US400813A

US400813A - Weather-strip

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Publication number: US400813A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-04-02
Anticipated expiration: 1906-04-02

Description

(No Model.)

H. O. WOY. WEATHER STRIP.

No. 400,813. Patented Apr. 2, 1889.

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HENRY O. \VOY, OF GREEN CITY, MISSOURI.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,813, dated April 2, 1889.

Application filed March 1, 1888. Serial No. 265,788. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY O. lVOY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green City, in the county of Sullivan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVeather-Strips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in weather-strips; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The objects of my invention are to prevent the ingress of cold wind, rain, or snow between the sill and lower edge of the door, and, furthermore, to drain the sill from any surplus of moisture that at any time may accumulate thereon.

Reference being had to the drawings aecompanying this application and forming part =of the same, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention, showing parts in place with the door closed. Fig. 2 is avertical cross-section of sill and weather-strip, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a door-frame, provided with an inwardly-proj ecting sill, B, having at one end an upwardly-curved hollow projection, a, the inn er edge of which extends flush with the inner edge of door-frame A. The opposite end of sill B is formed with an upright solid projection, a, over which and extending, down its inner face is secured a metal bearing-strip, I), having a perforation, Z).

Between extensions a and a the sill B is formed with a longitudinal recess, 0, extending to the inner wall of projection a, and directly in front of same a deeper parallel recess, c, is formed in sill B, extending to the same point in projection a. A metal endbearing strip, d, having a perforation, d, is secured to the inner wall of projection a, and

and making a tight joint.

forms a bearing for one end of the metal Weather-strip O, which has a flat upper surface, 6, and at one end a curved upward projection, e, the outer edge of which is formed vertical in line with the edge of strip 0. Curved projection c, secured to strip 0 near the inneredge of projection 0, moves in line with said edge and the inner edge of the frame A, and operates the weather-strip O when the door D is opened or shut. The under face of strip 0 is provided with exten sion f, which normally (that is, when the door is open) is flush with the frame, and onlybecomes visible when the door is closed, having end bearings f and f said end bearings being arranged to loosely fit in perforations I) and d, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the strip 0 is loosely held in place with its upper edge flush with the upper face of the door-sill. Tubes g extend from the inner face of recess 0 downward through the sill and floor for the purpose of drainage, carrying off the water in said recess. Door D is hung by hinges h to one side of frame A, and to the opposite side is secured a retaining-lock, h. Below the lock h a spring-bar, I, is secured to the inner face of door D, near its edge, extending downward to the lower edge of the door, and terminating in a right-angular projection, j, which, when the door is being shut, strikes against the vertical edge of curved projection e, forcing it toward the frame A, raising the edge of the strip 0 toward the door D, and as the movement of the door is c011- tinued the end of the bar I passes over the edge of strip 0, pressing it to the lower face of the door. hen the doorD is tightly shut, the upper face of strip 0 is held vertically against the lower inside face of door D, thus preventing any ingress of wind, rain, or snow, Opening the door D forces the strip 0 back toits place by contact with the lower edge of said door. inwardly-projecting sill B serves as a carpetstrip, protecting the same from the weather, as the moisture is carried off through the recesses and drain-pipes.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The frame A, having the grooved sill B, in

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combination with the Weatherstrip O, pr0- disengage the strip by reason of the pr0jee- 1o vided with {L projection, e, and an extension, tion 6, for the purpose set forth.

j, whose terminal axes f j are pivetztlly se- In testimony whereof Iaffixmy signature in cured in slots in the sides of thef1'2m1e,whieh presence of two witnesses.

5 normally hes flush with the frame, and the :HEJRY T door I), having the plate I, provided with it projecting higyj, whereby the arc-like oseil- Witnesses: iLfiOH of said h1g3; operates the weather-strip ADDISON PAYNE, in either direction,respectively, to engage and REUBEN PAYNE.