Power mine door system
A mine door system for installation in a passageway in a mine is described, comprising a door frame adapted to be installed in the passageway to define a generally rectangular doorway, said door frame having a top and opposite sides, a mine door comprising a pair of door leaf hinged on opposite sides of the door frame to permit passage through the doorway, each door leaf being generally rectangular in shape with a top horizontal edge, a bottom horizontal edge, a generally vertical hinged side edge adjacent a respective side of the door frame, a generally vertical free side edge opposite the hinged side edge, a first leaf face facing away from the top of the door frame when the door leaf is closed, a second leaf face facing toward the top of the door frame when the door leaf is closed, the door leaf being so dimensioned that there is a substantial vertical gap between the door leaf when they are closed to accommodate convergence of side walls of the passageway, a relatively wide vertical sealing member secured to said first face of one of said door leaf adjacent its free side edge and projecting laterally therefrom for overlapping the first face of the other door leaf adjacent its free side edge thereby to cover said gap between the door leaf when the door leaf are closed, said door leaf having upper corner regions relieved to provide notch-like recesses adjacent the gap on opposite sides of the gap extending from the first leaf faces of the door leaf to the second leaf faces of the door leaf, said sealing member having an inclined upper end portion configured so that, when the door leaf are closed, it slopes upwardly through said recesses and said gap for substantially the full depth of the gap, said inclined upper end portion terminating in a tip engageable with the top of the door frame when the door leaf are closed thereby to inhibit the passage of air through the gap at a location adjacent the top of the door frame.
- Assignee:
- Jack Kennedy Metal Products and Buildings, Taylorville, IL (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5222838; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-917863
- OSTI ID:
- 6419781
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 21 Jul 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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