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Doors with Their Hinges
2010-10-21

Most doors have hinges to allow the doors to pivot away from the doorway in one direction but not in the other. And doors can be hinged so that the axis of rotation is not in the plane of the door to reduce the space required on the side to which the door opens. The axis of rotation is usually vertical. In some cases, such as hinged garage doors, the axis may be horizontal, above the door opening. Another door, swing door, also has special hinges that allow it to open either outwards or inwards, and is sprung to keep it closed. As the swing door you can see in public toilet, it often looks like a screen to keep others away. A selfbolting door is called as such because of its special hinges that permit the panel leaf to move laterally so that the door itself becomes a giant bolt for better security result. The selfbolting door principle can be used both for hinged doors as for rotating doors, as well as up-and-over doors (in the latter case, the bolts are then placed at top and bottom rather than at the sides). Some hinges are specially designed to make the door more individual. Take the picture above for example, the hinge looks like a root of tree which perfectly matches the wooden door.
