Improvements in Draught and Dust Excluders for Doors and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Draught and Dust Excluders for Doors and
the like.
I, HENRY WHITELEY, of Middle Goat House, Rishworth, near Halifax, in the County
of York, Joiner and Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
1 employ a lath or strip which is hinged or attached near to the bottom of the door,
preferably inside, when hinged a spring is attached to one hinge which lifts out the
lath or strip at an angle when the door is shut; this spring has a coil in the centre,
A projection at one
and its two ends are at right angles or nearly so to each other.
end of the strip comes in contact with the door jamb, on shutting it, this depresses the
spring and lath, pushing the latter against the floor, so filling up the space between it
and the door bottom.
When the lath is attached so as to work vertically, similar coiled rectangular
springs are used, with slots at their two ends, the lath being fixed upon pivotted levers,
and depressed by a projection or buffer coming against a plate on the door jamb, and
so pushes down the lath.
To prevent the buffing piece from turning round or strip. I fix a plate with a recess
to fit on to the flat side of the buffer; 1 fix the apparatus in position by an eye holt,
and small bracket, or the eye bolt may be attacheil to the hinge.
This arrangement is reversible, that is, it will do for either right or left hand.
The construction of springs are such that there is little strain upon them, and so are
more durable, than the ordinary springs before used.
with day of August 1889
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Draught and Dust Excluders for Doors and
the like.
I, HENRY WHITELEY, of Middle Goat House, Rishworth, near Halifax, in the
County of York, Joiner and Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be perforined, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of my invention as applied to the outside of doors in
position as when the door is shut.
Fig. 2. is an end elevation in section of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is an end elevation in section as when door is open.
Fig. 4. shows same principle of spring applied to lath in a vertical position in
position when door is open and fixed to outside of door.
Fig. 5. is an end elevation in section of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6. is an end elevation in section of Fig. 4, in position when door is shut.
Fig. 7. shows end view of plate for preventing buffing piece from turning
round.
Fig. S. shows detail of spring used in Fig. 4.
Fig. 9. shows detail of spring fixed to one hinge.
Figs. 1.2.3 and 9. 1 employ a lath or strip A, which is hinged or attached to the

page_text: strip of wood B, fixed near to the bottom of the door preferably outside, when hinged,
a spring D is attached to one hinge, see Fig. 9, or between the hinges D', see Figs. 1.
2 and 3, the spring lifts out the fath or strip at an angle. When the door is not shut
this spring has a coil E in the centre, and its two ends are at right angles or nearly
so to each other, when the door is open, a projection F at one end of the strip, comes
in contact with the door jamb, (at the opening side of the door), on shutting the door,
this depresses the spring and lath, bringing it into the vertical position, pushing the
latter against the floor, so filling up the space between it and the door bottom.
When the lath is attached so as to work vertically see Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, (preferably
outside the door) similar coiled rectangular springs D¹ are used, with slots D³, at their
two ends, which are turned up to prevent the lath from slipping either way, the laths
being fixed upon pivotied levers D. in lieu of the hinges and depressed by a pro-
jection or buffer G, coming against a plate on the door jamb at the hinge end of the
door, and so pushes down the lath.
To prevent the huffing piece G. from turning round, I fix a plate II, with a recess J.
to fit onto the flat-side of the buffer.
I fix the apparatus in position to the door by an eye bolt L. and small bracket M.
or the eye bolt may be attached to the hinge, this arrangement is reversible, that is, it
will do for either right or left hand.
The construction of springs are such that there is little strain upon them, and
uld one end of the spring break. the other end acts and does its work and so they
are more durable than the ordinary springs before used.
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:-
1. The double acting springs, whether attached to the hinge or separate therefrom.
such as shown and described.
2. The plate for preventing the buffing piece from turning round, such as shown
and described.
3. The general arrangement and combination of parts, such as shown
described.
Dated this Tenth day of May 1890.
and
JOHN E. WALSH,
Agent for the Applicant.