US611676A - Combined weather-strip and door-check - Google Patents

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No. 6ll,676. A Patented Oct. 4, |898. N. F. CAVE.

COMBINED WEATHER STRIP AND DUUR CHECK.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1898.) l

(No Model.)

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NEVTON F. CAVE, OF KEARNEY, MISSOURI.

COMBINED WEATHER-STRIP AND DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,676, dated October 4, 1898. Application led April 4, 1898. Serial No. 676,480. (o model.)

1 which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined weather-strips and door-checks.

The object of 'the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient device adapted to b e Vreadily mounted on a door and capable of forming an effective weather-strip for excluding air, moisture, a d dust.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will also serve as a doorcheck to retain a door in an open position and prevent it from closing violently and which will also operate as a bolt for locking the door in its closed position., r

The invention consists in\the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illus-y trated in the accompanying drawings, and

pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a combined weather-strip and doorcheck constructed in vaccordance with this invention and shown applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate' corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings. v l designates a metallic weather-strip arranged flat against a door 2, on the inner face thereof, and provided at intervals with vertical slots 3, receiving screws 4 or otherheaded fastening devices, whereby the weather-strip is secured to the door. The weather-strip, which is capable of a limited vertical movement, is adapted to slide downward behinda strip or stem is slidingly connected with the door and is provided with a vertical slot 7, receiving a screw 8 or other suitable `fastening device.

The stem 5 carries a guide or casing 9, consisting of an oblong loop and constructed of a strip of metal secured at its lower end to the stem 5 by the fastening devices for attaching the stem to the weather-strip and secured above the loop by suitable fastening devices. The upper and lower ends of the loop or casing 9 are provided with perforations receiving a rod lO, which forms a combined door check and bolt and which is actuated by a spring 1l. The spring,which is of spiral form, is disposed on the rod with one end bearing against the upper end of the loop or casing 9 and its other end engaging a pin l2 or other suitable stop of the rod. The said spring is adapted to hold the rod lin contact with the floor and prevent the door from being closed accidentally by a current of air. When the door is closed, the lowerend of the rod is adapted to engage a suitable socket, and it operates as a bolt for securing the door. The upper end of the rod is bent at right angles to provide a handle or grip by means of which it may be readily manipulated.

In order to hold the rod elevated and out of engagement with the floor, so that the door will swing freely, the upper end of the strip of metal of which the loop or casing 9 is constructed is bent outward to form a flange, and the rod is provided at a point between the upper end of the loop or casing and the handle with a shoulder 13, adapted to engage the fiange 14. The flange 14 is preferably disposed at a slight inclination, and the shoulder 13 is formed by a projection, which has its upper face beveled to enable it to pass the iange readily when the rod is lifted.

The invention has the following advantages: The device, which is simple and comparatively` inexpensive in construction, is strong and durable and adapted to be readily applied to a door. The combined weatherstrip and door check effectually excludes moisture, air, and dust, and it is adapted to hold a door open and lock it when closed.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to IOO Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim isl. A device of the class described comprising a vertically-movable Weather-strip designed to be mounted on a door, a stein connected With the Weather-strip and extending upward therefrom, and a vertically-movable rod mounted on the stem and adapted to engage a floor, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described, compris ing a vertically-movable weather-strip designed to be mounted on a door, a stem extending upward from the Weather-strip and forming a handle for the same, a casing mounted on the stem, a rod passing through the easing and adapted to engage a Hoor, a spring arranged Within the casing and en gaging the rod, and aflange orprojection mounted on the stem above the casn g and arranged to be engaged by the rod to hold the latter elevated, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described com prising a movable Weather-strip, a stem extending upward therefrom, a loop 0r casing mounted on the stern and consisting of a strip of metal having its upper end bent outward to form a flange, and a vertically-movable rod mounted in the casing and having a shoulder for engaging the flange, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

NEXVTON F. CAVE.

Titn esses:

JAMES R. MnssIoK, DENHAM KELLY.

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