Movable or removable closures – Stored in housing – Reciprocates vertically in and out of housing
Patent
1998-10-15
2000-07-04
Redman, Jerry
Movable or removable closures
Stored in housing
Reciprocates vertically in and out of housing
49440, 494901, E05F 1138
Patent
active
060820489
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a sealing, trimming or guiding strip for a window frame in a motor vehicle body, comprising first strip means formed of one-piece moulded construction and extending along the length of the strip and defining a first longitudinally extending face intended to be on the outside of the vehicle in use, and second strip means extending longitudinally along the strip and attached to the first strip means to define the second, opposite, longitudinal face of the strip and intended to be on the inside of the vehicle in use, the strip incorporating extruded material.
Such a strip is shown in GB-A-2 272 721. This strip provides a so-called waist seal for placing along one of the rigid edges defining a generally horizontal open slot in a vehicle door, through which a movable window glass for the window carried by the door can be raised or lowered. The strip has a moulded portion for placing on the outside of the vehicle door and an extruded sealing part attached to the moulded part and facing inwardly of the door.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is concerned with the provision of a seal for extending around the whole of the frame of the window opening, not merely along the waist of the door.
According to the invention, therefore, the first strip means is in the form of a continuous closed loop and having at least one sharp-angled corner matching a sharp-angled corner of the window frame, and in that the extruded material defines at least first and second separate parts each extending along a respective part, only, of the length of the strip, the two separate parts being of respectively different shapes and being overlapped by at least the first strip means.
Sealing, trimming or guiding strips for vehicle window frames will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings in which:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a side view of one of the strips;
FIG. 2 is a cross-section on the line II--II of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a cross-section on the line III--III of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing a modified version of one of the strips;
FIG. 5 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a modified version of one of the strips; and
FIG. 6 is a view coresponding to FIG. 5 showing a further modified version of one of the strips.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The sealing, trimming or guiding strip indicated generally at 5 in FIG. 1 is for use in the window opening of the upper part of a vehicle door. In particular, the strip 5 may be used for the window opening in the rear door of a vehicle. The strip thus has a first part surrounding a window opening 6 in which a window glass (not shown) can move in a vertical direction, being raised from and lowered into the lower part of the vehicle door. The second part of the strip 5 defines an opening 8 in which is received a fixed window pane (forming the so-called "quarter light" of the rear door). A cross piece 9 is common to both parts of the seal. The strip 5 around the window opening 6 thus defines channels along the vertical sides and the top of the opening 6 and a seal extending alongside a gap which runs along the horizontal part, or waist. The window glass passes through this gap as it rises from or is lowered into the lower part of the door. Around the whole of the opening 8, the strip defines a channel for receiving the fixed piece of window glass. FIG. 1 views the strip 5 from outside the vehicle.
In accordance with a feature of the invention, the strip 5 is partially of moulded construction and partially of extruded construction. Thus, the whole of the strip 5 surrounding the opening 8, including the cross piece 9, is produced by a moulding operation, and is integrally moulded with the part of the strip defining the face of the remainder of the strip on the outside of the vehicle, that is, the face of the strip is extending around the opening 6 from the point A through the point B to the point C. The moulded part is pr
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Andrzejewski Heinz
Backes Heinz-Peter
Draftex Industries Limited
Redman Jerry
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