An Improved Guard for Preventing Persons' Fingers, Clothing, and other articles being Shut Between the Hinged Side of Doors and Frames.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1892-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Guard for Preventing Persons' Fingers, Clothing, and
other articles being Shut Between the Hinged Side of Doors and
Frames.
EDMUND ROBERT BALLER 16 Cambridge Arcade Southport, Engraver, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My improvements consist in the construction and arrangement of parts herein-
after described to prevent persons fingers, clothing and other articles being injured
by being shut in between the edges of doors and frames, and are as follows:-
I fix to and at the edge of the frame and near the door a piece or pieces of
leather or other ductile material (hereinafter called the guard) the other portion of
the same projects over and lies against the door. On the door and covering this
guard I place a cover. I will now proceed to describe the action of my said inven-
tion-On opening a door with my improvement affixed thereto the circular motion
of the hinges draws the cover fixed on the door off the guard and bends the same
across the aperture made between the door & frame. In closing the door the guard
slides back into the cover, thus preventing any material getting into the aperture
and becoming crushed.
Dated this 7th day of June 1892.
EDMUND ROBERT BALLER,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Guard for Preventing Persons' Fingers, Clothing, and
other articles being Shut Between the Hinged Side of Doors and
Frames.
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I, EDMUND ROBERT BALLER 16 Cambridge Arcade Southport Engraver, 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 to prevent a persons garments fingers etc. from
becoming shut in between the door and frame at the hinged end of a railway
carriage and other doors and the same is carried out in the following manner.
Referring to the annexed drawings,
Figure 1 is an inside view of a railway carriage door with my guard affixed with
door shut.
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Figure 2 section of same, with door open.
a railway carriage door hinged at 6 to the frame c, d guide piece consisting of a
piece of leather or any other suitable material affixed to the carriage door a at d¹
with space e between the surface of the carriage door and the surface of cover
which allows the guard f attached to the frame c by means of studs, screws or
nails to move. The guard is retained in position over the opening formed by
the hinged end of the door when it is opened by means of the guide d and at the
same time allows the said guard to move backwards & forwards in the space e.
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 I
claim is.
1. In door guards the combination of guide piece d attached to the door and the
guard secured to the framework c substantially as described

page_text: 2. In means for preventing a person's garment etc. froni becoming shut in railway
carriage or other doors, a guard piece attached to the frame of the carriage door
and working in a recess formed by attaching a guide piece to the carriage door.
Dated this 26th day of July 1892..
E. EATON,
Patent Agent.