US835251A

US835251A - Reversible window.

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Publication number: US835251A
Application number: US29835406A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jones H Parker
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-01-29
Filing date: 1906-01-29
Publication date: 1906-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 1923-11-06

Description

PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906. I

' J. H. PARKER.

REVERSIBLE WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1906.

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No. 835,251. PATENTED NOV. 6,1906.

J. H. PARKER.

REVERSIBLE WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1906.

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JONES H. PARKER, or 'srfnonis, MISSOURI.

REVERSIBLE WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed January 29,1906. .gerial No. 298,364.

To aZZ'whom it may concern: p Y

Be it known that I, JoNns H. PARKER, .a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State'of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reversible Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to reversible window constructions, and has for its principal objects to provide a reversible-window construction which can be applied in lieu of the ordinary giindow construction in common uscwithout war appearance of the window sash or frame, to detachably mount the window-sash u on the cord-attaching blocks, to im rove t e construction of the cord-attaching bi to improve the means for manipulating the guide-strips, to provide means for locking the guide-strips either when retracted or when moved out into efiective position, to generally simplify, chea en, and improve the construction of reversib e windows, and other objects hereinafter more fully appearing.

. The invention consists in the parts and in the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In'the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a window, parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. .1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the pulley-stile, showing the cord-attaching block for the upper sash in position. Fig. 5 is a detail pers ective view of a fragment of the window-sas showing-a pintle and the guide-strip in its extended or effective position. Fig. 6 is a erspective view of -a cord-attaching block, s owing the manner of attaching the sash-cord. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of a guidestrip. Fig. 8 is a detail view of one of the levers u on which the guide-strips are mounted. ig. 9 is a detail view showing the position of the o crating-lever and connectinglinks when tl ie guide-stri s are moved out into effective position. ig. 10 is asimilar view showing the position of the parts when the guide-strips are retracted. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the operating-lever. Fig. 12 is a detail view of the spindle.

ring or materially changing the outcoke,-

Fig. 13 is a detail view of aconnecting-rod,

and Fig. 14 is a detail View of an adjustingblock.

The frame for my improved window may be of the same construction as that ordinarily used, except that the pulley-stiles 1 are not provided with the usual parting beads or strips which guide the sashes and form grooves in which the sashes move. Instead the pulley-stiles are fiat and are provided with grooves 2 to receive the cord-attaching blocks, upon which the sashes are su ported, and grooves 3 to receive the gui -str1ps, which are movably mounted on the sashes. A cord-attaching-block groove 2 and a guidestri groove 3 are provided for both the upper and lower sashes, the equipment'of the two sashes being similar. Each sash is thick enou 'h to cover both of its respective grooves 2 an 3, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and fits snu ly between the pulley-stiles. 4

Tie preferred form of cord-attaching block 4 is made of sheet metal, its lower port1onbeing box-shaped,'as shown in Figs. 3'and 6, the 1 up er portion 5 being formed with prongs 6 an turned over the end of the sash-cord 7 to firmly secure the cord-attaching block thereto. The full length of sash-cords, counterbalance-weights, and pulleys are not shown, 7 asthey are of the ordinary construction.

A horizontal slot 8 is formed in the side of the cord-attaching block toward the inside of the wihdow, said slot 8 connecting with a I} bayonet-slot 9 in the side of the block adj acent to the window-sash.

The window-sashes 10 are rovided at to enter through the slot 8 and rest in s 0t 3 of the cord-attaching block. To permit the insertion of the sashes with their pintles, a horizontal groove 12 is provided in the faces of the pulley-stiles 1. The oove 12 extends from the'front of the sti e to the cordattachi'ng-block groove for the u per sash. These grooves are arranged near t e middle of the lpulley-stiles, and hence a single groove mo in eac stile suffices for the insertion of both the upper and lower sashes. To insert a sash, ltSTGSPGCtiVG cord-attaching blocks are ulled down until the horizontal slots 8 reglster with-the grooves 12 in the stiles. Then :05

the pintles 11 are (passed alon the grooves 12 and into the cor -attaching looks.

The window-sashes" are provided with vereach side with a pintle 11, whic is ada ted a littlev greater thania-semicircle.

tical grooves 13 for. the guide-strips, which will register with the grooves 3 in t epulleystiles when the sashes have their pintles mounted in the cord-attaching blocks and are turned into the vertical position. Guidestrips 14 are movably mounted on the window-sashes in said grooves 13. The guidestrips are provided at their inner edges,- near I their upper and lower ends, with recesses 15,

having circular walls with an angular extent Near the top=of the sash ailink 16 is pivoted, which has a cylindrical head 17 fitting in the recess at I the upper end of the guide-stri Near the bottom of the-sash'a bell-cran lever 18 is pivoted, which has-a cylindrical head 19 fitting in the recess at-the lower end of the guide -str%p.

ivotally mounted on the end of the bellcrank lever 18 opposite the head 19 is-an ad- I justablesecuringblock 20, preferably made of sheet metal and formed in one piece. As

shown more clearly in .Fig. 14, the block 20 --is substantially U sha ed, thereby providing overlapping ears 21, w ich are perforated for the reception of pivot-pins 22, and. is formed with upturned lugs 23, whose lower edges 24 are beveled to engage serrations or teeth 25 on the outer ends of connecting-links 26. The block 20 is locked in its adjusted position on the link 26 by a set-screw 27,- which impinges against the link and forces its serrated edge into intimate engagement with the beveled lugs on the block.

The links 26 are formed with perforated lugs or ears 28, which are pivotally connected to a bell-crank operating-lever 29, preferably made of-sheet metal and formed in one piece with the oppositely-disposed overlapping ears 30, having perforations which reglster with like erforations in the body por tion of said be l-crank lever for the reception of pivot-pins 31. The lever 29 is provided with a square 0 ening 32 for the passage of a squared shan of a spindle 33. The spindle is mounted in the lower portion of t e window-sash, about the center thereof,

and has for its bearing a cylindrical portion 34, which is seated in a suitable recess in the sash. The spindle also has a shouldered collar 35, which has a bearing in a countersunk escutcheon 36. i

The end of the spindle Within the escutcheon is squared, as at 37, to receive a suitable key (not shown) having a complementary recess or pocket, whereby the spindle and bell-crank lever may be turned, and, through the medium of the herein-described connections and levers 18, the guide-strips at both sides of the sash are simultaneously movedin or out. When moved outwardly,

.the-guide-stri s extend to the bottom of the grooves 3 in t e ulley-stiles and lie partly in thegrooves in t esash, as shown in. Fig. 3. When retracted, the guide-strips lie entirely sse,251

within the grooves in the sash, and the sash is then free to turn on its pintles in the cord attaching blocks.

The arrangement of the bell-crank lever 29 and connectmg-links 26 serves not only as a means for manipulating the guide-strips, but

also serves as an automatic locking means at either extremity of its movement.

In Fig. 9 the parts are shown in the position they assume whenthe guide-strips are moved outwardly. When in this osition, ,the entire manipulating mechanism is locked and prevented from being moved except.

upon the proper rotation of the bell-crank lever by applying a suitable key to the square end of the spindle. By turning the bellcrank lever in the direction indicated by the arrows the. arts will be moved into the position. shown in Fig. 10, when the uide-strips will be retracted and the parts loc ked, exce t that areverse movement be imparted to t e bell-crank lever. the manipulating mechanism at eachextremity of its movement. This locking means is desirable, as it insures the holding of the guide-strips in either their retracted or outermost posltions. The locking is performed automatically, the operator merely insertin the key and turning the operating-lever unti it stops at the limit of its movement. When the window is entirely equipped, practically none of. the mechanism is visible from the Thus a lock is provided for outside except the escutcheon for the keyhole, which may be ornamental.

Obviously my device is ca able of considerable modification within t escope of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the specific construction shown and described.

What I claimas m invention, and desire to secure by Letters atom, is

1. A window construction comprising pulley-stiles provided with grooves, a sash movably mounted between said pulley-stiles and provided with grooves arranged to register 1 with said grooves in said pulley-stiles, guidestrips movably mounted in said sashgrooves and adapted to enter said pulleyporting the opposite'end of each of said guidestrips, and an o erating-lever connected to said sup-portingevers, said operating-lever 1 end of each of said guide-strips, a lever sup being adapted to simultaneously move said guide-strips into and out of said grooves in said pulley-stile, and also lock said guidestrips at either extremity of their movement.

3. A window construction comprising pulley-stiles provided with grooves, a sash movably mounted between said pu1ley-stiles and provided with grooves arranged to register with said grooves in said pulley-stiles, guidestrips movably mounted in said grooves in said sash and adapted to enter said grooves in said pulley-stiles, a lever operatively connected to each of said guide-strips to move the same in and out, and means for simul taneously operating each of said levers, said means comprising a bell-crank lever and links connecting said first-mentioned levers.

4. A window construction comprising pulley-stiles provided With grooves, a sash movably mounted between said pulley-stiles and provided with grooves arranged to register With said grooves in said pulley-stiles, guidestrips movably mounted in said grooves in sai sash and adapted to enter said grooves in said pulley-stiles, a lever operatively connected to each of said guide-strips to move the same in and out, and means for simultaneously operating each of said levers, said.

means comprising a bell-crank lever having a key-receiving portion, and links hinged to said bell-crank lever and adjustably connected to said first-mentioned levers.

5. A window construction comprising pulley-stiles provided with grooves, a sash movably mounted between said pulley-stiles and provided with grooves arranged to register with said grooves in said pulley-stiles, guidestrips movably mounted in said grooves in said sash and adapted to enter said grooves in said pulley-stile, a link supporting one end of each of said guide-strips, a lever supporting the opposite end of said guide-strip, and means for operating said levers, said means comprising a bell-crank lever mounted on a spindle having a key-receiving ortion, .links pivotally .connected to said be l-crank lever and adjustably connected to blocks pivotally mounted on saidfirst-mentioned levers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses, this 26th dav of January, 1906, at St. Louis, Missouri.

- JONES H. PARKER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. CAMPBELL,

C. L. KUHLMAN.