Note : Les descriptions sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.
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Ihis applicatioll is a division of Serial No. 161,817,
filed January 22, 1973.
The invention re:lates -to building s-tructures and
refers more specifically to a sliding door which is esthetically
pleasing, easily opera-ted, has weather-tight integrity to bo-th
air and water, has extremely high s-tructural integri-ty and sub-
stantial universality of componen-ts whereby the greatest degree
of versatility has been achieved from a specified inventory
investment of raw material and finished goods at a relatively
low cost. In one modification, the sliding door has been
particularly structured to provide high efficiency and economy
by modification of the sliding door frame and door panel
extrusions and provision of a screen having an ex-truded frame
with a single cross section and unique hardware.
In the past, sliding doors have not generally included
all mitered corners. In particular, the jambs at -the bottoms of
previous sliding doors have generally either been straight-cut
across the sill, or where the sill has been inclined, the jambs
have been diagonally cut, whereby a high degree of orientation
is given to the frame members of previous sliding doors which
is undesirable from an inventory and thus cost point-of-view.
Further, wherein mitered corners have been provided in sliding
doors in the past, no means have been provided to prevent mis-
alignment of the mitered joints on securing the members formingthe mitered joints to each other. Thus, mltered joints in the
past have required skilled workmen-t to produce and have often
been misaligned.
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In addition, in prior slidin~ door~ lth~3r two pock~ts
formed by three ~in~, one pocket ~or each of a mov~hle and ~ix~d
door panel with a fin between the door panels, have been provided
in the frame he~d, or alternatively, three poc~ts have been pro-
vided b~tween two out~r fins and two intermediate or guide fins in
the frame head for guidin~ the top rails of a movable and a fixed
- doo,r panel, with the guide fins received in slo~s in the door
panel top rails. In both structures, considerable weather seal-
ing and/or fabrication o~ weather seal interlocks on the door
panels has been necess2ry. Again, the added weather sealing
and fabrication together with the orientation which the fabrica-
tion and/or weather sealing require has given the components of
and the finished doox panels thus constructed has added an
undesirable cost factor and inventory requirement to previous
sliding doors.
Further, previous sliding doors have usually not been
suitably weathertight without expensive and ~ometimes compli-
cated structure. Thus, for example, a complete aluminum
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surround has often been provided in the past for glazing sliding
door panels from the inside to prevent popping of the glazing
panels out of the frame therefor under high wind 1oads.
Complicated struc-ture has sometimes been required to prevent
entire sliding door panels from being blown out of the outer
frame therefor.
In addition, with prior sliding doors, stopping of
the slidîng door on opening has sometimes been a problemO
Wherein stops hav~ been provided only at the tops or bottonls of
the movable door panel, the door panel tends to cock in the
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~rame on hitting -the s-t~p, thus wearing door panel rollers and
damaging the outer ~rame or movable door panel. Prior stop
structures have in addi-tion also reqwired separate ~abricatlon
of the frame member to install and sometimes themselves have
been complicated and -therefore expensive. Central stops have
in general not been utilized due to their appearance and the
fact that -they tend to damage the door and/or frame members due
to single-point contact therewith centrally thereof.
Further, with prior sliding doors it has often been
possible on jiggling the movable door panel to unlock it and to
gain entrance into the building in which the doors have been
installed. It has generally been impossible with sliding doors
to lock the movable door panel in a partly open position to
provide, for example, ventilation without allowing small children
to go out or prowlers to come in the doors.
Also, it has been difficult in -the field, with the size ~ -
of sliding doors usually installed today, to obtain square struc-
tural openings for the sliding door structures. It has there-
fore been necessary to adjust the movable door panel of sliding
doors to compensate for the out-of-square door openings. In the
past, such adjustment has usually been accomplished by adjusting
the movable door panel at both sides thereof, which requires
separate adjusting mechanisms and separate adjustments which are
not entirely independent at both sides of the movable door panels.
The sliding screen doors provided with the sliding door
structures of the past have usually had roll formed frames and
have been required to have deep pockets in the upper and lower
frame rails to receive adjustable rollers at the corners of the
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screen doors. The fr~ne members have thereEore o~ten been of
dif~erent cross Scction and have not always been provided with
mitered cornexs. In addition, in the past, screen members have
been secured to the frames in rectangular rec~sses receiving
either round or rectangular splines Such structure has not
always securely held the periphery of the screen to the frame.
Se~arate handle and locking structures have usually been pro-
vided with prior sliding screen doors.
Further, in the past, sliding doors have not always
been adapted for instal~ation in a wide variety of building
structures with a single frame, as for example~ building struc-
tures which require nailing fins for securing the frame to the
exterior of the building structure. In addition, neither
¦ interior nor exterior trim for sliding doors have normally
been readily available and extensions of sliding door frame
sills have in the past generally been field fabricated.
In accordance with the present invention, there is
provided a sliding door including an outer frame having four
mitered corners and a plurality of door panels, at least one
of which may be fixed and one of which is movable, which ~uter
frame and door panels and the individual members thereo~ have
been constructed with a minimum of orientation to provide the
greatest degree of versatility from a specified inventory
investment for both raw and finished goods. Thus, wherever
possible the members of the sliding door structure of the
invention are interchangeable right-left, up-down, inside and
outside.
In one modification of the preferred embodiment of
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the inven~ion, the members o~ the ~rame and door panels have
been constructed to provide a cross section which is ef~icient
yet particularly economical.
The mitered corners o~ the outer ~xame are provided
with integral o~fset abutment structure on one member thereof
adapted to engage the o-ther men~er forming the corner, whereby
the corners may be quickly and accurately aligned in assembly
and tightly connected without the danger of misalignment on
drawing the miter-cut members tightly against each other.
The structure of the mitered corners of the invention ~ -
includes a pair of elongated members joined at one end of each
of them, each o~ the members having a web portion from which
flange portions extend perpendicularly thereto, which flange
portions are ter~inated at one end of each of the members in a
miter cut. The miter cut ends of the members are complementary
so that the one ends of the members abut in a miter joint when `
properly aligned. The miter joint structure further includes
means securing the one ends of the elongated members together
including means for preventing misalignment of the elongated
members on securing the one ends of the elongated members together
comprising an offset portion in the web portion of one of the
elongated members at the one end thereof, which offset portion
includes an end which abuts the side of the web por-tion of the
other elongated member adjacent the end of the one elongated
memher at the one end of the other elongated member.
The method of the invention of forming a mitered joint
includes the steps of offsetting a portion of one end of one of
the members to abut the side of the other member at the one end
thereof with the one ends of the members miter cut and in align-
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transversely through the end of the other member at the one end
thereof and longitudinally into the one end of the one member.
In another modification of the sliding door structure
of the invention, the fixed door panel may be retained at its
fixed side rail in assembly with a jamb of the outer frame by
screws extending through the jamb of the frame and into the
fixed side rail of the fixed door panel. In either modification,
the top rail of the fixed door panel may be secured to the head
of the outer frame by screws.
Further, a two-member glazing system is provided for the
door panels in one modification of the preferred embodiment of the
invention which enable the glazing panels to withstand very high
wind pressures and permit glazing of the door panels from the in-
side of a building in which the sliding door is installed.
A unique bumper system is provided for the sliding door
structure including a resilient bumper at both the head and sill
of the frame engageable with the sliding door panel which require
no fabrication of the sliding door structure. In addition, prowler
security means are provided at the upper corners of the sliding
door structure which prevents upward jiggling of the movable panel
and conse~uent unauthorized unlocking thereof along with weather
stops at all four mitered corners of the sliding doors, which
weather stops al~o ~erve to align the mitered corners in field
as~embly. Separate prowler lock structure and modifications
thereof are also provided to permit securing the movable panel
of the sliding door structure in any of a plurality of closed
and partly open positions.
To compensate for out-of-square door openings in
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inst~lla~ion, tll~ mo~ le p~nel of th~ slidin~ door is position~d
on an ~pand~r ~nd a wed~J~ and a w~d~Je bloc~ are secur~d to the
expander and to one edye of the movable panel of the sliding door
structure respectively, having ~ngaged, inclined plane surfac~s
fox pivoting the movable p~nel in the plane o~ the movable daor
panel about one edge thereof. The wed~e is constructed to fit
within the expander at two different levels to provide coarse
mov~ble panel adjustment. Fine ad~us~ment of the panel is pro- ~
duced by relative movement of the wedge and wedge block. wedge ~ :
and wedge blocks may be provided at one or both edges of the
movable door panel.
The sliding screen door of the sliding door structure ~ ;
in one modification is provided with rolled frame membsrs having
a relatively deep cross section in the plane o~ the~.screen which
is open at the outer edge of the screen at the top and bottom ;
rails to permit adjustment of adjusting rollers position~d
therein at the four cornexs thereof. The periphery of a screen
member is retained in the frame of the screen door ~y means of ~ ~:
a rectangular recess and round spline means positioned therein.
- In a more economical m~dification of the preferred ` A~
embodiment of the sliding door structure, the screen frame .
members are extrusions and are provided with unique spring
loaded adjustable roller assemblies at all four corners thereof
which do not requ.ire deep upper and lower rail cross sections.
The ~screen frame extrusions of this modification are also con-
structed to eliminate the necessity of separate screen handles
and to facilitate lockin~ of the screen to the sliding door
structure outer fran~e by particularly simple lock s~ructure and
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to r~ceive ~h~ peripll~ry oE the ~cr~en member in a recess having
the cross sect].on shape o:E a para].le.lo~ram, whi.ch rece.ss is oper
able in conjunction wi.~h a simila~ly shaped spline to more
secur~ly hold the periphery o~ the screen member~
The sliding door structure oE the invention is com-
: pleted with a nailing fin adapter for securing the outer frame
in building openings re~uiring nai.ling fins. Inside trim ex-
trusions such as r~silient bullnose sections adapted to accommo-
date 100ring of different thickness, and exterior trim me~bers
includi~g members having a soft core and harder exterior skin are
also provided for use in conjunction with the sliding door struc-
ture, along with a sill adapter for extending the width of the
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sill of the outer *rame of the sliding door structure. In sli
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ing door structure having two movable door panels, a unique
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astragal adapter is secured to the locking rail of one movable .~
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door panel for receiving the locking rail of the other movable
door panel with the movable door pan~ls in a closed positlonO `
¦ Figure 1 is a partly broken away and exploded perspec-
j - tive view of one modification of the pre~erred embodiment of
¦ 20 sliding door structure constructed in accordance with the inven- ;
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Figure 2 is an enlarged~ broken section view of the
sliding door structure illustrated in Figure 1, taken substan~
. tially on the line 2--2 in Figure l.
Figure 3 is an enlarged, broken s~ction view o~ the :
j sliding door structure illustrated in Figure l, taken sub~tan-
¦ tially on the line 3--3 in Figure l.
I Figure 4 i~ an enlarged, partial section YieW 0~ the
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door struc-tllre iLl~lstr,lted in l`igure ], tal<en sllbstanti~:lly on
the line ~ in r`lgure :L.
Figure S is an enlarged, perspective view o~ a portion
of an alternate sealing member for use be-tween the bottom rail
o~ the fixed door panel and the f`rame sill of the sliding door
structure illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 6 is an enlarged, perspective view of a portion
of the frame sill of the sliding door struc-ture illustrated in
Figure 1, including a weather stop in assembly therewith and
showing the free side rail of the fixed door panel of the sliding
door structure in assembly therewith in phantom.
Figure 7 is an enlarged, partial perspective view of
one upper corner of the sliding door structure illustrated in
Figure 1, illustrating a flexible b-umper for the movable door
panel and a weather stop and prowler security member installed
at the head of the sliding door frame. ~;
Figure 8 is an enlarged, perspective view of the
weather stop and prowler security member shown in Figure 7.
Figure 9 is an enlarged, perspective view of a weather
stop member also used for aligning the bottom of the mitered
jambs of the outer frame illustrated in assembly with the lower
end of a frame jamb which is shown in phantom.
Figure 10 is an enlarged, perspective view of a slid-
ing door moving panel top guide with the guiding flange of the
frame head illustrated in phantom in assembly therewith.
Figure 11 is a perspective view of a top guide member
for the movable sliding door panel.
Figure 12 is an enlarged, exploded, perspective view
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of -the structure ~or use in adjust:ing the movab:Le door panel of
the sliding door structure illustrated in Figure 1 to compensa-te
for out-of-square building openings :including a perspective view
of a wedge adap-ted -to fit in-to the expander inserted in the
movable door panel bottom rail and a perspec-tive view of a wedge
block adapted to fit into -the side rail of -the movable door panel
in engagement with the wedge.
Figure 13 is a broken section view of a second modifi-
cation of the preferred embodiment of the invention which is
similar to the section view of Figure 2, which second modifica-
tion is particularly economical in -the outer frame, both the
movable and fixed door panels and the sliding screen door.
Figure 14 is a broken section view of the second
modification of the preferred embodiment of the sliding door ~;:
structure of the invention as shown in Figure 13 similar to the
section view of Figure 3.
Figure 15 is an enlarged, partial perspective view of
a two-member glazing system for use in the sliding door structure ::-.
of the invention as particularly illustrated in Figures 13 and
14.
Figure 16 is an enlarged, partial perspec-tive view of
one of the two glazing members illustrated in Figure 15 showing
an alternative cross section therefor. .
Figure 17 is an enlarged, partial perspective view of
a dual durometer, single extrusion modification of the two
glazing members illustrated in Figure 15.
Figure 18 is an enlarged, partial perspective view of
another embodiment of the dual durometer, single extrusion modi-
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fication o~ the two $1a~1ng members illustrated in Figure 15.
~ ;`igure 19 is an exploded, perspective view of thesliding door screen structure modi~`ica-tion illustra-ted in
Figures 13 and 1~.
Figure 20 is an enlarged, section view of tile screen
structure illustrated in Figure 19, taken subs-tan-tially on the
line 20--20 in Figure 19.
Figure 21 is an enlarged, perspective view of -the
spline recess and spline of the screen s-truc-ture illustrated in
Figure 19.
Figure 22 is an enlarged, partly broken away, eleva-
tion view of a corner of -the screen door structure illustrated
in Figures 13 and 14, showing one of the spring loaded, adjust-
able roller assemblies at the four corners thereof in one
adjusted position thereof.
Figure 23 is a view similar to Figure 22, showing the
spring loaded, adjustable roller assembly in an alternate
adjusted position thereof.
Figure 24 is an enlarged, partial section view of -the
screen door structure illustrated in Figure 19, taken subs-tan-
tially on the line 24--24 of Figure 23.
Figures 25 is a partly broken away, perspective view of`
the roller assembly of the spring loaded roller assembly illus-
trated in Figures 22 and 23.
Figure 26 is a partial section view through sliding
door structure such as that illustrated in Figures 13 and 14,
showing a four-panel construction including a moving panel
astragal adapter and screen locking struc-ture.
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Figur2 27 i6 an enlargecl s.ide view o.E the mitered leEt
hand upp~r corn2.r o:~ th~ out~r fr~me o~ the slidinc~ door struc-
tura of thc~ inv~ntion.
Figure 28 is a partial section view of the mitered
upper corner o the outer ~rame illustrated in Figure 27, taken
: substantially on the line 28--28 in Fi~ure 27.
Figure 29 is a partial section view o~ the mitered
upper corner of the outer frame oE the sliding door structure,
taken substantially on the line 29--29 in Figure 27.
Figure 30 is an enlarged, elevation view o~ prowler
lock structure ~or use in the sliding door structure of the
invention. . . . ~:
Figure 31 is an enlarged, elevation view oE a modifi-
cation o~ prowler lock structure for use in the sliding door
structure o~ the inventionO
Figure 3~ is a partial section view of the prowler :
¦ lock structure illustrated in Figure 31, taken substantially
¦ on the line 32--32 in Figure 31.
Figure 33 is an enlarged, partial section view o~
still another embodiment of prowler lock structure for use in
the sliding door structure o~ the invention.
Figure 34 is a partial sec~ion view of the prowler
lock structllre illustrated in Figure 33, taken subs tantially on
th~ line 34-~3~ in Figure 33.
.Figure 35 is an enl.arged, elevation view of an addi-
tion~l prowler lock structure for use in the sliding door
structur~ o-E the invention.
Figure 3~ is an enlarged, section view o~ a jamb oE
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the outcr fr~me o~ th~ sliding door structur~ oE th~ inv~ntion,
showing a nailin~ i~in ad~p~er cln~l ~n insi~lc- trim extru~;i.on ;.n
assembly therewith.
Figure 37 is a reduc2d por-tion of Figure 36, showing
a modified nailing strip hetween t:he frame jamb and brick ~x-
terior construction.
Figure 38 is an enlarged, section view o~ the sill
extrusion of the sliding door structure frame, showing a sill .:
e~t~der extrusion in assembly therewith and illustrating a
flexible bullnose interior molding in;assembly therewith.
I Figure 39 is a section view of a modified, flexible,
3 bullnose interior trim extrusion ~or use with the door structure of the invention.
.. Figure 40 is another enlarged, section view oE a jamb
of the o~ter-frame of the s~iding door structure of the inven-
¦ tion, showing an exterior trim member in assembly therewith,
- including a sof~ core having an extruded, tough~r skin thereon
and showing another embodiment o~ an inside trim extrusion in
assembly therewith.
The ~irst modification o~ the preferred embodiment o~
I the sliding door structure 10 sho~m in Figure 1 includes an
outer ~rame 12, a fixed door panel 14, a movable door panel 16
and a movable screen panel 18. The sliding door structure 10
may have a pluralit~ of ~ixed and~or moving doo_ panels. Thus,
the invention is not intended to be limited to sliding doors
having a single ~ixed door panel and a single movable door panel.
As sho~n, the outer frame 12 includes ~ header or head
extrusion 20, jamb ex~rusions 22 and 24 at o~posite sides of the
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slidin~ door structure lO and a si]l extru3ion 26, ~Ihich
~xtrusions ha~e -the cross sect1On!3 best sho~n in Figures 2
and 3. Each of the four cornexs of the outer frame 12 are
mitered as shown in Figures 27 through 29 and may be held
together by suitable screw means 25, with ~ll four corners
; being mitered, the jambs are universal in that they have no
left, right~ up or dot~n orientation.
To aid in securing the mitered corners of the frame
j 12 together in the desired alignment, one or more portions 31
of the jambs 22 and 24 at the ends thereof are offset or de-
pressed as shown best in Figure 28 to provide an end abutmen~
33 against which the side o~ the web 35 of the head 20 and a
! similar portion o~ the sill 26 are urged by the screw means 25
extending into the sc~ew runners 37 in the ja~lbs 22 ana 24 in
assembly of the frame 12. With such structure, the mitered
members at the ~our corners are not permitted to slip pa~t each
other along the miter joint as might otherwise happen if the
securing screw means 25 were drawn too tigh-t. The mitered cor-
-- ners of th~ frame 12 may thus be accurately constructed by
relatively unskilled workmsn. It will be understood that the
miter joint aligning concept embodied in the abutting portions
formed in the jambs-is not limited to extrusion structures.
The fixed door panel 14 includes a ~ixed door panel
frame 28 having a top rail 30, a bottom rail 32 and free and
fixe~ side rails 34 and 36 respectively, again havin~ th~ cross
section shown best in Figures 2 and 3. The side rails 34 and
36 extend the entire length of the fixed door panel as shot~
best in Figure l and are secured to the top and botto~ rails 30
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and 32 at oppo~ite ends thereoE by suitablc means such as screT~Js
or the likc. A glazing parleL 38 is secured in the fixed door
panel frame 28. Each of the top, bottoln and side rails of the
fixed door panel 1~ is also substantially universal in that they
have as little orientation as possible so that the complc-te
panel 14 as well as the individual men~ers thereo~ may b~ used
for different sliding door confi~urations.
The sliding door panel 16 includes a top rail 40, a
bottom rail 42 and loc~cing and free side rails 44 and 46,
i 10 respectively. Also as before, the side rails 44 and 46 extend
th~ full len~th of the movable door panel 16 and are connected
ffl the top rail 40 and bottom rail 42 at the opposite ends --
thereo~ as shown best in Figure 1. The ylazing panel 48 is
secured in the movable door panel 16 as before and all o~ the-
me~bers of the movable panel 16 are constructed without par-
ticular ori~ntation when-possible SQ as to b-e interchancJea~le.
Thus, the sliding door structure 10 may be construct:ed
in a great number of configurations with a minimum o~ separate
par~s such as frame jam~s and panel rails and the like, and a
complete inventory o sliding doors may be stocked, again w:ith
a minimum of separa-te sliding door elements such-as exte.rior
fr~mes, fixed ancl moving panel. The cost of a sliding door
inventory and production equipment and facilities is thus
reduced.
The screen structure 18 shown in Figure 1 includes the
frame 50 having a top rail 52, a bottom rail 54 and SidQ rails
56 and 58~ A screen 60 is secured within the frame 50 by con-
venient means such as a peripheral recess 62 in the rails havin~
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screen retaining mem~ rs 6-~ pc~ ion~d ~h,~rein. Rolle,r~ 66
are mountcd in thc top arld bottom screen fram-e ~ails and run
on tracks 68 and 70 in the frame head 20 and sill 26 as shown.
Suitable handle structure 72 and latch structur~ 7~ are pro-
vided Eor moving the screen structure 18 in the plane of thc
frame 12 and retaininy the scr,~ n in a closad position over
the opaning provided by the movable door panel 16, respectiv?ly.
The head 20 of the door frame 12 has a cross section ~ ;
shown best in Figure 3 ~hich includes an outcr ~in 76 and an
inner fin 78 which are only outside and inside trim in the door
structure 10~ A fin 80 which is a seal for the fixed door panel
14 is positioned between the outer fin 76 and ~he inner fin 78
and separates the pocket 82 in which the screen panel 18 is
received and the pocket 84 in which the top rails 30 and 40 of
the fixed door panel 14 and the movable docr panel 16 are
positioned. A guidin~ fin 86 is further provicled in the pocket
84 for guiding the movable door panel 16 wlthin the frame 12.
Since the head 20 does not include a separate fin
positioned between the top rails 30 and 40 of the fixed and
movable door panels, no special f~brication of the interlocking
poxtions of free side rails 34 and 46 is required and removable
interlocking portions to facilitate universal orientat.ion 3f ¦~
the free side ra.ils is not required~ Similarly, since only the
mova~le door panel 16 is provided with a guiding fin 8~, spec-
ial weather stripping to prevent the passage of wind and water
through the door s~ru~tur~ 10 between the head 20 and the top
rails 30 and 40 is minimized and uncomplicated.
Thus, the fixed door panel 14 is providecl with an
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elongated sealing m~mber 88 clt th~ ~op rail 30 havincJ th~ cross
s~ction ~ho;~l be~t in Flgure 3. Th~ s~alin~ m~mber 88 per~orm~
the dual function o~ providing structurtl'int~grity at the top
of the fi~ed door panel 14 between the head 20 and the top rail
30 and seals the top of the fixed cloor panel. As shown, thF
-- sealing member 88 has a generally S-shaped cross section con- . :
figuration, one portion of which fits over the top of one side
portion of the top rail 30 and tha other portion of which fits
over the-bottom of the head fin 80.
An identical sealing member 90 is provided at the
- bottom rail of the fixed door panel 1~ and as shown best in
- Figure-3 includes a portion fitting over o~e ~i~e portion oE
: :-- the bot~om of the bottom.rail 32 of..the fixed door panel 14. ,
- ~ :-' and anoiher portion fitting over the rib.92 on the frame sill ~'
-~ :26.. - Again, the sealing member 90 provides structur.al integrity
- --~-between the frame 12 and fixe~.door panel 14 at the same,time
that it provides a seal for the sliding door structure 10.
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best in Figure 5 Ittay be used in place of th~ sealing member 90
When the sealing membe~ 94 is-used, the str.~ctural integrity
- - of-the fixed door panel 14 at the bottom is provided primaril~ :
by-the weight of the door panel 14 resting on the sill 26
bet~een the ribs 92 and 96. The me~ber 94 functions primarily
as a weather seal.
The sealing of the fixed door panel 14 between the
fixed side rail 36 and the frame jamb 24 is accomplished by
means of a flexible sealing strip 98 which may be of vinyl,
felt or the like in contact with the fin 100 of the frame ja~
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~4 as 3hown best in Figur~ 2. In addition, th~ struc~ural
integrity of th~ ~ide rail 36 w;ith the jamb 2~ is maintained
by the staked-out portions 102 of t:he sid~ rail 36 fitting
behind the returned ~nd portion o~ tho fin 104 of the jamb 24.
If desiredJ the side rail 36 may be secured to the ~amb 24 by
separate screws, clips or the like in keeping with present
conventional constructionO --
In asset~bly, the sealing mer~bers 88 and 90 or 94 are ~:
positioned on the fixed door panel 14 and the door panel 14 is
tO positioned in the frame 12 by first placing the fin 80 in the
! seal 88 and pivoting the-fixed ~oor panel-14 inwardly of the
frame 12 at the bottom while moving thè flxed-door panel-14
j upward so that the bottom rail 32 clears the track 70 and rib
92. When the door panel 14 is thus positioned in the frame 12, :
the: aoor panel 14 is allowed ~o drop vertically sliyhtly to
- position the seal 90 or 94 over the rib 92.
I The fixed door panel 14 is then moved toward the
frame jar~b 24 to cam the staked-out portions 102 of the side ~ ~.
rail 36 of the fixed door panel 14 into the jamb pocket 106, ~ .:
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whereby the sealing strip 98 is positioned in contact with the
fin 100 of the jat~b ~4 and the fixed rail 36 is locked in
assembly with the jamb Z4. Removal of the fixed door panel 14
then requires the placing of a screwdriver or the like between
the fin 104 and rail 36 to spring the fin 10~ and permit the
staked-out portions 102 of the rail 36 to be removed from the
jat~b 24. Such retnoval of the fixed door panel can only be
accomplished from the inside of the-door.
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are sealed at the :inter:Locl~ing portions of` the ~ree sidc rails
thereof by the :flexible str:ips 108 ancl 110 positioned in -the
side rails 34 and ~16 as shown best in Flgure 2. Similarly, -the
locking side rail 44 of the movable door panel is seale~ in the
pocket 112 of frame jamb 22 wi-th the movable door panel 16 in a
closed posi-tion by the flexible strip 114. S-trips 108, 110 and
114 may be vinyl, felt or similar ma-terial. As shown, a suit-
able handle 116 and lock structure 118 are also secured to the
locking side rail 44 of the movable door panel 16 and the frame
jamb 22.
The bottom of -the movable door panel 16 is sealed by
a sealing member 122 having a cross section illustrated bes-t in
Figure 3 and extending from the side of the movable door panel
expander 124, which will be considered subsequently. It will
be noted that the sealing member 122 extends toward the outside
side of the sliding door structure 10 whereby wind pressure on
the door structure 10 increases the seal provided by the sealing
member 122.
The top rail 40 of the movable door panel 16 is pro-
vided with a weather seal by the dual durometer sealing member126, the cross section of which is shown best in Figure 4. The
portion 128 of the sealing member 126 is of relatively rigid
plastic which is flexible enough to be snapped in place over
the rib 130 on the head 20 of the frame 12, with the opposite
end thereof being constructed to cam over and receive the end
of the fin 80 of the head 20. Thus, the sealing member 126 may
be positioned within the pocket 84 in the head 20 of the frame ~:
12. With the sealing member 126 so positioned, the softer, more
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pliable por-tion 13'~ of the sealirlg member wipes aga:inst the
~pper rail 40 o:f the movable door panel 16 -to provide a seal
-therefor.
Thus, both -the fixed door panel 14 and the movable
door panel 16 are comple-tely sealed around -their entire peri-
phery when the movable door panel is closed, with a minimum
number of simple sealing members. In addition, the sealing
system does not orient any of the frame or door panel members
so that they are again as universal as possible whereby the
sliding door structure of the invention may be produced with
a minimum inventory. At the same time, due to the single
guiding fin provided in the head member 20 and the deletion
of a separating fin between the fixed and movable door panels
in the head 20, the unique sealing members 88, 92 or 94, 122
and 126 provided, a more efficient and less expensive sealing
system for the sliding door structure 10 than has been avail~
able in the past is provided.
Should the sliding door structure 10 shown in Figure 1
be installed in areas where extremely high winds of for example
hurricane velocity may be expected, a weather stop bracket 136,
shaped as shown best in Figure 6, is provided at the bottom of ~.
the free rail of the fixed door panel 14. In installation, the
open end of the fixed door panel free side rail 34 is positioned
over -the rectangular portion 138 of the bracket 136 and posi-
tioned within the grooves 141 in the part 142 of bracket 136. :.
A screw 140 is used to secure the bracket 136 to the sill 26.
In addition to the weather stop 136, the side rail 36
may, if considered necessary, be secured by a screw centrally
thereof to the fin 100 of jamb 24, and the top rail 30 may be
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j secured by a screw to the fin 80 of the head 20 adjacent the
frce side rail 34. With such a~dit:ional structure, the sliding
;l door structure 10 can withstand extremely high winds of hurri-
cane.velocity.
As shown best in Figure 7, the upper corners of the
sliding door structure 10 are provided with a weather stop and
prowler security member 1440 The member 144, which is shown
in perspective in Figure 8, includes the triangular fin portion
146 adapted to complete the guide fin 86 o~ the head 20. The
10 fin 146 is necessary du~.to the ~itered corner and the provision
~f the fin 86 on the.head 20 without a similar fin on the jamb
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members 22 and 240
.~I~ addi~ion, the member 144 is provided with the
rectangular portions 148 and 150.which extend across the pocket
112 in the jamb 22.. The member 144 is spaced in the pocXet 112
by the projections. l52.and 154 thereon. The flanges 156 and
15B aid in retaining the member 144 in position at the top of
the jamb members 22 and 24 with the upper portion of the fin 86
in the slot 160 between the portions 148 and 150. When i.n-
stalled on the head 20, member 144 also aids in the alignment
of the mitered upper corners of frame 12 in field assembly of
the-frame.
In use, the member 144 also serv~s to prevent upward
jiggling.of the movable door p~el 16 and consequent unlocking
D~ the latching mechanism by prowlers or the liXe. Thus, witl
the movable door panel 16 closed, the top of the locking side
rail 44 will engag~.the bottom side of the portions 148 and
150 to prevent undesired upward movement thereof.
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A similar function m~ay be accomplish~cl ~y cut-out an~
; folded-do~ rectc~ngular portions such as portions 151 and 153 in
the head 155 o~ the frame 157 sho~1 in Figure 14. Such cut-out
and folded-down portions may be provid~d an~he~e along ~he
length of the head 157 where they are desired, but will most
usually be spaced out across the opening provided in the sliding
door structure by the open movable door panel.
Bumpers 164 as sho~m best in Figure 7 are provided at
the top and bottom of jamb 24 to prevent damage to the movable
door panel 16, rollers secured thereto and/or the frame 12 due
to- rapid opening of the movable door panel 16 and/or cocking of
the movable door panel 16 which might occur on-eng~gement o~ the
movable door panel with a single bumper 164 at either the head
or sill of the frame 12. Thus, separate stop membexs 1~4 are
positioned both on the rib 130 of the head and on the track 166
of the slll so-that-they engage the free rail 46~ of the movabIe
door panel 16 as the door panel approaches a ull~ open position.
The bumpers 164 have the cross section illustrated in Figure 7 ::
and are provided with a slot 166 so that no fabrication of the `
head 20 or sill 26 is necessary to install the bumpers 164.
- The triangular membar 168 is provided at ths bottom o .:
the frame iambs 22 and 24 to close the bottom o~ the mitered ~`
jambs at the jamb ins 104-. Fins 1~4 includs the portion 105
which wraps around the top of a member 16~ and fits within the .:
~fset 170 in-the t~p of the trianyular msmber 168 as shown in
Figure 9. Before being inser-ted in the ends of the fins 104 at
the bottoms of the ~amb members 22 and 24, the trian~ular mem-
bers 168 may be secured in position on sill 26 by means o
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screws or the like, whereby the memb~rs lG8 align the ~ottom
mitered corners of the frame 12 in fielcl assembly.
The glazing members 174 illustrated in Figur~s 1-3
can withstand lligh wind loads on t:he glazing panels 38 an~ 48.
However, such channel type glaz.ing is expensive and requires
that the panels be removed and disasser~led for reglazing.
Therefore, since interior gl~zing of sliding doors is desirable,
as for example in apartment buildings and the like, door panel
top, bottom and side rails haviny a glazing cross section con-
figuration such as that illustrated in Figure-15 including th~
recess 176 are-provided. Such rails in conjunc~ion with the
glazing members 180 and 182 or 184 illustrated in Figures 15
and 16 provide..a very high wind re~sistant glazing system which
may be installed from the inside of the sliding door and will
accommodate substantially the full range of glazing panel
thicknesses from thin, single strength to thicker insulating . ~
gl~ing panels at a moderate cost. ~.
Wlth the glazing system illustrated in Figure 15, a
glazing panel such as panel 186 is positioned in the door panel
opening against ths glazing flange 188. The glazing member 180
having the L-shaped cross section having the leg 190 and the
leg 192 is positioned in the recess 176 with the leg 190 as shown ~ :
within the recess. A glazing me~ber 182 or 184, depending on
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the thickness.o the glazing panel 186, is inserted between the
~lazi.ng pan21 186 and the portion 192 of the glazing member 180
with the projecti~n 1~4 on -the memb~r 180 extending within the
recess 1~6 in the member 182 or 184. -.
~ The modified glazing member 191 as shown in Figure 17
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is a dual durom~t~r m~mb~r having a relat.ively hard portion 193
similar to thc h-sh~p~d cJlaæing member 1~0 and a relatively sof~ :
portion 195 similar to the glazing m~mber 182. ~he portions 193
and 195 of the glazing member 191 are connected by the r01ativ~1y
soft, flcxible portion 197. In installation, kha L-shaped por~
tion 193 of the glazing member 191 is installed in the recess 176
in the rails of a door panel and the portion 194 is rota~ed
counterclockwise into the position sh~wn for glazing member 182
in-Figure 15-. The advantage of the dual durometer gla~.ing ;,
member 191 is a savin~ in-extrusion time, since only one extru-
slon need-~e made, and in cutting and assembl~ time, since only
one g~azing member 191 need be cut to length and handled.
The modified dual durometer glazing strip 19~ illus-
trated in Figure 18 has a relatively hard, L-shaped portion 201 : :
and the relatively so~t portion 203 connected by a frangible
portion 205o In assembly of the glazing me~bex 199~ the L-shaped
portion is positioned in recess 176 and the portion 203 is forced
between the L shaped portion 201 and the glazing panel 186. : .
To facilitate movament of the sliding door panel along
the guide fin 86 without galling the guide in 86 or causing :
objectionable noise due to metal to metal scraping between the
movable door panel 16 and the guide fin 86, the moving panel
- top guide 200 as shown best in Figure 10 is provided. The top
`guide 200 is provided with a hairpin shaped portion 20Z which
--fits within a slot 204 in the upper end of the side rails 44
and 46 of the movable door panel 16 as sho~m in Figure 3. The
, hairpin shaped portion 202 of the top guide 200 includes a
slot 206 in which the guide fin 86 is slidably received and a
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~lan~e 208 which ~ids in securing the men~er 2ao in thc slot
204. The top g~lide 200 is provided with the extension 210
having the spacing struc-ture 212 on the ends thereo whereby
with the top guide 200 in position at the ends of the top rail
~V, ihe slot 206 is position0d centrally of the top rail~
: A modi~ied moving panel top guide 2~4 is illustrated
in Figure 11. The structure 21~ is again provided with a hair-
pin portion 216 for receiving the fin 86 and adapted to be held
within the slot 204. A ~lexible extension 218 is prov.~ded on
one side of the'hairpin portion 216 which engages the side of
~he'~guide`fin'86:'in assembly and-prevents-~ gIlng of the mov-
ab~e door panel 16 transvarse of th~ door panel in operati~n.
With the larger size sliding doors today, it is un- ~.
usual to ind a building opening for a door which is exactly :
square~ Thus, adjustment of the movable door panel 16 is
normally required to provide a desired it within the frame 12,
the members o which are secured in the ~ullding opening and to
some extent follow the irregularities of the bu~lding opening. ~ ~
The structure shown in Figure 12 provides adjustment .. '
of the moving door panel 16 by pivoting the moving door panel
about ~he bottom of the locking rail on vertical adjuscment o~
- the-~ree rail side thereof. The ad~ustment of the movable door
panel 16 is accomplished through the use of expander 124, a '
wedge 236 adaptea to it within the expander 124, and a wedge ' ;~;
~ b~oc~'238's~ecured within the side and bottom rails 46 and 42 ' ' .;
of the door panel 16 in engagement with the wedge 236. In
operation, the wedge 236 and the wedge biock 238 provide an
a'djustment great enough so that the adjustment of only one
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side of the movable doo~ pane.l 16 is normally rcquir~d.
Aq shown, thc wcd~e havin~ t~.e flanges 240 and 242
thereon fits within -the expander 1.24 with the inclined plane
portion 244 extondin~ th ough the ~lot 246 therein and with
th~ flanges 240 and 242 resting underneath and on top of the
ribs 248 and 250 in the expander 1:24, respectively.. The wedge
block 238 shaped as shown best in :Figure 19 is secured to the
~ide rail 46 by the screw 252 and extends within the bottom
rail 42 with the inclined plane surface 254 in engagement with
-10 the inclined plane surface 244, The adjusting screw 256 :- :
¦ .extends through the slot 258 in the. side rail 46 of the movable
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the wedge 236 longitudinally in the expander 124, the æide rail
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46-of the movable door panel 16 is adjusted vertically to pivat
the door panel 16 in the plane thereof about the boktom of the .
locking side rail. The movable door panel ~6 is thu~ adjusted
relative to the expander 124 which carries the rollers 260 for -:
the movable door panel 16 and carries the weather strip member
122 on the side thereof... The movable door panel 16 is thus ' .
adjusted to meet any out-of-squareness of the frame.l2 without
.disturbing the rollers or the weather seal at the bottom of the
door.
. In addition, the use of the expander 124 permit~
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¦ exchange of the movable door panel 16 end for end to provide
right and left hand op~ration by simply removing the expander
124 and. the wedge block 238 and placing them in the other end
of the movable door panel 16.
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I It will also be noted thak the adju~tment o~ the
movable door panel 16 i5 acconlp~ishcd with a minimum numb~r
$ of parts in the simplest manner wi-thout disturbing thc weather
tightness or structural integrity of the movable door panel
while preserving the lack o~ specific orientation of the movable
door panel.
To provide a three--step, coarse vertical adjustment
~or the movable door panel 16, the wedge 236 may be positioned
~, with the ~langes:240 or 242 on top of ribs 248 or with flanges
f 10 242 on top of ribs 250~ Additional coarse adj~stment could be
provided by adding ribs intermediate-ribs-248`and ~50.- In any
i positlon of wedge 236, fine adjustment of ~he~edge of the door
is accomplished by movement of the wedge 236 horizontally with
. respect to the wedge block 238 with the i~clined plane portions
244 and 254 thereof in surface to surface engagement. ..
~ Adju~tment o~ the other edge-of the moYable door panel
16- is possible with wedges and wedge blocks at both ends of
expander 124~
. Alternatively, the web 259 of rail 46 may be of~se-t
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toward wedge 236 and used in place o~ wedge block 238 in con-
junction with wedge 236 to provide adjustment o~ the edge of
. the-mo~able door panel 16. - ~ -- --
Another modi~ication 262 o~ the sliding door structure
of the invention illustrated best in Figures 13-and 14 is simi-
lar to the sliding-door structure 10 and may in ~act use an ex-
terior frame 157 which is similar to the frame 12 of the sliding
~oor structure 10 but may be of lighter and therefore more
economical cross section. The head extrusion 155, jamb extrusions
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264 and 266 and the sill ~xtrusiorl 268 of the frame 157 arc
thus subst~-ntially tlle same as thc head, jamb and sill members
of the sliding door 10 as shown ir~ Figure.13 except for the
previously considered tabs 151 ancl 152.
- 5imilarly, the fixed ancl slidin~ panels 270 and 272
respectively ar~ similar to door panels.14 and 16. The cross
section o~ the rail members is however altered as shown .in
Figures 13 and 14 to provide a lighter, more economical and
even more universal rail memberO Thus~ with the rail member
cross sections illustrated in Figures.13 and 14, ~aximum strength
per unit weight and maximum universali.ty~i~.provided to reduce : .-~
i~ventory and-thus cost o~ the sliding door s-tructure.
- --As shown in Figures 13 and 14, the sliding door panels
270 and 272 utilize the dual member glazing system previously
considered and.illustrated in Figures 15-18 to secure the glaz- :
ing-panels 274 and 276 in the door:panels. -.The sliding door
structure 262 may utilize the mitered corner joints as illus : -
trated in FigureS 27-29, the weather seal and prowler protection
structure and bumpers illustrated in Figure 7, the weakher seal
s~ructure illustrated in Figures 4 and 9, and the top guides .
of Figures 10 or 11, along with the adjusting stxucture for the
mo~ble door panel 272 as illustrated in Figure 12.
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13 and 14, the-fixed door panel 270 is secur2d in.position by
s~rews passing through the fins.278 of jam~ 266 and fin 280 of
head 155 in conjunction with an L-shaped bracket 282 secured
between the fixed rail 284 of the fixed door panel 270 and
sill 268 of the door structure 262.
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In addition, the mod.ifiecl door structure 262 of
F.igures 13 arld 14 includes the uniquc screen door structure 286
illustrated in detail in Figures 19 25. The screen door struc-
ture 286 has been particul~rl~ des:igned for economy and
efficiency of operation in conjunction.with the sliding door
structure 262 bu-t is equally ~s economical and efficient in use
with other sliding door structures such as sliding door struc~
ture 10~
As shown in Figure.l9, the screen door structure 286 .
includes a frame 288 having top and bottom rails 290 and 292
and side rails 294 and 296. The screen rails have a cross
sectio~ as shown best in Figure 20 including a ~irst racta~gular
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portion 298 and a second rectangular portion 300 separated by a
web portion 302. .The rectangular portion 298 has a width trans-. :
verse.of the screen door structure 286 greater than that of the
rectangular portion 300, which rectangular portion 300 has an
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open outer side 304. .-~
Also, the cross section of the screen rails as shown .
in Figure 20 includss an integral portion 306 in the shape o~
20 - a parallelogram having one open side 308 which forms a recess
in which the edge o~ the screen member 310 is secured by an
H-shaped spline 312 having outer dimensions which de~ine a
parallelogram similar to the recess 314. The integral parallel-
ogram structure and the spline securing the periphery o the
screen member 310 to the ~rame 288 is illustrated best in ~ ~.
Figure 21.
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¦ itself to being connected with a paix of corner brackets 316 and
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318 at 2aCh cornc~ thereof wh~reb-~ th~ framc 288 i5 p~rticularly
stiff. S~h f.~a~e cross sectiorl a.l.so eliminates th~ necessity
for se~arate handle structure for opening and closing the scr~en
since the screen can b~ move~ by placing the ~ingers in the re- -
cesses for~d on either side of the web porti~n 302 of the cross ~- ;
section and applying pressure agalnst either portion 298 or 300 ~-
depending on the direction o~ movement o~ the screen door 286
that is desir~dO
The cros~ section of the rail members o~ the frame 288
further permits the use of a relatively simple locXing structure
320 with the screen door 286. Th~ locking structure 320 in-
cludes a bushing 322, a locking member 324 having camming beads
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321 thereon positioned adjacent one end of the bushing 322 and .
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. pivotally secured thereto by a pivot bolt 326. The pivot bolt
1 326 extends through the locking member 324, the bushing 322 and
the jamb 264 of the sliding door structure 262~ Thus, pivoting
of the locking member 324 into and out of the recess provided
between the rectangular portions 298 and 300 o~ the rail cross
sections locks and unlocks the screen door 286- in a closed
position.
Spring biased adjustahle roller assemblies 325 are
provlded in all four corners of the screen door structure 28G
to ad~ust the screen door to sliding door frames which are not
¦ exactly squareO One adjusting assembly 325 is shown in detail
¦ in Figures 22-25. The adjusting assembly 325 includes the
biasing spring 332, an adjustable roller assem~ly 334, and an
adjusting wed~e 336.
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As chown best in Figure 25, the adjustable roller
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asscl~bly 33~ includes a rollcr hou5ing 338 having a hook 3~0 at
one end th~of which is pivotâlly ~ngageable with a corraspond-
ing hook portion 342 on a corncr bracket 31~ to provide pivotin~
of the adjustabl~ roller assembly 334 about the point 344 under
urging of the bias spring 332.
In the roller assembly 334 illustra-ted in FigurQ 22, a
hemispherical abutment 346 is provided on the roller housing 338
to limit pivotal movement of the roller assembly 334 out of the
recess 348 provided in portion 300 o~ the top rail 290. In the
modification of the adjustable roller assembly 334 illustrated in
Figure 25, the pivotal movement is limited by the abutments 350
on the sides of the roller housing 338. In either case, the
pivoting of the adjustable roller assembly 334 into the recess
348 is limited by the ~langes 352 on the biurcate~ end o~ the ~ :
roller housing 338.
Openings 354 are provided in the b;.furcated end 356 of
the roller housing 338 for receiving the integral ax1e portions
358 of the roller 360 whereby the roller 360 is secured in the
roller housing 338 in alignment with the slot 362 therein pro-
20- ducea by the bifurcation o the end 356 thereof. The track 364
of the frame head extrusion 157 is received in the slot 362 o~
the adjustable roller assemblies 334 in the top rail 290 o~ the
screen 268, while the track 366 is received in the slot 362 in
the adjustable roller assemblies in the bottom rail o~ the
screen 286.
The pivotally adjusted pos Ltion of the adjustable
roller assembly 334 is also limited with respect to movement
in~ard o~ the r~cess 348 by the adjusting wedge members 335 ~;
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slidable along the top and bottom rai.ls oE the screen 28~ within
the recesse.s 34a. A.; sho~ best in Figure 2~, the adjusting
wedge members 336 include the guid~ flanges 364 and the adjust- -
ing flange_, 3i6 by which the wedge members are guided and moved
respectively ln the reccsses 348. ~urther, the wedge members
336 are provided with notches 368 on inc1ined camming suraces
adjacent the adjustable roller assemblies 334, which notches
pro~ide poin,_s 369 for successively engaging a notch 370 in the
rol~er housing 338 of the adjustable roller assemblies on move- -
10 ment of the wedge members 336 toward or away ~rom the adjustable
roller assemblies.
¦ With such spring biased adjustable roller assemblies, ~ : :
the actual roller 360 may be relatively small so that the open
depth of the top and bottom rails need not be.large, whereby a
rela~ively strong frame may be produced with a minimum o
material by a simple extrusion cross section.
In four-panel sliding door installations, a portion
of one:of which is illustrated in Figure 26, an astragal adapter :~.
373 having ~he general cross section illustrated in Figure 26
20 and extending substantially the ~11 length of the locking rails
375 and 377 of the two movable door panels in such four-panel
door installations is secured to one of the locking rails by
convenient. means such as screws.and releasably receives the lock- '~
ing rail of the other of the movable door panels~ Conventional
: handle and locking structures may be secured to the abutting
locking rails and/or astra~al adapter.
~ With such skructure, one o~ the usual sliding screen
doors~286 is provided with an L-shaped base bracket 374 secured to
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one of the abuttinq l~k~g rQils Z38. ~ bu.shing 376-is posi-
tioned with Otle end a.3ainst the bracket 374. A locking member
378 is positioned again~-t the other end of -the bushing and is
pivotally secured to the othex end of the bushing ~y means of
the pivot bolt 38~ extending th.rough the locking member 378,
the bushin~ 376 and the ba~e bracket 374. The operation of
such locking structure 382 is similar to the operation of the
locking structure 320.
- With the sliding door structures 10 and 272, it is :
10 o~ten desirable to double lock the mova~le-door pane-l or open
a few inches to-provid~ ven~ilation-an.d stil~ a~ntain the
m~able doo~ panel locked to prevent entry o prowlers or the
like or to prevent $mall children from ~in~ out o~ the sLiding
-door_ As indicated above, in.the past such locXs have not been
provided on sliding door str~cture or have either been too
.complicated or not suf~iciently sophisticated~ Thus, in the
past a length of pipe which may be inser~e~ between the frame
jamb and the ~ree rail of the movable door panel of the sliding
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door structures has been used to prevent opening o.f the movable
door panel mor~ than a predeter~ined amount.
-In accordance with the present invention, a prowler
lock structure 384 is provided as shown in Figure 31 which in-
.cludes a generally V-shaped member 386 having a notch 388 at ths
:end of one.leg thereof, a tamplate opening 390 adjacent the apex
thereof and an opening 392 in the apex thereaf in which a stud
394 is secured extending on both sides of the member 396. `~
:The stud 394 has enl~rgad headed portions 396 on the ends
-theroof. The prowler lock stxucture 384 has the elevation
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configuration ill~stratacl in Fi~ure 31 and is substan~ lly ~lat
except for the stud extending there~hrough as shown in Figure 32.
on installation, the prowler lock member 386- is posi~
tioned with the top of one side of the movable door panel ree
side rail received in the notch 388. The notch 388 and the
relative dimensions o~ the prowler lock me~ber 386 togekher with
the positioning oE the movable door side rail in relation to the
head o~ the sliding door frame is such that after installation,
the prowler lock member 386 cannot be removed from the moving
panel side rail without adjusting the movable panel to its
lowermost position. - ~ ~ -
¦ After installation of the prowler lock member 386 on
the side rail, the prowler lock member 386 is pivoted counter-
clockwise about the top o the side rail portion within the ;~
notch 388 until the stud 394 on the prowler lock member 386
engages the fin of the ~ra~e head member, at which time a hole
398 is drilled through the template opening 390 in the adjacent -`
fin of the head member. Such holes are drilled wherever it is
desired to locX the movable door panel.
In operation then, with the holes 398 drilled in the
head fin and with the prowler lock member 386 positioned as
indicated in Figure 31, the movahle door panel may be completely
opened and closed with the prowler lock member 386 serving no
function. When it i5 desired to lock the movable door panel in
a position at which there is a hole 398, the prowler lock member
386 is pivoted counterclock~wise so that the stud 394 aligns with
the desired hole 398, after which the prowler lock member 386 is
moved transversely outwardly of the sliding door structure to
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¦ engage one ~nd o~ the stud 3~4 in thc .olecte~l hole 39~. The
other end of th~ stud 39~ may be used as a handle in accomp-
lishi.ng the alignment ana movement of the prowl~r lock member
: 386. On r~lease o~ the prowler loc~; member 386, the head por-
tion 396 on the end o~ the stud 394 within the hole 39~ will
prevent accidental removal of the stud from the hole and
provide a positive lock of the sliding door panel in the
selected position.
- . In the modi~ied prowler lock structure 400 illustrated
in.. Figure 33, the prowler lock member 402 has a side elevation
as shown and again is generally 1at except for a stud 404
extending transversely therethrough, which stud may have a :
head 406 on the side adjacent the fin o~ the sliding door ~rame
~ead and may have a nut 408 associated therewith ~ich wou1d
serve as a handle on the opposite side thereo~, as shown in
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Figure 34
- - With the prowler lock structure 400 illustrated in
Figures 33 and 34, again the prowler lock ~ember 402 is posi-.
tioned over the end.of the side rail by means of the slot 410
in which position the prowler lock member 402 may be moved up .
or down, as desired~ Again, an opening through the prowler lock
mem~er 402 (not shown) may be used as a tamplate ~or drilling .~:
holes 412 in the flange of the frame head at the locations where
locking is required.
. . In operation, with the prowler lock me~ber 402 in a
down position, the prowler lock stxucture is not operative.
When it is desired to lock the movable door panel in a selected
position, the movable door panel is moved to the position
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I dQsir~cl, the ~lrowlcr lock m~mle~ ~02 i~ m~v~d Up and th~ stud
404 is aligned with an op~l~ing ~l~, after which the prowlcr loc:k
member is moved toward the fin o~ the frame head to insert the
stud 404 through the selected hole 412 ana provide a positive
lock for the movable door panel.
A third prowler lock structure 414 suitable for use
with the sliding door structures lO and 262 and illustrat~d in
Figure 30 inçludes the prowler lock lever 416 including the
notch 425 therein adapted to receive tha upper end of the moving
panel free side rail. Lever 416 further has a projection 418
on the end 420 theraof adapted to fit within openings 422 pro-
vided in the sliding door frame head. The end 424 of the prowler
lock lever 416 is weighted ~o bias the projection 418 into an
opening 422 in the head. A ~urther notch 426 is provided in
lever 416 which is also adapted to fit over the top of the ~ree
- side rail of the sliding door moving panel and thus retain the
lever 416 in a stored position with the end 418 not biased into
engagement with the sliding door ~rame head as shown in phantom
in Figure 30.
Thus, in operation of the prowler lock structure 414,
with the top of the rail within notch 426 in lever 416, the
mo~able door panel 16 may be moved to any desired location.
With the top of the free rail of the sliding door panel in the
notch 425 in lever ~16, the projection 418 of the lever 416 will
be biased into the first opening 422 in the frame head that it
comes to on sliding of the movable door panel in either direction
to posltively lock and movable door panel in a desired position.
~n the prowler lock structure 450 illustrated in
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¦ F.igur~ ~5, a rn~m~er ~5~ h~vinc3 t~ e:r~l~ior~ l.lustrat~ d in
Figure 35 and a width suitc~blo for fitti.ng within the fr~me
head of the sliding door structure over the movable door panel
is secured to the head o~ the frame adjacent the free end of
the movable door p~nel by convenient means such as screwa (not
shown)~ ~ flexible spring member 456 having the configuration
shown in Figure ~5 is positioned in the rec~ss 458 an~ the
locking member 460 is hooked over the rib 462 by means of the
hooked end 464 thereof whereby the end 466 thereof will engage
the free side rail of the movable door panel and prevent un-
¦ . desired opening movement thereofO .
When it is desired to open the movable ~oor panel,
the lock member 460 may be pivoted clockwise by insertisn of
a finger in the recess 468 after which the locked member 4~0
may be moved to the right in Figure 35 whereby the spring 456 ;-
maintains it in a horizontal position out o~ the way of the ~ ~ .
movable door panel. A reverse procsss may be used to move the :
lock member 460 into a locking positionO -:
If desired, the ventilation stop 474 may be secured
ZO at the other end of the me~ber 45~ by the interlocking hook
portions 476 and 478 thereonO In operation, the venti~ation
stop member 474 permits open.ing of the movable door panel only ..
a desired amount as, for example, six inches, to prevent entry
of prowlers and undesired exit of small children, and the like.
As shown best in Figure 36, the.~rames 12 and 157 of
sliding door structures 10 and 262 may be secured in a building
opening 480 by means oE nails passed through nailin~? strip
adapters 482 interlocked with a rib 485 on the frame men~ers
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wher~ c~irect conn~ction of the -fram2 ~emb~rs in the building
opening is not desired. The nailing skrip 482 has the cross
section illustr~ted in Figure 36 and may be of any desired
length. Alternate nailirlg strips 484 particularly suitable
for use with brick construction may have the configuration
shown in Figure 37.
Further, the interior trim of the building opening
480 may be facilitated with a trim extrusion 486 having the
cross section illustrated in Figure 36. While other building
L0 constructions are possible~ in Figure 36 brick facing 488,
interior-stud 490,~ exterior wa~l 492 and interior wall 494 are
illustrated. The joint between the frame iamb and the interior
trim extrusion 486 i~ closed as shown by a closure strip ~94
having substantially the same configuration as the glazing
~em~er illustrated in Figure 16.
~ Also, the interior trim of the building opening in
which the sliding door structure is secured may be facilitated
at the sill by means of the plastic ~ullnose extrusion 496
having the cross section shown in Figure 38 and adapted to fit
between the inner sill flange and the interior flooring 498.
The bullnose extrusion 496 is flexible to permit varying
dimensions of flooring to be used in conjunction with a standard
s ill o
A modification of the bullnose member 496 is s~iown in
Figure 39 to accommodate thicker-flooring such as carpeting as
may be desired or to accommodate a lower inner flange on the
frame sill. To this end, the extension 500 is provided on the
bullnose interior trim member 502 illustrated in Figure 39~
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Furth~r, the s~ c,y he ~xte~ d b~ ~eans of th~
adapter extrus.;on 504 having ~he cross section illu5 tr~ted in
Figure 38 and shown in con junction with wood sub-flooring and
masonry exterior building memb~rs 506 and 508~
The exterior trim membar 510 illustrated in Figure 40
is ~nique in that it includes a re!latively sot wood core 512
and an extruded shelL 513 of relatively haxder and~or more :~
weather resistant material adapted to interlock with the slidin~
door frame as shown in conjunction with the frame ~amb. The
trim member 510 may be secured to the usual exterior wood building
wall by convenient means such as nails (not shown~
Interior trim may assume the configuration of extrusion : :
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514 having the cross section shown in Figure 40 including the
pocket 516 for receLvin~ the end 518 o the frame jamb cross ~ :
section and the ~lexible leg portions 520 and 52~. Assembly of
the interior trim strip 514 is as shown in Figure 40
While one embodiment of the present invention and
several modifications thereof have been disclosed in detail,
it will be understood that other embodiments and modifications
of the invention are contemplated~ It is the intention to ~ ::
include all embodiments and modifications as are defined by
the appended claims within the scope of the invention.
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