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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350333 | Brake 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 |
| 7293389 | Self 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 |
| 7093319 | Industrial 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 |
| 7021007 | Double-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 |
| 6928696 | Actuator 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 |
| 6526625 | Enhanced 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 |
| 6460218 | Running 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 |
| 6321413 | Running 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 |
| 6185784 | Running 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 |
| 6052867 | Device 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 |
| 6021547 | Door 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 |
| 5845363 | Adjustable 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 |
| 5257477 | Roller 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 |
| 5070575 | Vertically 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 |
| 4989296 | Adjustable 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 |
| 4674232 | Trolley 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 |
| 4476652 | Device 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 |
| 4404771 | Roller 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 |
| 4353186 | Runner 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 |
| 4262451 | Roller 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 |
| 4194266 | Adjustable 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 |
| 4155145 | Door 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 |
| 4126912 | Closing 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 |
| 4112540 | Elevating 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 |
| 4064591 | Lifting 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 |
| 4064593 | Sliding 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 |
| 4006513 | Runner 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 |
| 3996643 | Roller 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 |
| 3988801 | Lifting 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 |