An Improvement in Weather Bars or Draught Excluders for Doors.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Weather Bars or Draught Excluders for
Doors.
I ARTHUR STANLEY MORRISON of 24 Duke Street Aldgate London E.C.
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is an improvement in the weather bar or draught excluder
formerly known as Greenwood's patent door slide No. 8172 of 1884 and also
William's alteration Patent No. 19319 of 1894.
In Greenwoods patent the door slide could only be used for a door opening on
the side for which it was made, and in William's patent, by altering the screws of
the angle plates the slide could be made to suit a door opening either way.
I claim, with the same arrangement of angle plates, by substituting one or more
springs of which both ends are secured to the same bar, either slide or fixed, and
the body of the spring passed over a projection on the other bar, or embedded in
it, 1 obtain the advantage of a double and therefore stronger spring action, which
also strengthens and stiffens the slide by keeping the two parts firmner together,
and which is easily altered to fit any door, and gives greater durability and
efficiency.
Dated this 10th day of October 1895.
An Improvement in Weather Bars or Draught Excluders for
Doors.
1 ARTHUR STANLEY MORRISON of 24 Duke Street, Aldgate in the City of
London Merchant 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 has reference to the improvements in the weather bars or draught
excluders formerly known as Greenwood's patent door slide No. 8172, 1884 and
William's Patent No. 19319, 1894.
In the said Greenwood's und William's patents the spring is shewn as a single
one, fastened at either end to fixed and sliding bars of draught excluder. I claim
that by substituting one or more springs, of which both ends are secured to the
same bar, either slide or fixed, of draught excluder, and the body of the spring
passed over a projection or wheel, fixed on the other bar, or embedded in it;
1 obtain the advantage of a double and therefore stronger spring action, which also
strengthens and stiffen's the slide, by keeping the two parts firmer together, and
which will give greater efficiency and durability.
To enable the following discription being better understood, I refer to drawing
appended hereto.

page_text: In carrying out my invention the spring A is fixed at both ends at B on sliding
bar O the body of the spring passing over wheel C which is free or not to revolve
on pin attached to fixed bar X.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invon-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The method of attaching the spring or spring's at both ends to either the fixed or
slide bar's in a draught excluder, substantially as set forth in discription and
drawing.
Dated this 3rd of July 1806
ARTHUR STANLEY MORRISON.