Door barriers

• US 4,359,081 A
• Filed: 11/06/1981
• Issued: 11/16/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John Brower
• Original Assignee: John Brower
• Inventors: Brower, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Caun, Peter M.
• Application Number:
  US06/318,949
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 160/25, 160/26, 160/28, 160/98, 160/99, 160/100, 160/133, 160/239, 160/241, 160/242, 160/243, 160/245
• US Class Current: 160/243
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/543 Horizontally moving screens
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/54 Roller fly screens operating, guiding or securing devices therefor E06B9/56

Abstract

The invention is a horizontally operated door barrier which presents virtually an impenetrable doorway barrier while maintaining ease of personnel access through the portal. The invention consists of a movable vertical spool upon which is wrapped a material or screen for covering the doorway. The spool moves laterally across the doorway, rolling or unrolling the screen wrapped thereon, thereby uncovering or covering the doorway. The barrier can be used to prevent passage of insects, moisture, heat, dust and like environments.

Claims

1. A horizontally traversing door barrier for covering and uncovering a doorway, said barrier comprising;

a flexible material having one vertical end attached to a side of said doorway for its full height,

a cylindrical shaped vertical spool with a length approximately that of said doorway'"'"'s height and upon which said material is rolled and unrolled,

a carrier member which rollably engages and horizontally traverses upon a main track guide horizontally mounted above said doorway,

a vertical shaft rotationally engaging said member and pivotably engaging the upper end of said spool,

a coiled torsion spring circumscribing and attached to said shaft for applying continuous torque to said spool,

a hollow rectangular shaped housing which circumscribes said spool and rolled material for its total length and which is secured to said member,

a lengthwise slot within said member through which said material freely traverses, and

tension guides at the lower end of said member for rollable engagement of said spool

such that as said member, spool and housing horizontally traverse upon said guide, said material is rolled or unrolled upon said spool and respectively uncovers or covers said doorway.

2. The barrier of claim 1 wherein said member has complimentary horizontal rollers extending from its upper end and an upper roller at its uppermost end, and

said guide has a downwardly facing upper track for rollably engaging said upper roller, and a circular shaped lower track for rollably engaging said horizontal rollers,

such that said housing is stable and easily rollable across the doorway.

3. The barrier of claim 2 wherein an auxiliary track guide is mounted to the underside of the doorway'"'"'s header, and

said member has a lower roller adjustably attached thereto for rollable engagement to said auxiliary track guide,

such that by such adjustment, said lower and upper rollers complimentarily press against their respective guides for a very stable and easily rollable member.

4. The barrier of claim 1 wherein said housing is of a carbon steel material, and

a magnetic strip is vertically attached to the side of the doorway such that said strip will magnetically secure said housing in a barrier closed position.

5. The barrier of claim 1 wherein said material is a flexible insect screen to prevent passage of insects through the doorway.

6. The barrier of claim 1 wherein a downwardly projecting upper fringe is attached to the doorway header to contact and seal from insects the uppermost edge of said material in a closed position.

7. The barrier of claim 5 wherein said screen has horizontal threads therein, and

a bottom fringe at its lower edge in which horizontal threads have been deleted for ease of touchably conforming to all thresholds, thereby preventing entry of crawling insects without restraint upon said rotation spool.

8. The barrier of claim 1 wherein said material is of a moisture proof plastic film to prevent passage of moisture.

9. The barrier of claim 1 wherein said material is of a heat resistant fabric to prevent passage of heat and smoke.