US1094025A - Window and door. - Google Patents

Description

W. E. SCOTT.

WINDOW AND DOOR. APPLICATION I'ILED.MAR.16, 1912.

1,094,025, Patented Apr. 21, 19m

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER, E. soo'rr, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN'OR TO HALE, AND

KILBURN COMPANY, OF PHILAD DELAWARE.

ELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION WINDOW AND DQOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. Soorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefui Improvements in Windows and Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is directed to the provision of an improved construction for use in windows and doors having frames built up from sheet-metal. 4

One object of theinvention'is to provide a metallic frame for holding a panel of glass or other suitable material and so constructed as to permit of inserting the panel through one member of the frame, and withdrawing the panel or pieces, thereof whenever such insertion or withdrawal is desired.

Further objects of theinvention are to provide an improved construction for a me tallic window or door of such a character that it may 'be manufactured at low cost and thatit will possess great strength and good wearing qualities.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- F igure 1 is an elevation of a door constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the door on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of the door on line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view on line 414 of F ig, 1.

Referring to these drawings, the door shown consists of two side rails 1 and 2 joined together at their ends. by a top rail 3 and a bot-tom rail. 4. A stile 5 extends between the rails 1 and 2 at a point near the center line of the door. The construction employed in the side rails l and 2 and the bottom rail 4 is illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 7,4. It will be seen that each of these rails is formed from a strip of sheet-metal which is bent along lines extending lengthwise thereof to a rectangular cross-Section. Near each edge, the strip is bent as shown so as to provide a shoulder 6, and beyond this shoulder, the metal of the strip may be curved asshown at 7 to give this portion of the strip the appearance of a molding. The extreme edges of the strip are turned inwardly so as to provide portions 8' lying parallel to each other.

\ strip from which the rail of the door is Specification of Letters Patent.

Combined with this Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed March 16, 1912. Serial No. 684,199.

formed is a second strip 9 having integral flanges 10 at its edges, the two flanges being paralleal tdeach other and perpendicular to the b6 y of the strip. This strip 9 is insertedwithi-n the strip-forming the rail in the position indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the body of the strip 9" adjacent to the edges abut abutting against the shoulders 6 and the flanges 10 of the strip 9 abutting against the walls adjacent to theshoulders 6. When these two strips are thus assembled, they are secured together in any suitable manner, preferably by welding the flanges 10 to the overlying material of the strip forming the rail. The stile 5 consists of two sheet-metal plates 11 and. 12, each pressed into form so as toxprovide at opposite edges thereof inwardly turned flanges 13 similar to the flanges 8 above described. Adjacent to these molding 14 and beyond this is bent to'provide a shoulder 15. The two strips 11 and 12 are united byinterior strips 9 which lie against the shoulders 15 and are secured, as by id ing, to the metal of the strips 11 and 1 adjacent to the shoulders 15.

The top rail 3 of the frame of the door, unlike the bottom rail, consists of two sideplates of pressed sheet-metal, these being suitably united and the upper edge of the rail being so arranged that it may be opened to permit of the insertion or withdrawal of .a panel. The two strips of the upper rail 3 are shown at 16 and 17 in Fig. 2. At their lower edges these strips are pressed to a configuration similar to that employed on the edges of the strips 11 and 12 of the stile 5,- that is, to provide inwardly turned flanges 13, moldings 14 and shoulders 15. Each flange 13 of the upper rail 3 is braced upon the body-portion of, the strip on which it is formed by a stiffening piece 18 lying at a right angle to the flange l3 and of a width corresponding to the space between the flange and the opposite wall of the body portion of the strip for the rail 3. The stiffening piece 181' having been inserted in position, it is secured in proper relation to the flange 13 in any suitable manner as by welding it tothe metal on either side thereof at distributed points along the length of the stiffening strip. At its upper edge each strip 16 and 17 for the top rail 3 is bent to provide an inwardly extending portion 19 constituting the upper edge of the door and an extension 20 of that portion which is displaced from the portion 18. The two extensions 20 on the strips 16 and 17 form a groove or depression in the upper edge of the rail 3, and therefore the upper edge of the door, adapted to receive a detachable closing strip 21 of sheet-metal.

In order to stiffen the construction, sheetmetal strips 22 are provided bracing the extensions 20 upon their respective side walls 16 and 17. Each of these strips 22 is welded to the inner side of the piece 16 or 17 and at its upper edge is provided with a portion corresponding in size to the extension 20 and lying in contact therewith. These two parts may also be welded together, if desired. Instead of welding them together, however,

they may be secured together by the meansemployed for securing the closing strip 21 in position. The closing strip is provided with openings at its lateral edges and in theextensions 20 are corresponding openings which are threaded so as to receive screws 23, by which the closing strip 21 is detachably'secured to the extensions 20.

' With the several rails thus constructed, they are secured together at their ends to form a door, such as that shown in 1. When assembling the parts for this door, a panel 24 of any suitable construction is inserted in the space below the stile 5. The abutting ends of the several frame-members may be secured together in any suitable man ner, preferably by welding. After the frame-members have been so united a pane of glass 25 or other panel is lowered through the opening in the top rail 3 of the door provided by the removal of the closing strip 21. This panel 25 is lowered through the top rail and between flanges 13 on the pieces 16'and 17 and passes downwardly until its lower edge is inserted between the flanges 13 on the pieces 11 and 12 forming the stile Putty. felt or other parking 26 is then inserted between the several flanges 13 and the adjacent surfaces of the panel This having been done, the closing strip 21 is inserted in the groove in the upper edge of the top rail 3 and is secured to the extensions 20 and strips 22 by screws 23 whose ends enter threaded openings in those parts. The top rail is thus closed so that. dirt cannot drop into the interior of the door, but the closing means is detachably held sothat it may be removed at any time if it becomes desirable to remove the panel 25.

With the construction above described, a door or-w'indow structur is provided which possesses great strength notwithstanding the fact that means are provided for permitting of insertion or removal of the panel from the frame through one of the members of the frame. The parts forming the top rail 3 of the frame are stiffened by the pieces 13 bracing the flanges 18 on the opposite walls of the strips 16 and 17 and the stiffening strips 22 bracing the inwardly turned flanges at the upper edges of the strips 16 and 17 upon the body-portions of those strips. Again, when the closing strip 21 has been inserted in position and secured to the underlying parts, this strip contributes substantially to the strength of the top rail. Fur

thermore, the ends of each strip 16 and 17 are welded to the abutting ends of the side rails 1 and 2 so that the side rails serve as additional means for bracing and stiffening the parts of the top rail.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The combination of a frame consisting of a plurality of hollow frame-members formed of pressed sheet-metal and secured together at their ends, a. panel within said frame, one of the members of the frame be ing formed from two sheet-metal strips having flanges at their edges. the flanges at the inner edges of the member being parallel and adapted to coact. with the panel and the flanges at the other edge of the member being turned toward each other and bent to provide a depression in the outer edge of the member having an opening at the bottom thereof extending lengthwise of the member, and braces lying within said memher and secured to the body-portions of said strips and the portions of the flanges thereof which form said depression, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a frame consisting of a plurality of hollow frame members formed of pressed sheet-metal and secured together at their ends, a panel within said frame. one of the members of the frame consisting of two sheet-metal strips having their body portions parallel butdisplaced one from the other and having parallel flanges at their edges displaced from each other and from the planes of the body portions of the strips and adapted to hold the edge of the panel between them, said strips having shoulders formed therein extending lengthwise of the strips and located intermediate the flanges and body portions of the strips, and a bracing strip within the said member of the frame extending between and secured to the two ships formingsaid member and lying againstsaid shoulders and adjacent to the inner edges of said flanges, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 16th day of February. 1912.

\VALTER E. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

Jone: P. Fnn'rcnnn, A. B. Snomvmnnn.

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