Patent classifications
E04F21/0015
Adjustable door frame spreader tool
An adjustable door frame spreading tool to aid in the alignment and mounting of a hollow metal door frame. The tool includes and first end and second end connected to a collapsing/expanding middle section. The first end and the second end are bifurcated with an adjustable width of the bifurcation. Each end of the bifurcation being square and level and including a magnet for attachment to the door frame. The tool will spread the door frame and pull the door frame into alignment for attachment to an opening.
Templating device
A templating device for preparing beams includes a rod that has opposed ends, each of which is both slidably engageable and fixedly engageable to a first segment of a respective protractor of a pair of protractors, such that the first segment extends linearly from the rod. The first segment is pivotally engaged to a second segment, which is selectively fixably positionable relative to the first segment. The rod and the first segments are positioned between a pair of surfaces, with each second segment positioned flush to a respective surface. A user fixes the second segment relative to the first segment to provide a respective angle measurement and a length measurement between the surfaces, and then templates these measurements onto a beam. The user then can cut the beam to length, with the ends of the beam angled so that the beam fits between the pair of surfaces.
Self-Aligning Jamb Jack Screw
A self-aligning jamb jack apparatus with a cylindrical threaded adjustment component that has adjustment component threads on the exterior wall and smooth surface on the interior walls, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component extending through a cylinder with a smooth exterior to a ball, the smooth surface extending through the cylinder and the ball. The jamb jack apparatus also has a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball. The self-aligning jamb jack apparatus is installed in a door or window jamb (or any other appliance) to connect and regulate the space between the jamb and the rough framing.
Doorframe fastening device and method of use
A doorframe fastening device facilitating the plumbing and mounting of a doorframe within a door opening comprises an insert including a tube and a flange. The flange is attached to and extends radially from a first end of the tube, which is internally and externally threaded. The insert is insertable into a void in a doorframe that is shaped complementarily to the insert. A nut can be threaded onto a second end of the tube to attach the insert to the doorframe. A set screw is threadedly inserted into the tube from the first end and is selectively extensible from the second end of the tube and into abutment with a framework, which defines a door opening. The doorframe thus is selectively adjustable relative to the framework. A mounting screw is insertable through a channel, which extends axially through the set screw, to attach the doorframe to the framework.
Adjustable packer apparatus
An adjustable packer apparatus for adjusting a clearance space between at least two support members. The adjustable packer apparatus having at least one first and one second planar member and adjustment means. The planar members are configured and spaced from each other and each include an one aperture there through whereby one planar member is movably attachable by the adjustment means through alignment of the at least one aperture of one planar member to the other planar member. The adjustment means includes at least one bolt attached to the second planar member. The first planar member has a threaded member protruding therefrom, wherein the bolt is threadingly engaged with the threaded member. The second planar member is attachable to one of the two support members which provides a stiffer or less flexible support than that provided by or for the first planar member. A method of installation is also disclosed.
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MOUNTING DOOR FRAMES
The present invention relates to a door frame, particularly a door frame for a pre-hung door assembly, which is foldable to minimize storage space and to allow for enhanced logistic efficiencies. The door frame contains parallel, spaced apart, vertical jambs and a horizontal header connecting the top ends of the jambs. Each of the jambs and the horizontal header contains a front section and back section that are hingedly joined so that then can be folded on to each other. The hingedly joined front and back sections allow the door fame to be foldable to minimize space occupied during storage.
Devices and methods for mounting door frames
The present invention relates to a door frame, particularly a door frame for a pre-hung door assembly, which is foldable to minimize storage space and to allow for enhanced logistic efficiencies. The door frame contains parallel, spaced apart, vertical jambs and a horizontal header connecting the top ends of the jambs. Each of the jambs and the horizontal header contains a front section and back section that are hingedly joined so that then can be folded on to each other. The hingedly joined front and back sections allow the door fame to be foldable to minimize space occupied during storage.
ADJUSTABLE PACKER APPARATUS
An adjustable packer apparatus for adjusting a clearance space between at least two support members. The adjustable packer apparatus having at least one first and one second planar member and adjustment means. The planar members are configured and spaced from each other and each include an one aperture there through whereby one planar member is movably attachable by the adjustment means through alignment of the at least one aperture of one planar member to the other planar member. The adjustment means includes at least one bolt attached to the second planar member. The first planar member has a threaded member protruding therefrom, wherein the bolt is threadingly engaged with the threaded member. The second planar member is attachable to one of the two support members which provides a stiffer or less flexible support than that provided by or for the first planar member. A method of installation is also disclosed.
Auxiliary mounting tool for the positioning of elements in relation to an adjacent flat or plane
An auxiliary tool to be employed when positioning elements, such as window and door frames is described, in relation to an adjacent flat or plane, such as within wall openings, whereby the auxiliary tool comprises an inflatable air cushion member (6) which through a hose connection means (10) is connected to a pumping device (12) and a bleeding valve (16). The air cushion member is shaped as a flat bag unit. The auxiliary tool furthermore comprises connecting elements (42, 46, 48) for the mutual fixation of an air cushion member (6) comprising one or more adjacent air cushion members which have two or more mutually fixed air cushion members (6) which selectively are inflatable. These are in a side by side relationship provided positioned in a common plane so that in total the flat bag unit sides form opposing sides within the auxiliary tool.
Window installation apparatus
The herein described invention is a window installation apparatus comprising of at least one wedge-shaped distance piece. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a body (1) connected in a sliding manner to a clamp (3) between which an expansion unit is positioned, comprising at least one wedge (6) and a lead screw (9) connected by means of a threaded connection with an opening (12) of the wedge (6), wherein the body (1) has protrusions (2) positioned at its opposite sides, lateral rails (5) mating with brackets (4) of the clamp (3) and an opening (10) in a rest wall (11) for the lead screw (9), while the outer walls (7) of the wedge (6) and the inner walls (8) of the body (1) and the clamp (3) converge downward at the same angle.