US1024420A - Store-front construction. - Google Patents

Description

V. ROSS.

STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.7,1910,

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Applcationvled March 7, 1910. `Serial No. 548,304.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known -that I, VERNON Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,` have invented certain new andl and which is of simple, strong,l durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object is toproduce a division bar composed of parts susceptible of beingv bent to different forms, to accommodate window plates arranged in the same plane*y orat differentangles to each other, the division bar acting `as a corner bar where the glass plates are disposed at an angle to each other.v v

VVit-h these objects in view and others as hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed and in order' that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, isa perspective view of a part of a window front in which the glass plates are connected together at their adjacent edges by a division barembodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a central vertical section .onthe line II-II of Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section in the plane of the line HIL-III of Fig. 2, but with certain parts bentto different form so as to act as a corner bar.

Referring no W to the drawing in detail where like reference characters identify corresponding parts in all the figures, 1 indicates a pair of glass plates arranged in the same plane as in Fig. 1, or at an angle to each other as shown in Fig, 3, or at any other suitable angle.

Q indicates the front clamping member, the `sanne comprising a central portion 3, and a pair of lateral extensions or hooks 4, the terminals of the hooks being disposed in- Ward of their bodyportions' and arranged to bear squarely against the front or outer faces of the glass plates and said front member is preferably of copper, bronze or brass.

At suitable points along the length of the front barare reinforce members 5, one only being shown, and each reinforce plate is preferably constructed of galvanized steel and consists of a perforated body portion 6, arranged inward of and spaced from and acting as a bridge for the body portion 3 of the frontclamping member and a pair of flanges? which engage the hooks 4 of said clamping member.

Arranged at the inner sidesof the glass platesl and bridging the space between them is the rear clamping member 8, the same being preferably of copper, bronze or brass, andconsisting of the inwardly bowed body portion 9, reverselybent near its vertical margins to form shoulders 10 and terminating in outturned angle anges 11 to bear against the inner facesof the glass plates with a yielding pressure so as to accommodate expansion and contraction of said plates or to accommodate plates of slightly .different thickness and said body portion 9,

is provided vat suitable points with holes 12, only vone appearing, for a purpose which hereinafter appears.

13 indicates what I term the rear reinforcing member, the same being of substantially-U-form in cross section', and consisting of a perforated body portion 14, and a pair of forwardly projecting arms 15, the front edges of the arms being adapted to engage theshoulders 10 and .be prevented thereby from spreading apart, the body portion 9 preventing vinward -movement of said arms;

16 indicates a headed, bolt extending rearwardly through each front reinforcing membel-5, an alined hole 12 of the rear clam ing member 8, and an alined perforation o the body portion of the rear reinforcing member, and en aging each of said bolts andthe rear side o? the rear clamping member is a clamping nut 17, the nut and bolt being utilized to clamp the window plates firmly and reliably together without interferin with the contraction and expansion thereo and a nut 18 engages the rear end of each bolt 16, for the purpose of stiening the rear clamping member and'preventing any part of it yielding except the flanges l1.4

When the division bar is to be used as a corner bar the various bars and plates are bent to slightly different form, that shown vlio in Fig. 3, representing what is known as a reverse corner, it being obvious that the parts may be bent to accommodate an obverse corner, if desired.

From the above description it, will be apparent that I have produced a division bar for store front constructions embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention and susceptible of modification in minor particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-f ters Patent is ter engaging the rear'faces of said plates, a

front reinforce member'bridging the space between the glass plates and fitting at its side edges in the hooks of the front clamping member, a rearreinforce member engaging the shoulders of the rear clamping member, a headed'bolt extending through the reinforce plate, the rear clamping member and the rear reinforce member, a nut engaging said bolt and the rear side of the rear clamping member, and a nutengaging saidbolt and the rear side of the rear reinforce member.

In testimony whereof I aix `my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

VERNON Ross.

Witnesses:

HELENv C. RoDGERs,

G. Y. THoRrE.

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