US630642A - Weather-strip. - Google Patents

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No. 630,642. Patented Aug. 8, I899. T. M. ASPINALL.

WEATHER STRIP.

lApplic n filed Mar. 7. 1898 (No Model.)

UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

THOMAS M. ASPINALL, PIQUA, OHIO.

WEATHERrSTRlP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent N 0. 630,642, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed March '7, 1828. Serial No. 672,922. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. A'srINALL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-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 partof this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of weather-strips or automatic door attachments for protecting the inside of the room by covering the interstice between' the carpet-strip or sill and the door in which two sections or members are employed, consisting of a stationary member or cap-strip attached rigidly to the door and having the movable member or weather-strip proper so connected thereto as to make a central balance, and thus become self-gravitating, so as to swing in a horizontal plane over the carpet-strip or sill whenever the door is open and to shut down tightly on the sill whenever the door is closed.

The construction and novel features of my improvement will be fully described hereinafter and defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention and in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several Views, Figure 1 is a view of the outside of a portion of a door and its frame with my improved weatherstrip properly applied thereto and showing the rabbet of the frame broken away, so as to show the stop projecting from the end of the strip. Fig. 2 is an end view, looking from the hinged end, of a portion of a door having my weatherstrip applied thereto and showing the position it assumes when the door is closed. Fig. 3 is an end or edge View of a portion of a door, showing my improved weather-strip applied thereto and the position the parts assume when said door is opened. Fig. 4 is a view of the rear or back of a portion of the strip in the position it is shown in Fig. 3 before being attached to the door, and Fig. 5 are various enlarged views'in detail of the hinge.

contour. v Two or more hinges 3 are employed for connecting said movable weather-strip 2 to said stationary cap-strip 1, and said hinges 3 comprise a flat portion or plate 4, which is attached to cap-strip 1, (by means of screws or otherwise,) and are formed with slightlytapered pivots 5, one on each side, which have a pivotal bearing in countersunk openings 6 in bearing flanges or ears 7, which are formed with a concavity or groove 8 in their outer face, so as to be driven into weather-strip 2. Each of said bearing flanges or cars 7 of the hinge has a smooth face 9 at its end, formed with a shoulder 10, soas to form a proper bearing-surface for the flat face 11 of the lower end 12 of the flat plate 4, from which projects the tapered pivots 5. It will be here observed that by reason of the peculiar construction shown-to, wit, of the said'tapered pivots 5, countersunk openings 6, which receive the pivots, of said raised face"9,"of the said shoulders 10--all unite in preventing any binding or rusting of the hinge, which has always been the objectionable defects of butt-hinges, especially after being exposed to the weather a short time. Said weather-strip 2 has its upper or inner end'13 much heavier than its lower or forward end or lip 14, so that when the door is opened its weight allows it to make a central balance and by reason of the pivotal hinge 3 will become selfgravitating until it finds its level, and when thus resting in a horizontal plane, as shown in Fig. 3, will be raised'high' enough so as to swing clear of the carpet-strip or the sill and floor, thus permitting the door to 'be opened. A spring-stop 15, made of a suitable wire bent down upon itself and formed with an eye by which the stop may be secured to the end of the hingedmember 2, is shown. .The pin or stop-arm of the spring-stoplis bent outward at its end substantially at right angles and rests in the path of the door-jamb, so that as the door swings closed said stop will engage against the rabbet or jamb a of the frame (1 and move the weather-strip off its balance, turning it so that it will stand, as shown in Fig. 2, with its lip 1 2 against the surface, and

double doors, a stop is of course attached at one end of each strip at the hinged or heel end of the doors.

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

1. A Weather-strip, comprising an inclined upper or cap strip 1, adapted to be secured to the face of a door, a movable member 2, pivotally connected to the upper strip to hang with its-inner face in horizontality when not in use, and a spring-stop 15, consisting of a wire bent down upon itself and formed with an eye by which the stop may be secured in the end of the pivoted member 2, and having its free end bent outward at right angles to stand in the path of the door-jarnb, whereby when the door is being closed the spring-stop will yieldingly engage the door-jainb and move the member 2 into inclined position, substantially as shown and described.

2. In aweather-strip, the combination with an inclined stationary cap-strip 1, adapted to be rigidly secured to the face of a door; ofa lower or movable member 2 connected thereto,

so that said movable member will hang with its inner face in horizontality when not in use, a bent-wire spring-stop 15 located in the end of the movable member 2, and having its bent or horizontal arm projecting in the path of the door-jamb whereby when the door is being closed, the spring-stop will yieldingly engage the door-jamb and move the member 2 into an inclined position; pivoted connections 3 between the movable strip and the stationary strip each comprising a flat plate 4 having flat faces 11, lower end 12 formed at each side into tapering pivots 5 each having a pivoted bearing inthe countersunk opening 6 in the bearing flanges or ears 7 formed with the concavity or groove 8, smooth face 9, and shoulder 10; all substantially for the purposes shown and described.

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

THOMAS M. ASPINALL. \Vitnesses:

IIonAoE K. TENNEY, JEAN S. Oamcs.

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