Abstract: A burglar bar apparatus and method of assembly, for safety and security, suitable for installation in apertures of buildings is disclosed. The burglar bar apparatus comprises a totally unwelded structure with primary components being a gate member having cross rods and lateral rods, mounts for attaching the gate member to the aperture, and a locking mechanism to secure the gate in the aperture. The method for assembling the burglar bar device consists of cutting appropriate lengths of rods into a grid gate that restricts the movement of the individual rods, mounting the grid gate in the aperture, and locking the grid gate for preventing unauthorized ingression or egression.

Abstract: Automatically actuated seal constituted of a profile molding connected to a movable panel in a frame, a sill, or a portion of the casing of the frame, and having an elongated sealing element, mounted in a groove of the profile molding and able to be displaced between a retracted position and a projecting sealing position under the effect of an actuating device lodged in the profile molding and having a sealing joint with several legs, one of which is connected to the sealing element and another to the profile molding.

Abstract: An automatic mat-activated operating system for swinging doors provides approach circuitry for opening the doors when an approach mat at the entrance side of the doorway is activated and override safety circuitry for stopping door opening movement and returning the doors to a closed position when a safety mat at the exit side of the doorway is activated within a predetermined initial range of door movement but not thereafter and also for preventing door opening movement if the safety mat is already activated at the time of initial activation of the approach mat. The control system thus protects pedestrians at the exit side of the doorway from being struck by the doors during their initial opening movement which may not be readily recognizable and avoidable and also protects pedestrians entering the doorway from the entrance side from being struck by unexpected return movement of the doors.

Abstract: A device for guiding and holding an edge region of a window pane to body parts of a motor vehicle, includes a one-piece metal profile having a U-shaped clamping region and a window pane guiding region, a first rubber profile disposed in the U-shaped clamping region for surrounding the body parts, and at least one second rubber profile disposed in the window pane guiding region for guiding and retaining the edge region of the window pane.

Abstract: A door mechanism for making a door openable from the opposite side edges and the opposite sides thereof including an automobile door having a frame plate having a locking projection extending into the door; a hinge attached to the frame plates for hinging the opposite side edges of the door to an automobile body; and a door latch in the door adjacent each side edge, each door latch having: a locking pawl adjacent the side edge of the door for locking or freeing the frame plate to the door; a linkage for moving the locking pawl; an operating plate mounted in the door and having the linkage connected thereto for engaging the locking pawl with the locking projection when the plate is rotated in one direction and for disengaging the locking pawl from the locking projection when the plate is rotated in the other direction; a first door handle having a first door handle link connected with the operating plate and a second door handle having a second door handle link connected with the operating plate; a spring conn

Abstract: The disclosure relates to opening window, door or the like comprising a frame (1, 2), a casement (3, 4) and an exteriorly disposed protective cladding (7).The invention is designed to offer such a simple solution to the suspension of the casement and the mounting of the protective cladding as also permits that the casement may be pivoted so that its outside will be interiorly accessible.The window has at least one portion of the protective cladding (7) designed as a retainer unit which is pivotal and is fixedly retained in the frame (1, 2) by means of hinges (9). The casement (3, 4) is connected to the retaining unit by means of second hinges (10).

Abstract: A durable, resilient door wedge extending all along the entire width of the door is described. When squeezed into the space between the door edge and the floor, the wedge provides a seal thereby preventing a floor stripping solution from flowing onto floor area on the opposite side of the door.

Abstract: A gate or similar closure suitable for temporary and quick installation across a passageway is comprised of a pair of vertical posts, a vertical barrier extending laterally from one of the posts, and a gate whose pivoting edge is capable of being secured to the barrier at any location along its width, and whose other edge is capable of being latched to the other post. By selecting the point at which the hinge is secured along the width of the barrier, one may adjust the closure to span a range of passageways of varying width.

Abstract: A gate for closing a passage comprising a support post and a gate hingedly mounted on the post, said gate comprising a horizontal girder supporting spaced vertically extending spikes, the means extending longitudinally through the girder, passing through all of the spikes, secured to opposite ends of the girder and subsequently tensioned thereby exerting sufficient compression in the girder to resist bending thereof and normally preventing the spikes from engaging the ground surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to tilt-out window assemblies in which a window sash may be rotated from its normal vertical position causing a slide block connected to a spring balance assembly to be locked into place to prevent release of the spring balance assembly on tilting or removal of the window sash from the window frame. The slide block rides in the jamb channel in which the window sash normally slides up and down and incorporates a rotatable locking cam. The locking cam is rotated on tilting of the window sash so as to force a set of locking members against the sides of the window frame jamb channel to engage the block into a fixed position in the channel. The window sash is operatively connected to the locking cam to provide rotation thereof to lock the slidable block. The window sash may be removed from the frame and from engagement with the locking cam if desired.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a door closing apparatus for use primarily with a railway car including a side wall, a door opening formed in the side wall, an upper rail on the wall adjacent the upper portion of the opening and a lower rail on the side wall adjacent the lower portion of the opening, and a door mounted for movement on the rails and movable between open and closed positions relative to the opening. The apparatus comprises lower rollers adjacent the bottom of the door for supporting the door on the lower rail, and upper rollers adjacent the top of the door for engagement with the upper rail, the rails having curved portions enabling the door to be pushed into the opening. A handle bar is pivotably mounted on the door and a lock shaft is movably mounted on the door and linked to the handle. A strike is mounted on the side wall adjacent the lock shaft when said door is in said closed position, and pivotal movement of the handle bar causes the lock shaft to move into the strike.

Abstract: A door and door jamb assembly is provided either with a kit of parts or as an assembled unit and includes a door and surrounding door jamb together with mounting brackets for the door jamb and hinges for supporting the door on the door jamb. Both the inner surface of the door jamb and the outer peripheral edge of the door are tapered so that in the closed position they are closely adjacent and parallel with a sealing strip mounted in a recess around the periphery of the door edge. The door jamb is manufactured so as to provide a rigid structure which can be mounted on the frame of the building with the brackets which allow movement between the frame and the door jamb so that the door jamb remains rigid and rectangular despite any shifting of the building. A wiping compressing action of the seal on the tapered surface of the door jamb provides a large compressing force for the seal which improves the sealing effect.

Abstract: A portable, variable width gate for doorways comprising first and second gate sections operably secured together in face to face relation to alter their combined width for filling doorways of varying widths. Actuator means for relatively moving the gate sections including a handle engaging the actuating means in one position and disengaged therefrom in a second position.

Abstract: A sealing jamb liner 10 for double-hung window sash includes a thick and rigid resin extrusion 24 having a pair of sash runs 11 and 12 separated by a parting bead 13. A pair of extruded flange elements 25 formed of a thin, resilient, and low spring rate resin material are mounted along respective outer sash run edges 21 and 22 opposite parting bead 13. Each flange element 25 has a sealing 27 angled obliquely of the adjacent sash run and disposed for resiliently engaging and sealing between a sash and an adjacent trim stop.

Abstract: A vehicle door is mounted to move laterally outward on parallel pivoting support arms engaging the door and the vehicle by way of rollers and tracks. The body track is parallel to the vehicle axis and the door. The door is slidably moved rearwardly and is provided with auxiliary support by a retractable and extendible auxiliary support arm moved to the support position so that the rollers enter a track on the door.

Abstract: A shutter-type window gate device has a hinged shutter panel defining a vertical guide at its unhinged side for guiding a vertical slidable bolt. The vertical slidable bolt is adapted to engage latch elements on the frame of the device in a locked upper position of the bolt. The vertical slidable bolt has a horizontal latching projection to adapted to engage the top of a horizontal resiliently biased bolt, in the locked upper position of the slidable bolt, thereby holding the vertical slidable bolt in its locked position. In the lower, unlocked, position of the vertical slidable bolt, its latching projection is aligned with the resiliently horizontally biased bolt, to enable free vertical movement of the slidable bolt by an operator.

Abstract: A window guard assembly comprising a frame extending around three sides of a window opening and a shutter element received in the frame. The frame comprises channel sections and includes two vertical elements with a horizontal element fixed to the lower ends thereof; and with the channel sections facing one another to receive the shutter. One vertical element includes an upper section which is hinged to open its channel. The shutter comprises a lower section which slides vertically into the lower fixed frame and an upper section which slides horizontally into the upper frame when the hinged sections is opened. The shutter sections are horizontally corrugated and one section is provided with staggered leaves along its meeting edge into which the opposed edge of the other shutter section seats when installed.

Abstract: A door assembly for an automobile having a door body, which comprises a window pane adapted to be raised from and lowered into the door body, a window sash mounted on the top of the door body and positioned generally inwardly of the window pane with respect to the interior of the automobile, which window sash includes an inner peripheral flange of generally U-shaped cross section opening in a direction towards and outwardly of a peripheral edge of the window pane, and also an outer peripheral flange carrying a sealing member for sealing a gap between the window pane and the window sash, and guide blocks secured to the window pane, each of which guide blocks has a finger portion slidingly protruding into the U-sectioned space in the inner peripheral flange for the guidance of the window pane during the raising and lowering thereof from and into the door body.

Abstract: Vertical and horizontal sliding sash windows have two parallel but spaced leaves which slide in respective portions of the window opening. The portions are separated by a parting bead which extends around the window opening. Draught between the parting bead and the window leaves is reduced by the provision of seals between the parting bead and the window surfaces. These are formed by pile weatherstrips carried either on a replacement parting bead formed in one or two pieces. The remainder of the window is also sealed for the reduction of draughts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device in particular for an overhead door or the like comprising fastening means for blocking the door which means are operated by an auxiliary cable under tension. The auxiliary cable having a breaking element is on the one hand connected to a reel provided with speed-limiting means for blocking the reel in case the rotation speed becomes beyond certain limits and on the other hand to the door via a lever shaped locking member which cooperates with the fastening means. The fastening means are held in an inoperative position by said locking member, while upon breaking of the breaking element the fastening means are released for blocking the door.