Patent attributes
A door arrester is provided which comprises a housing (2), fastened on either the door or the door frame, a retaining rod (24), extending through an opening (23) in the housing (2) and fastened on the respective other part of door and door frame so as to be pivoted, at least one brake member (14) pretensioned in the direction towards the retaining rod (24) and having a peripheral surface (16) that is received in the housing (2) so as to be axially displaceable, and at least two fastening bores (9) oriented at an angle to the locating plane of the housing (2). An aim of the invention is to improve the generic door arrester so that it reliably and securely holds the door while being inexpensive to produce. For this purpose, one fastening bore (9) each is disposed on both sides of the principle planes which are perpendicular to the locating plane of the housing (2).
