E. W. WALSH.
DOOR.
APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1912‘.
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Patented Feb. 4, 1913.
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EUGENE VT. ‘WALSH, O13‘ NE‘W YORK, N’. Y., AS$IGNOE TQ TELEPHONE BGO'I‘H RENTING
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Speci?cation of Letters Patent.
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Application ?led July 8, 1912. Serial No. 7G$3,1l€6.
T0 all whom it may concern:
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ment. The opposite stile 16 is provided
Be it known tiat l, EUGENE VJ. ‘WALSH, a with hinges 28 and 29 connectin' the stile
citizen of the United States, and a resident 26 of the wider, adjoining mom or to the
of New‘ York, county and State of the same narrow member, and having its opposite
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name, have invented certain new and useful
stile 27, adapted,,when the door is closed, to
Improvements in Doors, of which the fol~ outwardly register with the jamb ill and
lowing is a speci?cation.
make contact with the inner member 42 of
This invention relates to improvements in the door-frame, through the vertical strip 20.
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doors and articularly to that class used in
Between the stiles 26 and 27 of the wider
telephone cooths and other similar struc~ member, are rails 23, 2a and
which form
tures where the available operative space is frames for the glass and wood panels 21 and
restricted and in which it is desirable to 22 respectively. To the wider member, on
have the door recede or ‘fold compactly out its inner ‘side is rigidly secured a third mem
of the way when open. its objects are, ?rst, her which constitutes the inner leaf or plate
to provide such doors in forms which will, and is adapted to make contact, at its front
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by reason of their constructiomfold closely edge 36, with the inner portion 42, of the
against the wall so as to occupy a minimum door-frame, while at its rear edge 37 is a 70
of room, which shall be easy and smooth in strip 80 whicheontacts with the jamb 40,
operation, convenient of manipulation, and when the door is closed, but clears the same
20 which present an attractive appearance, when swung inwardly. The inner member
either opened or closed. Second, to provide is of a width equal to the clear distance be
‘ doors which etl’eetually prevent the trans tween the sides of the door~frame, the same 75
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mission of sound therethrough and which as the combined widths of the outer mem-~
are practically noiseless in operation. These bers, but is o?set therefrom so that theedges
and other minor objects are attained by the of the inner and outer leaves are not in regis
novel construchie . and arrangement of parts ter but overlap, or extend past each other;
hereinafter fuiljy'descri-bcd and shown in the the inner member is of similar construction
accompanying drawings, forming part of to the outer members and includes a pair’ of‘
this speci?cation, and in which :—
glass panels arranged to register with'fthose
Figure l is a front elevation of a booth, in the outer. leaf; a pin 39, secured to the
showing the door closed, parts being broken top rail of the inner leaf and traverses in a
away to show interior connections. Fig. 2 is guide-slot 45 formed in the head-piece 43 of 85
a similar view of the same, showing the door the door-frame. As a further provision
completely open. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, against the transmission of sound, felt or
taken on line 8—8 of Fig. 1, showing‘ the rubber strips at’? are interposed between the
door closed and indicating by broken lines woodwork surrounding the panels thereby
its operative movement, and, Fig. Ll is a. eli’ectually' preventing sound waves from
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similar sectional view, taken on line —d—— passing.
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of Fig. 2, showing the door open.
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- In order to conveniently operate the door
The invention embraces a door, its frame a hindle 48 is rovided on the inside of the
and connections; the door being comprised inn 1' leaf, while a similar handle may be
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of three distinct members; the ?rst being provided on the exterior rail 14. 95'
formed of an upper panel 11, preferably of
In operation from the inside, the door be—
glass, and a lower panel 12 of wood, like the ing closed, the handle is drawn-inwardly,
other parts of the door as the rails 13, 14 causing both sets of hinges to turn while the
and 15 and stiles 16 an. _ 17. This member, guide pinv moves straight across the door
which is relatively narrow, is attached at way in the slot, over the threshold all, cans? 100
one edge or" its stile 1'7, by hinges 18 and 19 ing the door to describe a peculiar receding
to the jamb 1E0 of the door-frame, the jamb motion; from the outside the door may be
being of a thickness corresponding to that of opened by pressing directly upon the wider,
the stile, which is so arranged as to swing outer member, causing it to‘ fold in the di
clear of the door-frame immediately it is ,reotion of the hinged'jamb. The design is 105
folded inwardly in the initial opening move such that it can be used with perfect safety"
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at one edge ‘and being further similarly with title inner leaf when the door is eiosed._
In testimony whereof I have signed my
hinged; to, the other section at its 0 posits name
to this speci?cation in the presence of
f) edgeemmd proo?ng materiel dispose about two subscribing
witnesses. '
the edges of the ?xed section in such mzm- ,
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terial disposed about the edges of thehinged
EUGENE "W. WALSH.
Witnesses:
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LAURA J. MARSH,
FRANK SINGLE.
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