Nichimen Corporation

Tokyo Shutter Co., Ltd.

Kenichi Kubota

A sealing device for movable panels such as doors, windows or the like, the panels being supported by rails and comprising a pivoting member extending from the support rail, the pivoting member has first and second ends and is rotatable between a normal horizontal position and an engagible vertical position. A weighted member is attached to the first end for maintaining the pivoting member in the normal horizontal position. A sealing member extends from the second end, the sealing member is engagible against a side of the panel to seal the same only when the pivoting member is in the vertical position. The pivoting member is only movable and maintainable in the engaged vertical position by a retractable actuator means capable of applying a sufficient force to move the weighted member and maintain the pivoting member in the engaged vertical position.

Sealing devices for doors

Air-tightening devices for folding doors and windows which are consisted of a plurality of panels connected by joint members to swivel about shafts received by bearing flanges of the joint members so that they are stretched or folded. The shafts and their bearing flanges are located outside of the plane of panels. Filler wedges air-tightly embracing said shafts and bearing flanges have smoothly resilient extensions which are coplanar with said plane and are able to make air-tight abutment with sealing liners fitted to lintel rails, independently from another sealing liners provided to lateral sides of the joint members and/or of the panels and being able to make air-tight abutment with the other sides when the panels are stretched.

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Sabae, Japan

Kenichi Kubota