Garage Doors that Save Space and Time 



Some fold up like a screen; some swing around a comer; 

 and some can be operated merely by pushing a button 



EVENTUALLY, the automobile owner screen. A door of this type, for a two- 



who builds his own garage is con- car garage, is shown in one of the illustra- 



fronted with the problem of select- tions accompanying this article. In that 



ing a door which will require as little inside case the door is divided into five hinged 



space as possible and yet give the least parts. The illustration clearly shows the 



trouble in 

 opening and 

 closing. The 

 old-fashioned 

 swinging 

 doors, like 

 those in our 

 dwellings, are 

 not space- 

 saving enough 

 to suit modern 

 conditions. 

 Whether they 

 open inwardly 

 or outwardly, 

 they require al- 

 together too 

 much space for 

 their oper- 

 ation. 



Numerous 

 ways have 

 been devised 

 to overcome this difficulty. One of the 

 simplest plans is to make the door of 

 several narrow parts hinged together in 

 such a manner that they fold up like a 



This electrical device will open or close the garage door. 

 The clerk in the office can do it by pressing a button 



manner of 

 operating it. 



There are 

 many kinds of 

 sliding doors. 

 One of the pic- 

 tures illustrates 

 one in two parts 

 working like 

 the sliding 

 doors of show 

 cases. Another 

 kind shown is 

 the sliding door 

 which is swung 

 around the cor- 

 n e r . Both 

 these types re- 

 quire but little 

 space for open- 

 ing and closing, 

 but they must 

 be mounted on 

 roller-bearing hangers if they are to be 

 operated without too great exertion by a 

 woman or child. Types of such hangers 

 are shown in the accompanying pictures. 



This shows one of the ordinary 

 sliding doors with two parts 





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 operated by an electrical control from the garage office 



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