Hopper door gasket structure

A gasket structure applicable to a hopper door edge and comprising an elongated flexible body of compressible material of substantial thickness with a tangentially projecting rib, and a plurality of relatively short narrow clips of thin metal spring material positioned transversely of said elongated flexible body and each comprising a straight end portion underlyingly abutting the body and rib of said gasket, said straight end portion incorporating means securing it directly to said rib, a straight intermediate portion angulated with respect to said straight end portion, and a second end portion curved in the opposite direction from the angulation of said straight intermediate portion with respect to said straight end portion to form a relatively narrow substantially closed loop elongated in the same general direction as said intermediate portion and having a straight terminal portion inturned to approach said intermediate portion at an acute angle to facilitate the reception therebetween of the rim of the door, said terminal portion terminating in a transverse edge for gripping engagement with the door rim, said transverse edge being serrated to enhance the gripping engagement of said clips to the door rim and resist shifting of said clips and the gasket structure peripherally of the door.