US703829A

US703829A - Sash-holder.

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Publication number: US703829A
Authority: US
Inventors: William M Reely
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-10-03
Filing date: 1901-10-03
Publication date: 1902-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 1919-07-01

Description

No. 703,829. Patented July l, |902.-

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SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,829, dated July 1, 1902.V

Application filed October 3, l 901. Serial No. 77,449. (No model.)

Beit known that I, WILLIAM M. REELY, of Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class ofV sash-holders in which a shoe is pressed by a spring against a sash or windowjamb to hold the sash at any desired point.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and-efficient sash-holding device thatY may be readily applied, repaired, and removed when necessary and to provide means whereby the tension of the spring may be regulated to compensate for wear.

To this end my invention `consists in the special construction and arrangement of the various parts, as will be hereinafter fully shown and described, and pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a Vertical section al elevationof the window-j amb, showin g the various parts in their proper position. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the window-jamb with my'improvement attached thereto. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of modifications.

My invention comprises a plate A, having a central box-like depression let into the jamb B. Each end of the plate is set into a recess cutinto. the jamb and is secured therein by cover-plates C C and screws passing through openings in said cover-plates and end plates into the jamb.

The plate A has projecting from the innersurface of its depressed central portion a lug or projection H toward the sash,said lug or projection being located somewhat above the center of the said depressed portion. Above this lug and adjacent to the upper wall of the depressed portion the plate A is provided with a threaded hole F, the purpose of which will be presently described.

A metal plate spring G, consisting of straight upper-portion and of a bow-shaped curved lower portion the face of which is slightly flattened, is secured at its upper end to the plate A, but at some distance from the same, by the screw-bolt F, which screws into the threaded hole F in plate A. This platespring G bears against the lug I-I near the lower end of its straight portion, and just below the said lug the bow curved portion springs toward ,thesash It will-be seen that the lug H forms a fulcrum upon which the plate-springv G rocks.

The upper cover-plate O is usually secured to the jamb and plate A and is set flush with the face of said jamb; but it may be cast integral with the plate A. The said cover-plate extends below the upper Wall of the depressed portion of the plate A and beyond `the point where the spring-attaching screwbolt F enters the plate A. Directly opposite to and in a straight line from the head of the screw-bolt F a hole E, somewhat larger than the head of said bolt, is made `in the upper cover-plate C. The purpose ofthis hole E is to provide means whereby a screwl-driver may be inserted and force in or out the screw-bolt F', and thereby regulate the tension of the plate-spring G'.

Between the lower end of the plate A where itis secured to the jamb and the lower coverplate C is secured the shoe J by means of screws passing through the three members. Said shoe J projects upwardly in front of bowed portion of spring G and conforms in shape thereto and is pressed against the edge of the sash thereby. The shoeJ maybe made of wood, rubber,` leather, or other suitable material possessing greater frictional qualities than metal.

One or more of the holders may be .used on each side of the sash, or the side opposite to that in which the Aholder is located may be provided with a shoe J', which consists of a strip of wood, rubber, leather, or other suitable friction material secured at each end to the jamb by screws and raised between the points of attachment.

In Figs. 3 and-4 are illustrated modifications of my device. The construction shown in Fig. 3 consists of a curved plate-spring G, secured atlits upper end in a recess near the upper corner of the sash and adapted to bear against a shoe J, which consists of a strip of suitable friction material secured to the'inner face of the'window jamb or casing.

The construction shown in Fig. 4 consists of a curved plate-spring G, secured at its upper end in a recess in the window-jamb and IOO adapted to bear against a shoe J, of suitable friction material, secured to side edge of the sash K.

It will be seen that I provide a simple, cheap, and efficient device that can readily be applied to old window constructions as well as to new structures.

The use of afriction-shoe forced against the edge of the sash will prevent the wearing of the same to a polished or smooth condition, which occurs when a metal spring bears directly on said part.

The addition of the downwardly-projecting upper cover-plate C, provided with the hole E, is an important feature, as it protects the upper end of the spring Gr and the screw-bolt F from disarrangement and enables one to readily operate the said bolt to regulate the tension of the spring G and cause it to bear with greater or less pressure against the shoe J and through that against the sash K, and thus securely hold the sash at any point desired.

The free ends of the plate-spring and of the friction-shoe are turned inwardly, so as to present no obstruction to the free movement of the parts. The lower portion of the springplate G being bowed or curved and the upper portion of the friction-shoe K being similarly curved, they sustain a substantially parallelv relation to each other, and are consequently in contact throughout their curved portions, thus affording a long bearing of the frictionshoe against the sash, thereby giving greater holding power to the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. A sash-holder comprising a plate having a central depression provided with a lug or projection on its inner face, a plate-sprin g secured at one end to the jamb-plate and having a fulcrum bearing against said lug below the point of attachment of said spring, a friction-shoe secured to the j amb-plate in front of said plate-spring and adapted to be pressed thereby against a sash, an upper cover-plate extending below the upper wall of the central depression of the jamb-plate and provided with means whereby the tension of the platespring may be regulated, substantially as shown and described.

2. A sash-holder comprising a jamb-plate,

having a central box-like depression, provided with a lug on its inner face and hav-l ing a screw-hole near its upper wall, a platespring secured to said jamb-plate by a screwbolt secured in said threaded .opening and having a fulcrum bearing against the lug or projection of the jamb-plate, an upper coverplate secured to upper end of the jamb-plate and projecting downwardly beyond the point of attachment of the spring-plate to the jambplate, and having an opening opposite the head of the screw-bolt whereby the tension of the spring-plate may be regulated, a friction-shoe secured to the lower end of the j amb-plate projecting upwardly in front of the spring-plate, and adapted to be pressed thereby against the edge of a sash, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a sash-holder the combination with a curved plate-spring secured at one end, of an oppositely disposed and similarly curved shoe of frictional material secured at one end, against which the said spring-plate is adapted to bear in parallel relation, substantially as shown and described.

4. A sash-holder consisting of a j amb-plate having a central box-like depression, a lug formed on the inner face of the depressed portion of said jamb-plate, a curved platespring secu red at its upper end within the depression of the j amb-plate and bearing against said lug, an adjusting screw-bolt securing said spring to the j amb-plate, an upper coverplate secured to the upper end of the jambplate, and having a downwardly-projecting portion extending below the point of attachment of the said spring-plate to the j ambplate, said upper cover-plate having in its downwardly-projecting portion, a hole in line with and opposite the head of the screw-bolt,

whereby a screw-driver may be inserted to turn the screw-bolt and regulate the tension of the curved spring-plate, substantially as shown and described.

5. A sash-holder comprising a plate provided with a lug or projection on its face, a

curved metal plate-spring adj ustably secured at one end to said plate and fulcrumed on said lug or projection, an oppositely-arranged and correspondingly-curved friction-shoe, secured at one end against the free end of which the said plate-spring is adapted to bear in parallel relation, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM M. REELY. Witnesses:

H. N. DAvIEs, C. B. MORRISON.

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