US1523232A - Sash operator - Google Patents

Description

Jan. 13, 1925. 1,523,232

' E. E. MASSIE- SASH OPERATOR Filed Jan. 1l, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l gru/uente@ v Jan, 13, 1925.

" E. E. MASSIE` SASH OPERATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 11, 1923 Patented Jan. i3, i925.

iinrHU E. Massin, Vor roiersr'ioUrH, onto.

Application 1ed January 11, 1923.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELIHU E. Massin, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the Acounty of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Sash Operator; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in 'the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient means for operating a window sash, and particularly an upper sash, from the floor, or without climbing or reaching, under conditions permitting of lowering the upper sash into coextensive relation with the normal position of the lower sash for Ventilating, washing, or other purposes, and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction, applicable as an attachment or fixture to a conventional window sash, of which an illustrative embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device applied to a window,

Figure 2 is a side view of the same, showing the window in section,

Figure 3 is a view showing the operating cord disengaged from the bracket and the latter folded to pass the lower sash,

Figure 4 is a. detail view of the coupling Pina I Figure 5 is a perspective view of the bracket and supporting plate, with the latter shown in dotted lines in its folded position,

The device consists essentially of an overhead running guide 10, such as the pulley bracket illustrated, through which extends an operating cord 11, and a bracket arm 12 attached to the top rail of the upper sash for connection with the operating cord at an intermediate point, so that by pulling upon one or the other of the ends of the cord the sash may be raised or lowered by a person standing on the floor.

The bracket arm is pivotally mounted so as to be extended perpendicular to the plane of the sash when in use and to be folded parallel therewith when not in use, to the end that the lower sash may pass the top rail of the upper sash when it is desired to lower the latter to permit of washing and the like. As illustrated the bracket arm it, N

Serial No. 612,028.

is provided with a long hinge sleeve 13 engaged by a hinge pin 14; on an attaching plate 15 secured to the sash and provided with an outwardly directed flange 1G serving to nest or house the arm when folded.

The operating cord carries a coupling pin 17 having terminal eyes 18 for the attachment of the cord members 11a and 16", of which the former only passes over the pulley 10a and is limited in movementby the attached end of the coupling pin, and the latter is provided with collars or shoulders 19 spaced to bound a neck portion 2O for reception by a sleeve 21 at the free end of the bracket arm, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. This sleeve being split permits of engagement and disengagement at will of the neck portion of the coupling pin, while being proof against accidental displacement. The upper sash may thus be lowered until the bracket arm is within convenient reach from the floor to enable the coupling pin to be disengaged from the coupling sleeve, should it be desired to raise the lower sash to expose the upper sash to the occupant of the room.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. A sash operator having an overhead guide bracket, an operating cord extending through the bracket and a coupling having members carried respectively by said cord and a sash, for connecting the latter to the former, the sash carried coupling member being supported by a foldable bracket arm.

2. A sash operator having an overhead guide bracket, an operating cord extending through the bracket and a coupling having members carried respectively by said cord and a sash, for connecting the latter to the former, the sash carried coupling member being supported by a foldable bracket arm, and an attaching plate to which the arm is hinged.

3. A sash operator having an overhead guide bracket, an operating cord extending through the bracket and a coupling having members carried respectively by said cord and a sash, for connecting the latter to the former, and consisting of a coupling pin and a sleeve to receive the same, the pin having spaced shoulders to limit movement thereof in the sleeve, and said pin designed to be uncoupled from the slee-ve by move` ment in a lateral direction.

4. A sash operator having an overhead fia guide bracket, an operating cord extending cord carried coupling member comprising a. through the bracket and a coupling having pin cletachably engageable in said sleeve. 10 members carried respectively by said cord In testimony whereof I ax my signature and a sash for connecting the latter to the in presence of two Witnesses.

former, the sash carried coupling member ELIHU E. MASSIE. comprising a sleeve supported by a folcl- /Vtnesses:

able bracket arm, an attaching' plat-e to THOMAS C. BEATTY,

which the bracket arm is hinged, and the WALTER F. KOEGELE.

Images