US615542A - Weather-strip - Google Patents

Description

No. 6l5,542. Patented Dec. 6, I898. L. ENDER.

WEATHER STRIP.

(Application filed Ann. is, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIE ENDER, OF LITOHFIELD, MINNESOTA.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,542, dated December 6, 1898. Application filed August 16, 1398. $erial No. 688,716. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIE ENDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Litohfield, in the county of Meeker and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Weather- Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in weather-strips.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of weather-strips for doors, storm-shutters, and the like and to provide a simple, strong, and durable weatherstrip adapted to be cheaply and easily constructed and capable of being readily applied to a door and capable also of swinging upward and downward automatically, whereby it is adapted to clear the door-sill when the door opens and closes and is caused to fit tightly against the sill when the door is closed in order to close effectually the crack at the bottom of the door.

Theinvention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and 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 a vertical sectional view. Fig. .3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of the hinged strip, illustrating the construction thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the guide. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the stop.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- 1ngs.

1 designates a hinged strip designed to be mounted on adoor, storm-shutter, or the like, and consisting of a strip 2 of band-steel to form a stout body portion, and a strip 3 of sheet metal forming an outer covering or facing and having its lower edge e recurved and forming a groove to receive the lower edge of the body portion. The body 2 and the sheetmetal facing 3 are secured together by rivets 5, arranged at intervals and also serving as fastening devices for securing plates 6 to the inher face of the steel body. The plates, which have their upper portions '7 slightly tapered, extend beyond the hinged strip and are perforated to form ears. The perforated ears engage hooks 8 or other suitable fastening devices, whereby the weather-strip is hinged to a door 9. The hinged weather-strip is arranged at the outer-face of the door 9, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and its upper portion is arranged beneath a resilient stationary guard-strip 10.

The stationary guard-strip 10, which has its upper edge secured to the outer face of the door by suitable fastening devices, extends outward and downward at a slight inclination and has its lower edge bent inward and upward to form an inclined flange 11, which interlocks with an oppositely-disposed flange 12 of the hinged weather-strip. The flange 12, which is arranged at the top of the weatherstrip, is formed integral with the sheet-metal facing 3 by bending the upper edge thereof downward. The resilient strip 10 engages the outer face of the hinged weather-strip and holds the same firmly against the sill and at the same time prevents the Weatherstrip from becoming displaced.

The weather-strip is adapted to be applied to doors having worn sills, and it is capable of effectually closing large cracks at the bottom of a door, and in order to guide the weather-strip over the sill an inclined guide 13 is arranged at the inner side of the threshold-strip, and consists, preferably, of a block 14 and a sheet-metal covering 15. One end of the block is provided with a shoulder to fit against the adjacent edge of the thresholdstrip and the other end is beveled, as shown, to provide the necessary inclination. The sheet-metal covering 15 is provided adjacent to the threshold-strip with a perforated ear to receive a suitable fastening device, and its other end is perforated and secured to the door-sill. The guide, which may be slightly ourved,is varied in length to suit the door and sill to which it is to be applied, and it may be readily arranged at either side of a door frame or casing.

. The hinged weather strip is directed against the sill when the door is closed by means of an inclined stop 17, secured to the door frame or casing adjacent to the free edge of the door and constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material. The lower portion of the catch is arranged to be engaged by the Weatherstrip, and the upper portion 18 is recessed to receive the resilient strip 10,

and when the door is closed the said catch by engaging-both the resilient strip and the weather-strip serves to hold the latter firmly against the door-sill. v

The invention has the following advantages: The weather-strip,which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, possesses great strength and durability, and it is adapted to be readily applied to a storm door or shutter and is capable of automatically clearing the sill when the door opens and closes.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacri- 'ficing any of the advantages of this invention.

W'hat is claimed is- 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a guide, and a stop mounted on a door frame or casing, of a hinged weather-strip designed to be mounted on a door in position to engage the guide and the stop and comprising a metal body portion, a sheet-metal covering having its lower edge recurved to form a groove for the body portion, the upper edge of the body portion being extended downward and outward to form a flange, plates projecting from the body portion and perforated to form ears, and fastening devices passing through the weather-strip and the plates and securing the parts together, means for hinging the ears to a door, and a stationary guard-strip provided witha flange interlocking with that of the'weather strip, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a weather-strip comprising a heavy metal body portion, and a sheet-metal covering having its. lower edge recurved to form a groove for the body portion and provided at its upper edge with an outwardlyextending flange, means for hinging the weather-strip to a door, and the resilient guard-strip provided with an inwardly-extending flange engaging under the outwardlyextending flange of the weather-strip and adapted to hold the latter against the sill of a door, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, a Weatherstrip comprising a heavy metal body portion, a sheet-metal covering having its lower edge recurved to form a groove for the body portion, and provided at its upperedge with an outwardly-extending flange, plates arranged on the inner faces of the body portion and projecting beyond the weather-strip to form ears, and fastening devices passing through the plates and the weather-strip and securing the parts together substantially as described.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIE ENDER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. STRoBEoK, JOHN W. SETTERGREN.

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