US800343A - Weather-strip. - Google Patents

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PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

W. VAN HORN.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 9, 1904.

William Vanl7orn.

WILLIAM V AN HORN, OF PlQUA, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1505.

Application filed December 9, 1904. Serial No. 236,220.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VAN HORN, 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, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention consists of a novel construction of metallic weather-strip.

1o The invention aims to provide a device of this type which may be readily applied to a window or like part without necessitating the use of special fastenings for this purpose and which is of a form effective as a cushion for the window with which it cooperates and positively excluding all dust, rain, or like foreign matter.

The weather-strip comprising the invention embodies, essentially, a base mounted in the runway of the window-sash and of substantially the width of such runway in order that it may be held in place by the adjacent parting or stop strips, the body of the strip being projected from the base and received by the sash, as before premised.

For a full descriptlon of the lnvention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of which-- Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view showing the jamb of a window, sashes mounted therein, and weather-strips of a type embodying the inventionin operative position. Fig. 2 is a broken perspective view of one form of Weather-strip. Fig 3 is a horizontal sectional View showing a slight modification of the construction shown in Fig. 2. Fig. at is a perspective view of the modification. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views of other modifications.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same ref JIQIICG characters.

in its adaptation as shown the invention is applied to a window, the jamb of which is indiuated at l, the sash 2, the latter being 'runway of each sash.

mounted for movement between the usual parting-strip 3 and stop 4. The weatherstrips are mounted in the runway of the window and comprise, essentially, a base 5, from which extends the body of the weather-strip, said body being received in a recess or slot 6, provided in a side of the sash 2 adjacent. The weather-strip is held in place by means of the parts 3 and 4, and special fastenings for these members are not utilized, being unnecessary. The sides of the parting-strip 3 and the adjacent sides of the stops 4 are each provided with vertical grooves 7, which receive the edge portions of the base 5 of each of the weather-strips, thereby firmly holding the weather-strip in its proper position in the (See Fig. 1 of the drawings.) The base 5 is of course wider than the runway of the sash in order that its edge portions may be projected into the grooves 7 for the purpose above mentioned.

The body of the weather-strip is peculiarly formed, being made by folding one of the edge-portions of the base 5 upon said base, as shown at 8, the folded portion 8 being then bent outwardly, as shown at 9, to form a side of the body of the strip. Spaced from the side 9 of the body of the strip is an adjacent side 10, formed by folding an edge portion of the side 9 upon itself. The foregoing general structure of the weather-strip is common to all the modifications illustrated in the drawings. In the preferred form of the invention (shown in the construction of the strip to the left in Fig. l) the side 10 of the body is provided with a lateral flange 11, projected into the space between the base 5 and the portion 8, folded thereupon. The above structure is compact and substantial, being very desirable for use upon heavy windows, wherein greater resistance to the rattling movement of the window is necessary. The

construction in Fig. 3 is substantially the same as that at the left in Fig. 1. The side 9 of the body of the strip, however, projects at an obtuse angle to the portion 8 aforesaid.

The modification shown at the right in Fig. l and in perspective in Fig. 4 is slightly different from the constructions before mentioned, the side 10 of the body of the strip being bent in an opposite direction when folded upon the side 9 and having a laterallyprojected flange 11, which is situated adjacent the upper side of the folded portion 8 of the base 5. The body portion of the strip in this construction projects about at an obtuse angle to the base 5 and subserves the cushioning effect of the device.

In Fig. 5 the flange 11 (shown in the constructions at the left of Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2) is omitted from the body of the strip, this being the only essential difference. The side 10 of the device shown in Fig. 5 has free spring movement toward and from the side 9 to take up motion of the window, as will be readily apparent. The device'illustrated in Fig. 6 is similar to the construction of the strip shown in Fig. 4, the only difference being also the omission of the flange 11. Where the window-sash have comparatively no lateral play, the spaced relation of the base 5 and the portion 8 thereof is suliicient to take up such play. In other instances it is desirable that the flange ll be used and that a double spring action of the parts is secured by movement of the portion 8 toward the base 5 and the'flange 11 toward said portion 8.

The base 5 is integrally formed with the body of the strip, the latter being bent from an edge portion of said base, as described more fully hereinbefore.

The strip is of comparatively simple formation and is readily removable by taking the window-stops 4 off of the jamb or frame of the window, the strips coming off when the sashes 2 are displaced. The operation of placing the weather-strips in place is equally simple, as is obvious.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In combination, a WindoW-jamb, spaced strips applied to said jamb and forming a runway, a sash mounted in said runway and having a slot in a side thereof, and a weatherstrip comprising a base disposed-in the runway and having its opposite edge portions engaged by the spaced strips aforesaid, one edge portion of the base being folded thereon and then projected outwardly to form a body portion, the outwardly-projected body portion being received in the slot of the sash aforesaid.

2. In combination, a windoW-jamb, spaced strips applied to said jamb forming a runway, a sash mounted in said runway, and a weatherstrip comprising a base secured inthe runway of the sash and cooperating with the spaced strips aforesaid, an edge portion of the base being folded thereon and bent outwardly to form a side of the body of the strip, said side being refolded to form a spaced side.

3. A weather-strip comprising a base having an edge portion thereof folded upon itself, the folded portion of the base being projected outwardly therefrom to form a side, said side being bent upon itself to form a second side in spaced relation thereto.

4. A weather-strip comprising a base having an edge portion thereof folded thereon, the folded portion of the base being projected outwardly therefrom to form a side, said side being bent upon itself to form a second side in spaced relation thereto, and a flange extending from the last-mentioned side.

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

WILLIAM VAN HORN. [L. s]

Witnesses:

C. B. JAMIsoN, 'FLoRENoE HUNTER.

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