US430682A - Door-check - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

L. R. PLANK.

DOOR CHECK. No. 430,682. Patented June 24, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI R. PLANK, OF ASHLAND, OHIO.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,682, dated June 24, 1890.

Application filed May 31, 1889. Renewed February 26, 1890- Serial No. 341,857. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI R. PLANK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Stays; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to make a door-stay which shall not only be selfadjustable, so as to catch the edge of the door as soon as the latter strikes it, but also re versible, so that it may be used equally well no matter-in what direction the door may open.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a horizontal section showing my invention applied; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the door-stay without its base, and Fig. 3 a bottom plan view of the base to show its peculiar construction.

In the drawings, A represents the door-stay provided with the curved end 0., against which the door strikes and causes the hook at to catch over its edge. It will thus be securely held against a current of air and be effectually prevented from slamming. On the back of the stay A is formed a neck or projection a which carries on its end the trunnions a a which are intended to turn in the bearings 19 b of the base B. The latter has also a wide transverse slot b and a narrow communicating longitudinal slot 6', the trunnions a a being entered through the former and the neck a through the latter; also, the two holes 19 o by means of which the device is fastened by screws or otherwise to the wall.

The stay A may be reversed, so as to have its hook over either end of the base, and is thus adapted to a door opening in any direction. It is also self-adjusting, as it automatically catches the door as soon as the latter strikes its curved end. 1

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

A door-stay formed of two independent and separable pieces A B, the part A having the curved end a, hook end a, and trunnioned neck a and the part B having the slots 1) b and bearings 11 b whereby the part A may be reversed and the door-stay used with a door turning in any direction, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI R. PLANK. Witnesses:

SAM. R. J ONES, J. D. J ONES.

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