US1822004A

US1822004A - Window construction

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Publication number: US1822004A
Application number: US348073A
Authority: US
Inventors: Barclay Gustaf Ivar
Original assignee: Detroit Steel Products Co Inc
Current assignee: Detroit Steel Products Co Inc
Priority date: 1929-03-18
Filing date: 1929-03-18
Publication date: 1931-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 1948-09-08

Description

G. l. BARCLAY WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Sept. 8 1931.

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INVENTOR Qu sfaflrar BarcZa ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PA TENT OFFICE GUSTAF IVAR BARCLAY, OF PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOIR. TO DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 91 MICHIGAN WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Application filed March 18, 1929. Serial No. 348,073.

The invention relates to window construction and is particularly applicable to the swinging ventilator type. One of the objects of the invention is to form the window construction so that it will have a tight joint between the ventilator and the frame. Another object is to construct the parts to provide for wedge engagement between the V011 tilator rail, which is movable longitudinally of the frame and the frame member with which this rail comes into engagement. A further object is to so construct the means for guiding the ventilator rail that the pivot about which the ventilator swings is beyond 35 the ventilator rail and in substantial alignment transversely of the ventilator with the surface of the rail having the wedge engagement. \Vith these as well as other objects in view, the invent-ion resides in the novel featurcs of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereina'i'ter set forth.

In the drawings 1- Figure l is an outside elevation of a window construction embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged front elevation broken away of a portion of the window construction;

Fi ures

4, 5 and =3 are cross sections, respectively, on the lines ll, 5'-5 and 6-6 of I gure 3;

Figures 7, 8 and 9 are views showing a portion of Figure 3 with modified guides.

The fra me of the window construction has the jambs 1 and the top and

bottom cross members

2 and 3 between these jambs. The ventilator has sash members in the nature of the jambs 4 and the top and

bottom rails

5 and 6, respectively. The ventilator, as shown, is adapted to swing outwardly and its top rail 5 is movable longitudinally of the frame and more particularly 'ts jambs i.

' This top rail has the web 7 and t e upwardly extending long and

short flanges

8 and 8, which are adapted to lie inside the depending short and

long flanges

9 and 10, respectivmy, of the top cross member 2 when the ventilator is in closed position. The bottom RElSSUED rail 6 and the ambs 4 have the same arrangement of web and long and short flanges as the top rail 5, but their short flan es are l0- cated inwardly instead of outwardly of the long flanges as in the top rail. lVith this arrangement it will be seen that the ventilator may be swung outwardly from the bottom, its top rail 5 sliding downwardly and swinging outwardly at the same time owing to the shgrt flan ge 8 being beveled sullicicntly to take care of the peculiar action at this point.

The shortflange 8 of the top rail and also preferably the long flange 10 of the top cross member are inclined relative to the plane of the ventilator when in closed position to have wedge engagement during the final closing movement of the ventilator and also at the time when the ventilator is in final closed,

position. The long flanges of the bottom rail 6 and jambs l of the ventilator overlap the bottom cross member 3 and the jambs 1 of the frame and for the purpose of protecting the Joints between these parts the bottom cross member 3 and the jambs l have the flange portions 11 which are laterally outwardly offset from the joints to conceal and assist in weatherprooiing the same.

12 are balance arms which are adapted to be located between the jambs of the ventilator and the frame when the ventilator is in closed position. The lower ends of these balance arms are pivotally connected to the clips 13 secured to the jambs 1 while the upper ends of these balance arms are pivotally connected to the plates 14, which are secured to the jambs at.

For guiding the top rail 5, I have provided means at its opposite ends for slidably engaging the jambs 1 of the frame. Both means are alike and therefore but one will be described. In detail,l5 is a channel-shaped shoe formed of resilient material, such as spring bronze, and having its flanges preferably converging outwardly and slidably engaging in a correspondingly shaped channel formed in the jamb l. The web of this shoe is rigidly secured to the pin 16, which extends transversely thereof and fits within the cylindrical portion 17 of thetube 18.

This tube has flattened inner end portions 19 through which extends suitable means such as the rivet 20 for securin the tube to the web 7 of the top rail, the tube extending longitudinally of and in contact with the Web. 21 is a bar secured to the web of the jamb 4: by suitable means such as the rivets 22, this bar extending upwardly above the web 7 of the top rail and having an opening therethrough for receiving the outer end of the tube 18 and allowing the cylindrical portion of the tube to rotate, if necessary, by means of the vertical and horizontal ventilator bars or the ventilator jambs and rails being out of plane slightly in relation to each other. Clearance is preferably provided in the holes for receiving the rivets 22 so that the bar may be adjusted as by being hit with a hammer to properly align the tube 18 upon the ventilator. 23 is a coil spring within the tube and abutting the pin and the'closed innor end of the tube for yieldably forcing the pin outwardly to yieldably maintain the shoe in engagement with the frame.

For the purpose of permitting the removal of any moisture collecting in the bottom cross member 3 of the frame and at the same time to assist in securin a better seal between the bottom rail 6 of the ventilator and this bottom cross member, the bottom cross member is formed with the short upwardly extending flange 24, which is adapted to be abutted by the long flange of the bottom rail and which is formed with the transverse drain openings 25 having downwardly and outwardly inclined bases leading from the upper face of the web of the bottom cross member. These drain openings are covered and concealed by the long flange of the bottom rail when the'ventilator is in closed position.

In the modification shown in Figure 7, the tube 26 instead of being flattened at its inner end remains cylindrical throughout its length and its inner end is secured to the web of the ventilator top rail by the long rivet 27. The remainder of the construction is the same as that previously described.

Themodification shown in Figure 8 differs from that of Fi ure 7 by substituting for the rivet 27 the racket 28, which has the foot flange 29 riveted to the web of the ventilator .top rail and the semi-circular flange 30 partially encircling the inner end of the tube.

The modification in Figure 9 differs from that of Figure 8 in providing the boss 31 upon the bracket 32 and'extending into the inner end of the tube.

From the above description, itwill b readily seen that I have provided an improved construction of window in which the rail of the swinging ventilator movable longitudinally of the window frame has wedge engagement with its respective member of the frame providing a tight and weatherproof joint between these parts and in which the frame is constructed to-conceal and weatherproof the joints at the other sides of the window. It will also be seen that I have provided a construction for draining the moisture from the frame, so arranged that the drain openings are concealed when the ventilator is closed. It will furthermore be seen that the pivot for the ventilator is so located that it is concealed between the ventilator and frame when the ventilator is closed and that it is in substantial alignment-transverselyof the ventilator with the ventilator surface having wedge engagement with the frame, thereby reducing to the, minimum the angular movement of this ventilator surface and providing for its wedge engagement, and that the ventilator guiding means is yieldable to provide for the wedge engagement.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a window construction, the combination with a frame, of a ventilator adapted to move angularly and longitudinally of said frame, and means for connecting said ventilator to said frame including a shoe slidably engaging said frame, a pin connected to said shoe and extending transversely thereof, and a tubular member in substantial axial align-' ment with and receiving said pin, said tubular member being directly secured to said ventilator.

2. In a window construction, the combination with a frame, of a swinging ventilator having a rail movable longitudinally of said 9 frame and adapted for wedge enga ement therewith, and means for guiding sai ventilator including a shoe slidably en aging said frame, a transverse pin upon said s oe, a tubular member of a size to receive said pin, said 105 tubular member being secured to said rail beyond and immediately adjacent thereto.

' 3. In a window construction, the combination with a frame, of a swinging ventilator having a rail movable longitudinally of said 110 frame, and means for guiding said rail ineluding a shoe slidably engaging said frame,

a transverse pin upon said shoe, a tubular member of a size to receive said pin having a flattened portion secured directly to said rail, and a spring within said tubular member for yieldably forcing said pin outwardly.

4. In a window construction, the combination with a frame, of a swinging ventilator 'having jambs and a rail therebetween movable longitudinally of said frame, and means for guiding said rail including a shoe slidably engaging said frame, a transverse pin upon said shoe, a tubular member receiving said pin and engaging said rail, means for securing the inner end of said tubular member to said rail, and means upon one of said nation with a frame, of a swinging ventilator having j ambsand rails therebetween, one of said rails bein movable longitudinally of said frame, and means for guiding said longitudinally movable rail including a shoe slidably engaging said frame, a transverse pin upon said shoe, a tube receiving said pin, means for securing the inner end of said tube to said rail, and a bar adjustably secured to one of said jambs and formed with an opening to receive the outer end of said tube.

6. Ina window construction, the combination of a frame, a swinging ventilator mounted upon and overlapping said frame when in closed position, said frame having a portion surrounding and located laterally beyond the joint between said ventilator and frame to conceal the joint.

7. In a window construction, the combination of a frame, a swinging ventilator mountecl' upon and overlapping said frame when in closed position, said frame having a portion surrounding and located laterally outward from the jointbetween said ventilator andframe to conceal and assist in weatherproofing the joint.

8. In a window construction, the combination of a frame havin jambs and top and bottom cross members etween said jambs, a swinging ventilator mounted on said frame to swing outwardly, said ventilator having jambs and a bottom rail overlapping the jambs and bottom cross member of said frame, the last mentioned ambs and bottom cross member having portions adjacent to and laterally ofi'set outwardly beyond the joints between the same and the corresponding jambs and bottom cross member of said ventilator.

9. In a window construction, the combination of a frame having a cross member provided with an upwardly extending outer flange provided with a drain opening, a ventilator above said cross member having a bottom rail with a depending outer flange overlappin said first mentioned outer flan e and concea ing the drain opening when said ventilator is in closed position. v

10. In a window construction, the combination of a frame having a cross member provided with an upward y extending outer flange formed with a drain opening, a ventilator above said cross member having a bottom rail with a depending outer flange overlapping said cross member and its upwardly extending outer flange and concealing the drain opening therein when said ventilator is in closed position, the cross member of said 00 frame being provided with a flange extending laterally beyond the joint betweenthe depending outer flange of the ventilator and the cross member.

11. In a window construction, the combi- 55 nation of a frame having a cross member provided with an upwardly extending outer flange formed with a drain opening, a ventilator above said cross member having a bottom rail with a depending outer flange overlapping said cross member and its upwardly extend ng outer flange and concealing the drain opening therein when said ventilator is in closed position, the cross member of said frame having a flange offset laterally outward beyond the joint between the depend ing outer flange of the ventilator and the waterproofing the joint.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si ature.

GUSTAF IVAR BARC AY.

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