Method and apparatus for facing wooden door frames

Abstract

Method and apparatus for facing wooden door jambs eliminating need for spacers. The apparatus comprises at least one profiled steel jamb facing member having an aperture of a diameter equal to the root diameter of the screw to be screwed therein, thereby preventing the screw from rotating further once the screw head engages the rim of the aperture. The profiled member is first aligned and levelled relative to the door jamb, held in place, and the screw inserted and tightened until it cannot be further rotated. Thus, the plumb and level position of the member is determined in advance and fixed merely by insertion of the screw as far as it can turn.

Description

Claims

1. A method of facing wooden jambs with at least one elongated profiled steel member for use in mounting of doors wherein said profiled member is aligned and fastened near one end thereof adjacent said jamb, and then said profiled member is aligned and spaced by hand along its length, plumb and level, with a flat portion thereof facing and spaced from said jamb within the plane of said doorway and disposed in a plane generally parallel to said jamb, to provide the proper spacing between said profiled member and said jamb, comprising the further steps of

aligning at least one screw with a corresponding aperture in said flat portion of said profiled member, said screw disposed on an axis normal to the plane of said flat portion.

threading said screw first into said corresponding aperture in said flat portion of said profiled member and, after said profiled member is confirmed to be plumb and level, second into said jamb, so that, from the time said screw begins engaging said jamb, said screw is in threaded engagement with both said profiled member and said jamb as it is turned, and

turning said screw until it cannot rotate any further, said screw engaging only the boundary of said aperture and said jamb,

said aperture having a diameter equal to the root diameter of said screw, whereby, as said screw is turned in said aperture, it is threaded therethrough, and its point will first engage with the surface of said jamb and then enter the body of said jamb, the screw, solely, maintaining the same spacing and a constant planar relationship from thence on between said member and said jamb until rotation of the screw is stopped by the bottoming of the screw head against the inner surface of said aperture, whereupon, said facing, plumb and level and spaced from said jamb, is fixed permanently in place generally parallel to and spaced from said jamb solely by the engagement of said screw head with the boundary of said aperture and the threaded engagement of said screw with the body of said jamb.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one screw is self-tapping.

3. A method as claimed in claim 9 wherein an integral, internal extension is provided for said aperture.

4. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said extension is made by deep-drawing.

5. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said extension is made by welding or riveting a nut or cylinder to said profiled steel member concentrically with said aperture.

6. In combination with a wooden door jamb defining a doorway, a facing for use in mounting a door in said doorway,

said facing comprising at least one elongated profiled steel member having a flat portion thereof located within the plane of said doorway, and disposed in a plane running generally parallel to, spaced from and adjacent said jamb,

said flat portion having at least one thread-receiving aperture opening toward the adjacent surface of said jamb,

a screw threadedly received in said aperture and threadedly engaged in said jamb, said screw disposed on an axis normal to the plane of said flat portion, and being threadedly engaged with both said profiled member and said jamb as it is turned and engaging only the boundary of said aperture and said jamb,

said aperture having a diameter equal to the root diameter of said screw, whereby as said screw is turned threadedly in said aperture its point will first engage with the surface of said jamb and then enter the body of said jamb from whence on the screw, solely, will maintain the same spacing and a constant planar relationship between said member and said jamb until rotation of said screw is stopped by the bottoming of the screw head against the inner surface of said aperture whereupon said facing, plumb and level and spaced from said jamb is fixed permanently in place generally parallel to and spaced from said jamb solely by the engagement of said screw head with the boundary of said aperture and the threaded engagement of said screw with the body of said jamb.

7. A facing according to claim 6, wherein said aperture also defines an integral extension.

8. A screw in accordance with claim 6, wherein said screw is self-tapping in both said aperture and said jamb.