US1497042A

US1497042A - Reversible metal window

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Publication number: US1497042A
Application number: US631200A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leroy B Taylor
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-04-10
Filing date: 1923-04-10
Publication date: 1924-06-10
Anticipated expiration: 1941-06-10

Description

v June 10, 1924.

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REVERSIBLE METAL WINDOW.

application med april 1o, 1923. seriai m. 631,200.

l citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Metal lli/vindows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal windows and casings thereof, and has for its object to provide a window in which the sashes swing on horizontal pivots so that they can be reversed for cleaning purposes or opened to any extent desired, and in which the parts are so constructed and arranged that the window will stay in the'positiou in which it is set. t

The invention may be embodied in various forms, some of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a artial front elevation of one form.- Fig. 2 1s a. vertical section with the sash closed. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the sash open. Figs. 1 and 5 are'horizontal sectionsen larged, on the lines 4 4 and 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a partial front elevation of another form. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of Fig. 6. Fi 8 is a similar View to Fig.`7 with the sas es in open position. Fig. 9 is a' detail in section of another modification. Figs. 10

and 11 are details in perspective of parts.

shown in Fig. 9.

ln the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 the upper sash swings inwardly and the lower sash swin outwardly, and referring particularly t ereto, 6 indicates the masonry in which the casing is set. This casing includes side frames 7 which are stepped and anged to form guides, and these side pieces extend the full length of the Window. The side pieces are connected" at the top by a cross frame 8 and at the bottom by a sill plate 9, the inner edge of which is flanged.

upwardly as at 10 and then outwardly as at 11 for a purpose to be described. l

linasmuch as the lower sash swings outwardly and the upper sash swings inwardly, the sides of the former must be spaced from the casing a sucient distance to enable the sash to clear the adjacent masonry at the sides, and'for this reason the lower half of the Window has at each side a face plate 72 which covers a space suficient to permit the outward swing of the lower sash, as willbe evident from Fig. 5.

The upper sash is indicated at A and the lower sash at B, the sash frame consisting of two

angle plates

12 and 13 in the upper sash and 12a and 13a in the lower sash, between the :Ganges of which the glass 14 is 60 set. Referring to the upper sash, it has a weather strip piece 15 attached to the outer side of the frame 12 and projecting in position to enter a recess 16 between one of the faces of the casing 7 and a flange 17 on a 65 bead or facing piece 18 which extends up beside the Window and is setvin or otherwise liXed to the masonry. This piece 18 also has a recess 19 in which the projecting edge 2() of the frame 12 iits'to assist in sealing the joint, 70 a double seal being thus formed by the pieces 15 and 20 ittingwithin the spaces or grooves in the casing members. I

A roller 21 is mounted on a :pin 22 projecting from each piece 15, and this roller 75 travels in a guide in the casing formed by the frame 7 and an angle piece 23 `secured thereto. The lower edge of sash A thus moves up and down with the roller 21 as the sash is opened or closed. A link 24 is e0 pivoted at 25 to the casing, at one end and is pivoted at 26 at the other end to a tubular lever member 27 in which slides a bar 28. lThe member 27 is offset at one end as indicated at 29 and pivoted at 30to the 85 Side frame l2 of the sash A.. The bar 28 has a head 31 connected by a fixed pivot to the casing 7 near the top of the latter, and the bar 28 slides with some frictien 'in the member 27, forming a telescoping lever cona0 nected at one end to the casing and at the other end. to the sashyand also connected by the link 24 to the fixed pivot 25 on the casing.

By means of this construction the sash A a5 may be swung to open or closed position. When swung to closed position, the roller 21 travels in its guide downwardly and the out.

tube 27 slides upwardly on the bar 28, whereby the sash closes to vertical position with the lever and link substantially parallel and the danges 15 and20 enter the recesses to make a weather-tight joint, as indicated l1n lEig. d. rllo open the sash, the top is pulled The ed'ect of this is to draw the tube 27 outwardly on the bar 28, and each roller 21 rides in its guide upwardly so that the sash can be set at any angle desired or com pletely reversed so that the outside of the glass is accessible for cleaning purposes.

'llhe lower sash B 4swings outwardly by similar arrangement, except that the lever is pivoted at 32a near the bottom of the casing, and at the other end the telescopic tube 28 is pivoted to the sash, and to make the joint vthe sash trame 1?2L is extended inward ly as at 13b to t in a recess 13 formed in a piece 40 which is set in the casing behind the tace plate 12 and is properly stepped and provided with an angle bar 41 to form.-

a guide for a roller 2l.a which travels up and down in a manner similar to that above described'and the sash is spaced inwardly a sucient distance to swing outwardly and clear the adjacent masonry.

The lower bar t7 of the sash B is flanged upwardly as indicated at 4:2 to engage under the lip 11 of the sill 9, and also has a down wardly projecting ange 43 which stops against the sill thereby making a tight joint when the sash is closed. 'lhe lower bar of the upper sash also has a lip 4st which covers the joint betweenV the sashes when they are closed as shown in Big. 2.

l'n the modied form shown in Figs. 6 and 7, both sashes open inwardly, hence the construction is the same as that above described with respect to the sash A, the lower sash B being equipped with the same arrangement of telescoping levers and links as that disclosed with respect to the sash A, the spacing plates l2 and other parts associated with the sash B being omitted. However, in this term, the lower bar 50 of the upper sash has a groove on its under side which receives a rib 51 on the upper bar of the lower sash B when the sashes are closed, and the lower bar 52 of the sash B is grooved to receive a rib 53 on the sill plate 9a. 'llhese ribs do not interitere with the swinging movement of the sash, because when the upper sash is opened, its first movement is to lift slightly, just after it begins to swing inwardly, withdraw ing the bar 50 from engagement with the rib 5l and permitting the complete swing of the sash, and then the lower sash B may be swung, and lifted'to clear the lower bar 52 from the rib 53. Thereupon both sashes may be swung to open position as shown in.

Fig. 8, or completely reversed if desired.

Figs. 9, 10, yand 11 illustrate a modification with respect to the means for assembling the members oit the casing. ln this torni, each agences side piece 7 of the casing is slitted to maire od-set tongues 7a at its inner edge, and these tongues are setin a dove-tail groove 18C' in the bead member 18, thereby locking the casing and the external bead. 'lhe bead may be slid onto the casing endwise or it may be assembled by expanding the flange at the side of the recess 18 and then pressing the same inwardly to grip the casing to complete the dove-tail joint.

By the means described, a metal window and casing can be constructed so that it can be easily swung to open or closed position, and the friction, es ecially between the telescoping lever mem ers, will be suicient to hold the sash in any position, which action is assisted by the manner et pivoting the parts., f

ll claim:

1. The combination with a window casing and sash, the sash having a pin at the side which travels in a vertical guide in the side of the casing, of a telescoping lever pivoted at one end to the casing and at the other end to the sash, and a pivoted linh connection between the lever and the casing.

2. 'lhe combination with a window cas= ing and sash, the sash having a pin at the side which travels in a vertical guide in the side of the casing, oi a telescoping lever piv-a oted at one end to the casing and at the other end to the sash, and a pivoted link connection between the lever and the casing, the link being arranged to swing to substantial parallelism with the lever when the sash is closed.

3, The combination with a window casq in and sash, the sash having a pin at the si e which travels in a vertical guide in tho side ot the casing, of a telescbping lever piv oted at one end to the casing and at the other end to the sash, and a pivoted link connes tion between the lever and the casing, the link being pivoted to the casing at a distance from the point at which the lever is pivoted to the casing.

l. 'llhe combination with a window cael ing and sash, the sash having a pin at the side which travels in a vertical guide in the side of the casing, of a telescoping lever piv= oted at one end tothe casing and at the other end to the sash, and a pivoted link connesj tion between the lever and the casing, the telescopin lever comprising inner and outer members s idable with respect to each other, and the link being pivoted to the outer member.

5. 'lhe combination with a casing, or? upper and lower horizontal swinging sashes therein, and a lever and link connection bex tween the side of each sash and the casing, the sides of the one sash being spaced inwardly from the casing a sucient distance to clear the outside of the casing, so that it ma be swung outwardly, and a pair oli tace pilates beside the outwardly swinging sash and covlink pivoted at one end to the lever and at 10 ering the space between the sides of the sash the other end to the casing at each side of the and the sides of the casing. latter. Y

6. The combination with a casing, the side In testimony whereof, I aix my signature members of which have vertical guides, of a. in presence of two witnesses.

sash having rollers at the sides thereof which LEROY B. TAYLOR. travel in said guides, an extensible lever piv- WVitnesses: oted at one end to the casing and at the other JOHN A. BOMMHARDT,

end to a sash at each side of the latter, and a G. V. ROSENBERG.