US1669320A - Window - Google Patents

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WINDOW P. A. BEYER- Filed July 18. 1927 May 8, 1928.

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UNITED'STATES 1,669,320 PATENT OFFICE. J

PAUL ALFRED BEYER, DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

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Application filed July 18,

The invention primarily has for its object to provide certain new and useful improvements in window construction wherein the sashes are individually slidable in the usual I manner and in which means is provided to permit the sashes to swing inwardly from one edge to render the outside thereof readily. accessible for cleaning purposes,-or for glazing and painting.

The invention further resides in the pro vision of novel. hinge devices at one side of the window casing and novel removable sash guide and parting strip members which cooperate in properly guiding the sashes in ordinary use-or for permitting the inward hinge movement thereof when desired, and means to move said guides and strip.

A further object of the inventionis to provide guides for the sashes which will not be efiected by damp weather to cause the sashes tostick, other means to provide for tight fitting of the sashes and against water leakage, and still further means to hold the sashes to position without the use of weights and cords. I

The invention still further resides in the novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, allof which will be first fully described, then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to-the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention.

Figures 2 and 3' are horizontal cross sections taken on the line 2-2 and 3-3 respectively on Figure 1.

Figure 4: is a vertical cross section taken on the line 14= on Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical. cross section taken on the line 55 on Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary face view illustrating the action of one of the hinged hinge keepers. p

In the drawings. in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 indicates thewindow casing sides, 2 the casing sill and 3 the top cross member thereof.

One casing side (the left side in this disclosure) is provided with guide beads 4t and a separator strip 5 which cooperate to form two parallel and adjacent window guide grooves, the grooveways are preferably lined 6 with metal as at 6 to reduce to themini- 1927. Serial no, 206,841.

mum possibility of the. sashes sticking in damp weather. 7 i w 7 .At the other side of the casing and at the upper half thereof similar guide beads 7 are provided and cooperate with'the separator strip 8 toprovide the sash grooves, the said grooves also being metal lined as at 9 for the purposes hereinbefore'med tioned, p v. V The usual upper and lower window sashes are indicated at lO and llrespectively and it is to be understood that they slide ver t-ically in the grooveways hereinbefore de-. scribed and in lower'continuations of the right hand grooveways, which said extensions are constructed in a peculiar manner as will hereinafter become apparent.

To provide for a tight fitting of the lower sash. edge and to guard against water leakage, a rubber bumper strip 12 may be mounted upon the sill in position for being engaged by the sash when lowered and the outside edge of the sill may be provided with an upstanding flange toythe rear of which may be provided a drain groove 14; from which any water collected therein may be drainedthroughcthe holes 15 extending from the said groove through the'front face of the sill. Each of the sashes 10 and 11 is provided at the left hand edge with an upperanda lower hinge pintle 16 and 17 respectively, which are secured as at 18 to the said sashes. The pintles 16 and 17 are adapted tocooperate with upper and lower keepers19,

secured as at 20 to the adjacent head in the 1 case of the lower sash, and to the adjacent the hinged portions of the keepers. The

said hinged portions are hinged off bal ance so that they will always tend to fall to the .normal horizontal position and both sets of keepers aresuitablyv aperturedto reseparator strip in the caseof the upper window casing in a manner later to be del ceive the hinge pintles 16-17 when the sashes are lowered into position.

It is necessary to hinge the upper keepers to permit the lower hinge pintles 17 to pass them when the sashes are raised and to re move the hinge portions of the keepers iron] contacting relation with the upwardly moving lower hinge pintles each sash is provided at its lower left hand corner with a cam strip 23 which will engage the hinged keeper portions and raise them to a substantially vertical position out of engagement with the hinge pintles. It will be observed by reference to Figure 6 of the drawings tl at the cam strip is long enough to permit raising of the sashes so that the lower hinge pintles may be raise-d'a considerable distance above the upperkeepers. This is particularly essential in the case of the lower sash, so that the said sash may be elevated so that its lower edge will be high enough to permit the upper sash, when lowered to the outwardly hinging position. to be swung outwardly beneath the said sash. Thus the upper sash may be swung outwardly on its hinge connections independently of the upper sash or both sashes be lowered and swung outwardly on their hinge connections at the same time, if desired.

To form proper continuations of the right hand sash grooves and at the same time to provide for the proper freeing of the right hand sash edges to permit outward swinging of the sashes on their hinge connections, the outer bead cooperative in forming the upper grooveway for the outer sash is continued down to the sill and cooperates with the thin fiat metal strip 24 in forming a continuation of the grooveway which accommodates the said upper sash. Other thin flat guide strips 25 and 26 are provided and are so positioned that they cooperate in forming a continuation of the upper guideway for the lower sash and a suitable recess 27 is provided to receive the strip 26 when collapsed in a man ner later to be described.

Each of the strips 24, 25 and 26 is provided at its lower end with a. shaft extension 28 extending into a recess 29 formed in the sill and covered by a removable strip 30.

Gears 31 are fixed upon the shaft extensions of the strips 24 and 25 and another gear 32 is secured upon the shaft extension of the strip 26 and toothed bars 33 and 34- are provided, the former being adapted to act on both gears 81 and the latter to act on the single gear 33. Thus, by pulling outwardly on the bar 33 both strips 24 and 25 will be moved from the sash groove forming position or normal position to the collapsed position relatively flat against the casing side to "tree the right hand edges of the sashes and permit them to swing outwardly on their hinge connections 16, 17 and 19. Similar movement of the strip 26 may be effected neeaaao by an outward movement of the toothed bar 34.

The bars 33 and 34 pass through the inside edge of the sill and are provided with handles Eli: by which they may be conveniently actuated.

In the upper sash receiving grooveways flat springs 36 may be secured to engage the edges of the window sashes and secure them to elevated positions without the necessity of using more or less expensive sash weights pulley and cord equipment which are constantly getting out of order.

In the constructions I have herein described it is possible to raise and lower the window sashes in the same manner and as conveniently as is possible in the conventional form of window construction. then, however, it is desired to wash the windows, or to perform other tasks usually requiring one to climb out of the window to get at the outer faces of the sashes, it is only necessary to lower the sashes'so that the pintles 1G and 17 will move into the apertures of the keepers 19 and to pull outwardly on the bars 33 and 3%. The strips 2%, 25 and 26 will thus be moved out of normal groove forming position to their collapsed position flat against the right hand casing side and will free the righthand edges of the sashes and permit them to be swung outwardly on their hinging connections.

If it is desired to swing the lower sash on y it is only necessary to release the innermost strip 26. It will also be observed that the said innermost strip 26 operates independently while the other two strips 24 and operate in unison. Thus it is unnecessary to move the strips 2% and 25 unless the upper sash is to be swung outwardly and when the upper sash is to be swung outwardly the said strips may be moved in one operation.

It is also possible to swing the upper sash outwardly without so treating the lower sash. In this case, the lower sash will be raised so that its cam plate 23 will raise the hinge portion of the upper keeper in the manner illustrated in Figure (3 of the drawing and so that the lower edge of the sash will be slightly above the upper edge of the upper sash when lowered onto the sill. The lowering of the upper sash of course, brings its hinge pintles into hinge forming cooperation with the keepers so that when the strips 2 1, 25 and 26 (all have to be actuated in this case) are actuated the said sash may he swung outwardly on its hinged connection.

lVhen the sashes are moved upwardly their cam. plates 23 serve to hold the hinge portion of the keepers upwardly against any tendency to fall down beneath the hinge pintles and prevent lowering of the sashes.

rom the foregoingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it is thought that the novel details of conwindow, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movable sections, and

gear and toothed bar devices to move the movable guide sections.

2. The combination with the windowframe and the vertically'slidable' sashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, sepa-'- I rable hinge elements carried in part by the fill frame and by, the sashes at one side of the window, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movable sections, and means to move one movable guide section individually and other of said guide sections collectively. I

3. The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidable sashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, separable hinge elements carried in part by the frame and by the sashes at one side of the window, the guides at the opposite sideof the window having movable sectrons, each said movable sectlon having a shaft extension, a gear fixed on eachshaft, and longitudinally movable rack bars to engage and rotate the gears to move the movable guide sections for the purposes specified.

4;. The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidable sashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, separable hinge elements carried in part by the frame and by the sashes at one side of the window, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movable seclions, each said movable section having a shaft extension, a gear fixed on each shaft.

and longitudinally movable rack bars to engage and rotate the gears to move the movable guide sections, and said frame having a recess into which the shaft extensions project and in which said rack bars are movable and slots through which said bars project to be accessible for manipulation, and a removable cover plate to cover said recess.

5. In a window structure of thecharacter stated wherein is provided the casing including a sill and sash grooves, and vertically slidable sashes; a rubber bumper strip secured upon the sill beneath the sashes for the purpose described.

6. In a window structure of the character stated wherein is provided the casing includinga sill and sash grooves, and vertically slidable sashes; an upstanding flange at the weather face of the sill, said sill having a water collecting groove behind the flange'a'nd water discharging holes leading fromthe groove through the weather face of the said sill. i

7. The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidable sashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, separable hinge elements carried in f part by the frame and by the sashes atone side of the window, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movable sections, and means to move the movableguide prising upper and lower hln'ge-pintles can tured keepers carried'by thewindow frame in position to receive the ,pintles when the sections said so arable hin e elements comried by each sash, and upper and lower aperf sashes are lowered, said upper keepers having hinged portions to permit certain of the hinge pintles to pass when the sashes are raised, and means to hold the hinged keeper portions raised until the passed hinge pintles again pass on their down travel and then permit them to fall by gravity to their normal positions, said hinged keeper portions being hinged off balance to cause them to tend to fall back to their normal positions when raised; V

8. The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidablesashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, separable hinge elements carried in part by the frame and by the sashes atone side of the window, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movable sections, and gear and toothed bar devices to i move the movable guide sections, said mov-- able sections being in the nature of flat metal strips. Y

9. "The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidable sashes,

guides for the sashes at each side of the part bythe frame and by the sashes at one" side of the window, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movable sections, and gear and'toothed bar devices to move the movable guide sections,said movable sections being in the nature of flat metal strips, and said guides being metal iined for the purpose specified. 10. In a window structure of the character stated wherein is provided the casing ineluding a sill and sash grooves, and vertically slidable sashes; an upstanding flange at the weather face of the sill, said sill having a water collecting groove behindthe flange and water discharging holes leading from the groove through the weather face of )OSQS described.

PAUL ALFRED BEYER.

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