Abstract: 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 glass. The base portion and the seal wall form a hollow body. The seal wall is bent at a center in the widthwise direction of a vehicle body so as to have a L-shaped section. An outer half portion of the seal wall is formed thin and an inner half portion thereof is formed thicker than the outer half portion. An inner wall of the inner half portion is cut off at a root thereof to form a thin-walled root portion.

Abstract: In a door glass weather strip for vehicles which is made up of an installation member to be installed in a door sash; a bend lip projected from the installation member to be contacted with an inner surface of a door glass; and a seal member connected to the installation member having a sash engaging wall connected to the installation member, an outer lip and an inner lip projected from each side of the sash engaging wall, and a seal wall which connects each tip end of the outer lip and the inner lip for sealingly holding the edge of the door glass, an interior angle between the sash engaging wall and the inner lip being obtuse angle.

Abstract: 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 composed of a solid material such as solid rubber or synthetic resin is embedded in the corner defined by the connection of the seal wall to the outer side wall. When the seal wall is pushed by the peripheral edge of the door glass, deformation of the outer side wall provides excellent sealing properties. Furthermore, the insert of the invention limits outward movement of the door glass in response to pressures encountered when the motor vehicle is driven at high speed.

Abstract: A weather strip to be attached a body panel of a motor vehicle has a trim portion having a U-shaped cross section to be attached to a flange of the body panel, a tubular sealing portion projecting from an outer surface of an outside wall of the trim portion, and a covering lip extending from the outer surface of the outside wall of the trim portion or the tubular sealing portion and covering an end of a trim garnish. The trim portion and at least a part of the covering lip are made of solid rubber, whereas the tubular sealing portion is made of sponge rubber.

Abstract: 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 to the cutout (51, 52) bent in the shape of a desired corner, thereby expanding the cutout, and a molding material is injected into the mold to form a corner seal lip (61) in the cutout, integral with the seal lip 4. Therefore, even after storage in an unstressed condition, a crimp which would prevent conformance of the corner seal lip 61 will not be formed.

Abstract: 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 tubular sealing portion. The folded end portion has a nearly L-shaped cross section, and is composed of a bonded portion which covers the base portion, and an extension portion which nearly perpendicularly extends from one of side ends of the bonding portion. The side surface of the extension portion is a prolongation of the side surface of the unfolded tubular sealing portion, which faces the body surface of the motor vehicle when the weather strip is attached to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A method for connecting ends of a weather strip made of a rubber material and composed of a base portion and a tubular sealing portion having two chambers which are separated by a rib, includes the steps of inserting each of both ends of a core, which have such a cross-sectional shape as to fill an outward chamber of the two chambers of the tubular sealing portion and press the rib on the base portion, into the outward chamber of each of the ends of the weather strip so that the ends of the weather strip are coupled by the core, the ends of the weather strip, which are coupled by the core are set within a cavity of a mold, a rubber material is poured into the cavity, and the core is removed from the ends of the weather strip after molding.

Abstract: A weather strip is provided to be attached along a door opening of a vehicle body. The weather strip has a main portion to come into pressure contact with a peripheral edge of a door frame or a door glass when a door is closed and an end portion connected to an end of the main portion, which is to be partially pressed by an end portion of a door weather strip when the door is closed. The end portion has a thickness which gradually decreases towards a lower end thereof. The lower end of one portion of the end portion, which is to be pressed by the end portion of the door weather strip is thinner than that of the other portion of the end portion like the edge of a blade. When the door is closed, the thinner lower end of the end portion is pressed by the end portion of the door weather strip. At this time, no space remains between the vehicle body and the door weather strip thereby maintaining desirable sealing performance.

Abstract: A door weather strip to be attached along an outer periphery of a door frame of a motor vehicle has a base portion to be attached to an outer periphery of the door frame, and a tubular sealing portion formed integrally with the base portion. The tubular sealing portion is divided by a bridge connecting the base portion and an upper wall of the tubular sealing portion into an inside sealing portion and an outside sealing portion. An inner side wall of the inside sealing portion is pressed to a body surface around the door opening, and an upper wall of the outside sealing portion is pressed to a drip moulding protruding along a roof side of the vehicle body.

Abstract: 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 usual portion continuing to the portion intended to grasp the thick portion, and both portions are molded integrally by means of extrusion molding. The inclination angle of the grasping lips at least in one side of the portion intended to grasp the thick portion with respect to the flange inserting surface is made smaller than that in the usual portion. Thereby the flange pushing resisting force in the portion intended to grasp the thick portion is about equal with that in the usual portion.

Abstract: A door glass run to be attached along an inner periphery of a door frame of a motor vehicle, has a vertical member to be attached along a vertical portion of the door frame, an upper member to be attached along an upper portion of the door frame, and a corner member to connect an end of the vertical member to an end of the upper member and to be attached to a corner portion of the door frame. The door glass run has a seal lip which continuously extends along the door frame. The seal lip of the vertical member is directed inwards in the free state, and pushed outwards by the closed door glass. The seal lip of the corner member extends in the direction along the door glass, and comes into close contact with the closed door glass.

Abstract: A weather strip to be attached along a door frame and a door west line of a vehicle has extruded weather strips extending along the door frame and the door west line, respectively, and an L-shaped molded corner member connecting ends of respective extruded weather strips. The extruded weather strip extending along the door west line is composed of an outer weather strip and an inner weather strip, each being provided with a flocked seal lip to come in sliding contact with respective surfaces of a window glass. The L-shaped molded corner member is composed of an outer corner portion and an inner corner portion, each having an extruded and flocked extension seal lip integrally formed with the flocked seal lip of each of the outer weather strip and the inner weather strip. The extruded and flocked extension seal lip is fitted in each of opposed surfaces of the outer corner portion and the inner corner portion of the L-shaped molded corner member.

Abstract: A door glass run for a motor vehicle provided with a door mirror, has straight extruded door glass runs to be respectively mounted in an inclined front frame and a vertically extending frame supporting the door mirror bracket, and a molded door glass run in the form of a corner, which connects the straight extruded door glass runs to each other. A flange-shaped sealing wall is formed in an outer periphery of the molded door glass run for sealing a space between the molded door glass run and the opposed inclined front frame thereby preventing the occurance of wind noise due to the high speed blowing of air through the space during running of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A construction of a lower part of a door of a motor vehicle has a broad moulding-shaped cover plate attached to an outer surface of a lower portion of a door outer panel, and a seal member attached along a lower edge of the cover plate for sealing a space between a lower edge of the cover plate and a rocker panel. The seal member is formed of an elastic material and has a base portion retained by the lower edge of the cover plate, a projecting portion integrally formed with and projecting like a lip from the base portion so that an end thereof is in pressure contact with the outer surface of the door outer panel, and a sealing portion extending downward from the base portion like a lip so that a lower end thereof is brought into contact with the rocker panel when the door is closed.

Abstract: A weather strip for mounting relative to a door opening in an automobile includes an elongated body including a longitudinal trim portion of a U-shaped cross-section for being fitted on a peripheral flange formed on the periphery of the door opening, a hollow seal portion formed on an outer face of one of opposed arms of the trim portion, and a sealing lip for sealing engagement at its distal edge with a surface defining the door opening. A door of the automobile is adapted to be sealingly engaged at its peripheral edge portion with the seal portion. The strip body includes two straight elements of rubber and a corner element of molded rubber interconnecting the straight elements at their one ends and molded integrally therewith. The sealing lip of the straight element is formed on one end of the one arm of the trim portion.

Abstract: A sealing structure around a door of an automobile has a weather strip of a uniform width, which is installed in a vertical side of a door frame of a front door. In a center pillar of the automobile is formed a projecting portion to come in contact with the weather strip when the front door is closed. A sealing surface of the projecting portion inclines so as to gradually project towards the weather strip from the position close to the belt line to the position close to the roof side. This results in the gap between the door frame and the center pillar being gradually decreased upwards so as to gradually increase the quantity of flection of the weather strip upwards. This sealing structure maintains sufficient sealing property with a door closing force hardly increased if the front door is drawn out while the automobile is running at a high speed.

Abstract: A cap mechanism for use with an ink jet head including a cap member for covering the ink jet head provided with nozzles on the front end face thereof, caps formed on the cap member to fit onto the nozzles and a suction pump communicated with the caps to suck ink in the nozzles, characterized by a means for moving the cap member to and from the ink jet head, a means for driving the suction pump to suck the ink in the nozzles through the caps, and a clutch means for selectively rendering the cap member moving means and the pump driving means operative through a driving source.

Abstract: 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 opposing retainer lips; and (c) a projection which is provided on the end of at least one pair of the retainer lips among the plurality of retainer lips and projects toward the innermost surface of the retainer so as to be pressure-contacted by the flange of the automobile body. The pair of retainer lips having the projection come into contact with each other at the portion where the projections are provided and open gradually toward the open end of the retainer.