US1473926A - Doorstop - Google Patents

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D. W. EMSLIE Filed Nov. 16

Nov. 13, i923.

Patented Nov. 13, i923.

DAVID W. EMSLIE, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DOORSTOI.

Application filed November 16, 1922. Serial No. 601,280.

To all whom, t may concern.' y By pressing the latch backwardly against Be it known that I, DnviD lV. EMsLin, a the tension of the spring)` it niay be disencitizen of the United States, residing at gaged from the notch 16 and then turned 45 Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga. and down on its side to lie parallel with the iioor State of Ohio, have invented certain new and enga-ge with one ot the notches 17, to and useful Improvements in Doorstops, of hold it in inoperative position. Or it may which the following isa specification. be turned up to vertical position, and en- This invention relates todoor stops or gaged in notch 16 as shown in the draw- 50 checks, of the type attached to the floor and ings, in which position it will act as a stop adapted to engage av door when desired, for for the door. It the door is inside of the the purpose of holding the door in partly latch, it will prevent the door being opened open position, and' preventing it from being fully. If outside of the latch, it will proeither opened to a greater extent or closed vent the door closing. It will therefore be 55 entirely. useful either to prevent a` person entering l5 The device is illustrated in the accointhe door, or to prevent the full closure or panying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a top slamming of the door. But by kicking the plan view oithe device, the door and its latch with the it'oot it may be allowed to casing being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a turn down so that the door will lswing over 60 side elevation ot' the deviceA` with the door it to open or closed position.

in section. F ig. 3 is an enlarged top view Various changes niay be iliade in the deof the device. Fig. 4 is a section on the line tails of the device, within the scope of the 4 4; of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the vfollowing claim: line 5 5 of Fig. 3. I claim: 65

In the drawings, 6 indicates a swinging A. door stop comprising a. hase plate havdoor, which may be provided with a strike ing spaced bearings, al rocking latch plate plate 7 at its lower edge. having trunnions slidable in said bearings,

The stop or check includes a base plate said latch plate being mounted between the consisting of a head piece S and a tail piece bearings, one oi said bearings having a notch 70 9 connected by bar 10 and attached to the at the top to hold the plate in upright pofloor as by screws 11. Fastened to the head sition, and another notch at the side to hold piece is a bearing piece 12 and fastenedV to the plate when swung down, and av spring the tail piece is a bearing piece 13, the bearcoiled around one ot the trunnions between ings in which receive trunnion extensions 13 the plate and one oi the bearings and tend- 75 and 15 on a wedge-shaped latch plate 1G. ing to force the plate into engagement with The bearing piece 12 has at the inner edge either of the notches.

thereof an upright notch 1G"y and two lateral In testimony whereof, alli); my signaor side notches 17, and a spring 18 is coiled ture in presence of two witnesses. around the trnnnion 15, between the tail hearing and the body of the latch, and tends 1 to to force the latter torward so as to enga-ge Witnesses its opposite edge in one or the other ci' the JOHN A. BOMMHABDT. notches 16a and 17. Y RoeERT Boivin.

DAVID W. 13Min'

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