Abstract: A door closer with a door piston, which door piston is acted on by a driven shaft during the opening of a door. The door piston has an extension attached to it. The door closer also can have a pressure piston and an energy storage mechanism which acts on the pressure piston. The pistons can be axially guided and can interact with hydraulically connected pressure chambers to connect and disconnect the pistons during the opening and closing of the door closer.

Abstract: A valve element for operative association with a valve seat in a passage in a body in which the valve element is mounted, in use, the valve element comprising first and second portions connected together by snap-fit means, the first portion being screw-threaded for mounting it in said body, and part of the second portion interrupting said screw-thread of the first portion.

Abstract: The present invention discloses door closers provided with automatic latching in any position along the stroke, and delayed action mechanism together with a mechanism to switch on and off the automatic latching and the delayed action operation modes. The function, on which the automatic latching and the delayed action functions are based, are described in detail and examples of embodiments in door closers provided with either automatic latching or delayed action or both are also described.

Abstract: A door check for controlling pivotal movement of a vehicle door between a closed position and one or more open positions, sometimes incorporated in a hinge, includes a rigid, elongated track member having two opposed track surfaces with at least one detent receptacle in one track surface or in both track surfaces. A roller detent member engages one track surface in rolling pressure contact at least part of the time whenever the door moves between its open and closed positions; a second detent member, comprising a sliding, self-aligning, non-rotational bearing, engages the other track surface. Both detent members are formed of a fiber reinforced resin, such as a glass fiber reinforced nylon. The second detent member is urged toward one track surface by an elastomer pad, preferably an elastomer such as a silicone polymer that retains its elastic properties over a wide temperature range that extends beyond the temperatures of manufacturing processes or human environments.

Abstract: A door closer wherein a housing defines a fluid-containing space for a reciprocable damping piston which divides the space into a first and a second compartment. The piston carries a check valve which is closed during movement of the piston in a first direction while the door panel is being opened and which is open when the piston moves in the opposite direction. A channel is provided in the housing to permit fluid to flow from the first compartment into the second compartment during a first stage of movement of the piston in the first direction.

Abstract: A double-winged door spring is biased for closing with a mechanism for damping of the closure movement and includes a closure sequence control, particularly of a fire-resistant door, in which the damping of the movable door portion is accomplished through a hydraulic damping element with throttled overflow. The hydraulic damping element includes two oppositely controlled pressure chambers defined by a double-acting piston and a valve disposed in the overflow conduit connecting the two pressure chambers, the valve being actuated directly or indirectly through the stationary door portion. By the valve being disposed in the overflow conduit, actuation of the movable door portion can be inhibited until the stationary door portion is closed.

Abstract: A new type of hydraulic door closer is disclosed. The device of the present invention utilizes spring force and hydraulic pressure, and is equipped with a straightly extending arm instead of the conventional type of the folding arms. The advantages of the device of the present invention are that variations of the size of the device are not required for different sizes and weights of doors, and the lack of the folding portion of the arm enables avoiding of wear and stress on the critical parts. Another advantage of the device of the present invention is that different door opening ranges are provided such as 80 degrees, 90 degrees and 100 degrees in addition to a free moving zone.

Abstract: A mechanism which prevents a door from closing by blocking the door hinge from closing.

Abstract: A device which allows a choice of stopping positions for a swinging door mainly comprises a body having a cylindrical well together with a passage hole vertically formed through the body, an operation means includes a plunger normally supported by a spring, a friction body received under the plunger. Said plunger can be plunged repetitively between a suspension position where the friction body is suspended properly above the ground and a stop position where the friction body is pushed in association with the plunger to touch the ground to stop the door at a selected position through friction effected between the friction body and the ground.

Abstract: A hinge for a sleeper cab compartment door that pivots between open and closed positions about a generally vertical hinge axis. The door frame has a jamb adapted to support a butt hinge and the door has a hinge stile spaced from the jamb when the door is closed so that the respective jamb and stile surfaces are separated by an elongated gap that is closed on the outer side by an elongated skirt portion extending laterally from the front panel of the door an adapted to swing inward into the gap when the door is pivoted to its open position. The jamb leaf of the hinge has a longitudinal bend dividing it into two flat flanges angularly disposed relative to one another, one of the flanges being secured to the jamb and the other forming a bearing for the hinge pin.

Abstract: A door closer device comprises a body defining an internal chamber in which a piston is slidably received, the chamber, in use, containing hydraulic fluid. A valve is arranged in a passage in the body to permit the fluid to flow through the passage in both directions between spaces in the chamber at respective opposite sides of the piston. The valve has a first part axially adjustable along the passage and a valve member attached to said first part but movable axially relative thereto in the passage between extreme positions where it engages respective stop means on the first member, the valve member allowing fluid to flow unrestricted through an orifice at one end of the passage in one direction when in one of its said extreme positions, and at the other extreme position restricting flow through said orifice in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A door closer for regulating the movement of a door panel with respect to its frame has a body enclosing a chamber and an adjacent cylinder having a head. A piston is reciprocable in the cylinder toward and away from the head and in accordance with the door panel motion. A spring in the chamber urges the piston toward the head. A duct through the piston controlled by a check valve permits liquid flow from the chamber to the cylinder, but not vice versa. A passage in the body extends between the cylinder, near the head, and the chamber. In that passage near the head is a throttle valve for restricting liquid flow, and in the passage near the chamber is a bypass valve for restricting liquid flow and for permitting increased flow under increased liquid pressure. There is also a bore in the body extending between the passage intermediate the throttle valve and the bypass valve and an adjacent part of the cylinder traversed by the piston.

Abstract: A door closing apparatus includes a housing member defining a cylinder for receiving a reciprocable piston member. The housing also defines an opening for receiving a rotatable pinion meshing with teeth on the piston. The apparatus also includes a linkage assembly for operatively connecting the door closing apparatus between a door and a door frame. This linkage includes a drive member for rotating the pinion bidirectionally in response to respective opening and closing of the door. An adjustable biasing assembly is provided for urging the piston in a predetermined direction within the housing cylinder, and the housing is sealed to receive a predetermined amount of oil or other fluid for hydraulically regulating the piston motion. To achieve this regulation, the housing includes an arrangement of interconnected fluid carrying channels and one or more valve members are mounted in cooperation with the channels.

Abstract: A door closer is connected to a door. The movements of the door cause a piston member in the door closer to pump a pressure medium through a flow duct. There is also a flow limiting member influencing at least the speed of the opening movement of the door, and this flow limiting member cooperates with an adjustable activating element which, at a desired opening moment mechanically sets the elements of the flow limiting member in a position considerably increasing the flow resistance of the pressure medium. This brakes the movement of the piston member, and thus, also the movement of the door.

Abstract: A door closer includes a horizontally disposed inner cylinder receiving oil therein, an outer cylinder surrounding the inner cylinder and receiving gas and oil in an annular spaced defined around the inner cylinder, a piston slidably fitted in the inner cylinder, a piston rod secured to the piston and extending out of the cylinders for connection to a door, a passage disposed at one end of the inner cylinder for communicating the interior of the inner cylinder with the annular space, a valve member movably mounted on the piston rod and normally at a position spaced from the piston for cooperating with the passage so as to reduce the effective passage area of the passage in the end portion of outward movement of the piston rod relative to the cylinders.

Abstract: A mechanism for use in counterbalancing the weight of a lid or closure incident to movements thereof between closed and open portions is in the form of a spring pressurized, hydraulic piston-cylinder arrangement. The mechanism preferably includes means providing hydraulic damping characteristics for both the fully extended and contracted conditions of the mechanism.

Abstract: Apparatus for holding open a door or similar closure member for a limited period, which may be predetermined, whereupon the door is automatically released and is able to return to its closed position, includes suction means for attachment to the door and/or surface against which the door is to be held in face-to-face relationship. The period of time during which the suction means is active may be determined by means of an air leakage to the suction means, or by means of a spring acting against the suction means.

Abstract: A door closer of the kind having a piston slidably mounted in a bore containing hydraulic fluid and dividing that bore into damping and reservoir chambers. Drive means is connected to the piston to respond to sliding movement of the piston and translate that into rotary motion for driving door connected linkage. The piston is spring influenced in a direction towards the damping chamber, and fluid pressurized by the piston tending to move in that direction bleeds from the damping chamber through an escape port which is controlled by a biased and movable closure member. Normally the closure member is biased into a rest position in which it blocks passage of fluid through the escape port, but it responds to fluid pressure in the damping chamber to move into an open position at which fluid can bleed through the escape port.

Abstract: A typical door closer has a cylinder in which a piston reciprocates to compress a spring. An assistor for such a closer has a cylindrical shell fastened to one end of and continuing the cylinder. The shell has a barrier wall at one end adjacent the cylinder, a partition wall dividing the shell into a booser compartment and a main compartment, and a head wall at the other end. Air under regulated pressure is supplied to the main compartment, wherein the air presses a main plunger tube, extending through the partition wall, against a booster plunger having a rod extending through the barrier wall and abutting the piston. A port in the plunger tube receives air from the main compartment through the tube. In some plunger tube positions the port is blocked by the partition wall and in other plunger tube positions opens into the first compartment. A check valve when open allows air flow from the booster compartment to the main compartment.

Abstract: A spring or gravity motor having an override mechanism for a movable window or door including a pneumatic cylinder, a piston, a check valve admitting air to the cylinder, an override valve permitting pressure dumping of the air in the cylinder during movement of the door or window at a speed greater than the normal closing speed by the motor.