Universal mounting plate for door opener

• US 5,392,562 A
• Filed: 11/09/1993
• Issued: 02/28/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Door-Aid Corporation
• Original Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
• Inventors: Carambula, David E.
• Primary Examiner(s): KANNAN, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US08/149,639
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 49/340, 49/324, 49/346, 49/139, 248/300, 248/674, 248/911, 248/254, 248/262, 248/269
• US Class Current: 49/346
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/63 operated by swinging arms
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 2003/228 Arrangements where the end of the closer arm is sliding in a track
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 2015/631 the end of the arm sliding in a track; Slider arms therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 3/22 Additional arrangements for closers, e.g. for holding the wing in opened or other position
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/626 Plates or brackets
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/132 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/911 Plural, selectively usable, support engaging means

Abstract

A universally-adaptable mounting plate for mounting an electrically-operated door opener on a door frame. The mounting plate is substantially rectangular, having a plan portion with longitudinally-directed side edges and transversely-directed end edges. A tab is struck from the plan portion at one end of the mounting plate and is positioned substantially perpendicular to the plan portion and substantially equidistant from and substantially parallel with respect to the side edges. The plan portion is provided with both longitudinally-elongated and transversely-elongated apertures for mounting the door opener thereon, and the tab is provided with an aperture for receiving conventional fastening means for affixing the tab to a door frame or door frame jamb. A flattened Z-bracket is conveniently used in combination therewith and mounted transversely near the top edge of the inside of the door for effecting inward opening of the door by means of a conventional roller, rotatably mounted at the end of a door opener actuator arm, operating in rotating contact with the inside surface of the outer upstanding wall of the Z-bracket.

Claims

1. A substantially rectangular mounting plate for mounting an electrically-operated door opener on a door frame, said mounting plate comprising:

a plan portion having top and bottom faces, substantially parallel longitudinally oriented side edges one of which is shorter than the other, and substantially parallel transversely oriented end edges,

a tab oriented substantially perpendicular to said plan portion, said tab being substantially parallel to and substantially equidistant from said longer side edge and a theoretical extension of said shorter side edge, and

a plurality of apertures provided in said plan portion, and an aperture provided in said tab, said apertures being provided for receiving fastening means for fastening said mounting plate to a door frame and to a door opener which is to be mounted thereon.

2. A mounting plate according to claim 1, wherein some of said apertures provided in said plan portion are elongated in a longitudinal direction, and other of said apertures are elongated in a transverse direction, whereby door openers of diverse dimensions may be mounted thereon.

3. A mounting plate according to claim 1, wherein said tab is integral with said plan portion, and is formed by making a transverse cut in spaced apart relationship with respect to one of said transverse edges to a point substantially equidistant from said longitudinal edges, and bending the cut portion until it is oriented essentially perpendicular with respect to said plan portion.

4. A door-opener mounting kit comprising the following elements:

1;

a substantially rectangular mounting plate for mounting an electrically-operated door opener on a door frame, said mounting plate comprising;

a plan portion having top and bottom faces, substantially parallel longitudinally oriented side edges one of which is shorter than the other, and substantially parallel transversely oriented end edges,

a tab oriented substantially perpendicular to said plan portion, said tab being substantially parallel to and substantially equidistant from said longer side edge and a theoretical extension of said shorter side edge, and

a plurality of apertures provided in said plan portion, and an aperture provided in said tab, said apertures being provided for receiving fastening means for fastening said mounting plate to a door frame and to a door opener which is to be mounted thereon,

2;

an inwardly-opening door opener adapted to be mounted on said mounting plate, and

3;

a Z-bracket having a flattened-Z cross-section adapted to be mounted transversely on an inside top section of a door, near the top edge thereof, with an outer wall of the Z being upstanding,

said door opener (2) having an actuating arm carrying a rotatably-mounted roller and adapted to be arranged with said roller in rotating contact with the inside surface of said outer upstanding wall of said Z-shaped bracket (3),

these elements when assembled into a combination being adapted to enable a door with which utilized to be opened inwardly by engagement of said roller with the said inside surface of said outer upstanding wall of said Z-shaped bracket.

5. A combination of

1:

a substantially rectangular mounting plate secured on a door frame, said mounting plate comprising;

a plan portion having top and bottom faces, substantially parallel longitudinally oriented side edges one of which is shorter than the other, and substantially parallel transversely oriented end edges,

a tab oriented substantially perpendicular to said plan portion, said tab being substantially parallel to and substantially equidistant from said longer side edge and a theoretical extension of said shorter side edge, and

a plurality of apertures provided in said plan portion, and an aperture provided in said tab, selected apertures receiving fastening means securing said mounting plate to the door frame and to a door opener which is mounted thereon,

2;

an inwardly-opening electrically-operated door opener mounted on said mounting plate, and

3;

a Z-bracket having a flattened-Z cross-section mounted transversely on an inside top section of a door mounted in said door frame, near the top edge of said door, with an outer wall of the Z being upstanding,

said door opener (2) having an actuating arm carrying a rotatably-mounted roller and being arranged with said roller in rotating contact with the inside surface of said outer upstanding wall of said Z-shaped bracket (3),

this combination enabling the said door to be opened inwardly by engagement of said roller with the said inside surface of said outer upstanding wall of said Z-shaped bracket.