US3293803A

US3293803A - Junctures, frames and windows

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Publication number: US3293803A
Application number: US419989A
Authority: US
Inventors: Emil J Boassy; Furst William
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-12-21
Filing date: 1964-12-21
Publication date: 1966-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 1983-12-27

Description

E. J. BOASSY ETAL JUNcTUREs, FRAMES AND wINDows Dec. 27, 1966 I 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 2l, 1964 FIG.

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JUNCTURES, FRAMES AND WINDOWS Filed Dec. 21, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 di n EM ,L www 60N/4R11 M. LIP/IAN ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,293,803 JUNCTURES, FRAMES AND WINDOWS Emil J. Boassy, 376 Timber Drive, Berkeley Heights,

NJ. 07922, and Leonard M. Lipman, 218 N. Walnut St., East Orange, NJ. 07017; William Furst, administrator of said Leonard M. Lipman, deceased Filed Dec. 21, 1964, Ser. No. 419,989 6 Claims. (Cl. 49-503) This invention relates to novel articles of manufacture. In one of its more specific aspects the invention is directed to novel corner junctures, frames and tiltable windows and especially to such windows which are slideable and latchable when in use. The term window or window frame as used herein and unless otherwise qualified or modified is intended to mean a window frame either with or without a window pane.

In the course of our experimentations, we have discovered that we could provide novel tiltable and latchable window frames which are adapted to accommodate a window pane with the so-called wrap around or marine glazing and which when so coupled with a window pane could, in a very simple manner, have the pane replaced even by an unskilled workman in a relatively short period of time without danger of damaging the individual components thereof. Still another advantage of the present invention is that it is free of removable locking screws, nuts, bolts or the like which might be misplaced or lost and is characterized by having the smaller elements thereof so coupled with certain rails thereof that there is no necessity for removing them therefrom when a window pane is to be replaced. The foregoing as well as other objects and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the appended drawings wherein:

FIG. l is a top plan view of a novel window of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is cross sectional view taken on line II-II of FIG. l in the direction of the arrows.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the upper right hand corner of the window shown in FIG. l and is also a plane-mirror image of the corresponding view of the upper left hand corner of the window shown as FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on line IV-IV of FIG. l in the direction of the arrows.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the lower left hand corner of the window shown in FIG. 1 and also a plane-mirror image of the corresponding view of the lower right hand corner of the window shown in FIG. l.

As shown in the drawings, which are in illustration of and not in limitation of the present invention, there is a tiltable and latchable window frame carrying a pane 11 of glass or the like. The frame comprises a sash head or upper rail assembly 12, a lower sash or lower rail assembly 13, and a pair of like sash side or

side rails

14 and 15, with the ends of each of them being mitered.

The upper rail assembly 12 includes an extruded single unitary element composed of aluminum or aluminum alloy and consists of a normally horizontally disposed elongated channel 20 having a web 21 and a pair of like

parallel flanges

22 and 23 spaced from each other and integral with the web 21. The web 21 is cut-out at 24 at the ends thereof to accommodate an element 40 hereinafter described. The

anges

22 and 23 extend along the entire length of the web 21 and a short distance therebeyond, due to cut-outs 24, and are of substantially the same widthwise dimension. The

flanges

22 and 23 have a plurality of shallow lengthwise recesses or grooves 30 extending the length thereof and are capable of receiving corresponding shaped projection 2 of a glazing element 3 composed of a rubbery material, such as rubber,

polymers arms

45 and 46 disposed at an angle to each other.

MIce

or copolymers of vinyl compounds.

Shallow ribs

25 and 26 respectively are integral with the

anges

22 and 23 and extend inwardly from the interior faces thereof and along the full lengths thereof. Said

ribs

25 and 26 are disposed opposite each other and are located a considerable distance inwardly from the inner face of web 21 and a considerable distance from the

free extremities

27 and 28 respectively of the

flanges

22 and 23 for receiving a stretch of glazing element 3 and the normally upper end of the window pane 11 to maintain said end in marineglazed condition therein. Integral with the flanges 22 and extending outwardly therefrom and along the full length thereof is a pair of

ribs

32 and 33. The

ribs

32 and 33 together with the outer face of flanges 22 therebetween provide a way for receiving and maintaining in position a strip, not shown, of plastic material carrying particles of permanently magnetized material. Integral with and extending normally upwardly from and along the full length of flange 23 is a grooved plate 34 for receiving and holding in position a strip (not shown) of material carrying particles of permanently magnetized material.

Coupled with said channel 20 at each end thereof is a single unitary element consisting of a swivel or pivot 41 and an angular retainer 42. Pivot 41 is integral with retainer 42 through short connector 43. The upper rail assembly also includes a pair of spring elements 44. Each of said elements 44 is a piece of thin at or leaf spring steel whose widthwise dimension is slightly less than the distance between the inner faces of the

flanges

22 and 23. Each of said spring members 44 consists of a pair of The free end of arm 45 is bent at an appreciable angle to the remainder thus terminating at one end in the short vertically disposed portion 47. The other end of arm 45l is integral with a normally vertically disposed portion which in turn is integral with somewhat flattened S shaped portion 52 which in turn is integral with an inwardly inclined portion 54 which in turn is integral with an inwardly extending leg 56 of an approximately U shaped portion 51 terminating in leg 58. By the term U shaped as employed herein is meant any such shape which would include among others V or multi-U or multi-V shapes.

The element 40 is preferably a single metal casting. Retainer 42 comprises an arm 60 having a pair of spaced shallow discs 61 on both the inner and outer faces thereof. Integral with arm 60 is a shorter arm 63 having a boss 64 on each of the faces thereof at the outer ends thereof. Each of said discs has ashallow depression or recesses 65 therein. The arm 60 has a recess 67 therein for receiving the end 47 of the spring element 44. And, a portion of said arm 60 has an elongated shallow recess 68 for accommodating the arm 45. The maximum thickness of arm 60 and the maximum depth of arm 60 are respectively a little less than the distance between the inner faces of

flanges

22 and 23 and a little less than the distance between the inner surface of web 21 and the upper surface of

ribs

25 and 26 so that, when coupled with spring 44, it is slip-lit insertable in an end of channel 20.

The single unitary members 40 are readily and easily coupled with the upper channel 20 at the ends thereof to provide a pair of pivots and spring retainers permanently secured to the channel 20 as shown in FIG. 3. Because the parts used and methods of assembly are alike for both ends, we shall describe in detail the method of .assembly of said spring 44 and element 40, for only the right hand side as shown in FIG. 3, it being understood that a similar method of assembly is used at the left hand end to provide the channel 20 with said spring 44 and lelement 40 at each end thereof. The preformed spring element is rst assembled with the element 40 by locating the end 47 thereof in recess 67 with the remainder of arm 45 extending along and close to the inner surface of the arm 60 and in recess 68 and the portion 50 located on the inside and against the arm 63. The so positioned

arms

45 and 60 are then inserted into the end of channel 20 as far as they will go with a portion of element 40 in the cut-out 24. And, when in such position, parts of the

flanges

22 and 23 opposite the recesses 65 are pressed or struck inwardly to provide clinching tabs 70 for permanently and rigidly clinching or staking the channel 20 to the element 40. With the

elements

40 and 44 so coupled with the channel 20, the internal corner of the element 44 is close to the outer extremity of the

ribs

25 and 26 and the external corner of element 44 is close to the internal corner of the retainer 42, and the arm 45 is closely confined between retainer 42 and

ribs

25 and 26, the inner side face of the short arm 63 bears against the portion 50 of the spring element 44 and the free end of the arm 63 which is curved thereat nestles into and bears against a part of the flattened S portion 52 of the spring element. In said construction, the spring element is permanently coupled with the channel 20, with the arm 46 thereof being located outside of and normally extending downwardly therefrom. Thus a completed upper rail assembly with spring elements at the ends thereof is ready for assembly with other parts of the frame.

The window frame also includes a pair of side rails or

sash jambs

14 and 15 which are identical and are composed of aluminum or aluminum alloy; are extruded single unitary elements having mitered ends. Each side rail comprises a normally vertically disposed channel 80 having a web 81 and a pair of flanges 82. Integral with each ange 82 is an elongated narrow rib 85 extending inwardly therefrom and the full length thereof, except for openings 86 therethrough for accommodating the U parts of the spring members 44 and to provide a normally upper detent 87 and a normally lower detent 88.' The web 81 extends the full length of each of the flanges 82 except for cut-outs or openings 90 and 91 therethrough, which are in the vicinity of and preferably opposite cutouts 86 and detents 87 and 88. The widths of the flanges and web of channel 80 are the same as the corresponding dimension of the flanges and web of channel 20; and the ribs 85 are of the same dimensions as

ribs

25 and 26 and are spaced from the free ends of flanges 82 the same distance that ribs 25 and 26 are spaced from the free ends of

flanges

22 and 23. Like

flanges

22 and 23, the inner faces of the anges 82 have a number of shallow grooves 30 like those in

flanges

22 and 23 and also extend the full length thereof. Each channel 80 is capable of receiving a stretch of glazing element 3 and a normally vertically disposed end of the pane 11 to maintain said end of said pane 11 in marine-glazed condition therein.

The lower sash or rail assembly 13 comprises a single extruded normally horizontally disposed elongated member 94 composed of aluminum or aluminum alloy and carrying a pair of latching bolts 92 in the ends thereof and a pair of spring elements 44 maintained in position by retainers 42. The member 94 consists of an elongated channel 95 whose

parallel ilanges

97 and 98 are spaced from each other the same distance that parallel anges 82 are spaced from each other and whose web 99 is spaced from the free ends of the

anges

97 and 98 the same distance that the ribs 85 are spaced from the free ends of flanges 82. Each of said

anges

97 and 98 has grooves 30 therein, and said channel 95 is capable of receiving a stretch of glazing element 3 and the lower end of pane 11 to maintain said end in marine-glazed condition therein. Integral with

flanges

97 and 98 are downwardly extending parallel anges 101 and 102 respectively with ange 101 being of considerably lesser widthwise dimension than the ange 102 and being of such dimension that the distance between the free extremity of flange 97 and the lower extremity of flange 101 is approximately equal to the distance between the free extremity of a flange 82 and the outer surface of web 81. Extending inwardly from and integral with the lower end of ange 101 is a narrow elongated rib 105; and extending inwardly from and integral with flange 102 at a position directly opposite rib 105 is a narrow elongated rib 107. The distance between

ribs

105 and 107 and the web 99 is the same as the distance between web 21 and

ribs

25 and 26; and also the same as the distance between web 81V and ribs 82. Each end of said member 94 is mitered on a miter line extending between the free ends of

anges

97 and 98 and the lower faces of the

ribs

105 and 107. The lower end of the flange 102 is located a considerable distance below the rib 107 and has a narrow horizontally disposed guide plate 109 integral therewith and extending outwardly therefrom. Plate 109 terminates in a shallow rib 111 which is integral therewith and extends upwardly therefrom and is in alignment with the

flanges

97 and 101. An external shallow rib 115, integral with the part of ange 102 below rib 107, extends outwardly therefrom and serves as a spacer rib.

The latching bolts 92 are carried by said member 94 at the ends thereof. Each bolt 92 consists of an elongated main body portion 121 having a nger accommodating recess 122 therein and a short rib 124 extending normally upwardly from body 121 and at the upper rear end thereof. Integral with rib 124 is a stud 126 around which is disposed an end of a compression coil spring 128 whose other end is secured to an anchoring tab 129 (see FIG. l) struck out of and depending inwardly from the ange 101. Each latching bolt 92 is mounted as shown in FIG. 5, with the body portion supported on plate 109 and disposed between plate 109 and

ribs

107 and 105, and with the rib 124 extending upwardly between and beyond the spaced between

ribs

105 and 107. The compression spring 128 is always in compression and tends to maintain the latching end of bolt 92 in operative position as shown in FIG. 5. Mounted in each end of the element 94 is one of said springs 44 and one of said retainers 42 as shown in FIG. 5. The spring 44 and retainer 42 combination is mounted and secured to the element 94 in the same manner that said combinations was mounted and secured to channel 20 as heretofore described. In this instance however each spring 44 and retainer 42 combination has the

arms

45 and 60 located between the web 99 of channel and

ribs

105 and 107 and make a slip-tit therebetween when inserted therebetween after the bolt 92 is coupled with the member 94 and spring 128. As shown the free end of arm 60 acts as a stop for rib 124 to limit the degree to which the outer end of latching bolt 92 extends beyond the vertical extremity of each of the ends of element 94 due to the action of the spring 128. Thus the lower rail assembly has a pair of spring elements 44 secured to member 94 and maintained in position by retainers 42, andthe arms 46 thereof are located outside of the ends of members 94 and extend normally upwardly therefrom. It also includes a pair of latching bolts 92 which in operative position extend outwardly from the ends of member 94 .and are movable back and forth along the length of the member 94 to inoperative and operative positions.

The window pane 11 may be easily and readily glazed in a frame comprising said upper rail assembly, the lower rail assembly and a pair of side rails. This may be eifected in the following manner:

The rubbery glazing element 3 in the form of au elongated channel with exterior small projections 2 extending along the length thereof is only partially slit through at predetermined positions along the lengths thereof to provide

stretches

5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. .This element is wrapped around the pane 11, to dispose the normally lower end of the pane 11 into the channel-stretch 5, the normally vertical edges of pane 11 into the channel stretches 6 and 7 and the normally upper edge in the channel stretches 8 and 9. With said element 3 in position and being wrapped around the ends of the pane, a side rail 14 is tamped along the web thereof whereby the end of pane 11 with stretch 6 wrapped therearound is forced into channel 80, the projections 2 enter the grooves 30 and the stretch 6 makes a tight weatherproof seal between the flanges 82 and the end of the pane therebetween. The other normally vertical end of the pane 11 is in like manner coupled with the Other side rail 15, with the stretch 7 being the glazing means. Then the normally lower assembly is likewise coupled with the normally lower end of the pane 11 having stretch 5 wrapped therearound. In this operation, the parts 51 of the arms 46 are pulled outwardly against the spring action thereof and are located in the space between the webs 81 and flanges 82 and span across and rest upon the ribs 85. The so disposed assembly is tamped or otherwise forced towards said end of said pane 11 to locate the mitered ends thereof in close proximity to the mitered ends of channels 80. In so positioning rail 13 the bottoms of the U shaped parts 51 have automatically entered into the lower openings 86 and their legs 56 engage the lower detents 88 to firmly couple said side rails to said lower rail assemblies as shown in FIG. 5. And as so coupled, the short arm 63 of retainer 42 and arm 50 of spring 44 extends upwardly into the ends of the channels 80 and make tight fits between flanges 82 thereof and between web 81 and ribs 85 and due to the latching action of the legs 56 against detents 88 engaged thereby to rmly maintain said lower rail assembly to said side rails.

The upper rail assembly 12 is in like manner coupled with

side rails

14 and 15, with stretches Sand 9 wrapped around the upper end of panel 11 and together located in channel 20, and with the arm 63 of retainer 42 and arm 50 extending downwardly into the upper ends of said side rails between webs 81 and ribs 85 and the legs 56 engaging upper detents 87 to latch and couple assembly 12 to said side rails, as shown in FIG. 3.

The frame above described and having pane 11 marineglazed therein, and being tiltable about pivots 41 and latchable by the action of bolts 92, may readily and easily have the pane 11 replaced and reglazed. This may be effected by merely inserting a tool through each of normally upper openings 90, and therewith moving the U ends 51 of the spring against the spring action of arms 54 out the openings 86 and whereby the detents 87 are disengaged thereby to uncouple the upper rail assembly 12 from

side rails

14 and 15. While maintained in said uncoupled condition, the assembly 12 is pulled upwardly away from and entirely outside of the side rails 14 and 15. The lower rail assembly 13 may, in a similar manner by disengaging the springs 44 from the lower detents 88, be uncoupled from the side rails 14 and 15 and removed therefrom.

A new pane and glazeable element similar to pane 11 and element 3, may now be combined as before and together are coupled with the side rails 14 and 15, then with the lower and upper rail assemblies in the manner heretofore described to provide a slideable, tiltable, latchable frame carrying a marine glazed pane and like before is capable of being readily reglazed in the manner heretofore described.

While the illustrative embodiment of the invention has been described in detail, it is not to be limited thereby because various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the invention.

We claim:

1. A corner juncture of:

a first channel having a bevelled end and a second channel having a bevelled end, with said ends being close to each other and a detent secured to said first channel and disposed between the inside faces of the flanges thereof and spaced from the inside face of the web thereof comprising:

resilient first means comprising a first arm and a second arm angularly disposed with respect to each other;

said first arm extending into said second channel and said second arm extending outside of said second channel;

means comprising a first part and a second part secured to each other an angularly disposed with respect to each other;

said first part extending into said second channel and along said first arm;

third means maintaining said first arm in said second channel;

said second arm and said second part extending into said first channel, with one extending along the other, and said second arm engaging said detent to maintain said bevelled ends in position with respect to each other.

2. A corner juncture according to claim 1, said resilient means being a single spring member, a portion of said second arm being at an angle to .another .portion thereof and a third portion of said second arm being inclined with respect to said other portion and a fourth portion engaging said detent and being at an angle to said third portion.

3. A corner juncture according to claim 1, said resilient means being a single spring member, a portion of said second arm being at an angle to another portion thereof and a third portion of said second arm being inclined with respect to said other portion and a fourth portion engaging said detent and being at an angle to said third portion,

a portion of said first arm being disposed at an angle to the remainder thereof,

said second mentioned means being a single rigid member,

said first part having a recess therein,

said portion of said first arm extending into said recess.

4. A frame including a pair of channels, a detent secured to one of said channels and disposed between the inner faces of the flanges thereof and spaced inwardly from the web thereof;

resilient means comprising a pair of arms angularly disposed with respect to each other, one of said arms located in said other channel and the other arm extending outside of said other channel,

means comprising a pair of parts angularly disposed with respect to each other, one of said parts located in said other channel and extending along said one of said arms,

means, including said one of said parts, for retaining said one of said arms in said other channel,

said other arm and said other part extending into said first mentioned channel,

said other arm engaging said detent to maintain said channels in position with respect to each other.

5. A frame including a rail and a rail assembly,

(a) said rail comprising an elongated channel, a detent secured to said channel and disposed between the inner faces of the flanges thereof and spaced inwardly from the web thereof,

(b) said rail assembly comprising an elongated channel, a spring member at one end of said second mentioned channel and comprising a pair of parts disposed at an angle to each other, with one of said parts extending in said second mentioned channel along the llength thereof and disposed inside of the web thereof and the other part of said member disposed outside of said second mentioned channel and extending at an angle thereto, means secured to said second mentioned channel and retaining said spring member in position, a portion of said means extending into one end tof said second mentioned channel and another portion thereof disposed outside of said second mentioned channel and extending at an angle thereto, said first mentioned part of said member extending along the normally inner surface of said first mentioned portion and said other part of said member extending along the inner surface of said other portion and terminating a material distance from the free end thereof,

(c) said rail assembly coupled with said rail, with said A4part of said spring member outside of said second vmentioned chann'etl, extending into said first mentioned channel and disposed inside of the web and between the-flanges thereof and engaging said detent to latch said rail assembly to said rail.

6. A glazed window capableof being reglazed and including a window pane, glazing means, an upper rail assembly and a pluraltiy of side rails;

(a) said upper rail assembly comprising an elongated channel, the web of said channel being cut ont at the ends thereof, 'the ends of said channel being mitered, a pair of spring members, each of said members comprising apair of arms disposed at an angle to each other, corresponding arms of said members extending into the ends of said channel,y

spaced from the Web thereof and disposed between the flanges thereof, and corresponding other arms of said lmembers located outsideof and normally extending downwardly from the ends of said channel, a pair of single unitary spring member-retainer and pivot means, each of said second mentioned means comprising a pair of arms disposed at an angle to eaoh other and a pivot member secured thereto, corresponding arms of said second mentioned arms extending into the endsof said channel and the pivot members extending from said last mentioned arms and through said cut-outs, said first mentioned arms extending along the inner surfaces of said second mentioned arms, means, including said second mentioned means, for coupling said members with said channel;

(b) each of said side rails comprising an elongated channel, a detent located inthe upper end of said channel, secured thereto, disposed between the anges thereof and spaced inwardly fromthe web thereof, said web having an opening therein located in the' vicinity of said detent;

(c) said rail assembly coupled with said side rails and said pane, said glazing means extending along and wrapped around the normally upper and the normally vertical ends of said pane, said glazing means and said upper end of said pane located in said first mentioned channel, said glazing means and said vertical ends of said pane llocated in said normally verticallly extending channels, said normally downwardly extending arms of said second mentioned means and of said spring members extending into the upper ends of said normally vertically extending channels, between the flanges thereof and inside of the webs thereof, the downwardly extending arms of said spring members engaging the detents, to couple said rail assembly to said side rails, the lower ends of said spring members adapted to be actuated by a tool insertable through the openings in said side rails to disengage said spring members from said detents to uncouple said upper rail assembly from said side rails.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,881,279 10/ 1932 Kessler.

2,342,537 2/ 1944 Geisler 189-36 2,619,205 11/1952 Best et al 189-75 X 2,627,948 2/ 1953 Farr 189-36 X 2,870,882 1/ 1959 Tolman 189-76 X 3,162,282 12/ 1964 Mendelsohn 189-76 t3,182,771 5/1965 Root 189-76 X vFOREIGN PATENTS 250,299 6/ 1948 Switzerland.

REINALDO P. MACHADO, Primary Examiner.

W. E. HEATON, Assistant Examiner.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3 ,293 ,'803 December 27 1966 Emil J. Boassy et al.

error appears in JShe above numbered pat- It is hereby certified that t the said Letters Patent should read as ent requiring correction and the corrected below.

Column 6 line 2 for "an" read and column 7 line 24, for "arms", second occurrence, read means Signed and Sealed this 17th day of December 1968.

(SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD J. BRENNER Edward M. Fletcher, Jr.

Commissioner of Patents Attesting Officer

Claims

1. A CORNER JUNCTURE OF; A FIRST CHANNEL HAVING A BEVELLED END AND A SECOND CHANNEL HAVING A BEVELLED END, WITH SAID ENDS BEING CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND A DETENT SECURED TO SAID FIRST CHANNEL AND DISPOSED BETWEEN THE INSIDE FACES OF THE FLANGES THEREOF AND SPACED FROM THE INSIDE FACE OF THE WEB THEREOF COMPRISING: RESILIENT FIRST MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST ARM AND A SECOND ARM ANGULARLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER; SAID FIRST ARM EXTENDING OUTSIDE OF SAID SECOND SAID SECOND ARM EXTENDING OUTSIDE OF SAID SECOND CHANNEL; MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST PAR AND A SECOND PART SECURED TO EACH OTHER AN ANGULARLY DISPOSED WSITHIN RESPECT TO EACH OTHER; SAID FIRST PART EXTEINDING INTO SAID SECOND CHANNEL AND ALONG SAID FIRST ARM; THIRD MEANS MAINTAINING SAID FIRST ARM IN SAID SECOND CHANNEL; SAID SECOND ARM AND SAID SECOND PART EXTENDING INTO SAID FIRST CHANNEL, WITH ONE EXTENDING ALONG THE OTHER, AND SAID SECOND ARM ENGAGING SAD DETENT TO MAINTAIN SAID BEVELLED ENDS IN POSITION WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER.