US1240603A - Weather-strip. - Google Patents

Description

W. R. PROCTOR.

WEATHER SIRlP.

APPLICATION HLEp FEB. 19. 1917.

1,240,603. Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

WILLIAM R. PROGTOR, OF ATHENA, OREGON.

WEATHER-STRIP.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

Application filed February 19, 1917. Serial No. 149,558.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. Pnoo'ron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Athena, in the county of Umatilla and State of Oregon. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for pre venting the entrance of drafts, dust, insects, rain, etc., through doors, windows and similar closures for openings in buildings, and its object is to provide a simple and efficient device of this kind which can be easily applied and which does not mar the appearance of the door, window or other part to which it is applied.

The invention further has for its object to provide a device of the kind stated which may also serve as a fastening or look for the door or window, and which will hold the same partly open at any angle.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in the detailed description appearing hereinafter, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a door showing the application of the in vention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a window showing the invention applied to the sash thereof; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the device on the outside of the door; Fig. 4: is a vertical section of the device, and Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the device on the inside of the door.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 9 denotes a metal strip applied to the bottom of the part to be protected. Fig. 1 shows the strip applied to a door 10, and in Fig. 2 the strip is shown applied to a swinging window sash 11. The construction and operation of the device are the same in both instances and the following detailed description has reference to the device as applied to the door.

In the outer face of the door 10, at the bottom thereof, is made a vertical recess 12 in which the strip 9 slidably seats, its width being such that it may project from the recess and depend a sutficient distance from the bottom edge of the door to engage the threshold 13. The length of the strip corresponds to the width of the door, so that when it is lowered to engage the threshold, the space between the latter and the bottom edge of the door is closed up, thereby eX eluding drafts, dust, insects, rain, etc.

The strip 9 is carried by a vertically slidable bolt is mounted in a guide 15 fixed to the inner face of the door at the bottom thereof and having at its lower end a lat eral bend 16 which extends through a slot 17 made in the bottom edge of the door and leading to the recess 12. The strip 9 is mounted on the outer end of the bend 16 extending into the recess 12. The connection between the bend 16 and the strip 9 is mid- 'way between the ends of the latter, and the connection is a loose one so that the strip is pivotally supported, thereby enabling it to tilt in the direction of its length to fit close against an unlevel threshold or other part.

On the outer face of the door 10, over the recess 12, is mounted a cover plate 17 behind which the plate 9 works. The inner end of the slot 17 is coveredby the guide 15. On the inner face of the door 10 is located a device for actuating the bolt 1% to raise or lower the strip 9. This device is a flat plate 18 carried by apivot bolt 19, and having a cam slot 20 into which extends a lateral bend 21 at the upper end of the bolt 14. Thus, it will be seen that when the member 18 is swung, the bolt 14 is slid up or down, and the strip 9 is correspondingly moved. The member 18 has a projecting tread 22 so that it may be operated by the foot, and adjacent to the slot 20 it carries a pivoted latch bar 23. This latch bar is pivoted intermediate its ends to the member 18, as shown at 2%, and it is so positioned that when it is swung across the slot on one side of the part 21, the member is locked and prevented from being swung to slide the bolt 14 upward. This locking action is designed to be efiected when the strip 9 is down, the part .21 being then at one end of the slot 20, and upon swinging the latch bar 23 in front of the part 21, it acts as a stop to prevent the swing of the member 18 in a direction to elevate the bolt 14 and thus raise the strip 9, making a safe night-lock.

By providing the hereinbefore described locking means, the strip 9 may also be used for locking the door, the strip being positioned so that it overhangs the outer edge of the threshold 13 when it is down. When the device is applied to a window sash 11, as shown in Fig. 2, the sill 25 will have a slot 26 in which the strip seats when it is down. The door may also be held in partly open position by jamming the strip down after the door has been opened the desired distance.

As the locking device is on the inside, the door is secure y locked and it cannot be opened from the outside.

A means is also provided for operating the bolt 14-. from the outside of the door 10 when said bolt is not locked by the device hereinl'iei'ore described. This device is a knob 27 fixed on the outer end of the bolt 19. The bolt 19 passes through the door and the knob is fixed on its outer end, whereas the member 18 is fixed on its inner end by any suitable means. The bolt 19 is mounted to turn freely in a bearing sleeve 28 seating in a transverse aperture in the door. The knob 27 also has a tread 29 so that it may be operated by the foot.

The latch can also be used for locking the strip 9 in elevated position. lVhen the strip is in this position the part 21 is at the left end of the slot 20, and the latch may then be swung in behind said part to confine it in that end of the slot as shown dotted in Fig. 5. Thus, it is not necessary to operate the strip every time the door is to be opened, but it may be operated at will and left locked in elevated position if desired.

I claim:

1. The combination with a swinging closure of a strip located at the bottom of such closure and vertically movable to project therefrom a vertically slidable bolt mounted on the closure and carrying the strip, a pivoted member carried by the closure and having a cam slot'engageable by the bolt, and means for locking the pivoted member.

2. The combination with a swinging closure of a strip located at the bottom of such closure and vertically movable to project therefrom, a vertically slidable bolt mounted on the closure and carryingthe strip, said bolt having a laterally extending part, a pivoted member carried by the closure and having a cam slot into which said part eX- tends, and a pivoted stop member carried by the pivoted member and located to engage the laterally extending part when it is at the end of the slot, for locking said pivoted member.

3. The combination with a swinging closure of a strip located at the bottom of such closure and vertically movable to project tl erei rom, a vertically slidable bolt mounted on the closure and carrying the strip, a pivoted member carried by the closure and having a cam slot engageable by the bolt, means for locking the pivoted member, a pivot bolt carrying said member and passing through the closure, the swinging member being mounted on one end of said bolt, and means on the other end of the pivot bolt for operating the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. PBOGTOR.

-Witnesses HOMER I. /VATTs, JENNIE Gr. lVA'r'rs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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