US2643149A - Striker plate - Google Patents

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June 23, 1953 s. E. MAGER 2,643,149

STRIKER PLATE Filed Nov. 1, 1950 I N VEN TOR.

Patented June 23, 1953 STRIKER PLATE Gustave E. Mager, Hamden, Conn., assignor to Edwin H. White, Baltimore, Md.

Application November 1, 1950, Serial No. 193,450

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a striker plate for doors, windows and similar closures. These plates are usually constructed of metal and are carried generally on the casing, or frame, of the closure for providing means into which a latch or bolt is received.

The difficulty with the average striker plate is that it is not easy to locate it in the proper place. Also, when either the closure or casing gets out of line, the striker plate is difiicult to readjust.

In the present invention, the plate is so constructed as to be slightly adjustable in both horizontal and vertical directions without removing the holding means, such as the screws, nails and the like, from the closure, or closure casing.

It is, therefore, the primary object of the invention to provide an adjustable striker plate which is capable of limited adjustment within the plane of the surface to which the plate is attached without removing the screws holding the plate to the supporting casing, or closure, as the case may be.

Another object of the invention is to provide such adjusting means with provisions to prevent the plate from jarring or getting out of adjustment when secured in position.

With these and other objects in view, the general principle of this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the detailed description that follows together with the manner and way in which the improved striker plate is mounted including its advantages and uses.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the improved striker plate.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of part of the upper end of the striker plate.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the adjusting element in opposite direction to that shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3.

In referring to the drawings like and similar numerals will be used to indicate like and similar parts throughout the several views.

The improvement in the present striker plate lies principally in its adjusting feature. The plate is preferably rectangular in form, and is designated by the numeral l0, having a lip Ill. The plate is also provided with suitable apertures I2 and It for receiving a spring latch and a looking latch, or bolt respectively, carried by the closure (not shown).

For adjusting the plate relative to the door casing IS, the plate is provided with elongated apertures, or slots l8 and 20. These slots are preferably arranged with their longer axis parallel with the longer sides of the rectangular plate. The edges of these apertures are beveled as shown at H! and on these beveled, or inclined edges of these apertures are teeth, or serrations 22, the degree of bevel of the serrated edges being approximately that of a bevel headed wood screw.

Adapted to cooperate with the beveled toothed slot, or aperture, there are provided small circular disks, plates or washers 30 and 3|. These disks are slightly thinner than the striker plate itself which will insure its contact against the plate when fastened in position.

Extending eccentrically through the washers 30 and BI are holes, as shown at 32 in Figure 4, for admitting holding means, as screw 34 and 36. These disks are also provided with slots 38 and 40 for receiving the point of a suitable flattened instrument, such as a screw driver for rotating the disks to a desired position.

The disk 30 is also provided with teeth, or serrations, 42, located on its beveled perimeter which are of such size as to cooperate with the teeth 22 about the openings l8 and 20. With this arrangement, when the disk 30 is held in place against the casing iii by the screws 34 or 36, the plate is prevented from moving in any direction until the disk is again loosened and lifted from the teeth and rotated to a new position.

On the upper face of the disk there are provided numerals, or other indicia, 44, for designating the position of the disks relative to the plate itself. These indicia are arranged preferably on one side of the diameter extending through the eccentric screw hole and the shortest and longest distance from the hole as shown in Figures 2 and 3. These markings are so arranged, as shown in Figure 2, that when the tooth designated as l is in mesh with one of the teeth on the plate, it is in its most central position and a rotary movement of the disk in either direction will move the plate either in or out depending, of course, on the direction the disk is turned.

In the initial installation the striker plate is mounted to a casing [6 as is best illustrated in Figure 1, in which the eccentric disks 30 and 3| are shown with their longer diameter from the screw hole pointing downwardly. In this position the plate is movable either in or out by moving the disks in either one direction or the other.

The plate may be adjustable longitudinally by loosening the screws 34 and 3B and lifting the disk free of the teeth 22, relocating the plate, replacing the disks and tightening down the screws.

The improvement is a practical and economi cal way to form a striker plate and one which can and may carry enough adjustment to accommodate the average requirements. And while the invention has been illustrated and described in a specific form it is not intended to be a limitation, as the scope of the invention is best defined in the following claim.

I claim:

The combination with a striker plate for a door casing comprising a thin elongated rectangular strip having means adjacent its center for receiving a latch, a pair of elongated apertures each having extended parallel edges located adjacent each end of the strip, the inner extended edges of each aperture being beveled and serrated, a circular locking disk for each aperture having a serrated beveled edge adapted to overlap the serrated beveled edges of the said apertures, each of the disks having an opening located eccentrically therethrough for receiving a holding means for pressing the edges of the serrated disks in contact with the two opposite parallel serrated sides of the said apertures for securing the plate and disk to the casing.

GUSTAVE E. MAGER.

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