Improvements in or relating to Doors.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1896-Accepted, 27th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Doors.
I, JON PHILLIPS of Bush Inn, Llanboidy, Innkeeper, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with double or swing
doors, and has for its object to provide a simple means by which when one side
of the door is opened or closed the other side opens or closes in a corresponding
manner.
In carrying out my invention I propose to connect the two sides or doors by
means of cords, chains, or other connections passing over pulleys. Two such
cords or connections are employed, one extending from the upper end of one door
near the centre over pulleys at the top of the door frame and thence to the other
door a little distance from the hinged side. The other cord is fixed in a corre-
sponding position on the two doors but fixed in alternate positions. Metal plates
screwed or otherwise fixed in position may be employed for fixing the ends of
the cord or other connection, or this may be secured to the doors in any other
suitable manner.
Owing to this arrangement when one door is pushed open the connection will
cause the other to be opened to about the same extent, and when closed the cords
will also cause the two doors to be closed together.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 shows a double door according to my invention slightly opened,
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the upper part of the doors showing them opened, and
Fig. 3 is a plan of the same.
A A are the two doors meeting at the centre and constructed in any ordinary
manner. To the upper part of each door the two connecting plates B are fitted
by screwing or other means, and to these are secured the cords or other connections C.
As shown in Fig. 3 each of these connections extends from the front of one
door a short distance from the hinged side passing over the central pulley c and
the side pulley c¹ to the other door at the back and close to the edge. The
pulleys c care carried by means of the shelf or board D fitted above the doors.
This shelf may serve to carry articles if desired, or may consist simply of a fitting
suitable for carrying the pulleys.
When one side or door is pushed open one of the cords or connections is
employed to operate the other door, and when the latter is pushed open the
other connection is employed.
This arrangement is especially useful as applied to office, refreshment room,
public house and like doors which are often used and through which many
people pass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.-
(1.) Improvements in double or folding doors, consisting in securing two cords
or connections to the upper end of each door passing over pulleys and adapted
when one door is opened or closed to cause the other to open or close, substantially
as and for the purposes specified.

page_text: (2.) In double or folding doors the combination with two cords or connections
secured to the upper end of each door by means of a plate and pulleys secured
above the doors at the centre and sides, over which the cords pass, substantially
as described and shown in the accompanying drawings, and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 21st day of May 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.