US1011333A - Window-bead fastener. - Google Patents

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J. B; DOLAN; 1 WIND ASTENER.

MAY 1, 1911.

ow BEAD 1* APPLICATION FILED Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

JOHN B. DOLAN, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND.

WINDOW-BEAD FASTENER.

; Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Dec. 12, 191 1.

Application. filed May 1, 1911. Serial No. 624,510.

To all whom it may concern: l 3e it'known that I, JOHN B. DoLAN, a c1t1zen of the United States, residing at Central Falls, in the county of Providenceand State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Bead Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for window beads, and the purpose of my invention is to provide for an attachment for a window bead which will securely retain the bead in place, obviate the necessity of sawing the end of the bead on a bevel, and be inexpensive to attach. I ac complish these objects by a device shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective of a portion of an ordinary window sill having attached thereto a portion of a window jamb showing the spline in position. Fig. 2 is a plan of a window sill showing my attachment in position and a cross section of the window jamb. Fig. 3, a vertical view of the window j amb, bead and attachment and a partial vertical section of the window sill, and Fig. 4:, a detailjperspective of my attachment.

The same parts are indicated bythe same letters throughout the several views.

In all window beads in ordinary use the lower end is cut at a bevel to conform to the pitch or bevel of the window sill. As a result of this, each head in process of manufacture has to be sawed twice at the lower endonce to obtain the desired length, and again to cut the necessary bevel. By virtue of the beveled end, the bead cannot be reversed endwise, nor from front to back, as the bevel will fit only in one position. Again, the ordinary window bead is con- 7 stantly warpingby reason of the exterior surface being exposed to the atmosphere and pulling out from its socket.

By the use of my device the window bead may be reversed either endwise or from front to back and in case ofsloping window sills the necessity of a double sawing, with the attendant waste of stock, is avoided, and the bead is held securely in position and cannot move from its socket.

In Fig. 1, b is a portion of an ordinary window sill slopingin the manner in which window sills are ordinarily made; 03 is a portion of an upright'window jamb, and e a portion of a bead located therein, while a represents my attachment.

In Fig. 2, d is a cross section of the win- I dow jamb; '0 the channel into which the bead fits; a the bead, and a projecting prongs in 4 tegral with the attachment a for the purpose of securing the attachment both to the window sill and to the bead.

Fig. 4 is a perspective in detail-of my device; a being the upper surface thereof and a -a prongs struck up from the body of a by suitable means. It will be seen that the device a is wedge-shaped, that is, the back edge a is thicker than the front edge a, so that a when in position upon the window sill, as in Fig. 1, will have its upper surface horizontal. The relative size of the attachment a is such as to approximately equal the size of the cross section of the bead.

Fig. 3 shows mydevice in place ready for the bead to be forced down upon it. In this figure, crepresents the channel for the bead, ethe bead itself; e the lower end thereof and a my device in itsplace on the window sill with the prongs a driven into the window sill firmly, and another prong a projecting upward ready to have the bead e forced down upon it, thus holding that securely in place also.

The exact number of projecting prongs, a is not material, so long as some project upwardly and some project downwardly so as to secure the bead,.and at the same time hold the device in place upon the window sill.

My device is made preferably of malleable metal so that the prongs w" may readily be struck up from the body, as shown in Fig. 4.

While in the great majority of cases the bead will be wedge-shaped because by far the larger number of window sills are made sloping, as shown in the drawing, yet my device is equally applicable to a window s1ll which is horizontal. In that case, however,

,for the reception of the bead, said plate having one face fiat throughout and against which the lower end of the beadabuts, sald plate having its lower face beveled throughout to snugly fit against the sloping window sill, the bevel of said plate extending transversely with respect thereto, and said plate further having transversely extending equally spaced portions struck therefrom to provide fastening prongs projecting in opposite directions with respect to each other and adapted to engage in the bead and sill whereby the plate is secured in position, the

area of said plate conforming to the cross 10 sectional area of the head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. DOLAN. Witnesses:

Roscoe M. DEXTER, EDITH M. BROMLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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