Door assembly

Claim 1

A center-hung pivot door assembly comprising at least one door pivotally mounted in a door frame opening on pivot means secured to said door frame, the frame comprising paralled header and threshold members and parallel jambs at least one of which is a pivot jamb, and the door including parallel top and bottom rails and parallel pivot and lock stiles fixedly secured together, a relatively narrow jamb projection member attached to said pivot jamb along substantially the entire length thereof and projecting outwardly from said pivot jamb into the door frame opening, the door pivot stile being arcuate-shaped and mounted in closely spaced relation with said jamb projection, the space between said projection member and pivot stile always being less than the thickness of human fingers, a pair of push bars spanning the door intermediate the top and bottom rails, said bars being disposed on opposite sides of the door in substantially the same horizontal plane, one of said bars having a recessed opening therein at an end thereof and the other having a female threaded recess at the corresponding end, and means for fastening the bars to the door stiles comprising an opening in each side of the arcuate-shaped pivot stile adapted to receive one end of said bars, a passage in the lock stile in communication with the recessed opening in the one bar of the pair and the female threaded end of the other bar of the pair when said bars are brought into contact with the lock stile after their respective other ends have been inserted into said pivot stile openings, and a bolt of a length sufficient To extend through said passage and having one end threaded for locking engagement with said female threaded recess of one of said bars to fasten said bar to said lock stile and head means at the other end of a size to be received in said recess of the other of said bars and to clamp it against the lock stile.