US2093864A

US2093864A - Casement frame

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Publication number: US2093864A
Application number: US108277A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry W Cook
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-10-29
Filing date: 1936-10-29
Publication date: 1937-09-21
Anticipated expiration: 1954-09-21

Description

Sept. 21, 1937. w C 2,093,864

CASEMENT FRAME Filed Oct. 29, 1956 2 sheets-sheet- 1 G Zhwentor HARRY W. CUUK (Ittorneg s Sept. 21, 1937. K 2,093,864

CASEMENT FRAME Filed 001,. 29, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 nventor BB HARRYW.GO0K I Gttorneg Patented Sept. 21, 1937 CASEMENT FRAME Harry W. Cook, Malta, Ohio Application October 29, 1936,

5 Claims.

This invention relates to casement windows which the sash is hinged to swing instead of to slide up and down.

The frame for receiving such sash has heretofore been made in two forms, one where the sash is hinged to swing outward from the building and the other where the sash swings inward toward the room. The stop for the sash and screen frames in each form were made and fixed accordingly in the factory. Hence in constructing a house or other building in which a casement window is specified the builder places his order for the form required and the manufacturer or dealer must keep in stock a supply of the two forms for quick delivery of either.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of casement frame that by simple and slight adjustment of stop members the frame is adapted to be used for either form. Other objects and advantages will appear from the disclosure herein.

An example of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the following description, the feature of novelty being finally claimed.

In said drawings- Figure 1 is an exterior view in elevation of the construction at one side of the frame, broken out horizontally, with the stops arranged for an inward swinging casement.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line II-II Fig. 1, looking to the right.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line III- III, Fig. 1, looking down.

Fig. 4 is an interior view in elevation of the construction at the same side of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1, arranged for an outward swinging casement.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line looking to the right.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line VIVI, Fig. 4, looking down.

Fig. I is a perspective view of one end of the head jamb.

Fig. 8 is a front view looking from the outside of the building at the construction as adapted for an interior casement, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the views, it! designates the side jamb, of which there are two, standing vertically parallel to each other and connected together at their lower ends by the sill l l. The sill l l slants downwardly and outwardly at its upper side to shed water, as usual. The sill H has longitudinal permanent stops ll and l l that cooperate with VV Fig. 4,

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the adjustable stops, hereinafter referred to, in making tight joints.

The side jambs it] are connected together at their upper ends by one of the faces of a head jamb l2, and according whether the easement is to be inward swinging or outward swinging. The said head jamb l2 has on its opposite faces a longitudinal plow as indicated at M and 12 of width and depth equal to each other, and transversely of each of its ends at one face a gain l2 that is of greater depth than the plow 12 and at the opposite face a gain l2 that coincides in depth with the depth of the intersecting plow l2 The gains N and ii are of equal width or so that the head jamb l2 can fit at either face on the upper ends of the side jambs, said gains being spaced to hold the side jambs parallel to each other in either case.

Each of the side jambs is provided with a jamb stop It having its lower end cut slanting to fit snugly on the slant of the sill when the said jamb stop is slid laterally on the side jamb. Said jamb stop has integral therewith or afiixedthereto a tongue iS said tongue extended in a vertical longitudinal plow ll) at the inner side of the side jamb It. The tongue 93* is made of such width that the jamb stop Hi can be shifted laterally and downwardly or upwardly according to whether it is to function as a stop for an inside or an outside casement, as shown in Figs.

2 and respectively. The head jamb has a stop 9 provided with a tongue 9 extending into plow I2 2 The lateral limits of the plows limit the lateral adjustment of the side jamb and head {lamb stops so that the functioning edges of the stops lie in the same vertical plane after adjustment for either inside or outside casement.

When the parts are assembled and adjusted for either form of window they are suitably nailed together.

In Fig. 2 the character It designates the glazed interior casement sash hinged at I l and 55 an external screen secured against the outer edges of the stops. When the casement sash is interior, as best shown in said Fig. 2, the sill stop I l can have applied thereto a supplemental stop of strip form and angular cross-section, as shown at l l with its outer face slanting downward to prevent the ingress of water.

-In Fig. 5 the character It designates the glazed casement sash hinged at W and an internal screen ll secured against the inner edges of the stops.

From the construction shown it will be clear that to form the frame for either sort of window it is only necessary to shift the side jamb stops and the head jamb stop and apply the head jamb to the upper ends of the side jambs at the proper face of the head jamb. Where the tongues of the various jamb stops limit the lateral movement of the stops the work is quickly accomplished.

The increased depth of the end gains I 2 in the head jamb compensates for the rise of the side jamb stop l3 due to the slant of the sill when said side jamb stops are slid laterally toward the room side and an outer casement is to be hung. The converse of the operation applies when the inner casement is used. 7

The use of the strip H is optional in any case but is desirable to prevent access of water when the casement swings inward. V V

The parts are largely of wood but the construction can be embodied in other material.

The forms and dimensions of the parts can be changed without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is: p

1. A frame for a casement including a sill having a slanting water shedding upper surface, side jambs connected with said sill, a head jamb, and laterally and vertically adjustable stops for said side jambs, said side jamb stops having their lower ends slanted parallel to the slant of said surface of the sill.

2. A frame for a casement including a sill having a slanting water shedding upper surface, side jambs connected with said sill, a head jamb, laterally and vertically adjustable stops for said side jambs conformable at their lower ends to the slant of the sill, said head jamb being invertible and having gains of different depth for connecting the upper ends of said side jambs.

3. A frame for a casement including side jambs, a sill, laterally and vertically adjustable side jamb stops and an invertible head jamb having gains of different depth at opposite faces thereof to engage the upper ends of the side jambs, the depth of said jambs accommodated t0 the levels of the top of the side jamb stops.

4. A frame for a casement including side jambs, a sill having a water shedding upper surface, laterally adjustable side jamb stops and a reversible head jamb having gains on opposite faces thereof to engage the upper ends of the side jambs and support the same at diiferent elevations in relation to the sill and according to whether the casement is to be internal or external.

5. A frame for a casement including side jambs, laterally and vertically adjustable stops on said side jambs, a one piece sill connecting said side jambs, said sill provided with two longitudinal stops cooperating with said side jamb stops, the innermost of said sill stops having a removable supplemental water shedding stop applied thereto when an interior casement is employed.

HARRY W. COOK.