US404038A - Door-check - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

- T. K. HANSBERRY.

DOOR CHECK.

No. 404,038. Patented May 28, 1889..

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

THOMAS K. HANSBERRY, OF NORTON, KANSAS.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 404,038, dated May 28, 1889.

$erial No. 279,698. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS K. HANsBERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norton, in the county of Norton and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Door Checks and Buffers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined door checks and buffers.

The object of the present invention is to produce a device of great simplicity and cheapness that will be capable of holding a door at any position, and that will also act as a buffer and prevent the door coming in contact with the wall.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined door check and buffer constructed in accordance with this invention and applied in position to a door. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the device itself.

Referring to the drawings,.A designates a casing constructed of suitable material and designed to have pivotally secured Within it a lever, B. The casing A may be cast in one piece; but it is preferable to construct it of two pieces-the top plate, A, and the baseplate A which plates are secured together and to a door, 0, by screw D or other suitable means of attachment.

The lever B is secured within the casing A by a pivot, E, which may, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, be an ordinary screw, which will, besides performing the function of a pivot, strengthen the parts and make them more durable. The lower portion, b, of the lever B is curved and provided upon its lower face with grooves or serrations to roughen it and produce a friction-surface, b, to enable it to obtain a secure hold upon the floor, which it is adapted to engage to hold the door 0 and prevent its swinging. The frictionsurface b may be produced by notches, crossgrooves, or transverse grooves, and I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details of construction herein shown and described, as I may without departing from the spirit of the invention make any minor changes therein. The upper portion, N, of the lever B is straight, and is provided with a lateral projection, biwhich serves as a handle, whereby the lower end, I), of the lever is raised and brought out of engagement with the floor to permit the door 0 to be moved. The lower portion, 1), of the lever B is lifted up from the floor by placing the foot upon the projection b and pressing down, and the position of the door C may be instantly changed, and the lower portion, 1), of the lever B is held normally raised from the floor by the upper portion, 5 which is sufficiently weighted to hold the lowerportion, b, elevated when the lever B is thrown clear back, and the weighted upper portion then rests upon the casing, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

Besides serving as a handle to elevate and depress the lower portion, 1), the projection acts as a buifer and prevents the door C coming in contact with the wall.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings it will be readily seen that combined door checks and buffers constructed in accordance with this invention are capable of holding a door at any position and of preventing the door coming in contact with the wall.

In practice the outer end of the projection 19 is covered with rubber, leather, or the like, as at b to more effectually serve the purpose of a buffer.

The casingA is not essential, as I may pivot athe lever directly to the door Without employing a casing, the lever normally lying horizontally along the door; also, the leverB may be made of any length desired; hence I do not wish to be limited to mere matters of size or proportion.

Of course I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct a door-check with a lever having a curved lower end to engage the floor, and knobs or disks have been pivoted eccentrically to doors to accomplish the same re suit; but

WVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A combined door check and buffer consisting of a lever adapted to be pivoted centrally In testimony that I claim the foregoing as to a door and normally lie horizontally along my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in 10 the door out of contact With the floor, and presence of two Witnesses.

havin its lower portion curved and serrated and c pable of engaging the floor and its up- THOMAS HANSBERRY per portion'straight and provided with a lat- Witnesses: eral projection, serving as a handle and a buf- SAMUEL MEANS, fer, substantially as described. J. H. SIMMONS.

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