US616916A

US616916A - Window and fixture therefor

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Publication number: US616916A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1916-01-03

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No. 6|6,9l6. Patented Jan. 3, I899.

J. H. GIESEY. WINDOW AND FIXTURES THEREFOR.

(Application filed Apr. 1, 1898.)

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J. H. GIESEY.

WINDOW AND FIXTURES THEREFOR.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. GIESEY, OF HIGHLAND CITY, OHIO.

WINDOW AND FIXTURE THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nb. 616,916, dated January 3, 1899.

' Application filed April 1, 1898. SerialNo. 676,052. on model.)

To a. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. GIEsEY,a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland City, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in IVindows and Fixtures Therefor,of which improvements the following is a specification.

The difficulty of forming a tight joint between the upper edge of the sash and the window-frame in that class or kind of windows which swing on vertical pivots is a serious objection to their use. The joint at the lower edge of the sash is made tight by lowering the sash below a strip on the window-frame and at its side edges by suitable strips-against which the sash will bear when closed. While a follower resting on the top edge of the sash will form a comparatively effective joint when new, its use is objectionable, as it becomes rubbed and disfigured.

The object of the present invention is to provide followers having strips which will overlap the top rail of the sash when closed, but is movable by the sash when raised, so as' to be shifted out of the line of movement of the sash when being swung open.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of a swinging-sash window having my improvements applied thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views, the planes of section being in dicated, respectively, by the lines II II and- III III, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a construction whereby the follower is pulled down by the sash. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views similar to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 and illustrate a modified construction, the planes of section of Figs. 5 and 6 being indicated, respectively, by the lines V V and VI VI, Fig. I.

In the practice of my invention the sash 1 is made shorter than the opening formed by the window-frame by an amount not less than the movement required in the sash to clear the strip 2, secured on the lower side of the window-frame and behind which the sash will drop when the window is in closed position.

A pivot-pin 3 is secured to the lower rail of the sash and is adapted to fit within the guideplate t, secured to the window frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The upper pivotal support for the sash is formed bya pin 5,which may be secured to the upper portion of the window-frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and have a bearing in the plate 6, secured to the upper rail of the sash, or the pin may be secured to the upper rail of the sash and have a bearing in the plate 6, secured to the upper portion of the window-frame, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6'. In order to raise the sash above the strip 7 2, so that it may be swung to open position, any suitable form or construction of mechanism may be employed, preferably one of those shown and described in Letters Patent No. 488,761, dated March 27, 1892, and No. 580,127, dated April 6, 1896. For convenience of illustration I have shown a cam '7, secured to a pin 8, mounted in a suitable metal plate, which is secured to the lower rail of the sash. The pin is provided with a suitable operating-handle, and the cam is arranged to bear on the plate 4 when shifted to raise the sash.

In order to close the space at the upper edge of the sash when the latter is in its lowered position, I employ a block or follower 10, arranged to move in a recess 9, formed in the upper portion of the window-frame and normally resting upon the top of the upper rail of the sash. As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this block 10 is made of a thickness or height sufficient to project into the recess in the window-casing while resting upon the upper rail of the sash when the latter is in its lowered position. The block is provided with strips 11, adapted when the sash is lowered and'the block resting thereon, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to overlap the top rail of the sash and form a tight joint therewith. As the block 10 is held from rotation by the recess in the window-frame, provision must be made to raise the same into said recess a height sufficientto permit the upper rail of the sash to clear the strips 11 when the sash is raised. To effect this upward movement of the block or follower, levers 12 are mounted upon a lever-plate 13, fitting loosely around the pivot-pin 5, so as to be capable of movement therealong when the sash is raised. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the follower-block 10 is slotted for the reception of the levers 12 and plate 13, and the outer ends of the levers bear against the top wall of such recess. On

the pivot-pin 5 are formed wings 15, which project into the path of movement of the inner ends of the levers 12 when the latter are raised by the lifting of the sash. It will be readily understood that as the levers are carried up by the sash their innerends will abut against the wings 15, thereby shifting the levers and giving their outer ends an upward movement in addition to that caused by the upward movement of the sash. By reason of this added movement of the outer ends of the levers the follower-block 10 will move at a greater speed than the sash and will therefore be lifted away from the top rail of the sash. By properly proportioning the levers as regards the lengths of the portions on opposite sides of the pivot-pins this additional upward movement of the follower-block is made sufficient to lift the strips 11 above the plane of the upper edge of the top rail of the sash when the latter has been raised to a sufficient height to permit its lower rail to clear the strip 2. hen the several parts have been thus shifted, the sash can be turned on its pins to open position, and while in this position the follower-block,with its strips 11, will be held within the recess in the windowframe by the bearing of the inner ends of the levers 12 against the wings 15. \Vhen the window is swung to closed position and lowered, as shown in Fig. 3, the sash will drop down, and ordinarily the follower-block will drop, thus tightly closing the open space between the upper rail of the sash and the window-frame caused by the lowering of the sash.

In order to insure the downward movement of the follower-block, it is preferred to positively connect the outer ends of the levers 12 to the follower-block by clips 16 and to construct the inner ends of the levers so as to engage slots in the wings 15, so that when the sash is lowered the pins 17, connected with the levers 12, will engage the lower walls of the slots in the wings 15 and thereby lift the inner ends of the levers and correspondingly depress their outer ends, as shown in Fig. 3. In such a construction it is necessary to cause the plate 13 to move down with the sash while permitting the latter to rotate under the plate when raised. This can be effected by forming a collar or sleeve 18 on the bearing-plate 6 of a length sufiicient to project up through the lever-plate 13 and to secure pins 19 in such projecting portion, so

as to cause the lever-plate to move up and down with the sash while permitting the latter to rotate under it.

In many cases it is preferable to secure the pivot-pin 011 the top rail of the sash, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. I11 such case the levers 12 will be shifted by means of depending lugs 20, formed on the bearing-plate 6 and slotted for the reception of the pins 18 on the levers. The lever-plate 13 is in this construction caused to move with the sash by means of pin 19 passing through the pivotpin 5. The pivot-pin may be formed with lugs, and in such case the lever-plate is slotted, as at 22, to permit of its being passed to operative position below the lugs on the pivotpin 5.

It is characteristic of my improvement that the follower-block is so constructed as to form an effectual closure of the space between the top rail of the sash and the window-frame when the sash is in its lowered position, but is so shifted by the movement of the sash necessary to its being open as to be entirely clear of the sash during such swinging movement.

I claim herein as my invention 1. The combination of a pivotally-mounted sash, a windox -frame constructed to permit of a vertical movement of the sash and of its being swung to open position, means for raising and lowering the sash, a follower, and means for raising the follower independent of the sash, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a pivotally-mounted sash, a window-frame constructed to permit of a vertical movement of the sash and of its being swung to open position, means for raising and lowering the sash, a follower, and means operated by the sash for imparting a vertical movement to the follower independent of the sash, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a pivotally-mounted sash, a window-frame constructed to permit of a vertical movement of the sash and of its being swung to open position, means for shifting the sash vertically, a follower interposed between the top of the sash and the frame, levers arranged between the sash and the follower, and having the outer ends bearing against the follower, a stationary abutment for the inner ends of the levers, the fulcra of the levers being movable by the sash when raised or lowered, substantially as set forth.

4;. A window fixture or hardware having in combination a pivot-pin, a lever-plate movably mounted on the pin, levers pivotally mounted on said plate and abutments stationary relative to the levers arranged in line with the inner ends of the levers, substantially as set forth.

5. Awindow fixture or hardware having in combination a pivot-pin, a lever-plate movably mounted on the pin, levers pivotally mounted on said plate, slotted abutments engaging the inner ends of the levers, and stationary relative to the latter, substantially as set forth.

6. A Window fixture or hardware, having in combination a pivot-pin adapted to be secured to a sash, a lever-plate movably mounted on the pin and vertically movable therewith, levers mounted on said plate and slotted abutments adapted to be secured to the 10 Window-frame and to engage the inner ends of the levers, substantially as set forth.

, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES H. GIESEY. \Vitnesses:

DARWIN S. WoLooT'r, Q. I. HOLDSHIP.