US472458A - Window-sash - Google Patents

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H. A. HOWE.

WINDOW SASH. No. 472,458. Patented Apr. 5, 1892. JF Fi-1f I'zyz. Y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMON A. HCl/VE, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,458, dated April 5, 1892.

Application filed Apii1so,1891. serial No. 391,158. (No modem T all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, IIERMON A. HOWE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletowmin the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements inWindow-Sashes,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specifica* tion.

The object of this invention is to enable the glass in windows to be readily taken out and replaced; and the invention consists in the novel features set forth in the following specification and claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an inside View of the window. Fig. 2 is an outside View of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section along Fig. l. Fig. et is a view similar to Fig. 3, with the sashes partly re-V moved. Fig. 5 shows the lower sash opened. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the lower sash. Fig. 7 shows the upper sash opened. Fig. 8 is a section along y y, Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a section along z z, Fig. 5. Fig. l0 is a section alongc c, Fig. 7. Fig. ll is a section along tu w, Fig. 4.

The window-frame A is provided with strips B B, jointed or pivoted at C. By removing the screws or fastenings D, Fig. 3, the strips B can be swung ont o f place, as seen in Fig. 4 and indicated by arrowsl .in Fig. 3, so that the window-sashes can be taken out of the frame. The lower sash `is shown composed of a bottom rail E, side rails F, and top rail G. The sash is shown as being supplied with two glasses or lights I-I, separated by rail I; but of course one glass may be used for the. sash. The top rail G is held in place by a joint or pivot K and a screw orfastening L, Fig. l, and by loosening said screw or fastening the top rail can be moved or swun gto the opening position, Fig. 5, as indicated by arrow 2, so that the glass or glasses can be slid out of place, as indicated by arrow 3. In case a glass is vbroken or damaged it can thus be readily removed and another substituted.

In the case of the upper sash I have found it convenient to make the lower rail E swinging or opening, so that when said rail E is opened, as indicated by arrow 4, Fig. 7, the glass is slid out of place, as indicated by arrow 5, after which another glass can be readily slipped into the rails F G of the upper sash. The rail F or F and the rail G or E are rounded at the meeting portions of the ends, which are pivoted together for the purpose of facilitating the opening and closing movements of the swinging rails.

The various rails are grooved or recessed for the insertion or sliding of the glass, and said grooves are provided with cushioning material M, such as felt, plush, cloth, or rubber, whereby the glass is eased.

The bottoms of the sashes at the outside are beveled or inclined, as at N, so that the water or rain will readily run oif and the effects of the weather withstood. When the cushioning material rests against a side of the glass, I prefer to have such cushion on the inside of said glass, as the pressure from the outside, as in case of a wind-storm, will then press the glass against the cushion.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A window-sash composed of the side rails F F and end rails E G, one of said end rails being hinged at one end to a side rail and having itsother end detachably secured tov HERMON A. HOWE.

"Witnesses:

MILoN DAVIDSON, ARTHUR G. WARREN.

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