US1093644A - Car-window. - Google Patents

Description

A. H. NEWPHR.

OAR WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1909.

Patented A111221, 1914.

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ALFRED H. NEW'PHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO THE ADAMS `&

WEST- LAKE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

CAR-WINDOW.

i Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented Apr. ,21, 1914.

Application led .Tune 21, 1909. Serial No. 503,387.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, ALFRED H. NEWPHER,

a citizen of the United States, and resident Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use- Improvements in Car.- Windows, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates upper, usually an immovable, sash for railway cars commonly known as the Gothic sash; its object is to provide an improved sash for such windows, and means for more eifectually closing the joint between this sash and the upper end of the lower movable sash.

rllhe usual practice has been to set the glass of the Gothic window in a single sash/which is permanently attached to the car. Vhen the car is shopped for repairs inconvenience and delay result from work` upon this window when thus permanently secured in place, and if a new light of glass is required its insertion is practically the last thing to be done, and as a consequence it is ditlicult to finish the work neatly. These diiiculties are overcome by the use of the device herein shown and described, wherein the glass is carried by an inner sash easily removable from an outer sash which is permanently secured to the car, permitting the inner sash to be taken out of the car when the latter comes into the shop, and to be repaired at a bench and easily the car has been linished.

The invention is embodied in a structure such as is hereinafter described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which`v Figure 1 is a detail elevation of the outer face of the window; Fig. 2 is a detail section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, a part of the outer sheathing of a car being shown; Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l, showing a portion of the lower sash; and F igs. 4 and 5 are sectional views on the same plane as Fig. 3,- but showing modified forms of construction. l

A part of the outer sheathing of a car body is shown at l0, and the upper rail of the lower or movable sash of a car window is shown at l1. The Gothic window comprises an outer sash, generally designated as 12, and an inner sash, generally designated particularly to the replaced when all other work upon as 1113; the glass 14 being set within the inner sas s The outer sash is shown as being formed of sheet metal folded upon itself to form hollow ybars which are substantially oblong rectangular in cross section, the outer face, however, being offset inwardly adjacent its inner edge to form a rabbet, as shown at 15, to receive a flange of the inner sash. The edges of the sheet of which the bars of the sash are formed may meet or overlap and be secured together by any suitable means, such as brazing. This sash is fitted within the wlndow opening of the car and may beheld in 16,17 and 18 extending along its top and sides and overlapplngit and the sheathing of the car, this plate being secured to the car body and the sash being secured to it by means of screws 19, 20, as numerously placed as may be desired. Preferably blocks as 21 are located within the chamber of the sash and preferabl secured to its walls by means of solder or razing, these blockssupplying adequate stock within which to form threaded sockets for the engagement of screws. The inner sash 4is also shown as lnade of sheet metal doubled uponitself to form hollow rails, these rails being given suitable configuration in cross-section to provide a seat for the glass and to give such architectural finish as maybe preferred. Preferably a sheet is used of sufiicient width to provide an outstanding -ange 22 to l rabbet 15 of the outer. sash, the edges of the sheet forming the outer edge of such'lange. The seat for the glass 14 is provided by offscttin inwardly the inner face of the sash bar a jacent its inner edge to form a rabbet 23, and the glass, when seated within this rabbet, is secured by a plate 24 which may take the form, as shown, of a continuous frame and is secured to the sash bar by means of screws, as 25, blocks 26` being preferably placed within the chamber of the bar to provide ample stock within which to form threaded sockets for the screws. The inner sash is secured -to the outer one by means of screws 27 set-ting through the flange 22 and entering suitable blocks, as 28, located within the chamber of the bars of the outer sash.

While the outer sash as described is, of course, removable fro-m the body of the car, it may,nevertheless, remain as a permanent in the chamber fixture, permitting the painting of the car body as a whole. The inner sash, however, .may be readily removed rom the outer sash without marring the paint of the body, which may extend over the retaining plates 16, 17 and 18. With thefsash as thus made of two members, there may be employed a filling bar, generally designated by the numeral 29, to close the space between the lower Vbar of the Gothic sash and the upper bar of the lower 4sash 11. This filler bar is shown as having an outer member made of a iece of sheet metal folded upon itselflto orm a stem 31, and a chambered head having an opening -along its outer face, that is to say, the face directed toward the lower sash. The stem 31 may be retained between overlap sheet o which the lower bar of the ,Gothic sash is formed, and secured by means of screws 34, the inner ends of which enter threaded sockets in blocks 35 located withof the, sash bar. Fitted within the head of the iiller bar thus formed is a bar 36, preferably of wood, having a channel along one face registering with the opening in the outer face of the b ar. Within this channel is placed a cushion 37 of any suitable material, such as felt or rubber, and this cushion may be covered by a sheet 38 A'of fabric, such as plush 7 or rubber, the edges of this sheet overlapping the top and bottom of the bar 36 and being thus securely clamped. The cushion 37 is of sufflcient thickness to project slightly through the opening in the iller bar, in order that it may frictionally engage the lower sash and form therewith a joint which will eiiectually exclude dust and drafts.

In the modication illustrated in Fig. 4, the ller between the two sash is made of a single sheet' of metal folded to form a hollow gular in cross-section. The face of the bar adjacent the movable sash has an inward fold 40, to form a pocket within which is housed a cushion, such as the rubber tubing edge portlons 32, 33, of the' bar 39 substantially oblong rectan\ ing 41 shown, which projects slightly beyond the face of the bar and bears against the sash rail. The marginal portions of the sheet meet between the top and bottom of the face of the bar adjacent the fixed sash and are bent outwardly to form a stem 42, to be secured betweenfthe overlapping marginalportions 32, 33, of the sheet offwhich the lower cross-bar of the fixed sash is made.

Fig. 5 shows a further modification of the filler bar interposed between the two sash, diiering from the form illustrated in Fig. 4 essentlally only in that the cushion is attached to the movable sash and frictionally engages the filler bar, instead of being attached to the bar engaging the sash.

I claim as my inVent1on-' 1. In a window, in combination, a vertically movable sash, a bar crossing the window opening and coperating with the upper, rail .of the sash, such bar being made of- -sheet metalwrought. to the form of a tube,

the edges, of the sheet being overlapped, a ller bar interposed between the upper rail of the sash and the bar, such filler bar being made of sheet metal folded to form a iange fitting between the overlapping marginal portions of the first-named bar and achambered head having a longitudinal opening, and a cushion housed within the head and projecting through its opening and adapted to bear against the upper rail of the sash.

2.*In a window, in combination, a sash made of sheet metal wrought to the form of a tube, the edges of the sheet being overlapped, a filler bar for frictionally engaging an adjacent sash7 such bar being made of sheet metal folded to form a flange fitting between the overlapping marginal portions of the first-named sheet, and a chambered head having a longitudinal channel, and a cushion housed within the channel and projecting beyond the side face of the head.

ALFRED H. NEWPHER. Witnesses:

Louis K. GILLsoN, E. M. KLA'rcHER.

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