US632310A - Weather-strip. - Google Patents

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No. 632,3lo. Patented sepf..5, 1899. B. F. HIGGINS.

WEATHER STRIP. [Application led Jan. 13, 1899.)

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BENJAMIN F. HIGGINS, OF NEOGA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL IV. OHAMBERLIN, OF PARADISE, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,310, dated September 5, 1899. Application filed January 13, 1899. Serial No. 702,092. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN F. HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Neoga, in the county of Cumberland and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The invention' relates to improvements in weather-strips. I

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of weather-strips and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eicient one adapted to be readily'mounted on a door and capable of operating automatically as the door opens and closes, to elevate itself for clearing the carpet, and to depress itself so as to iit tightly against the door-sill for eifectually excluding air.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of a Weather-strip constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a door, the latter being closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portion of the Weatherstrip and the door, the former being raised. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the adjustable guide. Fig. 4 is a similar View of one of the end plates of the weather-strip.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a hinged Vweather-strip constructed of sheet metal orother suitable material,provided atits upper edge with a circular or cylindrical bead or roll 2, which fits within a corresponding bead 3 of an attachmentstrip 4, which is secured to the outer face of a door 5 by screws or other suitable fastening devices. By this construction the weather-A strip is hinged to the door and is adapted to swing upward and downward. It is held against longitudinal movement in the bead 3 by end plates 6, arranged at the ends of the attachment-strip 4 and provided with shanks or stems interposed between the attachmentstrip and the door and retained in place by the fastening devices of the former.

4I/Vhen the door is opened, the weather-strip is automatically elevated by a pair of springs 7, secured at their `upper ends between the attachment-strip and the door and having their lower portions curving outward and engaging the lower face of the hinged weatherstrip; but instead of employing a pair of springs either one or more than twol may be provided.

When the door is closed,the hinged weatherstrip is directed into engagement with a keeper S by an adjustable guide 9, mounted on a pivoted block or piece lO at one side of the door-casing. The block or piecelO,which tapers toward its lower end to provide an inclined inner face l1, is secured to the door frame or casing by a screw l2 or other suitable fastening device which is adapted to' permit the tapering piece or block and the adjustable guide to be swung backward out of the way when it is not desirable or necessary for the weather-strip to t tightly against a door-sill. .The guide 9 consists of astrip of metal having'its upper end curved to form a handle and provided between its ends with a longitudinal slot 18, in which are arranged screws 14, whereby the guide is secured at the desired adjustment for operating the Weather-strip properly.

The keeper consists of a short plate secured to the sill, as shown, and having its inner or vupper endbent downward to engage the weatherstrip,and it is adapted to hold the latter tightly against the sill and relieve the guideA of strain. The lower end of the adjustable guide, which is arranged at an angle to the pivoted block or piece, forms a cushion and is adapted to engage the Weather-strip yieldingly; but as it is of much greater strength than the springs Which support the Weather-strip at an elevated position it is capable of holding the weather-strip firmly against the sill to direct it into engagement with the keeper.

The invention has the following advantages: The weather-strip, whichis simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is strong and durable and adapted to be readily applied to a door, and it is capable of 0peratin g automatically to clear the-carpet when the door opens and to fit tightly against the IOO sill when the door is closed. The adjustable guide, which is mounted on the door-frame, is adapted to be raised and lowered, and the tapering block or body, which is secured at its upper end by a single fastening device, is adapted to permit the guide to be swung backward out of the way when it is not neoessary for the weather-strip to lit tightly against the sill. The screw which permits this pivotal movement of the tapering block or body is adapted to hold the same suffioiently firmly in position to avoid being pushed aside by the weather-strip.

Changesin the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrifieing any of the advantages of this invention.

That is claimed is- In a device of the class described, the combination with a weather-strip designed to be hinged to aldoor, of a block or body lO pivoted at its upperend and adapted to be swung aside to throw the device out of operation, a stationary keeper mounted on the sill and arranged to be engaged by the weather-strip when the same is swung downward, and an adjustable guide mounted on and carried by the block, forminga cushion and adapted to be engaged by the weather-strip, whereby the same is swung downward, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my'own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJ. F. HIGGINS. Titnessesz D. N. SNYDER, C. M. Dow.

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