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Safety devices for overhead garage door springs

US4640049A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1985
Grant dateFeb 3, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 29, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05Y2900/106
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A safety device for overhead garage and like door structures having a counterbalance spring structure including a coil spring which includes a safety cable extending through the open center of the coil spring and adjustably anchored at each end to the garage structure so as to be placed under sufficient tension to contain the spring against substantial horizontal or vertical movement in the event of breakage.

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