US1366678A - Window-frame - Google Patents

Description

S. H. REID.

WINDOW FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1920.

1,366,678. Patented Jan-25,1921. I

v I 56 N \l UNITED stares PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVES'I'ER H. REID, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. Gr. BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A.. CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Application filed July 20, 1920. Serial No. 397,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Srnvnsrnn H. Rum, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Window-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a window frame in such a manner that the sash can be placed in position and removed very readily, and when placed in position it will be held snugly in place, thus preventing it from rattling and likewise preventing the passage of air between the sash and the frame when the sash is in closed position.

The invention is particularly adapted for railway passenger cars and more especially when the window frames or sashes are constructed partly of wood and partly of metal,

but it will he understood that it can be used in any place where a snug-fitting sash is desired, particularly where the frame and sash are subject to vibration, and rattling of the sash is likely to occur. I

With these objects and other objects which may hereinafter appear in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointedout in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which-- Figure l is a transverse section ofa window frame together with portions of the sashes and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a modified form of window frame.

Throughout the various views ofthe drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the preferred improvement of my invention, as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, and particularly in Fig. 1 thereof, 1 indicates one of the side posts or stanchions of the car. Each post is provided with an inwardly extending web 2. This web fits into a longitudinal groove 3 in an inner wooden post 4, to which the metal post 1 is secured.

The metal post 1, is preferably in the form of a T-beam and is secured to the wooden post member 4 by means of screws 5 or other fastening means, which pass through the inwardly extending web 2 of the metal post 1 as shown. The wooden beam 4 is provided with a curtain groove 6 adjacent its inner end.

Secured to the sides of the wooden post 4 by means of spaced-apart screws 7, are resilient or flexible side plates 8 which are provided with sash-receiving grooves 9 to receive the edges of the sashes 10 and act as guide ways therefor. Each of the plates 8 is provided at its free end with an outwardly extending flange 11 and secured to the outer face of the post 1 by means of screws 12, is a plate 13, which is provided with flanges 14 which extend inwardly toward the sides of the post 1. These flanges 14 on the plate 13 overlie the flanges 11 on the side plates 8 and form stops to restrict outward movement of the plates 8. The inwardly extending flanges 14 also form sides for the sash guide-ways 9 as shown. The side plates 8 are provided with inwardly pro jecting flanges 15 at their inner ends which project into the curtain grooves 6 and form one of the faces therefor and the wooden post 4is provided with grooves 16 into which the ends of the flanges 15 fit.

As heretofore explained, the side plates 8 are resilient and tend to spring outward and away from the sides of the posts thus causing themto be held snugly against the edges of the sashes 10. This prevents rattling as the sashes are held tightly in their grooves at all times.

It will be noted that the wooden posts 4 are provided with inclined side faces 18, which faces are covered by the side plates 8. These inclined faces 18 permit inward movement of the plates 8 when necessary, without obstructing or preventing such movement.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2, I have shown the side plates 8 having their attached ends projecting upward into grooves 17 in the wooden post members 4. In other respects the construction shown in Fig. 2 is substantially identical with and operates in like manner to that shown in Fig. 1.

Having described my invention it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming Within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim is: V

1. A. window frame comprising a metal post, a Wooden post having a longitudinal groove into which a Web onthe metal post is secured, curtain grooves in the Wooden post, resilient sash-receiving plates secured to the Wooden post and flanges on the plates extending into the curtain grooves and secured therein.

2. A Window frame comprising an outer post member, an inner post member secured thereto, a pair of resilient plates secured to the inner post and resilientlv movable to- Ward the sides thereof with portions of said inner post member being inclined behindthe lates. 1 V

Signed at the city of Helsingfors, Finland,

this 15th day ofJune 1920.

SYLVESTER H. REID.

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