Double end hinge construction for multiple articulating panel sectional doors
AssigneeRaynor Mfg. Co.
InventorsRaymond J. Friesen, Surinder Sambhi
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Abstract
A roller hinge assembly for connecting articulating door panels and simultaneously supporting a laterally extending panel support roller assembly includes multiple uniformly sized hinges having a male hinge strap and a female strap. Two or more such uniformly sized hinge units are arrayed laterally or side by side co-joined by a single hinge pin. Further, to insure appropriate alignment, a tubular roller bushing co-joins the male or the female hinge straps.
Claims16
A roller hinge assembly for connecting articulating door panels and supporting a laterally extending door panel support axle and roller comprising:
- a first and a second hinge unit, each unit including a male hinge strap and a female hinge strap, each strap including a generally planar base, a front base edge, a back base edge and spaced, parallel, transverse support arms extending from said base, said male strap and female strap support arms including aligned hinge pintle openings, one of said female strap and said male strap support arms including aligned roller axle bushing openings, said male and female strap hinge pintle openings of said first and second units axially aligned and said axle bushing openings of said first and second units axially aligned, said base edges generally parallel and axially aligned;
- a single pintle extending through the aligned pintle openings, said pintle fixed to said hinge straps thereby maintaining said first and second units joined together and pivotal about a common pintle axis;
- a single, generally tubular, axle bushing extending through and fixed to the aligned roller axle bushing openings;
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- a roller axle in said axle bushing axially movable in said axle bushing, said axle bushing having an axle axis generally parallel to said pintle axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.