Improvements in Draught, Weather, and Dust Excluders.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Draught, Weather, and Dust Excluders.
I, LEWIS LEE GOUGH, of 86 Pilgrim Street, in the City and County of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of said invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates specially to the application of thin strips of suitable metal,
as brass, steel or the like, to render windows, doors or other hinged or sliding
openings, draught, weather and dust proof, but is applicable also to the opening
edges of any structure. where dust, or weather, is to be excluded.
The strips of metal are rolled, or otherwise so formed, along their entire length,
as to provide a flat portion for the screws or other fastenings to the door, or the
door frame, or to the window sash or frame, and the other portion of the length of
the strip is turned up, in various shapes, so as to form a spring which will be pressed
tightly between the fixed and movable parts of the door or window when closed,
thus excluding draughts, weather and dust and will re-act by its elastic force when
the window or door is opened. The application to other structures will be similar,
the turned up portions of the strips being pressed between the two surfaces which
come together thus closing the joint perfectly tight.
In a modification of my invention I propose to cover the metal strips (preferably
only on their outer surfaces) with some. soft flexible or elastic material secured by
cementing to the strips, by folding over their edges, or by projecting teeth formed
so as to penetrate and be rivetted over the covering material which thus acts with
the elastic action of the spring edge.
As applied to windows my invention, besides excluding draughts, weather and
dust, acts also to fix the sashes firmly in their frames and so avoid rattling
noise.
Improvements in Draught, Weather, and Dust Excluders.
I, LEWIS LEE GOUGH, of 86 Pilgrim Street, in the City and County of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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My invention relates specially to the application of thin strips of suitable metal,
as brass, steel, or the like, to render windows, doors, or other hinged or sliding
openings, draught, weather, and dust proof, but is applicable also to the opening
edges of any structure where dust, or weather, is to be excluded.
The strips of metal are rolled, drawn, stamped, or otherwise so formed, along

page_text: On the accompanying drawings I illustrate my invention in a few forms of its
application, which will sufficiently explain its construction and principle of
operation.
Figs. 1 and 2 shew it as it may be fitted to a door, casement, window, or any
hinged structure, which is required to be closed tightly. Fig 24 shews it applied
to a special case of a shrunk or badly fitting door, and Fig. 3 as applied to a sliding
sash window.
On Fig. 1 the spring strip of metal S. is secured to the door D. (which is shewn
not quite closed in the "rebate" R. of the door frame F.) and on Fig. 2 the spring
strip S. is secured to the rebate R. In both cases the closing of the door presses
the spring strip S. against the door, or against the "rebate" and makes a perfectly
draught, weather, and dust tight joint, and, when the door is opened, the spring
strip by its elasticity returns to its normal shape. The spring strip S. may be
continued along the head of the door, and also down the binged side if desirable.
In cases of doors which have never been properly fitted or have shrunk and left
open spaces between them and their frames, and where neatness of appearance is
not the first consideration, I may use strips of other sections, such for instance as
that shewn by the section on Fig. 2 to badly fitting doors, which fitting will be
effective.
As applied to sliding sash windows, Fig. 3 shews in vertical section the bottom
bar of the upper sash U.S. and the top bar of the lower sash L. S. which is shewn
slightly raised or opened. Here the spring strip S. may be secured either to the
bottom bar of the upper sash, as shewn, or to the top bar of the lower sash, in
either case being preferably sunk in, and when the two bars are brought together
and both sashes closed, the spring strip is pressed between these, making a perfectly
close joint, and when released by either sash being opened, regains its normal shape
by its elasticity. The head of the upper sash may be similarly fitted with a spring
strip, either secured to the window frame or to the sash bar, as may also be, if
necessary, the bottom bar of the lower sash between it and the sill of the frame.
Windows fitted with my spring strips are perfectly draught, weather, and dust
proof, and are besides secured against the sashes rattling in the frames.
applied to drawers the spring strips may be fitted upon the upper or lower
frame bars (or both) of the casing at the front, so that the drawer will; when
closed, press the spring strip close; and when opened it will regain its normal
shape. In some cases the spring strips may be fitted along the drawer between
the tops of the sides and the parts of the casing in which the drawer slides, either
secured to the drawer or to the casing, but this will not generally be necessary.
As

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The application to doors, casement windows, sliding sash windows, or other
structures required to be made draught, weather, and dust tight, of thin strips,
of any suitable metal, of such sections as will give them spring action, so that.
being partially flattened by pressure being applied they will, on being released,
return by their elasticity to their normal shape; said strips being secured along one
of their edges to one part of the structure and the other edge being free ;:
substantially as herein before described, and in some forms of application shewn by
the drawings.
T. J. DANSON, F.I.P.A.,
Agent for Applicant.