Improvements in Weather-strips for Doors, Windows, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by CHARLES R. VINCENT, of the City and State of New
York, United States of America, Merchant.]
Improvements in Weather-strips for Doors, Windows, and the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention particularly relates to an Improvement in the construction of
Weather-Strips for doors, windows &c., consisting of a corrugated thin sheet metal
strip, so constructed that one edge of the said metallic strip will firmly grasp, the two
edges of the flexible rubber cushion or pad, and rigidly hold the same on a line
against the jams of the door or sill of the window when properly placed in position.
To enable the public to understand, and those, skilled in the mechanic arts to
construct my said Improved Invention, I will describe it as follows to wit:
Referring to the accompanying drawings in which fig. 1, represents a front view
of a section of a window having my Improved Weather Strip A. secured upon the sill
thereof.
Fig. 2, is a section of the thin rubber cushion C. formed into shape for use.
Fig. 8, is a section of the metallic binding strip m. fashioned into shape ready to
receive the flexible cushion C.
Fig. 4, shows the two edges of the rubber cushion C. laid together and firmly
stitched or otherwise secured to a textile strengthening cord or strip s. ready to
receive the corrugated binding strip m.
Fig. 5, is a transverse or cross section of a finished weather-strip, showing the
arrangement of the several parts of my Improved device A.
Description: First form the cushion C. into shape by bringing the longitudinal
edges together and stitching the same onto the textile strip or cord S. then pass
any suitable strip of thin metal through rotary dies which produces by a single
rotatory motion the corrugated strip m. ready to receive the thin edges and
strengthening cord of the rubber cushion C. and by a second rotary motion, the outer

page_text: edge o. o of the metallic binding strip m. is turned under and upward to receive and
firmly hold within its coiled recess the corded edges S¹ of rubber cushion C. The
inner edges of the metallic binding is also turned under at the same time by the
same rotary device, to produce a rigid bearing (when the strip A. is nailed in position
upon the window sill) at the foot of the cushion C.
I am aware that United States Patents Nos. 34,458 dated Feb. 18th, 1862, 92,613,
July 13th, 1869, 293,738, Feb. 19th, 1884, 330,769, Nov. 17th, 1885, 331,666,
Nov. 24th, 1885, have been granted, consequently these form no part of this
application, I therefore disclaim any of those as my Invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my Foreign Correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. What is claimed in this application is a flexible tubular hollow weather
strip, consisting of a hollow rounded cushion or pad C. having its two longitudinal
edges laid together, and firmly stitched to a strengthening textile cord or strip s. so
as to form a part of the same; thereby forming a projection or flexible rib along the
edges of the rubber cushion C. to be received and firmly held in position by the outer
under turned edge o. o¹ of the corrugated metallic binding strip m.: All constructed,
arranged and operating as above set forth.
Second. What is claimed in this application in combination with the rounded
hollow cushion C. having longitudinal corded edges, is a corrugated metallic strip m.
having an outward under turned edge to grasp and firmly hold the corded edges of
the hollow rubber cushion C. while the inner under-lapped rounded free edge i. of
said strip m. presses firmly downward upon the base of the flexible tubular cushion C.
without cutting the same when nailed upon the door or window, substantially in the 2
manner and for the purpose set forth.
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