SEALING AND CLOSURE ELEMENT FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, CLOSETS, REFRIGERATORS AND THE LIKE

摘要

A permanent magnet sealing and closure member comprises an elongated thin flexible strip of permanent magnet material having a strip longitudinal axis. The strip includes at least one sealing and closure strip portion having a substantially plane outer surface and an opposite inner surface. A plurality of legs extend outwardly from the inner surface of the sealing and closure strip portion. The legs are spaced-apart in a direction transversely of the longitudinal axis and substantially parallel to the outer surface. The sealing and closure strip portion is magnetized to have magnetic poles of alternating polarity extending along the outer surface thereof. The magnetic lines of force extend between adjacent ones of the alternate magnetic poles within the strip and legs over an arcuate path.