US1584196A - Window - Google Patents

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Patented May 11,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

wILLIAM SCOTT SHIELDS, OF YARIILIEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW.

Application filed 'October 5, 1928. Serial No. 666,736.

This invention relates to an improvement in windows, and with respect to' its more specific features, to vehicle Windows.

An object of the invention is to provide a construction of window, wherein rattling between the sash and the frame is eliminated.

Another object isto provide a construction wherein a limited lateral movement between the sash and the frame is provided for, without disturbing the close connection.

Another object is to provide mechanism to maintain a dust and weather proof connection, of a nature such that it will not interfere with the sliding movement of the sash, to open and closed position.

Another object is to provide in frames having sash receiving grooves, mechanism to receive and closely grasp the sash edges, and to center the sash inthe frame.

Another object is'to provide mechanism for converting the usual construction of frame having grooves for receiving framed sashes, into frames suitable for use with unframed glass.

Another object is to provide in windows, a frame havlng separable sash receiving members.

Another object is to provide in windows, I

a frame having separable sash receiving members, designed to establish a close dust and weather proof connection without interiering with the sliding movement of the sas Another object is to provide in windows,

a frame having separable sash receiving members of metal, provided with resilient side walls, converging toward their free edges to tightly grasp the sash, or the unframed glass.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combinations of parts fully described :hereinafter, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended changes in the form, proportion,-siz e and claims it being understood that various minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the, drawings forming a part hereof; Figure 1 is a front elevation of a part of a 'window constructed in accordance with the invention, with apart in section, and

with a portion of the holding strips removed. 1

Figures 2, 3, and 4 are sections on the lines 22, 3--3 and 4-4, respectively, of

Figure 1,

Figuref) is a view similar to Figure 2,

showing another embodiment of the invention.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 2,

showing an alternate method of'interlocking the extensions.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with a window consisting of a frame, having side members 1,

a head or top 2, a sill 3, and a sash 4,

which in the present instance is of plate glass. The side members and top or head have grooves or channels 5 to receive the sash edges, and these grooves may be provided for in any usual or desired manner.

tegral extensions 7 and 8 from the respective side walls. These extensions extend in the same direction, and overlie or lap upon each other, beyond the side walls. The extensions may be integral if desired, or they may be separate and interlocked at the edges remote from theside walls. In the first instance the .member would be of integral'construction, while in the latter it would consist of two pieces.

The latter construction is shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, wherein the free edge of the extension 8 is turned over upon the free edge of the extension 7, thus providing an interlock and a reinforce, which strengthens the member and makes it more rigid.

the members in place in the grooves or channels of the frame. In the present instance Any suitable means may be used to secured the lapping extensions have openings to receive screws 9, or the like, to connect the,

members tothe frame. As shown the frame has a detachable strip 10, wnich is held to the frame by the screws 9. This strip covers nel. For instance, either wall 6 of Figure and conceals the extensions, and forms one wall of the groove or channel of the frame; and it may be removed when it is desired to attach or detach the member.

At the top or head of the frame, and at the sill, the free edges of the side walls, indicated at.11 in Figure 3, are out-turned, as shown at 12, to facilitate the entrance of the sash or glass into the channel between the side walls. The construction ofthe member is otherwise the same, the side walls having extensions 13 and 14, which extend in the same direction, and are interlocked, as shown at 15, although it is to be understood that they may be integral if desired.

The integral arrangement is shown in Figure 5, wherein the member is made from a single piece of material, the extensions 16 of the side walls 17 being integrally connected at the edge remote from the side walls, The lapping extensions 16 have openings for receiving the screws 18, whereby to connect the member to the frame.

' It will be understood that I also contemplate the use o'fa member,-composed of a single side wall and its extension, co-operating with a wall of the frame groove or ohan- 2, or 11 of-Figure 3, might be used alone, co-operating with the opposite wall of the frame groove 5. y

It will be noticed, referring to Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5, that the groove or channel of the frame has its side walls slightly undercut to follow roughly the inclination of the side walls of the member, and they are spaced sufficiently far from the said side walls to permit the spreading of the side walls when the sash or glass is in place, and to permit a limited lateral movement-of the frame or glass. The undercutting is however not essential. While a limited lateral movement of the sash or glass is permitted, the tight connection between it'and the frame is not disturbed, nor is it disturbed by the sliding movement of the sash or glass to open and Frames having grooves or channels for receiving sashes may easily be converted into frames for receiving glass withoutframes or sashes, merely by placing channel-menu .bers constructed in accordance with the invention in the said grooves or channels, and

- one or both side walls of the member may be used as may be desired. When one side wall is used, the glass may be held close against the outer side wall of the frame groove or channel.

The edge of either extension may be turned over upon the other. In Figure 6, the lowermost extension 19, corresponding to the extension 7 of Figure 2, is turned over upon the extension 20, corresponding to the extension 8 of Figure 2. This arrangement serves to brace and hold the side walls in proper position, while the member is being positioned in the frame.

I have described i the side walls as converging toward each other, and it-will be understood that by the term converging is meant that the side walls incline toward each other, but do not necessarily touch at their free edges. The free edges of the side walls may be spaced apart, they may barely touch, or they may press closely against each other, in accordance with the thickness of the sash or glass to be held,

What I claim is:

1. In window construction, and in combination with a frame having a glass receivfirst named extension, and said extensions being adapted to lie beneath the. detachable strip and having openings through which the holding means'for the strip may be passed to secure said member place.

2. As an article of manufacture-for use in guiding the glass of automobile windows,

a channel shaped member comprising a bottom and resilient side walls, said side walls converging at their'free edges and being spaced apart at said edges a distance less than the thickness of the glass to be guided,

the bottom being formed by an extension from one side wall and having a. portion projecting beyond the other side wall, the said other side wall having an extension lying upon the projecting portion of the bottom. v

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature.

WILLIAM SCOTT SHIELDS.

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