Emco Specialties, Inc.

John S Holloway

Gary L Jaehnel

Alan H Woodruff

A machine for placing weather stripping in an elongated C-shaped channel includes a press wheel which is rotatably mounted on a frame, and a plurality of guide wheels for guiding the channel in a longitudinal direction. The weather stripping is partially placed within the channel, and the press wheel forces the weather stripping completely into the channel as the channel is moved longitudinally pass the press wheel.

Apparatus and method for placing weather stripping in a channel

A spline channel in a frame member is used in combination with a spline for securing a screen to the frame member. The spline channel includes a bottom wall having two end walls extending upwardly therefrom and terminating in inwardly extending lips. One of the lips extends further inwardly than the other of the two lips. The spline includes opposite side edges, one of which is forced into the recess beneath the longest lip so as to force the screen into the recess between the spline and the end wall of the channel. The opposite edge of the spline is then pressed downwardly until it snaps into the channel and holds the screen in place.

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Carlisle, IA, United States of America

John S Holloway