Improvements in Draught and Weather Excluders for Doors and Windows.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Draught and Weather Excluders for Doors and
Windows.
I, JOHN ARTHUR BECKETT, of 70, Aberdeen Crescent, Edgeley, Stockport, in
the County of Chester, Cabinet-maker, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to render draught excluders for doors and
windows more simple in construction, reliable, effective in action, and also neater in
appearance.
To this end my invention consists in forming such draught excluders hinge
like, i.e. of two metal flaps suitably hinged together, one of which is secured to the
ground underneath the door or to one of the window sashes as the case may be,
whilst the other is rendered movable so as to be brought in and out of use.
When applying the said draught and weather excluder to doors the movable
flap is raised automatically and caused to bear against the lower part of the door
either on the inner or outer side thereof.
When adapting the said flap to bear against the outside of the door I hinge
thereto a rod employed in the said stationary flap upon which is placed a spiral
spring bearing against the said stationary flap and a stud or button formed on the
said rod. When the door is opened it comes into contact with the said stud or
button and causes the rod to lower the movable flap out of use level with the
ground and to compress the spiral spring, which latter on the door being closed
immediately expands and raises the movable flap in its normal position again
against the front of the door.
In lieu of the said rod, stud or button and spiral spring, a flat spring may be
employed one end of which is fixed to the stationary flap and the other end
arranged to act upon a nose formed on the movable flap passed its fulcrum. The
said flat spring is allowed to project a little above the stationary flap so as to cause
the door when being closed to depress it and thus raise the movable flap against
the outside of the door, whilst on the latter being opened the said flat spring assumes
its normal position and allows the movable flap to drop level with the floor.
Another method of operating the said movable flap is to employ at the side of
the door-cheek a rod, the lower end of which is jointed to a rocking lever and the
latter to the aforesaid movable flap. On the door being opened the movable flap
is permitted to drop and raises the aforesaid rod into the path of the door which
Intter when being closed depresses the said rod and thus raises the movable flap
by the medium of the said lever in its normal position against the front of the
door.
When arranging the said movable flap to bear against the inside of the door it
is placed under the influence of a spring which has a tendency of keeping the said
flap in a raised position against the door when the latter is closed and permits of
being depressed by the door when opened.
The upper edge of the movable flap I form with a bevel beading, when.
employed outside the door, which prevents the rain lodging thereon.
Dated this 4th day of December 1893.
F. BOSSHAKDI & CO-
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Draught and Weather Excluders for Doors and
Windows.
I, JOHN ARTHUR BECKETT, of 70, Aberdeen Crescent, Edgeley, Stockport in
the County of Chester, Cabinet-maker, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object to render draught excluders for doors and
windows more simple in construction, reliable and effective in action, and also
neater in appearance.
To this end my invention consists in forming such draught excluders hinge
like, i.e. of two metal flaps suitably hinged together, one of which is secured to the
ground underneath the door or to one of the window sashes as the case may be,
whilst the other is rendered movable so as to be brought automatically in and out
of use through the action.of the door or window.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section, Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 a plan of a portion of
a door and adjacent parts furnished with one form of my improved draught and
weather excluders.
Figs. 4, 5 & 7 are similar vertical sections of three other forms and
Fig. 6 a plan of Fig. 5.
Figs. 8 & 9 are vertical sections of another form of draught and weather
excluders for doors, in and out of use respectively, Fig. 10 is a plan thereof.
Fig. 11 is a vertical section of the middle portion of a window sash with my
improved draught and weather excluder applied.
In carrying out my invention and when applying my improved draught and
weather excluder to doors the movable flap a may be adapted to bear against the
lower part of the door A when closed either on the inner or outer side thereof,
whilst the stationary part 6 is suitably fixed to the ground or floor c.
b
When adapting the flap a to bear against the outside of the door A, see Figs. 1,
2 & 3, I hinge thereto a rod d employed in the stationary flap & upon which is
placed a spiral spring e bearing against the stationary flap band a stud or button f
formed on the rod d. When the door A is opened it comes into contact with the
stud or button f and causes the rod d to lower the movable flap a out of use level
with the ground c, see dotted lines Fig. 1 & 3, and to compress the spiral spring e,
which latter, on the door A being closed immediately expands and raises the
movable flap a to its normal position again against the front of the door A.
In lieu of the rod d, stud or button and spiral spring e, a flat spring e' may be
employed, see Fig. 4, one end of which is fixed to the stationary flap band the
other end arranged to act upon a nose a¹ formed in the movable flap a passed its
fulcrum a². The flat spring e' is allowed to project a little above the stationary
flap b, see dotted lines, so as to cause the door A when being closed to depress it
and thus raise the movable flap a against the outside of the door A, whilst on the
latter being opened the flat spring e assumes its normal position and allows the
movable flap a to drop level with the floor c, see dotted lines.
Another method of operating the movable flap a is to employ at the side of the
door-cheek A' a short rod h, the lower end of which is jointed to a rocking lever i,
see Figs. 5 & 6, carried by the stationary flap and the rocking lever i to the
movable flap a. On the door A being opened the movable flap a is permitted to
drop by reason of its own weight, see dotted lines, and raises the rod into the
path of the door A which latter when being closed depresses the rod h and thus

page_text: raises the movable flap a through the medium of the lever i to its normal position
against the front of the door A.
When arranging the movable flap a to bear against the inside of the door A,
see Fig. 7, the spring e in connection therewith retains the flap a in a raised position
against the door A when the latter is closed and is depressed by the door A. when
opened as will be readily understood.
The upper edge of the movable flap a 1 form with a bevel beading, when
employed outside the door, which prevents the rain lodging thereon, or such
beading may be fixed to the door itself above the movable flap a.
Another method of operating the movable flap a by the door A, when the
former is adapted to bear against the outside of the latter, is to fix a ledge g on
the door A, see Figs. 8, 9 & 10, adapted to engage a lip a³ formed on the flap a
the latter being permitted to drop when the door is opened, see Fig. 9, by reason
of its own weight or if deemed necessary assisted by a suitable spring arranged in
connection therewith, whilst on the door being closed, see dotted lines Fig. 8, the
ledge g raises the movable flap a and brings it in position against the door A, see
full lines.
When applying my invention to sash windows, see Fig. 11, the stationary flap b
is secured to the inner sash B, the movable flap a fitting over the joint between the
inner and outer sashes B & C and can be thrown back when desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim, is--
1st. A draught and weather excluder for doors, consisting of two metal flaps hinged
together, one of which is fixed to the floor or ground and the other adapted to
bear against the door when closed and on the latter being opened, to fall upon the
floor or ground through the action of the door, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
2nd. A draught and weather excluder for windows, consisting of two flaps
hinged together, one of which is secured to the one sash and the other adapted to
cover the joint between the two sashes, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 12th day of June 1894.
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F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.