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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1992
Jeffry R Meyer, Penn Hills Township, Allegheny County, PA (US);
Richard P Kole, Murrysville, PA (US);
Kevin V Bridge, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A water tight prehung door for a ship bulkhead, the door being formed from a plate with a peripheral band welded thereto, being stiffened by a plurality of channels extending from one side of the door to the other and having elongated dimples in the plate disposed between the channels; a double directional gasket which buckles when closed is contained in a partial enclosure and cooperates with a dogging mechanism utilizing a parallel bar linkage which moves rollers over wedge shaped lugs to dog the door closed and form a water tight seal irrespective of which side of the door is subjected to pressure.