CHARLES STEPHEN Improvements in Hinges.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
CHARLES STEPHEN
Improvements in Hinges.
PORTER Jun. 4 Raby Terrace Belle Vue West
Hartlepool Blacksmith do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
These are hinges specially adapted for hatches covers, lids, or doors that require
to slide out of position in order to clear obstructions while being opened or shut, &
consist of a series of brackets fastened on the said hatch, cover, or lid, or doors,
the corresponding brackets being fastened on the frame or other convenient place
and having a rod or bolt passing through the whole of the said brackets, the rod or
bolt forming the pin for the hinge, also the slide for the hatch, cover, lid, or
door, the length of slide being regulated by the distance between the brackets
on the hatch, cover, lid or door, & those on the frames or where ever they may be
placed.
Dated this Sixth day of February 1893.
CHARLES STEPHEN PORTER, JUN.
CHARLES STEPHEN
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hinges.
PORTER Jr. 4 Raby Terrace Belle Vue West
Hartlepool Blacksmith 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 :-
Hinges specially adapted to hatches, covers, lids and doors that are required to
slide out of position in order to clear obstructions while they are being opened or
shut. They consist of two series of brackets, one series being fastened on the
hatch, cover, lid &c. and the other series, on the frame or other convenient place,
and having a bolt or rod passing through the whole of the said brackets, thus
connecting them all and completing the hinge. The hatch cover or lid revolves
upon this bolt, or rod, and also slides upon it in a direction parallel to the said bolt
or rod, the length of the slide being regulated by the distance apart of any two
corresponding brackets (the one being on the door, hatch cover or lid, & the other
on the frame or wherever it may be placed. The drawing or sketch shows two
iron plates, a a¹ butted together, at 6 one plate corresponding to the door and
the other to the frame, an angle bar c c¹ being fastened to each plate. The
brackets ď ď ď ď ď ďare fastened on those angle bars and plates in the position
shown in the drawing, or sketch. The bolt or rod e connecting the brackets is also
shown. It will at once be seen that the door will be allowed to slide upon the bolt
or rod, until the bracket d d upon it come in contact with those on the frame d¹ d³
while at the same time it may revolve round the bar or rod. The form or shape of
the brackets may be readily modified to suit any particular case.
In the case
decribed above, the plates forming the door and frame respectively are parallel, but
by suitably altering the shape of the brackets, they may be made applicable to the
case in which the plates forming the door and frame are inclined at any angle. It
will also be obvious, upon inspection of sketch that the bolt or rod can be readily
unshipped and thus allow of the door being lifted out of position and removed if
required.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is
The slide.
(2) The removable bolt or axis.
(3) Modified forms of brackets.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of February 1893.