Whilst waiting to hear from the Manchester Museum about their Ben Turner/Gibbons floor springs (along with much else) I have had a call to repair Nigel and Julies BT door springs.
Their Ben Turners control doors from a small entrance hall leading into their lounge and are believed were originally controlling the doors of what were once the main doors to the converted shop they now live in, parts of which were built in the 1600's, the doors themselves are mahogany.
The BT door springs were invented around 1872 and as you will see they will not be an easy repair especially as the whole spring mechanism and arms are missing from one and I believe the spring in the other is broken.
From looking at the patent, the spring is a clock type spring which I imagine to be quite wide.
Their Ben Turners control doors from a small entrance hall leading into their lounge and are believed were originally controlling the doors of what were once the main doors to the converted shop they now live in, parts of which were built in the 1600's, the doors themselves are mahogany.
The BT door springs were invented around 1872 and as you will see they will not be an easy repair especially as the whole spring mechanism and arms are missing from one and I believe the spring in the other is broken.
From looking at the patent, the spring is a clock type spring which I imagine to be quite wide.
The hole from whence it emerged.
More to follow as investigation progresses as to what exactly is the problem other than the obvious missing parts.
More to follow as investigation progresses as to what exactly is the problem other than the obvious missing parts.
The broken spring above as suspected.
As I have already shown you the 1872 patent for the above door closer in a previous blog post I will show the 1875 Ben Turner patent for his top hinge, slightly different to Adams (edit: Nigels) and Julies above, but similar. I do have one of the exact top centres in the patent and will show it in due course.
Getting to the heart of the matter to find out the problem can often be very difficult!
As always please feel free to ignore my efforts to enlighten you all on the wonderful world of floor springs and door closers.
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