Door glass cassette for vehicles
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1. A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted within and secured to a vehicular door structure to provide a raisable and lowerable glass window, said door glass cassette, comprising;
- a frame and seal assembly comprising two laterally spaced side channels adapted to provide vertical runs for raising and lowering the glass pane, a top channel extending between the side channels at the top of each said side channel, and lateral guide means comprising transversely spaced lateral guides secured between said side channals, said lateral guide means being a Z-shape inside channel and a short vertical height I-shape outside channel, said channels and guide means collectively defining a glass opening in said door glass cassette, each said channel and said guide means having secured thereto an interior seal and an exterior seal adapted to cooperatively engage said glass pane adjacent to said glass opening.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an automobile door glass cassette containing a frame and seal assembly and a glass regulator means which is pre-assembled and fitted into an automobile door. The seal assembly is a peripheral elastomeric gasket secured to the outer periphery of the cassette frame structure and is readily fitted into an automotive door structure and assures a tight sealing fit.
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1. A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted within and secured to a vehicular door structure to provide a raisable and lowerable glass window, said door glass cassette, comprising;
a frame and seal assembly comprising two laterally spaced side channels adapted to provide vertical runs for raising and lowering the glass pane, a top channel extending between the side channels at the top of each said side channel, and lateral guide means comprising transversely spaced lateral guides secured between said side channals, said lateral guide means being a Z-shape inside channel and a short vertical height I-shape outside channel, said channels and guide means collectively defining a glass opening in said door glass cassette, each said channel and said guide means having secured thereto an interior seal and an exterior seal adapted to cooperatively engage said glass pane adjacent to said glass opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted within and secured to a vehicular door structure to provide a raisable and lowerable glass window, said door glass cassette, comprising:
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a frame and seal assembly comprising two laterally spaced side channels adapted to provide vertical runs for raising and lowering the glass pane, a top channel extending between the side channels at the top of each said side channel, and lateral guide means comprising transversely spaced lateral guides secured between said side channels, said channels and guide means collectively defining a glass opening in said door glass cassette, each said channel and said guide means having secured thereto an interior seal and an exterior seal adapted to cooperatively engage said glass pane adjacent to said glass opening, said channels being U-shaped channels having said open U-shaped structure facing toward the glass opening, the top channel being an inverted U-channel and having said open U-shape structure facing downward, said U-shape structures of said side channels and said top channel comprising an inside extension, an intermediate base, and an outside extension, said interior seal being secured to said inside extension and said exterior seal being secured to said outside extension of said channel, and wherein said exterior seal contains a C-shape glass run channel located between said inside extension and said outside extension and within said U-shape side channel. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted within and secured to a vehicular door structure to provide a raisable and lowerable glass window, said door glass cassette, comprising:
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a frame and seal assembly comprising two laterally spaced side channels adapated to provide vertical runs for raising and lowering the glass pane, a top channel extending between the side channels at the top of each said side channel, and lateral guide means comprising transversely spaced lateral guides secured between said side channels, said channels and guide means collectively defining a glass opening in said door glass cassette, each said channel and said guide means having secured thereto an interior seal and an exterior seal adapted to cooperatively engage said glass pane adjacent to said glass opening, said side channels being U-shape channels having said open U-shape structure facing toward the glass opening, said top channel being an inverted U-channel and having said open U-shape struture facing downward, said U-shape structures of said side channels and said top channels comprising an inside extension, an intermediate base, and an outside extension, said interior seal being secured to said inside extension and said exterior seal being secured to said outside extension of said channel, and said frame and seal assembly including an external perimeter surface defined by said side U-channels and said top channel, and said external perimeter surface being encased by an elastomeric material to provide a peripheral gasket. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A door glass cassette adapted to matingly engage a vehicle door structure, comprising:
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an integral frame and seal assembly, said frame assembly having a perimeter channel, said perimeter channel comprising two side channels and a top channel therebetween, said perimeter channel having an inside extension and an outside extension, said seal assembly comprising an interior seal mounted on said perimeter channel inside extension and an exterior seal mounted on said perimeter channel outside extension, said interior seal and said exterior seal being secured to said frame and seal assembly adjacent to the glass opening and being capable of engaging said glass pane and effecting a weather seal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A door glass cassette adapted to matingly engage a vehicle door structure, comprising:
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an integral frame and seal assembly, said frame assembly having perimeter channel, said perimeter channel comprising two side channels and a top channel therebetween, said seal assembly comprising an interior seal mounted on said perimeter channel and an exterior seal mounted on said perimeter channel, said internal seal and said exterior seal being capable of engaging a glass pane and effecting a weather seal, a gasket, said gasket existing on the base of said perimeter channel and partially encapsulated said exterior seal and said interior seal and forming said integral frame and seal assembly. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A door glass cassette adapted to be fitted in a vehicular door structure, comprising:
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a door glass; a frame and seal assembly for said door glass, comprising; two laterally-spaced side channels adapted to provide vertical runs for said door glass, a top channel extending between the tops of said side channels, transversely-spaced lateral guide means between and secured to said side channels, each of said side channels and said top channel having an inside extension and an outside extension, said interior seal secured to said inside extension and said exterior seal secured to said outside extension, said seals being adapted to operatively engage said door glass, said side channels, top channel and lateral guide means collectively defining a door glass opening; means for raising and lowering said door glass; and means connecting said raising and lowering means with said door glass.
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