Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090014905 | Extruded sash lock - A sash lock having an extruded housing is disclosed. The housing has two open sidewalls. The housing receives a frame, the frame is securable to the underside of the housing. The frame has a sidewall member that forms the sidewall of the housing. | 01-15-2009 |
20090044377 | Casement window hinge - An improved shoe for a casement window hinge is disclosed. The hinge has a base with a front end and a rear end and two sides. The base has a ridge on the rear end for securing the base to a track and a tongue extending from one of the sides. The tongue has a plurality of teeth extending from a side of the tongue. A gear wheel is adapted to be rotatably secured to a track. The gear wheel has a plurality of teeth about its circumference which mesh with the teeth on the gear wheel. The rotation of the gear wheel causes the base of the hinge to move longitudinally in relation to the track. | 02-19-2009 |
20100011669 | Block and tackle balance assembly with rotatable shoe - A balance assembly for a sliding sash window, where a spring-loaded pulley arrangement is interconnected between the window frame and the window, to counter the weight of the window, and permit ease of opening and closing the window. The spring-loaded pulley arrangement is located within a housing, which also facilitates attachment of the shoe. The shoe of this balance assembly being rotatable between a first and a second position to permit fitting the assembly into the side of the window frame, when the shoe is in the first position, and to permit final installation of the assembly when the shoe in the second position. The shoe is retained in the first and second positions by detents. This rotatable shoe feature permitting installation, of the Balance Assembly of this invention, into a window frame at later stages of the window assembly sequence. | 01-21-2010 |
20100037524 | Latch for tiltable sash windows - A latch is provided for use principally on a pivotal sash window of a double-hung sash window assembly. The latch comprises a latch-bolt slidably mounted within and biased relative to a housing, where the housing is mounted to the top rail of the sash window. The latch bolt is connected to a button for manual actuation of the latch bolt. The latch bolt, while maintaining the convenience and utility of a standard short throw latch, is contoured and designed to maintain engagement with the jam after the window has been deformed under high sustained wind loading typically experienced during extreme weather phenomena such as hurricanes and tornados. The engagement is assured in spite of twisting of the latch bolt within the corresponding opening in the jam. | 02-18-2010 |
20100281780 | Window vent stop with flexible side engagement pieces - A window vent stop for use in a sliding sash window assembly or a sliding door assembly. The vent stop has a housing adapted to be disposed in a recess in the non-movable sash member. This housing includes a cavity with a bottom plate therein. The tumbler has at least one pivot for pivotally securing the tumbler to the housing for movement between an extended position, to prevent movement of the sliding member and a retracted position, to allow movement of the sliding member. Also within the housing is a spring for biasing the tumbler. The housing has one or more flexible members extending from the end walls of the housing that secure the housing to an opening in a window sash when a portion of the window sash is positioned between the underside of a lip on said housing and the flexible member. | 11-11-2010 |
20130093198 | Sash Window Tilt Latch Accommodating Varying Rail/Stile Cross-Sectional Arrangements - A latch is adapted to accommodate its installation into any one of several sash window frames, having different cross-sectional frame arrangements and setback distances. The latch includes a housing, spring and latch bolt. The housing includes a top plate, a side wall, and a bottom wall, which form a cavity, with the latch bolt being slidably received therein. The spring biasing the latch bolt to protrude out from a housing opening. The bottom wall includes a contoured peripheral opening configured to form a first flexible platform and a second flexible platform, each having one or more tabs thereon, formed by first and second surfaces converging to form an apex. The first surface of each tab accommodates latch installation for varying sash window frame set-back distances, with the second surface being configured to cause the platform to deflect into said cavity when being engaged during the installation into the sash frame. | 04-18-2013 |
20140306462 | Window Vent Stop with Flexible Side Engagement Pieces - A window vent stop for use in a sliding sash window assembly or a sliding door assembly. The vent stop has a housing adapted to be disposed in a recess in the non-movable sash member. This housing includes a cavity with a bottom plate therein. The tumbler has at least one pivot for pivotally securing the tumbler to the housing for movement between an extended position, to prevent movement of the sliding member and a retracted position, to allow movement of the sliding member. Also within the housing is a spring for biasing the tumbler. The housing has one or more flexible members extending from the end walls of the housing that secure the housing to an opening in a window sash when a portion of the window sash is positioned between the underside of a lip on said housing and the flexible member. | 10-16-2014 |
20150089877 | Casement Window Opening Control Device - A device may limit opening of a sash hingedly coupled to a master frame, and includes: a bracket attached to the sash; a first arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the bracket; a second arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the first arm's second end; means for biasing the second arm into a retracted position; and a release assembly. The release assembly is secured to the master frame and includes a hook pivotable between a first position and a second position, which, in the first position, may be releasably received in an opening in the second end of the second arm when the second arm is in the retracted position, as the sash is closed and received within the master window frame The second arm is disengaged from the hook, permitting full opening of the sash, when the hook is pivoted into the second position. | 04-02-2015 |