Patent · US Expired

Channel-shaped sealing, guiding or finishing strips

US4196546A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 28, 1978
Grant dateApr 8, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 28, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60J10/16
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed a channel-shaped sealing strip incorporating a metal carrier covered with flexible material, the metal carrier comprising a series of side-by-side U-shaped elements each of which is connected to the next element by at least one connecting link. At least during the manufacturing process for the strip, adjacent elements are also connected by at least one other connection whose thickness is reduced compared with the connecting link and with the remainder of the metal; these other connections may, and advantageously do, break during the manufacturing process so that, in the finished strip, each U-shaped element is connected to the next element by the connecting link but is also spaced therefrom by distance pieces formed from the broken-off connections.

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