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SWING DOOR TERMINOLOGY 
 
Active Door 
 
Bi-Swinging Pair 
Breakout 
 
Butt Hung 
Center Pivot 
 
Concealed Application 
Door Arm 
 
Double Egress 
 
“In” Door Application 
Left Hand Operator 
 
Offset Pivot 
 
“Out” Door Application 
Reveal 
 
Right Hand Operator 
Side Clearance 
 
Swing Clear 
 
Visible Application 
The door that includes the locking mechanism. 
A simultaneous pair of swinging doors. 
The ability to allow emergency egress through the door in a manner different 
from its normal operation – an IN door swinging out. 
 
Swinging door on butt hinges. 
 
Condition of pivoting a swing door about a point on the centerline of the door 
panel, 3 ¾” from the pivot jamb. Required for breakout. 
 
Operator and casing contained within framing system. 
 
Member which mechanically links operator output spindle to door. May be 
single piece located in the rail of the door (concealed application), or complex 
device utilizing connecting rods and slides (visible application). 
 
A pair of swinging doors swinging simultaneously in opposite directions. 
Door swings toward ingress of building. 
As the user approaches the door from the push side, the door swings to the 
left. 
 
Condition of pivoting a swinging door off of the centerline of the door panel. 
Door swings toward egress of building. 
Dimension from surface upon which operator will be mounted to face of door 
being automated. Often applying to visible, swinging applications. 
 
Opposite to left hand (see Left Hand Operator) 
 
Distance from the face of the door in the full open 90-degree position to 
the outer most point on the operator linkage. 
 
Butt hinge that allows the swinging panel to swing clear of the jamb allowing 
more clear door opening. 
 
Operator contained in a case, surface-mounted to the door frame.