US984594A - Sash-fastening device. - Google Patents

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W. P. OROURKE. v SASH FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION IILED'JUNE 14, 1906.

984,594. Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

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WILLIAM E. OROURKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SASI-I-FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. OROURKE, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sash- Fastening Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates to a fastening device, more particularly for hinged swinging windows, such as ordinary basement windows; and its object is to provide an improved, simple, strong and effective device by which a window or the like may be securely supported and rigidly held in any position to which it may be swung, throughout a wide arc of movement.

I will describe my invention particularly by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of a window or casing, hinged at the bottom, to which my improved support and fastening device is applied; Fig. 2 is a front view of the locking member and the sliding brace rod coope'ating therewith; Fig. 3 is a sectional side view of the locking member and rod shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a front View of the pivoted fulcrum piece for said brace rod, and Fig. 5 is a sectional side view on line 55 of Fig. I.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts wherever they are shown.

In the drawing the invention is shown as applied to a basement window or casing a which is hinged at the lower edge a to the casement or transom. The brace rod 1) is pivoted at the bottom to a fulcrum piece f, the base-plate f whereof is secured to the window-sill; and the upper portion of said brace rod is arranged to slide to and fro in a gripping member 0 which has a hinged connection with the upper portion of the window casing or sas The gripping member is preferably constructed as shown, having a supporting frame 0 with guide-wings c 0 having holes therein through which the brace-rod is passed, and clutch members comprising gripper levers cl (Z pivoted to the frame 0 inside said guide-wings, said gripper levers also having holes through which the bracerod is passed. The gripper levers are yieldingly held in an angular position by springs s s, so that the rod is securely held locked to the gripping member; but by grasping the gripper levers the rod may be released and adjusted to any desired position, the

projecting ends of said levers constituting means for releasing the clutch members from looking engagement with the brace rod. The yoke portion 0 of the frame constitutes means for limiting the movement of the gripping levers (Z, cl. The frame of the gripping member is hinged to a fastening plate e which has screw-holes therein, to be secured to the window sash.'

Preferably the base plate f of the fulcrum piece f is pivoted to said fulcrum piece on an axis perpendicular to the plane of said base plate, so that the base plate may be turned to any angular position to fit in different positions upon the window-frame and to allow the brace-rod to accommodate itself to varying angles.

The operation of the device will be apparent. To adjust the window in any position it is merely necessary to grasp the gripper levers and release the rod so that it is free to slide, then swing the window to the desired angle and release the gripper levers, whereupon the rod will again be firmly locked, and the window thereby securely held and braced in its adjusted position.

I claim 1. The combination with a swinging window, of a rod pivotally supported at one v end and extending in the same general direction as the window but at a slight inclination thereto to form a brace, and a locking member secured to the window and having sliding engagement with the free end of said rod, said locking member having means for gripping said rod.

2. The combination with a window having a hinge at its lower edge about which the window swings, of a brace rod hinged at its lower end at a slight distance from said hinge and extending to approximately the upper edge of the window, and a looking member hinged upon the upper part of the window and having an adjustable look- .ing engagement with said brace rod.

having alined guide-holes therein through which said rod passes,-- whereby the rod is held against rocking relatively to said supporting frame, and a fastening-plate hinged to said supporting frame.

4. In a clutch for transom rods,the combination of a casing connected with the transom and engaged with the rod, said casing being arranged for movement with respectzto the lattera'ndto said transom; a,clutch member carried by the casing-and yieldingly engaged with said rod; means for :releasing said memberfromsuch engagement.

5. .In a clutchfor-transom rods, the combination of EMl'OCklDg; casing connected with the transom and arranged vfor movement upon the rod; a'shiftable clutch member carried r by the: casing N and yieldingly engaged with: said rod; and means for releasing; saidmember from such engagement;

(3:111 .a clutch for transom rods, thercombination. .of E31 leasing, slidably mounted :upon

the; rodeandrpivotally connected with the and transom; a clutch member disposed Within thecasing and formed wit-h a perforation through which said rod extends; means for normally holding said member in position to engage said rod with one end ofits perforation; and means for releasing said meme ber from such engagement 7 7 In a clutch for transom rods, the combination of a rocking casing connected with the transom and 1 arranged for movement.

upon the. rod; a shift-ablewclutch member carried by the casing and yieldingly' engaged with said rod; means for shifting said member-=to release a the. same from ssu ch engagement; and means for limiting such movement.

In witness whereof, I-hereunto subscribe my name this fourth day of June, A. 1)., 1906.

\VILLIAM F. OROURKE.

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