US938193A - Sealing means. - Google Patents

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I'. A. WINSLOW.

SEALING MEANS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 001210, 1907.

` 938,193. Patented o@t.26,19o9.

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F. A. WINSLOW.

SEALING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 1o, 1907.

938,193. Patented o@n.26,1909.

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s pecillcation of LettersIatentJ-j Battedvot. l2-6,1909.'- applicati@ mandaba-10,1907. .Serialia'sw l A l To all wlw/1i 'it may concern: y

Be it known that I', FRANCIS A. ViNsLow,`

a citizen of the United' States, residing at Chicago, `in thefcounty of Cook and State 5 of Illinois, have 'invented a certainl new and useful Improvement in Sealin Means, 'of which the following i's a. full, c ear, concise,'

and exact description,lreference part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for sea the meeting edges of windows, doors an A and the like, built of metal. y

One way of sealingthe meetingl edges has been to provide rooves in the'surfaces of the movable mem r, in which grooves strips of felt or other material are insertedand'- secured, the ends projecting and engaging the frames. Other s1m1lar arran ements have also been used, but they have a proven ineiicient as their utility is soon destroyed.

The felt soon loses its elasticity or wears away, and there beingonl-y a single band of weather material its weathering qualities are soon lost. other objection is that where a weather strip is inserted within a -groove, it must be placed very securely 30. 'therein in order that 1t will not pull out in opening and closure of the movable member. It is usually secured inthe groove by being glued or by'means of screws passing are used, the engaging surface of the strip v is broken and destroyed, and where lue 1s used as a securing! means, it is very iiticult to remove the 'strip when it is desired to replace it.

by clamping strips which are smaller than' the groove, the ends of the weather material strips extending beyond the edge ofthe movable member to form several weather to the accompanying drawings, formmgfiavv 'material exten outwardly and engaging i' 3' linvention. y v l through the weather material. Where screws The purpose of'my invention is, irst'to provide more than one band of weather mabands.-

very simple and eicient way is to surround `the-.movable member b channel irons .havi their flange exten outwa-rdly. Within the grooves of the channel irons having'a smaller section than the 60 channel irons are smaller .channel irons ar- {ranged with itheir flanges extendi inwardly and thel weatherfstrip :mateIi-igal is arranged betweenthenchannel firons and clamped to thejlarger. channel irons by. the'A iwith'the .surroun twolfweather` bands orfbead's The drawings-w' @learn illustrate myl iframe to' form Figurel 1 -shows affrontl view ofk a window toV which my invention a plied;l Fi v2isA a-sectional viewftakenonlme 24-2 vo Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows a` modified arrangement, and Fig. 4 shows another modified arrangement. and 2-the upper part ofthe frame and the sides may be of channel irons 1 of suitable size, while the sills or base 2 of the frame I have `shown ofv special design, having the inner sill part 3 and the outer, ,c lower sill part 4, the window en aging between the upper channel iron am? the inner, sill 3. The window sash-body is built up of channelirons 5.- These irons may be four in number and mitered andvsecu'red together. at their ends, or the entire sash bcdyscanbe formed of one piece of channel iron in any suitable manner, these channel irons being disposed with their anges 6 extending out--` wardly. Within the sash body are two rims or frames 7 -and 8 composed of angle iron which are secured, as by means of screws 9,' to the inner face of the sash-body along one flange 10, and whose other flanges 11 are disposed opposite each other,v as shown, to form a groove 12 for receiving the glass 13. By removing enough oli'the angle irons on one side glass can readilgiv be inserted or re-v moved. Surrounding the sash body and disposed within its channel are clampin strips or bars 14, also in the form of channe l irons. 4The dimensions of the channel strips 14 are such that when they are -in'placeA 'within the channels of the irons 5, there will be the flaring grooves 15 and 16 between the flanges ofthe channel-irons, and the space 17 between the ends oftheiianges 18 of the channel strips 14 and the web of the channel irons 5.' Thefouter faces of the strips 14 110 aoY rima'rily` in the form of ordinary strips of elt, rubber or other suitable material." The clam ing bars .14 are removed and the .'wea er strips' laid in the main channel `irons'5, whereuomthe clamping channel irons are inserte within the weather ystr1 s` and secured to the main channels, as y means of screws 20, drawing up' of the screws causing the weather material to be securely-clamped in place, the clamping action being mainly between the ends of,"

flanges 18 and. the'web of channel irons 5. The widtl'i of the felt strips may primarily be such that after they have been inserted 'the extendingg v bands or bea time retain its elasticity and weathering I:

to clam `thel ac between the channel irons they will project beyond the channel irons a distance 'greater than the space between the sash and the frame, so that when the sash' is inserted in the rame'the weather material will be com'- pressed' into the Haring grooves 15 and 16, ends ormingtwoweather thus compressed,

21. Beinthe weather-material w' for a very long ualities, thus :forA a long time a tight weather lit between the sash and w1n ydow frame.` The sash to which I have shown my invention applied is o f'the swingingA s le, the sash being shown fromY es 22 .secured tothe side of the frame. -A stop 23 may be slprovided on the frame for receiving the sa ing closed. With this arrangement, when the sash isto baop'ened it is swung inwardly .over the sill. The lower part of the frame 1s most exposed to the weather, and auxiliary weather means may beprovided; l have shown this auxilia means -in the form of'a Afla 2 4 which is pivoted` by means of suitab el pivots 25 to the lower Achannel section of thesash bcdyfl A strip.2 6 -of'steelvis provided to form a hood over the flap and outer .face of' thelower -sill section, to. prevent access of moisture, dirt, etc. between the has' inv place as shown,- b insertin its inner edge un er the outer ower ang e 1ron sec tion.'V

` The construction and, arrangement as'describedare sim le but eiiicient 'and durable. The entire sash 1s built of stock material-and' is thereore comparatively inexpensive. In`

the arrangement oftheacking, as shown the weather protecting e ciency is incr at least two-fold over the prior arrange- .Y ments infwhich but :one strip ofl packing is vbeap employed. The same' arrangement may also hed to sliding andv pivoted windows mstea of toswinging windows, shown, and also todoors and the 30, rectangular c .forming the body part ofthe Sometimes the sash is very narrowa'nd s'uicient space would not be available for may not be necessary. In Figs. 3 and Zinthe. sash- 27' is of the orm shown and has a rectangular groove 28 aboutits periphery 1n which the weather strip 29 is applied'extending'along the bottom and one side thereof, to form a sin le weather bead orband asneipingstrips -31 being shown'in F ig. 3 as u. material vin the ove, while 1n Fig. 4 the to clamp the .weather- 'two weather. bands or beads, or two bands clamping strip 1s in the form. of channel" irons 32, the strips 31 and' 32 being secured to the sash part as. by means of screws 33. Other'arrangements are also possible, which fwould still come within the scope of' my in-f :vention.

. l' desire to secure the following claims K Letters Patent:

1. ln devices of the described, the

combination of` a window-frame, a window sash for engaging ill-said frame, the .body` part of" the sashof the' window being -of 'channel iron with its flanges extending outwardly, resilient packing material within ythe channel' irons', and clampingsframes en-` gaging the channel irons to' form grooves havingoutwardly divergent sides material therein.

2: In devicesv o 'the described, the

of' the sash o the window being iolme of channel irons withltheir flanges extendin packing materialdisposed w1 the flanges devices o Athe classffjf ascribed, the' combination offthe window-frame, a' wie,n dow 100 outwardly, secured to' the interior o 4the sash bodyforreceiving resilient channels of the sash "to onveshivigj 'outwardil .di-'ve t sides. for clamping "i therein packm materia'lits flangesexten outwardly, two rims of `angle iron secured at one'flange to the in and channel. This hood can4 easily behel .l

tenor ofthe main sash part, the other anges f the rims forming a ove Lfor receiving window pane clampinginembers inthe nel irons and the sides of the frame. p

4x4-In devico e class described, vthe combination of a window frame, a' window sash for 'moving in the frame', channel irons resilient packing material u uhm the channel irons and havingtwo edgesextending outwardly to form twol weathervbeadsv about the window, Vand clampn strips engaging in and` securedto the chann windowV sash, s

' vergent sides and to clamp therein the packing material.

5. Indevices of the class described, the

combination of a window frame, a window sash therein, the body part of the sash ofthe window being formed of channel iron with its iia'nges extending outwardly, clamping members in the form of .channel irons of smaller dimension than the main channel irons and adapted to engage within the main channel irons to form therewith a groove, packing material disposed in said groove with its' ends extending outwardly beyond the main flange ends and into engagement with the sides of the fra-me, and means for securing .the clamping members to the main flanges to clamp the packing material in place. t

(3. As a means for closing the aperture between a movable frame and its inclosing casing, agroove in the periphery of the frame,

tween a movable frame and its inclosing casing, a groove 1n the periphery ofthe frame, a strip of folded resilient material' secured in said groove by'a clamping member con# g tained in'said fold, said clamping member so conformed that its sides and the adjacent sides ofthe grooves are outwardly divergent, the edges Vof said strip projecting beyond the frame to engage the easing when the -frame is 1n a closed position in the easing, said engagement serving to compress said resilient material into the openings betweenA said clamping member and the frame. 'I

8. As a means for closing the aperture be tween la movable frame and its inclosing casing, a groove in the periphery of the frame, eompressible material in saidgroove, clamping means for securing saidmaterial at or near the bottom of .the groove, the walls adjacentto said material being divergent so vas to permit compression of said material between them when the frame is in a closed position in the casing. v In witness' whereof, I hereunto subscribe myv name this 2nd day of October A. D., 190

FRANCIS WINSLOW.

Witnesses:

CHARLES P. SAxE, PHILIP G. CARTER.

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