Untitled record

Application filed October 2, 1897. Serial No. 653,802. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, William A. Ford and John C. Mormann, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Yankton, in the county of 5 Yankton and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable io others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention has relation to weatherstrips ; and it consists of certain details of construction employed in producing a weather15 strip of reliable efficiency.

The object of our invention, among others, is to provide a permanent addition to a dwelling which will be found useful in all seasons of the year, not only for the purpose of pre20 venting rain or wind from entering the crevices formed by a shrinkage of the material employed or otherwise, but will be advantageous as a means for permanently protecting the exposed parts from decay and from undue 25 wear incident to the raising and lowering of a window-sash or an opening and closing of the door or other frame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing our invention ap30 plied to use upon a window. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail showing our invention as applied to use upon a window-frame or other place where its cooperation is desirable. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device on a slightly35 enlarged scale, showing a different construction for the anchoring edge or rim. Fig. 4 is a side view of the rim illustrated in Fig. 3.

Our invention consists, essentially, in providing a strip of metal (though other pre40 ferred material may be employed) so shaped or formed that the body-section will conform to the angle where its reception is desired, and, further, in providing an integrally-formed anchoring portion or lip designed to be forced 45 directly into the contiguous portion of the framework or seated in a previously-prepared narrow groove formed therein.

It will be understood that the metallic strip may be formed of any desired thickness and 50 that it may be anchored in position by merely forcing the anchoring-lips into the framework, or saicl strip may be of sufficient thickness to require that a special seat or bed be provided within the framework, this form of construction being illustrated in Fig. 2. The usual ap- 55 plication, however, of our improved weatherstrip may be made directly to the surface of the framework without the necessity of providing a seat or offset therein, as the weather-. strip will be usually quite thin, and by being 60 properly secured in position will rest practically flush with the adjacent-surface of the framework.

Referring in detail to our invention, 1 is the body-section proper, while 2 is practically a 65 continuation thereof disposed usually at right angles to the body 1, though the angle of inclination for the section 2 will be determined by the location of the weather-strip.

The free edges of the sections 1 and 2 are 70 bent at right angles to their respective sections, forming the anchoring blades or lips 3 and 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

If the metal is, for instance, tin, or even sheet-iron, it will not be necessary to sharpen 75 the edges of the lips 3 and 4. Otherwise if the sheet metal employed is of extra thickness said sharpening process will be desirable, as said lips will be more readily forced into their operative positions. If deemed de- 80 sirable, the lips 3 and 4 may be severed vertically at intervals and the alternating sections oppositely beveled in such a manner that they will take into opposite directions when driven into the frame. The construe- 85 tion just referred to is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, in which the alternate sections 5 are beveled upon their inner edges, while the alternating sections 6 are beveled upon their outer edges. By this construction it will be 90 clear that when the edge of our improved weather-strip having the sections 5 and 6 formed thereon is forced into the frame the tendency will be for the series of sections 5 ’ to become separated from the series of sec- 95 tions 6, resulting in spreading these parts or moving the entire series of sections 5 outward, while the entire series of sections 6 will be directed inward or oppositely from the position taken by the series of sections 5, thus tend- 100 ing to more securely anchor our improved weather-strip in an adjusted position.

In Fig. 1 we have illustrated the weatherstrip as being applied both to the bottom sill

600,640 and the side of the window, which prevents the wind passing underneath the sash 7 when closed and entering into the apartment either directly or through any aperture or slot be5 tween the sill 8 and the table 9 caused by the shrinkage of said parts.

It is well’known that many walls of houses are made damp and permanently unhealthful by moisture being driven under the winio dow-sash and into the apartment or between the wall proper and the plastering, inducing a musty decaying condition of the parts. It is thought, therefore, that it will be apparent that we have provided a reliable means for 15 preventing these undesirable results and for protecting the exposed parts from deterioration due to said cause.

We desire to reserve the right to construct the anchoring-lips formed upon our improved 20 weather-strip either as one continuous edge or blade or in the manner illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, in which a series of oppositely sharpened or beveled sections are provided.

Our improved weather-strip may be very 25 cheaply and readily constructed out of any preferred material deemed suitable for the purpose and as readily placed in its operative position.

By forming the anchoring-lips 3 and 4 as 30 described a reliable means is provided for securing the weather-strip in position without the necessity of employing nails or other means to effect such result. It will be clearly apparent that the device may be used to set 35 up a connection between a part of the wooden frame and the continuous stone wall or sill by previously forming in the latter with a saw or otherwise a suitable groove which may be packed with putty or other suitable material and then receive one of the anchoring- 40 lips, thus insuring that the air and rain will be effectwely excluded.