Abstract: An adjustable lift-off hinge comprises a support member having a longitudinal axis mounted onto a frame. A knuckle assembly mounted onto a door is provided having a longuitudinal adjustable knuckle member rotatably coupled to the support member along the longitudinal axis, and a longitudinal fixed base member having a convex outer surface pivotally connected to a longitudinal side of the adjustable knuckle member.

Abstract: An arm for a door closer includes a shaft rotatable about a first axis. The arm includes a first arm member having a first end connected to the shaft and rotatable therewith. A second arm member has a first end pivotably connected to a second end of the first arm member and a second end pivotably connected to a mounting bracket. The second arm member includes an open ended axially movable housing member having radially inwardly extending detent. A clamp has a first end forming the first end of the second arm and a second and forming radially expandable jaws of the clamp. The detent on the housing when disposed in a first axial position maintains the jaws in a closed position and when moved to a second axial position permits the jaws to radially expand. A link has a first end forming the second end of the second arm and a second end. A joining member is connected to the second end of the link and extends towards the clamp.

Abstract: A door stop for mounting on a hinge pin of a hinged door is disclosed and comprises a body including at one end portion thereof at least two apertures for receiving the hinge pin. Two bumpers are secured with respect to said body, each bumper being spaced from the other bumper and the axis of each aperture to define one angle between one aperture axis and the bumpers and another angle between another aperture axis and the bumpers to provide for multiple mounting positions of the door stop on the hinge pin.

Abstract: In a hinge for doors and the like one of the hinge blades is divided into two members, one member having a pocket in which the other member fits. The pocket has such a shape and size that the position of the other member in the pocket may be adjusted by the aid of adjustable stops in the shape of screws being provided in the hinge blade member for adjustment of a door panel in the associated door frame.

Abstract: A pad-type paint applicator includes a base adapted to releaseably receive a paint applicator pad, and a handle assembly removably attachable to the base and including an adjustment mechanism which permits the handle to be locked in virtually any position between a position with the handle located normal to the base and a position with the handle located parallel to the base, the locking mechanism including a serrated surface at the base of the handle adapted to be driven into engagement with a complementary serrated surface on the upper surface of the base.

Abstract: A universal hinge structure includes a hinge part attachable to a frame and another hinge part attachable to a pivotable closure which is to be mounted in the frame. At least one of the hinge parts includes a cylindrical body having an adjustment screw extending therethrough and protruding into either the frame or the closure member. The adjustment screw is restrained by a locking pin so that it can not move axially relative to the body. The adjustment screws is threaded so that rotation of the screw in the frame or movable member adjusts the pivot axis of the hinge structure relative to the frame. Embodiments for various frame and closure member materials are disclosed.

Abstract: The mounting plate which is mountable on a furniture body and on which the hinge arm of a furniture hinge is mounted is comprised of two parts, namely an upper part and a base plate which is mountable on the furniture body. The base plate engages in the center area in a recess (25) extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the upper part and is displaceably and lockably mounted therein. The base plate is provided with a threaded bore into which the threaded shaft of a mounting screw is screwed in so as to lock the upper part with respect to the base plate. The threaded shaft is guided through a slotted hole in the upper part, so that the upper part is transversely adjustable with respect to its longitudinal axis when the screw is released.

Abstract: A door closer the closing force of which can be adjusted is provided with a device for indicating the selected closing force. The device used to indicate the prevailing closing force is actuated in dependence on the adjustment of the spring which determines the closing force.

Abstract: The cabinet hinge mounting plate can be fastened to a cabinet wall by means of screws passing through openings provided in it in the form of slots. The slots are configured such that the screws associated with each of them, which are threaded only on a portion of their length but have an unthreaded section adjacent the screw head, will be held temporarily by their threaded portion in a central position in the length of the slot, but when they are driven all the way in they will be displaceable lengthwise of the slot. The slots have in the area of their central portion projections protruding each toward the opposite slot edge for the purpose of holding the crests of the threads of the associated fastening screws. At their upper side facing the head of the screws the slots are provided with a rebate which is engaged by a centering section of the screw, which is formed in the transition between the head and the shaft of the screw.

Abstract: A door hinge shim for use with hinge mounted doors to control the spacing beween first and second members that are interconnected by a set of threaded fasteners. The shim plate has slots opening in one of its edges at locations to receive the shanks of the fasteners and a shim installing handle is formed integrally with the shim plate and extends outwardly therefrom to facilitate manipulation of the shim plate during installation. A line of weakness is formed in the handle at its juncture with the shim plate to facilitate breaking of the handle off the shim plate after installation. Teeth are provided on one or more of the slots in the shim plate to engage the shanks of the hinge plate mounting fastener and to hold the shim plate in adjusted position.

Abstract: A door closer the closing force of which can be adjusted is provided with a device for indicating the selected closing force. The device used to indicate the prevailing closing force is actuated in dependence on the adjustment of the spring which determines the closing force.

Abstract: In a door closing device for an upper lock a bar structure is provided for interconnecting a shaft of the door upper lock with a door wing. The bar structure includes a main arm and an adjusting arm pivotally connected to the adjusting arm. The adjusting arm is comprised of telescopically displaceable outer and inner bars which can be locked in position by a locking member. The locked position of the bars relative to each other is secured by a slidable tube surrounding the outer bar and securable to the inner bar.

Abstract: A non-displaceable, self-righting shim for use in any application where critical alignment is required of adjacent vertical elements. The shim presents an elongated central opening including a large upper portion and a small lower portion, and a slot having an exit end communicating with the central opening and an entrance end at the perimeter edge of the shim. The weight distribution of the shim relative to the large upper portion is such that the shim will hang in a normal upright position with the small lower portion and the slot below the large upper portion. The arrangement assures positive placement of the shim once installed; avoids loosening and fall-off of the shim which may be caused by thermal expansion and contraction of the shimmed element and/or by vibrations associated with the adjacent vertical elements; and eliminates the need for holding the shim in position while securing the fastener.

Abstract: A door stop for mounting on a hinge pin of a hinged door is disclosed and comprises a body including at one end portion thereof at least two apertures for receiving the hinge pin. Two bumpers are secured with respect to said body, each bumper being spaced from the other bumper and the axis of each aperture to define one angle between one aperture axis and the bumpers and another angle between another aperture axis and the bumpers to provide for multiple mounting positions of the door stop on the hinge pin.

Abstract: First and second tubular pole members are formed of rolled sheet metal material and provided with a lock seam defining a reinforcing rib extending inwardly and longitudinally along each pole member. The second pole member has a smaller external diameter than the internal diameter of the first pole member and is telescopically received within and spaced inwardly of the inwardly extending reinforcing rib of the first pole member. The light-weight construction of the pole members permits easy manipulation of the extension handle and the lock seam reinforcing rib provides sufficient rigidity and strength to prevent lateral bending of the pole members, even when the extension handle is fully extended. A locking device is provided for permitting telescopic adjustment of the length of the extension handle and for maintaining the extension handle in the adjusted position. The locking device includes threadably interconnected first and second tubular members which are molded of plastic for economical reasons.

Abstract: A luggage cart of the type which unfolds from its storage into its luggage-carrying condition and vice versa, and in which the extending and collapsing handle is the principal space-saver, having the improvements of (1) a spring-biased detent to hold the handle in its extended position and a detent release to cause withdrawal of the detent preparatory to collapsing the handle, and (2) a novel plastic hinge to establish and support the luggage-carrying platform of the cart.

Abstract: An improved hinge construction is provided having cam and spring means for maintaining it in its open and/or closed positions and importantly, having parts enabling it to be adjusted as to its positioning between a door and a door frame after it has been secured in position therebetween. Adjustment in its heighth and lateral relationships may be independently accomplished. A screw is carried by the boss of a screw-on mounting plate and cooperates with a so-called driving dog to effect lateral adjustment between the mounting place and a swing or operating arm and thus, between the door frame and the door, itself. Heighth adjustment is accomplished independently by loosening a mounting or fastening screw that is used to secure the swing arm to the boss, sufficiently to enable cross adjustment between cooperating serrations carried by them.

Abstract: A preformed door, preferably of metal, with a frame of wood in which a floating hinge connection is provided allowing the door to be adjusted relative to the frame by way of a hinge securing floating clamping plate disposed within a channel formed in the hinge stile member of the door. The clamping plate is retained by clips frictionally secured between sidewalls of the hinge stile member to prevent the plate from falling away from the channel, while a pair of stops embossed in the channel wall limit sliding movement of the clamping plate within predefined limits.

Abstract: A shock absorber has expansion and compression damping characteristics readily adjustable, if required, to different extents. In one preferred form, it includes an adjustable orifice associated with a piston, and the orifice includes an annular flexible valve element and a valve-seat member engageable with the inner peripheral edge thereof. The valve-seat member is formed at the bottom with feet which are arranged opposite to a stepped or continuously inclined annular top surface portion of the piston and is axially movable for engagement with the latter. The amount of axial movement of the valve-seat member and hence that of deflection of the valve element is adjustable by rotation of the valve-seat member relative to the piston through provision therefor at the top of the cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a base or adjustment plate for a cabinet hinge for the adjustable attachment of a hinge arm to a cabinet part. The base or adjustment plate consists of an intermediate carrier which can be fastened to a cabinet part and of a bearing element which is fastened to the intermediate carrier in a manner such that it is adjustable along a first axis in space extending parallel to the surface of said cabinet part and serves for the adjustable attachment of the hinge arm in at least one second axis in space extending perpendicular to the first, a guide with lateral guide surfaces being formed between the intermediate carrier and the bearing element by at least one recess extending in the direction of said first axis in space and at least one guide extension engaging into the recess, the guide preventing displacement of the bearing element perpendicular to the first axis in space. Means are furthermore provided for pressing the bearing element against the intermediate carrier.

Abstract: A curtain suspension device comprising a curtain board having a horizontal hole at each end for fastening upon a pair of stem brackets, each of which comprising a wall plate having peripheral holes for fastening to a wall by means of screws, and a central threaded hole receiving a correspondingly threaded stem extending at right angles to the wall surface to receive the curtain board at its outer end, and a spring clip adapted to clamp one upper corner of a curtain against the wall. The wall plate of said stem bracket is provided, diametrically opposite to a peripheral hole therein, with a slot in the form of an arc of a circle the center of which coincides with the center of said hole, and the wall plates of said two stem brackets are mounted or adapted to be mounted in a manner such that the symmetry axis through the peripheral hole, the center hole and the slot of said two wall plates intersect at an angle of 90.degree.

Abstract: An adjustable roller mechanism for a sliding closure having a case attachable to the sliding closure and a roller-mounting bracket mountable thereon for adjustable movement to varying positions extending from the case. A smooth surfaced cam is rotatably mounted to control the adjusted position of the roller bracket and a modified planocentric gear assembly operable by manually rotating a mounting shaft provides a gear reduction drive for rotation of the cam and for automatically locking the cam in any rotative position.

Abstract: A retractable roller assembly for luggage and the like which has a casing adapted to be secured to the luggage having an elongated opening on a lower edge. The side walls of the casing have a pair of aligned circular sockets which fittedly and rotatably receive circular cheek-plates of a bifurcated yoke. A roller is mounted between the cheek-plates for rotation about an axis eccentric to the axis of rotation of the cheek-plates so that the roller can be moved between a hidden position entirely within the casing and an operative position extending from the casing, by rotatably adjusting the yoke.