Compact counterbalancing system for sectional doors

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Sash balances – Spring

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160191, E05D 1300, E05F 1154

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054190100

ABSTRACT:
A counterbalancing mechanism (10) for a door (D) movable between a dosed position proximate a door frame (12) and an open position displaced therefrom including a pair of drums (100, 100) for reeving lengths of cable (C) thereabout which are affixed to the door (D), shafts (70) for freely rotatably mounting the drums thereon, a pair of brackets (60, 60) mounted in spaced relation on the door frame, one of the brackets supporting each of the pair of shafts, a drive tube (30) extending between the pair of drums and being non-rotatably affixed thereto, a coil spring (80) positioned interiorly of the drive tube, said coil spring having one end (82) thereof non-rotatably affixed to the drive tube and the other end (81) non-rotatably affixed to the shaft, and a tension adjusting mechanism (110) for normally restraining the shafts and for effecting rotation of the shafts to selectively adjust the torsional forces in the coil spring.

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