(under subclass 149) Device provided with a sliding member substantially coextensive with the side of the closure on which the closure is mounted for sliding therewith and further provided with means connecting the closure to said member for swinging about a horizontal axis, said member being movable in a plane parallel to the plane of reciprocation of the closure and member to permit swinging of the closure.
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174+, for a bearing strip, laterally retractable to permit swinging of a closure.
184+, for a longitudinal key strip between opposed grooves in a closure and a sliding stile, which strip is laterally retractable into the closure or stile to permit rotation of the closure about its stile mounted pivot.
316+, for an operator for a movably mounted sealing, guiding or locking strip between a frame and a closure, e.g., to release the closure for swinging movement, and see the search notes thereto for the loci of other movable sealing, guiding or locking strips.