US3484994A - Door-transom assembly and method of manufacture - Google Patents
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- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
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- E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
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- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
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- the transom is constructed for simple and quick installation without need for special tools.
- the transom is held in place generally and preferably by two fixed dowels engaging holes in one edge and extending into socket holes in the door jamb, and spring pressed dowel members seated in the opposite edge of the transom to snap into socket holes in the other door jamb as the transom is swung into place.
- the door and transom can be cut from a single piece of material to match graining, and a ship lap joint between them obsecures the joint and resists fire breakthrough thereat.
- the doorway construction comprises a doorway tted with a door for passage therethrough, and a transom supported above the door,
- the transom is constructed for simple and quick installation without need for special tools.
- the transom is held in place generally and preferably by two xed dowels engaging holes in one edge and extending into socket holes in the door jamb, and spring pressed dowel members seated in the opposite edge of the transom to snap into socket holes in the other door jamb as the transom is swung into place.
- the door and transom can be cut from a single piece of material to match graining, and a ship lap joint between them obscures the joint and resists iire breakthrough thereat.
- An object of the invention is to provide a novel and irnproved doorway construction, in which there is a doorway framework tted to receive a door for permitting passage therethrough, and a transom supported above the door, the transom being constructed and arranged for being quickly and easily emplaced by the carpenter installing the door, without need for special tools or equipment.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved doorway and transom construction, in which the upper portion of the doorway includes a transom member which is installed in the space above the door, there being at least two spring biased dowel members for fastening the transom member in position, and also generally and preferably two xed dowel members for ,completing the fastening of the transom member.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved doorway and transom construction, which is employed to close a doorway of substantial height, without installing a door of height equal to the opening, so that the door itself does not have the extra weight which takes manpower for handling, additional hinges and hardware to carry it, and also avoids possible warpage due to the longer length where the door itself is used without ⁇ the transom.
- Still another object of the invention is to provide a ICC novel and improved doorway and transom construction, in which both the door and the transom are made of re retarding materials, and may be out from the same piece of door material so that the door and transom surfaces match each other, and when the door is closed, the impressionis given that the door and transom are fabricated vin one piece.
- Still a further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved doorway, door and transom construction, in which the transverse rail which is normally set into the doorway below the transom is eliminated. Furthermore the top surface edge of the door is formed with a rib and recess and the lower edge of the transom member is formed with a complementary rib and recess to extend into and match with the other, so as to provide a ship-lap joint which gives the appearance of a continuous surface of the door and transom, since no light passes through the ship lap joint.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved doorway, door and transom construction in which the door and transom can be made by mass production methods at low cost by relatively unskilled labor, and wherein the door and transom may be installed in any regular architectural doorway of suitable height without need for structural alteration of the doorway aside ⁇ fr-om accommodation for the dowel fastening members holding the transom in place.
- FIGURE 1 is an elevational view of a doorway, door and transom according to the invention, the door being closed.
- FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view taken substantially on plane 2--2 of FIGURE 1, and showing the door and transom apart from the doorway frame.
- FIGURE 3 is a-n elevational fragmentary View of an upper left corner portion of the doorway frame and transom, the view being partly sectioned to show the internal construction.
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view.
- both the door and transom can be cut from a single sheet'of plywood, lumber, hardboard, particle board, or fire-resistant combined plywood or wood faces and reproof internal or core construction to suit not only architectural decorative standards of a continum from floor to the top of the door frame, but also to provide a door and transom and frame approved by Underwriters Laboratories under their own strict tire-retarding standards.
- top rail 12 extending across the upper ends of the upright side posts 14 and 16 of the door jamb.
- the frame 10 may be made of sheet metal such as iron or steel or of flreproof or untreated wood, and the top rail 12 may be either welded to the uprights 14 and 16 at the angular junctions 18 and 20, or formed integral therewith, and notched out and bent to form the junctions in any well known manner.
- the uprights may be interconnected by a thin sill 22 of similar metal, or left without the sill if desired, depending upon the architectural decorative scheme.
- a door 26 having a decorative face 26a and a -fireproof core 26b is set into the lower portion of the opening 24, and supported by hinges 28 on the side edge 30, or by vertically disposed pivot hinges, extending into the sill or floor and upwardly into a pivot bracket, depending upon the architectural design desired.
- the upper edge 32 of the door 26 is grooved out at 34, as seen also in FIGURE 2, to receive a matching complementary rib 36 formed in the lower edge of the transom member 38.
- the door is preferably of the type disclosed in Hartman and Hoffmann, U.S. Patent No. 3,196,494, and Craig, U.S. Patent No. 3,383,274, both assigned to the assignee of the present application, i.e., U.S. Plywood- Champion Paper Inc. Note attached A.I.A. File No. 19E-1, February 1963 (Exhibit A), and U.S. Plywoods Technical Bulletin-Transom Panel Installation, April 1968 (Exhibit B).
- the transom member 38 has its bottom edge 40 overlying the rib portion 32 of the door, as seen in FIGURE 2, thus providing a ship-lap type of ⁇ joint with the vertical step sectors tightly abutting, the ovelap preventing passage of light, fire or smoke therethrough, and giving the appearance of a continuous closure from the oor to the top of the transom.
- a pair of immovable dowels 42 are inserted into holes 44 in the transoms left edge margin as seen in FIGURE l, and their projecting ends are inserted into complementary socket holes 48 bored into the doorway jamb upright 14.
- a pair of spring biased extension ends 54 yare snapped into holes 56 bored into the related door jamb upright such as 16.
- transom can be thus swung into position using the edge 46 with its fixed dowels as the fulcrum.
- the fixed dowels may be replaced by two or the same type spring biased dowel members 50.
- the door and transom can initially be made in one piece, and of suitable fire resistant laminated construction. Then the door and transom can be cut apart, and the ship-lap 32, 34, and 36 seen in FIGURE 2, formed with a shaper or otherwise.
- the ship-lap joint is of aesthetic interest to architects and builders, and will resist burn-through at this point, in the conduct of the fire door test.
- This construction avoids use of visible attachment methods, such as long screws, threaded bolts, etc., and is completely invisible. Cutting through the pins enables easy removal of the transom. IFurther, it allows a transom to be slid up and installed in a frame that extends above a dropped or hung ceiling. In other words, the transom can be easily installed after the hung ceiling is finished.
- the transom could be provided with spring loaded round balls which would be forced into recesses in the jamb or vice versa. In this construction the transom could be easily pushed out with little effort.
- Doorway construction which comprises in combination a transom and a door, said transom having a rst side and a second side spaced from each other for installation in a doorway having a rst jamb and a second jamb, said sides disposed in close proximity to the related lirst and second jambs of said doorway, rst fastening means carried by said second side of said transom and constructed and arranged for engaging said related second jamb, said transom being further characterized by having a top edge and bottom edge, said top edge being disposed in close proximity to the upper portion of said doorway, and said bottom edge being disposed in close proximity to the top edge of said door, said transom being further characterized wherein said first side has a plurality of bores formed therein, dowel rods inserted in said bores with their outer end portions protruding therefrom and engageable with said first jamb of s aid doorway, and wherein said side of said transom has second bores formed therein, and where
- transom means and door means are constructed from a single piece of door material, said transom being cut therefrom.
- transom means and door means are formed of an interior filler section of freproof material, and outer layers of sheet material covering said filler section.
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