Door Hanger (Patent No: 198687)

Inventor: Gordon, Alexander Wilberforce

Location: Crossfield

Comments: see above

Description: Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A door mounting comprising a plurality of rollers arranged in a rectilinear series and having rearwardly extending hubs and forwardly extending treads, and a U-shaped track member having its closed side disposed in front of the rollers with its upper and lower members extending past the rollers and provided with inturned flanges in rear of the rollers.

2. A door mounting comprising a plurality of rollers arranged parallel with the top of a door opening, and a U-shaped track member having depending brackets at its lower side to be secured to the front and rear faces of a door at the upper end thereof, the front side of said track member being closed, the top and bottom members thereof extending rearwardly to pass in rear of the rollers and the free edges of said top and. bottom members being provided with inturned flanges to play back of the rollers.

3. A door mounting comprising a plurality of rollers arranged on a line parallel with the top of the door opening and each consisting of a web having a hub projecting rearwardly from its center and an annular tread flange projecting forwardly from its edge, and a track secured to the upper edge of the door and consisting of a central strip disposed vertically in front of the rollers, track flanges extending rearwardly from the upper and lower edges of said strip to pass above and below the rollers, and retaining flanges extending from the rear edges of the track flanges toward the hubs of the rollers and, terminating short of said hubs, the height of the central strip being greater than the diameter of the rollers, the width of the track flanges being greater than the width of the tread flanges of the rollers, and the lower edge of the door being free whereby limited transverse rocking of the door is permitted.