US814893A - Weather-strip. - Google Patents

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No. 314,893. PATENTED MAR. 13. BG. G. VOSE. WEATHER STRIP.

PILIUATIOB FILED AUG. 'i'. 191mY lV INITED STAllES PATENT OFFIGE.

CLIFTON VOSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

' WEATHER-erm?.

Specification nf Letters Yatent.

Patenten March 13, 190B.

Application s :ingaat i963. Serial No. 188.681,

The improvement is `intended more especiaiiy for e' Window which turns or swings on a `vin'ticcl axis like e door; but it may serve well for doors. Lwill describe it es epplied to such e window. It is most re ured at the bottom, hutit may serve also we at the top, andi will showvit in. both positions. It effects amore than usually complete arrest of water or wind.l 'Slhere is provision: for yielding which"allows -for imperfections A in the workmanship andgfor distortionsV due to settling or other causes. It may also serve as a protection f the joint et the meet' -rail between t'wo AI will also show 1t as thus ap lied. f

v efolloviring is a description of what I consider the best means of carrying out the in'- vention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, fcrminga part of this specifi cation.V

Fxgurel is a vertical cross-section of the base of s window havi eV swinging sash in' the closed condition.' f Fig-2 is a. corres ondi ing section showing s modication.

shows a vertical cross-section of the head of a. 'window hav' sswinginglsash in the. closed condition. Fig. 4 shows orizontel. sections of the meeting-rails of two seshes in the closed condi tion.

Similar letters of reference indicate come spending parts in all the figures where 'they a ar. Y

pteeferring tozQig. l, A. is the fixed sill, A a

l A horizontal plate XecLtherecn extendin hori` mentally, te the left over an offset c in t e sill endli is an ordixry stop extending upward ase of the sashv .of this groove til an on the left side, s

above the otherfportion of the sill. B is the bottom raihc the sash, formed with n wide cove bextendr along its mid-width. The` is higher on the right side e lowin it to move freelyi over the plete A( as the sas is swung. A stifleY of sheet metal (marked D with supernunienls) is secured in the groove e and is wrought. by hand or machinery to .present a. pertinll. '-fclded condition near 'each ed e. -Online left side a. suilicient breadth near i [fs edge extends horizontally to the right at the bottom of the sash. It extends something ike half-way across the groove b and when the window. is closed extends considcrsbly under the fixed plate A. The adjacent portion 13" extends upthc full height of thc groove. Next to this 1s n broad mam portion D, extendin the full breadth of the groove. 0n the ri it .a narrow portion D extends downwer a short distance,

end from the lower edge of this e. narrow portionlll extends to the left. All is one integral strp of herd brass or other suitable Insftcrisl adapted to endure the conditions. The strip'is secured by nciis or screws C. It is en inverted trou h of sheet mets-l with each edge 'extended inward, presenting n hook form in cross-section. It 1s ixed inunovah in the sssh. E is a fla of the same er s di ferent meteriai, carrie in the sash end {noir-- able therein. @ne edge, the ri ht, is received in the shaiow hook over the orizontal portion DE at the right. The flap may turn hngewise on this edge, the left edge being freevto rise and sink 1n the space above the plate A' in the deeper hook on the left. G is one of a seriesv of springs abutting auainst the portion D of the inverted trough and pressing enti downward on the hep E near itsreee e,t cleft edge.

Wheat e sash is swung open, the Bap mary descend and touch the under part D'. t

Vwill do so unless restrained by the tightness Y of the hinge formed by the hook at the ri ht.

It is' inpractice immaterial whether the op descends so low or not when the sash is swung o en. When the sash is swung into the c osed position, it receives the lete A over,-I

the part D and under the flap The mobilit of the lisp allows for imperfections in the orms and locations of the parts by rising to various heights as required, the action cf the springs G olding it always down in contact with the psrt D5 and making tight joint.

The lste A is stroncflyv supported end is roo nHep nd the springs and the hooks which serve as a. hinge on the right and honsing on the leftf--ereV protected from all ordinary or extraordinary strains by being recessed in the bottom of the sash or door.

I propose to use the invention in situations,

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l as around the doors of slio\\'cases, where there-may not be much liability to strong currents, and in any cases wherey it is desirable to prevent any circulation in order to avoid the accumulation of dust.

ln Fig. '3 the bent plate A is secured to the sill A and has its upper portion extending horizontally from the otl'set fi. 'lht` bottoni of the sash is rabheted at e. 'lhe hooks D' and D5 are forined on stri is of sheet metal D D, which are secured to tlhe sash through the intermediary of the wooden strip d. 'llie operation is the sanieas with the arrangeu nient4 of Figi'. l-that is to' say, the edge o sill-plate A enters between the spring-Hap E and thehook D', like the correspondiin!` edge ot sill- )late A' in Fig. l. i

In lig. 3 the metal strips D D, carrying the hooks D' D5, are secured in a ralibet on the to i rail B of the sash through a wooden strip i). 'llie lient plate .\,whoseed;:e enters between the llap E and hook D', is fastened to the under -side of the lintel A. At l*` is an ordinary stop.

In Fig. 4 the spring-Ila i E, with its hooks Ds D,is carried by one oft ie meeting-rails G of a pair of hinged sash, and the plate A', whose edve enters between the' llap E and h'ook D", is carried by the other meeting-rail G. 'l`lie hook D* is preferably inclined with respectto the body of 'the metal strip D, which is secured to the wooden strip d. The plate A is lettered the same as the corresponding plate in Fig. 1, because, likethis latter, it. is Hat. It is inclined to correspond withtlie position of hook D.

1n all the forms what I have termed the "hiiwe may be an elastic union, so long as the unctions are performed of supporting the Hap and allowin f it a moderate amount of turiiin `motion. lien the hinge is thus elastic, t e sprins G are of no importance and may be wea er or even be omitted entirely.

I claiin as iny invention* l. A weather-strip comprising two plates on one part, one movable and the other fixed, arranged as shown, so that the fixed plate .shields the movable one and performs the i double function of defending it against injnry, and also of arrestinu the passage of 1 water or wind; and one plzii'te on the other part arranged to be received between the l ixed and the movable plate, all substantially as herein speeilied. I 2. A weather-strip comprising two plates on ont` part, naine y, a rigid plate in the more exposed position and a yielding plate behind the saine: and a plate on the other part arranged to be received between the irstmentioned plates, substantially as described.

In a weather-strip, a sheet-metal trough with each edge detlected inward to form a. hook, iii combination with a movable part engaged in the manner of a hinge in one'of the hooks, and a plate arranged to be .re ccived between said plates and to inak'e a tight contact with the movable one, all silbstaiitially as herein specified. 1

4. A \\'eatliei--strip in which a book, and a. flap in tht` form of a strip resting at ,the edge on said hook, on one part., are combined with a plate on the other part, the edge of said plate entering between said Hap and hook, substantially as described.

5. A weather-strip having a. Hap which is supported b v hooks at opposite edges of said lap,in combination with a plate which enters between the flap and ont` of said hooks,` sub- Stantiallvas described.

Signed York and State of New York, this 6th day of August, A. D. 1903. A i

CLIFTON vosE.

"itnessesz FRANK W. STANLEY, Josera M. Vosiz.

at New York, in the county of New f

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