US1550244A - Window sash - Google Patents

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UNlTED STATES CHARLES M. DONOVAN, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

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Application filed August 14, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. DONOVAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vilchita, county of Sedgwick, and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vindow Sashes, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application.

My invention relates to improvements in sashes.

The objects of my invention are as follows;

First, to provide a sash frame that is ad justable.

Seconrhto provide aframe that is reinforced. i

Third, to provide a frame that can be expanded, functioning asI weather tight means.

Fourth, to provide a sash, made adjustable, so that the width can be decreased sufticiently to move the sash from the window frame without removing any of the stops, for the convenience of washing the exterior of the window from the inside of the room.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a sectional view through the sash and window frame. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the top, left hand cornerI of the bottom sash. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the check rails and also a view of the wing nut receptacle and stud.

1 is the j amb of an ordinary window frame, 2 is the inside stop, 3 is a fragmentary part of the casing, the casing and stop beingfirmly nailed to jamb, 4c is a blind stop, and 5 is the exterior casing, both of which are firmly attached together. 6 is the parting stop, held in place by friction ordinarily, but when my improvement is applied, this stop may be firmly attached, as the sash may be removed as hereinafter described. 7 is an adjustable member, adapted to slide towards the glass 8, until the ope-ning 9 is closed, at which time the sash as a whole will have contracted sufficiently for member 7 to pass outside of the stop 2, by which means the sash can be removed from the window frame, drawing it into the room, for convenience of washing the outside of the window glass, or other manipulations on the exterior, and if required to remove the sash entirely from the frame, the cords can be detached from the cord grooves 10 in the usual way of the ordinary sash. 11 is that portion of the sash adapted to re- Serial No. 657,407.

ceive the glass, said portion being L shape, and extending to the stop as shown at B, and the said member is re-info-rced by an L- shaped angle iron 11', said iron being firmly attached to the wood by means of the screws 12, and the end of said angle being bound firmly to the rail by means of joint bolt 24 by which Stiles and rails are held in proper relation and the sash rendered, more rigid than the ordinary sash that is made of wood. 13 is a stud having a wing lil, said members being integral, and securely fastened to member 7 by means of screws Substantially as Shown, the said stud adapted to engage through an elongated opening 15, which is placed in the bottom of a receptacle 16, and on said stud is screwed a wing nut 17, functioning as means for sliding said member 7 to and fro and binding it `in the desired position.

Should the sash become worn or contracted between the said jambs 1, the winlow can be expanded to a close fitting position, and fastened iirmly in place by tightening the wing nut.

I do not confine myself to the wing stud as the stud may extend through member 7 as shown in connection with the upper sash by dotted lines 18, the same being a bolt extending through said member 7, and having a head 19, engaging on al plate 20, said plate being firmly attached to the outside of the sash by means of screws 21, and the said plate having an elongated opening to agree with opening 15 on the opposite side of the sash and the Said opening is positioned as indicated by lines marked A, and when said member 7 is placed in the desired position,

the wing nut may be tightened, binding plate 20 rmly to the side of member 7, holding all parts of the side rail of the sash rigid. Should this system not be employed, the said metal plate 20 may be attached as heretofore described, but having tension to bear firmly against said member 7 and render the side rail weather proof.

In my drawings, I show the sash made of wood, but the Same principle for expansion and contraction, may be employed, in making the sash of metal and modified to conformI to such material, and I do not confine the mechanism to one side of the sash, as it may be applied to both sides thereof and the number of receptacles and wing nuts will vary according to the length of the Side rails. I also provide a plate 22, to be placed over the opening 9, on the top of the inside sash, and another plate 22 on thel bottom of the outside sash under the respective openings therein. The plates referred to are to be placed on the corners, extending back near the jamb, and lapping over the Walls of said openings 9 and firmly attached by screws 23, by which means, said plates are held firmly in place rendering the sash weatherproof. 24 is a joint bolt engaging through angle iron ll and into the meeting rail, for the purpose of holding the ends of said meeting rail, firmly to the side rails.

Such modications may be employed as lies Within the scope of the appended claims, and having thus described my invention, what I claim as ne7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a Window sash frame, an L-shaped member, and arectangular shaped member movable with respect to the L-shaped member, said members constituting a stile of said frame, a leg on said L-shaped member carrying a receptacle countersunk flush with its outer surface, said leg and said receptacle having aligned slots, a stud attached to said rectangular member and projecting through said slots, and having a wing nut threaded thereon, by which means the said rectangular member can be manipulated to and fro hori zontally, and firmly bound in position as desired, a metal strip attached to the opposite side face of said L-shaped member, said strip slidably overlapping said rectangular member and functioning as Weather proofing, plates 22 and 22 functioning as covers overlapping the end of said members, for the purpose set forth and described.

2. In a Window sash frame, a reinforced Lshaped member, said member having a metal strip firmly attached thereto to form a recess therewith, a rectangular member disposed Within said recess, a receptacle in said L-shaped member having aligned and elongated slots, a stud projecting through said slots, a Wing nut threaded on said stud, functioning as binding means and manipulating means for said rectangular member, for the purpose set forth and described.

3. In a. Window sash, the combination of an L-shaped member, a rectangular member movable disposed in the rabbet thereof, a reinforcing member on said L-shaped member, a metal strip attached to one of said L- shaped members, said strip relatively, slidably engaging the adjacent face of said rectangular member, the other leg of said L-shaped member and said strips having aligned slots, a stud passing through said slots and carried by said rectangular member, a Wing nut threaded on said stud, a receptacle housed in said other leg of said L shaped member and having an elongated opening aligned with said slots, said stud passing through said opening to allow for relative adjustment of said members, and means lapping over the ends of said members for closing the opening caused therebetween when said rectangular member is moved away from Jthe center of the said sash.

CHARLES M. DONOVAN.

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