US1178775A

US1178775A - Weather-stripping for doors.

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Publication number: US1178775A
Application number: US4046315A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roy R Albright
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-07-17
Filing date: 1915-07-17
Publication date: 1916-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 1933-04-11

Description

flya@ 11 4 loI Q l 251 a. R. ALmGHT. WEATHER STRIPPING FOR DO0RS.

4 APPLICATION FILED JULYIII ISIS. 1,178,775.y v Patented Apr.11,1916.

ROY AL'BRIGHT, OF TQRRINGTN, WYOMING.

WEATHER-STRIPPING FOR DOORS.'

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11,1916.

Application `filed July 17, 1915. Serial No. 40,463.

` To all lwhom t may concern:

a similar nature, which will be hereinafter Be it known that I, RoY R. ALBRIGHT, .a citizen of-the United States, residing at Torrington, in the county of Goshen and State of Wyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Stripping for Doors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. l

My present invention relates broadly to new and useful improvements in the construction of ldoors of houses and similar buildings.'

More particularly, the' invention has reference to the provision of a novel form of weather stripping for the door.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to constructv a door in whichthe upper and lower edges and outer vertical edge are provided with yieldably mounted weather strips adapted to be projected into engagement .with the` door casing when the door is closed so that the building or room Will be eifectually sealed to p revent the entrance of dust, snow, rain, cool air or the like.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a door having yieldable weather strips and to accompany the weather strip with a projecting means which is of such nature that asinglelever may be swung to either project or retract all the weather strip.

The above, and other incidental objects of more specifically treated are accomplished vby such means as are illustrated in the ac' companying drawings, described in the following specification, and then more particularly'pomted out inthe claims-which are lappended 'hereto and form lpart-of this ap# plication.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to,practice', and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts, 4Figure l-is a face vleWof a door constructed in accordance with my invention, the door being partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sec.

tional view. through the, door, one of the weather strips, and a portion 'ofthe door casing; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view,

. partly broken away, of the lower outer c or-v ner of the door to show the auxiliary filling 5 strip.

In taking up the detailed description of this figure, the door designated generally by the numeral 10, is provided in its upper edge with` a groove or channel 11; in its hinged, vertical edge, with a groove or channel 12; and in its lower horizontal and outer vertical edges with grooves or channels13 and 14, respectively. and 14 respectively, are freely mounted the weather strips 1 5, 16 and 17, vwhich mem-- bers are substantially similarinl design, each being preferably formed from a bar of Wood or equivalent material, accompanied by aY facing strip of felt or fabric, asindicated at 18. These

weather strips

15,16 and 17 are adapted to .be simultaneously projected into engagement with the door casing or retracted to lie within the

channels

11, 13 and 14, by means of a controlling mechanism to be hereinafter described., The channel 12, which is, as stated, formed in -the'hinged edge of the door, is not continuous, it being necessary to leave portions of the rear edge unchanneled, as at 19 to provide for the attachment of the hinges. Thus, as shown best in Fig.l 1 the channel in the hinged edge of the door is formed in three sections, in each of which is mounted a weather strip, as indicated at 20, '21 and 22. These weather strips are normally heldin yieldable engagement with the door casing, byl means of helical springs 23.v A pair of these members 23 is interposed between the rear face of each of the

members

20, 21 and 22 and the inner wall of the channel. In controlling the position of the weather strips, 15, 16 and 12',4 I

In the channels 11, 13

detail in Fig. 2 while'the weather stripV weather strips into engagement with the door casing. All of these bolts are adapted to be simultaneously' projected by either of the

levers

24 or 25, one on each side of the11o door.

Referring nowl particularly to Fig. -2l

' of. Within the bore 30 is mounted as shown Iin Figi. 2 the ction 27 ofthe bolt. -member 26v is provided with an internally threaded bore 31, which receives the reduced threaded extension 32 formed on the outer,

The

end of the section 27. rlhus the two sections 26 and 27 are detachably and adjustably connected so that the effective length of the olt may be increased or decreased at will,

.by rotating the two sections to thread' the member 32 farther into'. the b'ore 31 o'r to withdraw it therefrom. A stop pinindicated at 33 is passed diametrica'lly through the section `27 at anintermediate point, as-

in Fig. 2 and a helical spring indicated at 34 is wound about the section 26 to` bear at its forward end against the weather strip maintain the head 28 and at its rear end against the stop pin. Obviously, the spring acts to yieldably p of the bolt within the recess 29 and to yieldably hold the` weather strip at the outer end of the bolt. rlhe lower edge of the section 27 of the bolt is provided with rack teeth, as indicated at 35. These rack teeth are adapted to mesh with the teeth of a pinion 36, which is rotatable ina receiving recess 37 formed in the door, 'in n'r'iediatx'ely below the bore 30'. i

A pinion 36 accompanies each of the4 four bolts of the strip 17 and each of the three bolts of the strips'1`5` and 16. These pinions are keyed upon horizontally disposed axles 38, which are journaled in the door.y One end of each axle projects beyond the inner face of the -door so that a short lever arm may, as indicated at 39, be applied to the axle of each pinion. i

It will now be apparent that if the lever arms 39 of all of the pinion's 36 are/simultaneouslyswung upwardly, the several bolts will all be simultaneously projected 'and the weather strips 15,' 16and 17' will therefore,

be simultaneously projected into engagement with the door casing. On the other hand, if the weather strips are already projected into engagement with the door casing and vthe lever arms 39y are all swung downwardly below horizontalposition, all of the bolts will be 'retracted andconsequently all three weather strips 15, 6 and17 will be retracted folie within the'- vch'anm'es" 11, and 14.-

It is new' to be observed @harness lever arms 39, whic A are locatedfat tliegupper ter corner and .t 'e lovfer`- outer corner `ofthe `it will be seen that the bolt is door are l.shaped. rihese several members 39- are freely connected as shown best in Fig. 1 by means of link rods 40. The lever arms are, of course, Vslotted so that the termmals of the link rods may be capable of slight v movement with respect to the members 39,

as an integral part of the upper end of the vertical portion. The horizontal portion4 of the 'member A is connected, as above explained, by the link rods to the lever arms of the pinions of the door.

Referring now to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the handle 25 may be swung to turn the T-member A on its pivot (which is the pinion axle particularlyindicated by the numeral 38a) to simultaneously swing all of the lever arms 39 to cause the simultaneous projection of the

weather strips

15, 16 and 17, or may be swung to simultaneously retract all of these weather strips. Y

In order that the

lever arms

24 or 25 may be yieldably retained in adjusted position, l provide foreach a contractile helical sprlng 41 which is secured at its upper end to the lever and at its lower end to the door. rllhe lower end of the spring is in vertical .alinement with the pivot 41 so that it will act to hold the leverarm in either of its two positions. A small leaf spring, indicated at 42v is also. preferably provided in connectionI with the lever arms 39 so that these members will be normallyl held in horizontal position. y i f y ln order that thedoor may be locked when the weathenstrips are projected 1nto engagement I,with the door casing, l provide the lock'fbarf'43-which is pivotally attached -in order toV close this space 'at' the forward corners ofthe door I preferably mount between the ends of the weather strips, lling strips 45 disposed in slots in the meeting ends .of the weather strips at, the forward corhersfoffthe'"door, these strips being ex# tenddfdfiagonaflly toward the center ofthe door andbeing formed with teeth 46 adapted to be engaged by pinions 36a Y'of the same character as the pinions 36, these pinions 36 being in turn operated by means of the arms 39 operativelyengaging the rods 40 in the manner previously described. It will now be obvious that when the weather strips are projected these corner filling pieces 45 will also be projected and when the weather strips are contracted the corner pieces will also be retracted.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a door having a longitudinal groove in its upper edge, in lits v lower edge and in its outer vertical edge, of

2. The combination with a door having a longitudinal groove in its upper and lower edges and in its outer edge, and further provided within said edges with inwardly extending bores, of a weather stri disposed in each of said grooves, a sectiona bolt movable within each of said bores, a cross pin vcarried by each bolt, a coil spring oneach bolt and disposed between the in and weather stri a rack formed ont e inner' end of each olt, pinions adapted to engagethe racks, means operatively connect-.mia

of said pinions, and means operable either .side of the 4door for simultaneously actuating all of said pinions whereby all of said weather strips may be simultaneously projected to engagewith the door casing or simultaneously retracted to lie W1th1n the limits of thegrooves. A y

In testimony whereof4 I hereunto. aiix my signature in the presence o`f two BOY' R. ALBRIGHT.

Witnesses: W. Man ALBRIGHT,

R. E. Cnoss.