the upright edge of the door, so that it will be in the vertical position when in working order, and also a ready means to adjust the door to the proper height above the floor.

To effect these ends I construct my invention in the manner which I shall presently describe in reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l, is a perspective view of a sliding door hung on my improved hangers. F ig. 2, is a vertical section. Fig. 3, is a cross section of the door showing the means of attaching one set of the hangers thereto.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The hangers shown in the drawings are made, of course, on an exaggerated scale as compared with the door for the purpose of clearly illustrating the parts involved in my invention.

A is the door.

B is a bracket secured on the partition above the door.

C is a lever pivoted in a bracket.

E is a screw spindle provided with a forked upper end, which is pivotally connected to one end of the lever C. The lower end of the screw spindle extends freely through a bracket E and is provided with nuts E2 and E3 above and below the bracket by which the lever C may be adjusted.

F is a bar having a forked upper end pivotally connected to the end of the lever C.

G is a screw spindle having a forked end pivotally connected to the arm F. The screw spindle Gr extends through a bracket Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 15, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27', 1908.

Serial No. 433,112.

Gr and has nuts Gand G3 at each side of the bracket G', whereby the position of the arm F may be adjusted.

H is a reverse L-shaped arm pivotally connected at the top to the bottom of the arm Fand at the bottom to an arm I, which is held on the end of the stub arbor J journaled in bearings J attached to the door. The stub arbor J has a socket into which fits a stub arbor J 2 journaled in bearings J 3 at the opposite side of the door and to which is connected an arm I, which is connected to a similar arm to the arm II at the opposite side of the door. I only use one arm I-I and its co-acting parts in doors or gates of light construction, but where the door is heavy I preferably use the parts referred to in duplicate, one on each side of the door.

K is a lever and K is a bar connected to one end of the lever, such lever and arm being constructed and adjusted in the exact manner in which the lever C and bar F are constructed and adjusted.

L is a rod pivotally connected to the lower end of the arm K at the top and at the bottom pivotally connected to the lower end of the arm M, which is secured on the arbor M j ournaled in suitable bearings in the plates N and N secured to the rear edge of the door A.

M2 is a rod connecting the end of the arm M and rod L to the ends of the arms I and H, the connections being pivotal connections.

O is an arm secured in the end of the arbor O.

P and P are gear wheels secured on the ends of the arbors O and M, such gears meshing with each other, so as to cause the arms O and M to move in unison.

O*2 is a rod pivotally connected to the upper end of the arm O and at the bottom end pivotally connected in the slot O3 in the bar Ot. The bar O4 is as shown in the drawing particularly Fig. 2, at one side of the door and is supported to slide on tracks O5 forming part of the plate O3 located in the channel @7 (see Fig'. 2).

OS is an adj usting screw spindle, which tends through a hole in the bar O4 and is provided with a nut O9 by which the bar may be adjusted vertically on the tracks O5. The plate is provided with a slot 2 to allow of the longitudinal movement of the screw spindle nected at one end between lugsOl,1 attached.

to the bar O4 and at the opposite end extends through a lug O12 attached to the plate O Adjusting nuts Q13 and O14 are provided at each side of the lug O1?. The top and bottom of the door are p rovidedgwi-th guiding grooves A and A2 formed of T- shaped angle bars with the groove outermost. y 3 is an upperplat'ehaving rollers 4 journaled in spindles 5 evtendingithrough the same, the rollers being separated by strips 6, the diameter of the rollers being ofcourse wider than the width of the strips. The rollers run in the grooves A. A p

7 is a bar secured to the sill and havinga series of rollers S journaledwonpinsin'the bar, such rollers being separated vby vstrips 9 secured to the bar and of less width than the diameter of the rollers. rlhe rollers S run inthe grooves A2. It will be seen by these guiding grooves and rollers that I, provide against any lateral swing of the door during its backward and forwardmovement. v

By adjusting the bar Of and the levers C and K as hereinbefore described the `door may be raised or lowered to anyVV desired height in relationy to the guiding rollers 4 and 8, so that it will move evenly in relation thereto and by adjusting the b ars F and K the set of the operatingelevers and may be altered so as to insure of the edge of the door being in the vertical position and .thereby also insure the proper movement of the door and grooves thereof at the top and bottom in relation to the. guiding rollers 4 and 8. ln fact my door bythe arrangement of levers and adjusting means hereinbefore described maybe adjusted very quickly and accurately to suit the frame in which itis designed to slide no matter whether there be a subsidence of such frame or not.

The dotted position of the door shown in the drawing will give an eXact idea of the change of position of the lever arms and rods when the door is thrown back. The frame H will, of course, be at right angles to the door opening as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Y y

Vhat I claim as my invention 'Y 1. In a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stubjshaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the ,stub shaft, a reverse 4Ik.- shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjusting device secured to the `head of the door frame and a pivotal connection between the adjusting device and the upper end ofthe L-shaped arm as and for the purpose specified. Y

2. In a door hanger, the combination with the door 'ai-1d suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an

arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse Ainner edge of the door, an arbor journaled in the plate, an arm on the arbor, a rod connectingjsuch arm tothe bottom of the arm on the stubmshaft journaled in thedoor, a second rod pivotally connected to the lower end of the arm on theV arbor and adjusting means secured to the head of the door frame and vpivotally connected to the rod connected to the arms on the arbor as and for the purpose speci-lied.

1n a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse lL- shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjustingdevice secured to the `head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between the adjusting device and the upper end of the l.- shaped arm, a double plate secured to the inner edge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate, meshing gears secured in the arbors, any arm secured onthe lower arbor, a rodconnecting the arm and lower arbor to the arm on theshaft journaled in the door, an adjusting device secured to the head of the frame, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjusting device, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper' end of the arm and means for adj Listing the rod vertically as and for the purpose specified. n

4. In a door hanger, the combination with the door 'and suitable guide-ways therefor', of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse l.- shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottoni, an adjusting device secured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between the adjusting device and the upper end of the L-,shaped arm, a double plate secured to the inner edge of the door, arbers journaled yin the plate, meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm securedo'n the lower arbor,

a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor 'to 'the larm on the lshaft journaled in the door,

an adjusting devicev secured `to the head of the frame, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjusting device, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper end yof thearm, a b ar supported in brackets andpivotally connected to the depending rod Vand means for adjusting said bar vertically as and for the purpose specified.

5. in a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse L- shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjusting device secured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between the adjusting device and the upper end of the L-shaped arm, a double plate secured to the inner edge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate, meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm secured on the lower arbor, a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor to the arm on the shaft journaled in the door, an adjusting device secured to the head of the frame, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjusting device, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper end of the arm, a bar supported in brackets and pivotally connected to the depending rod, a screw rod extending through a hole on the end of the bar and provided with a nut thereon underneath the bar as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft j ournaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse L- shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjusting device secured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between the adjusting device and the upper end of the L- shaped arm, a double plate secured to the inner edge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate, meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm secured on the lower arbor, a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor to the arm on the shaft journaled in the door, an adjusting device secured to the head of the frame, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjusting device, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper end of the arm, a bar supported in brackets and pivotally connected to the depending rod, a screw rod extending through a hole on the end of the bar and provided with a nut thereon underneath the bar and means for adjusting the bar longitudinally as and for the purpose specified.

T. ln a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse-L- shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjusting device secured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between the adjusting' device and the upper end of the L- shaped arm, a double plate secured to the inner edge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate, meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm secured on the lower arbor, a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor to the arm on the shaft journaled in the door, an` adjusting device secured to the head of the frame, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjusting device, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper end of the arm, a bar supported in brackets and pivotally connected to the depending rod, a screw rod extending through a hole on the end of the bar and provided with a nut thereon underneath the bar, a

screw spindle pivotally connected to the lower end of the bar and extending longitudinally therewith, a lug on the plate carrying the bracket on which the bar is supported and nuts on the screw spindle on each side of the lug as and for the purpose specified.

8. The combination with a door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse L-shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, a lever suitably fulcrumed, an arm pivotally connected to the lever at one end and to the upper end of the L- shaped arm at the opposite end, a screw spindle pivotally connected to the arm attached to the lever, a bracket through which such screw spindle extends and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle and a screw spindle pivotally connected to the opposite end of the lever, a bracket through which the screw spindle extends and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle as and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination with a door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse L-shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, a lever suitably fulcrumed, an arm pivotally connected to the lever at one end and to the upper end of the L- shaped arm at the opposite end, a screw spindle pivotally connected to the arm attached to the lever, a bracket through which such screw spindle extends and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle and a screw spindle pivotally connected to the opposite end of the lever, a bracket through which the screw spindle extends and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle, an arbor journaled in suitable bearings attached to the back edge of the door, an arm on the arbor, a rod connecting the arm on the arbor to the arm on the stub shaft journaled in the door, and a rod extending vertically upwardly from the end of the arm on the arbor, a lever journaled in suitable bearings in the head of the door franie, an arm or link connecting the one end of the lever With the aforesaid Vertically extending arni, a screw spindle connected to the arm, a bracket through Which the screw spindle eXtends` and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle on each side of the bracket and a screw spindle connected to the opposite end of the lever t0 that on which the arm or link is connected, a bracket through which such screw spindle extends 10 and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle on each side of the bracket as and for the purpose speciiied.

HUGH TODD.

llitnesses B. BOYD, R. GOBAIN.