US963975A

US963975A - Barn-door hanger.

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Publication number: US963975A
Application number: US53355809A
Authority: US
Inventors: Francis M Yentzer
Original assignee: J E PORTER Co
Current assignee: J E PORTER Co
Priority date: 1909-12-17
Filing date: 1909-12-17
Publication date: 1910-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 1927-07-12

Description

F. M. YEN'TZER. BARN DOOR HANGER. APPLIOATION PILED DEC. 17, 1909.

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FRANCIS M. YENTZER, 0F OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR Ti) 3'. E. PORTER COMPANY, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BARN-DOOR HANGER.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, Fnanors M. YENTZER, a citizen or the United States, residing in Ottawa, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barn- Door Hangers, oi which the following is a specification.

This invention is intended to provide an unproved construction of barn door hangers Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of l and Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section showing the construction of the roller supports.

In said drawing t represents the door sup-- ported by suitable hangers from a tubular track This track is-elliptical in crossscction and supported from the wall of the barn by bracirets 6 shaped to correspond with the track. This track may be applied either to the inside or the outside of the barn as preferred, and it has an arched formation at its top and sides which are carried inwardly toward the central or major axis 01'. the curvature, and thereby exert a bracing eii'ect tending to prevent the spread ing of the freeedges of said sides under a heavy load. Furthermore, the free edges of said sides are inturned at an angle to said sides LO form horizontal. flanges or bearings for the wheels 7 which support the door, but only to such an extent as to leave a longitudinal slot in the bottom of the track through which the :upportihg arm 10 secured to th wheeled central casting 90, may freely move. The wheels are formed of rings each inclosing and supported by a series of balls 8 traveling around the hubs l which project at e ':h side oi the central casting 90. y The n s are held in place by the enlarged center of the casting 96 upon their inner sides and by washers 92 on their outer sides, the washers being secured together by pin 93 headed at both ends and passing through them and the casting 90. The arms 10 support a pivot 11 passing through a sleeve 2 attached to a nut 13 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 1909.

Patented July 12, 19. .4}. Serial No. 533,558.

through which a screw 14 passes. The ends of said screw are supported in a hanger 15 and this hanger is attached to the door as specified below. The screw 14 is or" such length as to give all necessary freedom for the adjustment of the door to and from the barn and the pivot 11 gives the door freedom to be raised at the bottom to allow cattle and stock to pass under it and also to allow it to serve as an awning when that is desired.

The ban er15 is confined by a strap 16 to a plate 1 which is made last to the door by bolts 18.. Said hanger is also vertically adjustable on the said plate 17 by the screw 19 which passes through a projecting lip 20 on the hanger and also through a pro ectmg lip 21 on the plate 17. The screw also carries a nut 92 above said Ii 21 so that by turning the screw in one direction the door may he lifted, and by turning it in the other direction the door may be low ered by the nut 23. This enables the user to keep the door free from interference with ice and snow in winter.

To render the tubular track bird proof as well as weather proof, it is only news sary to close the end openings or". the track as is obvious.

The rings which form the peripheries of the wheels 7 are made of case hardened steel and their outer surfaces are rounded as plainly illustrated. By this feature and the ball bearings the Wheels are rendered almost frictionless in operation so that the doors carried by them are always easy in operation.

The shape of the rail is such. that it cannot turn or get out of position in the sup porting brackets, and no other means to prevent turning or twisting are needed.

I claim 1. As an article of manufacture, a door hanger track formed from sheettnetal and comprising in its construction tubular body having an arched top and depending curved sides carried inwardly toward the vertical or major of the curvature, the

free edges of said sidcshcnt up and wardly a right angle thereto to fornr'norizontal flanges or ways and leave slot therehetween.

9:. In a. door hanger the combination with a tubular track, having an arched top and depending curved sides carried inwardly tooperatively connected to said carriage to be ward the verticailor major agis of thg curva-. movably supported thereby on said track. cure, the free e es of sai sides eut up T 1 at a right angle t i'IQIGtO to form horizontal FRAB GIS YENTZER' flanges 01' Ways and a slot therebetween, of WVitnesses: a roller carriage mounted on said track and EDW. S. EVARTS, adapted to travel on said flanges, and a door I PEARL ABRAMS.