US898923A - Storm or screen sash fastener. - Google Patents

Description

i J. G. RALPH. i STORM 0E SCREEN SASH FASTENBR.

APLIGATION YILED AUG. 18, 1906..

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4STORM OB SCREEN SASH FASTENER.

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Patented'ept. 15, 1908.

UNTTED STATES PATENT oFFrcE.

JAMES G. RALPH, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.' i

STORM on sonnen sasn FASTENER.

To all 'whomit may'concem:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. RALPH, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and in the State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Storm or Screen Sash Fasteners, and do hereby declare that the followingr is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a window provided with my fastening means for sash or scret ns; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the button, and Fig. 4 a detail view of a different form of rod-engaging pin.

My invention relates' to fastening means for removable sash or screens for windows, etc., and my object is to provide a simple, easily operated and efficient fastening 'which will mos't firmly and securely hold the sash or other part in place, and to this end my invention consists in the construction substantially as hereinafter specified and claimed.

To illustrate one application of my invention, I show in the drawings a window frame A, of ordinary construction, having, as usual, a blind stop B. Yithin the frame, outside the blind stop, are an upper sash C and a lower sash D, which are removablysecured in place. Confining the description to the lower sash, it is provided at its upper end with fastening means consisting of a hook d on the top rail of the sash at each side thereof, and a in ay on the window frame to cooperate with t ie hook, on which hook and pin device the sash may beswung outward at the bottom into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, for purposes of ventilation. On the lower rail b of the sash, at the inner side thereof, I pivot a latch device in the form of a turn button E which consists of a cylin- -drical body part and a flange e on the outer end of the body part, whose surface next the'- sash is inclined like the section of a screw thread to co-act 'with a vertical pin F project ing from the .vindowsillG, the cam flange, by the turn of the button being movable into and out of engagement with the pin, and

when moved in the direction to engage the Specification of Letters Patent. y Application le August 18, 1906. Serial No. 331,201.

pin coacts with the latter to draw the sash inward against the blind stop, and thus firmly holds the sash in position.

To limit the rotary movement of the turn button in a sash-securing operation, there is a lug or rib e that stands parallel with the axis of rot-ation of the button, which, by striking the pin will arrest further movement of the turn button.

The location of the turn button and the position of the fiange are such that when the. utton is in a locking position the mass of the turn button is below its center of rotation,

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so that any shaking or jarrinup of the sash, as

by the action of heavy win will have no tendency to jar the turn button out of loclting position. or rotating the turn but-ton, the body thereof is provided diametrically opposite the flange with a radial arm or hand e cl2, and such handle is situated on the outer end of the turn button body, so that when the sash is moved into position fol` locking, should such handle be uppermost, it will, when the turn button is rotater readily pass the in on the sill. In addit.on to -the said han' le, a rib or lug e3 is provided on the outer side of the flange, diametrically o posit-e the handle, for use in turning tie utton.

T he turn button is complete as I have shown 1t, but I may use, m connection with it, a rod. G', which is pivotally connected at one end to the handle d, and at its other end has an eye g which, when the sash is swung into the osition shown in dottec-` lines, may be placed) in engagement with the pin F on the sill to sup )ort the sash in such position. If preferred, t ie pin F, as shown in Fig. 4, may have 'an eye f to engage a hook on thc rod G; and this form of pin is useful where a sash hinged at the bottom is used and the in is in the head of the window frame and not the sill.V Although I have used the term sash in my description, because I have shown in the drawings a windev: having glazed sash, it is to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the use of my fastening means to any particular window or door structure.

Having thus described my invention, what I 'claim is:;

In a window or like oonstruetion, the combnation of a. frame, e member mounted to 5 swing in the frame, a turn button on said member, a pin for coperation with the turn button secured to the frame, and a rod connected with the turn button and adapted to engage said pin when the member is swung to an open position, to hold the same therein. 10

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand. 1

JAMES G. RALPH.

-Vitnesses:

JOHN JAMESON,- HELENE' Fox.

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