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Show HANDY FASTENER ON GARAGE DOOR Steel Lever Working on a PIvoJ So Arranged That It It Easily Operated. ADAPTABLE TO ALL WEATHERS Device Shown In Illustration le Prfte- tleal and Convenient In All Caaea Where Double Doors Have Been Installed. The usual Mle of latch for garar md other double doors that ore exposed ex-posed on wie side to the weather, Blows Bl-ows the doors to narp, which makes :hem dlfllcult to fimten. To uold his, the fastener shown In the sketch vox devlKcd. The device colisUta of i 10-luch .long, '.Mncli wide, and -nch thick steel lexer working on 6 iilvot on one door, u washer being ilucetl between the door and the lever. Vt 4 Inch on the right and left-bund ddes of tho pivot, holes are bored. Two I'-shaped pleccH nro then made ut of lint lion liiirs thnt re of Midi--lent size to slide easily iiliiug the bur. Bar Holds Plungers. i Two 1-lneli round burs nro cut to melt n leimth that they will project I '4 Inches oxer the top of one door HIS up is This Dcv'ce W II Ce Found to Be a Practical and Convenient Door Fast. ener Which Glvte Satisfaction In All Weathere. ind the bottom of the other. )n end of each bar Is then welded to the center of eueh U-shaped piece, a hole being bored at a right augle to the ilde of the piece and through the lege. A rivet Is then Inserted through the hole In the round bnr and legs of the U section. The rlxet should be of sufficient suf-ficient tightness to allow the bar te move freely up and down. Make a tilde out of a piece of n rectangular Iron bur, pnrt of which should 1 twisted while hot nt a right angle A hole of sutlli'lent sl4 to slip over tho top of the plunger Is bored In urn end, ntid svrcu- holeh put through th' opposttu end. Ths bar holds the plunger plun-ger lu u ortlnil pnxlllon. Prevent Wear on Holes. To prevent wuur on the holes In the casing and sill, it Is best to have it short. I'm I in r of steel with n hole bored In Its renter und nlso screw boles near Us ends, screwed to the top casing mid sill of the door. A guide Is also to lie ninth) for the bottom bot-tom plunger. Itoth the top and bottom plunger rods should be tapered slightly slight-ly nt their ends, so that they will easily eas-ily enter the holes bored In the casing and sill. When the handle of the lever Is In a horizontal position tht plunger rods nre leel with the tor and bottom of the door. A rabbet nullid to the oiltlsde of one door and extending over the Joint, makes a storm-proof Joint. For entering en-tering the building. It is customary te have n email door intale In the large door opposite the one currying tin lever--W. 8. Mnndlford In Topnlai I Science Monthl) |
