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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Vernard W Sanders, Ventura, CA (US);
Pemko Manufacturing Co., Ventura, CA (US);
Abstract
An automatic door bottom for a hinged door which is pivotable to be positioned over a sill when closed, the door having a hinge side and a width, the door bottom having an inverted channel having an open bottom, a length corresponding to the door width and a hinge end corresponding to the hinge side of the door; a sealing member having a length corresponding to the length of the channel, the sealing member being housed in the channel and being movable vertically downwardly into a sealing position in which the sealing member will contact the sill when the door is closed; and a displacement mechanism installed in the channel and coupled to the sealing member for moving the sealing member vertically into the sealing position in response to closing of the door, wherein the displacement mechanism is coupled to the sealing member at a plurality of points along the length of the sealing member and is operative to move the end of the sealing member at the hinge side of the channel into the sealing position prior to the remainder of the sealing member during closing of the door.
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