US2566554A - Window construction - Google Patents

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Sept. 4,- 1951 w. R. CORDREY Y 2,566,554 7 WINDOW CONSTRUCTION I Filed-Nov. 15, 1948 I IF/ 6..-Z

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2,566,554 WINDOW CONSTRUCTION William R. Cordrey, Toledo, Ohio Application November 1.5, 1948, Serial No. 60,068

This invention relates to window-type of closures involving sash sections, whether screen or glass, and mounting frames therefor.

This invention has utility when incorporated in multiple sash carrying inverted U-shaped frames. Weather-strip slide providing legs may be used in the U -shaped frames, which may mount a double hung window and also a screen sash. The unit as a whole is adapted to be flush with its frame, and its frame is adapted to register with a building window frame to act as an additional or storm window for the building window frame.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view, partially broken away looking from the building outside toward the unit, of an embodiment of the invention in the building-insert or inverted U-frame portion thereof;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line Il'.--II, Fig. 1, of the U-frame with dotted line showing of the building window opening in proximity thereto and into which the full-line unit is adapted to be inserted;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of a fragment of a Weatherstrip rib to be attached to the window sill between the U-legs of the frame as inserted in the building opening;

Fig. 4 is an edge view, with considerable portions broken away, of the three sash in their-assembly relation and apart from the U-frame of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line V-V, Fig. 1 showing the slide-guide for the sash and its assembly into the U-unit, with the edges of the sashes of Figs. 9 and shown in dotted lines cooperating therewith;

Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of the upper glazed sash, a portion being broken away;

Fig. '7 is an inside elevation of the lower glazed Fig. 8 is an inside view of the screen sash, which showings .of the several sash are on a reduced scale, and Fig. 5 enlarged;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged section on the line vIX----IX, Fig. 6, being shifted to the left from the upper slide side of Fig. 5 with which it is adapted to be assembled; and

Fig lo is an enlarged section on the line'X-X,

Fig. '7, being shifted somewhat less to the left than Fig. 9 and accordingly closer to assembly relation with the lower slide side of Fig. 5.

I A U-shaped frame, inverted, has a leg I, a cross or upper end strip 2 and a leg.3 parallel to leg I.

A facing strip 4 may have a portion of its back or inner side 5 as a minor thickness portion to an offset 6, thereby providing a general L-shape in cross-section for the facing outside of the house.

There is from this L-shaped element, a strip! spaced from the short or inner-leg by a metal plate 8. Screws 9 (see Fig. 5) through the strips I and the plate 8 enter the offset 6 in assembling the U-shaped frame as a unit.

1 Claim. (Cl. -52) The cross-over portion 2 at the inner-sideof its offset 6 has a groove ID. The plates 8 extend longitudinally substantially along the entire length of eachside stile or leg I and 3 of the U-shaped frame. Each plate or strip 8 comprises two-return bent portions bent around to face the side stile of the frame. One of the rebent portions II extends from the top of the frame down to about the center of the frame and is bent towardthe outside of the frame. The other of the rebent portions I2 extends from the bottom of the frame'up to about the center of the frame and is bent toward the inside of the frame. There may be a'slight spacing I3 between the ends of the return bend portions II, I2. These portions II, I2, are at the free edge of the flat plate 8 remote from the plate mounting by the screws 9. In the frame, slightly downwardlyfrom the bottom of the positioned upper sash, in each leg I, 3, a screw I4 may mount a flat arm l5 having a flange I5 facing outwardly of the frame toward the sash, forminga hook or L-shaped member adaptedas the flange I6is swung outward ,to lie beyond the facing 4, to hold a sash, whichmay rest on a window sill II, from falling outward. However, as such sash is up, the L-shaped members I5, I6, may be swung to lock such sash inits closedposition. Openings I8, I9, in the legs I,"3, may receive sash holding pins.

In Fig."2jis shown indotted lines a normal window-type opening in a. building comprising a frame 20 with a stop'ZI adapted to hold the upper sash 22 for vertical sliding in a way parallel to and outward from a similar .way for a lower sash 23. Flush with its back face 5, thefacing strips I ojf'the U-shaped frame, at the ends join the. end strip'Z, and may have tongues or mortise tenons 24 to fitin back cut-outs or seats 25 of the face 5, ends of the strip 2. There may be a Water-proof gluebond or other assembly means for the U-shaped frame as an assembled unit .to

have a seat or ledge 30 to receive a glass 3| with The outer'sides holding means.32 (seeJFig. '4). of stiles 21 have two-step seats .33 with screws or fastening means '34 for slide L-shaped members .35. With the L-shaped members I5, I6, swung outward .to clear the way for entrance of the top rail 28 o'f't'his storm sash 36, the flange overhang of the members 35 maybe slid upward under the return bends 'II in thrusting the rib 29 into thegrooveseat III. A check-rail 31 to com- ,plete the lower side of the rectangle orv upper sash 36, may then .have the L-shaped members I5, I6, swung to have the flanges I6 seat snugly The glazing seat thrusting the sash 39 downward and inwardly from the sash 36.

The sash 39 has a bottom rail 43 with a groove 43' (see Fig. 4) in its lower side or face with which may register arib 44 (see Figs. 2 and 3) having anchoring means 45 with the sill I! in extent between the free ends of the legs 3, of the frame. There is thus provided a complete weather sealing assembly of the glazed sash 36, 39, as assembled in the U-shaped frame in its mounting in a window opening of a building. The sash 39 has a ledge for its glass 3| as held by means 32 therein.

The complete placing, removal and adjustment for the two sash 36, 39, may be accomplished from within the building. A finger seat in the top rail 28 inner side may be engaged by the user in effecting the upward thrusting, and a withdrawable pin 46 at. the seat |3 may supplementally hold the sash in the lifted closure position in the absence of or until the members l5, I6, are rocked into seating position. Furthermore, as the pin 46 is accessible only from within, it provides safety means against intruders. Finger seats 41 in the rail 43 enable the building occupant to shift this sash 39 to a desired open position. The sash 39 may be held in any open or closed position by cams 48 which may be swung to have shoes 49 frictionally grip the strips 2|. In order for the one in the house to remove or adjust the inner lower storm sash 39, the cams 48 are released and the seats 41 engaged to liftthe sash 39, even up to clear the slide rebent portions l2 so that the sash 39 may be easily removed. Once the sash 39 is removed then the L-shaped members l5, l6 may be easily reached and swung outwardly so that the flange |6 will project beyond the facing 4 of the frame. Then when the pins 46 are retracted, the upper sash 36 may be lowered past the L-shaped members |5, 46 and beyond the slide rebent portions so that this upper sashmay also easily be removed. Thus, thesashes 36 and 39 may be readily and conveniently handled for window cleaning and other attention.

A screen 50 is in a sash 5| with side stiles 52, top rail 53 with a rib 54 adapted to seat in the groove 38 of the sash 36 as this unit 5| is coplanar therewith and therebelow.

The screen sash 5| has a bottom rail 55 having finger seats 41 and bottom drain grooves 56 as facing the sill I1, so that as rain or window washing water is behind the sash 5|, such may readily flow out therefrom. The bottom rail 55 (Fig. 4) has a ledge 30" on which is holding means or stop 32" for the screen 50. Pull pins 5! on the inner side of the screen 50 and thru the stiles 52 may enter the openings |9 of the U-shaped frame and thereby positively fix the screen in locked assembly position. Thus the detachable screen sash 5| is mounted in the same plane as the upper sash 36 and forms therewith a flush outer facing for the assembly. The storm sash 39 may be clamp locked in partial or fully elevated position, for the desired screen exposure in seasons when insects are prevalent. At the times when limited ventilation only is desired, the screen sash 5| may be leftin, or removed, for the sash 39 may be adjusted, as to sash 22 or 23. In the event the sash 5| is removed, instead of stored thruout the year in its storm window assembly, then the storm window sash 36 may be lowered in the ventilation adjustment program. In fact, the sash dimensions may be such that the groove 54 may register in the groove l0, and the sash 36 removed entirely or merely placed below the screen to be held by pin or pins 46 in register with the openings I9.

7 Inasmuch as the multiple sash are fitted in the U-shaped frame I, 2, 3, the overlap of .the facing 5 is sufficient to adapt to a range of minor dimension variations. With the groove 43 to coact with the rib 44, there is effective weather sealing variance for a range of accurate fitting departures, even as out of true. This means that a relatively unskilled person, or householder, may

- install the U-shaped frame units, as not a cumbersome set-up. Then with such in place, the sash may be seated therein, left there permanently, and shifted or removed as one chooses. This ready range for handling is of advantage in painting upkeep, while its multi-season utility means that as left installed, there is not the occasion to take out, store and re-set.

What is claimed and itis desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a double hung window structure, a frame, two sliding sashes, a metal sash guide strip for said sashes extending longitudinally substantially along the entire length of each of the side stiles of said frame, said strips being attached to said side stiles and each strip comprising two return bent portions, one of said rebent portions extending from the topof the frame down to about the center of said frame and being bent toward the outside of said frame, and the other of said rebent portions extending from the bottom of said frame up to about the center of said frame and being bent toward the inside of said frame, both rebent. portions facing the side stiles of said frame, said sashes having angle pieces attached to each of said side stiles of said sashes, said angle pieces riding in said rebent portions when the sashes are slid up and down.

WILLIAM R. CORDREY.

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