Door assembly
OwnerPatrick OWEN, Paul ASHLEYinventors
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Abstract
A door assembly, for an opening in a building, comprising a sealing assembly, wherein the sealing assembly is configured to seal a gap (36) between the rolling shutter door (4), the opening, and a surface of the building proximal the opening. The seal comprises a resiliently deformable member (48), and a sealing member (46), mutually positioned such that the resiliently deformable member co-operates with the sealing member when the rolling shutter door is in the closed position to seal the gap, which prevents or mitigates passage of sound, smoke, heat, and the like through the gap. The door assembly is preferably an acoustically-insulating door assembly.
Claims21
1-25. (canceled)
A door assembly for an opening in a building, wherein the door assembly is installable to the opening, the door assembly comprising:
- a rolling shutter door moveable between a closed position wherein the opening is occluded by the rolling shutter door, and an open position wherein the opening is at least partially clear of occlusion by the rolling shutter door;
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- a sealing assembly for sealing a gap between the rolling shutter door, the opening, and a surface of the building proximal the opening, the seal comprising:
- a resiliently deformable member;
- and
- a sealing member;
- wherein the resiliently deformable member and sealing member are each mutually positioned such that the resiliently deformable member co-operates with the sealing member when the rolling shutter door is in the closed position to seal the gap.
A method of sealing a gap between a rolling shutter door of a door assembly and an opening in a building to which the door assembly is installed, wherein the rolling shutter door is moveable between a closed position wherein the opening is occluded by the rolling shutter door, and an open position wherein the opening is at least partially clear of occlusion by the rolling shutter door, the method comprising:
- providing a resiliently deformable member;
- providing a sealing member;
- positioning each of the resiliently deformable member and the sealing member relative to one, or the other, of the door assembly and the opening in the building;
- such that the resiliently deformable member co-operates with the sealing member when the rolling shutter door is in a closed position to seal the gap.
A sealing member for providing a seal in a door assembly, the door assembly being installed to an opening in a building, and comprising a rolling shutter door moveable between a closed position wherein the opening is occluded by the rolling shutter door, and an open position wherein the opening is at least partially clear of occlusion by the rolling shutter door;
- the sealing member comprising:
- a resiliently deformable mating member;
- a support frame, for supporting the resiliently deformable member;
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- means for fixing the sealing member to a wall of the building defining the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.