US411778A

US411778A - Weather-strip

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Publication number: US411778A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-10-01
Anticipated expiration: 1906-10-01

Description

(No Model.)

E. BIGONESS.

WEATHER STRIP.

Patented 001;. 1, 1889.

UNITED STATES;

PATENT- EDWARD BIGONESS, OF WVARREN, lllASSAUl-IUSEFIS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,778, dated October 1, 1889. Application filed May 9, 1889. Serial No. 310,100. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BIGONESS, of IVarren, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'eather-Strips for Doors, of which the following is a description suificiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a door-sill provided with my improvement, the door and casing being shown in horizontal section; Fig. 2, an enlarged vertical transverse section of the sill, taken on line as o; in Fig. 1, the door and casing being shown in elevation; Fig. 3, a sectional view taken on line Q) o in Fig. 1, the door being represented in edge elevation and nearly closed; Fig. 4, a like view taken on line 1 y in Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a similar View taken on line a z, and Fig. (3 a sectional view of the sill.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the diiferent figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to weathenstrips which are automatically adjustable; and it consists in certain novel features, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more edective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the sill, B C the casings, and D the door.

The sill Ais provided with a sh allow longitudinal rabbet I) (see Fig. 6) at its outer edge, the inner wall (Z of said rabbet being inclined vertically. At the outer edge of the rabbet b is formed another longitudinal rabbet f, the bottom g of which is beveled, inclining horizontally outward.

The weather-strip H has its edges h beveled (see Figs. 2 and 3) to conform to the inclined walls of the rabbets h f. The strip H is pivoted horizontally in the casings B G in posi tion to enter the rabbets in the sill by means of pins 2', which are disposed at one side the horizontal center of said strip, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) and rest in sockets 7c in said casings. A vertical slot Z (see Fig. 4) is formed in the casing B and opens into thesocket 7t, permitting the pin e to be withdrawn and the strip to be removed when desired. At the end adjacent to the casing B the strip is provided centrally on one face with a vertical stud m, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A vertical slot 19 (see Fig. 5) is formed in the casing O, and secured to said casing in position to be depressed into said slot there is a flat spring q, the free end of which engages the upper face of the strip near its inner edge and looks it in a horizontal position. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

The door D is hinged to the casing C in the usual manner, and is provided in its lower edge with a longitudinal groove or socket 4, into which a portion of the strip H projects when the door is closed, said groove being preferably nearly sectoral in cross-section, as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3. A stud or screw t projects from the inner edge of the door in position to engage the spring q and force it into its socket p when the door is closed. In the lower. inner edge of the door is formed a vertical groove j, (see Fig. 3,) its inner wall w being beveled and adapted to engage and depress the stud m on the weather-strip.

In the use of my improvement the weatherstrip is in a fiat or horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, a portion thereof resting on the rabbet I) being held in position by the spring g, which looks it from being moved when stepped upon. When the door is closed, the screwstud t, 011 the inner edge thereof, engages said spring and forces it into its socket 19, leaving the strip free to move. As soon as this is effected the groove-wall w in the outer edge of the door engages the stud m on the strip, forcing it outward and swinging said strip into a vertical position, as shown by dotted lines H in Fig. 2. Its inner edge is thus projected into the groove 7* in the door and rests closely against the vertical wall 15 thereof, and its outer edge rests upon the bottom of the rabbet f, thus entirely closing the crack or opening between the bottom of said door and the sill. Then the door is again opened, the wall 15 of the door-groove forces the strip downward into a horizontal position, when it is secured by the spring g, which projects from its socket as soon as released from the pressure of the screw-stud t.

Having thus explained my invention, What I claim is- 1. The combination of alongitudinally-rabbeted sill, a weather-strip pivoted in the doorcasing to enter said rabbets, a spring on the casing projecting into the path of said strip, a socket for the spring, a door having a stripgroove in its bottom, a stud for depressing said spring, and a socket in its outer edge having a curved rear Wall engaging a stud on the weather-strip when the door is closing, substantially as described.

2. The casings B O and sill A, provided With the rabbets I) f, in combination with the door D and Weather-strip H, pivoted in said casing and provided with the stud m, substantially as described.

3. The casings B C, provided with the slots 1) Z, sockets k, and spring q, in combination with the sill A, having the rabbets b f, the door D, and the strip H, pivoted in said sockets and provided with the stud m, substantially as described.

4. The combinations of the casings B 0, having the sockets in and slots Z p, the spring q, the strip H, provided with the stud m, the sill A, having rabbets I) f, and the door D, provided with the grooves r 7',arranged to operate substantially as described.

EDWARD BIGONESS.

WVitnesses:

J os. B. LOMBARD, MINNIE B. WILLIAMs.