The Stanley Works

Acme General Corporation

Auguste Joseph Menard

Kenneth Jacobs

A roller assembly for a sliding door that slides along a track includes an anti-jump member engageable with the track to prevent the roller assembly from derailing. The roller assembly comprises a bracket adapted for attachment to the door, a roller mounting member slidably seated in the bracket, and a roller rotatably mounted on the roller mounting member for travel along the track. The anti-jump member is pivotably supported in and displaceably carried by the roller mounting member for movement between an extended operative position wherein an engagement portion on the lower end thereof rides in the track, and a retracted inoperative position, wherein the engagement portion is spaced upwardly from the track. The roller assembly is operable to slide the door with the anti-jump member in either the operative position or the retracted position.

Sliding door bottom roller assembly with a rotatable anti-jump member

A slider (41) for guiding the top of a sliding door (12) in a channel (42) comprises spaced cheeks (56) between which extends a rib (59) which engages one side of the channel, and flexible tongue (60) which flexes between the cheeks and is thereby biased into engagement with the other side of the channel. Another embodiment of door guide has a pair of wheels (113, 114) having enlarged rims at one end for engaging opposite walls of a door guiding channel. One of the wheels is inverted relative to the other. Thus, the rim of one wheel is at a higher elevation than the rim of the other wheel.

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Swindon, United Kingdom

Auguste Joseph Menard