US1928262A - Window sash securing construction - Google Patents

Description

Sept. 26; 1933. J, A YBERG C 1,928,262

WINDOW SASH SECURING CONSTRUCTION Filed April 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG 4 JOHN ANYBERG Sept. 26, 1933. J. A. NYBERG WINDOW SASH SECURING CONSTRUCTION Filed April 23, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JOHN A.NYBERG Patented Sept. 26, 1933 UNITED] sT r s 1,928,262" I WINDOW SASH SECURING consume-non John A. Nyberg, Jamestown, N.-Y.

7 Application April 23, 1932. Serial No. 807,139

'1 Claims (01. 292-78) This invention relates to a window construction andv an important object is to provide means whereby the sashes, screens or frames used may be mounted and held in place airtight without the use of ropes, pulleys, weights or similar accessories. I

Another object is to provide a construction which will overcome the possibility of looseness or rattling of sashes in the window frame due to expansion or contraction of the sashes or frame.

A further object is to provide a novel construction of securing means adapted to be carried by the sashes and have displaceable means to coact with guides in the frameso as to mount the sashes, and in combination with spring means furnishing the necessary friction for holding the parts at different adjustments.

Another object is to provide a novel latching means for securing the sashes in place, which is operable by a screw driver or other tool to move the same to an inoperative position when a sash is to be removed. a

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings, illustrating an operative embodiment. V

In said drawings:-

Figure l is a perspective view of a window con-- struction carrying out theinvention, parts being broken away for clearness;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the angleirons employed with the holder devices;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a holder device; V

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a holder device and associated angle iron;

Figure 5 is a rear view of a window holder;

Figure 6 is a perspective view, partlybroken away, of the lower sash; V I

Figure 7 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken through the window frame and sashes and Figure 8 is an end view of a window frame with the sashes held at an angle for washing or removal from the inside.

Referringspecificallyto the drawings, 10designates a window frame, for example, of the composite wood and metal type which has vertically slidable double hung lower and upper window sashes 11 and 12 and a full length storm window sash 13, which latter may, if desired, bereplaced with a screen window or the like. The lower window sash 11 has two outwardly projecting portions or flanges on its vertical stiles as at 14 and 16, which fit intoangular or correspondingly shaped pockets 15 on frame 10 asbest shown in Figure 7. The lower end of said sash 11 has an outwardly projecting flange 1'1 fitted into an angular pocket 18 of the window frame stool 19 as shown at the right in Figure 1. The rear side edges 20 and ,21 of sash 11 also fit intopockets 22 of frame 10. The top rail of this window sash 11 has a rear downward taper at 24 which engages flush with the inclined front surface of the top window sash at 25. Portion 24 at its ends is notched out at 26 and 27 to fit corners of the frame 10 at 28.

The top and back window or screen also have side projecting members as shown, which fit into the pockets of said frame 10 in the same manner as the lower sash. In addition, the top sash 12 and back storm sash 13 have upwardly projecting members 30 and 31 which engage pocketlike stops 32 and 33in the under side of the top member 34 of frame 10.

'Because of the described construction of the sashes and frame, all necessary edges or surfaces of the sashes have intimate engagement with the window frame so that they may be held in, airtight relation against the frame to avoid drafts, rattling and thelike. by the use of the window holder constituting an'important feature of the invention. V

The novel window holder, one of which is preferably employed at each side of a window sash, is best detailed in Figures 2 to 6. Such holder consists of .a holder arm or lever 35 pivoted to one flangeof an angle plate 36 by a flat head machine screw 37 occupying a: countersunk hole 38 in said plate 36" and then screwed to a flattened portion 39 of the holder.

Angle plate 36 has four countersunk holes 40 through which wood or metal screws 41, as required, may be passed to fasten said plate 36 to the sash. An oblong boss 42 is cast on the inside of one angle or wing of plate 36 with holes or recesses 43 therein for the insertionof one or more coil springs 44 which also fit into opposite holes orrecesses 45 provided in the holder lever or arm 35, which springs impart the necessary tension required for various weights or window sashes; A largeoblong hole 46 in the upper side of the other angle or flange of angle plate 36-is provided for the purpose of allowing a latch member 47 of the holder lever 35 to swing clear of said hole 46 when the latch member 47 is turned up into the position shown in Figure 4. The window holder or lock lever 35 has one or more flat steel springs 48 held in a clip 49 by two rivets 50 at the lower end while the upper ends of such springs are fixed between a doubled over strip 51 having an angle portion provided with anotch which straddles a pin 52 fixed to the latch member to normally maintain the latch member in locked or projected position. An oval cap 53 extends from a sleeve 53' which is journaled on holder lever 35 and fixed tolatch member 47. Said cap has adiametric slot 54 'into which a loose or slidable pin 55 on strip 51 projects. A

screw-driver or othertool may be inserted in theslot 54, depressing pin 55 and moving strip 51 and spring 48, outwardly to release pin "52, whereupon by making an upward turn of the screw-driver, cap 35 is turned and latch member 4'7 is aligned with lever 35 3 and 4.

welded adjacent openings in the side stiles of the sash and the angle irons aresecured thereto, flush with the side and rear walls of the stiles by means of machine screws41'.

Also, preferably centrally, of each side or vertical stile of the'sash as in Figure 6, a hole'is provided in which a bushing, disk or the like 57 is secured. ,Such bushings enable a screw-driver as suggested at Stobe applied to the'slots 54 as previously described. V a a In the case of the rear or full length sash or screen, preferably two of the holder devices are employed at each vertical stile thereof.

It will be realized that through the use of the holder device of the present invention, when the latch members 4'7 are slightly pressed and turned into the slotsof the window frame, the spring or springs 44 have an expanding effect upon such latch members, causing them to cling to or fric tionally engage the inner walls 59 of such slots, causingthe projecting portions of the sashes to maintain airtight connection with the frame at all angular pockets or stops under all weather conditions, thus eliminating looseness or rattling of windows which occurs especially in ordinary constructions where the sashes are rope-hung. The locking devicemay be set for the proper holding tension of the sashes with respect to the frame; so that the sashes may be raised and'low ered with ease and by a few turns of thelatch members, may be removed or pulled forward at an angle for washing, especially the outside, as shown in Figure 8. I

As also shown in the latter figure, afine mesh wire cloth roll screen or the like may be carried on top of frame 10, the screen passingthrough a slot 60' in the top frame member 34, its edge being slidable in grooves in' the sidesofthe frame; so that it may be raised or lowered at will to regulate or eliminate cold air draughts when the sashes are removed from frame 10.

Obviously the sashes and their mouldings may beef wood, metal or composite and of anydesired design.

Various changes maybe resorted to provided they fall within the spirit'and scope of the invention.

'I'claim: p v v p 1. Aholder fora'win'dow sash or the like comprising a lever, a latch member movably mounted as shown in Figures v 1 1 5 ing a hollow element rigid therewith pivoting the As shown in Figure 6, where the frame of the sash is of metal, angle irons or brackets 56 am thereon to engage and disengage a window frame, and spring means urging movement of the lever and the latch member in a direction transverse to the said movement of the latch member so that the sash and latch member may jointly frictionally grip a portion of a window frame to hold the window sash immovable in a window frame.

I, 2. Aholder for a window sash or the like comprising a lever, a" window frame-engaging latch member pivotally connected thereto, spring means on the lever, and a pin-and-notch connection between the latch member and spring means to normally maintain the latch member operatively disposed at'an angle to the lever.

3. A holder for a window sash or the like comprising-a mounting member, a latch member havsame on the mounting member, a pin on the latch member, spring means having a notch engaging said pin and normally holding the latch member in operative position, said element having a slot, a pin on said spring means extending through the hollow element and into the slot beyond the base of the latter, whereby a tool disposed in the slot may engage the second mentioned pin and displace the spring means out of engagement with the first mentioned pin and thereupon be operated to turn said element and said latch member.

4. A holder for a-window sash or the like cornprising a lever, a latch member pivoted to the lever on an axis substantially at a right angle to the axis of the lever, means normally holding the latch member in an operative position extending at an angle from the lever, said means being displaceable so that the latch member may be substantially aligned with the lever to enable at tachment or detachment of the sash or the like to which the holder is attached.

5. A holder for a window sash or the like according to claim 1, in combination with a bracket to which the lever is pivoted, and said spring means being expansive and disposed between the .bracket and lever.

6. A holder for a window'sash or the like according to claim 1, in combination with a bracket having angularly disposed walls, means pivoting the lever to one of said walls, the latter wall having an opening through which the latch member normally projects, the other wall having a seat,

and. said spring means being expansive and engaging said seat and said lever.

7. In a window construction of the class wherein a sash is slidably mounted in a frame, stop means on the opposite sides of the frame, rigid H latch means on the sash bodily movable transversely of the sash engaging one face of each of the stop means and securing the sash against the opposite face of each stop means, and means urging-the latch means into engagement with the last mentioned face of each stop means so that the stop means is gripped by the sash and latch means to draw and maintain the sash tight against each stop means, the construction enloo abling the sash to be pulled in a'direction away JOHN A. NYBERG.

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