Improvements in the Method of Attaching India-rubber and the like for use as a Dust, Draught and Weather Excluder, also to Prevent Slipping, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1897-Accepted, 7th Aug., 1837
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Attaching India-rubber and the like
for use as a Dust, Draught and Weather Excluder, also to Prevent
Slipping, and for other Purposes.
I, GEORGE HENRY YOUNG, of 80, King Street, Southport, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved method of attaching india-
rubber and the like to any required article, for the purpose of excluding dust,
draught, and the weather, also for reducing concussion and for other purposes. The
invention is applicable to doors, windows, squeegees, lids of water closets, box lids,
air-tight stop window cases and the like. For simplicity of explanation in this
specification I shall assume the invention to be applied to a door but without
restricting myself to that one use. Around the outer edge of the door is formed a
groove the cross section of which is somewhat greater than one half a complete
circle. The part of this groove which exceeds the semi-circle forms a kind of clip
for retaining the india-rubber or the like in position. The rubber I use may be
tubular or solid, with or without a seam and of any suitable cross section and with
or without a rib or ribs or corrugations, but I prefer it to be tubular in which case
the ends if desired may be closed by a cap or other suitable means. In some cases
I prefer to make the groove semi-circular in cross section and to retain the rubber
therein by a strip or strips of metal or other material, and under some circum-
stances I provide a shallow groove in that part against which the rubber would
abut when the two parts are in contact, or a ridge may be provided instead of a
groove. In all cases however, it must be understood that the rubber is allowed to
protrude somewhat above the surface in which it is retained by the grooves above
mentioned. In any case the rubber may if desired be covered with leather, or other
suitable material. The rubber may if required, be held in a metal channel of
suitable cross section.
Doted this 4th dow of December 1800
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in the Method of Attaching India-rubber and the like
for use as a Dust, Draught and Weather Excluder, also to Prevent
Slipping, and for other Purposes.
I, GEORGE HENRY YOUNG, of 80, King Street, Southport, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
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page_text: formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The objects of my invention are to provide an improved method of and means
for attaching india-rubber and the like or any combination thereof, to any required
article for the purpose of excluding dust, draught, and the weather, and also for
reducing concussion, vibration noise from slamming and for other analogous pur-
poses. The invention is applicable to a large number of articles, and amongst them
doors, windows, squeegees, lids of all kinds, articles of pottery ware or glass, window
and other cases, tyres of wheels, and the like of any such purposes. For simplicity
of explanation I shall assume in this specification that the invention is applied
to doors, but as it is obviously applicable to other purposes, I do, not confine it to
that one use only, but may employ it in any other position, on any article, and
under any circumstances, in which it is capable of employment. Round the edge
of the door or its frame I form a groove of special form of which the characteristic
feature is that its cross section is greater than half a complete circle and the part
of the groove which exceeds the semi-circle constitutes a kind of clip for retaining
the india-rubber or the like in the groove. The rubber I employ may be tubular
or solid, but I prefer it to be tubular. It may be plain or corrugated and the ends
open or stopped. The rubber may be covered or combined with canvas or other
substance in which case the materials may be in alternate layers such as would be
the result of placing sheets of various substances on one another with an adhesive
between them, and then rolling them up tightly. In some cases I provide a
shallow groove rather less wide than the protruding part in that part against which
the rubber would abut when the two parts are in contact. I may also make the
tube the apex to a dove-tailed piece of rubber or other material, or combination
of materials and insert the dovetailed part in a dovetailed groove. In order to be
able to employ the rubber or other tubular material without a special groove and
even without a groove at all, I sometimes insert in the tube a narrow strip of metal
provided at intervals along its length with sharp spikes or pins, and by pressing
on the exterior of the tube, these spikes can be forced through the wall of the tube
into the substance to which the tube is to be attached. Furthermore, I sometimes
make the rubber tube or other material with a ridge or rib along its length which
I intend to protrude out of the mouth of the groove to a greater extent than would
be possible were a merely circular piece of material employed. In order that my
invention may be the more readily understood, I make reference to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings. Fig. I is a cross section shewing the tube a inserted
in the special groove 6 provided in the material c, the groove being greater than
a semi-circle there are obtained the two opposing edges which keep a in the
groove b which a merely semi-circular groove would not do. By this arrangement
the tube a protrudes somewhat from the mouth of the groove as at e, and this
protruding part may either press against a flat surface, or enter a shallow groove f
provided in the opposing piece g. Fig. 1, shews e and g in contact. Fig. 2, shews
the cross section of a piece of rubber or other material the tubular part a being
above the dovetailed part inserted in a corresponding groove in the material c.
Fig. 3, shews a cross section of a plain tube a having inserted in it the strip of
metal i, provided at intervals along its length with spikes or pins j (preferably
slightly twisted) for pressing into the material c. As a modification of this, I may
employ a strip of sheet metal in which are made at intervals two cuts meeting each
other in a point, the piece of metal comprised within the two cuts, and a third
uncut side being bent out of the plane of the sheet to form spikes.
Fig. 4, is similar to Fig. 1, but has a perceptible rib e protruding from the
mouth of the groove in c.
Fig. 5, shews a cross section of a tube inserted in the special groove provided
in the angle of the door or other frame k. In connection with this it is proposed
to round the corner of the door m which is to press against a. Fig. 5, is similar
to Fig. 5, but showing the air-tight joint formed by contact of a and 1.

page_text: Fig. 6, shews a cross section of a window wherein the glass n rests on a rubber.
tube a inserted in the frame c, the glass may be kept in contact with c by the
strip o, either provided with rubber tube a, or left plain.
Some variation being possible in the various details, without departure from
the spirit of my invention, I do not restrict myself to the precise configuration,
arrangement or relative proportion of the various parts as described in the specifi-
cation or exemplified in the drawings.
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:-
CLAIMS.
1. A groove having a mouth of less width than the diameter of the groove, the
said groove being destined to receive a strip or strips of (preferably) tubular rubber
or other material or combination of materials, plain or corrugated a portion of
which projects through the mouth of the groove, the said protruding part forming
by abutting against a flat or grooved adjoining surface, a dust draught and
weather excluder and serving the other purposes mentioned in the above specifi-
cation, the whole substantially as described in the above specification, with
reference to Figs. 1 and 1", of the accompanying drawing.
2. Strips of (preferably) tubular rubber or other material or combination of
materials, plain or corrugated the said strips having a dovetailed portion intended
to be pressed into a correspondingly dovetailed groove, provided for their reception
in the surface to which they are to be attached, the whole substantially as described
in the above specification with reference to Fig. 2, of the accompanying drawing.
3. Providing rubber or other tubes with an internal strip of metal bearing at
intervals along its length spikes pins or pointed projections which on pressure
being put on the tube may be forced into the material or surface to which the tube
is to be attached, the whole substantially as described in the above specification
with reference to Fig. 3, of the accompanying drawing.
4. The insertion in a groove formed at the meeting point of two adjacent surfaces
of a strip or of strips of preferably tubular rubber or other material or combination
of materials, plain or corrugated, in such manner that a portion of the said rubber
or other material or combination of materials will project beyond the said meeting
point, the whole substantially as described in the above specification with reference
to Figs. 5 and 5ª of the accompanying drawing.
5. For use in carrying into practice the preceding claims providing the tubular
or solid rubber or other material or combination of materials, with a rib or pro-
jection extending along it longitudinally, substantially as described in the above
specification with reference to Fig. 4, of the accompanying drawing.
6. Retaining glass in a rabit by inserting in the face of the rabit tubular or other
rubber or other material or combination of materials, plain or corrugated the glass
being kept in contact with the said rubber or substitute by a strip which may also
but not necessarily be provided with tubular or other rubber or other material or
combination of materials, plain or corrugated the whole substantially as described
in the above specification with reference to Fig. 6, of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 29th day of May 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.