US1787249A - Casement-window hinge - Google Patents

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Dec. 30, 1930. J. 1.. c. HEINZ 1,787,249

CASEMENT WINDOW HINGE Filed Aug. 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l x v z???- 0 I? an;

Dec. 30, 1930. J c, N I 7 1,787,249

, CASEMEN'I WI NDOW HINGE Filed Aug. 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 F Fl 'I-FJ'OHN'L.GKHEINZ'OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS I iU-NH TE oAsnMENT- -wmnow HINGE" Applicationfiled August 24, 11929. Serial No. 388,073

- 7 This inventionrelates to a' casement win ofthe axis of theirpintle connecting means.

dow hinge. I i r In this form'of construction thehinge mem- {One ofthe mainobjects. of this invention ber orleaf is. adapted and arranged to be isbto-yprovide 'a;hinge 'which includes means secured to the window -frame'13, as with 5 for" positively liftingand lowering a casescrews 17; While the companion member or .ment Window sas h,;with.-respect to the winleaf 16 is preferably arranged in the shape of dow sill, and which hinge comprises a minian angle member which has the main part mum of parts construetedso that it is strong thereof provided with a portion 16 .which 7 tand'durable and can be placed on the market extends at right-angles from-said main part, 1e na very reasonable price. A further object said portion 16 being arranged for receiving isto provide-asimplyand economically c0n suitable screws 18 to secure said leaf to'the structed-hingewhich includes means for posisash. I r 'itively-rlifting a casement window sash above Theconnecting means or pintle means for its silland then-swingably supports it, and Connecting the leaves 15 and 16. comprises a 1 5, foragain positively-lowering said sash bepair offspaced pintle barrelsor knuckles 2O hind the sill'andholdingitsecurely locked Which project from the inner edge or coniin-isuch-slowered position. L necting edge of leaf 15, being preferably p o- The'se -and other objects and" advantages sitioned adjacent the corners'on one edge of -=are attainedwith this inventiongaswill besaid leaf and being formed integral there- '20 come apparent from.s thei following descripwith. The pintle elenientsherein consist of tion, taken in connection with the accoma pair of spaced pintles2l which are secured "panying drawings, inwhich tothe edge ofthe other hinge leaf 16, by a.

'F 'g. lis a front elevation of a casement pair of spaced pintle' securing means 22 prowindow, viewed from the inside of the build- ..jecting from the inn r edge 0 C nn ing ing and showing onewindow sash open and edge of leaf 16, said securing means being the other saslrclosed, having my improved preferably in the form of pintlo barrels hinge applied thereto. placed one at each side of the middle of said Fig. 2 1s a vertlcal cross-sectional view, on edge and integral therewith. These pintles line 22 of Fig. 1, withthewindow sash in 121 [are preferably threaded or removabl-y 30 the closed position. I V r ,mounted' in said securing means or barrels-22, 'Fig. .3 is a side elevational view of the to provide for inserting the pintles in the barhinge, viewed similar to Fig. 2 but on an enrels .20 duringassembling of the hinge leaves, larged scale, in the. sash-lowered position. and alSQ to enable disassembling 0f Sa d lea es -Fig. 4; is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showfor the interchange. of either one thereof in .35 ing the parts in the sasheraised position. caseof breakage. a Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view, taken An operatinglever23 is pivotally mounton line '55 of Fig. 3. r ed or fulcrumed by a pin 24 onto the side of :In the drawings I have illustrated an emhingeleaf 15,,adjacent the connecting edge bodiment of my invention, in connection .of said leaf and at tlleinteime i P r 4 witha casement window including the winthereof. Operating means is m untQd .1

' dow sashes 11 and 12 mounted in thewindow the ,sideofsaid lever, t pr ject therefrom frame 13, to be dropped behind the window and operate between the =spa dpin l e2 sill 1 f into the closed position, and to be andthei spaced Sewrmgmea s-ZQ, orr lidraised above the sill and swung into the room. 1 ing .saidlpin les in th oute ba r ls I2 a d My present economically constructed and to .move one hinge/1163 1 lQllgi fldi ml y 0. improved hinge, as illustrated in the drawtheother. Said operating means preferably ings, preferably comprises a pair of hinge .includes a, screw member 25 threadedandsemembers or leaves 15 and 16, which are arcuredto tlielever 23, and a collar 26 movably v V ranged to swing on each other and to slide or turnaloly carried. .011 said 1serew member longitudinally on each other, in'the direction to operate and-.SIide-betWeensaidcpintlesev curing elements 22, 'for raising and lowering. leaf 16 andthesash uponthe swnlglng of the lever.

' Notch neans g I the leaves to allow for a greater swinging movement of the lever, in order to positively retain said 'lever and leaf" 16 and the sash "in eithertheraised or in thelowered'posn tion. This notch means preferably comprises fa'pair of notches 27' providedin the connect- .inp' edge or inner edgeof Ief15, one adgaf cent eachsideof p vot pin '24; and anotch;

28 provided at the middle'partin the con necting edge or inner'edge ofleaf 16, and extendingffrom the space between the pintle 'secnr'in'gfelement's 22 into the] leaf edge, as ishown in Figs, 3' and; A; With this notch Ineans theleveri-s enabled to be swung substantially vertically do nWards, asfshoWn inFigs. 1 and 3',}f0r'positive;ly retaining the ,sash in the lowered or closedposition; or.,to

' swung substantially"vertically upwards, as' shown n Figl i, for positively supporting the" sash and the hi e leaf 16 in the rai -p0sition 1 7 v V The pa "gnietrical so that it can be used interchange- V ably on either theright hand sashoron the left hand sash; and the construction" is very durable and simple, so that-the hinge can be pla'cedon the market at avery reasonable price.

improved hinge, may be simply constructed "An'np per hinge snitable for use itlr-iny and includefa hinge part 30 secured to the the sash on said other part'ilQ and the frame. 5 V 1 I I l What I claim as my invention andjdesire gto secure hy'LettersiPatent i s 1; 'A. hinge comprising. .a pair of leaves i which are'conneetedjto slide longitudinally if andto s'wlng on eaeh other and which cont j'tam' notch means, at the; connected edges,

is furthermore i provided in rts 'ofjthis hinge are made" symthe leaf, and there also being a pair of spaced I notches inthejedge of the first said leaf, and

a lever pivoted onto the'side of the first said leaf, between said'pair of notches, and carrying operating means thereon to operate between" said intermediate barrels and the pin'tles therein for sliding-said leaves on each other; said operating means being *flirther" slidable into said not'ches'bythe final swinging ofsaid leverl for positively holding the one leaf; ateither .end "of its sliding movement on theother leaf",

3. A hinge comprising-a Pall of leaves connected to slide-longitudinally and to swing v on each other, the'first leaf containing spaced pintlebarrels on one edgeythe second leaf containing arpair of alin'ed'pintles and means for"mounting them spaced: onfthe'leaf edge to slide in said jpln'tle Sbarrels -=on the first leaf, there being a notch .in the edge offthe leaf and extending from the spacebetween said pintles and their inountingflmeans, also notch means inthe first leaf, and ahar-like lever and a pivot pin extending from the side of. the fir st lea-f. through the 'end'of s'aid 9 h lever for pivoting the lever againstthe side ofsald'leaf, said lever carrying a p n having a collariturnable'thereon to" operate between vs'aid pin'tles and their monnting' means and to l'nove into sald notch and notch means,

for 'ipositively sliding. one leaf 1. 11 the: other and'for positivelyretaining it at either end of its longitudinally sliding movement.

Intestimony whereof I -have signed my name to this specification;-

, JOHN to. e nz. I

spaced elements o'n the connected edge of one" leafy-a lever fulcrnmedadjacent the'edge on;

the-other leaf, and operating means on said V lever to operate between said s'paced eleother.

; 2.;A'hinge comprising a pair of leaves,

' i one "thereof'having a pair of-pintle barrels on oneiedg'e, ad acent the endsof said edge,

, V the other leaf having a pair of pintle barre-ls, i 60' adjacent the intermediate artof one edge and havinga pair'of pintles mountedtherein V vme'nts for sliding one leaf longitu'dinallyv on the other and to move in said notch means for positively retaining the one leaf ateither end of its longitudinal movement on the i and extending therefrom to slide in said". "outer barrels on the firstsaid-leaf, there beingaf notch extending from the space between said "intermediate barrels into-the edge of

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