US979025A - Window-locking device. - Google Patents

Description

J H. MYERS.

WINDOW LOOKING DEVIUB.

urmon'lon FILED 1.13.23, 1910.

Patented Dec. 20, 19.10.

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WINDOW LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION Hmm lAn.2a,1s1o.

Patented Dec.20, 1910.

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JACOB H. MYERS, Ol"k CLEVELAND, OHIO.,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

Application filed March 23, 1910. Serial No. 551,638.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jason H. Minas, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in lllindow-Locking Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in locking devices for the windows of coups, limousines, landaus, hacks, cars and other vehicles having drop windows or any other means of similar construction.

The object of the invention is to provide a sim-ple and practical device of this character which will not only lock the window in its closed position, but also prevent it from rattling and render it storm-proof.

lith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the inner side of a window frame having my invention embodied therein; Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical and horizontal sectional views taken respectively on the lines 2' 2 and 3 3 in Fig. 1; Fig. #l is a perspective view of a portion of a window sash; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the locking levers; and Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the ment bers which colact with the levers.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes a portion of a frame within which a drop window sash 2 is mounted. As illustrated, the sash comprises a rectangular frame containing a glass and mounted so that its side edges slide between guide and stop strips 3, il, arranged on the side por.

tions of the opening in the frame 1. The upper or top portion of the sash is adapted to have a limited upward sliding movement into an opening 5 in the top of the frame, and the opposing edges of the stop members or strips 3, At, are inclined downwardly in opposite directions so that the bottom portion of the sash may have a limited hori- .zontal or lateral swinging movement to permit it to be dropped from its elevated or closed position into its lowered or open position, in which latter position it is varranfgd in an open portion G of the frame 1. When the sash is elevated it rests-on a sill 7 which contains two upstanding and longitudinally extending ribs 8, 9, the latter of which is adapted to be engaged by the inner face of the bottom rail of the sash when the window is closed. The other rib S is adapted to enter a longitudinal groove 10 formed in the bottom edge of the sash as shown. The

sash may be fastened or locked in its closed `the sill so as to prevent rattling and render the device storm-proof. The levers 11 have their outer or free ends shaped to provide handles and their inner ends are formed with substantially circular cam portions 12, which latter are apertured to receive the pivots 13. The pivots 13 are vertically disposed and the cam or eccentric portions 12 of the levers swing horizontally into slots or openings in the top of the frame 1 and engage the upper or top portion of the sash 2, or when the latter is constructed of wood, they are adapted to engage metal wear plates or blocks 14 applied to or set in the top of the sash. These blocks 14k are preferably recessed as shown at 15 to engage beveled or inclined surfaces 16 on the bottom faces of the cam or eccentric portions 12 of the levers, whereby when said levers are swung to locking position the sash will be forced simultaneously in a downward direction against the sill, and in an outward direction against the stops L1. The pivots 13 for the locking levers `may be carried by attaching plates 17 slotted to receive said levers and suitably secured to the top of the frame. If desired I may also provide means for locking the levers when in their effective positions and preventing them from rattling. Any means for this purpose may be provided, but as illustrated'l have shown pairs of spring arms 18 carried by the plates 17 and adapted to receive the handle ends of the levers.

If desired, suitable upper and lower handles 19, 20 may be provided on the inne face of the sash.

Having thus described the invent-ion, what is claimed is: i

The combination of a window frame of a vehicle, the upper port-ion of the frame being recessed, and the lower portion of the same having a sash receiving seat, a drop sash arvxanged for sliding movement in the frame, a

plate secured to the top of the sash, and hav-V ing a semi-circular shaped recess in its top7 the bottom of such recess being inclined downwardly, a slotted plate secured at the recess in the upper portion of the frame, and provided with inwardly projecting pivot lugs7 a horizontally disposed locking lever arranged in the slot in said plate, said lever having a handle at one end, and an enlarged cam head at its other end, said head being arranged for movement in the recess of said plate on the sash, and having its bottom face inclined to co-act with the inclined bottom of the recess in said sash plate7 and a pivot pin passed through the pivot ears on said slotted plate, eccentrically through the head of said lever whereby when the handle end of the lever is swung toward the frame, its cam head will force the sash downwardly against the sash enoaging seat, and also laterally against the trame to render the window storm proof and prevent it from rattling.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. MYERS.

lVitnesses A. MCVVILLIAMS, JAY Games.

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