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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Aleksander B. Macander, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert F. Charette, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A light-weight door panel flush with the external surface of a wall structure in its closed position sealing an opening, is mounted for displacement to an open position by hinge linkage confined to its underside. In its closed position supported on the bulkhead of the door frame bordering the opening in the wall structure, the door panel compresses a sealing gasket bonded to the bulkhead. Such compression of the gasket by the door panel is established and maintained through selectively controlled rolling pins engaged with wedges resiliently held within corrosion resistant inserts bonded to the door panel at spaced peripheral locations therein.