US2466549A - Window - Google Patents

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April 5, 1949. P. N. LANDINE WINDOW Filed Jan. .25, 1945A w Y INVENTOR Pezfef' N L andi/'ne Patented Apr. 5, 1949 UNITED STATES y"PATENT OFFICE v WINDOW Peter N. Landlne, Milford, Conn.

Application January 25, 1945, serial No. 574,551

My invention relates to window structure for port-holes and the like adapted for use in boats having either wooden or metal shells.

It is a general object of my invention to provide improved window structure for port-holes and the like.

Another object is to provide an improved window structure which is adapted for easy and economical construction, assembly and installation.

Another object is to provide an improved window sash which is particularly adapted for easy and economical construction, assembly and installation, and is strong and not only water-tight but adapted to cooperate with a suitable frame and provide a water-tight seal.

A further object of the invention is to provide a window frame which is easy and economical to manufacture and install and is adapted for sealing contact with certain window sashes.

In the drawings which show, for illustrative purposes only, a novel and preferred embodiment of the invention- Fig. 1 is a View in elevation of one embodiment of the invention, parts being broken away to show interior features;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially in the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially in the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken substantially in the plane of the line 4--4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken substantially in the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 5, of a modified form.

The window structure illustrated is installed to close a port-hole opening in the shell I of a boat and comprises a window or port-hole frame II and a window or window sash I2. The shell II! is illustrated as made of wood or planking but may be made of metal or plating. 'Ihe frame II comprises a preferably endless angle member having one flange I3 engaging one face of the shell around the opening and another flange I4 extending through and around the periphery of the opening, and a at endless strip I extending around the opening at the face opposite the flange I3 and at the outer surface of the flange I4. These frame members may be held in position by bolts I6 having their heads sunk into the outer side of the ange I3 and extending through the shell and the strip I5, and nuts I'I on said bolts. As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, bolts I 6 are close to said flange I4. It should be understood that if the shell were of metal the p arts 1 Claim. (Cl. 18S-78) 2 of the window frame could be be welded to gether.

The sash I2 includes an endless member I8 of angle cross-section constituting a main 'sash ing inwardly over the edge of the glass to prevent movement of the glass out of the corresponding side of the peripheral flange I9. The edge of the glass 20 is spaced from the inner face of the peripheral flange I9 by lugs 22 at the inner face of peripheral ange I9 and extending from the flange 2 I, and lugs 22 also serve to limit the movement of an endless glass-retaining member 23 of angle cross-section into the peripheral flange I9.

The member 23 has an outwardly extending flange 24 fitting in the flange I9, and a flange 25 extending away from the glass and providing a recess or groove to receive a gasket 26 of sealing material such as rubber. The glass retaining member 23 is secured in position by screws 21 passing through the flange 24 and into the lugs 22 which are integral with the main sash frame I8 and not only serve to reinforce the same by themselves but also by their connection at their lower ends with glass-retaining member 23. The glass 20 is surrounded at its edges by resinous material or mastic 28, which not only holds the glass in place but also provides a water-tight seal. Said flange 24 confines the mastic and due to pressure thereon compresses the mastic.

The sash I2 may be hinged to the frame I I and shell. To this end the main sash frame I8, which is here shown as having straight and parallel opposite sides and rounded corners, is provided at one side with two hinge lugs 29 which lie between pairs of lugs 30 on the window frame and are connected thereto by pins 3|. The hinge lugs may be secured to the frame II and shell II) by bolts I6 of somewhat greater length than those at other positions. Preferably the axes of the pins 3| are substantially in the plane of the face of the glass 20 adjacent to the glass-retaining member 23 ywhereby the gasket 26 is pressed directly against the edge of the flange I4 and produces an eifective seal at this locality.

The hinged support for the window sash I2 renders it more convenient to open and close the window. However, it is necessary to secure the window firmly in closed position, for example during a storm, and to obtain a water-tight seal. Obviously, pressure of gasket 26 against the sealing edge of flange I 4 will produce a water-tight Seal. Such pressure may be attained close to the hinges by merely closing the window and at other locations by means of slotted dogs 32 provided at suitable intervals around the main sash frame I8 just outside certain interior lugs or pairs of lugs 22 where the frame is stronger, dog bolts 33 pivoted by pins 3|' in lugs 30 for swinging into and out of slots 34 in the dogs, and wing nuts 35 on said bolts. It should be noted that the pins 3|' are located close to the peripheral ange I9 of the sash frame and that when the Window is sealed, the slotted dogs 32 are so located and formed that the dog bolts are adjacent and parallel to the sash flange I9 and the wing nuts 35 engage the upper faces of slotted dogs 32 at the general level of flange 2l.

In the modified form shown in Fig'. 6, the main sash frame I8a is made up ofv a peripheral iiange Isa secured at one edge to an inwardly extending flange 2 la which has slotted dogs 32a formed.

in the same plane therewith, said dogs being adapted to cooperate with dog 'bolts 33a pivoted by means of pins 3Ia passing through lugs .33a Secured to the frame and shell. At the inside of peripheral ilange I9a, there is a reinforcing ange 36 of a glass-,retaining member 31a, which also comprises an inwardly projecting glassretaining flange 38, and a ilange 39 at lthe inner edge of the glass-retaining flange and projecting away from the glass to cooperate with peripheral flange ISa and provide a recess to hold gasket 26a. Screw dll'holdsthe parts assembled.

While the invention has been described in considerable detail and a preferred structure disclosed, it is to be understood that various changes and modications may be made within the scope 4 of the invention as dened in the appended claim.

I claim:

frame, sealing material between the glass and lthe peripheral flanges and the inwardly projecting flange, and means securing said second peripheral yiiange to said lugs, whereby pressure `may .be adjustably applied to seat the glass in a cushion of sealing material in the frame while maintaining the glass in spaced relation with respect to the inwardly projecting flange.

PETER N. LANDINE.

REFERENCES .CITED The `following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date `688,758 Victor Dec. 10, '1901 1,266,356 Utley May 14, v1918 1,274,151 yEllison July 30, 1918 1,429,379 'Utley Sept. 19, 1922 1,995,939 :Osten Mar. 26, 1935

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