US471729A

US471729A - Window

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Publication number: US471729A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1909-03-29

Description

(No Model.)

' G.G.ANDERSON.

WINDOW.

No. 471,729. Patented Mar. 29, 1892..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES G. ANDERSON, OF OOLUMBUSOHIO.

WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,729, dated March 29, 1892.

Application filed April 29,1891

I ful Improvement in Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for detaching window-sash from the frame; and the objects of my invention are to provide improved means for detachably connecting sections of the sash-stops with a window-frame, to provide for the ready removal of portions of the inner and central sash-stops of the windowframe, to admit of the sash being swung inward for convenience in cleaning and other purposes, to employ simple and inexpensive means for accomplishing these objects, and

to render the connection of the stop-sections invisible when the sash is in place. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an inner elevation of a window-.

frame, showing the lower sash turned inward in position for cleaning. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on line m wof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line y y of Fig. 2, showing a portion of the frame side broken away. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section on lines zof Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of the windowframe catch-plate, and Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the stop-connecting plate.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

or represents a window-frame, which consists of the side pieces a' and top and bottom cross-pieces a a 1) represents the inner vertical sash'stops, which are secured to the inner faces of the frame sides 01/ adjoining or in close proximity to the interior face of the frame.

0 represents the central stop-strips, which are ordinarily let into the window-frame, as shown in Fig. 3, and which form the interior bearing for the outer window-sash and the outer bearing for the inner sash.

As shown in the drawings, the stops b and c of one side of the frame are in two sections, the upper ends of the lower sections meeting and joining the lower ends of the upper sections at a point slightly above the Serial No. 3 91,013. (No model.)

center of the height of the window-frame, as indicated at b. The upper sections of the stops 1) and c are rigidly connected with the window-frame in the usual manner, while the lower sections are detachably connected therewith, as hereinafter described.

61 represents stop-connectin g plates, each of which consists of a horizontal which is provided at one end with an angular bend, as indicated at d, and which forms a shoulder 61 These stop-plates are each provided at their straight ends with screw-holes d and spurs (1 which project from the inner side thereof. Said plate is also provided near the center of its length with a flaring or countersunk perforation or bolt-hole 01 The outer or remaining end of each of the plates d has its horizontal end portion provided with one or more spurs d and screw holes (1. As shown in the drawings, the plates d serve to connect or couple the removable stop-sections b and c,said couplingsbeing preferably formed near the-upper and lower ends of said sections. The inner'end of each of the plates 01 is secured against the rear side of the detachable section b, while the horizontal outer or opposite end is secured to the rear side of the central stop-strip c, the shoulder at of the plate abutting against the interior face of said stop. In this manner it will be seen that the lower detachable sections of the central and inner stops on one side of the windowframe are coupled together.

The inner side of the side piece of the window-frame is recessed at points oppositethe coupling-plates d to receive below the surface thereof a short catch-plate 6, each of said catch-plates being secured therein by screws or otherwise and'having formed therein slotted openings e, which extend crosswise of the frame side. The rear side of each of the plates 6 has its surface on opposite sides of the opening e preferably cut away or beveled, as shown at'e the incline of said bevel running to the opening e. Opposite each of the plate-openings e is formed in the frame side a small sub-recess 6 These plates eare also preferably provided with projecting pins or spurs e, which enter the and assist in rigidly connecting the plate and frame. The frame-side recesses which receive the plate 6 are of such depth as to receive,

metallic plate,

wood of the frame the plate d, and the rear end of which passes also, the stop-coupling plates d until the latter are flush with the inner surface of the Window-frame, when they are connected with the catch-plates This connection is formed by providing the central opening d of each of the plates cl with screw-headed pins f, the beveled head of which bears in the countersunk mouth of the opening d until flush with loosely through the slotted opening e of the plate 6 and carries on its inner end a fixed oblong button g. This button g is of such length as when turned crosswise with the plate 6 to prevent its withdrawal through the slot 6' and admit only of its passage through said slot when turned in the direction of the length of the latter.

The detachable coupled stop-sections being secured in their positions against the inner side of the window-frame side piece, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the operation of my device is as follows: -The lower sash is having, been elevated to the upper portion of the window-frame,it is observed that the coupled detachable portions of the stops 0 and b may be readily removed by so turning the screwheads of the latch-pinsfas to bring the buttons g in the direction of the lengths of the plate-slots e. The detachable stop portions being withdrawn, and thus removed from the window-frame, it is obvious that the lower sash may be lowered to its normal position and swung inward to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In case the windowsash are provided with the usual form of side balancing-weights and ropes the sash-connecting end is of the rope may be disconneoted from the lower sash and any ordinary means utilized for holding the sash-rope from complete entrance within the window-frame. In order to support one corner of the lower sash upon the window-sill while the window is being cleaned, I may employ a catch-hook m, pivoted to the interior face of the windowframe and adapted to be made to engage with a suitable staple m on the upper side'of the lower sash-frame.

From the construction herein shown and described it is obvious that the sash may be turned inward in a desirable position for cleaning the outer side thereof and that this may be accomplished with rapidity and case. It will also be observed that the manner of connecting the stop-strips is exceedingly simple and that the metallic parts herein shown and described are so constructed and located as to be invisible when the window is viewed from eitherface.

In replacing the window-sash in its normal position the sash is closed to its position in the window-frame, then elevated to the upper portion of the frame, and the coupled portions of the stop-strips inserted in their places in the frame side and connected therewith by turning the screw-heads of the pinsf.

Although the operation herein describedhas been confined to the lower sash, it is obvious that the upper sash may be lowered until in the lower portion of the frame and swung inward,as prescribed forsaid lower sash, thus admitting of the outer sides of the windowpanes of both sashes being supported in a convenient position for cleaning or other pur poses.

Having now fully described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is

In a means of detaching sash from windowframes, the combination, with the windowframe having recesses e in one of the inner sides thereof, and slotted and spurred catchplates secured over said recesses, of the stopstrips 0 and b,,each consisting of a rigid and a detachable section, transverse plates d, connecting the detachable portions of said stopstripscandb,and-latch-pins,asdescribed,journaled in said plates (1 and having buttons on their inner ends adapted to enter the framerecesscs e and engage with the inner sides of the catch-plates, substantially as described.

CHARLES G. ANDERSON. In presence of I O. O. SHEPHERD, E. E. BRAGG.