Incubator and sealing system therefor

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EP 0 952 295 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/31

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	27.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/43

(21)	Application number: 98115362.0

(22)	Date of filing: 14.08.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E06B 7/23

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

20.04.1998 US 62625

(71)	Applicant: Lab-Line Instruments, Inc.
	Melrose Park, IL 60160-1491 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Newman, Mark A. Chicago, IL 60611 (US)

(74)	Representative: Patentanwälte Hauck, Graalfs, Wehnert, Döring, Siemons
	Mozartstrasse 23 80336 München 80336 München (DE)

(54)	Incubator and sealing system therefor

(57) A sealing system is provided for a housing defining a storage chamber having an opening formed in a wall structure with interior and exterior surfaces and an opening-defining edge connecting the surfaces and closable by a door. The sealing system includes a flexible gasket having a sealing portion and a U-shaped attachment portion disposed over the opening-defining edge, and a clip disposed about the attachment portion of the gasket and over the opening-defining edge, the clip removeably maintaining the gasket on the wall. The gasket has a substantially D-shaped sealing portion disposed between the door and the exterior surface and having a channel opening toward the center of the opening of the storage chamber.

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