Acoustical seal for elevator car doors

An apparatus for sealing automatically actuated elevator car doors against the penetration of sound from outside the car when the car doors are closed, the car doors having horizontally moved door leaves which are guided and suspended in an elevator car entryway, comprising:

• a door sill seal including at least one sealing strip extending across the entire width of a door leaf and adapted to extend downwardly into a groove formed in a door sill, and a guiding slide member attached to said one sealing strip and adapted to slidably engage walls of the groove, said sealing strip forming a labyrinth seal and adapted to close a sill air gap;
• an abutment seal having a row of bristles fastened on an upper edge of the door leaf and adapted to slide on a surface of the car, said abutment seal adapted to close an abutment air gap;
• a post seal having an elastic sealing strip fastened at a rear edge of the door leaf and adapted to abut a side post of the car, said post seal adapted to close a post air gap;
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• a door edge seal having a row of bristles fastened on a front edge of the door leaf and adapted to interpenetrate bristles of a door edge seal fastened to an associated door leaf when said door leaves are in a closed position of the elevator door, said door edge seal adapted to close a front edge air gap.