Astragal and sealing for the same
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorTomasz Jaskiewicz
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Abstract
An astragal is described having a housing and a weather-strip extending along a length of the housing. An end cap is mounted to the housing. The end cap has a bottom wall positioned substantially horizontally along the bottom end of the housing. The bottom wall has an interior edge, an exterior edge opposite the interior edge, an upper surface, and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. At least one projection extends upwardly from the upper surface at a location along the upper surface closer to the interior edge than the exterior edge. The projection sized and positioned to project into the weather-strip and at least partially seal with a cavity opening at a lower end of the weather-strip.
Claims17
An astragal comprising:
- a housing;
- a weather-strip extending along a length of the housing;
- a bolt sleeve configured to translate from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position at least partially protruding from a bottom end of the housing;
- a shoot bolt configured to pass through the bolt sleeve and translate from an unlocked position within the housing to a locked position at least partially extending below a bottom surface of the bolt sleeve;
- a gasket attached to the bottom surface of the bolt sleeve;
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- an end cap mounted to the housing, comprising:
- a bottom wall positioned substantially horizontally along the bottom end of the housing, the bottom wall having an interior edge, an exterior edge opposite the interior edge, an upper surface, and a lower surface opposite the upper surface;
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- at least one projection extending upwardly from the upper surface at a location along the upper surface closer to the interior edge than the exterior edge, the projection projecting into the weather-strip and at least partially sealing with a cavity opening at a lower end of the weather-strip.
An end cap for use on a bottom end of an astragal, the end cap comprising:
- a bottom wall configured to be positioned substantially horizontally along the bottom end of the astragal, the bottom wall having an interior edge, an exterior edge opposite the interior edge, an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface;
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- at least one projection extends upwardly from the upper surface at a location along the upper surface that is closer to the interior edge than the exterior edge, the projection sized and configured to project into a weather-strip and at least partially seal with a cavity opening at a lower end of the weather-strip.
A gasket for sealing a retractable bolt sleeve of an astragal to a door sill, the gasket comprising:
- a body of resilient material having an interior edge, an exterior edge opposite the interior edge, a front edge extending substantially between the interior edge and the exterior edge, and a back edge opposite the front edge, the body having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a bore passing through a thickness of the body and substantially centrally located within the body;
- a slit formed in at least one of the interior edge and the exterior edge, the slit extending toward the bore, the slit configured to allow the gasket to be at least partially retracted within the astragal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.