US1101216A - Metallic window. - Google Patents

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M. SMITH.

METALLIC WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1913.

Patentefi June 23, 1914,

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METALLIC WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1913.

Patented June 23, 1914-,

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M'Mard Smibh M, SMITH.

METALLIC WINDOW. APPLICATION FILED 11.21, ma

Patented June 23, 19M

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Be it known that .l, MIL- ush 25311111, 21' citizen of the United States of America mil a resident of the city of St. Louis end Shite of ldissoui'i', have invented cerlsin new and useful Improvements in filetellic Windows, l of which the following is :1 full, clear, {ind 5 meet. description.reference being; had lotliu accompanying drawings. forn'ling pm'i ul' this specification.

My invention relates ho d metallic window, and has for its object to provide novel sti'uctui'nl features in windows oi ihis kind by which the joints between the W ind ow sashes and the window frame jzunhs may he euton'ietically tightened. y a

Figure I is a View mainly in elevation and 1 (lows, both the frguue mullhc .isies being partially broken away. l ig. ll is :4; vertical lig ll'l an enlarged Vertical section taken on iii-cg. lei-line III.lll, Fig. the upper portion 1 of this View beil'tg taken through i .49 lintel of the window frame, the tOp'Tllll end 3 portion of a stile of the upper sash and the lower portion of the vie-W being tel-m; 1 through the lower rail of the bottom sash end-the sill. Fig. IV is ii View psi'il a in elevaiion and pzn'l'l'y in vertical section oi one of the upper corhei-s oi? the winch'm'; frame end the adjacent upper corner of' the upper sash. Fig. V is an enlarged eh vefcion looking at the inside face of one oi the Windoiv fl'fil'll ju nhs and he i dius'tehle out and shown in section. Big. horizontal section taken on line 1/1 Fig. V. Fig. Vll is a horizontal section taken on line VII-Vii. Fi i. Fin". Jill.

is a fragmentary vieupof one of the Window frame jamlos illnsh'uijing the screw receiv ing bushings there n.- Fig. TX is a new of a portion of one of the adjustable porting strip members illustrating the elongaiel apertures therein. Fig. X is an elevation of a fragment of one of the adjuswble sash stops. Fig. XI is amenlarged seetion of one of the screw receivii g bushings as it appears previous to application to the iainb of the window frame. Fig. XII is an enlarged section illustrating one of the screw receiving bushings applied to the window frame jamh.

' The preferred form of ihe invention eons prises an upper sash A and, a lower sash B,

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ih of said sashes being slidebl" filled to a Window ironic COHlPOSUIl ii mtelb e s l zu'ul gznnhs R. All oi hose psi 5 oi shew: metal and hhx liQ ion-m. The l1ne 1, {Figs ll H .i-ovidcdwil ong tumnal groove] and should- 1 I: for

ihe 'icepl'iifii of the upper edge 0 the op rail of llu upper sash. grail of the The top 'x' ith a 'hmgitudinel into {he ;i oove 1 in upper sash is provided flange 3. which extends 1 i-he lin iel. The upward movenioni of the top sash is limited l.) lf zll3illllliilt screws l udji'islnhlc in COZLHM braces s in the sash and suleplied to engage the lintel C. The sill if formed with u vertical slnd'nwni 6 and an {lbllc'inllllj T inclined toi'vzii'd sziid vertical ahutineuf, and the bottom rail of the lower sash has uhutnicnts 8 mid $3 du'pi'ed to he wedged lieiween the sill lihui'ij enl s (3 and T. The inclined sash abutment S Tests on the.

inclined sill abuiinent T and when these in vlined nbutmcnl's hue ioigiigel :ilh I the Vei'tical abutment 'fice 9 the ,o'wei siish is forced against the Yertivnl sill ehuhncni (1, lo cileel h fight jointhe tween the skis and sill. To insiii'e :1 ii

oint helu'cen the lower sash and the 5111.. iho iihuiiinent Sci'cu's lin the lop mail of the upper sash may he ndiusiied so that 'ihc lowei' szish will fii'inlif' eh ge the sill shut? iueu'ts wheh ihe sashes as. lvl'liila hf? a soil i hle sash fiictenei- 10. Each juinh (Fig. Vii), inc-hides an outer fixed .siop nu mljus ehle inner sto'p G. the hifloi' heii' cured to the jeinh; as will he llel'blpii described. The fixed slop l is loomed \J'Ell,

a vertical guide longuc l2 and a vertical groove f Y ii de less yield-able parting y'- inemhei' in the form of a sheet metal. p

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n'ud hsvin one of its margins ni'inly hold v b i l v i i the 351mb by screws l i passing; fliroiigh lots :15 in the parting strip. member, (Figsll V jenihs so that a. tight joint is obtained hetween the sashes and the pair: .Jllp. Each sash is provided with a toigue loosely to one oi. the stone F i.

a,- tongue 17' arranged in a vertical groove 18 'biick of the bead h on the partin strip member. The tongues 17 on the sas es are interlocked with the parting strip member. H. so that the latter will yield to comthe sashes. v

The fadjustable stop 6 is preferably a pensate for variations in the dimensions of -channel shaped, strip having a guide tongue 12 and provided with slots 19 for the re-. "ception of screws 20. stop G is also formed with openings 14 The; said adjustable is 'passed through an aperture in the jamband upset as shown in Fig. XII, so as to force the thin wall of the jamb against the concave face of the nut, thereby countersinking the upset portion of the nut into the sheet metal of the jamb.

I claim: 1 1. In a Window, a frame including a jamb,

and a yieldab'le parting strip 'member ex tending across the face of said jamb and bowed outwardly therefrom for the purpose described, and a sash interlocked with said yieldable parting strip member.-

Q. In a window, a frame including a jamb,.

a yieldable parting strip member rigidly secured near one of its vertlcal margins to said jtlllll), the other vertical margin of said yieldable parting strip member being loosely and a v slidably fitted to said jamb and the middle portion of said yieldable parting strip member being bowed away from said jamb, and a sash interlocked with the yieldable middle portion of said yieldable parting strip member.

3. In a window, a frame, a yieldable parting strip member in the form of a bowed metallic p ate extending across said frame and secured adjacent one of its margins to said frame, and sashes loosely fitted to said frame I and slidably fitted to the bowed portion of said yieldable parting strip member, each of said sashes being interlocked with said yieldable parting strip member.

4. In a window, a frame including a jamb, a yieldable parting strip member socured to said jamb, said yieldable parting strip member being in the form of a bow having a vertical groove, and a sash movable toward and away from said jamb, said sash having a tongue extending into. said groove so to interlock the sash with the yieldahle parting strip member.

5. In a window, a frame including jambs and stops, sashes loosely fitted to said stops, and a yieldable parting strip member in the form of a metallic plate interposed directly between said sashes and one of said jambs, said sashes being interlocked with and closely fitted to the yieldable middle. portion of said yieldable parting strip member.

G. In a window, a frame including a. jamb, astop on said jamb, and a second stop adjustahly secured to said jamb, a slotted partiug strip member in the form of a sheet metal plate overlapping said stops, and means for adj ustably connecting said parting strip member directly to said jamb adacent one'of its margins, said means including screws which pass through the slots in said parting strip member.

4. in a metallic Window, a frame mcluding a jamb, a stop provided with slots, and

screws passing through said' slots and connccting said stop to said jamb, ,a parting strip member having one of its margins ar-' ranged between said stop and jamb, the said margin being provided with slots, and

screws passing through the last named slots and connecting said parting strip member to said jamb.

'MILLARD'SMITH.

In the resence of- A. McCAULEr,

E. B. LINN.

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