Improved Method of and Means for Supporting Folding Partitions, Screens, Shutters and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1897-Accepted; 8th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of and Means for Supporting Folding Partitions,
Screens, Shutters and the like.
JOHN WARD Shobdon, R. S. O. Herefordshire (Clerk of Works) do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a special manner of fixing a roller or rollers for sup-
porting shutters, screens, partitions, and other contrivances for closing large
opening's where hinges are not alone sufficient for supporting the same.
Hitherto inventions for this purpose required special provisions, such as
cavities under floors, rails for guiding, or heavy beams for supporting overhead
motions, others operate by levers so raising partitions, that they can be swung
round in a radial manner or carry the said partitions by pulleys or rollers of a
larger diameter than the thickness of timber framing, thereby necessitating a
mask or shield for hiding or strengthening the aperture cut away in framing,
and in order to allow the adjoining leaves to fold flat against each other an
unsightly recess must be cut away to receive the protruding parts.
My invention relates to improved means whereby Partitions, Screens, Shutters,
and other contrivances for closing large openings may be hung and folded effect-
ually in a less complicated and inexpensive manner than hitherto adopted.
I secure the carrying of the above named contrivances by fixing a roller. or
rollers in a square boxing, the four sides of which correspond to the thickness of
the timber framing so that when swung round to a right angle the face of roller
box will be in a line and flush with face of framing, and in order to prevent the
roller box turning when the partitions swing round, I either use several rollers,
or the cheek or cheeks of the square boxing. to travise a slight groove
or other hard
or grooving in the floor, where the floor is of oak
wood the said groove or grooving require no protection, but in fir or
other soft wood floors I protect the groove or grooving with a thin strip of iron or
other mettal not exceeding one eighth of an inch in thickness shaped to fit the
groove or grooving, for guiding the top of framing I use any ordinary anti friction
roller. The leaves I also hang together with back lap or ather hinges usually
adopted for joining leaves together so that they may either swivell from the outer
edge or the centre, by these means, I only require the floor and ceiling for fixing
my invention dispensing with all extra or special beams, railings, and objection-
able cavities cutting the floor or ceiling, and also reduce the cost of fixing these
contrivances.
Dated this 7th day of December 1896

page_text: Improved Method of and Means for Supporting Folding Partitions,
Screens, Shutters and the like.
JOHN WARD Shobdon, R. S. O. Herefordshire (Clerk of Works) do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
.
My invention relates to a special manner of fixing a roller or rollers for sup-
porting Shutters, Screens, l'artitions and other contrivances for closing large
openings where hinges are not alone sufficient for supporting the same.
Hitherto inventions for this purpose required special provisions, such as
cavities under floors, rails for guiding, or helyyy beams for supporting overhead
motions others operate by levers so raising partitions that they can be swung
round in a radial manner, or carry the said partitions by pulleys or rollers of
a larger diameter than the thickness of timber framing, thereby necessitating a
mask or shield for hiding or strengthening the aperture cut away in framing
and in order to allow the adjoining leaves to fold flat against each other an
unsightly recess must be cut away to receive the protruding parts.
My invention relates to improved means whereby Partitions, Screens, Shutters
and other contrivances for closing large openings may be hung and folded
effectually in a less complicated and inexpensive. manner than hitherto adopted.
I secure the carrying of the above named contrivances by fixing a roller or
roller's in a square boxing, the four sides of which correspond to the thickness of
the timber framing so that when swung round to a right angle, the face of roller
box will be in a line and flush with face of framing, and in order to prevent the
roller box turning when the partitions swing round, I either use several rollers,
or the cheek or check's of the square boxing to travel a slight groove or groovings
in the floor, where the floor is of oak or other hard wood the said groove or
grooving's require no protection but in fir or other soft wood floors I protect the
groove or groovings with a thin strip of iron or other metal not exceeding one
eighth of an inch in thickness shaped to fit the groove or grooving's, for guiding
the top of framing I use any ordinary anti friction roller. The leaves I also
hang together with back lap or other hinges usually adopted for joining leaves
together so that they may either swivell from the outer edge or the centre of
leaves, by these means, I only require the floor and ceiling for fixing my invention
dispensing with all extra or special beams, railings and objectionable cavities
cutting into floor or ceiling and also reduce the cost of fixing these contrivances.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the annexed sheet of drawings.
Fig 1 is a side view of my improved roller in a square boxing which is kept
in position by the pin a. passing through the eye b inserted in the framing and
fixed with screws where convenient.
Fig. 2, is a sectional view showing the above parts, also one of the sides of
square boxing and groove e in flooring for guiding the framework.
Fig. 3 is a plan showing how the framework swivells round to right angles
leaving the pulley or roller in the same position so that it can allways smoothly
travel the groove in flooring and when the partition or shutter is swung round
another of the square faces of boxing comes in line with the face of framing so
that there is no projection of the working parts.
Fig 4. shows the Hooring protected with a metal groove, this is only neces
Bary in soft wood floors.

page_text: Fig 5 and 6 shows where the square groove in floor may be objectionable how
I dispense with it by inserting in the square boxing several rollers so fixed as
to prevent the box turning when the framing swings round.
The above description applies to partitions which swivell from the centre of
leaves in cases where they swivell from one side I dispense with the part shaded
beyond the line d Fig 1.
Fig 7. Shows a plan of a partition in process of folding showing position of
rollers and guiding groove, two or more leaves may be so hinged together.
Fig. 8. Shows another partition where it is not convenient to swivell from the
centre, how the boxing is fixed to the outer edge.
The framing is supported by roller f, revolving on pin g, which passes through
the square boxing c. the upright pin a which passes through the eye b. allows
the framing to turn or twist in any direction as the check of boxing travels
along the groove e. of floor and guides the roller f. in any required direction.
h. Fig's 1 and 3 is a shoe or casing which rotates on pin a. of roller boxing c
this shoe is let in flush with the sides of woodwork or other framing i and secured
with screws in any ordinary manner.
Having now 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
The less complicated and otherwise improved means for sliding, turning and
twisting partitions, Shutters and the like substantially as herein described and
illustrated.