US1129497A - Window-frame. - Google Patents

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E. J. LARAGY. WINDOW FRAME. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1o, 1914.

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E. J. LARAGY. WINDOW FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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EDWARD J. LARAGY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, .ASSIGNOR OF' ONE-HALF T0 MARTIN IVI. SPELLACY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT'.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed July 10, 1914. Serial No. 850,118.

State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window- F rames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window-frames,

i among the objects of the invention being the provision of an article of this kind which is simple in construction and by which the sash or sashes can be readily raised or lo-wered or swung open when desired, for instance for cleaning purposes, and wherein the parts are properly and effectually maintained in normal or operative relation.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification I have shown in detail one of the several convene `ient forms of embodiment of the invention 4 which to enable those skilled in the art to practice the same will be set forth fully in the following description. I do not restrict c myself to this disclosure; I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claim following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window-frame involving my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertif cal and horizontal sections of the same, on the lines 2 2 and 3*3 respectively of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a sash and certain accessories. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 4, the jambs being in horizontal section. Fig. 6 is a detail view in front elevation of a catch. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a hinge, and, Fig. 9 is a cross section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 4, part of the frame being shown in dotted outline.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, which it will be noted are on different scales.

The numeral 2 designates a windowframe which may be of wood, metal or of composite construction.

3 is thelower and 4 the upper sash. The two sashes are connected with the frame for vertical sliding movement, so that they can be raised or lowered after the fashion of the ordinary sashes. They are also capable of swinging movement and can be moved about any suitable axes; in the present case the axes are vertical. Secured suitably to the inner sides of the jambs of the frame 2 at or near the front thereof are the stops or guide strips 5, while at the rear on the inside of the jamb are practically similar stops or guide strips 6. Between the two `.pairs of stops or guide strips 6 are the parting stops 7 also fastened to the insides of the two jambs, the spaces between the two parts of outside stops and the intermediate parting stops or strips 7 presenting grooves to receive for sliding movement the runners 8 and 9 and 10 and 11. It will be seen that the adjacent faces of the stops 5 and 6 and the intermediate parting stops 7 are undercut and that the sides of the runners .8, 9, 10 and 11 arecorrespondingly formed. This provides an effective means of holding the runners 9 in place without interfering in any wise with their being raised or lowered. The lower sash 3 coperates with the runners 8 and 9, while the upper sash 4 cooperates with the runners 10 and l1. I will describe the connection of the lower sash with its two runners, and this will apply to the other, as in this respect they are duplicate. The lower sash is connected as by hinges 12 and 13 with the runner 8 and is normally connected with the runner 9 by a latch or bolt as 14 supported by said sash and adapted to enter a keeper as 15 on said runner 9. In F ig. 1 the sash 3 is latched to the runner 9, so that said runner 9 with the companion runner 8 are practically a unitary part of said sash 3. When this relation is present the sash can be raised and lowered exactly like an ordinary sash. The weights 16 of said sash 3 are not. however, directly connected therewith but are connected with the runners 8 and 9, cords 17 connecting said weights with the two runners and extending over guide pulleys 18. It will be noted that the meeting portions of the sash 3 and the runners 8 and 9 are practically coincident with the inner edges of the front stops 5.

It is essential that the weights 16 should be kept from falling when the bolt 14 is drawn back to release the sash 8 from the runner 9, and I prefer in order to secure this particular function to connect the runners 8 and 9 for the time being, rigidly with the frame 2, there being two bolts or equivalent locking devices utilized for obtaining this result, so that each of the two runners can be firmly held when it is desired to swing the sash 3 open. Set into rabbets in the top of the runners 8 and 9 are outer strips 19 and inner strips 20, the two pairs of strips being fastened in place in any desirable manner, for instance by screws. rllhe upper portions of these two pairs of strips 19 and 20 have registering perforations to receive for sliding movement the bolts 21 which are adapted to enter apertures 22 in the jamb when it becomes necessary to rig idly fasten the two runners in position. The two apertures 22 are vertically elongated and their upper walls are provided with metal reinforcing pieces 23 against which the tips or outer ends of the bolts 21 are adapted to strike. The two pairs of strips 19 and 2O present forked supporting brackets for the two bolts 21. l prefer that these two brackets or two series of plates or strips should be maintained in rigid substantial alinement, and for this purpose the tie member 24e may be utilized, said tie member being preferably integral with the inner bracket members 20. lVhen the lower sash 3 is closed its lower edge rests against the j amb of the window frame and is below the hori- Zontal stop 25. This tie member also ties together the two runners and maintains them positively in rigid relation with each other. To open the sash 3 the bolts 21 are thrust outward into the apertures 22 following which the sash 3 is raised until the tips of the bolts strike the tops of the apertures or the reinforcing members 23 of said apertures, at which point the weights 16, as will be clear, are locked against descent. On this slight upward motion of the sash 3 the lower edge thereof is carried above the top of the horizontal stop 25, so that when the latch or bolt 111. is slid back the sash 3 can be freely opened. The runners 8 and 9 are shown furnished at their lower ends with inwardly extending feet 26 usually made of metal, and beveled on their upper sides to properly guide the sash 3 as it is opened and closed. `When the sash 3 is closed and the bolt or catch 14 returned to operative position the bolts 21 will be drawn back, when said sash can be raised or lowered. rThe upper sash -1 is equipped with accessories exactly as already described, including the hinges which l will hereinafter set forth, for which reason corresponding parts of the two sashes bear similar characters.

might explain that the apertures 22 which receive the locking bolts 21 of the upper sashes are in horizontal line with the apertures which receive the bolts of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for lower sash, the construction being such that when the lower sash is to be swung open it is first lowered and its runners afterward locked as already described in connection with the lower sash. Both upper and lower sashes can be swung open together or the positions of the two sashes can be reversed. rIhere may be also cases where the window frame may have but one sash, so that I do not attach so much importance to the location of certain of the parts. Between the sashes 8 and 4 the parting strip 24: is interposed, the lower sash 3 having a groove in which said parting strip or bead is rigidly fitted.

In Fig. 8 I have shown in detail one ofthe hinges which for instance may be the hinge 18, of Fig. 1. This hinge comprises a lower knuckle 27 and an upper knuckle 28, the knuckle 27 being attached as by screws to the runner 8 while the knuckle 28 is likewise fastened to the adjacent edge of the sash 3. The knuckles have projecting flanges 29 and 30, the iiange 29 being below the flange 80 and having a pin 31 rigid therewith extending freely through a perforation in the flange 30.- The only difference between the two hinges is that in the upper hinge 13, the pin is rigid with the lower flange 29, while in the lower hinge 12, this relation is exactly reversed. In view of this construction, accidental unhinging of the sash 3 is prevented, owing to the opposite extension of the two pins.

`What 1 claim is:

The combination of a window frame having a horizontal stop on its sill, runners fitted between the sides of the frame, said sides having slideways to receive said runners, a sash pivoted to one of the runners and provided with means for removably fastening it to the other runner, slidable bolts at the upper ends of the runners, the sides of the frame having apertures to receive said bolts when the sash and runners are in their lowest positions, the apertures being elongated vertically to an extent to permit the elevation of the sash and the runners to carry said sash and runners free above said stop, the upper ends of said apertures being closed and being adapted to be engaged by the bolts approximately at the time the sash and runners have been moved `above said stop.

1n testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDVARD J. LARAGY. Witnesses:

MARTIN M. SPELLAOY, HEATH SUT-HERLAND.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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