Apparatus and method of installing a gasket in a channel member

摘要

Apparatus and method for installing an elongated stretchable gasket in a longitudinal channel member including a frame having a rail extending along the channel with the gasket being located between the rail and the channel. The rail has a series of spaced vertical bores normal to the gasket with pins receivable therein and retained for vertical up and down movement within the bores. Force is applied to the pins to move them normal to the gasket in a downward direction to contact the gasket and force the gasket into the longitudinal channel member. In this manner the gasket is forced into the channel member without stretching the gasket longitudinally along the channel member.