Abstract: Described herein is a door with a magnetic sealing mechanism. The door leaf houses a sliding element (guillotine) made from a material with low magnetic interaction. This guillotine has two magnets: the first keeps the guillotine retracted within its seat, while the second, when near a magnet interaction element on the door frame, pulls the guillotine out to create a tight seal when the door is closed. The second magnet's pull is stronger than the first, ensuring effective sealing.

Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes a weather strip part including hard member and soft members that are integrally molded, and includes: a base; a first seal portion in close contact with a protrusion in a fitting portion from a vehicle upper side; a second seal portion in close contact with the fitting portion's vehicle upper side surface; a third seal portion in close contact with a vehicle body; and a fixing portion sandwiching and fixing the protrusion between the first seal portion and the fixing portion. The hard member is continuously provided to pass the second seal portion's vehicle upper side from the base's inner end in the vehicle width direction, have a bent portion towards upward from the vehicle upper side, and further pass the first seal portion and an inside of the fixing portion in the vehicle width direction up to the third seal portion's vehicle upper end.

Abstract: Items such as enclosures may be provided with hidden magnets. An enclosure may be formed from a flexible housing layer. The flexible housing layer may be configured to open and close by folding around fold axes. Portions of the flexible layer may include a flexible base layer with openings. Flexible magnets may be embedded within the openings. The flexible magnets may be used in forming a magnetic clasp for the enclosure. The flexible magnets may each have a height and durometer value that closely matches the height and durometer value of an adjacent portion of the flexible base layer, thereby helping to hide the flexible magnets within the housing layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a swing door system for use with a freezer device, including two adjacent swing doors and at least one mullion in contact with the swing doors. Each swing door includes a transparent pane and a non-transparent area, with each non-transparent area proximal to the mullion when the swing doors are in a closed position. The non-transparent areas and the mullion define a non-transparent region. In a plurality of horizontal see-through angles, a view through the transparent panes is not totally blocked by the non-transparent region. The horizontal see-through angle is measured with respect to the plane in which the swing doors are arranged when the swing doors are in the closed position. When a width of at least one of the swing doors is in the range of 500 mm to 780 mm, the plurality of horizontal see-through angles ranges from 6° to 174°, preferably 5° to 175°, and more preferably 4° to 176°.

Abstract: An insulating structure for an appliance includes a trim breaker, a wrapper, and a liner. The wrapper and liner coupled to the trim breaker and at least partially defining a structural cabinet. A barrier is positioned between the liner and the wrapper. The barrier is also coupled to the trim breaker. An inner compressible gasket is proximate the liner, and an outer gasket is proximate the wrapper. The inner gasket and the outer compressible gasket are coupled to the barrier.

Abstract: A door assembly of a vehicle includes a first door panel located in a first guide groove and movable at least partially across a door opening from a first side of the door opening toward a second side of the door opening, and a second door panel spaced apart from the first door panel and located in a second guide groove. The second door panel is movable at least partially across the door opening from the first side toward the second side. One or more first magnetic elements are located at the first door panel, and one or more second magnetic elements disposed at the second door panel. A magnetic force between the one or more first magnetic elements and the one or more second magnetic elements urges the first door panel into contact with a sidewall of the first guide groove.

Abstract: This seal structure of a cold storage comprises: a long member that has a magnetic portion configured from a magnetic material; and packing having a magnet that attracts and is attracted by the magnetic portion, a holding portion that holds the magnet, and a sealing portion that comes into close contact with the long member at a position further inward or outward of a cooling chamber than the holding portion when the cooling chamber is sealed, the packing increasing the distance between one portion of the magnet and the long member prior to increasing the distance between the other portion of the magnet and the long member during separation from the long member.

Abstract: Provided are a heating device and a refrigerator. The heating device includes: a cylinder body, in which a heating cavity is defined and configured to place an object to be processed, provided with a pick-and-place opening located on a front side of the cylinder body; a door body, configured to open and close the pick-and-place opening of the cylinder body; an electromagnetic heating device, configured to generate electromagnetic waves into the heating cavity to heat the object to be processed; and magnetic elements, disposed on the door body or the cylinder body and configured to enable the door body and the cylinder body to attract each other, so that when the door body is in a closed state in which the door body seals the pick-and-place opening, the door body and the cylinder body are in close electrical contact, thereby forming a continuously conductive shielding body.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a body, a door, configured to pivot about the body, a female sealing member, and a male sealing member. The body is provided with a first refrigerated compartment. The door may be configured to pivot between an open position, in which the refrigerated compartment is open, and closed position, in which the refrigerated compartment is closed. The female sealing member extends along portions of the body or portions of the door. The male sealing member extends along the other of the portions of the body or the door. When the door is in the closed position, the female sealing member receives the male sealing member.

Abstract: A garage door has panels pivotally interconnected and spanning horizontally across a door opening defined by a door frame. The panels have rollers that are movably engaged with tracks extending along lateral sides of the door frame. A motorized opener is coupled with the garage door and is configured to move the garage door along the tracks between an open position and a closed position. The motorized opener has a controller for controlling movement of the garage door. Electro-permanent magnets are disposed adjacent the lateral sides of the door frame. The magnets are configured to magnetically engage the garage door in the closed position and to release the magnetic engagement with the garage door in response to a signal from the controller.

Abstract: A refrigerated merchandising cabinet comprises an insulated casing, an interior of which forms a product display chamber. Refrigeration apparatus for generating and delivering a cold airstream through the product display chamber to cool the product display chamber is mounted on top of the casing. Access doors are mounted at a front of the casing to provide access to the product display chamber. Each access door is mounted on the casing by means of an inner frame forming an integral part of the casing and defining an access opening at the front of the casing and a complementary outer frame which is demountably engaged with the inner frame. Each door is hingedly mounted on the outer frame.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a door frame enhanced to support a door glass. The refrigerator includes a main body including a storeroom, a plurality of door glasses separately arranged to insulate the storeroom, an outer frame supporting an outer glass arranged on an outer side among the plurality of door glasses, an inner frame supporting an inner glass arranged on an inner side among the plurality of door glasses and including a same type of material as the outer frame, and an insulation member arranged between the outer frame and the inner frame and including a different type of material from the outer frame and the inner frame.

Abstract: A barricade used to obstruct the gap between a garage door, weather stripping, a threshold surface and a door frame. The barricade successfully prevents pests from breaching the barricade. The barricade uses a spring assist with low displacement force in order to conform to the changing downward or upward angle when a garage door is being operated. It also includes smooth ceramic or rubber that is magnetized to prevent chaffing to the garage door surface. This barrier stays in-place or rotates relative to the garage door face when encountering foreign objects in the path of the moving garage door. Alternatively, the barriers may be constructed of overlapping and/or abutting material configured to obstruct gaps at door frames and/or at threshold surfaces where a weather stripping and/or weather-stripping bulb provide inadequate obstruction.

Abstract: An entrance refrigerator having a front surface embedded in a partition partitioning an indoor area and an outdoor area, a front opening formed on a front surface of a cabinet that is exposed to the outdoor area, a side opening formed on a side surface of the cabinet exposed to the indoor area, and a cold air supply assembly provided at a rear of the cabinet.

Abstract: A method including forming a housing configured to house a number of first magnets; fixing the number of first magnets to the housing to form a magnetic sub-assembly; and attaching the magnetic sub-assembly to at least one of the closure or the body. The magnetic sub-assembly being configured to cooperate with a number of second magnets disposed on either the closure or the body, so that when the closure is in the closed position, a magnetic force between the magnetic sub-assembly and the number of second magnets biases the closure towards the body.

Abstract: A vehicle may include: a body including an opening; a door constituted of metal, the door being configured to open and close the opening; a rail garnish constituted of resin, the rail garnish being disposed along an edge of the opening; and a seal member disposed along an edge of the door and configured to seal a gap between the door and the body when the door closes the opening. The rail garnish may include a fixed portion, a contact portion, and a first bend and a second bend disposed between the fixed portion and the contact portion. The first bend and the second bend each may extend along the contact portion in a longitudinal direction of the rail garnish and are bent in different directions. A thickness of the rail garnish may be locally small at one or both of the first bend and the second bend.

Abstract: A liner hanger includes a body wall, a first hook wall, a second hook wall, a brace wall, and an abutment wall. The body wall includes a first face and a second face. The second face is on an opposite side of the body wall relative to the first face. The first hook wall is mounted to the first face of the body wall to form a first hook channel. The second hook wall is mounted to the second face of the body wall to form a second hook channel. The brace wall includes a first end and a second end. The second end is on an opposite end of the brace wall relative to the first end. The first end is mounted to the first face of the body wall. The abutment wall is mounted to the second end of the brace wall.

Abstract: The invention features a refrigerator cabinet door frame. The frame includes a thermally conductive outer frame, a thermally insulating inner frame member, and a sealing plate. The outer frame member includes a forward end having an outer surface that is disposed outside of a refrigerated cabinet with the frame mounted, and a rearward end defining a joint. The inner frame member includes a first end retained in the joint, and a second end. The sealing plate includes a first edge coupled to the outer frame member at the rearward end, forward of the joint, a second edge supported by the second end of the inner frame member, and a thermally conductive sealing surface. The first edge of the sealing plate is coupled to the outer frame member such that the sealing surface and the outer surface of the outer frame member together form a continuous heat transfer path.

Abstract: The heat insulation door of a refrigeration appliance has a door body. The door body includes a heat insulation glass module with at least two layers of glass plates disposed with an interval; a doorframe that surrounds the heat insulation glass module and that includes a rear frame portion located at the back of the heat insulation glass module, and a door sealing strip connected to the back of the rear frame portion. The doorframe further has an enclosed heat insulation cavity, wherein the heat insulation cavity is located between the door sealing strip and the heat insulation glass module along a front-to-rear direction or located on the inner side of the door sealing strip in a direction parallel to the door body. The present invention can improve the heat insulation effect of the refrigeration appliance.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet defining a food storage chamber and a door rotatably attached to the cabinet. The door may be movable between an open position permitting access to the food storage chamber and a closed position restricting access to the food storage chamber. The door may include a molded support body, an interior panel, and a gasket. The molded support body may extend across an opening of the cabinet in the closed position and along an interface perimeter of the door. The interior panel may be attached to the molded support body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a glass run in which a cover is not easily detached from a window frame, thereby ensuring safety and good appearance, while reducing the number of components and costs. A protruding portion 25 protruding in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle along an upper part of a window frame 3 is provided at a corner 27 of a glass run 1. The protruding portion 25 includes an outer cover 25a covering an outside, in a widthwise direction of a vehicle, of an angled portion A of the window frame 3, an inner cover 25b covering an inside, in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, of the angled portion A, and a connecting portion 25c connecting the outer cover 25a and the inner cover 25b to each other. The connecting portion 25c is inserted in, and assembled to, a notch 3e of the window frame 3.

Abstract: A composition for a refrigerator gasket is provided. The composition includes, as a polymer base, a blend of an olefin/?-olefin (OAO) copolymer having a melting point of at least 100° C. and a styrene block copolymer (SBC). The polymer base has a melt index (190° C., 5 kg) of 0.01 to 15 g/10 min.

Abstract: A reusable gasket may be configured for use between first and second collapsible containers of a shelter. The gasket may have a body configured to seal at least a portion of a seam defined between the first and second collapsible containers. The gasket may include at least one magnet embedded in the body. A reusable plug configured to be disposed into a cavity defined by a collapsible container may have a body configured to be compressibly secured in the cavity. The body of the plug may be made of compressible foam.

Abstract: Gasket for refrigerator cabinets for providing seal-tight closure between cabinet (32) and door (17) composed of an outer door (30) and inner door (31), comprising a soft bellows portion (11), characterized in that said soft bellows portion (11) is interposed in an extensible manner between at least a pair of magnets (9, 15) one of which is operatively coupled to said door and the other is coupled to said cabinet.

Abstract: The door is made with a triple-lite insulated glass unit and a frame of aluminum rails. The insulated glass unit has a stepped cross-section with the outer glass lite being larger than the inner glass lites. An opaque non-conductive ceramic frit forms a rectangularly shaped border to mask the mounting of the inner glass lite(s). An electrically conductive coating on the outer glass lite is insulated from the aluminum rails of the frame by a plastic strip disposed between the outer glass lite and each rail.

Abstract: A pivoting mullion for a temperature-controlled storage device is provided. The pivoting mullion includes a mullion body pivotally attached to a display case door of the temperature-controlled storage device. The mullion body is rotatable relative to the display case door between a first position when the display case door is open and a second position when the display case door is closed. The mullion body is configured to provide a support surface against which the display case door rests when the mullion body is in the second position and the display case door is closed. The pivoting mullion further includes a lighting element fixed to the mullion body and configured to activate when the display case door is closed. Activation of the lighting element illuminates items within the temperature-controlled storage device such that the items are visible through the display case door when the display case door is closed.

Abstract: Magnetic weather stripping and methods of making and using the magnetic weather stripping are described. Magnetic weather stripping may include a compressible insulative core, a strip magnet permanently affixed to the insulative core, and an adhesive layer applied to a second surface of the insulative core opposite the first surface of the insulative core. The weather stripping may be attached to a door or window frame using the adhesive. A separate magnet strip may be applied to the door or window if the door or window is not made of a ferromagnetic material such as steel.

Abstract: The door is made with a multi-lite insulated glass unit and a frame of aluminum rails. The insulated glass unit has a stepped cross-section with the outer glass lite being larger than the inner glass lites. An opaque non-conductive ceramic frit forms a rectangularly shaped border to mask the mounting of the inner glass lite(s). An electrically conductive coating on the outer glass lite is insulated from the aluminum rails of the frame by a plastic strip disposed between the outer glass lite and each rail.

Abstract: A slitvalve that uses magnetic energy to move a door in a direction normal to the plane of the wall is disclosed. An electrically switchable magnet is used to draw the door toward the wall to seal an aperture in the wall. Compressed Dry Air or other mechanisms may be employed to move the door between a first open position and a second closed position. A method of passing a workpiece between two different environments utilizing this magnetic slitvalve is also disclosed.

Abstract: Gasket for refrigerator cabinets for providing seal-tight closure between cabinet (32) and door (17) composed of an outer door (30) and inner door (31), comprising a soft bellows portion (11), characterized in that said soft bellows portion (11) is interposed in an extensible manner between at least a pair of magnets (9, 15) one of which is operatively coupled to said door and the other is coupled to said cabinet.

Abstract: Sealing gaskets are provided for forming a seal between the door of an appliance and the cabinet of the appliance when the door of the appliance is closed onto the cabinet of the appliance. The gaskets are adapted to be mounted to the door of the appliance and comprise a first bellows chamber that can be compressed when the door of the appliance is closed onto the cabinet of the appliance, a pocket contiguous with the first bellows chamber for holding a magnet and a second bellows chamber adapted to be nearer the cabinet of the appliance than the pocket and engage the cabinet of the appliance prior to the pocket engaging the cabinet of the appliance when the door of the appliance is closed. A gasket mounting section is contiguous with the first bellows chamber and includes a first portion that is held in a mounting space.

Abstract: A flexible door panel cold storage door system incorporates a flexible movable door panel having an internal support frame assembly and the door panel has a plurality of gasket sections removably attached to a cold space surface of a door panel jacket with each gasket section having at least one ferrous gasket target and the gasket sections are aligned and cooperate with a plurality of electromagnets that are mounted in a doorframe assembly when the door panel is in a closed position. The electromagnets are mounted in wells in the doorframe assembly and are powered on when the door panel is in the closed position and the wells are interconnected by a ventilation channel that conducts air heated by operation of the electromagnets through the ventilation channel and into and through a bottom sweep assembly of the door panel in a closed loop.

Abstract: An apparatus for configuring a gasket material to function with a plurality differently configured track systems, the system including a housing, an opening in the housing through which a gasket material is placed and is moved through, a receiving area through a side of the housing, a cutting device configured with a blade to extend through the receiving area and into the opening, and a slideable cam to define a reach of the blade within the opening.

Abstract: Gasket for refrigerator cabinets of the kind including a soft bellows-type portion used for sealing the area between the cabinet and the door and extending from a base portion able to match the outer door and/or inner door of the refrigerator cabinet. The base portion is substantially rigid and has at one end, a sealing portion made of substantially soft material extending toward the inner door. The soft material portion has good flexible and spring back features when exposed to refrigerator and freezer temperatures. These features make the gasket able to further seal, preferably by compression, the space located between the cabinet and inner door in a more internal area of the refrigerator cabinet. Furthermore, the soft sealing portion is independent and free from constraints with respect to the soft bellows-type portion.

Abstract: A draft blocker to be applied to the base of a door, comprising an elongated insulating member substantially the width of the door and a magnetic member.

Abstract: Gasket for a refrigerator cabinet having a base portion and a soft bellows portion. The base portion of the gasket is designed to couple with an outer door portion and an inner door portion of a door of the refrigerator cabinet before final filling of the shell defined by the outer door portion and inner door portion with a heat insulating material. The base portion has an inverted U shape, delimited by essentially vertical sections and a horizontal section. The vertical sections each terminate with a foot for resting on the door.

Abstract: A smoke-barrier device for under-door gaps is taught. A basic barrier comprises a unit of expandable/compressible material covered by one end of a length of fire-resistant and smoke and gas impermeable material, and is sized to completely seal the mandated gap beneath doors in the event of a fire. Another style includes magnetic material on the other end of the length of fire-resistant, moisture and gas impermeable material to further adhere the barrier to a metal door. Intumescent material may be fixed on the central part of the length of fire-resistant, moisture and gas impermeable material. The device is sized to fit commercial and private doors spaces and is offered in a kit including tape to place about top and sides openings of a door, luminescent tape to be placed on a window in the room, and a flashlight of various styles. The fire-resistant material may also be water impermeable.

Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a gap between an elevator car door and the associated car wall during car travel includes a sealing strip of resilient material with wall portions that can be reversibly stretched to bridge and seal the gap.

Abstract: A flexible door panel cold storage door system incorporates a flexible movable door panel having an internal support frame assembly and the door panel has a plurality of gasket sections removably attached to a cold space surface of a door panel jacket with each gasket section having at least one ferrous gasket target and the gasket sections are aligned and cooperate with a plurality of electromagnets that are mounted in a doorframe assembly when the door panel is in a closed position. The electromagnets are mounted in wells in the doorframe assembly and are powered on when the door panel is in the closed position and the wells are interconnected by a ventilation channel that conducts air heated by operation of the electromagnets through the ventilation channel and into and through a bottom sweep assembly of the door panel in a closed loop.

Abstract: A door panel assembly comprising a double-walled structure for trapping a first insulation; a door frame coupled to the door panel and sized to form an aperture within which the door panel is displaceable between open and closed positions, wherein at least one of the frame edge portions individually cooperate with one of the panel edge portions of the door panel to provide a magnetic coupling when the door panel is in the closed position; a flange disposed between at least one of the panel edge portions of the door panel and at least one of the edge portions of the door frame.

Abstract: A seal assembly is provided for a side-by-side or French style door on a refrigerator in which the sealing gasket is supported on a gasket carrier and pivotably coupled to a base member adapted to be secured along the medial vertical edge of a refrigerator door. A set of magnets are supported by the gasket carrier opposite the gasket. These magnets are arranged such that similar poles are adjacent one another when the doors are in the closed position. The magnets provide a repelling force which operates to rotate the gaskets into sealing engagement with one another.

Abstract: A ferrofluid based magnetic seal, comprising at least one gasket, the at least one gasket comprising a flexible, closed cell material, such as, without limitation, neoprene, polyvinylchloride, or plastic, and a ferrofluid core; a first housing, wherein a first face of the first housing is designed to receive at least a portion of the gasket; a second housing, wherein a first face of the second housing is designed to receive at least a portion of at least one magnet; and wherein the at least one magnet is positioned such that when the first housing and the second housing are in close proximity, the at least one magnet is positioned substantially along the length of the at least one gasket.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for sealing the gap (14) between two adjacent hatch covers (10) located at least at approximately the same height, having at least ferromagnetic hatch cover edges (13), wherein a flat flexible strip (1; 1?) is placed across the entire gap (14), wherein the width (Bs) and the length (Ls) of the strip are larger than the width (Bz) and the length (Lz) of the gap (14) and the longitudinal edges (3; 3?) protruding the width (Bz) of the gap (14) of which are placed on the adjacent hatch cover edges (13) in a plane manner under magnetic force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing system for refrigerator door and, more specifically, to a sealing system of the kind that comprises a gasket to be inserted in a receiving channel (60) disposed in the refrigerator door. The sealing gasket of the present invention comprises an attachment part (40) joined to the sealing bag (50), the attachment part (40) comprising an end portion (41) having a substantially triangular profile and a body portion (42) having a W-shaped cross section with bulged walls (45, 46). The end portion (41) is formed by two flaps (43, 44) symmetrically opposed, each of the flaps (43, 44) forming an angle with each of the bulged walls.

Abstract: The present invention relates to gaskets (120), and more particularly, to a gasket (120) which enables, not only to seal a gap between two components, but also easy attachment/detachment of the two components; and a refrigerator therewith. The gasket (120) includes a case (124) having a sealing member (122) attachable/detachable to/from a predetermined thing for sealing a gap when the sealing member (122) is attached, a close contact piece (126) for making close contact to other thing, and a plurality of supporting pieces (130, 132) connected between the close contact piece (126) and the case (124) so that one side of an attached surface of the sealing member (122) is detached from the predetermined thing at first if the other thing is pulled forward.

Abstract: A refrigerator, the construction of which provides for the use of a seal (70) inserted into the structure of the chamber (50) or into the door (60), which minimises the distance (D2) between the door and the structure of the chamber of the refrigerator in the closed position, increasing the thermal tightness of the refrigerator with the door closed and thereby increasing the efficiency of the refrigerator.

Abstract: A gasket includes a coupling part coupled to a door frame; an opposing part opposite to a door glass and formed integrally with the coupling part; and a magnetic part formed integrally with the coupling part.

Abstract: A pet door having decorative and customizable aesthetic features. The pet door includes subframe assemblies that are connected to each other with fasteners that extend through the aperture defined by the door. The pet door can be adapted to fit doors of various sizes with a modular core frame. The core frame also includes a plurality of core members, each of which has one or more core elements. The core members extend laterally between the first and second subframe assemblies and defining a passageway through the door. Decorative frames are releasably attached to the subframe assemblies and can be removed or replaced, whereas the subframe assemblies remain fixed to each other and the door. A security panel can be secured to one of the subframe assemblies to prevent animals and intruders from entering the residence through the pet door.

Abstract: A window or door assembly includes a main frame formed from extrusions of rigid plastics material, and the main frame supports at least one movable sash frame also formed from extrusions of rigid plastics material and enclosing a glass or glazing panel. One of the sash frame members supports a first member of a permanent magnet assembly for movement with the sash frame, and the magnet assembly includes a second member supported between an inner wall and an outer wall of an adjacent main frame member. The second member of the magnet assembly is positioned to provide a magnetic attraction with the first member of the magnet assembly and through the inner wall of the main frame member to form a positive weather seal between the sash frame and the main frame when the sash frame and the glazing panel are in a closed position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door gasket and a method of manufacturing the same. In the present invention, an expansible insulating portion (24) is formed integrally with an anchor portion (22) of a door gasket (20), and the interior of the expansible insulating portion (24) is filled with a soft foam (28). The soft foam (28) is made of a soft material with superior insulation property. Here, the anchor portion (22) may be made of synthetic resin or rubber, and the soft foam (28) may be made of any one of soft urethane, polyethylene, ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM rubber), nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR), and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), such as compressed sponge.