Seal with rat resistant barrier

1. An elastic and oblong seal for sealing one or more gaps wherein the one or more gaps are selected from the group consisting of: one or more gaps between a building part and an adjacent surface, one or more gaps between a wall and an adjacent surface, and one or more gaps between a fence and an adjacent surface, said seal comprising:

a sealing section comprising an elastic outer material in the form of a polymer; and

a rodent proofing barrier embedded in at least a part of the elastic outer material, said barrier comprising a plurality of separate metal wires arranged at a distance to each other and extending substantially in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the seal.

2. The seal of claim 1 , wherein the elastic outer material is a thermoplastic elastomer or rubber.

3. The seal of claim 2 , wherein:

the plurality of separate metal wires comprises at least two separate metal wires that each are solid single stranded wires with a surface that is coated with an adhesive coating to which the elastic outer material adheres better than to the at least two separate metal wires; and

the elastic outer material constitutes one single outer material, in which the at least two separate metal wires are embedded.

4. The seal of claim 3 , wherein the distance between the at least two separate metal wires is no larger than 10 mm; and

the elastic outer material is the thermoplastic elastomer.

5. The seal of claim 2 , wherein the a Shore A hardness of the thermoplastic elastomer or rubber is between 45 and 90.

6. The seal of claim 4 , wherein the one or more gaps are the one or more gaps between the building part and the adjacent surface; and

wherein the distance between the at least two separate metal wires is no larger than 8 mm.

7. The seal of claim 6 , wherein the building part is a door leaf.

8. The seal of claim 7 , wherein the door leaf is a door leaf of an up-and-over door.

9. The seal of claim 6 , wherein:

the seal is a blade seal; and

the at least two separate metal wires are made of steel.

10. The seal of claim 9 , wherein:

a cross section of the seal is symmetric with a uniform structure;

the at least two separate wires are at least six separate metal wires; and

said at least six separate metal wires are distributed evenly over a width of the seal.

11. The seal of claim 6 , wherein the seal has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional form.

12. The seal of claim 6 , wherein the seal has a substantially L-shaped cross-sectional form.

13. The seal of claim 6 , wherein the seal has a substantially J-shaped cross-sectional form.

14. The seal of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more gaps are the one or more gaps between the building part and the adjacent surface;

the rodent proofing barrier consists essentially of the plurality of separate metal wires;

the plurality of separate metal wires comprises at least two separate wires with a diameter of at least 0.4 mm; and

the distance between the at least two separate metal wires is no larger than 10 mm.

15. The seal of claim 14 , wherein the building part is a door leaf and the seal is a blade seal.

16. A method of securing the one or more gaps between the building part and the adjacent surface against pests comprising the step of mounting the seal according to claim 6 on the building part.

17. The method of claim 16 ,

wherein the building part is a door leaf.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the door leaf is a door leaf of an up-and-over door.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the step of mounting the seal comprises securing the seal to the door by means of a 20-80 mm wide mounting strip.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the mounting strip is made of a polymer.