US1736940A

US1736940A - Windshield

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Publication number: US1736940A
Application number: US223462A
Authority: US
Inventors: Saives Leon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-10-16
Filing date: 1927-10-01
Publication date: 1929-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 1946-11-26

Description

Nov. 26, 1929. L. sAlvEs v wINDsHELD Filed oct. 1, `v1927 auf Patented Nov. 26, 1929 UNITEB STATES PATENT FFCE LEON salvas, or BrLLAncoURr, Fahnen, assienon To Lonrs RENAULT, or BILLAN- cenar, FRANCE WINDSHIELD Application led October 1, 1927, Serial No. 223,462, and .in France October :16, 1926.

used, the frames located to right or left must be folded down towards the axis of the vehicle in order to allow of access to the rear seats.

The means of attachment, which is the subject of my present invention, allows of attaching the windscreens to the sides of the car body by means of an elastic system, thus avoiding noise when travellingl or the effectof car vibrations on the windscreen. This means of attachment is substantially constituted by an india-rubber ring attached for example to the window frame and which in the closed position is located in a corresponding cavity in the car body, the india-rubber ring being distorted when required so as to press against the inner surface of the cavity.

My invention also comprises certain def tails, which will be described at length hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a view partly in section of one construction of the means of attachment according to my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 show modified constructions; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detailed views of the apparatus shown in Fig. 3.

On reference to the drawings it is seen that the means of attachment shown in Fig. 1 comprises a spindle 1, attached to the frame of one of the jointed panels of the windscreen 2, which it is desired to attach to the sides of the car body. For this purpose there is fixed to said sides an arm 3 terminating at its upper end in a cylindrical collar 4, intended to receive an india-rubber ring 5 carried on the spindle 1 attached to the windscreen 2. The india-rubber ring is carried free on the spindle 1 between two washers 6 and 7 slipped over this spindle. rEhe washer 7 moreover can slide on the spindle so as to compress the india-rubber ring 5 under the action of operative means. The effect of such compression exerted upon the india-rubber, when it is located inside the collar 4, is to distort it at the moment of closing, and to cause it to press against the inner surface of the collar 4, thus securing the -connection ofthe arm 3 to the frame of the windscreen 2. In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the operative means, which produces the distortion of the india-rubber ring 5, consists of a lever 8, ending in a fork 9 and attached by means of a pivot 10 to the end of vthe spindle 1. The fork 9 is constructed with an eccentric portion 11, which constitutes a cam, and which, on :rotation being imparted to the lever 8, operates upon the washer 7 so as to shift it towards the left (F ig. l) by compressing the india-rubber ring 5, which thenas aforesaid, presses against the inner surface of the collar 4. The fork Yhas also va flat 12 adjacent to the cam surface 11, which allow-s of its being maintained in the position shown dotted, .in .line with the spindle 1, when it is wished to disengage the latter from the collar 4.

Fig. 2 shows a modification, .in which the india-rubber ring 5 is carried as before .on the spindle 1, attached to the frame of the windscreen 2, said spindle having' a head 18 whilst its other end towards the outside of the vehicle is threaded so as .to take a wingnut 14 for example. The spindle lis fitted in such way as to slide freely through the lower part of the frame 2 and for thispurpose there is provided a groove 15, which co-oper( .tes with a set-screw 16 inserted in' the lower part of the frame 2.

It is clear that when a yrotary movement is imparted to the wing-nut 14, the threaded spindle 1, which is prevented from rotating owing to itsgroove being held by the set screw 16, shifts longitudinally towards the outside of the vehicle thus compressing the indialrubber ring 5 by its head 13, :the said ring being thus distorted and pressed against the inner surface of the collar 4.

A further modification is shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and'G, wherein the operating lever :8 is carried by aspindle 17 located in a casing 18. On the spindle 17 is fixed an eccentric disc 19, on ythe periphery ofwhich there is provided free a strap l2O attached vto the spindle .1, :and providedat its end `outside .the vehicle with a plug 2l screwed on the end et the spindle l and having a shoulder resting against the india-rubber ring 5. The indiarubber ring 5 can press against the inner suriace of the collar 4 supported in the aforesaid way by the attachment arm 3. It will be noticed that the inner surface of the collar L is shown slightly conical at Ll so as to secure a better grip by the india-rubber ring 5. The

operation of the apparatus is at once ap-` parent; it is suliicient in order to cause the release and locking of the means ot attachment, to make the lever 8 rotate through 180 so as to bring about the rotation ot the eccentric 19, which, when the apparatusy is released, exerts a thrust on the spindle l. It follows that for locking the apparatus the rotation of the lever 8, by shifting the eccentric 19, exerts a traction on the spindle l in such way that the shoulder provided on the plug 2l compresses the india-rubber ring 5 inside the conical hole e of the collar 4, thus securing the clamping of the two members to be united The shitting ot the lever 8 is limited by a stop 22 on the casing 1S.

It will be noticed that this resilientmeans of support oit the windscreen on the sides of the car body prevents all vibration and noise, and Oilers many advantages over the means hitherto employed.

It should also be noted that the means ot attachment in question might be employed for other applications than the lining ot windscreens on the sides ot car bodies. rlhus for example it might be applied with ad- Vantage for attaching hooks or as a doorclosing device.

. In the several constructions above described the connecting spindle, which carries the india-rubber ring is located on the windscreen, whilst the collar is attached to the car body. It is obvious that a converse arrangement might be adopted in certain cases without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims:

l. Means for attaching windshields to car bodies, including a support, a collar mounted on said support, a spindle extending through said collar and connected tothe windshield, an elastic ring encircling the spindle and located in said collar, and means for imposing pressure upon the outer face of said ring whereby to cause the latter to exert pressure against said windshield, said means comprising a lever secured to the outer end of said spindle, and a cam carried by said lever and provided with an eccentric portion, substantially as described.

2; Means for attaching windshields to car bodies, including a support, a collar carried by the support, a spindle extending laterally through the collar and secured to the windshield, a compressible ring mounted within the collar and extending around said spindle,