US2433333A

US2433333A - Window channel

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Publication number: US2433333A
Application number: US490243A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank A Best
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-06-10
Filing date: 1943-06-10
Publication date: 1947-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1964-12-30

Description

Dec. 30, 1947. F A, BEST v 2,433,333.

WINDOW CHANNEL Filed June 10, 1945 INVENTOR. FRANK A. ,i3/:1STV

A TTURNE V5 Patented Dec. 30, ,1947

UNITED STATES PATENT O F'FTI'CE l2,433,333 WINDOW CHANNEL 'Frank- A. Best, Windsor, Ontario, i Canada Applicationaune 10, 1943, .serialfNlo-4-9af24s 9 claims. w1. 29e-44:55

.This invention relates to improvements window channel, sucli as Aused jfor the Yreception and guidance of the slijdable WIldOW panes of vehicle bodies and thejlike.

The 'invention has more particular relation to the covering or (lining ofsuch `a channel, the invention having iforits y.primary object the pro-` vision of a `channelhaving@simple and improved covering or lining f or the `core thereof,`sad covering or'liningbeing of inexpensive forrnand adapted for application `to said core atlow cost.

A more speciiic object of 'the present 'invention is the provision of va channel 'having Va `core covering or lining. Whchjincludes suitably spaced rows of Woolen threads, lainents or cords for contact Withthe Window pane which thepchannel receives and guides in use thereof, said woolen threads, laments or cords 'being carried by inexpensive .sheet materialso that the cost of the covering orlining is quite low.

Further objects ofthe present invention, and many of its practical advantages, will be referred'to in or will'be evident from the following description thereof, reference being. had `to the accompanying drawings, .in which `Fig. 1 represents in cross section and in perspective onelform of window channel Vembodying the present'inventon;

Fig. `2 is a similar view of the channel covering or lining laid out in `flat or developedform;

Fig. 434 is a longitudinal sectional elevation through one -of 'the ribs of the covering or lining;

Fig. l 'is a similar View showing aslight modification; and

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing yet another modication. l

Before the invention 'here involved is specifi# cally described, itis to be understood that itjs not limited lto 'the specific details of construe.- tion and/or the specific arrangement of parts herein illustrated ordescribed as theinventon obviously mayjtake various forms. 'It also is to be understood that the-phraseo1ogy or termi; nology =herein demployed is for Vpurposes of description and `not of ilimitationgthe scope of the invention'being denoted bythe appended claims.4

`For clarity and Vsimplicity of illustration, all views'of the drawings showthewindow channel or'its parts considerablyfenlargedand somewhat exaggerated. #The channel shown includes acore of any suitable material, such als sheet metal, and bent to provide aibase l'ID-'and ay pair of` generally parallel "side walls 1H, -the `outer or lfree longitudinal edges fof 4vvliicli are 'here rolled around1reeenfo'rcingfwires ft2. i

The covering" ,or ,lining VforV said A.Golfe .comprises a layer I4 ,of .any v.Suitable sheet` material, fs'uch as cheap cotton fabric, ,for example, .the layer being here shown .as of sufficient width Vto com.- pletly enclose `or envelop the channel c ore and the longitudinal edges .of said ,layer 4,being here shown .as .meeting along .the lower surface offthe core ybase Ill,f as` at 1.5.., Within the channelcore, the layer I4 is provided -with .suitably located longitudinally extending .rows of woolen material for ContactwithA the window A.pa-rie. 4which Athe channelreceivesand guides in use thereof. Bref.- erably and as Ahere shown, fthe Lwoolen material is in the form of threads., `filaments. or cords, ar,- ranged in successive stitches of any suitable type. l

`In .the embodiments .of `-the invention here illustrated, lltherelare ftwo side rows i6 :ofV such woolen stitches, for contact with .the vlateral faces ofthe wifrlddwpane,,andabottom row ,I1 of such Woolen stitches, 14for contact .with the edge of thewindowpane, although said ,bottom rowmay be omitted, if desired.

Tol locate the rows oi Woolen stitches on the crests of inwardly extending, longitudinally disposed nbs olr jtheiikje, Ifor `ijnorie v effective Contact with the window pane, the covering or .lining layer ,IA Avhas ,here .associated therewith, in the lngtlidialpne ,of eaCh of its rows of stitches, a Arope-like V elemelfit 4`[8L These ,ribeformirlg elements l8 underlie' ,thejlfyer '|'4 and may be and preferablylare secured to suchglayerjby the rows of woolen stitches. Any suitable material ,may be utilized forti-1e formation of the rope-like elements Vi8, such as cotton roving or v.padding or even paper or ,paper-like material, `in some twisted form, ufor example, may be used, if de-` sired.

If desired and as here shown, lthe core cover- Ving vor lining Vmay also vinclude *a base vlayer 20 of any suitable sheet material, 4such fals cheap cotton ifabric orthe 1like, with the consequent disposition of 'the rib-forming elements 18 -be tween the ftwo 7layers, as shown. Although the baseilayer 2U may havelany desiredwidt-h, -it is here fshovvn as being of rsuch v:width V'as to enable its longitudinal edges to Icoincide with Vthose -f the-outer'layer ff4`when-the' two layers are intheir superposed relation, r a-relationship -which can be -maintainediby the use of? any-suitableA means.

`inthe4 embodimentjof ythe invention illustrated in Fig-s. l1 to Sfinclusive, the relatively'iheavy wolen threads l'I'li and '|71 passthrough'the ,outer threads are relatively light threads 2| (the bobbln threads of the stitching operation) which pass through the base layer 20 of the covering material and into the rib-forming elements I8 for single lock stitch connection with the woolen threads I6 and I1. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, the woolen threads (a single side thread Ilia being shown) pass through both layers Ida and 20a of the covering material and through the rib-.forming elements I8@ therebetween. In this formof the invention therefore, the bobbin thread 2Ia lies below the base layer 20a of the covering material with a double lock stitch connection with the woolen threads, although such stitching, in both these embodiments of the present invention, is suiiicient to maintain in assembled relation the several parts of the core covering or lining, additional means may be and preferably is used to maintain in contacting relationship those portions of the two covering layers which lie on opposite sides of each rib-forming element, such as an adhesive or other equivalent means.

The woolen stitches here utilized may be of any suitable form, but preferably are of such nature as to present to the window pane, where they are exposed on the crest of each of the inwardly extending ribs or projections of the cover ing or lining, a series of closely spaced, longitudinally extending portions of fairly large diameter. In each of the present embodiments of the invention, the woolen threads, filaments or cords constitute the needle thread of a machine lock stitch, the bobbin thread thereof being a much smaller thread, as shown.

In Fig. 5, a single lock stitch is again shown, but in this form, the woolen needle thread |61) merely passes through the outer layer Illb, its locking thread 2Ib being thus disposed directly therebelow. For the connection to each other of the two layers I lib and 20h of this covering or lining, and for the maintenance therebetween, in properly spaced relation, of therib-forming elements I8b, any suitable means may be utilized, such as an adhesive, other stitching or the like.

In all embodiments, of course, the covering or lining is suitably secured to the channel core, such as by an adhesive, as is usual.

Fromthe foregoing description of the invention here involved, it will be evident that the core covering or lining of the present channel is of simple and inexpensive form, as but little woolen material is required for the rows of stitches which contact the Window pane. To those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates, other features and advantages of such invention will be evident from the foregoing description of several embodiments thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A window channel of the charact-er described, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and a lining for said core comprising a layer of flexible material, a plurality of rope-like elements underlying said layer and longitudinally disposed along said core side walls, thereby providing the channel with longitudinally disposed, inwardly extending side wall ribs or projections, and woolen material in the form of a row of stitches extending along the crest of each of said side wall ribs or projections for contact with the lateral faces of the window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof, the stitches of each row extending through said layer of flexible material and into the rope-like element adjacent thereto.

2. A Window channel of the character described, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and a lining for said core comprising a layer of flexible material, a plurality of rope-like elements underlying said layer and longitudinally disposed along said core side Walls, to thereby provide the channel with longitudinally disposed, inwardly extending side wall ribs or projections, a relatively heavy strand of yarn for each of said side wall ribs or projections, each of said yarn strands for at least a major portion of its length being disposed along the crest of a side wall rib or projection for contact with a lateral face of the window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof, and an attaching thread for and interlocked with each of said yarn strands and underlying for at least a major portion of its length said layer of flexible material.

3. A window channel of the character described, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and a lining for said core comprising a layer of flexible material, a plurality of rope-like elements underlying said layer and longitudinally disposed along said core side walls, to thereby provide the channel With longitudinally disposed, inwardly extending side wall ribs or projections, a relatively heavy strand of yarn for each of said side wall ribs or projections, each of said yarn strands having sections thereof longitudinally disposed along the crest of a side wall rib or projection for contact with a lateral face of the Window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof, the portions of each of said strands between the longitudinally disposed sections thereof extending through said fabric layer and constituting strand attaching portions, and an attaching thread for each of said yarn strands, the thread for each yarn strand being interlocked with the attaching portions of said yarn strand and underlying said layer of flexible material.

4. A window channel of the character described, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and a lining for said core comprising a layer of exible material, a plurality of rope-like elements underlying said layer and longitudinally disposed along said core side walls, to thereby provide the channel with longitudinally disposed, inwardly extending side wall ribs or projections, a relatively heavy strand of yarn for each of said side Wall ribs or projections, each of said yarn strands having sections thereof longitudinally disposed along the crest of a side wall rib or projection for contact with a lateral face of the window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof, the portions of each of said strands between the longitudinally disposed sections thereof extending through said fabric layer and into a rope-like element and constituting strand attaching portions, and an attaching thread for each of said yarn strands, the thread for each yarn strand extending into a rope-like element and being interlocked with the attaching portions of said yarn strand.

5. A window channel of the character described, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and a lining for said core comprising a layer of flexible material, a plurality of rope-like elements underlying said layer and longitudinally disposed along said core side walls, to thereby provide the channel with longitudinally disposed, inwardly extending side wall ribs or projections, a relatively heavy strand of yarn for each of said side wall ribs or projections, each of said yarn strands having sections thereof longitudinally disposed along the crest of a side wall rib or projection for contact with a lateral face of the window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof, the portions of each of said strands between the longitudinally disposed sections thereof extending through said fabric layer and through a ropelike element and constituting strand attaching portions, and an attaching thread for each of said yarn strands, the thread for each yarn strand being interlocked with the attaching portions of said yarn strand and underlying a ropelike element.

6. A window channel, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and e, lining for said core comprising inner and outer layers of flexible material, a plurality of ropelike elements between said layers and longitudinally disposed in laterally spaced relation to provide the channel with an inwardly extending rib or projection along each of its side walls, the inner and outer layers of the ilexible material being in contact except where they are separated by said rope-like elements, and a relatively heavy strand of yarn for each of said side wall ribs or projections, each of said yarn strands having at least sections thereof longitudinally disposed along the crest of a side wall rib or prejection for contact with a lateral face of the window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof.

7. A window channel, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and a lining for said core comprising inner and outer layers of exible material, a plurality of ropelike elements between said layers and longitudinally disposed in laterally spaced relation to provide the channel with an inwardly extending rib or projection along each of its side walls, the inner and outer layers of the flexible material being in contact except where they are separated by said rope-like elements. a relatively heavy strand of yarn for each of said side wall ribs or projections each of Said yarn strands having sections thereof longitudinally disposed along the crest of a side wall rib or projection for contact with a lateral face of the window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof, the portions of each of said strands between the longitudinally disposed sections thereof extending through said inner layer of flexible material and into a rope-like element and constituting strand attaching portions, and an attaching thread for each yarn strand, interlocked with the attaching portions thereof, and underlying in part the inner and outer layers of flexible material.

8. A window channel, comprising an elongated core having a base and a pair of side walls, and a lining for said core comprising inner and outer layers of flexible material, a plurality of rope-like elements between said layers and longitudinally disposed in laterally spaced relation to provide the channel with an inwardly extending rib or projection along each of its side walls, the inner and outer layers of the flexible material being in contact except where they are separated by said rope-like elements, a relatively heavy strand of yarn for each of said side wall ribs or projections each of said yarn strands having sections thereof longitudinally disposed along the crest of a side wall rib or projection for contact with a lateral face of the window pane which the channel receives and guides in use thereof, the portions of each of said strands between the longitudinally disposed sections thereof extending through said inner and outer layers of flexible material and through a rope-like element therebetween and constituting strand attaching portions, and an attaching thread for each yarn strand, interlocked with the attaching portions thereof, and entirely underlying the inner and cuter layers of flexible material.

9. A guiding strip for a slidable window pane. comprising an elonagted core, and a covering for at least one face of said core, said covering comprising a layer of flexible material, a rope-like element underlying said layer and providing the core with a longitudinal rib or projection, a relatively heavy strand of yam having at least sections thereof disposed along the crest of said rib or projection for contact with a lateral face of the window pane, and an attaching thread for said yarn strand, interlocked therewith, and underlying at least in part said layer of flexible material.

FRANK A. BEST.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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