Excluding Draughts, Rain, and Dust.
Year: 1885

page_text: Excluding Draughts, Rain, and Dust.
I, SAMUEL FARRAR of Lee Mount Road, Halifax, Yorkshire Stone Mason, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE. TO BE
ATTACHED TO DOOR BOTTOMS FOR EXCLUDING DRAUGHTS, RAIN, AND DUST," to be
as follows:-
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My invention has reference to a new or improved appliance to be 'attached to
the bottoms of doors so as to exclude draughts, rain, and dust.
For the purpose of carrying out my Invention I attach near the bottom of the
door two or more plates from each of which are projecting rods. I then employ à
bar of wood or other material, and connect thereto certain staples or eyelets which
fit onto the rods, all of which are so arranged that the bar can freely slidė
down the said rods.
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On the underside of the bar near each end thereof, I attach suitable sized bowls
or friction pullies which rest upon the floor and as the door is opened and closed,
the bar or draught excluder will rise and fall to any irregularities or unevenness of
the floor.
By the employment of a draught excluder such as is herein set forth, it will not
only be cheaper in construction than those at present in use, but there will be no
scraping nor friction upon the oil cloth or carpet, and it can be easily attached
either to the inside or outside of doors, and when not required it can be easily
removed by lifting the bar off the rods.

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Excluding Draughts, Rain, and Dust.
I, SAMUEL FARRAR of Lee Mount Road, Halifax, Yorkshire Stone Mason do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED, APPLIANCE TO BE
"and
ATTACHED TO DOOR BOTTOMS FOR EXCLUDING DRAUGHTS, RAIN AND DUST
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has reference to a new or improved appliance to be attached to the
bottom of doors so as to exclude draughts, rain and dust.
For the purpose of carrying out my invention I attach near the bottom of the
door two or more projecting vertical rods, I then employ a bar of wood or other
material and connect thereto certain staples or eyelets which fit onto the rods, all
of which are so arranged that the bar can freely slide up and down the said rods.
On the underside of the bar near each end thereof I attach suitable sized bowls
or friction pulleys which rest upon the floor, and as the door is opened: and closed
the bar or draught excluder will rise and fall to any unevenness of the floor.
Such being the nature and object of my invention I will now proceed to describe
the same more fully and for that purpose make reference to the accompanying
Sheet of drawings wherein Fig. 1 is front elevation of a portion of my improved
draught excluder, and Fig. 2 section of same. A is section of a door provided at
each side with vertical rods a the bottom part 6 being screwed onto the door for
making the vertical rods secure. B is the bar of wood or other material made with
a recess cat each end, across which are two eyelets or staples d which fit onto the
vertical rods a as shewn in section, upon which rods the bar is free to slide up and
down vertically.
These draughts excluders do not rest upon the floor by their own weight, but in
order that they may freely rise and fall upon uneven floors or surfaces without
scratching or scraping the floor all along the underside of the bar B, I employ a
bowl or pulley e projecting slightly below the underside of the said bar B so that
the pulleys are in contact with the ground and not the underside of the bar.
A pulley like e is employed at each end of the bar B, and they are placed upon
a screwed pin or rod f so that when the door is oscillating or swinging upon its
hinges, the pulleys e will be run upon the screwed pin f until it assumes the
position shewn in dotted lines, and as the screwed pin f is placed in an inclined
position, it follows that the bar will be raised to the extent of the incline,
consequently the underside of the bar will be lifted clear of the uneven ground as
shewn in Fig. 3.
When the door is opened the pulleys will roll back again, and the bar B lowered
thereby, so that there is no aperture under the door for wind, dust, or water.
A cavity g is cut in the bar B to allow the pulley to move endwise upon the
inclined screwed pin f.
By the employment of a draught excluder such as is herein set forth, it will not
only be cheaper in construction than those at present in use, but there will be no

page_text: scraping, nor friction upon the oil cloth, or carpet, and it can be easily attached
either to the inside or outside of doors, and when not required it can be easily.
removed by lifting the bar off the rods.
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 as my Invention is;
Firstly The combination with a draught excluder of the vertical rods a for
the purpose of allowing the excluder to rise and fall in manner substantially as
set forth.
Secondly-The employment of the pulleys e so placed as to project beyond the
underside of the draught excluder for the purpose of keeping the excluder from
contact with the floor.