Seal assembly for an operable partition

Details Seal assembly for an operable partition Seal assembly for an operable partition

1994-07-08

1996-09-03

Johnson, Blair

Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel

With filler and filler type

494831, 160199, E06B 718

Patent

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055514995

ABSTRACT:
An operable partition seal assembly for use with an operable partition to provide an air-tight seal between the operable partition and a carpeted floor. The seal assembly includes a first sealing strip attached to an underside of an operable partition drop seal. The seal assembly also includes a second sealing strip installed in the carpeted floor beneath the operable partition when it is in a wall forming position. The second sealing strip includes a thin, upwardly extending sealing portion which is disposed within the carpet and which sealingly engages the first sealing strip to provide a sound barrier seal. The second sealing strip also preferably includes a mechanism for retaining the upwardly extending sealing portion in an operational alignment.

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patent: 3073381 (1963-01-01), Burmeister
patent: 3295257 (1967-01-01), Douglass
patent: 3755968 (1973-09-01), Williams
patent: 4073092 (1978-02-01), Williams
patent: 5042555 (1991-08-01), Owens
OPMA/NSSEA, Sound Control Performance of Operable Partitions, 1993.

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