Improved Draught Excluder for Doors.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Draught Excluder for Doors.
ABNER BUCKLEY, Mechanic of 16, Bradburn Street Cheetham Hill, and
ISAAC BUCKLEY Traveller of 15, Luke Street Cheetham Hill, both of Manchester
in the County of Lancashire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention is the adoption of weight in lieu of various springs now in use for
the raising of excluder when opening the door, so as to prevent same dragging
along, carpet oilcloth &c. The means of using the weight is as follows:-The
excluder is composed of two sections, the upper & lower, the upper is screwed to
the door, and the lower constructed to raise when door opens. The lower section.
works upon two screws, one at each end, thus dispensing with hinges and is caused
to raise by a weight being let in at the top, so that when door opens, this section is
compelled to fall back, raising the bottom so as to meet the aforesaid requirement.
Dated this 16th day of July 1894.
ISAAC BUCKLEI.
ABNER BUCKLEY..
We ABNER BUCKLEY, Mechanic, of 16 Bradburn Street, Cheetham Hill, and
ISAAC BUCKLEY, Traveller, of 15 Luke Street, Cheetham Hill, both of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, 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 and accompanying drawings :-
:-
Our said invention relates to draught excluders for application to doors.
Hitherto the hinged flap of such draught excluders have, upon the opening of the
door, been raised by means of a spring or of springs. These are very liable to get
out of order or to become broken or ineffective.
According to our invention we effect the raising of the flap of the draught
excluder by means of a counter-balance weight attached to the hinged flap and
raising the same by the operation of gravity.
Our invention will be best understood by a reference to the annexed sheet of
illustrative drawings.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of our improved draught excluder shown fixed to a
door, the hinged flap being indicated as it appears in its raised position.
Fig. 2 is a similar view, the draught excluder being shown closed.
Fig. 3 is a view of the front of the draught excluder as it appears in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a view of the back of the draught excluder as it appears in Fig. 2.
Fig. 5.is a view of the back of the draught excluder as in Fig. 4 but with the
hinged flap raised.
Fig. 6 is a separate perspective view of one of the pivot brackets by which the
hinged flap is hung.

page_text: The improved draught excluder is composed of two parts viz. the upper section a
which is fixed to the door and the lower section 6 which is loosely pivotted to the
upper section a so as to be easily raised and lowered. The section a is firmly
secured to the foot of the door c by screws passing through the holes a¹ or by any
other suitable means. To the back of the section a we attach brackets d (for
example two of such brackets) by screws or other means.
Opposite to these brackets and with their heads projecting into recesses cut in the
back of the hinged flap b, we screw or otherwise fix to the said hinged flap, two
pivot brackets e which are formed in the manner shown in Fig. 6.
The pivot e
projecting from the bracket e enters a hole in the opposite bracket d and thus the
upper and lower sections of the draught excluder are connected. These pivot
brackets being placed at a reasonable distance equidistant from the centre, and
within the practicable limits of length so that the draught excluder can be cut with
a saw at one or both ends to suit any width of doorway, there being no obstruction
in the way of such cutting except at one end where the catch fis fixed but which
can be readily removed and replaced. At the top of the hinged flap b and so placed
as to extend well behind the centre of the pivots el (as shown at Fig. 2) we fix a
lead or other suitable weight g which is sufficiently heavy to overbalance the hinged
flap b when left free and throw it into the position shown in Fig. 1, thus raising the
the foot of the flap b and enabling it to clear the floor, carpet or doorstep.
This weight may consist as shown of a bar g of lead or other suitably heavy
material let into the hinged flap b, but the weight might be applied in any other
manner which will conveniently effect our purpose.
b
As the door is shut, the catch f which as already said is screwed to the hinged
flap comes against the check or moulding in or on the door frame and turns the
flap b down into the position shown in Fig. 2.
When the door is opened the catch f being released allows the flap to swing into
its raised position shown in Fig. 1. The hinged flap b shaped as shown in the
drawing so that when closed its back rests upon the front of the door.
The improved draught excluder effectually excludes all dust, draughts and
weather and can be attached to a door by any unskilled person.
The pith and gist of our invention lies in the employment of a self contained or
affixed weight to effect the opening or raising of the hinged flap when the door is
opened instead of springs as heretofore employed for the purpose. We do not
therefore confine ourselves to the exact disposition of parts nor to any particular
mode of applying such weight so long as the spirit of our invention is preserved.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is.
1. In a draught excluder of the indicated type the combination of a weight with
the loose hinged flap, so that the said hinged flap is raised by the influence of the
weight so as to clear the floor when the door is opened, substantially as described
and as illustrated.
2. The general arrangement construction and combination of parts composing.
our improved weighted flap, draught excluder, substantially as described and
as shown.
Dated the 11th dow of Mauch 1005
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.