US673655A - Reversible window-sash. - Google Patents

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Patented May 7, 190i..

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G.HOEscu. REVERSIBLE WINDOW SASH.

' (Application Bled July ,1.7, 190D.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOTTLIEB HOERSCH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

REVERSIBLE WINDOW-SASH.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,655, dated May 7, 1901.

Application filed July 17, 1900. Serial No. 23.892. (No model.)

T coll whom. it may con/cern."

'Be it known that I, GoTTLIEB HoEEscH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phila delphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reversible Window-Sashes, of which the following is a speciiication. t

My invention relates to improvements in sashes which are adapted to be raised and lowered as usual and are hinged, so that they may be swung into an apartment or reversed, whereby their outer sides are accessible for washing, glazing, repairs, or other purposes.

The invention consists of novel features, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure l represents a partial front view and a partial vertical section ofreversible window-sashes embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section thereof, the sashes being shown as swung into the apartment. Fig. 3 represents a view of a portion of th e'innerV side of the window-frame and adjacent stiles of the sashes. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section of a portion on line Fig. l. Fig. 5 represents. a 'vertical section of a portion on line y y, Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 represent perspective views of supplementary coupling mechanism employed.

Similar letters 'of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring tothe drawings, A designates a window-frame, and B and C the upper and lower sashes thereof. Thesash B has its side stiles formed in sections C' D and E F, the sections C D being connected bythe hinges G, whereby the sash B may be turned inwardly on said hinges, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the outer side of said sash is accessible for purposes of cleaning, glazing, repairs, &c., it being noticed that the cords H of said sash B are'connected with the section C. The sections E and F are adapted to be coupled or connected by means of the bolt .I on the section F, whereby they may be moved as one in the raising and lowering of the sash; but when the sash is to be turned on the hinges G the bolt is thrown in the present case to the right, whereby it leaves the section E, and the sash is disconnected from the section F, and the latter retains its position during the swinging in or out of the sash, it being noticed that the section F has the sash-cord J2 `connected with it. In order to easily operate the bolt J, the same is formed with a rack K, with which meshes the' pinion L, whose shaft M is mounted on the adjacent portions of the section F and is provided with a knob or handle end N for convenience of grasping and rotating said shaft, and consequently the pi nion L, whereby the bolt .I may receive motion to the right or left, as the'case may be. The shaft M is jointed, as at P, whereby its outer portion may be lowered, as most clearly shown in Fig. l, the section F having a casing Q therein, whereby said portion of the shaftk may be seated thereon and so be removed from the path of the stiles of the sash C in the raising and lowering of the latter. The sash C has its side stiles formed in the sections R S and T U, the sections Sand R being connected by the hinges V, whereby said sash C may be turned on said hinges in the same manner as the upper sash B and for similar purposes. It will-here be noticed that the section Shas the sash-cord W connected with it and the section U has the sash-cord X connected with it. On the upper end of the section S is thetongue Y, which is adapted to ride freely against the parting-strip Z of the frame A and guide said section S of the sash C in its up-anddown motions, and also prevent said section S from pressing or being pressed against the adjacent portion ot' the sash-cord W, said tongue also abutting against the portion of the meeting-rail A on said section '0. The ends of the section S are rabbeted, as at B', so that when the sashes are in normal condition said sections have their joints braced one against the other and in close contact. The sections T and U are adapted to be coupled by the bolt C2, the saine having the rack D thereon, which is engaged by the pinion E', whose shaft F' is mounted on the section U, it being noticed that the latter has a case or box G' let thereinto to receive the outer portion of said bolt C2, and the section .Tlhasa-boX..Htherein, while the side stile of the window-fratrie( A has a box J' therein, the several boxes G', H, and J being in line with each other andin communication, Whereby the bolt C? may be shot into the box H or IDO coupling or connecting the section U with the window-frame and rendering said section immovable, Wherebyit is prevented from being thrown up by the action of the sash-weight connected therewith by the cord X. When the sash is returned to its closed position, the bolt is thrown to the left, whereby it leaves the box J' and enters the box H', thus coupling the sections T and U as one, when the sash C may be raised and lowered, as usual. The shaft F' of the pinion E' is formed in sections pivoted to each other, as at F2, whereby its outer portion may be lowered and folded into the casing K' in the section U out of the way, but is convenient of access when itis required to rotate the pinion E', in which case the shaft is raised and may be turned, thus rotating the pinion, and consequently the bolt O2, to the right or left, as the case may be. lt will be noticed that the sections MF', that carry the pinions L E',arejournaled on the rear walls of the casings Q and K', re

spectively, each casing being sufficiently depressed to receive both the pinionand the i hinged or folding portion of the shaft. When the sashes are in normal position, the lower sash has its bottom portion resting on the sill of the ywindow-frame, so as to be covered by the bead L', While the top of the upper sash is above the lower edge of the bead M' of the cap. (See dotted lines, Figgl.) When the lower sash is to be opened, it requires to be raised above the bead L', when it can be turned on its hinges, after which the upper sash is accessible, so that when it is lowered belowthe bead M' it can be turned on its hinges, as will be apparent in Fig. 2.

In order to relieve the bolts of the weight of the sashes, which would prevent their easy operation, I employ the bars or plates N' P', which are secured to the side sections Fand U, said plates having vertical slots Q' therein, with laterally-extending horizontal throats R' leading to said slots, (see Figs.1, 6, and 7,) said throats also extending through the outer face of the side stile.

The sections E and T have tongues S' secured thereto, the same being adapted to enter the throats R' while the sashes are closing and pass down the slots Q' and rest on the walls of the bases of said slots, said bases being below said throats, so that the weight of the sashes are in a measure superimposed on said walls, thus relieving the bolts of such weight. The under sides of said walls and those of the tongues S' are inclined, forming locking-joints, which prevent disconnection of the sections E F and T U. When, however, the sections are unlocked by the proper operation of the bolts, the sashes are raised, so that the tongues S' ride upwardly in the slots Q' until they reach the throats R', when the -sashes are swung outwardly on their hinges, the tongues then passing through the throats, so that the sashes lare disconnected from theside sections F and U.

The-interlocking of the sashes with the side ,sections may be readily accomplished by adapted to lock said members and to engage the side stile of a window-frame, a casing adapted to be secured to one of said members, a shaft formed in sections, and a pinion engaging said rack-bolt and being mounted on one of said sections,said sections being hinged together and the outer section thereof being adapted to be folded into the chamber of saidcasing, the shaft-section which carries said pinion being journaled on a wall of said casing.'

2. In a reversible sash having sectional side stiles, aface-plate connected with one section, said'plate being formed with a vertical slot, and a lateral throat above the base of said slot extending through the outer face of the side stile forming an inlet to .said slot, and a tongue on the other section adapted to pass through said throat as the sash is closing and be seated on said base, said tongue and said slotbeing adapted to form a locking-joint.

3. A reversible window-sash having a side stile formed of divided members, a rackbolt adapted to lock said members and to interlock with the side stile of the windowframe, a pinion mounted ou one of the members of the divided side stile, and meshing with said rack-bolt, and an auxiliary locking device for the side stile of the sash, consisting of a plate connected with one member and having a vertical slot, and a lateral throat above the base of said slot, said throat eX- tending through the outer face of the 'side stile, and a tongue on the outer section adapted to pass through said throat when the sash is closing and be seated on said base forming a locking-joint. I

GOTTLIEB HOERSCH. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM.

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