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US3503169A
US3503169A US703160A US3503169DA US3503169A US 3503169 A US3503169 A US 3503169A US 703160 A US703160 A US 703160A US 3503169D A US3503169D A US 3503169DA US 3503169 A US3503169 A US 3503169A
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Donald I Johnson
Joseph E Maki
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
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    • E06B7/14—Measures for draining-off condensed water or water leaking-in frame members for draining off condensation water, throats at the bottom of a sash

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  • the disclosure relates to a sill construction of a window frame having a sash or sashes contactable therewith and includes a tubular sill having a drain hole on the upper portion thereof and a weep hole on the outer angularly disposed wall portion thereof.
  • a valve closure member having a top formation in the form of a hook which is pivotally mounted in an offset position on a ange on the outer wall of the sill with the hook formation in engagement with the flange and adapted to normally position against the weep hole and close off the same but which is opened by water pressure built up in the tubular sill whereby water drains from the sill through the weep hole. Wind pressure against the valve pivotally moves the saine upon the weep hole to seal olf the same.
  • the invention relates broadly to window frame construction and more particularly to the sill of a window frame having a sash contactable therewith and the construction for draining the sill.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical section through a window sill and sliding sash with the weep valve in a normally closed position.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial front elevational view on the line 2-2 of FIG. l.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view similar to FIG. l with the weep valve member shown in an open position.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the valve removed from the sill.
  • FIG. 5 is a view on the line 5-5 of FIG. 3 with the valve removed but shown in broken lines.
  • FIG. 6 is a transverse section through a sill having a single track.
  • the sill construction A includes the tubular sill member 10 as part of the win* dow W.
  • the sill 10 is formed of the upper wall portion 12, the inner wall portion 14, the bottom wall portion 16 and the outer wall portion 18.
  • Mounted on the top wall 12 is the outer track 20 and spaced inwardly therefrom is the inner track 22.
  • An outer sash 24 is shown which is slidable horizontally on the outer track 20.
  • An inner sash 25 is slidable on the inner track, and the two sashes bypass for opening and closing of the window.
  • the front wall portion 18 has formed thereon the angularly disposed facing portion 26 which flares upwardly and outwardly from the outer edge of the bottom sill wall portion 16.
  • the upper edge of the wall facing portion 26 is formed with a continuation in the form of an upstanding flange 28.
  • Extending inwardly of the top edge of the facing portion 26 is the short horizontal wall portion 30 which terminates at its inner edge in the short vertical wall portion 32.
  • the short wall portion 32 terminates at its upper edge in the connecting wall portion 34 which terminates in the outer short front wall portion 36 which is connected at its upper edge to the outer edge of the sill top wall portion 12.
  • the flange 28, the horizontal short wall 30 and the short vertical wall 32 form a narrow channel 37.
  • the sill bottom wall portion 16 extends forwardly and downwardly to form a front support 38, and the sill rear wall portion 14 has extending downwardly from its juncture with the bottom Wall 16 the rear support 40.
  • the sill upper wall portion 12 has formed therethrough spaced drain holes 42 which are substantially in vertical alignment with the opposed surfaces of the sashes adjacent and inwardly of the outer track 20.
  • the numeral 44 designates a weep hole formed in the facing portion 26 of the outer wall portion 18.
  • the bottom edge of the weep hole 44 is in alignment with the bottom wall portion 16 of the sill 10 to allow drainage.
  • Any given length of facing 26 is formed with a multiplicity of spaced weep holes 44 which are staggered with relation to the spaced drain holes 42.
  • valve member 46 which includes the flat elongated main body portion 48.
  • elongated head portion 50 Formed on the upper edge of the at body 48 is the elongated head portion 50 the flat central portion of which is disposed substantially ninety degrees to the at body 48.
  • the outer edge of the head portion 50 is enlarged as at 52 which acts as a light weight.
  • the inner edge of the head portion 50 is cupped downwardly in the direction of the body portion 48 to form an elongated hook 54, the hook 54 and the upper portion of the body portion 48 forming a channel 56.
  • the valve 46 is slipped onto the facing wall portion 26 at one end thereof by inserting the hook portion 54 inwardly of the ange 28 and in the channel 37.
  • the shoulders 56 and 58 are then crimped to extend from the flange 28 on each side of the valve.
  • the connecting wall portion 34 is in such proximity to the flange 28 that the valve 46 cannot be easily removed upwardly from the flange 28. As a result the valve is positioned on the facing 26 between the shoulders 56 and 58 and cannot be displaced longitudinally from a position therebetween.
  • the length and width of the valve mem-ber 46 is greater than the extent of the weep hole 44, and the valve pivot,
  • FIGS. l and 2 ally and normally hangs in the position shown in FIGS. l and 2 ilat against the facing wall portion 26 and upon and covering the weep hole 44 due to the lower edge of the hook 54 resting on the bottom of the channel 37 whereby the valve member is pivotally hung in a position offset from the main body portion 48.
  • the otset position maintains the body 48 tilted ilat against the angularly disposed facing wall 26 and upon the hole W due to gravity.
  • FIG. 6 is illustrated a sill 10a substantially identical to sill 10 except that sill 10a has a single track 60 on which the sash 62 is contacta-ble.
  • the identical portions bear the same reference numbers but with a lower case letter a accompanying the number.
  • the upper wall portion 12a is formed with the drain hole 42a which is positioned between the track 60 and the inner wall portion 14a.
  • a self-draining window sill comprising:
  • tubular sill having drain means leading an upper portion of the tubular sill to the interior of said tubular sill
  • (e) means normally positioning said valve closed upon said weep hole for preventing the entrance of wind ⁇ pressure onto the sill and allowing said valve to pivot away lfrom said weep hole and open the same due to water pressure within said tubular sill,
  • said drain means including a hole formed in an upper portion of the tubular sill
  • valve member including a flat body portion
  • said means normally positioning said valve closed upon the weep hole including a head portion formed on the upper edge of said flat body and extending outwardly therefrom in both directions, one direction of which embodies a hook and the other direction of which embodies a guatsrwsisht,
  • valve aligning means includes spaced shoulder means struck from said tiange and extending'outwardly therefrom.
  • a self-draining window sill comprising:
  • tubular sill having drain means leading from an upper portion of the tubular sill to the interior of said tubular sill
  • tubular sill having a Weep hole on a lower outer outer face portion thereof, (d) a valve member pivotally mounted on said outer face portion of said tubular sill in alignment with said Weep hole,
  • (e) means normally positioning said valve closed upon said weep hole for preventing the entrance of wind pressure onto the sill and allowing said valve to pivot away from said weep hole and open the same due to water pressure within said tubular sill,
  • valve member includes a ilat body portion
  • said valve member includes a hook portion formed on the upper edge of said at body portion at substantially right angles to said body portion, and
  • a self-draining window sill comprising:
  • tubular sill having drain means leading from an upper portion of the tubular sill to the interior of said tubular sill
  • (e) means normally positioning said valve closed upon said weep hole for preventing the entrance of wind pressure onto the sill and allowing said valve to pivot away from said weep hole and open the same due to water pressure within said tubular sill,
  • valve positioning means including said lower face portion of said tubular sill in the area of said weep hole is angularly disposed downwardly relative to the vertical and against which said flat body portion of said valve normally rests.

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US3866369A (en) * 1973-03-21 1975-02-18 Alusuisse Reversible sill assembly with a positive fluid drain
US4003171A (en) * 1975-07-03 1977-01-18 Crossley Window Co., Inc. Hydrostatic water discharge valve for window frame sills
JPS5432040U (de) * 1977-08-08 1979-03-02
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US4644717A (en) * 1985-03-08 1987-02-24 Butler Manufacturing Co. Curtain wall valve system
US5123212A (en) * 1991-02-26 1992-06-23 Dallaire Industries Ltd. Drainage system and method of draining extruded window frame sills
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US20120005975A1 (en) * 2009-03-02 2012-01-12 Soon Seok Kim Easy-to-construct window apparatus
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US3782064A (en) * 1971-11-11 1974-01-01 S Hubbard Moisture deflector for a wall system
US3866369A (en) * 1973-03-21 1975-02-18 Alusuisse Reversible sill assembly with a positive fluid drain
US4003171A (en) * 1975-07-03 1977-01-18 Crossley Window Co., Inc. Hydrostatic water discharge valve for window frame sills
JPS5432040U (de) * 1977-08-08 1979-03-02
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JPS5630637Y2 (de) * 1977-08-08 1981-07-21
JPS5630638Y2 (de) * 1977-08-08 1981-07-21
US4644717A (en) * 1985-03-08 1987-02-24 Butler Manufacturing Co. Curtain wall valve system
US5123212A (en) * 1991-02-26 1992-06-23 Dallaire Industries Ltd. Drainage system and method of draining extruded window frame sills
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US5887387A (en) * 1995-12-27 1999-03-30 Dallaire Industries Ltd. Drainage system for horizontally sliding closure assemblies
US5787659A (en) * 1996-12-20 1998-08-04 Kawneer Company Weep valve for frame member
GB2349164A (en) * 1999-04-23 2000-10-25 Fullex Ltd Valve for drainage opening
US6182405B1 (en) * 1999-12-08 2001-02-06 Marzeu Artistic Aluminum Ltd Window frame structure
US6374557B1 (en) * 2000-06-30 2002-04-23 Ashland Products, Inc. Weep hole construction
US6357186B1 (en) * 2000-09-15 2002-03-19 Marzen Artistic Aluminum Ltd. Self-venting window frame
US20070033880A1 (en) * 2005-08-09 2007-02-15 Michael Holevas Hidden window screen
US7703498B2 (en) * 2005-08-09 2010-04-27 Michael Holevas Hidden window screen
US7845125B2 (en) * 2007-04-03 2010-12-07 Gsg International S.P.A. Profile for sliding windows or doors, method for making the profile, and window or door obtained with the profile
US20080245000A1 (en) * 2007-04-03 2008-10-09 Gsg International S.P.A. Accessory for profiles for sliding windows or doors
US8001743B2 (en) * 2007-04-03 2011-08-23 Gsg International S.P.A. Accessory for profiles for sliding windows or doors
US20080245027A1 (en) * 2007-04-03 2008-10-09 Gsg International S.P.A. Profile for sliding windows or doors, method for making the profile, and window or door obtained with the profile
US20100242365A1 (en) * 2007-08-29 2010-09-30 Aneeta Window Systems (Vic) Pty Ltd Sliding windows, doors and the like
US20100205866A1 (en) * 2009-02-17 2010-08-19 Joseph Guy Reithmeyer Double Hung Window with Improved Water Management System
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US8683747B2 (en) * 2009-03-02 2014-04-01 Soon Seok Kim Modular window apparatus with liquid drainage ability
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US20140041326A1 (en) * 2012-08-10 2014-02-13 Pella Corporation Weather seal system for double hung window
US9062490B2 (en) * 2012-08-10 2015-06-23 Pella Corporation Weather seal system for double hung window
US9556668B2 (en) 2012-08-10 2017-01-31 Pella Corporation Weather seal system for double hung windows
US10087678B2 (en) 2013-03-13 2018-10-02 George E. Pettibone Modular window sub-sill unit for rainwater drainage
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US20160138327A1 (en) * 2014-11-14 2016-05-19 Sunview Patio Doors Ltd. Drain cover assembly
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US11542746B2 (en) 2020-11-20 2023-01-03 Solar Innovations Llc Sill assembly and subsill for the same
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