US870641A - Sash-fastener. - Google Patents

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No. 870,641. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

' J. G. O'NEILL.

SASH FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.12,1906.

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JOHN C. ONEILL, OF HAMBURG, NEW YORK.

SASI-I-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed March 12.1906. Serial No. 305.534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. 0 Norm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamburg, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-liasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvrnnents in sash fasteners and more particularly to fasteners for securing removable storm sashes and screens in place in the window frames.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive and easily operated device which can be readily applied either outside or inside of the storm sashes and screens and which will hold the same securely in position and will prevent rattling thereof.

A further object of the invention is to make a fastener so simple in construction and in mode of attachment that no fitting or cutting of either the sash or window frame is required in applying the same, and the ordinary unskilled householder can easily apply lghe device.

The fastener also possesses the advantage that it can be used for fastening either sliding window sashes or screens to securely hold the same at any point to which they may be raised or lowered.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a window frame and a storm sash secured therein by sash fasteners embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of these fasteners and the adjacent parts of the window sash and frame. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section, partly in plan, of a portion of a window frame and storm sash, showing the fastener secured upon the inner side of the sash. Fig. 4 is an. enlarged fragmentary horizontal section, partly in plan, of a window, showing the fastener applied to the upper sliding sash.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the frame of a window of usual construction, I) the outer casing, c the blind stop, d the jamb, e

the parting strip, and f the upper window sash thereof. G represents a storm window sash fitted, as usual, within the outer casing b and resting against the blind stop 0 of the window frame and held in position therein by fasteners H forming thesubject of this invention. Window screens are commonly secured in the window frame in the same position as the storm sash shown, and it will be understood that while the fastener is illus- I trated in the drawings in connection with a storm sash it is equally welladapted for securing window screens. The fastener, which is in the nature of a turn button,

, has a flat body portion h, through a central hole in which a screw h or other securing device is driven into the rail of the storm sash to pivotally secure the fastener thereto, and has fastening arms h and h extending therefrom in opposite directions. One arm h extends from the body portion h in the plane thereof, while the other arm h" is bent outwardly or extends at an angle to the said body portion h. These arms h and h have sharp edged projections h" and h extending laterally tht-refrom, preferably, though. not necessarily, in the same direction from the body portion. h. The arm 7& also has at its outer end, at the side opposite to the lateral projection 7%, a driving lug or part h projecting outwardly or an angle to the plane of said arm, the purpose of which will be hereafter more fully explained.

The fastener of the form shown can, if preferred, be readily made from a flat sheet metal stamping bent or pressed into shape.

This fastener is intended for use on either the outer or inner sides of storm sashes or screens, as occasion may require. When the sash or screen rail is of less thickness than the outer casing of the window frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the fastener is secured to the outer side of the sash G and the sharp edged projection .of the arm h of the .fastener is driven into the Wood of the outer casing b by a blow with a hammer on the driving lug h. essary to similarly strike the free arm thereof a blow or two to release the holding projection. if the outer casing b is sufiiciently thicker than the sash G the offset projection 71 of the other fastening arm k can be driven into the wood of the casing. The former method, however, has been found preferable to this, as the projection h of the arm 72- will cut into the casing farther from its outer edge and a securer hold is insured.

Where the storm sash or screen equals or exceeds in thickness the outer casing of the frame, the fastener is secured to the inner side of the sash, as shown in Fig. 3, and when so used, the offset projection k of the arm k is driven into the blind stop 0 of the window frame to hold the storm sash or screen in position by a blow or two on the rear side of said projection. In this application of the device the arm h and its cutting projection cannot be used to hold the sash or screen in place as, if driven down, this arm and its cutting projection would enter the space between the inside of the sash and the blind stop. This projection 7L5 .can be readily driven into the blind stop by a blow with a hammer on the inner edge of the offset arm h of the fastener, which projects outfrom the face of the sash so that it can be easily struck.

As shown in Fig. 1, when the fasteners are placed on the right and left hand sides of a storm sash or screen, the arms of the fasteners on one side of the sash extend in an opposite direction from the corresponding arms of the fasteners on the other side of the sash, that is, in the construction the fastening arms h at the left of the window extend upwardly, while on the right they extend downwardly and the converse is true of the arms h If desired, this could be avoided by constructing To release the fastener it is only nec-' the device in two iorms, one having the lateral projections extending to the right of the body and the other to the left. The fastener can also be placed on the sliding window sashes or screens for locking them in any position. Such a construction is shown in Fig. 4 in which f represents the upper sliding sash of a window of ordinary construction. The fastener is secured on the inner side of the sash and its offset lateral projection if is driven into the parting strip a. If the fastener is placed on the lower sash, the cutting edge is driven into the inside stop of the window frame. By this means the windows can be raised or lowered to any desired point and then securely locked in position against all further movement until the fastener is released.

I claim as my invention:

1. A window fastener comprising a body pivoted to one member of a window, an arm extending from said body substantially in the plane thereof, a sharpened projection extending from one side of said arm and adapted to be driven into another member of the window, and a driving portion on said arm opposite to said sharpened projection, substantially as set forth.

2. A window fastener comprising'a body pivoted to one member of a'window. an arm oitset from said body, and a sharpened projection extending from one side of said Witnesses EDWARD C. HARD, A. L. McGee.

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