US1002166A - Fireproof window construction. - Google Patents

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B.H.LUNKEN. FIREPROOF WINDOW CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED MAR.18, 1911.

1,002,166. PatentedAug. 29, 1911.

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. readily efl'ec ted'' joined together P1 i finished and are designed to'be applied after UNITED sTATEs PaTnNTonnICE.

EDMUNIJH.- LUNKEN 'or CINCINNATI, oI-IIo, s 'ssIerNoitv Tolfifiin LUNKENHEIMER 4 lcoMPANY; A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

' FI `REP RooF WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

`To all whom 'it-may; concern:

Specication of Letters Patent. 'Application led March 18, 1911-.

the frames are walled in,

Be it known-that IQEDMUND LUNKIIJN, 4citizen of the United Statesfresiding at Cm- 'cinnati, Ohio, 1i-llave` invented certain new dow Constructiomfof the type dise-@sedia ters Patent pf. lth-iUnitedf ,Stilles filed' Feb' among othersfforitsob structionjin whifch'x readily 'initially a j tion to' permit the`, s as by .which subsequent lates nia-ygb I l'dff' "of anyparts.

r The inventioni of construction andiarrangem nationv of] parts.4 vherein'after particularlysetlforth'in'theap Inorder toillu'stratefthefi ve ence :is madeto thefaccomp'a'ny' g in Whichz-l- Figure 1 is vva vfront view Iofth'eframemi nus the sash, *showingfthelefthand-cover? plate slightly removed;v and show-ing, the V'po- L sition of thethree adjustingscrewsFig. 3 is a-,f lsection'on line B B of-Fig. 1; *Figi Lasa Sec-` ehfflli` i Zonta] section showing a mullion between-.y the frames,V this last view showing thefconisa section on line A A ofFig. 1; 'Fi

tion on line C C of Fig. 3;. Fig-.5 is" struction when two" or three windows-*are the adjusting screw.

Referring by reference characters ,to these drawings,v the main frame isshown as consisting of -a top member'or box 2, a bottom corners;

The reargedges 4a@ lmembers may be connected bythe strength# ening webs or bars., When the'windows r are shipped .from-f -theffactoryj the cover atesA are not inl'place, as theyarcj highly Fig'. 6 'isadetail'view of.

Patented Aug. 29,` 1911. serial No.- 615,319.

and the building construction advanced to such a stage as to. preclude theliability of injury Vofthe lin# j-ished'surfaces. When the cover plates are and useful Improvements in Fireproof Win- 5 Lwhich the following is PrQYde e" con? 7";

`! the heads are slotted as indicated ata to enable j flanges 4b, portions 6b lfndowcon'struction of an application'- for Let- I claim is: l

applied, their flanges 6al lit-v within the flanges and are guid ed or positioned by the and the bottoms of the channeled abut against the adjustable stops 7, of which preferably siX are'used on each side arranged as shown most clearly in Figs. Zand 3.' These stops are preferably made in the form of screws having reduced heads which .lie"in openings iiithe bottom o f channels of thecover plates and which errrtofbe turned by al screw driver or like l to secure proper adjustment. The hreagdedfportion 7? of the screws Aengage are preferably sejcured `therear face of the frame members by VAfter the stops 7 have hold the cover plates in noperypositionfto secure accurate fit and asy movement ofthe sash, the cover plates arel held in proper position by the retaining screws 9a, the heads of which are counter? sunk intoY the coverV plates and the Shanks o f openings inl thewliich are threaded into socketpiecesfalongside Ythe ofthe building should cause binding of the' Proper adjustment may be made without removal of any parts by simply loosening the retaining screws 9a 'and adjustinglthe stops 7 in -or out to the .proper may be tightenedup again;r

l The construction vabove described is ap licableto double windows,V as illustrated in ig.'5, .in which are shown two side frames 4 placedback to back and secured together by 4the overlappingjmolding strips 10 secured in place b v means such as screws 11.

lIt is obvious that the improvements above ldescribed vare applicable to windows in which the sashes are lof the weighted'type, or

mathe inferior threads .0f the memuicf f isoeket' pieces `flf'hchA or ears 8a on adjustablestops. Y `If','at a-nyftimeafter assembling, the settling amount, .after which' the retaining screws,

vto those linvvhich the upper and'lower sashes.

arearranged to-'balance each other.

Having thus described my invention what 1. In metallic window construction, 'thev and removable cover4 plate, of socket mein bers carried by said side frame member,

lstop screws carried by said socket members intervening space and bearing against the Copies ot this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the. Washington, D. C.

front and rear Walls thereof., stop screws adjustably held by said socket members, ,and a. cover plate with means Afor clamping it against said stop screws, said cover plate having side anges slidingly engaging the forwardly projecting flanges of the side member. l

In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND I-I. LUNKEN.

Witnesses:

I-I. W. STANNARD, GEO. H. REDBELL.

Commissioner of Patents,

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