US1052576A

US1052576A - Spring-cushion and weather strip.

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Publication number: US1052576A
Application number: US71679212A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph F Fauner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-08-24
Filing date: 1912-08-24
Publication date: 1913-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1930-02-11

Description

J. F. FAUNER.

SPRING CUSHION AND WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1912.

- Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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SPRING-CUSHION AND WEATHER STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Feb. 11,191 3.

Application filed August 24, 1912. Serial No. 716,792.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr F. FAUNni a citizen of'the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Cush on and Weather Strips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a spring cushion and weather strip especially adaptable for use in conjunction with vertically sliding windows, and its object is to improve upon such structures of this. kind as have been hereto-fore known in the art, and to'provide a simple, inexpensive and efiicient device which may be easily applied to ordinary window frames and window-sashes.

To these ends my invention consists of the arrangement and construction of parts which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the following specification, and the novel features whereof are set forth in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of a window-sash and frame of ordinary construction, with my improved spring cushion and weather strip applied thereto. view of a portion of a preferred form of the device which I have invented. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View of a simple modification of the form of my improved strip. Portions of a window sash and frame are shown in sectional plan view in Fig. 4, with one of my devices of another modified form of construction applied thereto.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

A window-sash of ordinary construction is designated in the drawings by the reference numeral 10. This is supported and guided by the window frame or casing 11. The sides of this frame comprise the parallel

upright members

12, 12 which form the bottoms of trough-like grooves which guide the sash and in which the sash is arranged to move freely up and down. The sides of these guiding-grooves .are formed by strips 13 of molding and by the parting strips 14 of the window frame. In the sides of the sash 10 which are adjacent the upright members 12 are cut

grooves

15, 15 as shown in Fig. 1.

20 designates an'improved strip which I use in conjunction with structures of the Fig. 2 is a perspective,

one edge of this metallic strip, I will trace its various bends and shapes, all of which are made for a purpose and which when constructed as herein described, form a strip having decided advantages over similar structures known in the art.

At 21 a narrow portion of the metal is bent under to reinforce the, part 22 which,

with 21, forms the base or holding portion by means of which the finished strip is to be aflixed to a window frame. If desired,

holes 23 may be drilled through these two thicknesses of metal at intervals through which nails or screws 23 may be driven into the body of-the window frame. Next to this base the metal is bent forward slightly as at 24: and back again to form the back 25 which is substantially parallel with the

base

21, 22. Then at 26 it is bent over and outward somewhat and carried along parallel with the back 25 to form the face 27, to a point about opposite the middle of the back, where it is bent forward and back again forming a narrow U-shaped tongue 28 projecting at right-angles from the face 27. Theremaining portion of the metal is carried along in a continuation of the face 27 to the other edge, where at 29 it is bent inward slightly in a position near that of the portion 24. When two of these strips thus formed are attached to opposite sides of a window frame in the manner shown in Fig. l the tongues'28-fitinto the grooves 15 which have been previously pro-- vided for this purpose. The parts are preferably so proportioned that the distance between the faces 27 of the'two strips is slightly less than the width of the windowsash so that when the sash is inserted in place its vertical edges will press against these faces. If desired the grooves 15 in the edges of the sash may be made slightly narrower than the width of the tongues 28 so that the latter are compressed by said grooves when inserted therein.

It may be seen that the structure above described is flexible in nearly every direction. It allows slight movement of the sash inward and outward and from side to side, thus insuring freedom from binding or sticking. It also forms an air-tight and watertight joint between the window frame and sash without interfering with the vertical movements of the latter. It in fact provides a pair of smooth tracks for the sash torun upon so that it facilitates the operation of raising and lowering the sash.

In Fig. 3 a somewhat simpler form of strip is shown. In this case the back 25 may be directly affixed to the window frame.

This operates in the same manner as the' other form of strip but obviously is not as flexible as the other form and therefore has not as great a cushioning effect.

In the modification which is shown in Fig. 4 the back 25 is carried back to the parting strip 14 where it is bent at right angles to formthe part 30. This is adapted to lie against the inner face of the parting strip, and is bent over and back-to form the portions 31 and 32 which lie against two other sides of the parting strip.

These strips are readily affixed toordinary window structures and form eflective weather strips, guides for the sash, and cushioning members which effectively prevent all noise and rattling of the sash within'the frame. The faces 27v are always spring pressed against the edges of the sash which holds the sash in proper position and always maintains the full length of the tongues 28 within the grooves 15. On account of the peculiar formation of the strips the tongues -are movable fro-m sideto'side as well as in from said stile, the said strip bent to form a face portion having a free edge tending to spring away from the back and a rib inter mediate the bent end, the free edge of said face portion engaging the groove of the sash, and the said face portion engaging the sash on each side of the rib.

2. The combination with a sash having a groove in its edge, of a weather strip made of a single elastic flexible strip having an offset portion at one edge to form a securing flange and comprising a back arranged to be supported at one edge adjacent the window framestile with its other edge free and tending to spring away from said stile, the said strip bent to form a face portion having a free edge tending to spring away from the back and a rib intermediate the bent end, the free edge of said face portion engaging the groove of the sash, .and the said face portion engaging the sash on each side of the rib.

3. The combination with a sash having a groove in its edge, ofa weather strip made of a single elastic flexible strip having an ofiset portion at one edge to form a securing flange and comprising a back arranged to be supported at one edge by the offset portion adjacent the window frame stile with its other edge free and tending to spring away from said stile, the-said strip bent to form a face portion having a free edge tending to spring away from the back and a rib intermediate the bent end, the free edge of said face portion engaging the groove of the sash J and the said face portion engaging the sash on each side of the rib.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH F. FAUNER.

'Witnesses:

R. J. DEARBORN, ERNEs'r W. MARSHALL.