Year: 1888

page_text: I HENRY JOHN LANSBURY of the Town Hall Bromley in the County of Kent
Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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The object of my invention is to produce a weather bar for doors and windows that
shall be very simple and cheap in construction and not at all liable to get out of order
and yet extremely efficient in excluding rain wind dust and weather
To carry out this object I make a bar or strip of wood metal or other material
which bar I binge or otherwise attach to the door or window parallel with ind ne ir
to the lower edge thereof and on its outer side and this bar extends the whole bre with
of the door or window or thereabouts This bar may be so mounted on and outside
of the surface of the door or window or may be recessed thereinto This bar when
parallel with the plane of the door or window projects below the bottom of the same
and the lower edge of the bar may be covered or fitted with india rubber felt or other
suitable material and a spring is fitted to the bar in such wise as normally to cause
the lower edge thereof to project outwards from the door or window
Therefore when the door or window is open this spring keeps the lower edge of the
bar clear of the floor or sill but when the door or window is closed the usual stops
on the posts or other convenient stops force the lower edge of the bar in parallel or
thereabouts with the plane of the door or window and this lower edge is thus pressed
hard on the floor or sill as is desired
In the same manner this bar may be fitted on the vertical sides and the top edge of
the door or window and when desired I can conveniently make recesses in the side
posts into which the protruding edges of the bars can pass.

page_text: I HENRY JOHN LANSBURY of the Town Hall Biomley in the county of Kent
Survey or 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
The object of my invention is to produce a weather bar for doors and windows
that shall be very simple and cheap in construction and not at all liable to get out
of order and yet extremely efficient in excluding run dust wind and weather
In the accompanying drawing I have shown this my invention as applied to the
bottom of a door
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Figure 1 is an elevation of part of the lower part of a door fitted with my apparatus
Figure 2 is a transverse vertical semisection thereof when closed and Figure 3 is a
trusverse vertical semisection thereof when opened
I make a flat bar or strip A of wood metal or other material which bar A I hinge
or otherwise attach to the door B parallel with and near to the lower edge thereof and
on its outer side and this bar A may extend the whole breadth of the door B or may
terminate at one or both ends a little distance from the lateral vertical edges of the
door B This bar A may be so mounted by its upper edge on and outside of the
surface of the door B as shown in the drawing in which case it would preferably be
hinged to another bar A¹ secured on the door B or it may be recessed into the door
in which case it would be hinged or attached directly to the door This bar A when
parallel with the plane of the door B projects as far as may be necessary in each
particular case for the purpose hereinafter declared beyond the lower edge of the
door B and the lower edge of the bar A can very conveniently be and preferably is
covered or fitted along its whole length with one or more pieces of india rubber
felt or other suitable material A spring is fitted to the bar A in any suitable manner
and in such wise as normally to cause the lower edge thereof to project outwards
from the door B as shewn in Figure 3 and the spring D shewn in the drawing I
consider very suitable for this purpose
Suitable stops are provided on the side posts of the door frame on one or both sides
which when the door is closed can engage the bar and force the lower edge,thereof
in until the bar is parallel or thereabouts with the plane of the door When the bar
13 recessed into the door the usual jamb on the side post against which the door shuts
will act as the required stop when also the bar extends the whole breadth of the door
but when, as as shown in the drawing the bai also extending the whole breadth of the
door is outside the surface of the same this Jamb will have to be by so much cut
away as to allow the door to shut while still acting as the required stop or else the
bar must terminate at such a distance from the lateral vertical edges of the door as
to clear the jab and a suitable block to form the required stop would be secured to
the side post of the door frame on one or both sides

page_text: The action of this apparatus is as follows
When the door is open
the spring koops
the lower edge of the bar clear of and off the floor and the door can move quite
freely but when the door is closed the stop or stops forces or force the lower edge of
the bar in until the bar is parallel or thereabouts with the plane of the door whereby
this lower edge of the bar is pressed hard on the floor and in all cases but especially
when the lower edge thereof is covered or fitted as aforesaid with india rubber felt or
other soft and somewhat compressible material all rain dust wind and weather are
excluded as is desired
In the same manner this bar may be applied to and fitted on the top and the
vertical sides of a door if and when necessary and when desired I can make recesses
in the side posts of the door frame into which the projecting edges of the bars when
fitted as aforesaid on the vertical sides of the door can pass when the door is
closed
This my invention also obviously is applicable in a similar manner to the sashes of
such windows as open and close after the manner of a door and no further description
18 or can be needed
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim 1s
The combination with a flat bar attached to a door or window and a spring to
actuate this bar of a stop or stops on the frame of the door or window to operate the
bar substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and declared
2 The unproved weather bar for doors and windows substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown in the accompanying drawing