US696335A - Weather-strip. - Google Patents

Description

Nb. 696,335. Paiented Mar. 25, |902.

s. F. HIGGINS.

WEATHER STRIP.

(Application led Nov. 18, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES 1 PATENT EEICE.

BENJAMIN F. HIGGINS, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF OND-HALF TOOHARLES W. BRUMFIELD, OF OENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

.SPECIFICTION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 696,335, dated March 25, 1902.

l Application filed November 18,1901. Serial No. 82,710; KNO model.)

To all whom t may concern: 5

Be itknown that I, BENJAMIN F. HIGGINs,

a citizen of the United States, residing aty Centralia, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented a nevvandl useful Weather-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to weather-strips. 5

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of weather-strips and to provi-de a simple, inexpensive, and eficient one adapted to be readily applied toa door and capable of being automatically operated by the opening and closing of the door and of effectually excluding air, dust, and moisture when it is closed or in engagement with the door-sill. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide a weather-stri p of this character which when applied toa door will not require any recessing of the Vsame or the sill and which may be readily thrown into and out of operation when desired. f'

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

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a weather-'strip constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a door. Fig. 2 is aA vertical sectional view partly in elevation, the door being open. Fi'g. 3 isa vertical sectional View, the door being closed. Fig. tis a detail perspective view of the pivoted stop. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

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

n l designates a casing constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material and forming a housing for apivoted weather-strip 2, which is adapted tol be partially rotated to swing it downward against "the sillfof a door and to raise it to permit the door to be opened. The sheet-metal casing is substantially quadrantshaped in cross-section and is provided at the top with a longitudinal lian ge 3, which is perforated for the reception of screws or other improvements in' pivoted at 5.

end of the lever.

l suitablefastening devices for securing the weather-strip tothe door 4. The weatherstrip, which is arranged within'the casing, is

substantially quadrant-shaped in cross-section and consists of a longitudinal body portion and quadrant-shaped ends, which are The pivots, which may be arranged in any suitable manner, are mounted on the endsof thecasing andare supported o Vby pivots or ears 6, arranged at the innerfaces of the ends of the weather-strip, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The casing 1 is open at the outer end to permit a lever 7 to be connected with the weather-strip, which is provided with aslot 8. The opening 9 ofthe end ofthe casing is approximately quadrant-shaped, but may be of any desired configuration, and the lever, which is fulcrumed between its' ends on a bracket or support 10,' is provided with-an L- 7o shaped lower arm, having an inwardly-extending finger 1l, arranged horizontally and projecting into the slot of the Aweather-strip. The bracketlO is inwardly offset from the end of the casing and is provided at its ends with perforated lugs or ears, which are secured to the door. The L-shaped arm of the lever eX- tends outward from the base of the bracket and downward at the end of the casing, and

the pivot 12, upon which the lever is mounted, 8o vpasses through a perforation ofthe bracket rand is supported by an L-shaped-plate or knee 13. The yplate or knee 13 is secured to the door Joy a fastening device 14, which also passes through a spring 15, extending upward from 8 5 `the plate or knee and engaging a laterallyextending lug or projection 160ithe upper The spring is adapted to throw the upper end of the'lever outward,

and the finger, which is moved inward by the 9o spring, engages the'weather-strip at the inner side of the slot and holds the-same elevated. The weather-strip is automatically operated when the door is opened and closed,

and the upper end of thelever when the door is closed engages a pivoted stop 17, mounted on the door-frame and adapted to be swung upward and downward to arrange itin the path of the lever and to carry it therefrom.

The upper end of the stop is perforated for roo the reception of a screw 18, and the lower end abuts against a screw 19, which holds the stop rigidly in position when arranged as shown in Figs. l and 3. The stop is bowed outward between its ends to extend it from the doorframe sufficiently to enable it to project into the path of the lever. When the door closes, the upper end of the lever engages the stop and is forced inward thereby, and the lower end of the lever is swung outward, whereby the weather-strip is partially rotated to carry it downward into contact with the door-sill. The weather-strip is adapted to fit snugly and tightly against the door-sill, and it is capable of elfectually excluding air, dust, and moisture. The casing is adapted to shed water, and it will cause the same to run outward beyond the weather-strip. The stop is adapted to be swung on the upper screw or pivot to carry its outwardly-bowed central portion ont of the path of the laterally-extendinglug of the lever, and when in this position the door may be closed without operating the weather-strip.

Itwillbe seen that the weather-strip is exeeedinglysimple and inexpensive in construction, that the casing forms a shield and housing for the weather-strip, and that the latter is adapted to operate quickly and is capable of being readily applied to a door without cutting the same. It will also be apparent that the slot and the opening may be readily cut at either end of the weather-strip and the casing to enable the same to be applied to a door hung at either edge and that the weatherstrip is capable of operating automatically and is also adapted to be thrown out ot' operation.

l. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casing designed to be mounted on a door, a weather-strip pivotally mounted within the casing, an upright lever fulerumed .between its ends on the exterior of the door and having its lower arm extended downward at one end of the casing and provided with an inwardly-extending portion connected with the weather-strip, and a stop designed to be mounted on the door-frame and. arranged in the path of the upper portion of the lever and adapted to be engaged by the same when the door is closed, substantially as described.

2. In a device ofthe class described, the combination of a casing designed to be mounted on a door, a weather-strip pivotally mounted within the casing, an uprightlever fulcrumed between its ends on the exterior of the door and having its lower arm arranged at one end of the casing and extended into the same and connected with the weather-strip, the outwardly-bowed stop pivoted at one end to the door-frame and arranged in the path of the' upper portion of the lever and adapted to be swung out of such position, and a projection mounted on the casing and supporting the free end of the stop when the latter is in position for engaging the lever, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of an approximately quadrantshaped casing, a quadrant-shaped weatherstrip pivotally mounted within the easing and arranged to swing beyond the same, a lever arranged at one end of the casing and extending through the same and connected with the weather-strip, and means for engaging the lever, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casing having an opening at one end, a weather-strip pivotally mounted within the casing and provided at one end adjacent to the said opening with a slot, a lever fulcrumed between its ends and extending through the opening into the slot, and a spring engaging the lever,substantially as described.

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

BENJ. F. HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. W. BRUMFIELD, M. DUNCAN.

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