US1540991A - Gauge - Google Patents

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June 9, 1925.

F. A. HOLMGREN GAUGE Filed sept. 24, 1925 'Pla Cil

Patented June 9, 1925, l

N NUNITED sTATEs PATENT oFElcE.

FRANK A. HOLMGREN', or MINNEAPOLIS, MiNNEsoTA.'

GAUGE.

Application filed September 24, 1923.

- new and useful lmprovements in Gauges, et

which the following` is a specification.

rlhis inventionrelates to builders tools and the main object is to provide an extremcl y simple, practical and efficient gauge for marking window frames` and sashes upon which are to be secured storm or screen sash hangers. Further and more specific objects will be disclosed in the course o following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the gauge.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the upper right hand corner of a window frame and screen sash, showing a type of hanger whose correct position may be determined by my improved gauge.

Fig. 3 shows the method of applying the gauge when marking a window frame.

Fig. l shows the method of applying the gauge when marking a storm or screen sash.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line in Fig. Il, showing a modification of the gauge.

Pi'lferring to the drawing more particularly and by reference characters, A designates a window frame in which is to be hung a storm or screen sash B. A common type of hanger for this purpose is shown in Fig. 2 and consists of a butt C, secured on the frame A. and a hooking plateD, secured on the sash B, although any type offhanger which is secured by screws or nails may be properly located with the gauge.

lfleretofore it has been customary to secure the hanger parts C and D by first iitting the window, putting it in place in the frame, and then by holding the parts C and D together and in their proper places while the screws E are started and screwed home. This method, however, is not only inaccurate but also requires the use of a ladder upon the outside of the building, making the work slow, and, considering the high scale of carpenters wages, also expensive.

To minimize and reduce the time required for putting on these fixtures and in order to insure an accurate placing thereof, I provide a gauge consisting of a sheet metallic plate t3 having perforations 7 and 8, corf the Serial No. 664,591.

responding, respectively, to the screw holes of the butt C and the hooking plate D. At the side ofthe pla-te' 6, and about midway between its ends. is a pair of depending tongues S) having lateral projections l0, said tongues lying in a common planeand eX- tending at right angles from the plate (i.

The use and operationof the gauge may be brieliy described as follows:

Then marking the frame A the gauge is Vplaced in the position indicated in Fig. 8,

vwith the tongues t) against the under edge of l the top bar of the frame, and with one of the projections l() touching the inner side of the adjacent vertical or upright of the frame. A scratch awl, pencil or other suitable marking device is then inserted in the holes i', to mark the screw holes on the frame. The butt C can then be accurately screwed into place without further trouble. The sash B is then properly marked for the screws E of the plate D, as indicated in Fig.

il, the opposite 'end of the gaugebeing used.

It will be noted however, that the outer edge of the guiding tongue 9 (and not the integral extension l0) is brought flush with the outer edge of the sash, which can easily be done with the aid of the linger, as shown, and, after the sash has been marked through the holes or perforations S, the plate D can then be secured so that it will properly con neet with the butt' C when the sash is hung into place. It will be noted that the thickness of the tongues S) serve to properly space the perforations 7 from the perforations 8 so that a slight clearance will result at the upper end of the sash and the projections 1t), similarly serve to Aclear the sides of the sash from the frame.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the perforationsT and S in the plate 6 are substituted by short teats ll, punched down from the plate, wood, when tapped with` a hammer, so that no other scratching or marking device need be used.

lt is understood. that suitable moditications may be made in the invention as herein 1. A plate having indicating `means yat portion which will directly mark thev its ends eorrespondingiin relative position used 'in marking' the outer surfaces of :t to the screws of af Window hangen. and Window sash and tranne, and a pair of 10 transversely arranged guiding devices eX, tongues extending` perpendieularly from the tending perpendicularly from one face of laee of the plante, and lnwing` lateral projec- 5 the plate, and laterally Varranged projections tions at their kouter ends.`

extending' out from said 'guiding devices. In testimony whereof I unix my signature, 2. A gauge of the character described conl v sistingj of a perforated plate adapted to be y A y FRANK A. HOLMGREN.

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