Derbyshire County Council ( D.C.C.) None working Newman's 600 hydraulic floor spring.
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D.C.C. Replaced with NOS Newman's 600 hydraulic floor spring.
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D.C.C. Close-up picture of old worn shoe from the Newman's 600 contract.
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, Vintage Comyn floor spring with internal transverse adjustment. Spring is broken from over tensioning, presumably to overcome building pressure or to centre the door.
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D.C.C. Contract almost complete, picture showing left and right hand NOS Newman's 600 closers and shoes. Only the new cover plates to fit.
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Above left is the inside of an antique Carltland & Co Climax Patent floor spring before repair; circa 1890's. Middle is the cover plate and right is the fully refurbished and repaired Victorian floor spring ready for re-fitting.
Briton B door closer, Briton C, Briton 200 and Defiant models awaiting restoration before sale. Below left is a badly worn and damaged 'Leader' with three broken springs before service and repair. This antique floor spring was supplied by Parker, Winder & Achurch for the inner entrance doors of Knowle Parish Church around a hundred years ago. With some slight modifications and NOS parts M.F.S successfully serviced and repaired the floor spring (as can be seen below middle and right). |
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The 'Leader' floor springs are now back in place, closing speed has been set and the doors to the Church have been centred.
They will now give the client many further years of trouble free service.
They will now give the client many further years of trouble free service.
Above is a Newman 600 after service and replacement of coil spring, piston and link arm pins.
The condition of this Newman 600 is probably the worse we have come across, fortunately we were able to offer our Australian customer a replacement left and right hand unit from our stock.
The picture to the left shows a NOS ACME vintage floor spring; circa 1950's (Note the square pin and concrete box).
The above is a corroded and broken Allgood Holborn 'Invincible' floor spring set into a sandstone threshold from the main entrance doors of the 14th century Guild House, Knowle. This Victorian era floor spring is; circa 1900's and badly in need of repair.
Below is the same floor spring in the vice being bench tested after a full rebuild. Included in this rebuild was the machining of two pivot to carriage transfer wheels, the fabrication of a new pivot assembly and the welding of the cracked cast iron case. The fitting of 4 new springs in each left and right hand floor closer completes the restoration. With the inclusion of modern synthetic oil we are confident these repairs will ensure the 'Invincible' will now remain in service for another hundred years.
The Guild House contract is complete, both 'Invincible' floor closers are back in the ground, the doors have been centred and are now closing like new.
To the right is the inside of a NOS Robert Adams Victor 'Sceptre' vintage door spring; circa 1920's (Note the unusual square springs and large square hydraulic check).
Above is the top view of an extremely rare Ben Turner floor closer circa 1870. This floor spring is unusual because its helical steel coil spring is in a similar configuration to that found in the Briton B. Its spring is designed to resist a torsional (twisting) force, rather than the more common configuration, whereby the internal springs are either compressed or extended in normal use. This type of door closer was used extensively throughout the Royal Courts of Justice (Law Courts), London.
The above is the inside of a Monarch floor spring. It is in need of a service but there appears to be no wear and nothing is broken.
Below is a NOS Briton 400 being bench tested after an oil change. This floor spring is similar in many ways to Monarch but without the two part split case.
Below is a NOS Briton 400 being bench tested after an oil change. This floor spring is similar in many ways to Monarch but without the two part split case.
The next series of pictures are going to show a complete strip down and service of an Earl 778, circa 1970's. This is a floor spring designed for heavier doors so note the thickness of the pin and springs in comparison to the above Briton 400 and the Monarch.
Earl 778 in the vice completely stripped down before rebuilding with NOS parts.
Pivot is in place along with the back plate housing the pivot.
NOS double spring set and piston is in place.
The Earl 778 is now topped up with fresh hydraulic oil.
Cover plate is replaced.
Please follow our repairs and installations on our blog where you will find an extensive range of floor springs and door closers. We hope the blog may be of great help to those wishing to identify their particular door closer, its age and history.
Please follow our repairs and installations on our blog where you will find an extensive range of floor springs and door closers. We hope the blog may be of great help to those wishing to identify their particular door closer, its age and history.