Removable oven door gasket
AssigneeThe Stalwart Rubber Company
InventorRonald G. Lang
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Abstract
An oven door seal of elastomeric material having metal hooks at the ends for mounting it on the door, which hooks are permanently fastened to flanges on the elastomeric material by a crimping operation.
Claims6
A gasket for sealing the door of an oven relative to its supporting frame, said gasket being comprised of an elongated member of elastomeric material and a metal hook fastened to each end of said member, said member being generally T-shaped in cross-section with the top surface of the head of the T adapted to face and engage one surface of the oven and with the leg of the T adapted to resiliently engage another surface of the oven when the door is closed, said top being comprised of a pair of flanges, one on each side of said leg, said hook including a base portion abutting against a longitudinal portion of said top surface, and having a pair of ears, one extending around and tightly crimped over the end of each flange, said base portion having a cross-sectional shape conforming to the cross-sectional shape of the top surface of the head of the T, said hook having a reversely bent portion extending away from said surface and adapted to be inserted in an opening in one of the surfaces of the oven for retaining the gasket in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.