US755311A - Hinged support for window-sash. - Google Patents

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.No; 755,311. PATENTED MAR.22,1904. P. 1). PALMER.-

HINGED SUPPORT FOR WINDOW SASH.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FREMONT D. PALMER, or NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

HINGED SUPPORT FOR WINDOW-SASH- SPECIFICATION forining part of Letters Patent No. 755,311, dated March 22, 1904.

- Application'filed November 28,1903. Serial No. 183,310. (Nd'madeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREMONT D. PALMER, a

.citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinged Supports for Window-Sash, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

The object of this invention is to provide simple, cheap, and convenient means for supporting windows during the operation of cleaning the same, and particularly to provide means whereby such windows may be readily swung inward, so that the outer face of the glass may be easily reached and washed.

It is now the common practice when washing the outside of windows both in private and public buildings to either remove the sash entirely from the window-frame or to stand upon the ledge outside the window and wash the latter without removing the sash, this latter and most common method being very hazardous, particularly in high buildings. By the aid of my newly-invented device the washing operation may be easily and safely performed and the lifting and adjusting of the sash avoided.

In order to explain my said invention, I have provided the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a portion of a window-sash and also portions of the adjacent windowframe, the sash being supported by my newlyinvented device, as I shall explain in detail later on. Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of the window-frame having secured to its inner face a bracket which forms one of the elements of my new device. Fig. 3 is a side view of an arm by means of which the upper portion of the window-sash may be hinged to a bracket of the class shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are side and top views of an arm by means of which the lower portion of the sash may be similarly hinged to one of the described brackets. Fig. 6 shows a portion of one of the stop-beads and illustrates the outward appearance of the novel means by which the said stop-bead is removably secured to the window-frame. Fig. 7 is a view of a por- 5 tion of the window-frame, showing mounted thereon an escutcheon that formsone of the elements of my stop-bead locking device. In Fig. 8 I'have illustrated the reverse side of said escutcheon and also an edge view of the same. Fig. 9 shows end and side views of the button that coacts with the said escutcheon, as I shall explain more fully later.

Referring to the drawings, the letter a denotes a portion of a window-frame, b, a part of the stop-bead screwed to the said frame,

and c the lower window-sash mounted to slide in said frame. The stop-bead I prefer to make in two parts, the upper part being preferably screwed fixedly to the window-frame and the lower part being fastened to said frame by some convenient means, whereby it may be readily removed without the use of a screwdriver or other special implement. Such a means for fastening the lower portion of the stop-bead in place is shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9, in which 6' indicates a thin metal plate that is secured to the window-frame, said plate being provided with an elongated central opening 6 of sufiicient size to receive abutton 5 formed on one end of a bar 6 the other end of said bar being formed like a slotted screw-head If.- The bars 5* are of such length that when mounted in the stop-bead the buttons 6 project beyond the inner face of the bead sufficiently to enter the elongated openings 6 in the escutcheons b, and it will be understood that a half-turn of the button will then operate to lock the stop-bead to the window-frame. In order that the said bead may be held snugly against the window-frame, I provide on the reverse face of the escutcheons oppositelyinclined surfaces I), that are engaged by the ends of the button as the latter is swung into its locking position, the said inclined surfaces serving as cams or wedges to draw the stop- --bead into closer engagement with the windowinsert in the lower plate cl the dovetail portion d of a bracket 6, which latter has hinged to it an arm 6 that is formed with two upwardly-extending spurs or studs 0 that are adapted to enter corresponding holes in the lower portion of the sash, as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and after having thus connected the lower portion of the sash to the lower bracket I connect the upper portion of said sash with a similar hinged bracket having an arm g, that is formed with downwardlyprojecting spurs 9, that engage holes in the upper portion of the sash, as seen in the drawings.

It will now be understood that I will have removed the lower half of the stop-bead on each side of the window-frame and that the sash is supported in hinged relation to one side of the window-frame, and it will be obvious that the sash may be swung inward on the temporary hinges thus provided, so that the outer face of the glass may be readily reached and cleaned. After cleaning the outer face of the window the sash may be swung back to its operative position in the Windowframe. The arms 6 and g are then removed and the lower portions of the stop-beads returned to their respective places on each side of the window-frame. The plates (2 should be permanently attached to the windowframes; but a single pair only of the arms 0 and g-are required, as they would be transferred from window to window during the operation of cleaning the latter.

It will thus be seen that with the use of my described hinging device it will become an easy and exceedingly safe operation to wash the outer faces of windows.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In combination, a window-frame, a sash slidably mounted therein, said sash being provided with holes in its upper and lower edges, and hinges removably attached to the windowframe and formed with spurs adapted to engage the said holes.

Signed at Norwich, Connecticut, this 24th day of November, 1903.

FREMONT D. PALMER.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, FRANK S. DEWIRE.

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