Recessed astragal for double door

An astragal assembly for the meeting edges of the doors in a double swinging door installation, wherein two doors are hung on hinges in a frame and the meeting vertical edge portions of the doors each include an inner wall, an outer wall and a vertical channel formed between said inner and outer walls and extending along the door edge and facing the opposite door, the improvement therein comprising:

• an elongated leaf pivotably mounted in the channel of each door and extending substantially the full height of its door, each said leaf being pivotable between a first position where the leaf protrudes out of its channel toward engagement with the leaf of the other door and a second position in which the leaf is substantially retracted into its channel;
• biasing means mounted on each door for urging the leaf of each door toward its retracted position;
• door stop means for mounting in the door frame of the doors at the meeting edge portions of the doors when the doors are in their closed positions for urging the leaves of the doors toward their protruding positions;
• a support step on each door and extending in a plane substantially parallel to its outer wall and located adjacent its outer wall in the meeting vertical edge portion of the door;
• an elongated hinge base mounted in abutment with the support step of each door and extending substantially the full height of the door;
• a series of hinge bosses formed on said hinge base;
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• said leaves each including a series of hinge bosses for alignment between the hinge bosses of a hinge base in each door and hinge pins extending through the hinge bosses of the hinge bases and their respective leaves.