US1012225A - Metal casement. - Google Patents

Description

W. ROPER.

METAL CASEMENT.

APPLIGATIGN FILED P11121 1911.

1,012,225. Patented Dee. 19, 1911.

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W. ROPER.

METAL BASEMENT,

APPLIGMWON FILED FEB.1,1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET wel www UNITED sTATEs WILLIAM .ROPERQ OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL CASEMENL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented D ec. 19, 1911.

Application led February 1, 1911. Serial No. 805,936.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RorER, a citizen "ofL the Unted States, residing Vat Philadelphia, in the`countylof Philadelphia and State. of Pennsylvania, have invented certain`f" new and useful Improvements in Metal Casements, of which the following 1s a specification. My invention relates'to improvements 1n metal easements, particularlyl having referencefto hingedsashes, or transoms, and their supportinglstrutures, the object of the invention being to rovide im rovements `of this r'character which will, w-en closed, exclude ,the outside air and :Ecrin a tight closure.

A further object -is to provide a transom structure of this character in which. when closed, at all points, double metallic contacts are formed between sectionsfthe transom and frame. l

A further object is to provide lanimproved y construction of transom and frame at the point Vof hinged-connection'to exclude the weather at this point. n `zl-Vigith these and. otherobjects in view, the invention consists in certam novel features of"construction and com'hinationsand' arrangements of parts, as will be more fully 80 hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. f .1 c

In the accom anying drawings: Figure 1, is a view in e evation from the outside of one -of the frame sections showing the tran- 85 som closed position. Fig. 2, is a view 'infsection onthe line 2-'2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3,-is a lview in section on the line 3 3 of Fig.\ 1. Fig. '4, is a view in section on the linee-4 of Figfl but showi the transom` inopen position. Fig. 5, is a view in section onlthe line 5--5o Fig. 1. Fig. 6,A is an enlarged sectional view at the'point of hinge connection taken online 4-'4 but showing i the transom in closedpositio'n, andfFigs. 7,

8, 9,10, 11, and 12, are 'views-in section on an Aenlarged scale on the lines 7.-7 ,1 88, 9-9, 10-10,Y11-.11.and 1,2--12-respectively of rigA 1. A i f nIn constructing` my improvements, I employ-frame and transom bars of an improved construction which will be hereinafter pointedout.

-Referring-rst to the frame, the outside bars 1 of which, both 1s rertical and horizontal,

i The rest of the n'frame is made up of horizontal and vertical series of interlocked bars 2, allof which are ofthe shape in cross section shown most clearly in Fig. 12.

Bars 1,: and 2, as are all of the other bars of the structure herein refered to, are

of rolled metal and embody maximum strength, their precise shape having to do not only with ornamentation, but with strength, durability and interlockin features, the bars 1 being especially a apted for locked engagement with their frames or with the walls as is Well understood in` this art.

The intermediate or filler bars of the transom are like bars 2 in cross section, and they are vertically. and horizontally' disposed at right angles to each other and interlocked, and at their ends secured to the outside bars of the transom.'

The upper and the side bars 3, and 4, respectively of the transom are like bars 2 in cross section, while the .bottom bar 5 of the transom is more like bar 1 in cross section, and for purposes of clearness, these several forms of bars will now be described.

Bars 1, on their outer faces at both edges, are provided with flanges 6, and on their inner faces, at one edge, they are made with ornamental beads 7 lagainst which the glass 8^is held. Bars 2 and 4 are provided at their outer edges, with double beads consti- -tuting heads 9, and the bar 5 is precisely like bars 1, except that one of the flanges 6 is omitted. To the outer faceqf bar 5, a metal strip 10y is secured, and when the transom is closed, engages against the outer end of bar 2 of the frame. On this bar 2, constituting the lower bar of the transom opening, an angle-iron bar'rll is secured, and against which the inner edge of bar 5 en' gages, so that at t'wo 'pqints shokwn at 12 and -13 respectively, there is engagement of metal against metal to exclude the weather. To theiipper face of the bar 3, at the top of the transom, a channel-iron bar 14 is secured, with its outerflange 15 shorter than Aits inner ange 16. When the transom is closed, the outer flange 15 engages the head 9 o f the top bar 2 of the transom opening, and the longer flange 16 engages the inner edge of said bar, causing a. double contact of metal against metal as shown at 17 and -18 respectively to exclude the outside air.

55 are shown most clearly'vgigsection in F 11.

The vertical outside bars f1 of the transom.

lthroughout; the upper half of their length,

have secured thereto channel' bars 19, the outer flanges 2O of which being shorter than the inner flanges, and bearing `against the heads 9 of the vertical bars 2 of the transom opening, when the transom is in closed position, While the larger flanges 21 engage against the inner edges of said bars, forming a double metal contactat 22 and 23. To the lower half of the vertical bars 2, constituting Vthe transom opening, channel bars 24 are secured, and their inner flanges 25 are shorter than their outer flanges 26. The inner flanges, when the transom is closed, bear against the heads 9 of bars 4, and the longer flanges 26 bear againstthe inner edges of the bars 4, so that there are two points of contact of metal against metal as shown at 27 and 28 respectively.. The flanges 21 and 26 of the bars 19 and 24 respectively meet end to end as shown in Fig.

6,- a'nd to these flan es the leaves 29 of hinges 30 are secure the opening movenient of the transom being limited by shoulders 31 on the hinges.

To exclude the outside weather from entrance at the point of juncture ofthe bars 19 and 24, the outside flanges 20 and 25 respectively are extended as shown most clearly in Fi 6. The flange 25 is bent backward as sown at 32, and the extended portion 33 of the flange20 is beveled to' snugly fit against the bent portion 32, and form a snug fit when the transom is closed.

It will therefore be noted that throughout the entire outline of the transom, when said transom is in closed position, there is a double contact of metal against metal as above pointed-out to exclude the outside air, and that the air'is also excluded at the hinge joint by means of the extended flanges 32 and ,33, and I therefore believe I have produced a structure embodying features of decided advantage over what has heretofore been done in this art.

Various slight changes -might be made in the 'general form and 'arrangement of parts described Without departing from In'y invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at libert to make such changes and alterations as airly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let` ters Patent is: f

1. In a structure of the character described, the combination with an angle4 bar metal frame, an angle-bar metal transom hinged in said frame, a flat bar secured to y the outer edge of the lower transom bar, and

an angle bar secured to the inner edge of 'the frame bar, said angle bars of the frame and transom being so shaped andsaid flat bar and the angle bar secured to the frame bar .outline of the transom when the said transom is closed, substantially as described.

2. In a structure of the character dcscribed, the combination with an angle bar metal frame, and an angle bar metal transom hinged therein, of a channel bar secured to the angle bar at the upper end of the transom, one member-of said channel bar engaging a head on the outer edge of the angle bar of the frame, and the other member of said channel bar engaging the inner edge of the-frame bar, a bar secured' to the lower angle bar of the transom at its outer edge, and engaging the outer edge of the frame bar, and an angle bar secured to the frame bar and engaging the lower bar of the tran som at its inner edge, substantially as described.

3. In a structure of the character del scribed, the combination with an angle bar `metal frame, an angle bar metal transom hinged in said'frame, a bar secured to the outer edge of the lower transom bar, and a bar secured to the inner edge of the frame bar, channel bars secured to the vertical bars of the transom,-above the hinged connection and engaging heads on the outer edges of the frame bars, and engaging the inner edges of the frame bars, channel bars secured to the vertical members of the frame bars below the hinged connection and engaging heads on the outer edges of the transom bars, and engaging the inner edges of the transom bars, said angle bars of the frame and transom so shaped that ouble metallic contacts are provided throughout the entire outline of the transom when the said transom is closed, substantially as described. y

4. In astructure of the character described, the combination with a frame, and a transom hinged therein, of a channel bar secured to the upper bar ofthe transom and engaging a head on the outer edge of the frame bar, and the inner edge of the frame bar, a bar secured to the lower bar of the transom and engaging the outer ed e of the frame bar, an angle bar secured to t e frame bar and engaging the lower bar of the transom at its 1nn`er edge, channel bars secuiled to the vertical bars of the transom above the hinged connection and engaging heads on the outer edges of the frame bars and engaging the inner edges of the frame bars, channel-irons secured to the vertical members of the frame bars below the hinged connection and. engaging) heads on the outer edges of the transom ars and engaging the inner edges of the transom .bars whereby said aforementioned bars compel a double metal contact at all points throughout the outline of the transom, substantially as described.

infin 5. In ay structure of the character described, the Combination with a frame, and a n transom hinged therei'n, of a channel bar secured to the upper bar of the transom and engaging a head on the Vouter edge of the frame bar, and the inner edge of the frame bar, a bar secured to the lower bar of the transom and engaging the outer edge of the frame bar, an angle bar secured tothe frame bar and engaging the lower .bar of the transom at its inner edge, channel bars secured to the vertical bars of the transom above the hinged connection and engaging heads on the outer edges of the frame bars and engaging the inner edges of the frame bars, channel-irons secured to the vertical members of the frame bars below the hingedconnection and engaging heads on the outer edges of the transom ars and engaging the inner edges of the transom bars whereby said aforementioned bars compel a double metal contact at all points throu houj'l the outline of the transom, the outer anges of all of said channel bars extended beyond the main portions of the bars, the upper end of the flanges of .the lower channel bars bent inward and the outer ilanges of the upper channel bars beveled to engage said inwardly bent flanges ofV the lower channel bars when the transom is closed, substan tialiy as described.

6. In a structure of the character described, the combination with a metal frame,

and a transom in said frame, of channel bars secured tothe verticai members of the frame and extending half way up the frame, phannel bars secured to the verticai members of the transom and extending half wa; down said transom, and abutting against t e ends of said first-mentioned channel bars, hinges secured to the channel bars of the transom and frame, pivotally supporting the transom in the frame, the outer flanges of all of said channel bars extended at the point of juncture of said channel bars, the extended anges of the lower channel bars bent inwardly, and the lower` edges of the extended Hanges of the upper channel. bars beveled to engage said Vinwardly bent flanges when the transom isclosed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my` name to this specicaton in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM ROPER.

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