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TAMES O. ANDERSON AND yWILLIAM S. HULL, OF SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,772, dated December 10, 1889.

Application led August 28, 1888. Serial No. 284,003. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES C. ANDERSON and WILLIAM S. HULL, citizens of the United States, residing at Sheffield, in the county of Colbert, State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a speci-V fication, reference being had therein tothe at the same time protecting the interior of I the room both from rain 'or snow and from Q the normal position of the saine will bein the i vertical plane, of course.

the directrays of the sun in hot Weather. To this end we have constructed our device as described in the following specification, and with such novel features as are particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of the same. v

t; In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one side of a window constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a window as adj usted to serve as an awning and held in position by one of our forms of brace. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, showing another form of brace. Fig. 4 is a detail View of said brace, as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail of another form of brace. Fig. 6 shows a detail of the arrangement of brace-fastening shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation of the preferred form of bracket as employed in the upper sash for the pivoting of our braces. Fig. 8

isa front elevation of a Window provided with still another form of brace arranged at the middle of the Window and showing the arrangement of curtains as fastened to the separate cases. 9 is a side View in detail of the form of brace employed in Fig. 8. Fig.

10 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 11 is a detail of a iinal form of brace in longitudinal section.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, our sashes are provided at the sides with longitudinal grooves 6,these grooves being made in the edge of the side bars 5 of our sashes, and being provided at the top thereof with a metal bearing 7,

preferably employed for the reason of better wear.

The jambs of the window are shown at 1, the sill being shown at 2, and the sashes, upper and lower, respectively, being shown at 3 and 4.

Arranged within or upon the jambs at the proper height above the sill are trunnions 9, which are adapted to support the sashes by means of the bearing 7into which they project. It is evident from this construction that the sashes are very easily placed by simply slipping the grooves over the trunnions 9 until the metal pieces 7 rest thereon. i The greater portion of the sashes lies below the pivotal points of the same, and therefore At one side of the top sash and below the 'Y pivotal point of the same there are brackets llO, formed, preferably, in the lnanner indi- 'cated in Fig. 7, where there is shown a wire i twisted so as to form an eye 13, and fastened at its ends at 11 to the side of the sash. Two of these wire brackets being placed together, l they form an adequate bearing for the upper @end of the brace 12, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, @and 7. This pivotal support for the brace,y is` by means of a pin inserted through the upper` end of the same, as shown at 13 in Fig. 7., IThe brace 12 is a rack-bar having teeth at the lower end, as shown, so arranged as to take `in a gravity-link 15, hung at the top of the lower sash. .It will be seen that by the proper position of the brace at the attachment of l.the same to the two sashes these sashes may be opened together, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, being held open by the balanced pressures `exerted through the bar 12, attached to the two.

The peculiar disposition of the teeth and of .the gravity bar or link 15 is shown in detail in Fig. 6. i

In Fig. 4 there is a composite bar shown, which may be employed in place of that shown in Fig. 1, and substantially such a barA is shown in Fig. 8. e This consists of two portions or sections 17 and l8,the former having teeth, as shown, and sliding on the section 18 by means of a collar attached to the section 17 and embracing the section 18, as shown in IOO in which the lower section 17 is shown as slotted and having teeth within the slot 21. The upper end of the bar 17 runs in a collar 19in this case also, which may be fixed either to the lower or to the upper bar. Against the teeth 22 of the bar 17 there abuts a pin 23 at the lower end of the upper bar I8.

In Fig. 6 is shown a bracketat one end of a curtain-roller 24, the bracket being shown here at 25, as also in Fig. 3. By running these curtains down to their full extent and holding them down in place by means of the hooked projections 27 at the lower end of the respective sashes our windows may be converted into awnings, allowing of the entrance of air and light, while at the same time affording protection from the rays of the sun and from the rain. The curtains proper are shown at 2G in Fig. 8. Vhere it is desired to open only one of the sashes at a time, the other may be locked by means of spring or other stops 28 and 29, as shown in Fig. 8, at the sides and sill of the window.

Instead of fixing the upper end of the brace to the side of the upper sash, we have invented a modification. (Shown in Figs. 3, 9, and 10.) Here the brackets 10 are placed at the two sides of the upper sash, holding a bar 13a, upon which is xed a collar 13", carrying lugs 14X. Between these lugs is pivoted the upper bar 13, which passes through a collar 19X upon the bar 17, and which is itself provided with a collar 2OX at the end, which collar embraces the end of the bar 17, being provided with a thumb-piece 21 and a set-screw 22X, whereby it is locked when the windows are closed. The lower end of the bar 17 is provided with a bayonet-slot 16X, which is adapted to be fittedover a pin 15X, fixed between the lugs or brackets 16 upon the upper end of the lowersash.

The form of brace shown in Fig. 1l is pneumatic and automatic, the upper bar being a rod 30, provided with a piston or plunger 31 at the end thereof, fitting tightly into a cyl- .inder 32, forming the bulk of t-he lower bar, the lower end of which cylinder is furnished with a valve 33, opening inward against the action of a spring and having a stop 34 to keep it in place. The effect of this arrangement is of course to allow of the opening of the windows and consequent resting of the Same wherever placed, the action of the piston being to draw air into the cylinder through the aperture 35 and the valve while the windows are being opened, and to hold the window open through the pressure of this air, which is confined by the action of the valve, the air-pressure being relieved in the usual manner in devices of this character.

We do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the exact construction shown and described herein, as many details may be varied by the exercise of mechanical skill without departing from the scope of our invention.

What We claim is- 1. In a window, the combination of jalnbs having oppositely-arranged trunnions, with independent sashes having grooves in their opposite stiles for the reception of the trunnions, whereby said sashesmay be swung outwardly, and means for adjusting the sashes in position independently or in conjunction, substantially as specified.

2. In a window, the combination of an upper and a lower sash mounted pivotally and adapted to be inclined, with an adj listing-bar pivoted to the upper sash, and means for connecting the said bar with the lower sash, whereby said sashes are held in an adjusted position, substantially as specified.

3. In a window, jambs provided with oppositely arranged trunnions, in combination with an upper and lower sash and with an adj listing-bar pivoted to one of the sashes and connected with the other of said sashes, substantially as specified.

4. The jambs 1, having the trunnions 9, in combination with the sashes 3 and 4, grooved as at 6, and having the bearing-plates 7 set in the grooves for the reception of the trunnions, substantially as specified.

5. In a window, a frame having opposite trunnions and having independent upper and lower sashes mounted upon the trunnions, in combination with a rack-bar pivoted to the upper sash below its pivotal support, and a gravity-link secured to the lower sash above its pivotal support and designed to be received and operate in the notches of the bar, substantially as specified.

6. The combination, with the frame 1., having the opposite trunnions 9, of the sashes 3 and 4, grooved at their outer edges, as at 6, and having bearing-plates 7 set therein and mounted on the trunnions, and of the rackbar 12, connected to the upper sash, as at 10, and connected to the lower sash by the gravity-link 15, substantially as specified.

In testimon y whereof we affix our signaturesd in presence of two witnesses'.

JAMES C. ANDERSON. WILLIAM S. HULL.

Vitnesses:

JNo. C. LESTER, W. T. SHERMAN.

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