US985184A

US985184A - Door-brace.

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Publication number: US985184A
Application number: US56100210A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick J Lee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-05-12
Filing date: 1910-05-12
Publication date: 1911-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 1928-02-28

Description

1*. .1. LEE. DOOR BRAGE.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFTCE.

FREDERICK J. LEE, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

DOOR-BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed May 12, 1910. Serial No. 561,002.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Braces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to braces, having particular reference to a novel form of a brace adaptable to door and other like frames.

The invention has for an object to form a brace which is applicable to sagging doors, when the intertting parts thereof are loose or worn, so as to hold the door frame in its correct shape to properly fit within the door casing.

Another object of this invention is to form a simple and economical device of this character which can be readily applied to a door,

- and which may be tightened from time to time to return the door frame, to its correct shape.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of a door having the improved brace applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the key and key plate employed. Fig. 3 is an end view of the support, disclosing the cable in section and passing over the support. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the key employed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the upper end of a door having a modified form of brace applied thereto. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a modied form of key and supporting plate therefor.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and lindicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing in which the improved brace is disclosed as applied to a panel door, the numeral 10 designatesthe top rail of the door and the

numerals

11 and 12 designate the hanging and the lock stiles respectively.

The improved brace essentially comprises a holder 13, the same being preferably in the form of an ordinary wood screw. The holder 13 carries the outer end of a cable 14 which is suitably twisted or otherwise secured about the holder 13. The holder 13 after settling,

is positioned on one side of the lock stile 12 at a point slightly below the lower edge of the top rail 10. The cable 14 extends upwardly and inwardly from the holder 13 and passes over a support 15.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3 of the drawings, the support is formed of a length of metal flat at its upper end and providing a bearing plate 16 suitably apertured for the reception of the screw 17. The screw 17 may be substituted by anyrdetachable fastening device for engagement in the top rail 10 to hingedly retain the support against the door. The lower end of the length of metal is rounded and curved outwardly and upwardly to form a hook 18 for the reception of the cable 14. The cable 14 passes inwardly against the side of the top rail 10 and is secured at its inner end to the key 19. The key, referring particularly to Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, is preferably in the form of the common wood screw having a head 2O provided in the usual manner with the kerf 21 for the reception of a screw driver or the like for rotating the key. The head 20 carries a plurality of inwardly eX- tending ratchet teeth 22. The stem of the key is provided with a transverse opening 23 through which is passed the inner end of the cable 14. The key 19 engages through the side of the hanging stile 11, adjacent its upper end and in substantially horizontal alinement with the support 15.

The key plate 24 rests loosely about a key 19 and is secured to the side of the hanging stile 11. The key plate 24 is provided with a tongue 25 stamped longitudinally therefrom and extending outwardly into the path of the ratchet teeth 22.

In the modified form disclosed in Fig. 5, the holder 13 carries the outer end of the cable 14 as above described. The top rail 10 isprovided with a support 15a the same comprising a stout wood screw having its head spaced from the side of the top rail 10 to accommodate the cable 14 which is passed upwardly and inwardly therefrom. n its modified form the hanging stile 1l carries a key 19a to receive the inner end of the cable 14. The key 19a is in the form of an ordinary wood screw having a transverse opening, similar to the opening 23 of the key 19, for the reception of the inner extremity of the cable 14 in its form, disclosed in Fig. 5, the key 19a depends upon its binding action in the hanging stile 11 to prevent the backward rotation` thereo afterdrawinglthe cable 14 taut.

In Vthe preferred form the' support is hung at one side and adjacent the outer rend of thevtoprailY 10, andrswings about the screw 17 `to accommodate the support to the ad'v justment of the cable 14. In lthis manner the cable 14 is easily drawn taut without V`kinking or bending the cable at too sharp an angle. Friction between the hook 18 and the lcable 14 is practically eliminated since they support swings inwardly about the screw 17 as the cable is tightened. The key 19 maybe turned by a screw driver or other lighttool to wind the innerY end of the cable 14 about the key, the key beingv held in such Vposition bythe seatingof the ktongue .against one of the adjacent teeth 22.

"In the modification disclosed in i Fig. 6 the key 19a is provided with a head 20 havingk ratchet teeth 22a in the periphery there l of.' The key plate 2'4L'is provided with an outturned iiange at its lower edge, as at 24h,

` wardly lto engage with the teeth 22?.

the inner end of the flange being turned in- The , plate 2.4FL is recessed as at 24C to accommodate Athe inturned tongue 25a formed on the inner extremity of the flange 241.V

'Having thus described'the invention, what is claimed as new is: j Y v f1.1The combination with a door having a topf rail and hanging and lock stilesfof a i* holder attached to the lock-stile below the top rail7 a support disposed against one side of the top rail adjacent its outer end, a cable secured to the holder and passing lupwardly and inwardly over the support to draw the lock-stile against'the top rail, a key rotata- 'bly disposed in the side of the hinged stile, .'andvhavin teeth formed at the outer end ythereofsa1cd key carrying the inner end of A'the cable which is wound thereabout, and a clamping plate carried by the hanging stile and surrounding the key, and having a yielding tongue to engage with the teeth of the key.

.2.514 door braceincluding a holder disposed lupon the lock-stile of 4a door, ,a key adjustably disposed upon the hanging stile of the door, a cablercarried by the holder "and connected to the 'keyto be wound thereabout, and a support earriedupon'the top rail of the door for supporting the cent-ral portion ofthe cable across the uppery and outer corner of the door.

3. A door brace vincluding a holder arranged adjacent to the outer edge and the upper end of the door, a support disposed midway of the edges of the door and in diag- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D, C.