US1025640A - Car-window. - Google Patents

Description

A. H. NBWPHER.

CAR WINDGW.

APPLIOATION FILED 111112.21, 1909.

1,025,640. Patnted May?, 1912.

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CABfWINDOW;

Specification of Letters E'atent.

IPatented May 7, 191e.

Application filed June 21, 1909. Serial No; 503,388.

which are villustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a,part thereof.

This invention is especially adapted ttor use injconnection with' cars having metal bodies. Its object is to provide an improved window casing which mayl be` adjusted to compensate for inaccuracies in the construction of the car body. lt is essential that the .ash fit snugly within v'the casing in. order that it may move' freely, while completely it is found in `prautice exceedingly diflicult to -so accurately construct the window casing in metal cars as toprovide a proper fit for the sash,

and Vafter thecar hasbeen in service there inaylae suii'lcientdistortion of its body to either cramp'the sash in its ways or open seamsthroligh which air, dust and rain may enter. v

The vpresent invention overcomes thesel difficulties by providing ,for the adjustment and readjustment of the Stiles of thecasing and the stops carried thereby for providing the ways within which the sash runs.

' rlfhe .invention yis fully hereinafter described, and is illustrateddn theaccompanyin drawings in which i" re 1 is a detail elevation of the inner the-.window casing and of the win being .shown in part in sec- I i'. 2 a sectional View on .the line The window sill is shown vat 10, and its casing at 11. There are` shown inner and Aouter windows, generally designated` by the numerals 12, 13, and a dust guard or screen 14, located between the two windows. --f .""fhe sash may be of any preferred form of construction. As shown in the drawings, thejframe of each of. the sash is tubular 'and formed of sheet metal. As these sash, as shown, are made the subject of a divisional. application they are not herein fully described, nor is any claim herein made relating to them.

The uprights of the window frame are shown as" channel bars 11, secured between the outer and inner sheathing 34, 35, of the car body. The stile plate 36 is carried-by a plurality of short plates 37, 38, to whichit is secured by means of screws, as shown at 39, 40, these plates in turn being secured to the channel bar 11 by means of screws 41, 42,

the heads of which are countersunk within the bars 37, 38, the stile platebeing apertured to give access to them. Helical springs 43, 44, encircle the screws 41, 42,

vand react between the plates 37, 38,-and the bottom of the channel bar 11.

Guide plates 45, 46, are secured, respectively, to the inner and outer faces of the wall of the car and extend beyond the stile plate 36, which loosely engages them, the inner edge of the outer plate 46 having an instanding lip 47 for excluding the weather. Stop bars 48, 49, 50 and 51 are secured to the stile plate 36 by any suitable means, and provide Ways within which thesash may run, their sash-engaging faces bei shown as undercut to snugly-fit upon t e` sash bars. The stops 49 and 5() are spaced apart to forms ways for the frame of the screen 14.

In assembling the elements of the window casing the Stiles are trued up by manipulating the screws 41, 42. Should the stile require to be set in the screws are turned up, compressing the springs 43, 44,. Should the stile require to be set out, the screws are turned back, the springs forcing the plates out correspondingly. Should there be any distortion' of the 'car body the sash will automatically adjust itself to the extent of the distance between the heads of the screws and the stile plates, as the plates 37, 38, are free to slide upon the Unthreaded portions of the screw Shanks. v

The dovetail engagement of the sash with the casing insures a close fit under all circumstances.

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scribed maybe used together, yor may be separately associated with.

other forms *of` construction'.

I I claim my inventont l fxed to the outer faces of the plates and In a Window, in combination, a fixed-1 spaced apart from the heads of the screws.

frame,` stile-supporting plates 'having counu 'FRED H NEWPHER telsunk apertures, screws loosely eugag- J 51mg the plates and in threaded engage- 'Ttnesses:

mentI with the frame, springs' reacting be- LOUIS K. GILLSON,

tween the plate and the frame, `and a stile I E. M. KLATCHER.

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