An Improved Draught Excluder for Doors and like House Fittings.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Draught Excluder for Doors and like House Fittings.
I, JOHN SWARBRICK, 134, Hulton Street, Trafford Road, Salford, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to that class of attachment to doors or the like, known
as draught excluders, usually attached to the bottom of the door to occupy the
space between the door bottom and the floor, and its object is to provide and
improved form of such a device.
The invention consists generally in attaching to the bottom of the door, (pre-
ferably on the inside thereof) by screws or other fastenings, a number of brackets,
and in pivoting to each of these brackets a number of levers with their bottom
ends carrying small wheels or rollers. A strip of cloth or other suitable material
is attached in any convenient way to the pivoted levers, and passes across the full
width of the door, and the position of the brackets and levers carrying the cloth
strip is so arranged, that the levers make an angle between the door and the
floor, while the pulleys and bottom edge of the cloth strip run freely upon the
said floor or carpet.
In carrying the invention into effect, a number of brackets suitably perforated
are screwed or nailed to the bottom of the door a short distance up. On the
bottom portion of each of these brackets, a small snog is formed and a lever is
pivoted thereon at one end by a spindle, one lever to each snog and bracket. The
other ends of the levers have wheels, pulleys or rollers of any suitable construc-
tion carried in bearings, and the length of the levers and the relative position of
the brackets upon the bottom of the door are so arranged, that the levers make
an angle with the door, while the pulleys run upon the floor or carpet. Each of
the levers is provided with a bracket, integral therewith, so arranged, that strips
of carpet can be attached to run right across from lever to lever, the whole making
a continuous strip lying at an angle with the door and with its bottom edge
resting upon the carpet whilst its upper edge rests upon the door. By this con-
struction, the angle of the levers is such, that the bottom edge of the whole strip
lies closely upon the carpet, and, while preventing the passage of a draught, also
allows the free opening or shutting of the door.
It is evident this arrangement could be applied to any moving or swing door
or window, without departing from the subject of the invention.
JOHN SWARBRICK.

page_text: I, JOHN SWARBRICK, of 134, Hulton Street, Trafford Road, Salford, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to that class of attachment to doors or the like, known
as draught excluders, usually attached to the bottom of the door to occupy the
space between the door bottom and the floor, and its object is to provide an
improved form of such a device.
The invention consists generally in attaching to the bottom of the door (prefer-
ably on the inside thereof) by screws or other fastenings, a number of brackets,
and in pivoting to each of these brackets a lever with its bottom end carrying
a small wheel or roller. A strip of cloth or other suitable material is attached in
any convenient way to the pivoted levers, and passes across the full width of the
door, and the position of the brackets and levers carrying the cloth strip is so
arranged that the levers make an angle between the door and the floor, while the
pulleys and bottom edge of the cloth strip run freely upon the said floor or carpet.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings:-
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and end elevations of a door fitted with
a draught excluder constructed according to my invention, and,
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively front and side elevation of one of the pivoted
supporting levers for the draught excluding material.
A number of metal plates a, suitably perforated, are screwed or nailed at
suitable distances apart near the bottom of the door b. Each plate a is formed
with a snug c (Figures 3 and 4) to which is hinged or pivoted a lever d adapted
to form a support for the draught excluding material and the lower end of the
said lever is fitted with a runner or wheel e. The hinged supports d are pro-
vided with perforated side projecting lugs f to which are attached the ends of
pieces of cloth g or other suitable flexible material forming the draught excluder.
The two end supports are provided with a projecting lug on one side only, as
shown in Figure 1, the intermediate support being fitted with lugs on either side
as shown in Figure 3. The cloth or other suitable flexible material is attached
to the door along the top edge in any suitable manner and stretches between the
hinged supports d forming a continuous strip with its bottom edge lying closely
upon the floor thus preventing the passage of a draught through the space under
the door.
The plates a are fixed upon the door at such a height above the floor and the
length of the levers is such that the draught excluder forms an acute angle with
the floor so as to allow free opening and shutting of the door, the rollers e
running smoothly over the surface of the floor.
It is obvious that the arrangement of hinged supports d with attached draught
excluding material as above described may be applied to any swing door or window
or other house fitting for which it is found desirable to provide such an appliance.
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:
1. A draught excluder for doors, swing windows, and the like, consisting of
flexible or other suitable draught excluding material attached to hinged supports
carried upon the door, window, or the like, substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. The construction of draught excluder consisting of supports or levers d fitted
with rollers e, said supports hingeing upon attachments a, and carrying a draught
excluding material, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1900.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents.