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 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

��� ��I h'. . I • ; Ml ;, i,i;'( liild iiji likr sri mis niui ;iic operated by an electrical control from the garage office

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