AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO BE ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF DOORS FOR EXCLUDING DRAUGHTS, DUST AND RAIN
Year: 1884

page_text: I, BAMBER BARON, of 41 Avenue Parade, Accrington, Lancashire, Commercial
Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE
TO BE ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF DOORS FOR EXCLUDING DRAUGHTS, DUST AND
RAIN," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a device or appliance to be connected to door bottoms
for preventing draughts, dust and rain from entering under the bottom of the door
into rooms, houses and other places. For accomplishing this object I attach to the
outside or inside of the bottom of a door, by screws or otherwise, a hinged bar of
wood or other material. Between the face of the door and the hinged bar, I place
one or more flat steel or other form of springs, which when the door is open, lifts
the bar on its hinges off the floor, to allow of the door being opened and closed,
and to pass over carpets or other irregularities on the floor. The bar is made to fit
the door between the door jambs, and a small pin or stud is attached thereto,
projecting beyond the end of the bar and the side of the door, so that, when the
door is closed, this projecting pin or stud comes into contact with the usual
moulding against which the edge of the door abuts, and forces the hinged bar flat
against the door, into a horizontal position, thereby covering any space which
exists between the bottom of the door and the floor.
By this means a simple and self-acting bar is provided, which thoroughly
excludes draught, dust, and rain.

page_text: I, BAMBER BARON of 41 Avenue Parade, Accrington, Lancashire, Commercial
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE
TO BE ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF DOORS FOR EXCLUDING DRAUGHTS, DUST AND
RAIN "and in what manner the sanie is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to a device or appliance to be connected to door bottoms
for preventing draughts, dust, and rain from entering under the bottom of the door
into rooms, houses and other places.
In order that my invention may be better understood reference is made to the
accompanying sheet of drawings wherein Fig 1 is elevation of a dust and draught
excluder, constructed according to my improvements, and placed on the outside of
a door. Fig 2 is section of same, shewing position the parts assume when the door
is closed, and Fig 3 shews position of the parts when the door is open.
This draught excluder is composed of a hinged bar A made full width of the
door and attached by a hinge (shewn in dotted lines Fig 1) to a bar B connected
by screws a to the door.
At one end of the hinged bar I fix a small casting C part of which projects
beyond the edge of the door, so that when the door is closed, the projecting part
of the said casting comes into contact with the door jamb and is closed thereby ;
by which means the crevice or opening at the bottom of the door is covered, but as
soon as the door is opened, and the pressure of the projection C removed off the
door jamb, the spring D (which has been compressed fint while the door was shut)
immediately forces the hinged bar from its closed position into its open position so
that the door is free to open and to pass over carpets or other irregularities on the
surface of the floor.
In order to prevent the woodwork of the door jamb from being damaged by the
action of the projection C when the door is being closed I fix to the door jamb
a small plate E which will resist the damaging effects of the said projection.
In Figs 4 and 5 I have shewn section and elevation of my improved draught
excluder when it is applied to the inside of a door, the projection C as already
described is now dispensed with and another construction of closing device is
employed and marked C. In this case the device is attached to the edge of the
binged bar A part of which projects beyond the bar as shewn at b. It will be
apparent that when the door is closed the projection b will come into contact with
the door jamb and so cause the binged bar to rock upon its hinges and close the
aperture at the bottom of the door.
By the employment of the apparatus berein shewn and described a simple and
self-acting bar is provided, which will thoroughly exclude draughts, dust, and rain
and instead of employing an ordinary hinge to connect the bar A to the bar B, the
spring itself may be adopted as shewn in Fig 6 which not only serves as a hinge
but also to lift the bar A off the door when it is opened.

page_text: 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
Firstly. The employment of a flat spring D when attached to the top fixed bar,
or to the door for the purpose of operating the hinged bar A substantially as
herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The use and employment of the device C¹ for closing the hinged bar A
when the apparatus is fixed on the inside.