US426390A - Door hangbb - Google Patents

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W. J. LANE.

DOOR HANGER,

(No Model.)

No. 426,390. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

WDDDE $57 46 JJ as M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. LANE, or rouei-nrnnrsin, NEW YORK.

DOOR-THANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersliatent No. 426,390, dated April 22, 1890..

Application filed February 7, I890; "s rial llo. 339,527. (No model.)

To all whomit may concern: Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. LANE, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutch ess and State of New York, have invented anew a nd useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. 7 This invention relates to sliding-door hangers of that class in which. the door is suspended adj ustably upon an overhead rail, whereby the lower edge of the door may be set at the e act distance from the floor required for the movement of the door over the floor or carpets.

The invention is further and more particularly restricted to that class of hangers in which the wheel or wheels which bear on the track have their journals located in elongated bearings, so that as the periphery of the wheel moves on the track the journal travels in its bearing, and thereby the friction is greatly reduced,,no oiling is required, and an easy movement is secured without liability of creaking. WVith such bearings uniform vertical adjustment is necessary in order to keep the elongated bearings level. In hangers of this class there are many special requirements-such as lightness and strength secured within the limited space afforded within the frame of the door, secure alignment upon the hanger-frame upon the track, and cheapness of construction, which involves a construction adapted to the use of ordinary forms of iron as they are sold in the market.

The invention also requires that the hangers shall be placed upon the track and secured thereon before the doors are attached to the hangers, and therefore essential, or at least desirable, that the doors shall be easily attached to or detached from the hangers; also, that the adjustment shall be even and uniform at both ends of the hanger, and, further, that the adjusting device shall be acces sible by being located near the upper corner of the door. Heretofore various forms of hangers more or less completely meeting these requirements have been devised, and it will be understood that my invention is limited to the speeialconstructionhereinafterdescribed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--- Figure 1 shows a side elevation; Fig. 2, a

top view 5 Fig. 3, a view of the right-hand end.

In the drawings the frame of the hanger consists of an upper double rail I) composed of members (Z (Z, the lower rail E, and two end bars F G. The upper rail is composed of two pieces of ordinary flat bar iron or steel having slots h h, to form an elongated bearing for the journal of the wheel. The end bars are also formedof ordinary bar iron or steel struck up with an offset H for the purpose of avoiding the track, (shown at I in dotted lines.) The members d of the upper rail are slightly bent in at the ends and are riveted through the upper ends of the end bars, which are placed between the inwardly-bent ends of d. The lower ends of the end bars are riveted to the lower rail E, being preferably held thereto by slot-ting these lower ends and inserting the edgeof the rail into the slots and fixing itin place by rivets. The lower rail is provided with inclined slots cut in its lower edge in lines parallel to each other, as shown at k, the angle and length of the slots being adapted to give sufficient scope of adjustment in the height of the door. There is a plate L adapted to be attached to the upper edge of the door. The plate L is provided with posts M, these posts having their upper ends slotted to receive the lower edge of the rail E. Through the upper ends of the posts pass bolts m, and these bolts engage with the inclined slots in the rail E, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be ap parent from inspection of this figure that if the frame be drawn to the right of the plate the plate will be drawn toward the frame, and by reverse movement it will be carried away from the frame. In order to move the frame in relation to the plate, I have provided an arm Z, which is preferably made by turning up the innerend of the plate L. The upper end of this arm is notched or provided with a hole to afford abearing for the neck of the screw O,which is fitted to a hole tapped through the bar G. The head of the screw and its 001- lar 0 hold it against endwise movement in relation to the arm Z, and as it is turned it moves the frame and adjusts the plate in its relation to the frame up or down, according to the direction in which the screw is turned. The

plate L is placed upon the upper edge of the door, so as to bring the arm near the side, as shown in Fig. 1, .the door being there represented in dotted lines, and the head of the screw is therefore readily accessible. The door can be attached to the frame by simply raising it until the slots engage with the bolts m, and then the screw can be inserted and the door adjusted to the proper height.

The lower rail and the plate L are, like the other parts heretofore described, of ordinary iron or steel which may be bought in the market, and does not require special manufacture, and the parts may be made and fitted without forging.

The frame having the upper and lower rails and end bars may be made very light and yet be very strong. The construction of the lower part may be used with other forms of frames for the rolling support; but the form shown is that which I prefer, it being a single Wheel grooved for a single track.

In order to relieve the hanger from all danger of jumping the track under any circumstances, I provide the lower rail with a projection K, which has a slotted lower end adapted to fit over the edge of the lower rail,

as shown, being riveted thereto. This projeotion is immediately beneath the lower edge of the track, and the space between it and the rail is less than the depth of the flange on the wheel.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with a wheel-frame, the rail E, having inclined slots, an attachingplate for the upper edge of the door, posts secured to said plate, transverse bolts carried by the posts adapted to engage the slots of the rail, and an adjustable connection between the frame and the door-plate, substantially as described.

2. In combination with thewheel-frame, the rail E, having inclined slots in its lower edge, the plate L, posts secured to said plate, bolts passing through said posts adapted to engage with the slots of the rail, the arm Z, turned upwardly, and a screw 0, connecting the arm Z and the frame, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the track and hangerframe provided with a rolling support, a lower rail and a projection secured thereto and eX- tending within a short distance of the lower edge of the track, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. LANE.

WVitnesses:

J. G. LANE, J. M. J ANES.

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