Means and method for weather stripping

May 14, 1935.

F. S. DIETZ

2,001,602

MEANS AND METHOD FOR WEATHER STRIPPING

Filed Aug. 12, 1931

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Patented May 14, 1935

2,001,602

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2,001,602 MEANS AND METHOD FOR WEATHER STRIPPING Frank S. Dietz, Jamestown, N. Y. Application August 12, 1931, Serial No. 556,682 1 Claim. (CI. 189—65)

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in means and method for weatherstripping, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly efficient in use and economical in manufacture.

While various types of weatherstrips have been used heretofore in the art these weather strips have been customarily made of either metallic material or fibrous material, such as felt, and it has been my experience that when placed upon the bedding points or contacts of a window sash such material warps the frame of the sash when the movable section of the sash is closed thereagainst. The result of this warping of the sash is that the sash is no longer rain and storm proof. It is, therefore, the salient object of this invention to provide means for weatherstripping which will not warp the sash when applied to the bedding points and which may therefore be used without injury to the sash, while providing perfect storm proof contact between the bedding points.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for Aveatherstripping which may be applied in less time and with less labor and expense than the weatherstrips used heretofore in the art.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a typical window sash depicting my invention installed on the bedding points thereof; and

Fig. 2 is a horiozntal sectional view taken substantially on the line 2—2 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated, generically indicated at 10 is the stationary section of a window sash which is hinged by suitable hinge structures 11 to the movable section generically indicated at 12. Included in the section 12 is the frame 18, partitions 19 and panes of glass 20. Included in the section 10 is the frame 21 and the bedding contacts or points 13 against which the bedding contacts 14 of the movable section 12 abut when the section 12 is moved into closed position with respect to the section i0, a suitable handle 15 being provided on the section 12 for moving the same.

Along the bedding contacts or points 13 and 14 it has been customary heretofore to arrange metal or felt strips which, when the section 12 would be moved into closed position, would warp the frame 10 so that the frame 10 would no longer be storm proof but would permit rain to pass therethrough. In order to overcome this diffi culty, I provide on the bedding contacts or surfaces 14 an innately adhesive gum-like body such as will solidify upon exposure to air but will not crank or disintegrate, and for this purpose any suitable gum-like adhesive substance may be 5 used. This material may be spread over the surfaces ! 4 by means of any suitable tool such as, for example, a putty knife.

Over the body 16 on the bedding surfaces 14

I arrange strips of wax covered paper 17. The 10 movable section 12 is then closed so that the strips 17 abut the bedding surfaces 13 and the gum-like body 16 is thus pressed out flat, the strips 17 preventing the same from running off the bedding surfaces 14. After the body 16 has 15 been allowed to stand a suitable length of time, the strips 17 are peeled off and the result is that the gum-like body 16 provides a storm proof weather contact between the bedding points 14 and 13 which will not warp the sash as have the 20 felt and metal strips used heretofore.

Another method of carrying the invention into effect is to smear lard or the like on the strips 17 and then attach the strips 17 to the bedding contacts 13 by means of the lard, before apply- 25 ing the body 16 to the contacts 14, this method being particularly practicable in windy weather.

The construction of the window sash illustrated in the drawing may be of any suitable type since the same forms no part of my inven- 30 tion and my invention may be applied to any type of window sash.

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that I have provided an improved method 35 of weatherstripping which can not only be applied with a minimum of time and labor and without special skill, but which effectively prevents the warping of the sash caused by felt and metal weatherstrips. 40

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish 45 to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.