US911813A - Window. - Google Patents

Description

A. J. ELLIS.

WINDOW.

APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT, 21, 1907.

91 1,813. Patented F b. 9, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

ALFRED J. ELLIS, oF- WOODCLIFF-ON-HUDSON, NEW JERSEY.

i WINDOW.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRE J. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Woodcliff-on-Hudson, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a s ecification. he subject. of the present invention is a window and a window frame of sheet metal, the construction beingvsuch that the parts are assembled and connected in an extremely simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive manner, and the. structure generally present a highly'finished and attractive appearance.

The construction of the sashes are such. that when closed, their meeting rails rovide an absolute air tight joint and avoid a l tendency to rattling.

There are otherspecial features connected with the invention which in addition to those alluded to are clearly explained inthe subse uent detailed description.

n the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of a window frame and sashes disclosing one form of my invention, the sashes being represented in.

the closed position, this view being broken away at two places in order to provide for enlarged illustration. Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional plan view of one of the sides of the window frame and through portions of both window sashes, the lower sash being in, the raised osition.

, The intel A, of the window frame is in the hollow sheet metal form indicated in Fig. 1, and provides the two depending offsets a and a between which the top rail B of the upper sash, bears when said sash is in its raised position. Intermediate of the offsets a and a the bottom of the lintel presents horizontal portions a which merge in the vertical angular rib a the sides of which converge to the apex. It will be understood that the offsets (land a, as well as the horizontal portions a and angular rib a all extend the width of said to members A of t e window frame appropriately connect with the lintel attheir upper ends and thefront of said side members, as a well as at the front of the lintel, may be shaped to present a molding 'or ornamental character.

The sill portion A of the frame comprises rail B. The vertical side Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

a transverse section of sheet metal which'is bent to provide the front and rear dependin walls a a and theto a". r The sheet meta section forming said si 1 ortion is also shaped to present the rear sha ow shoulder a, the

short forwardly incline a leading therefrom and the shoulders a, a; It is desirable that the sill portion A contain a filling a of cement or other suitable composition for imarting solidity to the base of the. window rame.

The vertical rails B of both the upper and lower sashes are each shaped as indicated in Fig. 2 and consist of a section of sheet metal bent to form the front and rear inwardly extending sides 6 and the U-shaped bearing B for the reception of the vertical side edge of the window pane C of the sash. The side portions b, b, terminate in free edges 6 which are received and slide Within vertical bends each side member of the window frame is pre-,

sented by an independent sheet metal section A shaped to provide the bends a, a, and

that the bends a are so conditioned that their recesses are more liberal than are those of the bends a. This arrangement rovide's for the reception of the free edge 0 the adjacent side portion of both sashes and also the accommodation of angular turns a, which form the terminals of inwardly extending horizontal portions a of the sheet of metal forming the major portion of each side member..

The top rail B of the upper sash comprises two independent transverse sections B B which at their tops have inward horizontal bends b terminating in short under turns b. This enables the sheet metal strip B forming the top of the rail B, to be moved laterally at a point represented by one of the ends of the sections B B to firmly engage the under bends of said side sections through the medium of bends b, which interlock with B", and those of the section B, are so disposed that in theirinterlocked position they present a top surface for the sash B which will closely conform to the under side of the lintel bottom between the offsets a and a.

The lower portion of the sections B B as shown, are bent inward in the form of moldings and ,continuations, present upwardly converging flanges B terminating in narrow. horizontal outward bends t.

-may be shaped to provide an ornamental mo d ing 6 and plain front 6 the section at the bottom of the rail having an inward bend b with an overturn. At its op osite side said section inclines downwardly 'or a considerable distance in the direction of the rear of the window, and then has a short rearwardly extending obli ue shoulder b from which continues a furt 161 rearwardly inclined ortion b of the rear wall of the meeting rai a for- 'wardly extending horizontal bend b" having a rearward overturn representing the free part of said sheet metal section at the rear portion of the rail. A transverse sheet metal strip B has under turns 6 and can be laterally slid from one end of the rail to engage the overturns threeof, and thus connect and brace said rail as well as close the same at the bottom. It will be noted that here also the interlocking turns are so arranged that the external surface of the rail bottom will be practically flush and present a finished appearance. The meeting rail 13 of the other sash, while presenting some of the characteristics of the companion of the top sash, differs somewhat in construction. In said meeting rail B of the to sash, the interlocking strip B is necessar' y at the top. The oblique shoulder b is on the front side of the to rail of the lower sash so that the front wall 0 said rail closely conforms to the rear wall of the bottom rail of the upper sash when said up; per and lower sashes are in their closed positions. Independent sections B and B forming the main parts of the rail 13, have their lower parts conditioned similar to the sections B and B of the top rail of the uppersash, including outward bends to serve with a clencher I) applied the same as the clencher b.

The bottom rail 13 of the lower sash is of a single section of sheet metal and is shaped at its top similar to the upper portion of the rail B to provide the bearing B for the lower part of glass panel C, thefsheet metal section constituting the rail B being also shaped to present the front and rear walls which when the lower sash is in its closed position extend down to the sheet metal section forming the sheathingof the sill. It will be seen that the front wall extends down in front of the shoulder a and terminates in an upward bend which fits closely against said shoulder. The rear wall depends down in close relation to the shoulder a and terminates in an upward bend. A section B is shaped to intimately conform to the upper surfaces between the shoulders a", a, as well as the incline a, and has bends which interlock with those of the front and rear walls of the lower rail of the bottom sash.

- The upper and lower sashes are confined and guided in their sliding movements by reason of their free edge portions being located within the bends a), a, a of the side members.

In case the free edge portions l), of the side rails of the sashes, are slightly longer than represented, such variation may be readily compensated for by means of nuts e, which are soldered upon the terminal horizontal portions of the sections A", the threaded shanks of long screws a passing through openings therefor in the upward bends 0. of the side members and through the sections A and the nuts e connected thereto. By simply turning the screws 0, in the proper direction, the plates A will be moved and held somewhat away from the bends a, and thus provide for longer free edges of the side rails of the sashes.

The operation and advantages of the imroved window will be readily a preciated from the foregoing description. 'I l interlocked parts not only provide simple structural features, but impart durability to the window. The presence or omission of the molding will be optional.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In meeting rails for upper and lower window sashes, the meeting rail of the top sash having its major art formed of a single section of sheet metaf shaped at its top to present a bearing for the lower edge of the glass pane, said rail having a vertical front wall terminating in a rearward horizontal bend with a forward overturn, the rear wall of said rail embodying two rearwardly inclined surfaces with a short intermediate obli ue shoulder, said rear wall havin a forward horizontal bend with a rearwar overturn, an independent section having edge turns and adapted to he slid edgewise to engage its turns with those of the main part of the rail, the meeting rail of the other sash comprising independent front and rear sec- 1e several tions having upper horizontal bends with under turns and ower vertical flanges with outward bends, an independent section having bends at its edges and adapted to be moved endwise for engaging its bends with those at the top of the sections to close and constitute the top of said meeting 'rail, and a clencher ada ted to be slid edgewise "to interlock with tl ie bends of the flanges to further connect and'brace the independent sections relative to each other as well as contribute to form a'bearing for the upper edge portion of a glass anel,' the forward'section of the meeting ra of the lower sash being configurated to intimat'elyeonform with the rear wall of the companion meeting rail. when thesashes are in their closed positions.

upper window sas 2. A window, the lintel of the frame of which is of sheet metal and presents transverse offsets and intermediate horizontal bends with an anglular rib between, and an sheet metal and configurated at its to to closely conform to the intermediate honzontal bends and angular rail as well as be received between the front and rear ofisets, all provided by the bottom wall of the lintel.

Signed at New York in the count; of New York and State of New York this 13th day of June A. D. 1907.

ALFRED J. ELLIS. Witnesses:

WM. PAx'roN,- FRANK M.-ASHLEY.

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