US1368450A

US1368450A - Storm-sash

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Publication number: US1368450A
Application number: US138708A
Authority: US
Inventors: Peterson John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-12-26
Filing date: 1916-12-26
Publication date: 1921-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 1938-02-15

Description

J. PETERSON.

STORM SASH.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-26. 191s.

Patented Feb. 15,1921.

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STQRM-SASH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

Application filed December 26, 1916. Serial No. 138,708.

ing the frame or rails in which the glass is mounted.

A further object is to provide a storm sash of such construction that a glass or light of the glass can be removed entirely and a screen substituted therefor, so that the sash may remain in the window during the summer months and one portion of it serve as a window screen.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as here'- inafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View through a window frame, illustrating the preferred manner of mounting -my storm sash therein, v

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View, taken on a line at right angles substantially to the section line of Fig. 1,-

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view, showing the manner of munting the movable light or pane in the sash, 3 I Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, through the movable section of the glass,

Fig. 5 is a view partially in section, showing the movable section of the sash removed from the window. n

Fig. 6 is a view of the screen section that is substituted for the light of glass to adapt .the window for summer use,

may be of any ordinary or preferred construction, which will permit the storm sash to be placed inthe window from the inside. The sash is held in place by suitable means, such as latches 9 fitting within recesses 10 in the jamb of the window. A storm sash mounted in this way obviously cannot be opened conveniently for admitting fresh air or for other purposes, and the object of my present inventionis to so mount one section or light of the storm sash that it can be easily moved to air the room or obtain access to the outside of the window.

Mounted in the storm sash are vertically arranged guides :11 and 12, consisting preferably of flat plates projecting into'the opening in the window sash. One of these plates extends to the top of the sash, while the other terminates at a. point near the middle thereof to allow the convenient removal of the sliding frame therefrom, as will hereinafter appear. This sliding frame comprises upper and

lower rails

13 and 14 and side rails 15.

The upper and lower rails have forward portions, U-shaped, substantially, in cross section, into which the upper and lower edges of the light of glass 16 are inserted and the ends of the side rails are inserted into the end portions of the top and bottom rails and secured thereto by suitable means, such as bolts 17 These bolts are removable for the purpose of. separating the rails of the frame and removing the glass in case of breakage or for any other reason. The top rail also has a looped rearwardly ex ing strip 19 of felt, or other suitable material, which forms a yielding seat for the upwardly turned edge 20 of a plate 21 that is mounted on. the window transom 22, the felt strip closing the joint between the rail and the transom and preventing the entrance of cold air at this point.

The lower rail of the frame has a part 23 to receive a rib 24 on the sash and 'separated therefrom by a suitable packing 25. The. side rails have looped extensions 26 to receive the

plates

11 and 12 and also have packing strips 27, the

plates

11 and 12 serving as vertical guides for the frame when it is raised or lowered. One of the rails is preferably provided with a series of lugs 26 and a latch 27 is mounted on the sash in positionto be swung into the tending portion 18 provided with a packpath of one of the lugs for the purpose of holding the sliding frame at different elevations. A hook 28 is preferably provided for locking the frame in its closed position.

It is my intention to allow this storm sash to remain in the window during the summer months and to adapt the sash for a half screen I provide a frame 29 in which a suitable screen 30 is mounted, said frame being substantially the size of the frame for the light of glass 16 and adapted to be substituted therefor when it is desired to convert the storm sash into a screen. The screen frame will be raised and lowered in the sash in substantially the same manner as previously described with reference to the sash With thelight .of glass.

The device may be applied to windows of different sizes and shapes and in various ways the details of construction herein shown and described may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a storm sash having a centrally disposed transom, a closure for the space above said transom, and vertical guide plates mounted in the sash stiles, one of said plates terminating with the transom and the other extending to the top of the sash, of a sliding closure frame comprising upper and lower and side rails secured together, the side rails being formed. on one face with outwardly turned looped portions disposed to receive the vertically disposed guide plates.

2. The combination with a storm sash having a centrally disposed transverse transom and a fixed light of glass above the transom, of a vertically slidable frame be-.

low the transom and composed of top and bottom and side rails substantially U- shaped in cross-section to receive the edges of a closure member for the frame, the adjacent ends of the rails telescoping one in the other at the corners of the frame, and separable fastening means for securing the rails together at their adjacent ends.

3. The combination with a storm sash having a centrally disposed transverse transom, a fixed light of glass above the transom, a plate secured to the transom and projecting inwardly and upwardly, and an upwardly extending ledge on the bottom rail of the sash, of a vertically slidable frame normally below the transom and composed of top and bottom and side rails and containing a closure member, the top and bottom rails being formed with inverted U- shaped members disposed to recelve the upwardly projecting plate on the transom and the upwardly extending ledge respectively when the slidable frame is in its lowermost position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 18" day of December, 1916.

JOHN PETERSON.