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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Rodney Kern, Dubuque, IA (US);
Dave Leppert, Zwingle, IA (US);
Peter Schulte, East Dubuque, IL (US);
James Schwingle, Cuba City, WI (US);
Dean Shanahan, Dubuque, IA (US);
Rite-Hite Holding Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A generally horizontally sliding door includes a sliding or otherwise translating door panel with a full-perimeter seal that engages sealing surfaces upon closing and at least partially disengages the surfaces upon opening. The door panel travels along an overhead track that is slightly inclined to lower the panel's upper and lower edge seals into engagement with sealing surfaces as the door closes. To provide a substantially full-perimeter seal, a leading edge seal and a trailing edge seal engage sealing surfaces as well. Some of the edge seals are joined to create corner seals. The seals are adapted for single panel sliding doors, bi-parting doors, multi-panel doors, and various combinations thereof.