Abstract:
An electrically actuated door holder and release for the multipoint holding of a pivoted door throughout a range of door open angles, and for the release of a held door either electrically or in response to manual override. The door holder comprises a channel which pivotally supports through linkages an elongated hold-open bar. An elongated friction strip is carried by the hold-open bar. The hold-open bar is normally held in hold-open position under tension by an armature spring coupled to the holdopen bar. The channel is formed with a slot which guides a slide block which moves linearly along the length of the hold-open bar in response to changes in the angle of door opening. The slide block carries a pivotally supported hold-open cam which engages the friction strip to effect door hold open in the event the armature linkage is further placed under tension by energization of an electromagnet. Upon deenergization of the electromagnet, or alternatively upon the application of a manual override door closing force, the hold-open bar is pivoted away from the slide block and the friction strip engaging cam and the door is released.
Abstract:
A device for securing and tensioning garage door springs in place including a cross-bar member, a downwardly extending rod threadably connected at one end to the cross-bar member and having a hook at the other end adapted to engage an anchor bracket, a pair of spaced upwardly extending threaded rods which protrude through apertures in the cross-bar and have hooked upper ends adapted to be connected to the springs, and nuts on each of the lower ends of said threaded rods adapted to engage the lower face of the cross-bar so that the threaded rods may be axially adjusted relative to the cross-bar.
Abstract:
THE APPLICATION DISCLOSES A DEVICE FOR SECURING GARAGE DOOR SPRINGS IN PLACE INCLUDING A THREADED ROD HOOKED AT ONE END AND HAVING A SLIDEABLE SLEEVE THEREON PROVIDED WITH AN OPPOSITELY FACING HOOK TOGETHER WITH NUTS THREADED ON THE ROD BEYOND EACH END OF THE SLEEVE.
Abstract:
AN OVERHEAD GARAGE DOOR HINGING SYSTEM HAVING A SPRING FASTENER FOR ADJUSTABLY COUPLING COUNTERBALANCE SPRINGS TO A POWER ARM. THE SPRING FASTENER INCLUDES A PAIR OF SIDE PLATES BETWEEN WHICH THE POWER ARM IS PIVOTABLY MOUNTED THROUGH ONE OF A PLURALITY OF HOLES IN THE POWER ARM. A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS ARE SO SPACED ALONG THE SIDE PLATES THAT EACH OF THE OPENINGS ARE ALIGNED WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE HOLES IN THE POWER ARM AT ONE POSITION OF THE HINGING SYSTEM, WHEREBY THE POINTS OF ATTACHMENT OF THE SPRINGS TO THE POWER ARM MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT DISCONNECTING THE SPRINGS. THE COUNTERBALANCE SPRINGS ARE CONNECTED TO THE GARAGE STRUCTURE BY MEANS INCLUDING A SPRING-CONNECTING MEMBER AND A SLOTTED MOUNTING BRACKET WHICH ARE ADAPTED FOR ACCOMMODATING A TENSION-ADJUSTING TOOL FOR REPOSITIONING THE CONNECTING MEMBER, AND THEREFORE ADJUSTING THE TENSION OF THE SPRINGS. A SPRING SPREADER, HAVING SPRING-CONNECTION LUGS MOUNTED ON A SHAFT SO AS TO CONVERT ROTATIONAL MOTION OF THE SHAFT INTO LINEAR DISPLACEMENT OF THE LUGS, IS PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENTLY INSTALLING THE COUNTERBALANCE SPRINGS. A MOUNTING MEMBER POSITIONING TOOL IS FURTHER PROVIDED FOR RELEASABLY ENGAGING ONE LEG OF A MOUNTING BRACKET OF THE HINGING SYSTEM, SO THAT THE GARAGE DOOR MAY BE DETACHED AND REINSTALLED WITHOUT DISCONNECTING THE SPRINGS FROM THE SYSTEM.