Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – Magnetic
Patent
1998-06-26
2000-05-09
Redman, Jerry
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
Magnetic
494901, 494931, E06B 716
Patent
active
060586575
ABSTRACT:
A plastic material profile (1) for refrigerators and freezers include a door (30) and an inner door (31) having a bellows gasket (20) portion which provides a seal between the door and the cabinet (32). The profile and the gasket portion are coupled together, or they are just one integral part obtained by coextrusion of two materials having different stiffness in order to allow, when needed, an easy disjunction of the gasket portion from the profile along their connection area, said profile having a groove (23) suitable to receive, in substitution, a bellows gasket portion, said groove (23) being defined by a pair of walls (5) and (5') which extend vertically or obliquely from a base (3), characterized in that said base (3) is shaped substantially as a C-section which can be elastically deformed by means of a soft material elbow (8) obtained by coextrusion on the same section, such elbow thus working as a hinge to allow the elastic enlargement of said C-section, in order to realize the snap engagement of the edge of said inner door (31) inside (19) the section itself, and, externally and below said C-section, of the profile, providing a sealing on the edge of said door (30).
REFERENCES:
patent: 4700509 (1987-10-01), Merla
patent: 4916864 (1990-04-01), Thompson
patent: 5606828 (1997-03-01), Hall et al.
Industrie Ilpea S.p.A.
Redman Jerry
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