Improvements in Dust, Rain, and Draught Excluders for Doors, French Windows, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 29th July, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
Improvements in Dust, Rain, and Draught Excluders for Doors,
French Windows, and the like.
I, BERNEL BUTCHER STOREY, of 4, Marslands Road, Sale, in the County of
Chester, Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in dust, rain, and draught excluders for
doors, French windows, and the like.
In carrying my improvements into effect I form the weather excluder of two
strips one fixed to and near the bottom of the inner side of the door, between
the door jambs, and the other placed below and connected to the upper strip by
a pair of jointed cross bars similar to those which connect together the two parts
of a parallel ruler. The two strips are held normally in close contact by means
of a spring or springs which always tends to draw up the movable strip; but as
the door is being closed a stud or projection on the movable strip comes into
contact with a striking plate fixed near the bottom of the hinged door jamb
and this contact moves the lower strip on its parallel rule joints downward and
away from the fixed strip and so effectually closes the space between the bottoni
of the door and the floor or ground. The jointed bars can be readily reversed
to suit either a right or left hand door. The lower edge of the movable strip
may be covered with felt, indiarubber or other suitable material.
Dated this 29th day of September 1898.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant,
Patent Agents, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dust, Rain, and Draught Excluders for Doors,
French Windows, and the like.
I, BERNEL BUTCHER STOREY, of 4, Marslands Road, Sale, in the County of
Chester, Joiner, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in dust, rain, and draught excluders for
doors, French windows, and the like.
In carrying my improvements into effect I form the weather excluder of two
strips one fixed to and near the bottom of the inner side of the door, between
the door jambs, and the other placed below and connected to the upper strip by
a pair of jointed cross bars similar to those which connect together the two parts
of a parallel ruler. The two strips are held normally in close contact by means
of a spring or springs which always tends to draw up the movable strip; but as
the door is being closed a stud or projection on the movable strip comes into
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page_text: contact with a striking plate fixed near the bottom of the hinged door jamb
and this contact moves the lower strip on its parallel rule joints downward and
away from the fixed strip and so effectually closes the space between the bottom
of the door and the floor or ground. The jointed bars can be readily reversed
to suit either a right or left hand door. The lower edge of the movable strip
may be covered with felt, indiarubber or other suitable material.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of part of an open door fitted with my improved
draught excluder, Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of Fig. 1, Figures 3
and 4 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 2 respectively but showing the door
closed and the draught excluder down, Figure 5 is a sectional plan showing the
relative positions when the door is open of the stud on the movable strip and the
striking plate on the jamb to which the door is hinged, Figure 6 is a similar view
to Fig. 5 but showing the door closed, Figure 7 is a similar view to Fig. 4 but
taken through one of the parallel rule joints, Figure 8 shows one of the parallel
rule joints reversed.
In these views a designates the door, 6 the jamb to which it is hinged, c one of
the hinges, d the strip of the weather excluder which is fixed by screws e to and
near the bottom of the inner side of the door, f the movable strip of the weather
excluder having felt g or other suitable material attached to its lower edge, H the
parallel rule joints each consisting of two plates 2 secured by screws 3 one
fixed to the strip d and the other to the movable strip f each pair of plates being
connected by a pivoted cross bar 4, i the spring (or one of the springs as there
may be any number) attached at one end to the fixed strip d and at the other end to
the movable strip for the purpose of holding the two strips normally together
as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the stud or projection on the end of the movable
strip and m the striking plate fixed to and near the bottom of the door jamb b.
When the door is open the spring or springs i hold up the movable strip clear
of the floor in the position illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 5; but as the door is
closed the projecting stud k comes in contact with the striking plate m and
thereby forces down the movable strip f into the position illustrated by Figs. 3,
4, 6 and 7, and so effectually closes the space below the door.
As will be obvious from the drawings and the foregoing description, when the
door is hinged to the right hand jamb as illustrated, the movable strip f when
drawn up by the spring or springs i projects at the same end as the hinged jamb
a certain distance beyond the fixed strip d so that the stud & will meet the striking
plate m as the door is closing. When, however, the door is hinged to the left
hand jamb the stud would be fixed to the other end of the movable strip which
must project in this case, and to effect this the parallel rule joints are reversed
so that the cross bars lie sloping diagonally from right to left as shown in
Fig. 8 instead of from left to right as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is —
The improved weather excluder consisting in its essential features of two strips
the upper fixed to the door and the lower connected to the upper by parallel rule
joints, a spring or springs for holding the two strips normally together, a striking
plate secured to the hinged door jamb and a stud on the adjoining end of the
movable strip all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 28th day of July 1899.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.