Improvements in Draught Excluders.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1895-Accepted, 8th June, 1395
Improvements in Draught Excluders.
I, WILLIAM CHARLES TANNER, of 7 Moreland Street, Goswell Road London
E.C. Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in draught excluders consisting of india-
rubber tubing or other material having a suitable Hange for the purpose of entering
a mortice forined along the edge of a wooden moulding designed to take the said
flange and which is securely fixed therein, leaving the tubing free for the purpose of
filling or covering any apertures between doors and their jambs windows and their
casings and the like.
Heretofore the rubber tubing has been so fixed by means of the flange to the
moulding that the said flange enters a mortice formed perpendicular to the edge of
the said moulding and continuing along the length of the same.
The object of my invention is to so fix the rubber tubing or cushiou along the
edge of the moulding that it shall have a greater elasticity owing to its having a
greater surface and shall thus be more adapted to filling up the crevices and
openings between doors and their jambs and the like, and so more thoroughly
effect the desired exclusion of draught from the exterior.
To effect this improvement 1 so mortice the moulding that the flange aforesaid
enters the edge of the moulding in an oblique direction the tubing or cushion
therefore resting upon the outer extremity of the edge or side of the moulding
instead of along the centre of the same as is now the case, and it will be found in
practice that the tubing or cushion so placed in my improved position will more
thoroughly adapt itself and completely fill up all uneven surfaces that may occur
along the sides of the crevices or openings through which it is desired to exclude
the draught.
I may in certain cases cover the india-rubber with felt or other suitable material,
when if desired the edges of the covering after wrapping the rubber tubing or
cushion shall by being joined together form the flange for entering the mortice in
the moulding in which case the rubber Hange may if found desirable be dispensed
with.
As my improvements are capable of some modification without departing from
the principle thereof I do not restrict myself to the precise form and placement of
the parts thereof.
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Draught Excluders.
I WILLIAM CHARLES TANNER of 7 Moreland Street, Goswell Road, London,
10 Manufacturer, 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 draught-excluders of the kind in which

page_text: india-rubber tubing is attached by means of a strip or flange formed thereon to the
edges or sides of the door jambs window frames and the like, the said strip or flange
entering a mortice or slit formed in a moulding attached to the said door jamb or
the like.
In draught-excluders of this description as hitherto constructed the strip or flange
for securing the tubing to the 'moulding enters a mortice or slit formed thereon at
right angles with or perpendicular to the edge of the said moulding and running
along the whole length of the same.
Now according to my present invention instead of forming the aforesaid mortice
or slit at right angles with or perpendicular to the edge of the moulding, I construct
it obliquely to the said edge in such a manner as to carry the strip or flange
formed on the tubing in an oblique direction and so as to cause the said
tubing or cushion to bear against the outer edge of the moulding instead of
along the centre of the same thus causing a portion of the tubing to extend beyond
the outer face or edge of the moulding thereby increasing its elasticity so that it
will more thoroughly adapt itself to completely filling up the spaces formed by
uneven surfaces between which it is desired to exclude the draught.
If desuable the india-rubber tubing may be covered with felt or other suitable
material, in which case the strip or flange formed on the tubing may be dispensed
with and the ends of the said material joined together so as to form the said strip or
flange for entering the mortice in the moulding.
In order to more clearly describe my said invention I will refer to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 represents in cross section
a door jamb and moulding with a draught-excluder attached according to my
invention. a is the door jamb or frame to which the door is hinged and a¹ the
moulding thereto.
To the outer edge of this moulding is fixed the india-rubber tubing b by means of
the strip or flange 61 entering the mortice or slit e cut in an oblique direction to the
said edge of the moulding.
By this means a portion of the tubing extends beyond the outer face of the
moulding thus permitting greater elasticity to the tubing and adapting it to the more
completely filling up of spaces between the door and the jamb and the like than has
hitherto been the practice. Figure 2 is a side view of a portion of the moulding
with tubing attached.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views to Figures 1 and 2 but showing the tubing b
covered with felt or other material 6². In this case the strip or flange b¹ formed on
the tubing is dispensed with, the said tubing being attached to the moulding a¹ by
the material whose ends are joined together so as to form the strip or flange 61
which is forced into and carried by the oblique mortice or slit e running the whole
length of the moulding.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion I declare that what I claim is ;-
1. In draught-excluders the improved means for attaching the india-rubber
tubing or cushion, consisting of the mortice or slit c cut or formed in an oblique
direction to the outer edge of the moulding a¹ for receiving the strip or flange b' of
the tubing or cushion b substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
2. The improved construction of draught excluders substantially as described and
shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1895.
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant.