US1207442A

US1207442A - Window-jack.

Info

Publication number: US1207442A
Application number: US6295915A
Authority: US
Inventors: Oscar W Sandholm
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-11-23
Filing date: 1915-11-23
Publication date: 1916-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1933-12-05

Description

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0. W. SANDHULIVI.

WINDOW JACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.23. 1915.

Queens and State of New York, have intit iM ne.

WIND OW-J'CK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1216.

Application tiled November 23. 1915. Serial No. 62,959.

Zio all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that l, OSCAR W. SANDHOLM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rockaway Beach, in the county of vented a new and Improved Window-J ack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to seats and particularly to a window sill seat or jack, and has for an lobject the provision of an improved arrangement whereby the same may be applied and removed quickly and when applied be held against accidental removal.

Another object in view is to provide a seat or j ack of the character described which may be placed on substantially any sized window and adjusted to properly clamp the same.

. ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective. view of al seat or jack embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through part of the wall and window frame together'with part of a seat or jack disclosing an embodiment ofthe invention, the section being substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front view of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section through Fig. 2 on line 4 4; Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 2 on line 5 5; Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 2 on line 6-6. Y-

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 17 indica-tes a body which may be of metal or other suitable material and which. is provided with slots Y18 and 19 .accommodating the

bolts

20 and 21, which bolts extend through the body and also through a sliding bar 22. Wing nuts 23 are provided so as'to clamp the

bolts

20 and 21 in any desired adjusted position. Each of the bars 22 is provided with a hook 24 at one end, as shown'more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2,'for hooking over the stool 7 of the window. rlhe bolts 20. and 21- are preferably adapted to pass through small apertures in the respective bars 22,'l while a guiding and clamping bolt 25 passes through the body 17a slot 26 in bar 22 and through a turnedover end 27 of each of the supporting runners 28. As shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6,

` which guide may be soldered or otherwisethe bar 22 fits in an, inclosing guide 429,

rigidly secured to the body 17. lin addition to runner`28 which rests upon the sub-sill 13 is an auxiliary runner 30 resting on thesill 16 so that there will be no appreciable Weight directly on the bars 22.

By adjusting the bolts 2O and 21 the device may be adapted to windows of various sizes and may be properly clamped in position by the hook ends 24 and the screw members 14. The bent-over portion 27 of runner 28 is held in place by bolt 25 and also, if desired, by being soldered to the guide 29, while the auxiliary runner 30 may be held in place by solder if desired. However, the same is clamped in position together with the guide 29 by a clamping band 31.

By arranging a jack or seat of this character an ample support is provided for a person when cleaning the outside of windows or when operating on the outside of windows for any other purpose, as for instance, painting or puttyin'g the parts of the window sash.

What lt claim is:

1. In a window cleaning seat of the character described, a body provided with a pair of slots therein, a support therefor having a runner engaging the sill adjacent the window frame for supporting the outer part of the body, a pair of slidable bars arranged beneath said body and overlapping part of the window sill, a bolt extending through each of said bars and through the slots of said body whereby the bars may be clamped at any desired position, and a hook member arranged on the free end of each of said bars, said hook members being adapted to be hooked over the stool of the window, and an adjustable member arranged on said runner and acting against said runner and the window 'sill for holding said hook tightly against said sillwhereby the hooks will hold the entire seat in position. Y

2. ln a window cleaning seat of the character described, a body provided with a pairl of slots therein, a support therefor comprising an inner comparatively low runner Afor supporting one edge of the body and an outer comparatively high runner engaging the sill adjacent the Window frame for supporting the outer part. of the body, a pair of slidable bars arranged beneath said body, a bolt extending through each of said bars and through the slots of said body, whereby said bars may be clamped at any desired position, and a hook member arranged on the free end of each oi said bars, said hook members being adapted to be hooked over name to this specification in the presence of the stool of the Window, and an adjusting two subscribing witnesses. member arranged' on said outer runner, said l adjustable means acting against said outer OSCAR W' SANDHOLM' runner and the Window sill for holding said Witnesses:

hooks tightly against said sill. FRANS NIEMINEN, In testimony whereof I have signed my EDWARD F. CLoss.