US1055669A

US1055669A - Storm-sash fastener.

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Publication number: US1055669A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl J Severson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-03-29
Filing date: 1912-03-29
Publication date: 1913-03-11
Anticipated expiration: 1930-03-11

Description

C. J. SEVERSON.

STORM SASH FASTENEB..

APPLICATION FILED 1111111.29, 1912.

1,055,669, Patented Mar.11,1913.

, is necessary, first, to raise the window sash CARL J. SEYERSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, .MINNESOTL s'ronM-sasrr FASTENER..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11,1913.

Application filed March 29, 1912.y Serial No. 687,189.

To all whom it may concern.' v

Be it known that I, CARL J. SnvnnsoN, of Minnea olis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful' Im rovements in Storm-Sash Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to vprovide means by which, Vwhen the window sash is opened or closed, the storm sash will he correspondingly moved. i

A further ob'ect is to provide a fastening device designed to be permanently mounted on the storm sash and having means for easil and quickly connecting' it with the win ow sash.

A further object is to provide a fastening device which, when the window sash is closed, will draw the storm sash snugly to its seat, thereby preventing it from shaking or rattling in the wind.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view through a wind'ow frame sash with my invention applied thereto, showing the storm sash in its closed position, Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the storm sash in its open position, Fig. 3 is a detail side view of the sash fastener, Fig. 4 is a lan view of the same.

In t e drawing, 2 represents the window sill, 3 the window frame and 4 the lower sash of the window, all ofordinary construction.

6 is the storm sash, hinged at 7 by any suitable means to the window frame and having the usual beveled edge 8 at its lower end to fit snugly againstthe inclined surface of the window sill.

Many devices have been employed for operating the storm sash to onen or close it when the window sash is raised, but all of them have been more or less objectionable,V- principally on account of their insecure fastening and the fact that they allow the storm sash to shake and rattle in the wind, and even when closed do not hold it securely. Furthermore-in many devices it and then operate some mechanism for openmg or closing the storm sash. The connection which l prefer to employ between the window sash and the storm sash consists of a metalbar 9 having a lug 10 at one end to engage an ear 11 that is fastened to the lower rail of the window sash. rl`he bar 9 is preferably of fiat metal and its inner portionis edgewise to the window sash, while its outer portion l2 is twisted into a plane at right angles substantially to the plane of the inner portion and is curved slightly, as indicated in Fig. 3 and provided with an eye 13 at its outer end which engages a second ear 14 mounted on the storm sasi.

In placing this device on the window, the parts are adjusted so that the storm sash y will contact with its seat before the window sash is en tirely closed, and consequently the final closing movement of the window sash will flex the part 12 of the bar 9 and draw the storm sash to its seat with a yielding tensionythereby excluding the cold air and positivelyl preventing the storm sash from rattling in the Wind. The hooked end is made to fit snugly onthe bar of the ear 11 and the eye at thc opposite end of the fas/- tener also fits snugly on the bar of the ear 14 and consequently, even when the storm sash is open, it will be held securely against shaking or rattling.

The fastener will be permanently mounted on the storm sash, one on each side thereof, and when the sash is hung on the window the inner hooked ends will be engaged with the ears on the window sash so that whenever thewindow sash is raised or lowered a corresponding movement of the storm sash will take place. A

I do not wish to he confined to the precise manner of mounting the fastening device illustrated herein or to the shapev of the fastening bar, as in various ways the details may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention. p'

I claim as my invention:-

The combination, with a Window frame and a. window sash and a storm sash hinged on said frame, of a bar pivotally connected with a side rail of said storm sash and with the lower rail of said window sash, said bar havingr a curved, flexible portion, Jche distance between the pivots of said bar on said sushes increasing with the closing of the window sash, whereby said curved flexible portion will be put: under tension when the window sash is closed to hold the storm sash snugly on its seat.

CARL J. SEVERSON.

Witnesses GENEVIEVE E. SORENSEN, EDWARD A. -PAUL.