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GB2246393A
GB2246393A GB9025648A GB9025648A GB2246393A GB 2246393 A GB2246393 A GB 2246393A GB 9025648 A GB9025648 A GB 9025648A GB 9025648 A GB9025648 A GB 9025648A GB 2246393 A GB2246393 A GB 2246393A
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05DHINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/40Suspension arrangements for wings supported on arms movable in vertical planes
    • E05D15/44Suspension arrangements for wings supported on arms movable in vertical planes with pivoted arms and vertically-sliding guides
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05CBOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C17/00Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith
    • E05C17/02Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means
    • E05C17/04Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing
    • E05C17/12Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing consisting of a single rod
    • E05C17/24Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing consisting of a single rod pivoted at one end, and with the other end running along a guide member
    • E05C17/28Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing consisting of a single rod pivoted at one end, and with the other end running along a guide member with braking, clamping or securing means at the connection to the guide member
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05DHINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D11/00Additional features or accessories of hinges
    • E05D11/10Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts
    • E05D11/1007Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts with positive locking
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/10Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for buildings or parts thereof
    • E05Y2900/13Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/148Windows

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Abstract

A window restricting device slidably received in a channel 17 of a hinge/stay system comprises a body portion 7 and means 5, 13 for releasably locking the body portion in a desired position in the channel 17. The device enables the opening of a window to be restricted, but on release of the device the window can be opened fully to facilitate cleaning and access therethrough. The device may be attached by a spacer to a slider of a stay-hinge linkage. The locking means suitably comprises a pivotable member 5 with a pin 13 for entering a hole 15 in the channel. The member 5 may be spring-biassed to its locking position. Detent means 23, 25 serve to define both positions of the member 5. <IMAGE>

Description

A WINDOW RESTRICTING DEVICE This invention relates to a window restricting device, and in particular to a device for limiting the opening of a window hinge.
Window hinge systems having a number of sliding struts are known which enable a window to be opened very widely.
Such opening of the window facilitates cleaning and access therethrough in the case of a fire. However, during normal use of the window, it is safer to have the opening of the window limited to a lesser extent. This is particularly important in places, such as schools, where young children may have access to the window.
In the light of the foregoing, it would be most useful to be able to restrict the opening of a window, such as by restricting the opening of the window hinge, during normal use, but to allow full opening of the window in occasional and extreme circumstances. The present invention aims to satisfy this requirement.
According to the present invention there is provided a window restricting device adapted to be received in a channel, comprising a body portion for blocking the channel and means for releasably locking the body portion in a desired position in the channel, wherein when the locking means is released the restricting device is free to slide along the channel.
Preferably the locking means includes a stud which, in use, engages a hole in the channel. Alternatively, the stud may be replaced by a series of teeth which engage corresponding teeth in the channel. Other possibilities for releasably holding the restricting device in a particular position in the channel can of course be envisaged.
Preferably the locking means pivots between its locking position and its release position. This pivoting may occur about a pair of side studs which engage recesses in the body portion. The side studs could, alternatively, extend from the body portion and engage recesses in the locking means itself.
The locking means may include a tapered end region which facilitates pivoting of the locking means. Further, the locking means may pivot about an edge defined by the meeting of the tapered end region with the remainder of the locking means.
In one preferred embodiment, biasing means is provided to urge the locking means into either its locking position or its release position. The biasing means preferably includes a tongue which interacts with the body portion in a resilient manner when the position of the locking means is changed. Hence, when using such an embodiment, a force must be applied to the locking means to urge the tongue from one position to the other.
In an alternative embodiment, the locking means may be biased solely towards its locking position. This biasing may be provided by a spring, such as a leaf spring, beneath the tapered region which urges the locking means to pivot.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the body portion is a frame member and the locking means is accommodated therewith in.
Preferably the body portion or the locking means or both are made substantially from plastics material. However, one or other of the parts of the restricting device could be made of metal.
One application of a restricting device according to the present invention is in a window hinge system which includes struts having nubs (such as mushroom pins) which slide in a channel. In such a system, the struts would be prevented from moving further than desired by virtue of the restricting device being locked in a particular position.
When the window is to be opened more fully, however, the restricting device would be released and allowed to slide along the channel as the struts move. In such a system, more than one position at which the restricting device can be locked may be provided, simply by adding holes (or other suitable catch means) at different positions along the channel.
Rather than being free to slide alone along the channel when released, the restricting device may be attached, via a spacer, to a sliding part of the window hinge system such that, as the window is closed from its unrestricted open position, the restricting device is pulled towards an active position in the channel. Then, as the restricting device reaches its active position in the channel, the locking means preferably automatically engages the channel to retain the restricting device in position.
A specific embodiment of the present invention is now described; by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a plan view of a window restricting device according to the present invention; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional side elevation of the device shown in Figure 1 in its locking position; Figure 3 is a cross-sectional side elevation of the device of Figures 1 and 2 in its release position; and Figure 4 is a view of a portion of a window hinge system showing the position at which a restricting device according to the present invention is included.
With reference to the drawings, a window restricting device 1 comprises a frame member 3 and a locking means 5.
The frame member 3 is made of plastics material and includes an enlarged portion 7 against which a mushroom pin or a mounting block of a sliding strut may abut.
The locking means includes a pair of side studs 9 which engage recesses 11 in the body portion 3. The recesses 11 are open at one side to enable the side studs 9 to enter the recesses 11 during installation of the restricting device.
The locking means 5, which is longitudinal in configuration, is able to pivot about the side studs 9, such that a locking stud 13 mounted at one end of the locking means 5 may engage or release from a hole 15 in a channel 17 of a window hinge system 19 or the like. The other end of the locking means 5, on the other side of the axis of the side studs 9, is tapered to facilitate pivoting of the locking means 5 within the channel 17.
At the end of the tapered section 21 of the locking means 5 is a tongue 23 which interacts with the frame member 3 during use. In this regard, a force must be applied to the locking means 5, whenever the locking stud 13 is inserted into or removed from the hole 15, so that the tongue 23 may pass over a protruding portion 25 of the frame member 3. The tongue 23 only passes over the protruding portion 25 due to the resilience of one or other or both of these integers. This arrangement, however, ensures that the locking means 5 is biased into either its locking configuration (c.f. Figure 2) or its release configuration (c.f. Figure 3).
In practice, the restricting device is entered into a channel of a window hinge system during construction of the system. Then, during use, if the locking means 3 is biased into its locking position, so that the locking stud 13 engages a hole in the channel 17, the struts of the window system are prevented from moving further than a predetermined amount. Hence, the window cannot open more than a certain distance. If, however, the window must be opened fully, either for cleaning purposes or to provide a fire escape or for some other reason, the tapered end 21 of the locking means 5 can be depressed so that the locking stud 13 disengages from the hole 15 in the channel 17; the complete restricting device 1 is then free to move along the channel. This freedom enables the struts of the window system to move also, thus allowing the window to open fully.
To replace the restricting device in its active position, the locking means 5 needs only to be pivoted about the side studs 9 so that the locking stud 13 re-engages the hole 15 in the channel 17. In this regard, if more than one hole 15 is provided in the channel, the degree to which the window is allowed to be opened can be varied depending on the circumstances.
In a more user friendly embodiment of the present invention, not shown in the drawings, the restricting device 1 is attached via a spacer to a mounting block 27 (c.f.
figure 4). Thus, when the window is to be closed from an unrestricted wide-open position, the restricting device is pulled towards the hole in the channel 17 by means of the spacer. A spring, such as a leaf spring under the tapered end 21 of the locking means 5, biases the locking stud 13 towards its active position, such that as the restricting device reaches its operative position, the stud 13 automatically engages the hole in the channel 17. The restricting device is then held in position. The hole in the channel 17 is elongated, thus enabling the mounting block 27 to travel the short distance required to close the hinge fully, without the stud 13 having to disengage from the hole. A degree of "free-play" is also provided between the restricting device and the spacer, so that the stud 13 can be disengaged from the hole and held disengaged whilst a second restricting device, associated with a second hinge mechanism on the opposite side of the window, is released from its respective hole. Such an arrangement facilitates use of the restricting devices.
It will of course be understood that the present invention has been described above purely by way of example, and that modifications in detail can be made within the scope of the invention.

Claims (14)

1. A window restricting device adapted to be received in a channel, comprising a body portion for blocking the channel and means for releasably locking the body portion in a desired position in the channel, wherein when the locking means is released the restricting device is free to slide along the channel.
2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking means includes a stud which, in use, engages a hole in the channel.
3. A device as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the locking means pivots between its locking position and its release position.
4. A device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the locking means includes a pair of side studs, which engage recesses in the body portion, to facilitate pivoting of the locking means.
5. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the locking means includes a tapered end region which facilitates pivoting of the locking means.
6. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein biasing means is provided to urge the locking means into its locking position.
7. A device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the biasing means includes a tongue which interacts with the body portion in a resilient manner.
8. A device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the biasing means comprises a spring acting on an end region of the locking means.
9. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the body portion is a frame member and the locking means is accommodated therewithin.
10. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the body portion is attached to a spacer which, in use, is attached to a sliding part of a window hinge mechanism.
11. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the body portion is made substantially from plastics material.
12. A device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the locking means is made of metal.
13. A window restricting device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
14. A window hinge mechanism including a window restricting device as claimed in any preceding claim.
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GB2274676A (en) * 1992-12-07 1994-08-03 Chelox Limited Lockable window hinge
GB2249343B (en) * 1990-09-28 1994-08-24 Euromond Ltd Stays
GB2295645A (en) * 1994-12-02 1996-06-05 Euromond Ltd Stay
GB2306564A (en) * 1995-10-27 1997-05-07 Euromond Ltd Stay with Releasable Catch
GB2307944A (en) * 1995-12-07 1997-06-11 Cotswold Architect Prod An opening restricting device for a window
GB2309484A (en) * 1996-01-24 1997-07-30 Euromond Ltd Door or window stay
GB2311324A (en) * 1996-03-22 1997-09-24 Interlock Ind Ltd Releasably lockable window stay
GB2319559A (en) * 1996-11-20 1998-05-27 Trojan Hardware & Designs Ltd Sliding catch.
GB2333122A (en) * 1998-01-09 1999-07-14 Dgs Hardware Ltd Window stay with latch for selective locking
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WO2007000570A2 (en) * 2005-06-27 2007-01-04 Securistyle Ltd Sash hinge
EP2085552A1 (en) * 2008-01-31 2009-08-05 J. Banks & Co. Ltd. Three-bar hinge incorporating a window estrictor
EP2835482A1 (en) * 2013-08-09 2015-02-11 Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, LLC Multi-bar linkage hinge assembly with limit stop
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GB2261913A (en) * 1991-11-26 1993-06-02 Securistyle Ltd A hinge
GB2274676A (en) * 1992-12-07 1994-08-03 Chelox Limited Lockable window hinge
WO1994013914A1 (en) * 1992-12-17 1994-06-23 Euromond Limited Stays
GB2295645A (en) * 1994-12-02 1996-06-05 Euromond Ltd Stay
GB2295645B (en) * 1994-12-02 1998-04-22 Euromond Ltd Stays
GB2306564B (en) * 1995-10-27 1999-08-18 Euromond Ltd Stays
GB2306564A (en) * 1995-10-27 1997-05-07 Euromond Ltd Stay with Releasable Catch
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GB2307944A (en) * 1995-12-07 1997-06-11 Cotswold Architect Prod An opening restricting device for a window
GB2309484A (en) * 1996-01-24 1997-07-30 Euromond Ltd Door or window stay
GB2311324A (en) * 1996-03-22 1997-09-24 Interlock Ind Ltd Releasably lockable window stay
GB2311324B (en) * 1996-03-22 1999-10-06 Interlock Ind Ltd Improvements in window stays
GB2319559A (en) * 1996-11-20 1998-05-27 Trojan Hardware & Designs Ltd Sliding catch.
GB2319559B (en) * 1996-11-20 2000-06-21 Trojan Hardware & Designs Ltd Sliding catch
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WO2007000570A2 (en) * 2005-06-27 2007-01-04 Securistyle Ltd Sash hinge
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