US2128384A - Window ventilating mechanism - Google Patents

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30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL 2,128,384

WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANI SM Original Filed Sept. 23, 1935 5 She'ets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR5 E l Millard h. 7627(7'05/ far! h. Pic/Fe if.

ATTORNEYS Aug. 30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL 2,128,334

WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANISM Original Filed Sept. 23, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 INVENTORS far] h. Pzcke i i.

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ATTORNEYJ- Aug. 30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANISM Original Filed Sept. 25, 1953 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 A TTORNEYS Aug. 30, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANISM Original Filed Sept. 25, 1953 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 5 m M m A TTORNEYS 0, 1938. M. H. TONCRAY ET AL 28,384

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dapd a wmh ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED s'rA'rEs WINDOW VENTILATING MECHANISM Millard H. Toncray and Earl H. Pickett, Detroit,

Mich., assignors to Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Micln, a corporation of Michi- Application September 23, 1933, Serial No. 690,844 Renewed May I, 1937 5 Claims. (01. 296-44) This invention relates to ventilating windows and is particularly adapted for use in automobile or other closed vehicle bodies. may be embodied in any one or all of the doors of the body or, in the case of a sedan for example, may be used in connection with the rear quarter window.

An object of the invention is to provide a ventilating window structure embodying a glass panel which may be shifted vertically within a window opening in the body to open and close the same and which also may be swung in a horizontal direction about a vertical axis into different adjusted positions, when the panel is in elevated position, to provide a ventilating opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide a vertically slidable glass can'ylng panel capable of horizontal swinging movement when the panel is in elevated position, and wherein a regulator mechanism having a single operating control is provided for imparting both sliding and swinging movements to the panel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle body having a window opening adapted to be closed by means of two vertically sliding glass carrying panels, one of said panels having the glass thereof pivoted to swing horizontally when the panel is elevated, and wherein regulator mechanism is provided for independently raising and lowering said panels and also for swinging the pivoted glass when in raised position within the window opening. Other objects of this invention will appear in the following description and appended claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. l is an elevation, partly broken away, taken from the inside of an automobile door and illustrating one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view on a smaller scale, illustrating the glass panels in lowered positions.

Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly broken away, taken from the outside of the door and illustrating the glass panels in elevated position.

Fig. 4 is a section taken through lines 8-4 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a section taken through lines 55 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a section taken through lines66 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 7 is a section taken through line 1-7 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows.

The invention Fig. 8 isya section taken through lines 0-8 of Fig. l in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevation taken from the outside of the door and showing a modified form of construction. T

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9 showing one of the glass panels in elevated position and one in lowered position.

Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken substantially along the line il-ll oi Fig. 9 in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 12 is a horizontal section taken substantially along the line i2i2 of Fig. 9 in the direction of the arrows.

Before explaining in detail the present invention it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also it is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation, and it is not intended to limit the invention claimed herein beyond the requirements of the prior art.

In the present instance the invention has been embodied, by way of example, in the front door of an automobile body although it is understood that the structure may be applied to any window opening in the automobile or vehicle body. The door comprises a front inclined pillar i6 and a rear vertical pillar ii transversely joined at the top and bottom thereof in conventional manner and forming a main window opening it. The outer panel of the door is illustrated at i3, this panel being flanged around the window opeg to provide the usual reveal portions it. The inher metal panel of the door is illustrated at i5, this panel being concealed in practice by an inner trim panel indicated at it in Fig. l. The window reveal at the inner side of the window opening is finished by means of the usual garnish molding ll. As illustrated in Fig. 5 the metal molding 8! is inwardly flanged at i142 and engages a correspondingly flanged portion i40- oi the outer panel, thus providing a channel along the side edges and top of the window opening within which is secured a felt covered metal channel strip is. The channel strip I8 is sloped at the forward edge of the opening in accordance with the inclination of the door and provides the glass runway at the front and rear edge of the opening for the sliding glass panels. The strip extends along the top edge of the opening as shown at 88a, see Fig. '1, to provide the header channel for receiving the upper edges of the glass panels when in raised positions. The channel strip It has a vertical extension ilb below the window sill which may be secured atits lower edge by a-suit'- able bracket l9 secured to the inner panel l5.

. The channel strip also has a downward extension I at the rear edge of the door for guiding the rear panel during its vertical movement.

In the present instance the window opening i2 is controlled by means of two glass panels 20 and 2|, the latter being pivoted for swinging movement within the forward portion of the opening. The glass 2| carries a marginal channel shaped metal binding strip 22 which, in the embodiment of Fig. 1, extends continuously around the edges of the glass pane. The glass 2| in turn is supported within a skeleton metal frame 23 shaped to conform to the contour of the forward portion of the window opening, this frame terminating at its lower edge in 9. depending sheet metal apron 23a. The apron is stamped at its upper horizontal edge to provide a flange 23b spot welded to the lower side of the frame 23, see Fig. 7. The frame 23 around three sides of the glass panel 2| is of general channel shape closed along its outer face and adapted to travel within the glass runway I8. The frame 23 is pressed around its inside to provide dove tail grooves 24 within which are anchored weather strips 25 and 28 of suitable material, such as rubber, shaped to cooperate with the edges of the glass panel 2|, when closed, so as to provide a relatively tight joint. The rear vertical side 'of the frame 23 comprises a channel bar |23 opening rearwardly to receive a felt lined channel member 21 providing a vertical runway for the forward edge of ,the glass panel 20, this panel having a channel shaped binding strip 23 secured to the marginal edges of the glass.

The glass panel 2| is pivoted at its upper edge within the frame 23 by means of a stud 29 secured to the framing 22 and fitting within a socket 30 carried by the frame 23. At its lower edge the panel at 2| is pivotally mounted in the frame 23 by means of a stud 3|, see Fig. 7, secured at its upper end to the metal framing 22. The stud or pivot 3| has a bearing within an aperture in the reveal portion I4 of the outer body panel, and carried by the lower end thereof is a pinion 32 having teeth 33 meshing with the teeth 34 of a sliding rack bar 35. The hub of the pinion 32 has a hearing within a plate or bracket 36 which extends transversely through an opening in the apron 23a and is flanged at 31 to em-= brace one edge of the rack bar 35. The plate or bracket 36 is provided with upwardly projecting tongues struck up from the metal thereof and bolted at 36a to the apron 23a, see Fig. 6. The bottom of the pinion 32 rests upon a plate 39 flanged at its outer edge and riveted at 38' to the bracket 36. The rivets 38 also hold the outer flanged edge of a leaf spring 40, the forward flanged edge of which underlies and engages the bottom face of the rack bar 35 and yieldingly holds the same in position within the flanged edge 31 of the bracket and in mesh with the pinion teeth.

The rear twisted end of. the rack bar 35 is pivoted at 4| to a plate 42 which is offset outwardly and pivoted at 43 to a bracket 44 adjustably secured to the inner panel l5. The lower offset portion of plate 42 is spot welded to a plate or bar 45 and forms therewith an oscillatable two arm bell crank lever. It will be noted that the apron 23a is provided with a two-way slot or guideway comprising, as shown particularly in Fig. 3, a horizontal portion 46 and an upwardly extending radius portion 41. The arm 45 of the bell crank lever is in turn provided with a straight normally horizontal slot or guideway portion 48 corresponding in length to the slot portion 44 and terminating in a downwardly inclined angu-' lar portion 43.

As best seen in Fig. 1, the member or plate 42, as shown, is provided with an upper offset latch projection or portion 42a. When the parts are in the positions in which they are shown in this figure, the projection or latch 42a engages a stud or stop 44a carried by the adjustable plate or bracket 44 to prevent further movement of the plate 42 toward the left about its pivot 43. Thus, the glass panel 2| is prevented from being swung outwardly beyond a predetermined point, namely beyond its position of Fig. 1. The stop and latch means herein shown for limiting or blocking the outward swinging movement of the glass panel 2|, is illustrated, merely by way of example, and it is to be understood that other suitable means may be employed for this purpose. For example,

termined point in the path of movement of a button or stud 60 carried by the'long arm 53b of a bell crank lever 58, hereinafter referred to.

The glass carrying frame 23 including the apron 23a is shifted vertically into open and closed positions and the pivoted panel 2| is swung horizontally within the window opening,

by successive movements through the medium of a single regulator mechanism. In the present instance there is illustrated a suitable regulator for accomplishing these operations. The regulator comprises a supporting plate 50 secured to the inner panel of the door and carrying a gear sector 5| pivoted thereto at 5|a. Meshing with the sector 5| is a pinion 52 which may be rotated by means of a crank arm 53 on the inside of the door. Fixed to the pivot 5|a of the gear sector is a swinging arm 54 to the outer end of which is pivoted at 55 a link 56 which in turn is pivoted at 51 to the short arm 58a of a bell crank lever 56 pivoted at 59 to the supporting plate 50. The long arm 58b of the bell crank carries at its outer end a stud 60 which carries a yleldingly mounted. collar 60a held in position against the flanges 01 the plate 45 by means of a spring 6|, see Fig.-

8. The stud 60 is installed so as to travel simultaneously in the slots 46 and 41 of the apron and in the slots 48, 49 of the plate 45. By turning the crank 53 of the regulator mechanism to operate the gearing, the bell crank 53 will be turned so as to swing the long arm 58b of the mechanism from the position of Fig. 2 to the position of Fig. 3 and vice versa. It will be seen that the glass panel will be shifted vertically during the travel of the stud 60 in the corresponding guideway or slot portions 46 and 48, Fig. 2 illustrating the lower limit of vertical movement of the glass panel and Fig. 3 illustrating the upper limit when the glass panel is in closed position, the pivoted glass 2| being held in the plane of the panel and the window opening during this time. Thus, by turning the crank 53 in one direction the glass panel may be raised to its full closed position during the travel of the stud B0 in the straight horizontal slot portions 46and 48. After the glass has reachedthis closed position, as shown in Fig. 3-, further turning of the crank in the same direction will cause the stud 60 to travel idly through the arcuate amass slot 41. this slot or guideway portion being concentric with the arm 58b and hence preventing vertical movement of the panel. During this time the stud 80 will travel into the angular slot 49 in the plate or bar and by cam action will rock the bar, and hence the arm 42 about the pivot 43. This movement of the bell crank 42, 45 will shift the rack bar endwise thereby rotating the pinion 32 and swinging the pivoted glass II on its pivots, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that the glass panel 2I may be independently swung, relatively to its slidable supporting frame, into various adjusted positions within that part of the main window opening defined by the area forwardly of the vertical partition bar I23. In this manner ventilating openings of varying sizes may be readily provided by a simple operation of the regulator mechanism. However, it will be noted that vertical movement of the glass panel 2| is prevented until the operator 53 is actuated a predetermined amount to swing said panel into full closed position against the weather stripping 25, 26, as

shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and in the vertical plane of the sliding frame 23, after which further movement of the operator causes the panel to be lowered into the body of the door between the inner and outer body panels. Hence, by a continuous turning action of the regulator handle in one direction the glass panel can be raised into its closed position shown in Fig. 3 and then swung about its vertical axis, as shown in Fig. 1, to provide a ventilating opening.

In the present preferred embodiment of the invention, as applied to an automobile door, the main window opening is, for all practical purposes, divided by the partition bar I23 into two openings which are separately closed by means of the glass panels 20 and 2|. Where the invention is applied to the rear quarter window opening it may be desirable to construct the pivoted glass panel 2| so as to close the entire opening, thus omitting the sliding panel 20. In the present instance the depending apron 23a of the sliding frame 23 is flanged along its forward vertical edge below the window sill to provide a channel or U-shaped edge portion 62 adapted to be guided within the glass runway lab, see Fig. 6. The opposite vertical edge of the apron 23a is pressed to provide reverse bends 63 and 64 terminating in a flanged edge 65 which is guided vertically in an under-cut slot or recess formed between a channel bar 66 secured to the inner panel and a spacer strip 61 secured thereto by screws, see Fig; 6. The channel strip 21, below the window sill, is spot welded to the inwardly bent edge 63 of the apron.

Fastened to the lower edge of the window glass 20 is a horizontal channel strip 68 to which is secured a depending apron 69 the forward edge of which is pressed to provide a channel shaped portion Ill adapted to slide within the runway 21 carried by the apron 23a, see Figs. 3 and 6. The edge of the apron 69 is reversely bent at II and terminates in a flange I2 extending oppositely to the guide flange 65 and slidable vertically within a corresponding under-cut guideway or slot formed between the members 66 and 61, as shown in Fig. 6. From this construction it will be seen that the vertical guide 66, 61 carried by the inner panel framing of the door provides a common guiding means for adjacent edges of the sliding glass panels, the other vertical edges of said panels being guided vertically by the outer runways I81) and. I80. In the present example the forward vertical edge of the glass 20 and apron I. is confined within and guided by the channel shaped runway 21 carried by the forward glass panel. If desired. however, the construction may be readily reversed and the runway 21 together with the vertical partition bar I23 maybe secured to the rear panel and slide vertically'therewith.

Any suitable regulator mechanism may be employed for shifting the glass panel 20 vertically which in turn are operated in any suitable manner through reduction gearing generally indicated at II from an operating handle or crank I8.

Referring to the regulator mechanism for the vertically slidable window frame 23 it will be.

noted that the throw or vertical arc of travel of the long arm III) of the bell crank is materially greater than the arc of travel of the short arm "a. Hence, a relatively great range of vertical movement of the window is possible as a result of this leverage arrangement. Moreover, the action of the oscillatable arm l4 and link is such as to impart a relatively faster vertical movement of the window near the lower limit of its travel thannear its upper limit of travel.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive of the drawings, vie/have shown therein a modified form of the invention. In this form, the guide means for the adjacent edges of the glass panels is carried by the rear glass panel. The door comprises a front inclined pillar III! and a rear vertical pillar III transversely joined at the top and bottom thereof in conventional manner and forming a main window opening H2. The outer panel of the door is shown at I II, this panel being flanged around the window opening to provide the usual reveal portions H4. The door has an inner metal panel II. The window reveal at the inner side of the window opening is finished by means of the usual garnish molding I II. The molding III is inwardly flanged at la and together with the flanged portion I I4a of the outer panel, engages a felt covered metal channel strip or member II8. This channel strip provides the glass runway at the front and rear edge of the opening II2 for the sliding rear and front glass panels I20 and I2I, respectively. The front glass panel I 2I which is mounted for swinging as well as sliding movement, is provided at three sides with a marginal channel-shaped metal binding strip I22. The glass I2I in turn is supported within a skeleton metal frame I23 shaped to conform to the contour of the forward portion of the window opening. The frame terminates at its lower edge in a sheet metal apron I23a. The metal frame I23 is pressed around its inside to provide dovetail grooves I24 within which is anchored a weather strip I25 formed of suitable material, such as rubber, shaped to cooperate with the frame I22 of the glass panel I2I when closed, so as to provide a relatively tight joint. The swinging glass panel I 2| is pivoted at its upper edge within the frame I23 by means of a stud I40, and at its lower edge the panel is pivotally mounted by a stud I4I.

The rear glass panel I20 carries a metallic guide frame member I28 provided with an inner flange I28a and an outer flange I28b, these flanges being shaped to support and grip therebetween a weather strip I28 of rubber or other suitable material upon which the rear edge of the swinging glass panel l2l engages to form a tight joint. The

metal frame for the window pane! I terminates at its lower edge in a depending sheet metal apron I68. It is, of course, desirable to guide the adjacent edges of the aprons [23a and I89 when the window panels are raised or lowered and for this purpose we have adopted the construction best shown in Fig. 12. Referring to this figure, a channel-shaped member or bracket I is secured to the inside panel H5 by bolts or studs l30a. Fastened to the inner face of the member I30 is a guide plate l3l having curved side edges to receive the beads I231; and I 88a of'the apron members I I234: and I89, respectively. A spring retainer plate i3! engages the beads and together with abinder plate I33 and a series of rivets or the like I34,- holds the beads against the guide surfaces to provide a uniform sliding contact. It will be understood, of course, that the aprons i231: and I89 and their bead portions slide independently and relatively to the guide member when the window panels are raised or lowered. In order to avoid duplication in the drawings we have not shown in Figs. 9 to 12 inclusive the operating mechanism for the glass panels, but itis understood that the mechanism for this purpose which is shown in the preceding figures of the drawings is embodied in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fi s. 9. to 12 inclusive.

We claim:

1. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a pair of window glass panels slidable vertically into and out of position within a window well,

- one of said panels comprising a skeleton frame and a glass panel pivoted within the frame on a vertical axis located intermediate the front and rear edges of the panel, mechanism for swinging said glass when the frame is elevated and including means for sliding the entire frame and glass vertically, and a common vertical guide fixed tothe body and located wholly within said window well for independently guiding adjacent vertical edges of said panels during sliding movement thereof.

2. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a pair of window glass panels slidable vertically and independently into and out of position within a window well, the forward panel of said pair being capable of swinging movement when in raised position, guide means at the outer edges of said panels, movable guide means located at the joint of said panels carried by the rear panel and engageable with but movable independently of said swinging panel when the rear panel moves into said well, and separate guide means fixed within the window well in line with said movable guide means to cooperate therewith to guide and maintain the rear panel in a predetermined vertical position during its movement into and out of said window well.

3. In a vehicle body having a window opening, a pair of window glass panels slidable vertically and independently into and out of position within a window well, the forward panel of said pair being capable of swinging movement when in raised position, guide means at the outer edges of said panels, movable guide means located at the Joint of said panels carried by the rear panel and engageable with but movable independently of said swinging panel when the rear panel moves into said well, separate guide means fixed within the window'well in line with said movable guide means to cooperate therewith to guide and maintain the rear panel in a predetermined vertical position during its movement into and out of said window well, and independent regulator mechanism for operating each of said panels.

4. In a window regulator mechanism for use in a vehicle door having a window opening and a pair of glass panels coope'rable to close the opening, the front panel being mounted to swing horizontally and to slide in an up and down direction and the rear panel being mounted to slide in an up and down direction; a regulator including a swinging arm, a retainer member secured to the lower edge of the sliding panel and connected to said arm, an upright guide member adapted to be mounted in the well of the door beneath the front edge portion of the sliding panel, said guide member having a longitudinal guideway and said retainer member having a transverse extension provided with means slidable in said guideway.

5. In a window regulator mechanism for use in a vehicle door having a window opening and a pair of glass panels cooperable to close the opening,'the front panel being mounted to swing horizontally and to slide in an up and down direction and the rear panel being mounted to slide in an up and down direction; a eguiator including a swinging arm, a retainer me her secured to the lower edge of the sliding panel and connected to said am, an upright guide member adapted to be mounted in the well of the door beneath the front edge portion of the sliding panel, said guide member having a longitudinal guideway and said retainer member having a transverse extension provided with means slidable in said guideway, and said front panel also having means slidable in said guideway.

MJLLARD H. TONCRAY. EARL H. PICKETT.

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