Abstract: A tool which facilitates the alignment of a closure striker with a latch on an automotive panel in which the automotive panel includes at least one alignment opening. The tool includes a plate having an outwardly projecting alignment pin(s) which is positioned within the alignment opening(s) on the automotive panel. A pair of spaced supports are secured to and extend outwardly from the other side of the plate and thus away from the automotive panel. An elongated guide rod is secured to and extends between the supports so that the guide rod is substantially parallel to the side of the plate abutting the automotive panel. A slide is longitudinally movably mounted on the guide rod and carries a striker to be secured to the automotive panel. A centering pin aligned with the striker is mounted to the slide. The latch on the automotive panel abuts against the centering pin when the panel is moved to a preset partially closed position.

Abstract: A small, hand-held tool enables rapid and repetitive placement of window and door casing. The tool is formed from three distinctive, generally rectangular layers. The center, sandwiched layer extends beyond the outer two layers by an amount equal to the desired offset or reveal of the casing. An extension protrudes diagonally from one side of the center layer and forms a one hundred and thirty-five degree angle with an adjacent side. This extension enables the tool holder to accurately place the corners of each casing strip, after the strips have been cut at the normal diagonal forty-five degree angle. A hole through the center of each of the layers provides for easy and solid grasping and manipulation. Scribe marks may also be provided, to more readily assist the tool user to mark, measure or visually discriminate various distances and geometries. Additional alternative features are further described in the disclosure.

Abstract: An installation template for installing a door closer. The installation consists of an under sheet coated with a release agent and two installation templates, a pull side template and a push side template, both coated with a self-stick adhesive, attached to the under sheet. The pull side template and the push side template include two sets of written instructions, each set being upside down to the other set, which permits each template to be used for both right hand and left hand installations. The use of both pull side and push side templates on the single under sheet along with the two sets of written instructions, allows a single template to be used for both push side installation and pull side installation of both right hand and left hand doors.

Abstract: An installation template for installing a door closer. The installation consists of an under sheet coated with a release agent and two installation templates, a pull side template and a push side template, both coated with a self-stick adhesive, attached to the under sheet. The pull side template and the push side template include two sets of written instructions, each set being upside down to the other set, which permits each template to be used for both right hand and left hand installations. The use of both pull side and push side templates on the single under sheet along with the two sets of written instructions, allows a single template to be used for both push side installation and pull side installation of both right hand and left hand doors.

Abstract: An installation template for installing a door closer. The installation consists of an under sheet coated with a release agent and two installation templates, a pull side template and a push side template, both coated with a self-stick adhesive, attached to the under sheet. The pull side template and the push side template include two sets of written instructions, each set being upside down to the other set, which permits each template to be used for both right hand and left hand installations. The use of both pull side and push side templates on the single under sheet along with the two sets of written instructions, allows a single template to be used for both push side installation and pull side installation of both right hand and left hand doors.

Abstract: A portable gaging system is used to measure a seal gap for a vehicle door or decklid. The gaging system includes gage assemblies that are removably mounted on a door or decklid flange. The gages are spaced apart from one another about the perimeter of the door or decklid to simultaneously measure the seal gap at various locations. A probe member is supported on each of the gaging assemblies and is selectively moveable between a rest position and an actuated position by the vehicle door as the door is moved from an open to a closed position. Each of the gage assemblies has a sensor for producing an electronic signal representative of gap size based upon movement of the probe member. A portable processor unit receives and stores the electronic signals produced by each of the gage assemblies. A remote actuator is used to generate an activation signal to initiate the gap measurements.

Abstract: Double end and single end jig apparatus is disclosed having a channel and guide edges for marking window/door trim held in the channel, for subsequent miter cut of corners for mounting the trim around window/door opening, and a set back or margin between the window/door opening and the trim.

Abstract: An apparatus for installing door frames which comprises at least two template members and at least three apertures on each template member. To provide horizontal adjustment means between said at least two template members, at least one elongated member may be joined approximately normal to each of said at least two templates. Said at least one elongated member may comprise at least one tongue member and at least one groove member, said at least one tongue member may be slidably positioned within said at least one groove member. To provide means for plumbing said template members, at least one screw may be positioned within said at least one template member. To install a door frame, the apparatus is positioned within a doorway, said doorway composed of two trimmer studs joined by a header stud, such that the at least one template of the apparatus is juxtaposed one of the two trimmer studs, and said at least one aperture outlines the perimeter of at least one slot to be cut in the trimmer stud.

Abstract: The instant invention is a door frame adjustment apparatus that is four-sided and horizontally adjustable consisting of a slideably adjustable scale component, and corresponding adjustable bar component, vertically and horizontally aligned adjustable locking members, adjustable hinge units, horizontally aligned bubble leveling components, stabilizing members, magnetic stripping continuously affixed to the edging of one lateral side thereof and to a portion of a top side thereof and spacing within the lateral sides to facilitate affixation of door frame units to interior walling of an opening within building framing serving to encase the door frame unit.

Abstract: The invention is a tool for marking the diagonal miter cut locations on the horizontal and vertical molding strips of a door or window and for spacing the strips from the edge of the jamb. The tool has parallel, spaced-apart, first and second surfaces, with means attached to the second surface for marking the miter cut locations. The tool also has parallel, spaced-apart, third and fourth surfaces, with the spacing between the third and fourth surfaces corresponding to the distance between the molding strip and the edge of the jamb. Preferably, the means are a pair of blades. In operation, the tool is positioned adjacent a jamb and a strip of door molding, and a swiping movement of the tool scores the strip to mark the miter cut location. The tool enables the precise marking and spacing of moldings relative to jambs or other pieces of molding where precise marking and spacing is required.

Abstract: The present invention provides a router guide apparatus having a securing means for securing the apparatus to the sides or edges of boards and panels, and particularly the sides or edges of doors and windows. The apparatus comprises a working platform; securing means for securing the working platform to a workpiece with the working platform mounted on the securing means; an aperture for a router bit to extend through the working platform; and a fence means on the working platform for guiding the base of the router.

Abstract: A bucking and wrapping gauge suitable for installing windows is provided. The bucking portion of the gauge provides a constant setback distance for a window buck relative to outer edge of a window opening without using a ruler or other measurement tool. The wrapping portion of the gauge provides a constant wrapping distance that partially compensates for the thickness of the window buck so that it may be determined where to install an interior wall relative to a window frame so that a window wrap and the interior wall abut at a substantially right angle. The wrapping and bucking gauge may be implemented as a separate wrapping gauge and bucking gauge.

Abstract: A fixture adapted to set a decklid for an opening to a trunk of an automotive vehicle in an adjusted position such that when the decklid is closed relative to the opening a gap of predetermined width will be established between a side edge of a rim portion of the decklid and an adjacent side edge of the opening. The fixture includes a clamp body having a planar support surface and a clamping surface projecting away from the support surface. A clamp bar is mounted on the support surface of the body for reciprocal movement toward and away from the clamping surface to clamp the rim portion of the decklid and thereby secure the fixture to the decklid. A cam is mounted on the clamp body for moving the clamp bar. A blade is mounted on the clamp bar and extends along the side edge of the rim portion of the decklid. The blade is adapted to contact the edge of the opening when the decklid is closed.

Abstract: An enclosure has a door, a cabinet, an aligning pin attached to the cabinet, and a door hinge removably attached to the cabinet. The door hinge is arranged to receive the aligning pin so as to positively align the door hinge on the cabinet, and the door hinge is arranged to mount the door in opened and closed positions to the cabinet. The aligning pin may be directionally biased in order to mate with a directionally biased recess in the door hinge. The aligning pin may be a pair of pins to mate with a correspondingly pair of recesses in the door hinge.

Abstract: A marking template includes a flat body having a bottom edge and two slots perpendicular to the bottom edge. The slots guide movements of a fitting between extremes defined by the ends of the slots. The fitting includes a flat bottom edge and a triangular edge portion dividing the flat bottom edge into two spaced portions. The triangular edge portion defines a right angle and is designed to receive the corner of a door or drawer face to allow marking of holes from the perspective of the corner of the door or drawer face. The flat bottom edge allows placement of the inventive marking template along one of the side edges of a door or drawer face. In one embodiment of the present invention, a lower portion of the marking template includes a plurality of spaced holes along with various indicia marking the location of each hole as well as other locations on the bottom edge of the body.

Abstract: A small expendable device for accurately and very quickly adjusting the verticality of door jambs without shingles or other shims. The device includes a body member which is attached to the rough wall opening and a carriage member which is attached to the door jamb and which is slideable in tracks across the body member. A Phillips screwdriver is placed in a tapered hole in the body between the tracks and its blades mate with a toothed edge of the carriage so that rotation of the screwdriver will force out or draw in the carriage. When locked, the door casing is applied over the door set device.

Abstract: A trim gauge for aiding in the installation and trimming of building windows and doors includes an elongated first member and an elongated second member. Both the first member and the second member each have first and second ends, and are equal in length to each other. The first member and second member are parallel and are fixed to each other in a longitudinally offset position to define a longitudinal gauge length and are laterally offset to define a lateral gauge width.

Abstract: An adjustable template and jig that covers a wall area of 32 square feet, or less, the size of a standard sheet of rigid wall covering, that can be adjusted to an infinite variety of configurations to simulate the exact shape said sheets of rigid wall coverings must be cut before installation. The cutting information included in the completed configuration include, but is not limited to, openings for ducts, electrical outlets, forming around doorways and windows, angles required because of stairs, or sloping ceilings, out of plumb and out of square openings and comers, exact width and length panels must be cut, and allowance for all other objects that may protrude beyond the plane of surfaces being covered. The completed configuration can the be fixed by tightening knobs provided for that purpose, removed from the wall location, and laid on the surface of the panel to be installed, for use as a template for marking, or a jig for cutting.

Abstract: A jig for hanging doors with preinstalled hinges on the stiles of cabinet carcases, wherein the hinge has a mounting plate which is to be placed on the front edge of the stile and fixed in the correct position on the stile. The jig has a body which can straddle the edge of the stile and be held in place by a cam action. It has at least one recess in an end of its portion straddling the stile, the width of the recess being at least equal to the width of the mounting plate and its depth substantially equal to the thickness of the mounting plate.

Abstract: A device for marking the proper position for the threaded fasteners used to secure the leaves of a butt hinge to and between opposable surfaces, which surfaces are to be made hingably movable relative to each other is disclosed. The device includes at least one hinge leaf locator plate which is sized and shaped to conform to the leaf of a hinge whose fastener positions are to be marked. The locator plate contains a series of sharp pointed pins which are arranged thereon and spaced apart from one another in the same manner as the centerline of the fastener holes located in the leaves of the hinge which is to be mounted to and between the opposable surfaces. The series of pins have pointed end portions which project in opposite directions from the locator plate to permit marking by impressions of the pin heads on both opposable surfaces simultaneously for maximum accuracy.

Abstract: A multipurpose device for marking a workpiece which has in combination a component for setting the reveal between an edge such as trim molding and the edge of a frame, a component for setting an angle from 0.degree. to 90.degree., a component for setting a space between two solid members such as deck boards or pickets in a picket fence, and a component for determining the center of a flat surface such as determining the center of the surface of a board between 2 parallel edges. Preferably the device is a three layer laminated square with the middle layer being larger in the overall dimensions i.e., length and width, which in a square, are the same dimension, are greater than corresponding dimensions of the two outer layers such that the middle layer extends beyond the edges of the outer layers.

Abstract: A door template for use in cutting a door to fit in a door jamb. The template has inner and outer upright members. A horizontal top rail is secured to the upper ends of the upright members in vertically adjusted position. A horizontal bottom rail is secured to the lower ends of the upright members in vertically adjusted position. Each rail has an outwardly extending horizontal extension bar. The inner upright member has a vertical inner edge. The top rail has a horizontal top edge. The bottom rail has a horizontal bottom edge. The template, after suitable adjustment, is adapted to be laid over a door blank and the proper door size transferred to the door blank by running a marker or the like along the inner edge of the inner upright member, the top and bottom edges of the top and bottom rails, and a straight edge connecting the outer ends of the top and bottom extension bars. The template also includes a drill plate with holes for guiding a drill to form holes in the door for hardware.

Abstract: The limbs of the spring cage overlie portions of the cylindrical lock chassis. Accordingly, a graduated scale, with Arabic numerals aligned therewith, is inscribed on a portion of the chassis which one of the limbs overlies, and the flat, terminal end of the limb is used to indicate a proper door thickness adjustment. The cage is spring-biased away from the chassis, and retained on a projecting shaft by an adjusting nut threadedly engaged with the shaft. By threadedly moving the nut on the shaft, the cage is moved relative to the shaft and concomitantly, the limb terminal end is selectively aligned with a chosen one of the door thickness-indicating scale lines.

Abstract: A tool for use in hanging a door, the tool comprising in combination a border element having a vertical component, a horizontal component, a first surface, a second surface, and a peripheral edge interconnecting the first and second surfaces with the peripheral edge having an inner extent defining the angle between the components and an outer extent formed opposite the inner extent; a plurality of vertical slots formed through the vertical component of the border element; a plurality of horizontal slots formed through the horizontal component of the border element; and a plurality of spacing tabs, the number of spacing tabs corresponding to the total number of horizontal and vertical slots, each tab adapted to be received within one of the horizontal or vertical slots.

Abstract: A doorframe template apparatus is provided which includes a T-shaped first straight edge member which includes a straight top member and a straight middle member extending perpendicularly from a middle portion of the top member. The straight top member includes a top flange member and a bottom flange member at right angles to the straight middle member. A second straight edge member is connected to the straight middle member by a lockable pivoted joint. The lockable pivoted joint enables the T-shaped first straight edge member to be adjusted with respect to the second straight edge member at angles that conform to respective doorframe angles when the straight top member of the T-shaped first straight edge member is placed against a doorjamb, and the second straight edge member is placed against a horizontal doorframe member. The straight middle member includes a first aperture.

Abstract: A woodworking square having multiple uses. The square may be used to locate long and short points for trimming an opening and may be used to locate pitch line for rafters in a quick, efficient manner. The device also serves as a arc or circle drawing instrument. The device includes ledges so that it may slide against a straight edge and perform a cut or draw a line parallel to the straight edge.

Abstract: A device and method for angularly joining elongate boards end-to-end or edge-to-edge without mitering utilizes a plate for pivotal connection in overlying relation to square-cut abutted board ends to enable the board ends to be subsequently pivoted into their desired angular relationship, whereupon the connecting plate may be rigidly secured to the boards to fix them together.

Abstract: An installation frame to facilitate the mounting of a door frame in a rough opening in a domestic or commerical structure which includes parallel stanchions to be disposed, and secured, one on each side jamb, of the prepared frame. The stanchions with suitable horizontal spacers, are secured inside the jambs and the assembly is placed in the rough opening in a building and clamped in place. A first pair of crossed cables extending from the corners indicates, by included measuring devices, whether the frame is square. A second set of crossed cables extending from the corners indicates, by the closeness of cables at the crossing point, whether the frame is in a single plane and not askew. Adjustments are made to insure squareness and proper plane position and then the prepared jamb is centered in the opening and nailed in place.

Abstract: A setback gauge for the marking and installation of molding and trim around structural framed openings provides a method of accurately marking the inner corner points of such molding and trim without the need for measurement, interpretation of measuring or other scales or adjustment of any tool or device. The gauge further provides an accurate and uniform edge setback distance when installing such trim. One embodiment includes a securing arm which allows the gauge to be temporarily installed in the frame without marring the frame in any way and thus allows the marking and installation of trim to be carried out by a single person without need to hold the gauge in place during use. An alternative embodiment provides a simpler gauge of monolithic form which is used just as the gauge of the first embodiment, but does not provide any method for retention in the frame.

Abstract: The router template assembly has structure which allows it to be used in mounting 6' 8" doors, 7' doors and 8' doors. The assembly when temporarily nailed to the interior of a door jamb provides cutout portions located at positions where a top hinge, a center hinge, and a bottom hinge would be mounted. A router is used in each of these cutout portions to form the proper recesses in the door jamb for the respective hinges. The router template assembly can also be temporarily nailed onto the edge of the door which automatically positions the cutout portions where the recesses in the door should be formed for the respective hinges. The router template assembly has telescoping extension members with predetermined locking positions so that it can be automatically adjusted for the size of the door to be installed.

Abstract: A marking device for accurately positioning two opposing marks on two opposing surfaces, for use in aligning two members in accurate registration with one another. The device is formed of a flexible, foldable, flat sheet, which is folded in half at its midportion. The two halves contain matching patterns of holes such that when the sheet is in its folded configuration the holes at each pattern lie in registration with one another. The two halves of the sheet are marked with corresponding indicia, which label corresponding holes of the two patterns. The opposing end portions of the two halves are each adapted to be removably secured to the structure being marked. Two opposed alignment marks are made by securing a first half of the strip against a first surface and making a mark through one of the holes. With the second half of the strip in registration with the first half, the second half is secured to the second surface.

Abstract: A device for adjusting and fixedly securing window frames and door cases or the like within wall openings comprising at least one manually rotatable threaded shaft upon which a fixture is mounted and adapted to be connected with a portion of the frame, the fixture being supported upon a side wall of the wall opening, wherein the threaded shaft is directly supported upon the side wall of the opening by means of a thrust element at its free end, the fixture comprising a shaft nut portion, and wherein the fixture detachably grips the frame portion by means of support portions such that the frame can be fixedly secured with respect to the associated wall of the opening, and is also transversely displaceable.

Abstract: An attachment for connection with an elongated carpenter's level for forming an enlarged squaring tool, the level having a central web portion with spaced apart bubble indicators and parallel flanges at opposite end edges of the web portions. The attachment has an elongated arm member of rigid material with a connector arm fixed to and extending from it at a right angle. The connector arm has an elongated slot means forming a pair of spaced apart connector members, each having a peripheral cross section similar to but slightly smaller than the cross section of pockets located on opposite sides of the level web portion so that the connector members can be moved axially into said level pockets to firmly, but temporarily, secure the attachment to the level.

Abstract: An instrument for accurately measuring and positioning cabinet and furniture door hinges is disclosed. Instrument 10 includes an elongated measuring rod 13 having a measurement scale thereon and provided with one or more sleeve members 17,19 slidably and releasably positioned thereon via thumbscrew 18 at the measured distance for hinges to be applied to a cabinet door 12. An extension arm 35 of door contact member 15 rests on the rabbet of door 12 and templates 21,22 extending from sleeves 17,19 respectively, provide the bore pattern for drilling holes in door 12 for screw attachment of the hinges. Door contact member 15 is rotated 180.degree., via release and locking of spring urged pin 36, as shown in FIG. 3 to locate templates 21,22 in position to permit drilling through the end bores 33,34 therein into the cabinet housing for screw attachment of the hinge segment. Removable templates may be employed with different attachment pin embodiments provided therefor.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for installing a hall door assembly on a floor when the elevator rails or car are not installed. A template is placed at one terminal or end of the elevator shaft and is used to locate the position of a temporary bracket containing three holes which are spaced apart to correspond with three marks along the sill of the hall door assembly. The holes are on a common line and at a preestablished distance from the wall of the shaft. Once this bracket is installed in the shaft, a plumb line is extended from each of the holes to another bracket below. The plumb lines hang next to the floor on which a hall door is to be installed. This other bracket is positioned so that the plumb line passes through the center of a corresponding hole in the bracket.

Abstract: A gage for marking a cutting line across the lower end portion of a door to facilitate cutting of the door to the proper length to clear carpeting, a threshold or the like. The gage includes an elongated rod which adjustably supports fixturing members having hinge curls adapted to interleave with the curls of the hinge wings on the door jamb and adapted to be attached to the wings by hinge pins. Once the rod has been fixtured, an elongated marking guide on the lower end portion of the rod is adjusted vertically and angularly to a position in which the lower edge of the guide just clears the floor or threshold when the guide is swung about the axis of the rod. After the guide has been locked in its properly adjusted position on the rod, the gage is detached from the door jamb and is placed on the door with the curls of the fixturing members in alinement with curls on the hinge wings of the door.

Abstract: An extension level apparatus suitable for use with a carpenter's level includes in combination a pair of elongated frame members adapted to receive therein the carpenter's level and also includes a spring loaded extension member which permits the extension level to be retained in a wall opening into which a door is to be inserted. The extension level permits the user thereof to determine rapidly the exact vertical position of one vertical edge of the door jamb, allowing for shimming where necessary, and permits a measurement to be taken from a starting point to an end point where the second edge of the door opening is to occur. Hereagain the vertical alignment may be rapidly obtained with the use of shimming when necessary, thereby permitting the door jambs to be inserted rapidly and with accuracy.

Abstract: A device which can be placed in a door frame, set and adjusted to the precise dimensions of the door frame; then removed and placed on the door, providing a means for indicating the amount and location of planing to be done to a door to insure a precise fit when the door is hung.

Abstract: A cabinet maker's arch door or crown door marking gauge has side members attachable to a work table of a table saw or shaper. A spring band is held on the side members so that opposite sides of the band are perpendicular to the sides of a panel to be marked which is positioned between the side members. The band forms a symmetrical arch between the sde members which is marked on the panel. One side of the band is adjustably held by one side member so the length of the band between the side members, and thus the height of the arch between the side members can be varied. The side member are adjustably held on the support so the distance between the side members can be changed to permit marking panels of different widths.

Abstract: A device for use in positioning and securing a door jamb in a level condition. The device includes a spacer plate assembly having outer end portions which extend beneath the inner portion of the sides of the jamb during the leveling process. A pair of bolt shaped members are threadedly received in the spacer plate assembly, one at each end thereof, to provide a means of raising and lowering the ends of the spacer plate assembly. A suitable level indicating unit such as a carpenter's level is also mounted on the spacer plate. The device further includes a pair of anchor base plates which are mounted in the floor, one at each end of the spacer plate, adjacent the lip extensions. The bolt members are rotated until the level indicating unit shows the spacer plate to be in a level condition, at which time each side of the door jamb is fixed to the respective anchor base plate by anchor screws or similar means.

Abstract: A device for use in positioning and securing a door jamb in a level condition. The device includes a spacer plate assembly having a planar member with a lip extension at each end which extends beneath the inner portion of the sides of the jamb during the leveling process. A pair of bolt shaped members are threadedly received in the planar member, one at each end thereof, to provide a means of raising and lowering the ends of the spacer plate assembly. A suitable level indicating unit such as a carpenter's level is also mounted on the spacer plate. The device further includes a pair of anchor base plates which are mounted in the floor, one at each end of the spacer plate, adjacent the lip extensions. The bolt members are rotated until the level indicating unit shows the spacer plate to be in a level condition, at which time each side of the door jamb is fixed to the respective anchor base plate by anchor screws or similar means.

Abstract: A template used in assisting in cutting off a bottom of a door so that the bottom of the door is parallel with the floor, but is raised a sufficient distance from the floor to allow a floor covering to be installed on the floor has an elongated member sized to fit across the width of one of the face surfaces of the door. The elongated member includes an elongated slot or opening extending across it and this slot or opening is normally parallel to the bottom edge of the elongated member. A retaining member located on one end of the elongated member fixedly holds the elongated member to the door in respect to movement of the elongated member away from the door in a direction perpendicular to the door face but allows movement of the elongated member across the surface of the door in a direction coplanar with both the face of the door and the elongated member.

Abstract: A carpentry measuring tool including two arms pivotally connected at adjoining ends thereof. The two arms are angularly adjustable with respect to one another, and are adapted for determining the angle formed between the interior portions of intersecting horizontal and vertical surfaces of a door or window frame. One of the arms is provided with an extendable slide portion on the end thereof and is adapted for measuring the distance between interior portions of opposed surfaces of the frame. The distal end of the slide portion contains a spring biased heel which may be retracted for removal of the one arm from within the door or window jam. The angular relationship of the two arms and the length of the one arm may be fixed so that these measurements may be transferred to a door or window which is to be hung in a measured door or window frame.

Abstract: A frame-setting apparatus that is designed to be used in leveling frame structures having adjacent side-frame members that must be set in a close parallel relationship to their opposite sides, whether they be in a vertical or a horizontal position, wherein the apparatus comprises an elongated level having a plurality of spirit-level units spaced along the length of the level in the usual manner to provide a level reading in both a vertical and a horizontal position, and wherein flat elongated sections of mirrors are interposed between the spirit levels to reflect from one side frame member to the adjacent frame member, the mirrors being provided with a center-leveling line marked longitudinally along the length of each mirror, so as to aid in the alignment of a corresponding frame member when sighted in the mirrors.

Abstract: An L-shaped channel, for mounting on the lower outside corner of a door, and an adjustable lateral floor brace, for holding an unhinged door upright.

Abstract: A gauge for accurately and quickly positioning window-shade brackets by retaining a bracket on the gauge, by magnetic attraction, at a predetermined distance from the top of the window frame to afford adequate room for the shade in its fully rolled position, while this position is marked by an instrument extending through an aperture in the bracket and a slot in the gauge along which the bracket is movable in the course of its positioning. Lineal scales on the gauge facilitate the measuring of the diameter of the window-shade in fully rolled position and the setting of the brackets on the gauge correspondingly. Apertures on the gauge are provided to render it a convenient tool for winding the springs of the window-shade rollers.

Abstract: A door hinge template is disclosed for locating and marking screw holes for hinges used for mounting doors. The template comprises a rectangular frame having a large rectangular central opening that is defined by two longitudinal and two transverse edge members. Each edge member has a rectangular central opening located in the corresponding longitudinal or transverse direction. Two measuring frames mounting a positioning rod are themselves slidably mounted in the transverse openings. Slidably mounted in one of the two longitudinal openings are a pair of positioning rods for gauging the transverse position of the hinge screw holes. The hinge screw holes are indicated by an equal number of pointers slidably mounted for movement in a transverse direction in the central opening of a corresponding frame. The frame is in turn slidably mounted for movement in the longitudinal direction in the longitudinally extending openings in the edge members.

Abstract: A rectangular main frame has uprights resting upon and bolted to a shelf formed by a horizontal angle beam or corbel installed in the elevator shaft or hatchway below the floor level and at the intended location for the corridor entrance wall opening into the elevator shaft. Extending between the upper ends of the uprights is a top hanger header which subsequently supports the trackway for the corridor entrance door or doors. Also secured to the angle member is a corridor entrance sill support having secured thereto spaced parallel channel brackets projecting outward therefrom and containing pairs of keyhole slots in their vertical webs.

Abstract: The method of the invention includes the steps of positioning a support member having a substantially vertically extending recording surface thereon in the doorway for which the door is being sized, recording the contour of each side door jamb of the doorway on the recording surface by transposing the contour with a tracer mechanism having a follower adapted to be advanced along each side door jamb and a marker for recording on the surface information corresponding to the contour of the side door jamb, placing the recorded information in a cutting apparatus having means for controlling a cutter device in correspondence with the recorded information so that the cutter device is advanced along each side of the door member to cut the sides of the door to match the contours of the associated side door jambs.