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Application filed March 26, 1887. -Serial No. 232,583. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Joseph Lytle Parks, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers; and Ido hereby declare that the followingisa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, .which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make io and use the same, reference beinghad.to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved metal 15 rail and door hanger combined, and has for its object to provide a door-hanging device that shall be easy of attachment, readily adjusted, and not liable to get out of order, and at the same time cheap of construction.

In the ordinary construction of the class of devices to which my invention belongs there are several objections to be overcome, among which may be enumerated the style of track it has been necessary to employ and the expense 25 of properly mounting the same; also, the liability of the door or doors becoming detached from the hanger or getting out of order and running off the track when being opened or closed, involving great inconvenience and ex30 pense in replacing, and the further fact that the door often hangs from the track out of a verticalline. The track, being of wood, also warps and gets crooked, thereby requiring greater manual effort in moving the door upon the 35 track and causing the door to chafe, as well as damaging the carpet. In my improved hanger I employ a single metal rail or track, upon which the rollers are mounted by means of clasps preferably hinged at their top. These clasps embrace the rail on either side, thus precluding the possibility of the door running off the track and at the same time causing the door to hang in a vertical line from the center of the rail, thereby obviating the great amount 45 of friction necessarily involved iu those constructions wherein the hanger is attached from one side of the door only. I have also provided for vertical adjustment, so that the door may be caused to move freely in a horizontal 50 plane and at any height required, and by a convenient arrangement of anti-friction rollers have provided against lateral swaying of the door. These objects are accomplished by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings, in which— c

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the door properly mounted upon the metal rail. Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation showing the hanger and its modeof attachment tothedoor. Fig. 3 is a front view of the clasp and stand- 60 ard, the clasp being spread to show the serrated jaws aud also the serrations of the standard. Fig. 4 is a side view of the standard, showing the open slot. Fig. 5 is an isometrical perspective view of the metal bar. 65

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

A is a metal bar extending the entire width of the doorway. This bar is of sufficient rigidity to sustain the door or doors when twoare 70 employed, and is preferably of an inverted Vshape upon its top edge.

' B are the jointed clasps, being preferably pivoted or hinged at their top and moving freely upon axis B^rwhen it is desired to open 75 or close the side bars. C is a roller' V-shaped on its periphery, and is designed to run upon bar A, being journaled in the side bars of clasps B near their upper ends and revolves upon journal C. The side bars of the clasp B 80 terminate in jaws having serrations thatregister with corresponding serrations upon a standard, E, attached by screws I to the upper edge of the door. This standard has an open slot, K, extending vertically from near its base to 85 its top, and is for the purpose of allowing bolt F to move freely therein when it is desired to attach, raise, or lower the door upon clasp B, which is accomplished by simply loosening the bolt and raising or lowering the standard any 90 number of serrations desired, when, upon tightening the bolt, the serrated jaws of the clasp grasp the serrated standard and hold the door suspended.

H are a'nti-friction rollers journaled upon 95 studs G, said studs being mounted upon the upper edge of door D. The rollers move in a horizontal plane, and serve by bearing upon the jambs upon either side to guide the door and prevent lateral swaying. i_CO

In operation, the bar A being properly secured in place, theclaspBisspreadsufficiently

367,998 to stride the bar. The roller C is then placed upon the bar and journal C' inserted. The jaws are now closed upon hanger E, and when the door is plumbed bolt E is screwed tightly 5 in place, the anti-friction rollers H arc placed upon studs G, and the device is in readiness for use.

While my improved hanger is especially adapted for house-doors that run between par10 tition-walls, yet it is easily adapted for general use for barn-doors, &c., it being simply necessary to substitute for standard E one that fastens inside the door.