US45189A

US45189A - Improved weather-strip

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Publication number: US45189A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1864-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 1881-11-22

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UNITED STATES STEPHEN G. SPIGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPPLOVED WEATHEH-STH! F.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. da, llllli., datcd November 2:2, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, STEPHEN G. Serena, ot' the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Attaching Weather- Strips to the Bottoms of Doors or Windows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching' a spring, notspiral7 but dat or straight, to the bottom of a door or window at one end of the same, under the weather-strip, for the purpose of raising said strip when the door or window is opened; also7 in the arrangemento'f the strip wherebyit strikes against the rabbet oi' the door and is brought close against the door-sill when the door is closed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention7 I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, Figure l shows the position of the door-strip when the door is open, also the arrangement of the door-rabbet against which the strip and spring strikes when the door is closed. Eig. 2 gives the position in which the spring is placed at one end ot' the door.

My weather-strip is composed of three pieces running the whole length of the bottom of the door, excepting what is cut ofi' to clear the rabbet next to the hinges ot' the door. Piece i is to be attached to the door for the purpose oi connecting hinges, which hinges are to be attached to piece g. Piece h is made to cover t' and g, for the purpose of hiding the hinges and seam between pieces i and g and making a neat job ofthe same.

S is the spring, which raises the piece g of the weather-strip.

Tis the slot at the bottom of the door-rabbet, against which one end of piece g strikes, and in which it imbeds itself when the door is closed. Slot T is covered with thin brass or other metal, as is also the end of piece g, which tits in slot T.

I am aware that an invention similar to mine was patented by E. C. Matthewson, ot' Hartford, Connecticut7 on the 16th of May, 1848; but mine ditters from Matthewsons inasmuch as his has a spiral spring attached to the center ofthe door under the weather-strip. If said spiral spring` is strong enough to raise the strip so that it will clear the sill of the door, it must have force enough to partially raise one end of the weather-strip, thereby admitting the wind and rain to a certain extent, whereas in mv improvement the spring is at one end and immeliately against the doorrabbet, which causes said spring to be powerless when the door is closed. It also dit't'ers from Matthewsons invention inasmuch as his door strip is closed by striking' against apiece etn brass or other metal attached to the bottom of the door and outside et the rabbet, while my strip is closed by striking against the slot made in the rabbet of the door and at the bottom of the door.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the three strips g 7L t', hinges j, and flat spring S, the latter applied to the outer end of the weather-strip 0, and all arranged in the manner herein shown and described, to operate in combination with a recess, T, in the rabbet ofthe door-frame.

In testimony whereotl I hereunto set my hand and sea-l this 31st day ot' January, 1863.

STEPHEN G. SPIGER. Witnesses:

Clins. KLAUDER, Guns. J NYneLM.,