US1669606A - Storm-sash holder - Google Patents

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May 15, 1928.

I. J. EKSE STORM SASH HOLDER 1 gwuznto'c I Norweg- Filed Feb. 10. 1927 Patented May 15, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE- INGVALD J. EKSE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

STORM- SASH HOLDER.

Application filed. February 10, 1927.

This invention relates to devices for hold ing shutters, casement windows, storm sashes, or other devices of like characteran opened or closed position and while my invention is particularly designed for the purpose of holding stormsashes in adjusted positions it is obviously capable of being applied in other situations.

Storm sashes are ordinarily supported, as by hinges, at their upper ends so that the lower ends may be swung outward.

My device is designed for the purpose of adjustably shifting the free end of the sash outward or inward and holding it in adjusted shifted positions.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of a window sill and storm sash with my device applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

' Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamp;

Fig. 5 is a section onthe line 55 of Fig ure 1.

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that my holder comprises a bracket 10 which preferably projects inward from the storm window sash A about A. To this bracket is pivoted a rod 11 free to move in a plane at right angles to the plane of the sash. This rod may be straight, where it at all times operates in the same plane, or it may be slightly curved as would be necessary when it operates in connection with a sash, the upper end of which is hingedly supported. This bracket 10 is preferably attached to the sash midway between its ends and extends over the sill or jamb B of the window, as shown.

Mounted upon one of the members of the Window casing as, for instance, upon the sill B, is a plate 12 which may be held to the window casing by screws or other attaching means 13. This plate has a central opening and a countersunk recess 14 on its under face. Extending upward through this plate is a screw 15 having its head disposed in the countersink 14, this screw extending upward through an oscillatable clamp 16. This clamp is shown as approximately triangular and at the base of the triangle the side edges of the clamp are formed with downwardly extending ears 17,

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these ears being notched to accommodate the rod 11. A wing nut 18 engages the screw 15 and a collar 19 may be disposed between the clamping plate 1.6 and the wing nut. The apex of the triangular clamping plate is formed with a downwardly extending tooth 20 which is adapted to engage with a series of radial corrugations or incisions 21'formed in the plate 12, these serrations being radial to the screw 15.

It will be obvious now that by loosening the wing nut, the rod 11 may be shifted through the clamping plate to any desired extent and that the clamping plate will turn to any angle necessary and that thus the storm sash may be held in any adjusted position to the window casing, either opened to the full length of the rod 11 or to the fraction of an inch.

Preferably the rod 11 will have a length of about a foot and the plate 12 should be disposed about one-third the length of the rod from the bracket 10 when the sash is closed. The bracket 10 is preferably about long in order to allow space enough wherein to grip the rod 11 bet-ween the bracket and the clamp. With this device, the saslrcan be held firm in any position when the wing nut is screwed down and the sash can be held open from a fraction of an inch to 8". The sash will not rattle and can be locked closed even if ice has formed on the window which will not permit the full or entire closing of the window sash.

lVhile I have illustrated certain details of constriiiction and arrangement of parts which I have found to be particularly effective,I do not wish to be limited thereto as it is obvious that many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim I 1. A device for holding swinging sashes adjusted comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to the sash, a rod pivoted to the bracket, a plate adapted to be attached to the window casing and having a. screwthreaded member, a clamping plate rotatably mounted upon the screw-threaded member and having means for engaging said rod, an approximately triangular clamping plate mounted upon the first named plate and having notched lugs through which the rod slidingly passes, the

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apex of the clampingplate having a tooth and the plate beneath having radial notches With which said tooth is engaged, and a nut engaging the SCl'QW-tllI'EfldGCl member and bearing operatively against the clamping plate. t

2. A device for holding swinging sashes in adjusted positions comprising a bi: cket adapted to be attached to the sash, a rod pivotedto the bracket, a base plate adapted to be attached to the Window casing, a screw extending upward from the base plate a clamping plate mounted upon the screw and engaging against thebasc plate, eaidclamn ln'g platehaving means foi engzaging the rod, and a nut engaging: the screw and adapted to force the dawning plate downward against the baseplate and the rod, said base plate havmg radial indentations with which the clamping plategis adapted to em gage when the nut is screwed down;

3. A device for holdmg swinging sashes adjusted comprising a. bracket adapted to be attached to the sash, a rod pivoted to the bracket, :ibaseplate adapted to be attached to a Window casing, a clamping plate disposed above the base plate, and a bolt passmg through the base plate and through the clamping plate and carrying anut', the

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