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Class 16/99 - Door elevating


Subclass of Class 16 - Miscellaneous hardware
Definition: Devices combined with lever means or the like for releasing
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 04/01/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7350333Brake device for garage doors and the like
A brake device (1) is for use with a cable-operated door (3), such as garage doors (3) and the like. The device (1) is intended to reduce the risk of the door (3) falling, or at the very least slow down its descent, in the event of...
04/01/2008
7293389Self aligning top guide wheel for sliding doors
A sliding door assembly includes a sliding door that is slidingly mounted to a top track via one or more top guide assemblies. The sliding door is also slidingly mounted to a bottom track. Each top guide assembly includes a top guide wheel that rotationally mounts t...
11/13/2007
7093319Industrial caster wheel with elastomeric spring/damper member and adjustment member
An industrial caster wheel assembly including a base member, a wheel, side plates, a housing, a pivot axle, a suspension assembly and an adjustment assembly. The suspension assembly includes an adjustable axle, a support member, and a plate. The support member allow...
08/22/2006
7021007Double-sided sliding door assembly
A sliding door assembly is disclosed for use in an environment where both sides of the door are useable. The door assembly includes at least one bottom roller mechanism fitted into a lower portion of a bottom rail. The bottom roller mechanism is adjustable and conce...
04/04/2006
6928696Actuator for improving seal for overhead doors
The invention includes a clasp that can be mounted to the roller track of an overhead door and a shim that can be mounted to the overhead door or the shaft of the roller. The clasp includes a portion for attaching to the roller track and a blocking portion that is s...
08/16/2005
6526625Enhanced performance tandem roller for patio doors
The invention provides a wheel or roller assembly for a patio door or the like comprising a carriage having two parallel spaced side plates and a pair of grooved wheels mounted within the carriage that provide for the self adjustment of the roller wheels ...
03/04/2003
6460218Running carriage arrangement for a sliding door
A running carriage arrangement (1) includes a housing receptacle (5) and a housing (9) embedded in it. The running carriage (7) can be vertically shifted within the housing (9). The shifting of the running carriage (7) is accomplished by an adjusting whee...
10/08/2002
6321413Running carriage for a sliding door
A running carriage (1) includes a support piece (27) connected to the roller carrier (25) in an articulated manner. The support piece (27) is preferably injection molded as a single piece. Using an adjusting and displacing bolt (41) screwed into the suppo...
11/27/2001
6185784Running mechanism assembly for a sliding door
A running mechanism assembly for a sliding door (9) includes a roller carrier (13) which is vertically (height) adjustable by an eccentric disk (15) relative to the sliding door (9). The adjustment takes place with a tool, for example a socket head cap sc...
02/13/2001
6052867Device for connecting a displaceable element to a guide device
Device for connecting a displaceable element, especially a glass, metal or wooden panel to a guiding device that is guided in a rail. The device includes first and second fixing members which each contain outer panels and fitting, elements which can be in...
04/25/2000
6021547Door adjustment mechanism
An adjustment mechanism is disclosed for adjusting a support means such as wheels (5a, 5b) relative to a housing structure (2, 3) retaining said wheels (5a, 5b), the adjustment mechanism including a screw member (7) selectably movable in a direction (22) ...
02/08/2000
5845363Adjustable roller assembly
An adjustable roller assembly for sliding doors including a housing adapted to be snap-fit into a recess provided in the upper or lower surface of a door frame, the housing defining a cavity which is open at the lower end. A roller carrier is mounted in t...
12/08/1998
5257477Roller mechanism for sliding panel
A sliding panel assembly is provided. A roller mechanism allows the sliding panel to slide between an open position and a closed position. The roller mechanism has a carriage assembly connected to an elongated support member. The sliding panel is fixed to...
11/02/1993
5070575Vertically adjustable sliding door suspension system
A sliding door suspension system and a sliding door assembly for supporting a heavy sliding door from a door frame includes a rail horizontally mounted to the door frame. The suspension system includes a roller assembly which rollingly engages the rail an...
12/10/1991
4989296Adjustable bracket for sliding doors
An adjustable support bracket is disclosed, suitable for use with sliding doors to adjust the spacing between the door and the support roller. The bracket includes a frame having an elongate slot. An adjusting lever is pivotably connected to the frame and...
02/05/1991
4674232Trolley for sliding sashes in windows and door-windows
The invention falls within the technical field of windows closed by sliding sashes, that for the purpose are provided with grooved wheels adapted to run along rails integral with a lower crosspiece of the fixed frame forming, together with the sashes, sai...
06/23/1987
4476652Device for suspending a slidable sealed door
The device comprises a guide rail (1) having a cross-section in the general shape of a C and fixed to a wall (M) and defining two guide surfaces (8, 9). One of the guide surfaces (8) has a notch (2) with which cooperates at least one roller (G1...
10/16/1984
4404771Roller assembly for sliding closures
A door roller provided with an engagement arm which is capable of being engaged with, by an engaging member attached to an upwardly bent end of the engaging arm, a guide groove formed with a downward opening longitudinally along a lower frame of a window ...
09/20/1983
4353186Runner wheel assembly
A sliding door employing a runner wheel assembly of the invention typically comprises a frame of hollow extruded frame elements. The hollow section of the bottom frame element is provided with two such wheel assemblies, one at each end, supporting the doo...
10/12/1982
4262451Roller assembly for a sliding frame closure
There is described a roller assembly which is adapted to be snapped into and out of a channel of a sliding frame closure which device is used to adjust the effective height of the closure relative to an aperture frame in which it is installed. The roller ...
04/21/1981
4194266Adjustable roller mechanism
An adjustable roller mechanism for a sliding closure having a case attachable to the sliding closure and a roller-mounting bracket mountable thereon for adjustable movement to varying positions extending from the case. A smooth surfaced cam is rotatably m...
03/25/1980
4155145Door lifter construction
A door lifter mechanism for a railway car door is operable by a handle which acts on two fulcrum bars. A fulcrum bar lifter roller is carried by the handle and supports the ends of the fulcrum bars, which are joined by a pivot spool received in slots in t...
05/22/1979
4126912Closing attachment kit for sliding door and anti-friction support
A unitary self-contained kit of components is readily attachable to a sliding door without modification of the door to effect gravity actuated closing. The kit includes a guide channel and pulley that are simply adhesively secured to an outwardly facing s...
11/28/1978
4112540Elevating and shifting railway car sliding door mechanism
A mechanism for moving a sliding door of a railway car is capable of moving the sliding door between a first position in which the sliding door is supported on the body of the railway car and closes an opening in the railway car body and a second position...
09/12/1978
4064591Lifting mechanism for sliding doors
A sliding door includes a roller lifting mechanism provided by horizontally spaced bell cranks to which rollers are connected and which may be pivoted downwardly to engage a door track for raising the door so that it may be laterally moved to one side of ...
12/27/1977
4064593Sliding door roller assembly
A supporting roller assembly for a sliding door has a downwardly spring loaded guide track engaging roller supported for vertical floating movement by a mounting bracket containing a limited stop plunger which is spring loaded downwardly against the rolle...
12/27/1977
4006513Runner wheel support
A runner wheel support for sliding doors, windows and the like consists of a support body which is a press fit in the respective frame, and which carries the support wheel or roller on an arm carried by a disengageable pivot. The wheel support arm has a c...
02/08/1977
3996643Roller wheel assembly for sliding closure
A roller wheel assembly for a sliding closure has a wheel unit which is supported in a frame for vertical motion relative thereto when the assembly is installed in the closure. Means in the form of a wedge assembly which engages sloped surface means in th...
12/14/1976
3988801Lifting mechanism for sliding doors
A sliding door includes a roller lifting mechanism provided by horizontally spaced bell cranks to which rollers are connected and which may be pivoted downwardly to engage a door track for raising the door so that it may be laterally moved to one side of ...
11/02/1976
 
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