US1401080A - Window attachment - Google Patents

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H. A; HOBELMANN. wmoow ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, I919 Patented Dec. 20, 1 921.

E M9175 belmann HERMAN A. HOBELMANN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WINDOW A TTAGHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

Application filed October 28, 1919. Serial No. 3%,016.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN A. HOBEL- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residin g at Ten Hills,in the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window Attachments, of which the following is specification.

The present invention has reference to a window attachment and relates to means whereby rain, snow, etc., will be shed from the lower portion of the window so that the same will not enter between the window and the casing therefor.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a water shed for window sashes which may be easily and quickly attached to the bottom rail upon the outer surface thereof; one which may, if desired, remain a permanent fixture to the sash, but one which also may be easily and quickly removed therefrom, if desired.

A further object of the invention is to produce a rain shed for window sashes which is of a construction that will permit of the securing or sustaining means therefor being adjusted after the device has been applied upon the lower rail of a window sash, so that the inner edge thereof will tightly hug the rail. of the sash to positively prevent the entrance of water between the device and the sash.

The foregoing objects and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood may be accomplished by a simple construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts, a satisfactory exemplification of which is disclosed by the drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a view of he lower portion of the sash with the improvement removed.

Fig. 4E is a perspective view of the improvement looking toward the under face thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail the numeral 1 designates a portion of a window casing and 2 the lower sash slidable in the casing. For distinction the bottom rail of the lower sash is indicated by the numeral 3. i

In carrying out my invention I bore the bottom rail 3 from the outer face thereof to provide a centrally disposed socket l. In this connection it is to be understood that should I find it desirable additional sockets may be likewise provided in the said rail.

In the socket 4. T screw a non-headed sleeve that is provided with both inner and outer threads. The sleeve has its outer face kerfed transversely, the said kerfs designed to receive a screw driver whereby the sleeve may be screwed into the socket so that the outer face of the said sleeve is flush with the outer face of the rail 3.

The improved eave or water shedder for the sash is broadly indicated by the numeral 5. Preferably, the member 5 comprises a metal body 6 having angle sides 7, the said body being bent to provide the sides. To the sides and to the inner edge of the body is secured in any desired or preferred manner a back member 8. The member 8 is preferably constructed of wood and being arranged at an angle with respect to the body permits of the said body being sustained at a downward and outward angle when the back is arranged against the outer face of the rail 3. The back 8 has one or more openings therethrough which are designed to aline with the threaded bore of the sleeves. As only one sleeve is illustrated in the drawings the back 8 is provided with only one opening 9, and through this opening passes the threaded shank 10 of a wing bolt l1, the threads of the said shank coengaging with the threads in the bore of the sleeve, effectively sustaining the cave on the rail of the sash. The head of the bolt preferably contacts with a metallic wear plate 1.2 that is secured upon the inner face of the back member of the cave.

It will be apparent, from the foregoing, that the hollow nature of the water shed permits of the bolt being screwed into the bore of the sleeve or removed therefrom when the lower sash is partly raised. It will be also apparent that when the bolt is screwed entirely home the back member of the water shed being constructed of wood, and therefore to a certain extent compressible, will be caused to tightly hug or engage the rail 3 to prevent the passage of moisture between the water shed and rail. It will be still further apparent that without the removalof the water shed the lower sash may be fully raised, as no inward projections are provided upon the bottom rail thereof which might contact with the bottom rail of the upper sash, and consequently both sashes may be easily cleaned. It will be further apparent that the lower sash maybe raised to a determined elevation during rainy or snowy weather and that incident to the particular and peculiar shape 01": the device, the same will provide an effective shed for directing snow or rain outwardly from the window without permitting the same to enter the building through the space between the lower portion of the frame and the sash, and consequently a room may be properly ventilated in inclement weather. Itis also to be understood that while I have illustrated and described the attaching means for the save in the nature of a bolt and a threaded socket or sleeve therefor, other securing means may be employed if desired, as for instance the back member of the cave may be provided with keyhole slots and the rail 3 with headed elements to engage in the slots, while still further headed elements may be attached to the back member to engage in keyhole slots provided in the bottom rail of the sash. It will be thus understood changes'and modifications from the structure illustrated as fall within the scope of my claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

In combination with the lower sash of a w1ndow havlng non-headed threaded socket let in the lower rail thereof, a water shed for the sash comprising a'metallic body and a straight back portion provided with apertures which are designed to aline with the sockets in the rail of the sash, said metallic body consisting of sides having their upper edges inclined downwardly and forwardly from said back portion and a top disposed on the upper edges of the sides and back, winged bolts passing through the apertures in said back and engaging the threaded sockets, and wear plates between the heads of the winged nuts and said back.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HERMAN A. HOBELMANN.

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