US1200477A - Hinge. - Google Patents

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P. FRANTZ. v

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1916.

1,200,477, Patented Oct. 10,1916.

D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER IEBANTZ, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T FRANTZ MANUFACTURING 00., 0F STERLING, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed February 4, 1916. Serial No. 76,098. I

T 0 all whom it may concern:

My invention relates to hinges in general,

but more particularly to hinges for doors and windows, and especially those for basement, windows.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is to provide a novel and improved hinge of such construction that it will automatically lockitself in open position, thus holding a swinging window, such as a basement window, in raised or open position, thereby obviating the necessity of using a hook or other device to temporarily hold the window in this position.

A special object is to provide a hinge of this character which can be made-very economically from sheet-metal.

It is also an'object to provide certain de- -'tails and features of construction tending to detail section on line 3-3 efficiency and desirincrease the general this particular characability of a hinge of ter.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying 1 is an inside view of a basement window, showing the two upper corners thereof provided with hinges embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged in Fig. 1.

As thus illustrated, the swinging window sash A can be ofany suitable, known'or approved character, such as those ordinarily used for basement windows. The hinges for the two upper corners of this sash are similarly constructed, and a description of one will be sufiicient for both. The one shown at the right in Fig. 1 comprises, for example, a sheet-metal bracket B having a portion 7) which is secured by screws to the window drawings :Figure frame, and which has its inner edge portion bent outward at right angles thereto. This outwardly extending portion C is provided with upper and lower slots 1 and 2, the former being curved about a center disposed between its two upper end portions, and the latter having an edge 3 which is also curved The portion 03 is provided with upper and about said center. The lower portion of the slot 2 is, it will be seen, horizontal and extends straight backward from the curved edge 3 to the face of the plate section B, in the manner shown in Fig. 3. The edge ofthis slot 2, which is directly opposite the edge 3, is provided with a series of notches 4, three of these notches being shown in the drawings. It will be understood, however, that a suitable or desired number can be employed.

The plate D is of sheet-metal and is s e. .1

cured flatwise to the swinging window sash, being provided at one vertical edge thereof with an out-turned portion d, and being secured in place by screws 5, or by any suitable means. This right-angle portion 03 is mmediately inside of the portion G, the two portions being parallel and close together.

lower pins 6 and 7, the pin 6 working in the slot 1 and the pin 7 extending into the slot 2, whereby the sash is, in eifect, hinged and supported at its upper corners. The pins 6 and 7 are so relatively positioned that when the sash is closed, the pin 6 is held in the inner end portion of the slot 1, as shown in Fig. 2, and at such time the pin 7 is near the in ner end of the slot 2, in the maner shown. At this time, the depending portion 8, which separates the two ends of the slot 1, engages thepin 6 and prevents the top of the sash from falling outward.

In opening the window, the lower edge of the sash is swung outward, and ifit be de sired to open it very widely, the sash is raised to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this position the pin 6 is in the outer end of the slot 1 and the pin 7 is resting in the uppermost notch 4, whereby the sash is held in raised position. On the'other hand, if it be desired to only partially open. the window, then the sash is raised to the position indicated in Fig. 3, for example,

thereby bringing the pin 7 into the lower- 100 most notch 4, and causingthe pin-6-to .pass

more widely than 1s shown in Fig. 3, and a little less than is indicated by dotted lines in 110 The middle notch 4 may en- Fig. 2. It follows, therefore, that no hooks or other retaining devices are necessary for holding the sash in raised or open position. The hinges 6 'are suflicient for this purpose.

A catch E, of any suitable or desired character, can be employed for securing the lower edge of the sash in closed position, in the usual and well-knownmanner.

It will be seen that the upper and rear slot 1 is U-shape in form, and that the pin 6 is in the inner end of this slot when the window is'closed, or when the pin 7 is at the bottom of the slot as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. However, when the window or other closure is open, then the pin 6 is in the outer end of this U-shape slot and the pin 7 is in one of the'notches ofthe other slot. When the window is closed, the pin 7 is slightly in rear of the pin 6, instead of being directly in line therewith vertically, so that when the two pins 6 and 7 are in the same horizontal plane, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the said window or closure'is then higher at its free or outer edge than it is at its hinged or inner edge, and in this position the window may be said to be wideopen. The two slots 1 and 2 are formed concentrically, with the exception "of the straight lower portion of the slot 2, in the manner shown.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A hinge for holding a swinging clo- A sure in open position, comprising a bracketplate, and means secured on the closure to engage said plate and hold said closure in raised position and permit swinging motion thereof about a plurality of relatively fixed axes which are movable to different points on said plate during the general operation of raising and lowering said closure.

2. I A hinge for holding a swlnging closure in open pos1t1on, comprlslng a bracketplate, and means secured on the closure to engage said plate and hold said closure in raised position, said plate having a portion formed with concentrically curved slots, one

slot having one or more notches, said means.

including relatively fixed pins which slide in said slots when the closure is opened or closed, said notch or notches engaging one pin to hold the closure in raised position.

3. A hinge for holding a swinging closure in open position, comprising a bracket-plate, and means secured on the closure to engage said plate and hold said closure in raised position, said 1 plate havin concentrically formed slots, one above and in rear of the other, the front slot having. one or more notches, the rear slot being U-shape, said means including upper and lower pins which slide in said slots, the upper pin being in the front end of said rear slot when the other pin engages a notch to hold the closure in raised position, and said upper pin being in the rear end of said U-shape slot when the lower pin is at the bottom of the front slot.

4. A hinge for holding a swinging closure in open position, comprisinga bracket-plate, and means secured on the closure to engage said plate and hold said closure in raised position, said means including upper and lower pins, each of said pins forming an axis of tilting motion for said closure, the lower pin being slightly in rear of the upper pin to hold said closure with the free edge thereof higher than its hinged portion when the two pins are in the same horizontal plane.

Signed by me at Sterling, Illinois, this 29 day of Jan., 1916.

PETER FRANTZ.

Witnesses:

MAURICE Dow, W. R. RoLLo.

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