US1708545A - Shower-stall doob - Google Patents

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April 9, 1929. l.. H. I EHMAN.

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UNITED STATES LOUIS H. LEHMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOWER-STALL DOOR.

Application filed April 29, 1925. Serial No.v 26,677.

The object ot this invention is to devise a novel construction of a shower stall door `which can be economically manufactured, which can be installed by unskilled labor, and which can be arranged to be opened either from the right or from the left.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view as will hereinafter appear, my invention consists oi a novel showerstall door whichl is hinged in a novel manner and which is provided with novel means to effect its vertical adjustment.

It further comprehends a' novel construc- .tion and arrangement ot' a bottom apron.

lt further comprehends a novel bath stall door wherein novel means are provided to support the door, and novel means for varying the width of the opening-to which the door is to be applied.

It further comprehends novel locking mechanism. f

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter more clearly appear in the detailed description and the appended claims.

tion, I have shown in the accompanying drawing a typical embodiment of it, which, in practice, will give reliable` and satisfactory results. lt is', however, 'to be understood that this' embodiment is typical only, and that the various instrumentalitics of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and that the invention is not, therefore, limited to the precise arrangement and organization oi these, instrumentalities as herein set forth.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a shower stall door embodying my invention, in operating position.

Figure 2 is a iront elevation of the and certain of its adjuncts.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure l is a section on line l-i of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, showing moreparticularly certain locking and adjusting details.

Figure 6 is a sectional plan view of a male hinge member.

Figure 7 is a sectional plan view of a iemale ihinge member.

Figure 8 is a front elevation, partly in section to show the means at the bottom of door Figure 9.

` plate glass 3.

Vthe-door to effect the vertical adjustment of Figures 11 and 12 illustrate different ways ofvarying the width of a door opening. y

Figure 13 shows a top plan view of adoor jamb and its fastening means.

Figure 14 isa top plan view of a female hinge member adapted to be secured to the door.

Figures 15 and 16 are top plan views of other forms of male hinge members embodying the invention.

Figure 17 is a sectional view ol the locking mechanism and its manuallyl actuated handle.

Figure 18 is a sectional view ,of a sealing device and a portion of the door. l

Similar numerals of reference indicate I corresponding parts. For the purpose of illustrating the mven- Referring to the drawings: My present invention, although not limited to such use, is particularly designed to be employed for the type of' shower baths, known in the trade as stalls, wherein a combined entrance and exit opening` is provided with a door, preferably of non-corrosive material. Y

The door opening often varies in width, und it is therefore desirable to have, at one side ot the door, an adjustable j amb.

The door openingalso often varies in height,.and it is therefore desirable to provide means to eliect the vertical adjustment ot the door.

` A amb may be employed at the hinge rece'iving portions ot' the door, but I preferably dispense with the necessity of a liamb and secure one of thel hingeV members directly to the wall or frame of the door opening.

1 designates a shower bath stall door and its adjuncts embodying my invention. rlhe door has a frame 2, preferably made of nickel silver, or metal plated to render it non-corrosive, and this frame has usually a rectangular contour and carries a sheet of The glass 3 is received in grooves or channels 4 of vthe frame, see Figure 5, and is secured therein by a strip of spring or other metal 5, which is U shaped screws 22 and to the j amb or wall 23 bysuit-v in cross section, The upper portion of the door may be in the form of an open grid. The door has secured to one face by means of fastening devices 7, ak laterally extending bar 8 and these fastening devices at one edge of the door also secure to the franiepan external handle 9. v i i The'dooris provided with a novel hinge construction, and eitherthefmale or female portion of they hingecan be carried by the door.V Inv Figures 1, 2 and 3, the male portion of the hinge is connected with the door.

10 designates the male hinge membenwhich consists of a strip forming the rear vertical ,member of the frame, and has a slot 1l to receive the glass,'and with a rod orrounded `hinge portion 12 connected with the body of suoli member by a neck or 'stem having opposite walls converging towards the hinge portion as at 13. The rounded portion 12 is in the form of arod preferably continuous from one end 'to the other, and it does not necessarily have a true lcircular contour.

14'designates the female section of the I hinge, see more particularly Figures 4 and Y 7', which has a rounded recess 15 formed by fthe arc vof a circle greaterjthan a semi-circle, A so that the chord 16 of the enclosed arc is "less than the inside diameter of the rounded portion 12 of the'inale hinge member. The walls 17 and 18, seeFigure 7, preferably converge.v VThe rear wall of the female 'hinge member is recessed and provided with openings 19v to receive fastening devicesr20, such as for example expansion bolts, vwhich clamp in the juxtaposed wall of the stall.

If the female hinge member is to be fastened to ka jamb or other support, it can be secured thereto by plates 21, see Figures 9 and 10, secured to therliinge member by able fastening devices, such as the bolts and nuts`24.

The male member is longitudinally adjustable in the female member, having `a sliding tit therein,`and, at the same time, the

ftwo members are firmly connected and a water tight length.

In order'to maintain the door at its proper adjusted position, a top ora bottom stop or seal is formed throughout their both can be employed. The top stop Vpreferably consists lofa nut threaded to the upper Vend of the rod or rounded portion 12, thestem of which is cut away to provide a clearance, and-a screw 2G xes the nut in the position to which it has been adjusted. The

`Vbottom stop may consist of a bolt 27 threadedto the femal'e'hinge memberand having a cone shaped end 28 engaging the walls of a correspondingly shaped recess infthe rod,

Ytheneck of which is cut away to provide for the proper clearance, sce Figure 8'.,

It will be seen that a door hinged in this manner can be adjusted longitudinally, or,

Vportion 44,

catch 49. y j

In some cases with single or vdouble doors, v

1,708,545 y j l f l other words, can be movedupwardly or downwardly without dismounting i t,',`which` is desirable in cleaning. '29 designates a bottom apron tovdeilect the water over the edge of the door sill to the inside of the shower stall. The apron isV secured to the bottom of the door by p so thatthe outer ends of the fastening devices will be flush Vwith the outer face of the flange which carries them.,

If the channel 33 is used, as seen'in Figure 11 or as in Figure ,12,` the channel and j amb member 31 are secured tothe wall by fastening devices 36.,

The janib member 32` maybe used alone and secured tothe wall by fastening devices-V It isv wit-hin the scope of thisV invention to have the female hinge member carried by the door, in which case it would be constructed as showny in Figure 14 with the curved recess 38, the: glass receiving channel '39 and the bevelied faces 4 0 and- 41. vrThe male hinge member `would then be as shown in Figures 15 or 1'6, and wouldV be adap'ted'to be attachedto the wall,

In 'Figurel the male hinge member 1 consists of a bar 42 having an odset' stop y43, and `terminates in the rounded hinge and, is provided` with conv-erg-` ing ywalls 45. f

In Figure 1G, a; bar 46`ha`s Aextending from it at an angle, intermediate its ends, the

`stem 47 which terminates in the rounded rod 48,

In order to lock the door 2, I provide Va spring catch 49 slidablein a recess 5() in 'a bracket 51 secured to the doorv frame, and] a spring 52 is provided which tends to move the catch outwardly, extends exteriorly of Y the .bracket and is threaded to rece-ive a -nut `53, so that the throw of the catch can be varied. The free end of oneV of the flanges ofthe jamb member 31 is tapered so that the catch bears against both-*such flange and also a flange of the Vjan'ib mem- In some cases, it is desirable to havel the catch 'controlled by a handle 54 mounted in the frame 2 of the door, in which casean arm 55 is connected with the stem of 'the catch, and the handle lhas a lug v56y fixed to it to actuate the arm 5.5 and thereby vthe iin a water seal is formed by movably connecting, for example by a hinge, a curved strip u57 to the edge of the door and providing springs 58 which tend to move the strip outwardly and at the same time permit the inward movement of the strip when it contacts with the amb or the uxtaposed curved strip of another door.

Special attention is directed to the novel construction and arrangement of the hinge which provides for a water tight seal and for the Vertical adjustment of the door in the door opening.

The adjustablejamb enables one to employ a standard size of a door for door openings of different width.

rlhe bottom apron is reversible for use with either a right hand or a left hand opening door.

The spring catch can have the tension of its spring or springs adjusted without the removal of the catch from the door.

The hinge is so constructed that by reversing one member it can be adapted for either a right hand or a left hand opening door.

The jamb member 32 which telescopes into the jamb member 31 is fixed in its adjusted position by superimposed screws 35 so that if desirable or necessary the member 3Q may be lixed in an angular' relation with respect to the member 31.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

1. An adjustable door jamb comprising an inner channel having a web with an inner and an outer flange ext-ending outwardly from its sides and with an inner flange extending inwardly, an intermediate channel having inner and outer flanges .to receive said inner channel and having one of its flanges provided with a laterally extending slot, a fastening device passing through said slot and engaging a flange of the inner channel to secure said channels in the position to which they have been adjusted, a third channel having its flanges adapted to be disposed towards or away from said intermediate channehnand means to secure said third channel and intermediate channel in position.

2. 1n an adjustable door jamb, in combination, a substantially vertically extending channel member arranged to be secured to a fixed abutment with the open side thereof presented toward or away from said abutment, a second channel member arranged to be nested within said first channel member' when the latter presents its open side away from said abutment or secured to the base of said first channel when the latter presents its open side toward said abutment, a third channel member arranged to be nested withyin said second channel member to form a substantially box-like section, means for securing said first and second channel members together and against said abutment,

and means for adjustably securing said second and third channel members together wl'iereby the bases of said latter members may be spaced a great-er or less distance apart.

3. In an adjustable door jamb, in combination, a relatively fixed abutment, a pair of substantially vertically extending channel members secured together in nested relation to form a substantially closed section, said members being adjustable toward or away from each other such that the base walls thereof may be spaced a greater or less distance apart, means for securing said members together in said adjusted relation, and a member arranged intermediate said fixed abutment and said nested channel members, said intermediate member being capable of spacing said nested members as a unit a greater or less distance away from said abutment.

4f. ln an adjustable door jamb, in combination, a relatively fixed abutment, a pair of substantially vertically extending channel members secured together in nested relation to form agsubstantially closed section, and an auxiliary channel member arranged intermediate said fixed abutment and said nested members with the latter embraced between the walls of said auxiliary channel member, said auxiliary member being arranged to be shifted in position such that the walls thereof serve as spacers extending between said iixed abutment and said nested members.

5. ln an adjustable door jamb, in combination, a substantially vertically extending outer channel member arranged to be secured to a lixed abutment with the open side presented away from said abutment one of the side walls of said channel being or greater depth than the opposite wall and provided therein with one or more horizontally disposed elongated slots, an inner channel member arranged to be nested within said outer channel member to form a substantially boxlike section, said inner channel member being provided with a rearwardly extending` flange in continuation of 'that side wall thereof which lies against the deeper wall of said outer channel member, said flange constituting the abutment for the free edge of a hinged door, and securing elements projecting through said slots and into the adjoining side wall of said inner channel member and operative to permit the bases of said 'nested channel members to be spaced a greater or less distance apart.

` LOUIS H. LEHMAN.

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