US60023A - lupton - Google Patents

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To ALL wHoM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it 'known that I, G. H. LUPTON, of Cleveland, in the county -of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio,`ha ve invented certain new and useful improvements in Hanging Windows and Doors `and I do hereby declare that` y the following is a ful]` and complete description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

making a part of this specification, in whichy Figure I is an inside view of a window door. Figure 2 is a side view of the same. Figure 3 is an outside view of fig. 1. Figure 4 is a detached vertical section. Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different-views.

A, 1, is the window frame; B B' the doors, which are hung to the frame bythe hingesQC. These hinges are so constructed that that part of the hinge` which is attached to the door may be raised up from the section y secured to the frame when the door is raised, forapurpose hereafter described. The pin of thehinge is not fixed as in the ordinary hinge, but is free ,to play upward and downward in the socket, as will hereafter be shown. D is a rod which is made to pass through the sides of the casing and into the lower part of `thehinge below the ,i u pin, and upon which it rests, and by which they are raised upward, a slot in the casing and hingefallowing this i,

vertical movement. Each hinge is provided with a similar rod,`and the two on each side are connected to each other by the link E, by means of which they are operated conjointly. F, iig. 3, is a curved armor leven.` to the inner end of which is attached the weight G, the outer end being pivoted to the lower end pf `the link Ef H, iig. 3, is a weather-strip placed nea-rto the edge of the door-sill in the bottom of thedoor is cut a groove,

e, so that when it is closed it will shut down over` the strip, one-half the thickness of the doorbeing on the outi side of the strip, and the other half between the strip and sill, VM, as shown in fig.

The manner of opening and shutting this door is as follows -On being closed, as shown in g. 1, the bottom` i of the door is below the sill, as shown ing. 4; hence, in order to open them, they must be raisediabove thehsill" so that they may swing back over it; this is accomplished by the rods D, the inner endsof whichbeing under` i i the hinge-pins, as above said, andthe outer ends connected by the linkE, now, on `pushing up thelink, thehpins in consequence raise up the door of suicient height to allow it to swing'clear of the sill. The door-either;`

opened or raised up are prevented from again shutting down by the counterbalance weights, G', which also by i their weight assist in raising the door, so that it requires but little effort. 4 y i The arrangement of the `weather-strip in `the manner described eectually prevents thelwinds, rain, and I snow from drifting under the doors, and also is'a protection agaiusttheir being opened from the outside.,` i

The manner of fastening the doors when shut isby the long bolt J, fig. 1, on` the door B,.the lower endlof: which drops into a hole, K, g. 4; the bolt is then turned, and a nib,` indicated bythedottedlines a, igfl, pre-` vents it from being drawn up without turning it back for that purpose. The upper end of` `the bolt `isprovided y with a hook, b, iig. 1, which, on turning the bolt for'the purpose of fastening the lower end, catches into a slot provided for that purpose; hence both ends of the bolt operating conjointly are fastened at the same timed cis a jointed arm projecting from the bolt; and when the doors are closed the outer sectionof the arm drops into, 1 i. a hook, d, on the door, B, and hy this means is prevented from being opened. By this arrangement both doors 1 `are easily and firmly closed vby a conjoint movement of` the bolt 4and arm. L is a door placed above the doors B B', for the purpose of ventilation when the lower doors are closed', this door is pivoted atthe centre, and is f operated by the-arm N, iig. 2. A rod, 0,' attached to the arm, enables a person on the door to` open or shut it,;as

may be desired. i.

What I claim as my invention,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. The link E and counterbalanoe G, in combination with the rods D, pins, and window or door, as and forthe purpose set forth. n l

2. The weather-strip H, groove c, and sill M, arranged as set forth, in combination with apparatus for raising the window or door, substantially as set forth.

lWitnesses:

JAMES Bnonmvsnmn, Tnos. WHITEHEAD.

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