US1302480A - Window-weatherproofing. - Google Patents

Description

A. C. SOULE.

WINDOW WEATHERPROOHNG.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. I916.

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5 INVENTOR.

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ARTHUR C. SOULE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM B. THURMAN, OF MADERA, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed January 22, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. SooLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window-WVeatherproofing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to means for weather-proofing window sashes within the window frame with special reference to the parting beads interposed between the frame and the separate sashes.

In this specification and the annexed drawings, I illustrate the invention in the form that I consider the best, but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to such form, because the said invention may be embodied in other forms; and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims following the description I desire to cover the invention in whatever form it may be em bodied.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation in vertical cross-section of thewindow casing having two sashes slidable therein, weather-proofed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in horizontal section taken on the line II-II, illustrating the interlocked divided parting bead and the pressure plate.

Fig. 3 is a similar View illustrating a modification of the parting bead.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail in perspective of the pressure plate.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of the pressure plate shown in cross-section interposed between the edge of the sash and the stop.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings include: a window frame com prising the sill 1, the stool 2, the lintel 3, the usual inside and outside trims 4 and 5 across the bottom, 6 and-7 across the top, and 8 and 9 at the sides. The top and bottom portions of the frame are oined by the side jambs 10 on opposite sides and provided with longitudinal grooves 11 to receive the parting beads. The interior of the frame is provided with a stop 12 in the usual manner. The outside trim 15 overhangs the side jamb-s and lintel to form a stop for the sashes.

In general construction the upper and lower sashes are conventional, respectively consisting of the glazed. frames having side Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919..

Serial No. 73,565.

stiles 16 and 17 and top and bottom rails 18 and 19 and meeting rails 20 and 21. The meeting rails of the sashes have interlocking tongue and groove portions adapted to exclude the weather at this point.

The invention includes the following adaptations to the above described construction. The parting head is preferably divided laterally as best disclosed in Fig. 2, the two strips 22 and 23 are slidable in the slot 11 in the side jambs 10 on opposite sides of the window frame. The parting strip 22 is provided with a longitudinal groove 24 to receive the projecting tongue 25 on the strip 23; this construction breaks capillary attraction, preventing moisture passing into the groove 11 and also excludes air drafts at this point. The groove 24 is wider than the tongue 25, which permits the lateral adjustment of the two strips 22 and 23 with respect to each other. The strips 22 and 23 are provided with longitudinal beads or tongues 26 and 27 engaging grooves in the faces of their respective continguous sash stiles 16 and 17. This tongue and groove arrangement excludes weather at this point and aids in guiding the vertical movement of the overlapping sashes. The lateral division of the parting bead permits their respective tongues 26 and 27 to adjust themselves to the grooves in the sashes. When properly adjusted the parting beads may be nailed within the grooves 11, or they may be permitted to slide laterally therein to accommodate themselves to any variation in the vertical movement of the sashes. The parting beads extend from the sill to the lintel 6; the meeting rails of the sashes are cut away to clear the parting beads on opposite sides of the sashes.

To maintain the snug fit of the sashes with the parting beads the stiles 16 and 17 are provided with longitudinal pressure plates 28 and 29. These plates bear against the inside stops 12 and the outside stops l5 respectively. These pressure plates are forced outward by the tension of the springs 30 and 31 confined within hole bored into the sash stiles. To prevent the displacement of the pressure plates they are provided with the lugs 3232 engaging the holes 33-33 bored in the side stiles of the sashes.

The beveled weather bead 34 is let into the lintel 3 to engage a transverse groove in the top rail 18 of the upper sash when the sash is in the closed position. in Fig. 1.

This effectively stops the entrance of weather at this point. The meeting rails 20 and 21 overhang each other as illustrated in Fig. l effectively weatherproofing the joints between the sashes at this point. The bottom rail 19 is provided with a transverse groove to engage the transverse tongue 35 formed on the sill l effectively weathering the lower rail of the lower sash at this point. The adjacent sides of both sashes are effectively weather-stripped by the tongue and grooved parting beads 22 and 23 engaging the window frame on both sides. All of these various means recited cooperate to effectively weatherproof the sashes within the window frame while in the closed position.

The form of parting bead illustrated in Fig. 2 is adaptable to the reconstruction of old windows, by substituting a parting bead constructed in accordance with this invention for the existing parting bead made in one piece as usual. This is accomplished by plowing the groove in the sash-stiles to receive the tongues 26 and 27, and boring the opposite sides of the sash to receive the pressure plates 28 and 29. A modification of this strip is illustrated in Fig. 3 by means of which more material is possible in the parting bead. The extra thickness of the bead is provided for by rabbeting the edges of the sash to receive it, the thickness of the parting bead being reduced to enter the conventional width of groove 11 in the jambs 10 of the window casing. Other modifications in the structure may be made to suit special conditions without departing from the spirit of this invention.

Having thus described this invention, I claim:

1. In a window, a frame, sashes slidably mounted in said frame, parting beads freely mounted in the sides of said frame between said sashes, each bead being divided longitudinally into two parts, engaging means to hold said parts together but to allow said parts to move laterally with relation to each other within the sides of the frame, and engaging means between each bead part and a sash permitting movement of the sashes longitudinally of said bead parts-and causing said bead parts to move laterally with the sash.

2. In a window, a frame, sashes slidably mounted in said frame, parting beads freely mounted in the sides of said frame between said sashes, each head being divided longitudinally into two parts, a longitudinally extending tongue and groove engagement between the parts of each bead to hold said parts together but to allow a slight relative transverse movement of said parts, and a longitudinally extending tongue and groove engagement between each bead part and a sash permitting movement of said sashes longitudinally of said head parts and causing said parts to move laterally with said sash.

3. In a window, a frame, sashes slidably mounted in said frame, parting beads freely mounted in the sides of-said frame between said sashes, each bead being divided longitudinally into two parts permitting relative transverse movement of said parts in the sides of said frame, and engaging means between each bead and a sash permitting movement of this sash longitudinally of said bead parts and causing lateral movement of the bead parts with the sash.

4.. In a window, a frame, sashes slidably mounted in said frame, parting beads freely mounted in the sides of said frame between said sashes, each bead being divided longitudinally into two parts permitting relative transverse movement of said parts in the sides of the frame, and a longitudinally eX- tending tongue and groove engagement between each bead part and a sash permittingmovement of said sashes longitudinally of said bead parts and causing said parts to move laterally with said sash.

5. In a window, a frame, sashes slidably mounted in said frame, parting beads freely mounted in the sides of said frame between said sashes, engaging means between said beads and sashes permitting movement of the sash longitudinally of the beads and causing the beads to move. transverselyv with the sashes.

6. In a window frame, sashes slidably mounted in said frame, parting beads freely mounted in the sides ofsa-id frame between said sashes engaging means between said beads and sashes permitting longitudinal movement of said sashes with relation to said beads and causing the beads to move transversely with the sashes, said beads being so constructed and arranged as to enable eachsash to move laterally independent of the other sash.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 15th day of January, 1916.

ARTHUR O. SOULE.

In presence of BALDWIN VALE.

Gmpies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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