E06B7/2318

PNEUMATIC DOOR SEAL WITH QUICK RELEASE

Door sealant systems, apparatus, and methods, including: a seal apparatus configured about a door assembly; an air source configured to supply air into the seal apparatus; a plurality of valves including at least a first valve and a second valve, wherein the first valve is coupled to the air source, the first valve configured to inject air into the seal apparatus at a rate slow enough to allow the door assembly to fully close before the seal apparatus expands to push against the door assembly, wherein the second valve is coupled to the seal apparatus, the second valve configured to release air from the seal apparatus at a rate quick enough to allow the door assembly to be opened without damaging the seal apparatus.

MODULAR SHIELDED ENCLOSURES AND RELATED METHODS USING GLIDABLE SHIELDED WALLS
20190032392 · 2019-01-31 ·

Lightweight, glidable shielded components (e.g. doors) may be used in conjunction with accredited enclosures to provide electromagnetic, acoustic and CBR protection.

SEALING DOOR AND METHOD OF FORMING CHANNEL
20180371829 · 2018-12-27 · ·

The present invention provides a sealing door that includes: a first seal disposed on at least a first surface of the door to increase the sealing ability of the door that opens and closes an entry; a second seal disposed along the first seal at a predetermined distance from the first seal; and a channel formed in the door to inject fluid into the first seal and the second seal.

Sectional door with lifting mechanism
10125540 · 2018-11-13 · ·

A sectional door comprising a plurality of panels which can be stacked on top of each other in a stacked state, and next to each other in a stored state; a drive system with a cable or chain for moving the bottom panel in the height direction; upright rails for guiding the panels in the stacked state; guides (or guide assembly) for guiding the panels in the stored state comprising a worm wheel with helical groove for guiding the panels in the storage room; wherein the drive system further comprises a lifting mechanism for removing the upper panel from the stack, and for transferring it to the storage zone.

OLED ENCAPSULATION GLOVEBOX
20180269431 · 2018-09-20 ·

The present invention provides an OLED encapsulation glovebox, which includes a plurality of spaced sealing rings between a box body and a box door to allow the box body, the box door, and the plurality of sealing rings to collectively enclose and delimit therebetween a plurality of sealed spaces between adjacent ones of the sealing rings and positive pressures are maintained in the plurality of sealed spaces to block entry of external moisture and oxygen into the interior of the box body. Compared to the arrangement of the known OLED encapsulation glovebox that keeps a positive pressure in the interior of a box body to prevent entry of external moisture and oxygen, the present invention helps lower down the cost for maintaining positive pressure and provides multiple protection barriers for the internal environment of the box body by arranging a plurality of sealing rings so as to effectively eliminate the situation that invasion of external moisture and oxygen may occur due to breaking or damage of the arrangement of just one single sealing rings.

Device, system and method of interconnecting doorways
10036197 · 2018-07-31 · ·

A doorway interconnection and method of creating an airtight seal between two doorways includes a first temporary membrane creating an airtight seal on a first doorway and a second temporary membrane creating an airtight seal on a second doorway and a gasket between the two doorways, and vents and valves to place and remove a sterilizing fluid in the inter-doorway volume. Such a system may be used to attach a sterile modular building unit to a sterile facility without losing the sterility of either the facility or the module building unit. Access to the membranes may be from one direction only. The gasket may provide motion and sound isolation between. Additional elements limit relative motions between the first and second doorways.

Overhead garage door selectively inflatable seal apparatus and method of installation and use
12116835 · 2024-10-15 · ·

An inflatable seal apparatus for selectively sealing a garage door within an opening, the apparatus having a plurality of inflatable members arranged with a seal body configured for selectively sealing the garage door opening, each inflatable member having one or more of an inflatable member side wall and an inflatable member end wall and having an inflation valve operably installed within the inflatable member side wall or the inflatable member end wall so as to be accessible through the seal body.

Press fit storm window system

A system for mounting a panel within an existing window frame. The system includes an elongated deformable bulb, and an elongated carrier. The bulb has a resilient portion, a base section, an extension extending from the base section, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension. The crosspiece includes a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece. Each shoulder protrudes laterally beyond the extension. The elongated carrier has a receiving slot opposite a panel gap. The receiving slot has a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot. The receiving slot is configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece.

PRESS FIT STORM WINDOW SYSTEM
20170362880 · 2017-12-21 ·

A system for mounting a panel within an existing window frame. The system includes an elongated deformable bulb, and an elongated carrier. The bulb has a resilient portion, a base section, an extension extending from the base section, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension. The crosspiece includes a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece. Each shoulder protrudes laterally beyond the extension. The elongated carrier has a receiving slot opposite a panel gap. The receiving slot has a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot. The receiving slot is configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece.

Inflatable weatherstrip system
09816314 · 2017-11-14 ·

A sealing system for doors and windows includes a reservoir device, a sealing tube configured to expand and to contract, and a transfer valve configured to couple the reservoir device to a first end of the sealing tube. Responsive to either of a door or window closing, a medium may be transferred from the reservoir device via the transfer valve to the sealing tube. Responsive to receiving the medium, the sealing tube may expand to substantially seal a gap between an edge of either of the door or the window and a surface in proximity to the edge. Responsive to either of the door or window opening, the medium may be discharged from the sealing tube via the transfer valve. The sealing tube may contract in response to discharging the medium.