Self-aligning jamb jack screw
View Patent ↗A self-aligning jamb jack apparatus with a cylindrical threaded adjustment component that has adjustment component threads on the exterior wall and smooth surface on the interior walls, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component extending through a cylinder with a smooth exterior to a ball, the smooth surface extending through the cylinder and the ball. The jamb jack apparatus also has a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball. The self-aligning jamb jack apparatus is installed in a door or window jamb (or any other appliance) to connect and regulate the space between the jamb and the rough framing.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical threaded adjustment component with adjustment component threads on an exterior wall and a cylindrical surface on an interior wall, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component extending through a cylinder with an exterior to a ball, the cylindrical surface extending through the cylinder and the ball;
a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball; and
a door jamb, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component mechanically connected to the door jamb.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a cylindrical threaded base component with guide threads on base component interior walls, the guide threads aligned to accept the adjustment component threads.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein a flange is mechanically attached to the cylindrical threaded base component at one end of the cylindrical threaded base component, the flange extending outward, the flange including a flat surface perpendicular to the cylindrical threaded base component.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the flange has a hole in the flat surface of the flange.
5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the cylindrical threaded base component has exterior threads.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the platform base, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component, the cylinder, and the ball are 3-D printed plastic.
7. An apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical threaded adjustment component with adjustment component threads on an exterior wall and a cylindrical surface on an interior wall, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component extending through a cylinder with an exterior to a ball, the cylindrical surface extending through the cylinder and the ball;
a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball; and
a window jamb, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component mechanically connected to the window jamb.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the cylindrical threaded adjustment component, the cylinder, and the ball are a single piece of steel.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the platform base is nylon.
10. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising a cylindrical threaded base component with guide threads on base component interior walls, the guide threads aligned to accept the adjustment component threads.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein a flange is mechanically attached to the cylindrical threaded base component at one end of the cylindrical threaded base component, the flange extending outward, the flange including a flat surface perpendicular to the cylindrical threaded base component; wherein the flange has a hole in the flat surface of the flange.
12. An apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical threaded base component with guide threads on a guide interior wall, the guide threads aligned to accept adjustment component threads;
an adjustment component assembly, the adjustment component assembly comprising:
a cylindrical threaded adjustment component with the adjustment component threads on an adjustment component exterior wall and a cylindrical surface on an adjustment component interior wall,
a cylinder mechanically connected to the cylindrical threaded adjustment component on one end of the cylindrical threaded adjustment component, and
a ball, mechanically connected to the cylinder, the cylindrical surface extending through the ball;
a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball; and
a door jamb, the cylindrical threaded base component mechanically connected to the door jamb.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the platform base is a rectangular box shape.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein a flange is mechanically attached to the cylindrical threaded base component at one end of the cylindrical threaded base component, the flange extending outward, the flange including a flat surface perpendicular to the cylindrical threaded base component.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the flange has a hole in the flat surface of the flange.
16. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the cylindrical threaded adjustment component, the cylinder, and the ball are a single piece of brass.
17. An apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical threaded base component with guide threads on a guide interior wall, the guide threads aligned to accept adjustment component threads;
an adjustment component assembly, the adjustment component assembly comprising:
a cylindrical threaded adjustment component with the adjustment component threads on an adjustment component exterior wall and a cylindrical surface on an adjustment component interior wall,
a cylinder mechanically connected to the cylindrical threaded adjustment component on one end of the cylindrical threaded adjustment component, and
a ball, mechanically connected to the cylinder, the cylindrical surface extending through the ball;
a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball; and
a window jamb, the cylindrical threaded base component mechanically connected to the window jamb.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the cylindrical threaded base component has exterior threads.
19. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the platform base, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component, the cylinder, and the ball are 3-D printed steel.
20. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein a flange is mechanically attached to the cylindrical threaded base component at one end of the cylindrical threaded base component, the flange extending outward, the flange including a flat surface perpendicular to the cylindrical threaded base component.
21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the flange has a hole in the flat surface of the flange.
22. An apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical threaded base component with guide threads on a guide interior wall, the guide threads aligned to accept adjustment component threads;
an adjustment component assembly, the adjustment component assembly comprising:
a cylindrical threaded adjustment component with the adjustment component threads on an adjustment component exterior wall and a cylindrical surface on an adjustment component interior wall,
a cylinder mechanically connected to the cylindrical threaded adjustment component on one end of the cylindrical threaded adjustment component, and
a ball, mechanically connected to the cylinder, the cylindrical surface extending through the ball;
a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball; and
an appliance jamb, the cylindrical threaded base component mechanically connected to the appliance jamb.
23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein a flange is mechanically attached to the cylindrical threaded base component at one end of the cylindrical threaded base component, the flange extending outward, the flange including a flat surface perpendicular to the cylindrical threaded base component.
24. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein the flange has a hole in the flat surface of the flange.
25. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the platform base is iron.
26. An apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical threaded adjustment component with adjustment component threads on an exterior wall and a cylindrical surface on an interior wall, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component extending through a cylinder with an exterior to a ball, the cylindrical surface extending through the cylinder and the ball;
a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball such that the platform base pivots around the ball; and
an appliance jamb, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component mechanically connected to the appliance jamb.