Apparatus and method for aligning a weatherstrip guideway with a receiving slot
AssigneeSchlegel Corporation
InventorSamuel S. Buonanno
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for aligning a weatherstrip receiving slot in a receiving member, such as a door or window member, with the exit opening of a guideway. A weatherstrip fed by any suitable means through the guideway is inserted directly through the exit opening into the aligned receiving slot of the receiving member.
Claims8
An apparatus for aligning a weatherstrip receiving slot in a receiving member such as a door or window member with the exit opening of a guideway through which a weatherstrip is fed comprising:
- a body member having an end surface and defining a guideway along which a weatherstrip is fed, said guideway having an exit opening at said end surface;
- a strip member;
- means for extending said strip member into and along at least a portion of said guideway and through said exit opening to an extended position in which an end portion of said strip member extends a short distance from said end surface for insertion into a weatherstrip receiving slot of a receiving member for aligning said receiving slot with said exit opening of said guideway;
- means for clamping one end of the receiving member against said end surface after said strip end portion is inserted into the receiving slot for holding the receiving slot in alignment with said guideway;
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- means for retracting said strip member from said extended position to a retracted position clear of said guideway whereby said aligned guideway and receiving slot are unobstructed, and in position for a weatherstrip to be fed along said guideway directly into the receiving slot.
A method for aligning a weatherstrip receiving slot in a receiving member such as a door or window member with the exit opening of a guideway through which a weatherstrip is fed comprising the steps of:
- extending a strip member along at least a portion of the guideway and through the exit opening of the guideway to an extended position in which the end portion of the strip member extends a short distance from the exit opening;
- sliding a receiving member relative to the strip member with a weatherstrip receiving slot of the receiving member receiving the end portion of the strip member;
- clamping the receiving member against the exit opening of the guideway while the end portion is in the receiving slot whereby the guideway and receiving slot are aligned;
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- retracting the strip member from the guideway whereby the aligned guideway and receiving slot present an unobstructed path along which a weatherstrip can be fed directly into the receiving slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.