(19)
(11) EP 1 298 277 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/14

(21) Application number: 02256602.0

(22) Date of filing: 24.09.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7E06B 3/70, E06B 3/82, E05D 5/02, E06B 7/23
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 01.10.2001 GB 0123575
16.07.2002 GB 0216461

(71) Applicant: Polymer Engineering Limited
Crewe, Cheshire CW1 1FA (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Clarke, Nicholas Guy
    Willaston, Nantwich, Cheshire CW6 6RR (GB)
  • Hammond, Ernest Kenneth
    Middlewich, Cheshire CW10 OLY (GB)

(74) Representative: Shaw, Laurence 
Laurence Shaw & Associates, 5th Floor Metropolitan House, 1 Hagley Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8TG
Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)

   


(54) Doors


(57) A door (100) comprises a framework of pultruded frame members (1), a core of structural density foam material (102), a pair of panels (103), and one or more hinges (104), the or each hinge (104) having a first plate portion (20) comprising a male member (22) extending therefrom wherein each frame member (1) has a cavity (15) in which a weather seal (50) is receivable and a groove or slot (12) in which the male member (22) of the first plate portion (20) is received, the or each hinge (104) having a cavity (24) aligned with that of the frame member (1) in which a portion of the weather seal (50) is receivable.







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