GB1107784A - Window opening glazing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

1,107,784. Securing windows in apertures; double glazing. OXFORD DOUBLE GLAZING Ltd. 19 July, 1965 [20 July, 1964; 7 May, 1965], Nos. 29453/64 and 19295/65. Headings E1J and E1R. A glazing unit for insertion into a window opening or the opening in an existing window frame to close the opening or as an additional glazing to form a double glazed window. comprises a sub-frame of wooden or synthetic organic plastics material, 20, 22 and stiles (not shown) and a locking bar 30 with a rebated tapering surface, adapted to be forced between the top or bottom of the frame and the adjoining surface defining the window opening 33 or existing frame; so that the rebated surface of the bar 30 abuts the unrebated part of the adjacent member 22 of the subframe. An abutment bar 31 may be provided between the opposite i.e. top rail and the surface 33 defining the opening and resilient foam plastic strips 32 are compressed between the styles and top rail and the surfaces 33. The frame may be single glazed, the glazing panel being surrounded by edging channel strips and secured in the frame by turnbuckles or clips on the three sides not contacted by the rebate of the locking bar or the frame may be provided with at least one slidable pane 26 (Figs. 3 and 4) secured in double channel strips 25 secured in the frame by the rebates in the styles. The sliding panel may have on its vertical sides edging strips provided with a grip strip and a dust &c excluder strip between the overlapping portions of the panes 26. In the case of the single pane, the frame members are separable interlocking members, and the glazing panel detachable therefrom.