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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320496 | Sealing arrangement for a transit vehicle A sealing arrangement for a door of a transit vehicle with an angularly disposed floor portion incorporates a rotatably disposed driving member in combination with a driven member attached to the sealing arrangement to enable vertical movement thereof for providing ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7258347 | Discrete active seal assemblies Active seal assemblies employing active materials that can be controlled and remotely changed to alter the seal effectiveness, wherein the active seal assemblies actively change modulus properties such as stiffness, shape orientation, and the like. In this manner, i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7150130 | Sliding door assembly A door assembly of the type having a frame mounted to a wall. The frame comprises a head portion, opposed vertical jamb portions and a sill portion. Doors are provided in the frame. A door in the frame is displaceable between an open position and a closed position. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143546 | Sealing arrangement for a transit vehicle A sealing arrangement for a door of a transit vehicle with an angularly disposed floor portion incorporates a rotatably disposed driving member in combination with a driven member attached to the sealing arrangement to enable vertical movement thereof for providing ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124538 | Assembly providing a water restrictive barrier and an unobstructed passageway for a doorway A doorway assembly, preferably for a sliding door, includes a barrier plate extending across the lower portion of the doorway to prevent the intrusion of water during severe weather conditions. A notch within the barrier plate, provides a substantially obstruction-f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7008032 | Refrigerator incorporating french doors with rotating mullion bar A refrigerator includes French-style doors and a rotating mullion. The rotating mullion is mounted to one of the French-style doors through first and second hinge members. Each of the first and second hinge members include first and second hinge elements having corr... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6945540 | Sealing connection element, sealing end piece and a seal The invention relates to a sealing connecting element, a sealing end piece and a seal. In practice different seals are known which are produced as three dimensional structures and then given to the customer. The production, wherein profile strips are ready-made by c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6378250 | Door guard A door guard is provided. The door guard includes a pair of positioning seats of symmetrical configuration secured to a door above the bottom of the door and a door guard releasably disposed to the positioning seats. The door guard has an upper plate made... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6009669 | Shape memory wire actuated aircraft door seal An aircraft door adapted to substantially seal with a door frame. The aircraft door is provided with an edge portion which is formed to engage the door frame. The edge portion has a sealed position wherein the edge portion is engaged with the door frame. ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5467559 | Electrically operated drop seal for pass doors in operable walls An electrically operated drop seal assembly for a pass door in an operable wall. The drop seal assembly includes an actuator which is selectively movable by a motor between a first position and a second position. The assembly also includes a retractable d... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5339881 | Electrically operated drop seal for operable walls A drop seal assembly for a movable wall panel, the wall panel being situated in a room having a ceiling and a floor such that the wall panel is supported from the ceiling and is suspended above the floor. The drop seal includes a motor and an actuator ope... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5029911 | Locking threshold A locking door threshold having an elongated vertical slot within the upper surface, an elongated striker bar received in the slot, the striker bar being vertically slidable within the slot between a lower position and an upper position in which the strik... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4592168 | Sliding and pivotal window A sliding window structure has a facility for swiveling a sliding window element about a vertical axis for cleaning purposes and the like. The window element may be released from top and bottom confining tracks to allow for pivoting thereof by lowering th... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4141179 | Vehicle door arrangements A vehicle door arrangement in which a lower edge part of the door is retractable upwards into the main part of the door prior to opening. This ensures that when the vehicle is standing alongside a platform, there is no risk of the bottom of the door fouli... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4113564 | Core disruptive accident margin seal An apparatus for sealing the annulus defined between a substantially cylindrical rotatable first riser assembly and plug combination disposed in a substantially cylindrical second riser assembly and plug combination of a nuclear reactor system. The appara... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4109416 | Vehicle door arrangements A vehicle door arrangement in which a lower edge part of the door is retractable upwards into the main part of the door prior to opening. This ensures that when the vehicle is standing alongside a platform, there is no risk of the bottom of the door fouli... | 08/29/1978 |
