Tubular or tubular portion

A resilient, honey-comb gasket for refrigerator doors and the like has a stiff base member, an outer wall over said base member, an oblong central cell extending from the base member to said outer wall and a pair of upwardly diverging arms connecting the central cell to the outer wall.

An improved weathersealed door system includes a sill and a cooperating weatherseal member which has a tubular depending portion deflected by the sill in the closed position so as to provide firm surface engagement therewith. A header weatherseal member extends across the top edge of the door and is...     

At a mitre joint between two adjacent portions of a channel-shaped sealing or trimming strip structure such as for trimming a flange around a door opening in an automobile, for example, the mutually contacting tapering ends of the two adjacent portions of the strip structure are reinforced by an L-shaped...     

A sealing strip comprises a channel-shaped, metal reinforced resilient gripping portion, for embracing a flange or the like to be protected or sealed, and a longitudinally extending sealing portion running along the outside of the gripping portion. The sealing portion is attached to the gripping portion...     

A channel-shaped sealing strip for mounting on a flange, for example around a door or window opening in a motor vehicle body, comprises a channel-shaped metal core or carrier. On to one wall of the channel, relatively hard flexible material, such as plastics, is directly extruded, while on to the other...     

Elongated, hollow elastomer seals particularly useful for the sealing of bridge deck joints, bridge approach joints and like wide joints against intrusion by liquids and incompressible solids and embodying a transversely concave top wall; side walls and a bottom wall, and an internal web structure with...     

A weatherstrip is used in a motor vehicle body structure including a roof rail defining an upper side of a window opening and a vehicle door having a window pane movable between raised and lowered position relative to the window opening. The weatherstrip comprises an elongated hollow resiliently deformable...     

A combination door header and rain gutter for a trailer is disclosed. A generally U-shaped section having vertically oriented leg portions of different height extends across the top of a door opening of the trailer. A substantially Z-shaped closure member is secured to the upper edges of the leg portions...     

A channel-shaped sealing strip, such as for clamping over the metal flange of a vehicle door opening so as to embrace, protect and decorate the flange, comprises a flexible U-shaped metal carrier covered in elastomeric material, the elastomeric material having an insert of softer elastomeric material...     

A seal for sealing the gap between the door frame and edge of the door on a motor vehicle having a waistline such that the angle of approach of the door to the door frame is different above the waistline from the angle of approach below the waistline, thus requiring different sealing characteristics...     

The arrangement shown and described herein is used to seal a closure structure of a vehicle body. A weatherstrip including metal strip inserts is extruded to include not only the usual hollow deflection bulb, but also a hollow flange sealing bulb, formed in a predetermined shape on the center portion...     

An astragal is formed by securing lengthwise flexible fire-resistant material to a mounting channel adapted to be mounted on an elevator fire door. The flexible fire-resistant material of the astragal is secured to the upwardly extending flanges of the mounting channel to form an elongated boot of uniform...     

A frame extending around an opening in a vehicle roof has a resilient molding adapted to support the perimeter of a curved glass panel to close off the opening. A pair of bayonets projecting in spaced relation to the underside of the forward edge of the panel mates with a recessed member carried by the...     

The invention relates to a one piece edge protector trim strip for application to a flange such as that which is found around door openings in motor vehicles. The strip is extruded in a continuous length by a dual durometer extrusion process around a semi-rigid stiffening carrier of generally U-shaped...     

An automobile rear window structure for closing a rear window opening formed in an automobile body, the opening having front and rear edges and opposite sides. The window closing structure includes a pair of rear pillars extending along both sides of the rear window opening and having trough sections...     

A trough hatch cover for a covered railway hopper car including an easily replaceable longitudinally convergently tapered elastomeric seal reactive therewith to form a weather-tight seal about the periphery of the hatch when secured by clamps at opposite ends of the hatch cover.

A bulb-type sealing gasket formed from linear sealing strips and curvelinear sealing corners connected to one another. The sealing strip is constructed from a planar strip of flexible resilient material having end portions which extends substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the sealing strip....     

Composite reinforced sealing strip, for use for example on an automobile body, the strip being made up of a sealing part and of a U-shaped gripping part integrally connected lengthwise to the sealing part and a reinforcing armature embedded in the gripping part. This armature has a body which is formed...     

There is disclosed a flexible channel-shaped sealing or finishing strip in which a length of unvulcanized rubber (or like material) extends along the strip on part of the inside surface of the channel but so as to have a free surface facing the interior of the channel, the free surface in use making...     

A rigid cover assembly for vehicle roofs having an opening that can be opened or closed by displacement of a rigid cover panel is provided with a mounting arrangement for the cover panel that is simple to install, provides a good sealing action, and permits considerable dimensional tolerances for the...     

A channel-shaped gripping element and a pile seal member are secured together to provide a grippable sliding seal strip. The gripping element is secured to a flange of a fixed member, and the pile seal member slidably engages the surface of a moving member. A flexible link member is interposed between...     

A channel-shaped sealing strip comprises a channel-shaped metal core or carrier completely embedded in flexible plastics or rubber material which additionally defines gripping lips on the two opposite inside wall surfaces of the channel and running longitudinally along the strip. There are four relatively...     

A weather stripping apparatus for use around doors or windows. The apparatus comprises a flexible elongate tubular member which is generally flat and has a plurality of openings along the front edge. Self-adhesive tape is provided for attachment of the apparatus to the area to be insulated. The openings...     

A seal having an elongated body including a mounting portion extending along its longitudinal edges for securement to a pair of spaced-apart structural members defining a gap therebetween in an expansion joint assembly. The seal has an intermediate expansion portion formed integral with the mounting...     

An expansion joint seal for closing a gap between spaced-apart structural members has an elongated body including longitudinal side edges, an upper corrugated treadway surface, a lower undersurface, and an internal web structure including a plurality of laterally spaced vertically disposed webs each...     

A sealing strip, for use, for example, in sealing a gap between a vehicle's door and its surrounding framework, particularly along that part of its length which is curved. The sealing strip has between its U-shaped mounting portion and its tubular sealing portion a reinforcing strip which is integrally...     

A weather-strip for an automobile door adapted to be mounted on the edge of the door and closely contact with a body of the automobile when the door is closed, thereby preventing any foreign matter from entering into the automobile. The weather-strip comprises a base section which is to be mounted on...     

The skylight may be of the domed-type or flat-type and of single or double glass (acrylic or other transparent or translucent plastic) construction. The skylight fits within an opening in a roof or the like and has a peripheral base that may be constructed of a metal material such as aluminum, and which...     

A hinged window assembly for vehicles adapted to be installed substantially entirely from the vehicle exterior. The assembly includes a window pane and at least one hinge preferably bonded with a suitable adhesive directly to the window pane surface without any hinge securing structure extending into...     

The sealing strip includes a channel-shaped attachment profile of rubber, in which a metallic reinforcing strip is embedded; this profile has an external coating layer of sponge rubber with an outer surface rendered velvety by abrasion.

A window-guiding and sealing assembly for use particularly in a door of a passenger-type automotive vehicle having a window frame comprises a guide member directly attached to the window along a substantially vertical edge thereof and projecting into the interior of the vehicle, this guide member being...     

A weatherstrip is formed by a process of multiple extrusion to have sponge which extends from a free sealing end to a captive end, and on each side of the sponge at the captive end there is a respective extrusion of dense rubber flanking a reduced thickness portion of the sponge.

A channel-shaped trim having a longitudinally extending opening for embracing and clamping an edge flange of a support member and a method for producing such a trim. The trim is comprised of a core member composed of a band-shaped metal network which covered with an elastic or bondable covering material,...     

A channel-shaped sealing strip for vehicle door openings, for example, is shown. It has a gripping section incorporating a metal carrier covered in flexible covering material which additionally defines longitudinally extending gripping lips. The sealing strip is formed into a loop, ring or frame to suit...     

The disclosure relates to an assembly of a closure element, such as a door, and a continuous, endless inflatable seal. An advantageous arrangement provided for effectively continuous support of the seal without requiring clamps or the like. The seal has a mounting or base flange which is continuous,...     

A U-shaped polymeric strip to be mounted on a body flange adjacent a vehicle door opening has an improved sealing structure for preventing moisture from seeping around the end of the body flange inside the U-shaped strip. The sealing structure is located at the inside of the base of the U-shaped strip...     

Sealing strips, such as for sealing around door openings in vehicle bodies, for example. The sealing strip comprises a hollow tubular soft sealing section which is supported around the door opening by means of a channel-shaped gripping section. In order to support the sealing section at positions around...     

A compressible weatherstrip includes a mounting portion adapted for attachment on the vehicle body and a tubular deflection portion integrally molded with the mounting portion and having a sealing face adapted for engagement by the closure panel upon movement of the closure panel to the closed position....     

A weather stripping for sealing a vehicle body flange. The weather strip includes a sealing member integrally formed with a channel or strip body having an opening for receiving a body flange therein. The weather strip includes at least one sealing lip formed on an inner surface of the strip body that...     

A colored weather strip attached to a flange on an automobile body defining a door opening. It has a sealing portion, and a U-shaped trim portion formed from solid rubber and joined integrally with the sealing portion. The trim portion has an outer surface covered by a colored solid rubber layer having...     

A one-piece, integrally formed clip is provided for securing an elongate compressible gasket of given cross-sectional configuration to a panel having a clip-receiving aperture of predetermined peripheral dimensions. The clip comprises a bight portion dimensioned for receiving the gasket therewithin,...     

An extruded, low friction weather seal is disclosed which in transverse cross section consists of a semirigid base member of polypropylene, a tubular sealing member of thermoplastic elastomer, and a thin film of polypropylene or a blend of polypropylene and thermoplastic elastomer capping all or part...     

A sealing or trimming strip has a gripping section and a sealing section and is formed into an open or a closed ring for mounting on a flange running around an opening in a vehicle body. The resilient plastics or rubber material of the gripping section is formed to provide a hollow tube in to which an...     

A vehicle body sealing arrangement includes a primary weatherstrip having a carrier mounted to a door frame pinchweld and a weatherstrip mounted to the carrier and sealing against the inner wall of the door. A closeout strip includes a base portion releasably mounted to the carrier and a deflectable...     

This invention relates to a vehicle door structure which has an improved outer aesthetic appearance and which can reduce air resistance along the outer surface of a vehicle. The vehicle door structure includes a fastener and a door weather strip. The fastener is fixed on a body side member of the vehicle,...     

A sealing strip, such as for a motor vehicle body, comprises a base having wings which are integrally attached to a central portion by means of thinned-down regions permitting relative flexure. The wings and the central portion are preferably made of relatively hard plastics or rubber material. A tubular...     

A profiled rubber strip seal for bordering window and door openings. To simplify installation or, for example in the case of sliding windows, to promote relative movement between the strip and window panes, such seals are provided with overlay strips of low-friction material. The sliding properties of...     

A durable, resilient, hollow sealing wedge extending all along the entire width of a door comprises a solid outer body portion including three outwardly extending projections and an empty interior. When squeezed into the space between the door edge and the floor, the wedge provides a seal which prevents...     

An avionic tray assembly comprising a tray (12) having upper and lower surfaces (28, 30) with an opening (24) is formed in the tray to let the passage of air therethrough. A U-shaped channel member (26) is secured to the lower surface of the tray beneath the peripheral edge (40) of the opening with the...     

A resilient weatherstrip for an automobile door is described as having a hollow, mushroom-shaped bulbous portion which is integral with a metal reinforced carrier that attaches to the flange of the automobile frame surrounding the door. The carrier has special fingers with stops for engaging abutments...     

A sealing strip has a channel-shaped gripping section for mounting on a flanged joint running around an opening such as an opening in a vehicle body, and a hollow tubular soft sealing section is attached to and runs alongside the gripping section. In order to prevent distortion of the sealing section...     

A weather strip to be installed on a flange formed along an opening of a body of an automobile, has a trim portion having a U-shaped section, a plurality of flange retaining lips, at least two flange-retaining lips of the plurality of flange lips projecting diagonally upward from each of inner surfaces...     

An apparatus and method for sealing between a movable vehicular closure and body, especially adapted for an automobile, is disclosed. A deflatable sealing member forms a weatherstrip to seal the opening in the vehicle body and includes an operable tubular portion and an integral mounting portion. The...     

A weather strip for an automobile has a base portion to be installed along an opening of the automobile for a door, and a hollow sealing portion to be pressed by an outer peripheral edge of the door. One portion of the hollow sealing portion is formed into a molded portion by molding. The molded portion...     

A weather strip to be installed around an opening of an automobile, has a trim portion of a letter U-shaped section, which is composed of parallel side walls and a bottom wall connecting the side walls, and a seal portion projecting from an outer surface of one of the parallel side walls, which is positioned...     

A sunroof for opening and closing a window formed in the roof of an automobile including a transparent or opaque plate, a strip fixed to the peripheral edge of the plate, a sealing member fitted onto the strip, a downwardly projecting bead formed on the bottom surface of the strip on the rearward edge...     

Disclosed is a weather strip comprising: (a) a solid rubber made retainer; (b) a plurality of retainer lips projecting from the inside of the retainer, the retainer lips being arranged to oppose each other and adapted such that the flange of an automobile body is inserted into the space formed by the...     

A honeycomb door seal for resiliently sealing a door to a surrounding structure has a semi-rigid base and a plurality of flexible enclosures. A central enclosure, capable of abutting a door, has an outer surface which is connected to a back side member of the seal through a plurality of ribs. A plurality...     

A vehicle door seal with a channel shaped gripping part is mounted on a bodywork flange defining the door opening and this part supports a tubular sealing part such as made of plastics or rubber of cellular or foamed configuration. The air pressure within the latter can be increased or decreased by means...     

A glass holder made of a hard synthetic resinous material is embedded in a mounting base and a seal lip which are made of sponge rubber. The glass holder is supported at two points on the inner and outer end portions of a retainer so as to prevent a portion of the glass holder embedded in an outer lip...     

A weather strip has a base portion to be mounted along an opening of a window of an automobile body and a seal portion projecting from the base portion to be come in contact with a window glass. The seal portion is composed of a pair of dogleg-shaped portions defining a hollow poriton of a nearly lozenge-shaped...     

A weather strip to be installed, for example, at the peripheral section of a door of an automotive vehicle. The weather strip is made of elastomeric material and comprised of a general section fabricated by extrusion and a molded section fabricated by molding. The general and molded sections are joined...     

A door seal is mounted to run around the periphery of the door in a vehicle body and is mounted relatively adjacent to the outer surface of the door so as not only to perform the normal sealing action between the door and door frame but also to ensure that soiling of the door aperture itself by ingress...     

A co-extruded all-polymer weatherstrip has a retainer including a base portion and support portion, an elastic portion extending upwardly from the retainer for providing the desired and needed resiliency, and a generally rigid contact strip supported by and integral with the elastic portion. The rigid...     

According to the invention, a wedging leg extends inwardly from one of the walls of a channel-shaped weatherstrip carrier and reaches angularly toward the base of the weatherstrip carrier. The wedging leg has a foot including a toe portion which frictionally engages with the flange so that the attempted...     

A sealing strip for a vehicle door opening has a generally channel-shaped gripping part supporting a tubular sealing part. Initially, the side walls of the channel of the gripping part are splayed apart so as to enlarge the mouth of the channel. This eases the application of the gripping part to the...     

An opening trim which is mounted to a body flange of a door mounting opening portion of an automobile, and provided with a U-like cross-section and grasping lips on the inside of the U-like cross-section. The opening trim comprises a portion intended to grasp a thick portion of the body flange and a...     

A sun roof to be installed in a roof opening (3) of a vehicle (1) in which a rigid lining (solid canopy 10) is located beneath the roofing (2) in which the sun roof (6) is to be installed. The sun roof comprises at least a cover (7) which can be opened and closed, and a multiple-part frame (4) which...     

This invention is directed to a weather strip for use in an automobile, the main body of which is provided in the portion thereof destined to contact sheet metal parts such as a body flange or a sash with a strip of rustproofing member. The rustproofing member comprises a core, a core coating layer,...     

A molding for attachment to a vehicle includes a core member having a plurality of longitudinally spaced clip members and apertures between the clip members. An outer layer is extruded about the core member. The core member is formed to a predetermined configuration and presents an outer surface having...     

A composite seal comprises a metal strip and attached to the stip a profiled member of electrically conductive elastic material. At least one electrical conductor is disposed between the metal strip and the profiled member, which are bonded together by an adhesive applied in at least two longitudinal...     

A flange finisher particularly well adapted for attachment to a flange of a motor vehicle as a pair of side walls joined by a web portion to form a U-shaped channel. Extending from one side wall into the channel are a plurality of small ribs. Extending from the other side wall into the channel and in...     

A glass run channel molding for automobile windows has a "U"-shaped cross-section portion and an "L"-shaped cross-section portion which cooperate to form a mounting channel and a glass run channel. A tubular biasing and sealing element is disposed in the glass run channel to bias a window edge against...     

A seal is described for sealing the space between the trunk compartment of an automobile and the decklid covering the compartment. The seal comprises a rubber channel which has a plurality of fingers which coact with a nib carrying half-moon protuberance to firmly grip an outstanding flange which extends...     

A sealing strip for mounting on a flange, such as surrounding a closable opening in a vehicle body, has a channel-shaped gripping part supporting a softer sealing part against which the closure member for the opening sealingly closes. The gripping part comprises a metal carrier embedded in extruded rubber...     

A weather strip for sealing a window frame or the like of a vehicle including a straight portion connected to a corner portion having a bent form and a tortuous hollow portion formed in the corner portion is provided. A slit is formed at an opening of the tortuous hollow portion, for example, a circumferential...     

The sealing strip includes a first structural member for anchoring the strip to the edge of an opening, such as a door or a trunk or the like, of a motor vehicle body, a second deformable structural member for providing sealing along the edge of the door or the like closing the opening in the vehicle...     

A door gasket is shown for sealing between confronting surfaces. The gasket has a base for mounting to one confronting surface and a deforming section which protrudes outwardly for contacting the second surface. A wire extends through the base parallel to the axis of the gasket member. The deforming...     

A weather strip to be attached along a door opening of a body of a motor vehicle has a base portion and a tubular sealing portion projecting from an outer surface of the base portion. The tubular sealing portion has a folded end portion which is formed by pressing so as to bond and close an end of the...     

A molded seal for a door threshold assembly includes an insert which is T-shaped in cross section and attached to the top edge of the T is a resiliently compressible tube-like follower. The follower is covered by a durable, water impervious skin and the insert is positioned within the base of the threshod...     

The bodywork is accomplished with longitudinal members of the passenger compartment, and with upper crosspieces of the doors, which can be adapted to different models of automobiles by means of the use of supplementary section bars. This is done according to whether the bodywork is accomplished with...     

A extruded weather strip having a trim (2) and a seal lip (4) is provided with a cutout (51,52) having a base side (42) of a length (L) and an edge side (41) of a length (G1, G2) smaller than that of the base side (41). The weather strip is placed in a mold with a portion of the trim (2) corresponding...     

A skylight that may have a domed-type or flat-type glazing and which is adapted to fit within the opening of a roof or the like. The skylight includes a peripheral curb frame that may include a base frame and an operating leaf frame. A retainer is used for securing the skylight cover over the curb frame....     

A weather strip is provided having a base portion which is to be attached along a door opening, a tubular sealing portion composed of a seal wall which is pushed up by a peripheral edge of a door glass and side walls for connecting inner and outer ends of the seal wall to the base portion. A linear insert...     

A gasket assembly is made by securing together in a flexible, elongated gasket subassembly, a first, elongated, flexible tube of braided glass fiber and an adjoining, flexible, second, elongated knit wire mesh tube member by sewing together the first tube and the second tube member. Braid of the first...     

A sliding parcel van door according to the present invention comprises a door panel, upper and lower tracks for supporting the door and permitting sliding movement thereof along a predefined path, and resilient seal members on first and second edges of the door. The door is disposed parallel to and a...     

A door glass weather strip mounted along a door opening or a door frame of a motor vehicle for sealing an end edge of a door glass when the door glass is closed, has a base portion to be mounted along the door opening or the door frame, and a seal wall to be pressed upward by the end edge of the door...     

The present invention refers to a sealing element, particularly for the sealing of joints, having a foam element which is elastically expandable with delay as a result of impregnation and a substantially air-tight cover. In order to obtain improved tightness of the seal while retaining the advantageous...     

An improved curb frame for a skylight construction is provided in the form of a single extrusion element having an outwardly and downwardly curve sealing lip adapted for engagement with the interior of the retainer of the skylight. The sealing lip, even though formed of rigid plastic, is made sufficiently...     

A clipless door seal for oven doors or the like including a sealing element having a length greater than its width, a pair of resilient elongated flanges depending from the outer surface of the sealing element and running substantially the entire length of the sealing element, and at least two resilient...     

A weather proofing seal for installation in complementary eliptically undercut channels in a door or window jamb, characterized by a dart-shaped anchor having a rib projecting through a narrow slot opening of the channel, the seal characterized by a depressible bulb-shaped body lying contiguous to both...     

A motor cover seal for sealing opposed edges of upper and lower outboard motor convers includes an elongate body constructed and arranged for disposition between the opposed edges of the upper and lower covers, an attachment portion on the body configured to be secured to the lower motor cover, and a...     

A double face seal for coke ovens comprising charging and venting tubes having flanges; charging and venting ports having top surfaces; and sealing means attached to the flanges for engaging and sealing the top surfaces during charging and venting of coke ovens.

The present invention is directed to a door weather strip in which the corner portions thereof are integrally formed with straight portions thereof. In order to obtain a predetermined sealing interference, the cross sectional shape of the corner portions of hollow sealing portion and the lip seal of...     

Sealing structure for providing a seal between the perimeter of a door and a surrounding structure such as a door frame. The sealing structure is preferably formed as a tri-part extrudate and is particularly useful in providing a seal for a structure (e.g., a refrigerator, freezer, walk-in freezer, etc.)...     

A weather strip for a motor vehicle includes an extruded weather strip of which an end portion has a width gradually increasing toward an end thereof. The end portion has a slit extending from its end along a root portion of a lip-shaped sealing portion projecting from a base portion thereof, thereby...     

A weatherstrip having an upper lip and a support section on one side defining therebetween a panel receiving groove and having a hollow seal on the other side. A sponge rubber material is integrally provided with at least a portion of the upper lip and faces the panel receiving groove, to thus firmly...     

A weather strip is provided having a first seal, a second seal and a connecting portion so as to be engaged by a small engaging force with a flange having engaging portions on both sides thereof. The connecting portion, being made of hard material, connects a receiving portion of a first seal and a receiving...     

An improved tip-in casement window has an outer frame, an inner sash, and elongated gasket strips. When the sash is assembled in the outer frame, an operatively continuous seal around the sash is created through the use of a downward facing gasket strip, thereby greatly increasing the insulative capability...     

A belt weatherstrip for an automotive vehicle door having a flush mounted window assembly is disclosed. This belt weatherstrip has a body portion with attaching members for attaching the weatherstrip to the door assembly. A trim member extends from the body portion into a gap located between an outer...