IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF- CLOSING DOORS AND GATES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM EDWARDS of Queens Rd, Battersea, in the County of Surrey Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-
CLOSING DOORS AND GATES" and in what manner the same is to be perforined
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference
marked thereon that is to say :—
The object of this Invention is to provide a means of making doors, gates &c
self closing which shall be both less expensive in construction and an improvement
upon those now in use.
With the apparatus now generally used, consisting of the double inclined plane
fixed to the floor under the door, said planes inclining from the door when closed,
the door, which is provided with a roller to lessen the friction between it and the
said plane, upon being opened ascends one of the planes, and its gravity brings it
back to its normal position. It will at once be seen that in apparatus thus
constructed the whole door is raised when pushed open. To prevent there being
any unsightly and inconvenient opening over the door when it is open various
means have been devised; but objection is taken to most of them.
Now, in the appliance constructed according to my Invention to overcome these
objections I so construct it that the weight of the door acting upon a spring, in the
'manner hereinafter described keeps same in a horizontal plane.
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And in order that this my invention may be fully understood reference is had to
the accompanying drawings.
Fig 1 is a sectional elevation and Fig 2 a plan of my invention.
Enclosed in a box A of any suitable material placed beneath the door or gate
I place the pivot B upon which the door is swung. The bottom end B¹ of this
pivot B works in a welled recess. To the pivot is a lug C in which works a
vertical spindle D with a forked end E for holding the roller F which traverses the
inclined planes G.
These inclined planes G incline from the door or gate when closed and radiate
from the hinges when closed. To the vertical spindle D aforesaid and inside a
suitable recess formed in the lug C is a spring H which is brought into action upon
the door being opened and prevents the door from rising.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First The application of a spring H in apparatus for rendering doors, gates &c,
self-closing, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and
described.
Second The general arrangement and construction of self closing doors and gates
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and described.
Dated this 51st day of October 100%.
HORN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLIAM EDWARDS of Queen's Road, Battersea in the County of Surrey,
Agent do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SELF CLOSING DOORS AND GATES" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a means of making doors, gates &o
self closing which shall be both less expensive in construction and an improvement
upon those now in use.
With the apparatus now generally used, consisting of the double inclined plane
fixed to the floor under the door, said planes inclining from the door when closed;
the door which is provided with a roller to lessen the friction between it and the
said plane, upon being opened ascends one of the planes and its gravity brings it
back to its normal position. It will at once be seen that in apparatus thus
constructed the whole door is raised when pushed open. To prevent there being
any unsightly and inconvenient opening over the door when it is open various
means have been devised but objection is taken to most of them.
Now in the appliance constructed according to my Invention, to overcome these
objections I so construct it that the weight of the door acting upon a spring in the
manner hereafter described keeps same in a horizontal plane.
Enclosed in a box of any suitable material placed beneath the door or gate
I place the pivot upon which the door or gate is swung; the bottom end of this
pivot works in a welled recess. To, the pivot is a lug in which works a vertical
spindle with a forked end for holding the roller which traverses the inclined planes.
These inclined planes incline from the door or gate when closed and radiate from
the hinges when closed. To the Vertical Spindle aforesaid and inside a suitable
recess formed in the lug is a spring which is brought into action upon the door
being opened and prevents the door from rising.