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Abstract

An improved door gasket comprises a snap base having a pair of oppositely facing flanges. Running along the web of the snap base between the snap flanges is a pair of catches which each mate with a complimentary one of a pair of depending latches on a snap channel when the snap channel is pressed against the snap base. A strip of elastomeric gasket material is wedged at each of its lateral edges between a separate one of the snap base flanges and the snap channel flanges to form a half rounded deformable sealing body. Although the snap channel is thus firmly held to the snap base by the engagement of the snap base catches and the snap channel latches, easy separation of the snap base and snap channel is accomplished by simply prying the snap channel from the snap base to facilitate gasket strip replacement. To keep the gasket material supple, a pair of electric heater wires are secured by a metal bracket to the snap channel to lie within the void of the half rounded deformable body, thereby trapping the heat within the deformable body to achieve efficient heating of the gasket strip.

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