Gates, or Windows, and Means or Method of Fixing same.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 17th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 17th Aug. 1888
Gates, or Windows, and Means or Method of Fixing same.
I, JOHN EDWARD BEANLAND, of No. 2 Spring Mount, Bradford, Yorkshire,
Builder and Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is the construction and arrangement of a new form
of hinge or connection for hanging doors, which peculiar form of hinge, and the
method of fixing same, in addition to connecting doors to their frames, will cause such
door to rise on being opened for the purpose of clearing a carpet or other floor
covering, and when the open door is set at liberty, the peculiar form of hinges or
connections will close the door automatically.
For the purpose of making my invention better understood, I will make reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1 shews the
application to a door of my improved hinge, which is composed of two parts a and b,
where a is a vertical plate carrying a lug or projection d provided with a pivot or
which plate a may be fastened to the door frame e, as shewn on the top part of
the door fin Fig. 1, whilst the cup 6 is secured to the edge of the door, as also shewn
at the top part of the door f.
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In this construction of hinge, it is absolutely necessary for the pivot c to be placed
off the side of the plate a, as shewn in plan view Fig. 2, otherwise it would simply act
as a hinge for hanging the door, but by placing the pivot c in the position shewn in
Figs. 1 and 2, it becomes a door closing hinge, but to effect this object it is necessary
for the pivot c to be placed to the right band in the one case and to the left hand in
the other case, as shewn at m and n, or vice versa ; therefore, on the door being
opened, the peculiar centreing of the hinges will cause the door to rise as shewn
in dotted lines, and clear the carpet, but on the door being set at liberty, the
peculiar centreing of the hinges will at once cause the door to swing to and be
closed.

page_text: In order that the door may swing freely backwards and forwards, it is intended
that the weight thereof shall rest entirely or almost entirely upon the pivot c. I
therefore make the several parts of such sizes that the bottom and upper edges of the
cup b shall be clear of the lugs or brackets d.
It will be observed that by this method of hingeing doors such doors can be easily
lifted off the pivots, which in many cases will be a convenience for moving furniture
into and out of rooms.
Instead of the doors swinging upon pivots, the pivots may be formed in the shape
of balls to swing in the cups b, or the joints may be what is known as universal
joints, but in any case the centres must be off the side of the plates, secured to the
doors or door frames.
If stronger hinges are required, they may be compounded as shewn in Fig. 3,
but in this case the doors could not be lifted off the hinges, as is the case with single
joints as already described.

page_text: A New or Improved Hinge or Connection Adapted for either Doors,
Gates, or Windows, and Means or Method of Fixing same.
I, JOHN EDWARD BEANLAND, of No. 2, Spring Mount, Bradford, Yorkshire,
Builder and Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is the construction and arrangement of a new form of
hinge or connection for hanging doors, which peculiar form of hinge (and the method
of fixing same,) in addition to connecting doors to their frames, will cause such door
to rise on being opened, for the purpose of clearing a carpet or other floor covering,
and when the open door is set at liberty, the peculiar form of hinges or connections
will close the door automatically.
For the purpose of making my invention better understood, I will make reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1 is elevation
of my improved hinge, and Fig. 2 shews the application of such hinge to a door. The
hinge is composed of two parts a and b, where a is a vertical plate carrying a lug or
projection d provided with a vertical pivot or stud c, which plate a may be fastened to
the door frame e, as shewn on the top part of the door f in Fig. 2, whilst the
cup bis secured to the edge of the door, as also shewn at the top part of the
door f.
In this construction of hinge, it is absolutely necessary for the pivot c to be placed
off the side of the plate a, as shewn in plan view Fig. 3, otherwise it would simply act
as an ordinary hinge for hanging doors, but by placing the pivot c in the position
shewn, it becomes a door closing hinge, but to effect this object it is necessary for the
pivot c to be placed to the right hand in the one case, and to the left hand in the
other case, as shown at m and n, therefore, on the door being opened, the peculiar
centreing of the hinges will cause the door to rise as shewn in dotted lines, and clear
the carpet, but on the door being setat liberty, the peculiar centreing of the hinges
will at once cause the door to swing to and be closed.
In order that the door may swing freely backwards and forwards, it is intended
that the weight thereof shall rest entirely, or almost entirely, upon the pivot c.
I therefore make the several parts of such sizes that the bottom edges of the cup b
shall be clear of the lugs or brackets d.
It will be observed that by this method of hingeing doors, such doors can be
easily lifted off the pivots, which in many cases will be a convenience for moving
furniture into and out of rooms.
Instead of the doors swinging upon pivots, the pivots may be formed in the shape
of balls to swing in the cups b, or the joints may be, what is known as, universal
ioints, but in any case the swinging centres must be off the side of the plates secured
to the doors or door frames.

page_text: It will be apparent that the pivot c of one hinge must be lineable with the corre-
sponding pivot of the other hinge, in order that the doors may freely swing, but
instead of making the pivot out of vertical line, the same object can be attained by
simply twisting the hinge to one side when fixing, as will be well understood.
Although I have described and shewn in the drawings where two of my improved
butt hinges are applied to a door, I would observe that one ordinary hinge may be
used in combination with one of my improved butt hinges, as the position of the
hinged pind on one side of one hinge, as already explained, is sufficient in combination
with an ordinary hinge to lift the door and automatically close it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
• Firstly. The construction of door hinges where a cup is made to swing upon a fixed
projecting stud or pivot, or vice versa, such pivots being centred eccentrically as herein
shewn and described, and for purposes set forth.
Secondly. The use of pivoted or ball jointed door hinges, centred eccentrically, and
fastened to doors, with the pivots arranged one on each side of a vertical line as shewn
at m and n in Fig. 2.
Thirdly. The use of a pivoted or ball jointed door hinge, centred eccentrically, in
combination with an ordinary door hinge, in manner substantially as herein shewn and
described.
TASKER & CROSSLEY
Halifax, Agents.