US2057129A

US2057129A - Window post and guide construction

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Publication number: US2057129A
Application number: US735650A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roy T Axe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-05-18
Filing date: 1934-07-17
Publication date: 1936-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 1953-10-13

Description

Oct. 13, 193 R. T. AXE 2,057,129

WINDOW POST AND GUIDE CONSTRUCTION Original Filed May 18, 1951 urnnnnnu INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 13, 1936 WINDOW POST AND GUIDE CONSTRUCTION Roy '1. Axe, Syracuse, N. Y.

Original application May 18, 1931, Serial No. 538,150. Divided and this application July 17,

1934, Serial No. 735,650

1 Claim.

This invention relates to window constructions particularly for railway cars, buses, and the like, and has for its object a construction in which the sash is guided in a channel in the frame or post structure, and the sash provided with a U-shaped weather or wear strip of fibrous material embracing the portion of the sash frame, or stile thereof, that extends into the channel, so that the weather or wear strip moves with the sash and is housed within the channel and hence not exposed, when the sash is open, to the weather, and means associated with the posts for applying spring pressure between the post or sash guide channel and the fibrous strip on the sash.

It further has for its object, a window construction of the type set forth in the preceding paragraph, in which one of the walls of the channel is removable constituting a removable stop for the purpose of removing and replacing the sash and for adjusting the weather strip.

The subject matter of this application is a division of application Serial No. 538,150, filed May 18, 1931, which resulted in Patent No. 1,980,- 313, issued November 13, 1934.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a sash embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse, sectional view on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail View illustrating a filler strip forming part of the widthwise adjustable means of the weather strip relative to the sash.

This window construction comprises generally a window frame, a sash movable vertically along the posts forming the uprights of the frame, means on the posts for guiding and holding the sash from displacement, the guiding means being in the form of a channel for receiving the adjacent edges or stiles of the sash frame, and the sash frame or stiles thereof being provided with a U-shaped fibrous weather or wear strip embracing the same and housed within the channel, and movable with the sash, and spring means between the post or sash guide channel and the strip.

l designates the window frame as a whole, and 2 the sash, the frame including posts on opposite sides of each sash, a sill 3, and a top framing 4. The sash 2 is capable of being raised and lowered, and for this purpose is provided with sash latches for holding the sash open at different elevations, and for latching it closed.

The window structure here shown also includes a small sash panel 6 located in the upper part of the frame, the bottom rail of the sash 6 lapping the top rail of the sash 2 when the sash 2 is closed.

This window construction is particularly adapted to railway cars and buses where there are a series of several windows arranged side by side along the sides of the car, or body, and separated by the posts.

Ill designates one of the posts which is formed with channels as I l for receiving the edge of the adjacent sash, that is, the adjacent stile. The posts here shown are provided with a facing strip l2 on one side thereof having a flange 13 extending over the face of the post on the sash side, this flange having a lip l4 overhanging the mouth of the channel. The post is also provided with a removable facing strip l5 on the side thereof opposite to that on which the facing strip 12 is located, this being formed of sheet metal and having an inturned flange l6 which forms one of the sides of the channel II. This facing strip I5 is also provided with a lip l1 overhanging the adjacent wall of the channel.

I9 is a weather or wear strip U-shaped in general form and carried by the adjacent stile of the sash 2 and secured thereto so that it moves with the sash during the raising and lowering of the sash. This Weather strip may be of any suitable yielding material, and is arranged to embrace the edge of the sash or stile and secured thereto by studs 20 extending from the bottom of the U- shaped formation and into holes in the stile and slidably fitting the holes. The stile is here shown as formed up of sheet metal. The studs have enlarged heads or stems which slidably fit the holes in the stile. The weather strip- I9 is adjusted to vary the width of the sash, or cause the sash to conform to small variations in the spacings of the posts, and also to small variations in misalinements of the posts out of the vertical, and as here illustrated, it is adjusted by means of filler or spacer strips, or washers 2| arranged astride the studs and interposed between the bottom wall of the U formation and the edge of the sash or stile, the washers having open ended slots 22 for receiving the studs. Obviously, to adjust the sash to the widthwise spacing of the posts more or less fillers, or washers, are inserted under the weather strip, and also to correct misalinements out of the vertical or variations in spacing {in a widthwise direction, more washers may be 7 provided on some of the studs than on others.

channel'and the strip I9.

spring pressure is applied through the facing strip IS on the stop flange I6 thereof, the facing strip l5 being acted upon by a spring 23 thrusting in one direction against the head 24 of a stud 25, and in its other direction against the shoulder 26 provided on the strip I5. This shoulder 26 is the bottom of a well or socket 21 countersunkinto the strip and into the body of the posts 10, and in which socket the stud 25 and spring are located. The stud projects from a cross bar or button 28 which interlocks, by a turning movement of the stud, with lugs 29 in a recess 30 formed in the posts. The spring-pressed studs thusrserve as fastening means for holding the facing strip l5 to the post. This construction, however, forms no part of this invention, and this invention r lates primarily'to the weather strip l9 embrac ing the edge of the sash and housed within the channel in the post, and spring means, as the spring 23, acting on the U-shaped weather or wear'strip IE to automatically make adjustments for slight rnisalinements and cause the sash to frictionally fit the sash guides without binding or looseness under all conditions and without sliding metal to metal contact.

What I claim is:

In a window construction, a frame including posts having sash guiding means, a, sash movable along said means, the sash having a strip of yielding material secured to each edge of the sash, the strip being U-shaped in general form in cross section and embracing the edge of the sash and movable with the sash, the sash guiding means being a channel for receiving the edge of the sash with the U-shaped weather strip thereon and including spring-pressed means for applying pressure between the sash guide means and the strip topress the U-shaped strip into engagement with the walls of the channel so that the strip substantially fills the channel.

ROY T. AXE.