US1079631A - Sash for hotbeds and other purposes. - Google Patents

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WQ S. BODLEY.

SASH FOR HOTBEDS AND OTHER PURPOSES.

APPLIOAT'IONIIILED JAN. 7, 1910.

1,079,631, Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

UNITED STATES. PATENT onr on.

,WILLIAM ,S. BODLEY, 0F. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR, T10 SUNLIGHT DOUBLE GLASS SASI'Iv COMPANY, INC.,

or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SASH FOR"HOTBEDS AND OTHER PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

-P atente.d Nov. 25, 1913.

Application filed January 7, 1910. .SeriaLNoz 536,882.

To all whom it may concern new and useful Improvements. in Sash for Hotbeds and other Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

doors.

The object of. the present improvements is to make such glazing completely or substantially air and water tight, and at the same time allow for the convenient and economical insertion of one or more panes as substitutes for those which may become broken.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood I have shown in the accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practical efiect, without limiting my improvements, in their useful ap plications, to the practical constructions which, for the sake of example, I haveilluse trated.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a plan view of a hot bed sash embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a portion of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3; is a similar viewuof a slightly modified form of the invention. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing another slight modification. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a further-,modi-f fication. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the packing made with a bottom strip. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the packing-holding spring employed inthe construction shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is an inner face view of a portion of one of the muntins, showing the. arrangement of the panes, the pane-holding springs and the pane-stop.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the sash frame which, in the case of a hot bed sash, will ordinarily comprise stiles 2, a muntin or muntins 3, a top cross bar 1 and a bottom cross bar 5. These parts are framed together in any usual or approved manner and are formed on their inner faces with grooves 6 to receive the edges of the glass panes 7, excepting that either the top bar or the bottom bar or rail 4: or 5, or

both, may be made narrower vertically so as to. be flush with the inner surface of the groove 6 of the st-ilesand muntins so as to permit of the longitudinal insertion of the panes, as described in my Patents No. 720,318,.and No. 909,361. The glass panes7 are inserted in the grooves 6 so as to overlap one another, and are held from longitudinal j movement in an upward direction by stops My invention relates to improvements in glazed sash for hot beds, hot :house roofs' and skylights, and which may also be available for other glazed window sashes and 8 whichare or may be of the character de scribed in my said. Patent No. 909,361. The panes are furthermore held against one another and against the lower or inner sur- 1 faces of the grooves 6 by springs 9, as described in the last mentioned patent, or by other. equivalent or suitable means.

Under many conditionsit is not necessary to make the sash completely water tight or air tight, but in other conditions and some climates, and where the. sash is employed for skylights, windows, etc., an air and weather tight construction is desirable or necessary. Accordingly my present improve'ments are directedto this end, without incurring the old difliculty insubstituting a new pane for one which may have been broken. This is accomplished by a packing, or a packing and putty combined, as hereinafter described.

.10 indicates a packing such as marline twine, cord, or compressible cylinders empty or filled withsoftsubstances, such as soft putty, or. any other suitable packing material, either in short sections, or which extend for the full length of the groove 6, and which. is preferably of an oily character. This packing is applied iabove theedges of the panes 7. within the grooves 6, androver or above the stops 8 and either before or behind the springs 9 or other fastening devicesof the panes. The packing may be formed with a bottom strip 11 which is inserted across or beneath the outer edges of the pane. Outside of the packing 10 I prefenably apply putty, as indicated at 12, which rests on the glass panes and has some engagement with the frame at the point 18, but which mainly or partly rests upon the packing 10.

The advantage of this construction and arrangement is that when a pane becomes broken and it is necessary to replace it the putty above the broken pane may be easily removed withoutthe difiiculty and delay of digging it out of a deep groove or angle, the only point at which the putty requires to be detached or scraped 01? being along the them. It will be understood, however, that the improvements may be applied to frames having a single layer of panes.

In Figs 3 and 4 I have shown a sash frame in which the panes require to be inserted longitudinally along the grooves 6, as. described in myv said patent. .7 In Fig. 2 the flange 14 of the frame at the outer side of the groove 6 is shown as made shorter so that a pane may be inserted laterally between two opposing flanges 14 and worked into place, without disturbing theputty at the ends of the grooves.

In'Fig. 4 is illustrated a construction in which the panes have to be inserted longitudinally along the grooves 6, but this is made easy by the omission of the putty and the employment of the packing 10 only, the panes being held in place by the stops 8 and springs 9 and the pacln'ng being wedged between the edges of the panes and the inner parts of the grooves.

In Fig. 5 a construction is shown in which the outer flange of the groove 6 is dispensed with and the putty is applied over and around the packing, the panes of glass being secured in place by means of points or cleats orother suitable means, the putty being kept away from'the angle of the frame so that it may be readily removed and repairs easily made. In this construction the packing is preferably kept in place, and also the panes 7, by metal springs 15 which are attached to the frame at 16, inclose the packing, bear on the top surface of the underlapped panes at 17, and bear laterally against the lower edges of the overlapped panes, the over lapped panes being held down by the packing, which is in turn confined by the springs 15. I further provide against leakage to the interior of the hot bed or other inclosure by gutters 18 which are formed in the lower surface of the outermost groove 6. Any water which may leak past the edges of the panes is received in the gutters 18 and conducted to the lower end of the sash. The gutter 18 may be made of any shape, width or depth desired, and may be placed anywhere on the bottom surface of the groove. It may be made by adding a strip either of wood or metal to the wood-work on the said surface of the groove.

What I claim is:

1. In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of a grooved frame, panes of glass superposed so'as to lap on each other and fitted in the grooves of the frame, a packing in the grooves superposed upon the panes and beneath the lip of the groove without adhesion to the glass or to the frame, and means for holding the glass and packing in place consisting of putty arranged outside of the packing and having adhesion to the frame only upon the overhanging lip of the groove, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of a frame, a pane or panes of glass therein, a packing of an oily character superposed upon the glass and against portions of the frame, and putty applied against the glass and over the packing, substantially as set forth.

3. In a sash for hot beds and other purposes, the combination of a frame formed with longitudinal grooves 6 and flanges 14 exterior to the grooves, panes of glass fitted in the grooves, the panes being of a width greater than the distance between opposing flanges 14, and a packing having a strip 11 fitted in the grooves above the panes with its said strip arranged at the edges of the panes and between the same and the bottoms of grooves.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. BODLEY.

Witnesses:

M. E. HOLLIHAN, E. G. GORDON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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