Closure for housing

Jan. 21, 1941. _{F B} eilers 2,229,596

CLOSURE FOR HOUSING

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CLOSURE FOR HOUSING Filed March 3, 1938

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ATTORNEY.

Jan. 21, 1941.

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F. B. EILERS

CLOSURE FOR HOUSING

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Patented Jan. 21, 1941

2,229,596

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,229,596

CLOSURE FOR HOUSING

Frank B. Eilers, Fort Wayne, Ind., assignor to Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., a corporation

Application March 3,1938, Serial No. 193,675 (CI. 292—19.6)

Claims.

This invention relates to a closure for a housing, and particularly that type of metal housing which is used out of doors for protecting operating mechanism from the weather, such as gaso⁵ line pump housings and the like.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a door or closure, such as the entire side wall of a housing for a gasoline pump, with such supporting and latching mechanism as will not ¹⁰ only lock it in closed position but move it into a water proofing relation with the housing.

This is accomplished by so hinging the side of the housing in the form of a swinging door that ~ Upon it being swung to closed position, it may be lo simultaneously latched and elevated. The elevating movement is such that it carries the upper edge of the door upwardly and under an overhanging decorative molding and into engagement with a sealing or waterproofing strip.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a gasoline pump housing with the closure and latching ²⁸ mephanism shown in dotted lines swung to open position. Hg· 2 is a detailed view of a part of the .latching .mechanism with parts broken away showing it in latched position. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3—3 of Fig. 1 with the closure ³⁰ th latched position. Fig, 4 is a horizontal section with parts removed, taken on the. line 4—4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the lower latching mechanism when the closure is in latched position, with parts broken away. Fig. 6 35 is the,same as Fig. 2 showing the position of the latch in unlatched position. Fig. 7 is the same as Fig. 3 showing the position of the closure in unlatched position. Fig. 8 is the same as Fig. 5 showing the mechanism in unlatched position.

In the drawings there is shown for purposes of illustration as an example of the invention, a gasoline pump housing. The front side wall’or panel of the pump housing is in the form of a door or closure indicated at I. At the bottom 45 of the door there is provided an inwardly and angularly extending locking plate 2 rigidly secured to the inner surface of the door immediately above the base 3 of the pump housing. The door is mounted upon the supporting hinges 4 50 such hinges being vertically slidable upon the hinge pins 5 which are rigidly secured to the frame 6 of the housing.

Secured to the base 3 there is an adjustable threaded stud 7 having adjustable locking nuts 8 55 mounted thereon on opposite sides of the base 3.

Said stud is adapted to adjustably and pivotally support one end of an elevating lever 9, accurate adjustment of the supported end of said lever being afforded by the manipulation of the nuts 8. The lever 9 extends across the face of the housing 5 adjacent the inner surface of the door 1 and immediately below the plate 2.

Secured to the lever 9 substantially midway between its ends there is an elevating pin 10 positioned to engage the underside of the plate 2 10 for raising the door upon the lever 9 being lifted, as will be hereinafter more fully described. Adjacent the free end of the lever there is a latching plate II. A shouldered guide stud 12 is also secured near the free end of the lever which is 15 slidably engaged in a longitudinal slot of a guide bracket 13 for guiding and controlling the movement of said lever. The guide bracket 13 is secured to the base 3 by the screws 14 which pass through elongated slots therein for permitting 20 lateral adjustment for securing the proper tension on the door through the medium of the lever and its associated latching members when latched in closed position.

Pivotally connected with the end of the lever 25 opposite its pivotal mounting there is a connecting rod 15 having its pivotal connection with said lever indicated at 16. The upper end of the connecting rod 15 is secured to a toggle lever 17 through the medium of a shoulder stud 18 The 30 lever 17 is pivotally mounted upon a bracket 19 by a bolt 20, which bracket is secured to the pump frame 6.

Above the top of the door and secured by means of screws 21 to the housing 22 of the pump there 35 is provided a decorative retaining strip or overhanging lip 23. Between the lower edge of *he strip 23 and the housing 22 and in a s£ce pro! vided therefor, there is a strip of sealing material such as felt 24 or the like, against which the 40 upper edge of the door is adapted to abut in sealing engagement when in closed position.

On one of the permanent side wall’s of the housing 22 there is provided a hand door 25 having a suitable lock through which access may 45 be had by the hand to the lever 17.

When the door stands open, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the upper edge thereof is below the lower edge of the decorative strip 23 and the sealing strip 24 so as to be free thereof, and the 50 latching mechanism is in the position shown in Figs. 6 and 8.

To close the door I, it is swung about its hinged mountings into closed position. Thereupon the operator having access to the lever 17 through 55

2,229,593 the hand door 25 forces the lever downwardly from the position shown in Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig. 2. In the latter position the pivotal connection 18 between the lever Π and connecting 5 rod 15 is moved to over center position with respect to its pivotal mounting 20. In such movement to its over center position, the connecting rod 15 is elevated so as to lift the lever 9 from the position shown in Fig. 8 to that shown in 10 Fig. 5. Elevation of the lever 9 causes the pin 10 to elevate the entire door 1 upon the hinge pins 5 until the upper edge thereof engages under and behind the decorative strip 23 and into sealing engagement with the strip 24, as shown in 15 Fig. 3. At the same time the latching plate II, which is bent slightly outwardly so as to engage easily into an elongated slot formed in the plate 2, tends to draw the door inwardly into closed position by reason of its wedging action in the 20 slot of the plate 2, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

The entire weight of the door assembly is now supported upon the end of the lever Π pivoted at 18 which supports it through the connecting rod 15 by reason of the over center position 25 thereof and the limit of movement of the lever 11 because of the engagement of the laterallyextending lip Ha with the connecting rod 15 for preventing further movement.

By reason of the foregoing it is to be noted 30 that the latching action of the door or closure is such that it is not only drawn inwardly into closing position through the wedging action of the latching plate 11, but is simultaneously elevated to seal the top thereof by the pin 10. Thus, it 35 has both an inward and upward movement into locking and sealing position. The upward movement has the effect of not only sealing the top of the closure against the elements, but positions the upper edge back of the decorative strip 40 so that it will be concealed.