.~.~> Cable guide changes direction of counterbalancing force
DEFINITION
Classification: 49/150
(under subclass 149) Device wherein the optional movements include a sliding, i.e., guided rectilinear and swinging, i.e., turning about a fixed pivot and comprising a means to compensate for the weight of the closure to hold it in an adjusted position during either movements, as by connection to the closure above the horizontal pivots on which it swings.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
445+, for a counterbalance for a reciprocating closure and see the search notes thereto for the loci of other counterbalances.
