Spray channeling door seal
OwnerWilliam J. Van Noyinventor
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Abstract
An improved door seal incorporates a peripheral maze and peripheral channel forming an elongated flow path between spray-impinging and non-spray-impinging faces of the door, and lateral diversion and drain paths.
Claims14
In a door having a first, spray-impinging face and a second, non-spray-impinging face, a spray-channeling door seal comprising:
- a portal periphery channel, said portal periphery channel abutting said spray-impinging face when said door is in closed position;
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- door periphery maze means releasably coupled to said portal periphery channel for diversion and drainage of impinging spray, said door periphery maze means coupled to said spray-impinging face;
- wherein said portal periphery channel comprises:
- spray deflection means for deflection of impinging spray away from the periphery of said first spray-impinging face;
- peripheral cavity means for coupling said portal periphery channel to said door periphery maze means;
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- drainage means coupled to said door periphery maze means transverse said door from said second, non-spray-impinging face for draining liquid residue of impinging spray in excess of impinging spray deflected by said spray deflection means.
In a door having a first, spray-impinging face and a second, non-spray-impinging face, wherein neither said face is vertical, a spray channeling door seal comprising:
- a portal periphery channel, said portal periphery channel abutting said spray-impinging face when said door is in closed position;
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- door periphery maze means releasably coupled to said portal periphery channel for diversion and drainage of impinging spray, said door periphery maze means coupled to said spray-impinging face;
- wherein said portal periphery channel comprises:
- spray-deflection means for deflection of impinging spray away from the periphery of said first spray-impinging face;
- peripheral cavity means for coupling said portal periphery channel to said door periphery maze means;
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- drainage means coupled to said door periphery maze means transverse said door from said second, non-spray-impinging face for draining liquid residue of impinging spray in excess of impinging spray deflected by said spray deflecting means.
In a door having a first, spray-impinging face and a second, non-spray-impinging face, wherein said spray-impinging face is, when closed, disposed in a substantially horizontal plane, a spray-channeling door seal comprising:
- a portal periphery channel, said portal periphery channel abutting said spray-impinging face when said door is in closed position;
- and
- door periphery maze means releasably coupled to said portal periphery channel for diversion and drainage of impinging spray, said door periphery maze means coupled to said spray impinging face;
- wherein said portal periphery comprises:
- spray deflection means for deflection of impinging spray away from the periphery of said first spray impinging face;
- peripheral cavity means for coupling said portal periphery channel to said door periphery maze means, wherein said peripheral cavity means is downwardly canted for the gravity disposition of liquid residue of impinging spray;
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- drainage means coupled to said canted peripheral cavity means transverse said door from said second, non-spray-impinging face for draining liquid residue of impinging spray in excess of impinging spray deflected by said spray deflection means, said drainage means adjacent the lowermost surface of said canted peripheral cavity means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.