US1459668A - Window - Google Patents

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S. U. BARR WINDOW Flled June 5 1920 52 fa f/ L my June 1 9, 1923.

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SIDNEY U. BARR, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Application led June 3, 1920. Serial No. 386,309.

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Be it known `t at l, SIDNEY U. BARR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the cit of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in t e county' of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Window, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved window arranged to permit of easily and conveniently moving the sashes up and down and to render the window airfand water tight at the time the sashes are in closed and locked position and without the use of packing strips or the like.

Another object is to provide exceedingly strong and durable sash frames which can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically .pointed out A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, in which similar characters of reerenCeindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an inner face view of the improved winddw in position in the window 'opening of the wall of a building, the sash 'being in closed position 'and parts being shown broken out and parts in section;

Figure 2 's an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a similar view of the same with the lower and upper sashes in open position; Figure 4 is a similar view of the meeting rails of the lower and upper sas'hes in meeting position prior tov drawing the meeting rails together when locking the sashes;

y Figure 5 is a lan view of one of the u per corners. of t e window with one of t e pulleys and its housing removed and the weight box and the wall of the building shown in section;

Figuref is an enlarged sectional lan y view ofthe window on the line 6-6 of igure 2; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the reinforcing and connecting knees or brackets connecting the upper ends of the Stiles with the corresponding rail of a sash frame and to which knees the ends. Of the sash chains are attached,V

dow pane 25 and a metallic sash frame y formed of a meeting rail 26, stiles 27 and a top rail- 28. The several rails and stiles of the lower and upper sashes 10 and 11 are preferably made of channel iron to combine li htness with strength. The rails and Stiles o each'sash are fastened together at the corners by brazing or welding and in addition the upper corners of each sash are reinforced by angular knees ,or brackets 30 fitting yinto the channels of the channel iron fastened thereto by screws, rivets or other fastening devices 31 (see Figure 5). Each of the knees 30 is provided with a sidewise extending flange 32 toy which the corresponding suspension chains 35 or 36 for the lower and upper sashes 10 and 11 are secured. rllhe sash frame for the lower sash 10 is provided at its rails and stiles with integral flanges 40 forming an abutment for the outer marginal face of the window pane 20 held in place at lthe marginal inner face by retaining strips 41 of angle iron fastened in place on the rails and stiles by screws 42 or other similar fastening devices. 1t is understood that the flanges 40 yand the retaining strips 41 are spaced apart to accommodate the margin of the window pane 20 and the usual packing or cushion 43. It is understood that the retaining strips 41 can be readily removed for conveniently replacing a broken window pane 20 by a new one. The meeting rail 23 of the lower sash 10 is ro- 'vided with a filling piece 44 of channel iron placed upside. down in the channel of the meeting rail 23 so as to close said channel of the lmeeting rail to provide a solid top for the meeting rail. The sash frame of the upper sash 11 is similarly constructed, that is, its rails and Stiles are provided with integral retainin fianges `45 and retaining strips 46 removab y attached to the rails and stiles by screws 47 or other fastening devices. The retaining strips 46 for the stiles 27 and the top rail 28 are made of an'gle iron while the retaining strip 46 for the meeting rail 26 is preferably made of channeliron removably fastened in place by its screws 47. It will be noticed that the retaining stri 46 for the meeting rail 26 of the upper sas 11 provides a solid top for this meeting rail -and which is flush with the filling piece 44 (see Figure 2), at the time the sashes are closed, to form a support for a locking and drawing device 50 attached to the meeting rails 23,' 26 and which drawing and locking device comprises a fixed member 51 secured to the meeting rail 23 and having a movable member 52 adapted to engage a fixed member 53 secured to the retaining strip 4610i1 the meeting rail 26 of the upper sash 11. Themeeting rails 23 and 26 are provided with integral hookshaped interlocking members 55, 56 adapted to engage one the other on swinging the sashes 10 and 11 into closing position (see Figure 4) and moving out of engagement on locking the closed sa'shes together by the drawing and locking device 50, as shown in Figure 2.

The window frame 12 is made of metal and comprises a sill 60, side bars or jambs 61 and atop crossbar 62, and the Iframe 12 is provided) with inner stop beads 65 at the sides and a top stop bead 66, the said stop beads 65 and 66 being removably fastened in place by screws'or other suitable fastening devices 67, 68 4(see Figures 2 and 6).. The Window frame is further provided with outer stop beads 70,71 of which the side stop beads 70 form integral parts of the side bars or jambs 61 (see Figurev 6) and the top stop bead71 forms an integral part of the top crossbar 62, as shown in Figure 2. The outer stop beads 70 and 71 also form the scribe moldings for the window frame. Side parting strips 75-are set in recees 76 formed in the side bars or jambsf61 and are fastened thereto by screws 7 or other fastening devices and a top parting strip 78 is set in, a recess 7 9 formed in the top crossbar 62, and the said parting strip 7 8 is fastened in place by screws'80 or similar fastening de.-

vices (see Figure 2). It is understood that the stop beads and parting strips form guideways for the sashes 10 and 11 to slide in.`

The sill of the window frame 12 is shaped to correspond to the sill of the window opening, as will be readily understood by reference to Figures 2 and 3, and the said sill is providedwith an integral raised joint member 85 adapted to be straddled by the front and back arms ofthe bottom rail 21 of the lower sash 10 at the time the latter is moved downward into a closed position (see Figure 2). In order, to form a tight joint between the stiles 22 and the parting strips 75 and `between the front member of the bottom rail 21 and the sill joint member 85, the following arrangement is made: The lower ends of the inner stop members are pro- 'Yided with integral wedges 86 adapted to be engaged by the'stiles 22 on moving the lower member` 85. It is understood that the lower sash 10 is suspended by its chain 35 in an inward positionat the time the sashes open,

that is, with the stiles 22 in contact with the inner stop beads 65, but when the sash is moved downward into closed position the wedges 86 push the sash outward for making the facejoints above mentioned. The upper sash 11 when in open position hangs downward with its stiles 27 in contact with the outer stop beads 7 0, but when the upper sash 11 is moved into closed position then an inward movement is given to the sash by the Stiles 27 thereof moving into engagement with wedges 87 formed on the upper ends of the outer stop beads (see Figures 2 and 3). By this inward movement of the upper sash l1 its Stiles 27 are moved in face contact with the parting strips 75, and the front member of its upper rail 28 moves into face contact with the top parting strip 78. Now when the locking device 50 is manipulated to lock the meeting rails 23 and 26 together, as above explained, then this device'coacts with the wedges 86 and 87 to render the sashes air and water tight when in closed position. It is understood that Awhen the drawing and locking device .50` draws the meeting rails 23, 26 together they make firm contacts at their adjacent faces, as will be readily understoodoby reference to Figure' 2. n

The suspension chains 35, 36 pass overthe usual grooved pulleys 90, 91 journaled in housings 92, 93 removably attached to the top crossbar 62 of the window frame in the manner more fully shown and described in an ap lication for Letters Patent for a window, erial No. 386,615 filed under even date herewith, so that further description of the same is not deemed necessary. The louter ends of the chains 35 and 36 support the usual counterbalancing weights 100, 101 extending witllin the weight box 102 and separated from each other by a partition 103. 'Access to the weight boxes is had by removable lsections 110 of the side bars 61 of the window frame.

The stiles 22 are' provided with sash binders 115 mounted to swing and having cam members 116 adapted to pass between the Stiles and the inner stop beads 65 to lock the lower sash 10 in place when in open position to prevent lowerin or raising'rof the sash from the outside. he bottom rail 21 of the lower sash 10 is providd with a suitable handle 120 to permit the user to conveniently move the lower sash 10 into open or closed position. The to crssbar 62 of the window frame is provlded with front nov and rear flanges 125, 126, of which the rear ange is provided with upwardly extendingll arms 127 enga ed by bolts 128 for fastening the arms to t e wall 14 (see Figure 3) to hold the window frame vinplace in the window openin l Hav'ng tins described my invention, I claim :is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent v 1. In a window, a window frame and a lower sash, thevwindow frame having a sill provided with a raised member, the said frame havin stop beads and parting Strips formin gui eways for the Sash to Slide in, the sai stop beads being provided with inclines, the said sash having Stiles and a bottom rail of inverted channel shape adapted to straddle the said raised member, the Stiles being ada ted to engage the said inclines to press t e bottom rail into engagement with the raised member and to press the Stiles against the parting Strips to `form a tight joint between the said contacting parts. l

2. In a window, a window frame and a sash, the window frame having stop beads and parting strips forming guideways for the Said sash to slide in, the stop beads having wedges and the said sash having stiles and rails, of which the Stiles are adapted to engage the said wedges to press the Stiles against the parting strip and thereby form face joints between the Stiles and parting strips.

3. A window, comprising a window'frame and lower and upper sashes, the window frame having inner and outer Stop beads and parting stripsforming guideways for the sashes to slide in, the stop beads being provided with wedges, the window frame having ya sill provided with a raised member, the sashes having StilesL and rails, of which the lower ends of the Stiles of the lower Sash are adapted to engage thewedges at the lower ends of the inner stop beadsto pressthe Stiles against the] parting strips and the bottom rail against the said raised member, and the upper ends of the Stiles of the upper sash are adapted to engage the wedges on the outer -Stop beads to press the Stiles.

against the parting strips, anda drawing and locking device on the meeting rails of the said sashes to draw the meeting rails in free Contact with each other at the time the sashes are in closed position, the Said drawin and locking device coacting with the said wedges to move the sti'es into face contacts with the parting strips.

4. rt-window'. comprising a metallic window frame and 'low-er and upper sashes hav-v ing s'tilesf-fand rails, the window framehaving inner-and outer' stop beads and side and top parting Strips forming gui-deways for the said'fsash Stiles to' slide in, the

inner stop beads having/'Wedges at their lower ends' andthe outer stop beads having wedges at their upper ends, the said window frame having a sill provided with an integral yraised joint member, the Stiles of the lower sash being adapted to engage the wedges on the inner Stop bead and the Stiles of the upper saslibeing adapted to engage the wedges' on the outer stop bead, and a drawing and locking device engaging the meeting railsfof the-said loweriand upper sashes` the said drawing and locking device and the said wedges on closing and locking the sashes coacting `to form tight joints between the Stiles of the sashes with the side parting Strips, to torni a tight joint between the bottom rail ot the lower sash with the said raised joint member,-to form a tight joint between the top rail of the upper sash and the top parting strip and to forni a tight joint between' the meeting rails.

5. A window, comprising a metallic window frame and lower and upper sashes having metallic Stiles and rails, the window frame having inner and outer stop beads and side and top parting stri s forming guideways for the said sash sti es to slide in, thel inner Stop beads having wedges at theirlower ends and the outerstop beads having wedges at their upper ends, the said window frame having'a sill provided with an integral raised joint member, the Stiles of the lower Sash being adapted to engage the V,wedges on the inner stop beads and the Stiles of the upper sash being adapted `to engage the wedges on the outer stop bead, a drawing and locking device engaging thev meeting rails of the said lower and vupper sashes, the Said drawing and4 lookin device and the said wedges on closing an locking thev sashes 'reacting to form tight joints between -the Stiles ot the sashes with theside parting strips, to form a tight joint between the bottom rail o't the lower sash with the Said 'raised oint member. to form a tight joint between the topli'ail ot' the upper sash ,and the'topvpaitingfstrip and `tofforin la vtight joint between lthe .meetingr rails, asiispension'devicefor thesaid lower Sash to h'old'rtheI latter inward with fits Stilesl invengagement with the inner stop beads and out of engagement with the 'j'iz'irtiiig strips at the time the lower sash is open. and al Suspension device for the said upper sash to hold the latter outward with its Stiles in engagement with the outer Stop beads and out of engagement with the parting Strips at the time the upper sash is open.

6. A window, comprising a metallic window frame and lower and upper sashes having metallic Stiles and rails, the window frame having inner and outer/sto beads and side and.- top parting S'tripef oiiming guideways for the Said sash stilesto vslide in,.y the inner stop beads having wedges at their lower ends and the outer sto beads having wedges vat their upper ends, he Said window frame having a sill provided with an integral raised joint member, the stilesl of the lower sash being adiapted to engage the wedges on the inner stop bead and the stiles of thev upper 4sash being adapted to engage the wedges on the outer lstop bead, the meeting rails of the said upper and lower sashes having integral hook-shaped interlocking members adapted to engage one the other on moving the sashes into closed position and vprior to locking the same, 4and a drawing and locking device engaging the meeting rails of the said lower and upper sashes, the said drawing and locking device and the said wedges on closing and locking the sashes coacting to form tight joints between the Stiles of the sashes with the side parting strips, to form a tight joint between the bottom rail of the lower sash with the said raised joint member, to form a tight joint between the ytop rail of the upper sash and the top parting strip and to form a tight jointl between the meeting rails, at the same time moving the said interlocking members of the meeting rails out of engagement with each other.

7. In a window, a window frame and a lower sash, the window frame having a sill provided with a raised portion. said sill ing depressed from the top of said raised portion further on the outside than on the j inside, said raised portion being tapered on the outer side, said Jframe having an inverted substantially 'U shaped bottom rail positioned to straddle said raised'member and adapted' to have one of its legs striking the inside part of saidsill without the other leg coming in contact with the outside part of said sill, said last mentioned legA forming a tight joint with the beveled side of said raised portion, and at the same time providing a water ldrip on the sash.

8. In a window, a window-frame provided at the bottom with a raised joint, a lower sash mounted to slide up and down saidy window-frame, said lower sash having Ian inverted substantially U-shaped bottom rail, the legs of which are tapered inwardly ad- 'aoent their edges, said' raised joint having a eveled side and asubstantially straight side,

said U-shaped bottom rail straddling said' raised joint when said sash occupies its lowermost position, and said tapering ends of said rail pinching both sides of said raised joint by reason of the tapering of therespective ends, thereb forming a tight joint between the said rai and said raised joint. 9; A window comprising a window-frame provided with a pair of guide-ways at each side thereof and grooves at the top between said guide-ways, suspended sashes sliding in said guide-ways, the upper rail of one of said sashes when closed fitting in one of said grooves, an integral raised joint at the bottom of said Iframe for the lower end of the other sash, the lower ends of the inner walls of the inner guide-ways and the upper ends of th'e outer walls of the outer guide-Ways' being wedge-shaped and directed toward their respective opposite walls whereby to cause the lower end of the lower sash to move against the inner fade of said raised J joint, and the upper end of the other sash to move against the outer face of the Wall separating sai-d upper grooves, thereby forming a tight joint at the bottom and at the top of 'the frameI when` said sashes are closed'.

10. A window comprising a windowframe provided with a pair of guide-ways at each side thereof and grooves between' said guide-ways at the top said frame at the bottom being formed with a raised joint etending from one side to the other and in line with the inner guide-ways, an upper and a lower sash sliding in said guide-ways, the lower ends of the inner walls of the inner guide-ways being wedge-shaped to force the lower end of the lower sash "against said raised joint, the outer wall of the outer guideways at the top being wedge-shaped to force theupper end of the upper sash toward the opposite wall of the groove, and means at the lower end of the upper sash and at the upper end of the lower sash for drawing said ends toward each other when said sashes are closed, thereby forming a tight joint between said sashes and said windowframe and between the lower sash and the upper sash.

' SIDNEY U. BARR.

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