US1641044A - Window portal - Google Patents

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, P. .1. MURPHY WINDOW PORTAL FilQd May 21 1926 WITNESSES lNVENTOR Peier Jr-Murphy ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 30,1927.

. UNITED STATES PATENT PETER .1. MURPHY, or NEW YORIQIN. Y.

WINDOW PORTAL,

Application filed May 21, 1926. Serial No. 110,727.

"tal or window.

A further object isto provide a device of this character which may be inserted in an opening formed in a pane of glass, or in an opening in any other suitable material, and which requires no nails, screws, bolts or other-securing means but is so constructed as to maintain itself in position when once forced into engagement with the walls of an opening.

. A' further object is to provide a device of this character which may be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price, which will be ornamental and attractivein appearanc'e, and which will be of great utility. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in elevation, taken from the inside or inner face of the window and portal;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view in elevation, showing the portal open;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view, showing the portal holding ring in position on a pane of glass;

. Figure 4 is a perspective view of the complete ring; Figure 5 is an enlarged view in section, on the line 55 of Figure 1.

1 represents a pane of glass which may constitute, as above stated, a windshield, a

window at the side of an automobile or a portion of a ticket selling booth. In this window I provide a circular opening 2 for the reception of my improved device, which constitutes two main parts, namely, a ring 3 and a portal 4. The portal 4 may constitute the piece of glass which has been cut from the window 1, slightly reduced in diameter, or it may be a separate part 'per-.

m'anently connected to the ring 3 and sold as an entirety. I

The ring 3 is of rubber or other analogous material having in its outer face an annular groove 8 ,to receive the edge of the glass 1 .most clearly in Figures 1, 2 and 5.

and firmly grip the same. This groove may be of any desired depth but it is of course to beunderstood that the material employed must be such as to enable the ring to be manipulated and engagethe glass 1 with such firmness and fixity as to make the joint,

weathertight and securely couple the parts together.

The portal 4, as above explained, preferably constitutes a piece of glass or other transparent material and fits within the ring 3, the latter being provided with an an nular flange 5 which limits the inward movement of the portal and insures a perfectly tight joint between the portal and the ring when the portal is closed.

The portal and the ring are connected by my improved hinge construction, illustrated This hinge construction comprises two leaves 6 and 7. The leaf 6 is secured to the ring 3, preferably by rivets 8 and 9, and is located within a recess 10 in the ring 8 so as to preferably lie flush with the inner face of the ring. This leaf 6 has a sleeve 11 fixed thereon intermediate of its ends and at its forward edge.

The other leaf- 7 which is secured to the portal 4, preferably by rivets 12, has a pair of sleeves 13 and 14 spaced apart and located thereto by a hinge pin 15. The sleeve 13, which is above the sleeve 11, is formed with a bevel tooth 16 which is adapted to ride over the upper end17 of sleeve 11 and fall behind a shoulder 18 on said sleeve when the portal is openedso as to prevent ,accidental return or closing movement of the portal.

A spring 19 connects the two leaves of the,

hinge and tends to move the portal to closed position. This spring may constitute a coil located around. the hinge pin 15 between the portal in open position. When it is desired to close the ortal it is necessary to elevate the same su ciently to disengage the tooth in alinement with the sleeve 11 and connected 16 from the shoulder 18, when the spring 19 y will return the portal to its closed position.

l would call particular attention to the fact that I provide slits 22 which are located in a rubber ring above and below the hinge so as to provide a tongue or lip 21 which is bendable but which is alweys in position in front of the springand hinge parts so as to protect the spring and the hinge from the Weather.

While I have illustrated What I believe to he a pre'l'errcd embodiment of my invention it is obvious that various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without depart ing from the invention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth annie but consider myself at liberty to maize such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spiritand scope of the appended claim.

1 claim:

A device of the character described, COI11 prising a grooved flexible ring adapted to engage the Wall of an opening, said ring have I ing an internal annular flange at one edge, a portal, a spring hinge one leafotf which is secured to the ring and the other to the portal, with the pintle of the hinge and the spring located adjacent one edge oil the portal and in a recess of the ring, and a flexible tongue on the ring extending across sald recess and over a portion of the portal.

PETER J. M'URPlt Y.

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