US829041A - Window. - Google Patents

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, PATEN'I'ED AUG. 21, 1906.

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ZAUHARIAH' L. 'IRAINHAM, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF 'IU 'IHOM AS It. (iOOUH, ()F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed December 4, 1905. Serial No. 290.282.

To alt whom it nuty concern Be it known that I, ZACHARIAII L. TRAIN- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to windows designed especially for application to railway-cars, and

wo has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily installed for use, one whereby the entrance of cindcrs into the car when the window is open for ventilation is [5 obviated, and one wherein rainwater falling on the screen-section of the window will be eli'ectually drained therefrom and discharged outside of the car.

With these and other objects in view the 26 invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described In the accompanying drawings, F i ure 1 is an inner face view of a window em odying the invention. Fig 2 is a vertical section centrally through the window, showing the same applied to a car. Fig 3 is a side elcva tion of the screen-section,

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a window arranged for vertical sliding movcincnt in a frame 2, included in :1 car or other structure 3 and having thcrebencath a compartment or well 4, formed between the inner wall 5 and outer wall 6 of the structure and provided at its lower end with a dischar 'c opening or port 7, suitably formed in the sill R of the structure, there beingprovided at the bottom of the frame 2 an inner sill 9 and an outer inclined sill l0, sustained, respectively, on the walls 5 and 6 and having their inner adjacent edges spaced to provide a guide opening or way 11, communicating with. the compartment 4 and at the upper end of the latter.

Mounted For vertical movement in the guidcopening 11 and adapted to be housed within the well or compartment 4. is a reticu- Iated window section or screen 12, the frame 13 of which has formed upon its upper bar or rail 14- an i)utwardly-extending substantially horizontal [lange 15, adapted to engage the sill 11) for limiting, the downward movement of the screen into the compartment 4 and to bear beneath the lower edge of the window 1, to which the screen may be coupled by means of coupling members or hasps 16, hinged to the bar 14 and adapted for engagement with members or staples 17, caricd by the frame of the window I, the has 16 being adapted to fold downward to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and bear upon the sill 9 when the screen is housed within the well all Provided on the lower her 18 of the screenframe 13 is a trough or gutter 19, adapted to 0 communicate with a tubular discharge member or spout 20, carried by and positioned at the longitudinal center of the bar or rail IS. the gutter Ill, which is preferably formed iiitcgral with and by suitably bending the bar 7o 18 into shape, being inclined from its ends downwardly toward its point of communication with the spout 20, whereby water received in the gutter will be freely discharged into the spout, the lower end of which is positioned over and for discharge through the port 7.

In practice the scrccn l2 normally occupies the dotted-line position illustrated in Fig. 2, housed within the coni'partment 4, under which conditions the llangc 15 will rest upon the sill 10 and the spout '21) project downward through the opening or port 7, itbcing noted in this connection that the window 1 is considerably shorter than its frame 3 to in- 8; sure proper ventilation oi the car or other apartment. Vl hcn it becomes necessary or desirable to bring the screen into use for preventing the cntrancc ol cindcrs or the like through the opening or space between the lower edge of the window 1 and the bottom of frame 2, the coupling members 16 are ongaged with the staples 17, thus connecting the screen for movement with the window, the screen being under these conditions drawn 95 out of the well 4 to the position indicated by full lines in Fig. 2. In the event of rain ialling on the screen 12 the water will drain from the latter into the gutter 19 and thence through the spout 20 and port 7 to the outside of the car or other structure 3, it being noted that when the screen is in normal position. the flange 15 will in bearing on the sill I0 ell'ectually prevent the entrance of rain, dust, or the like into the well 4.

From the foregoing it is ap 'iarent that I produce a simple device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it boing understood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the inventiolr Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a device of the class described, a windmv-frame having a well therebeneath, a sash arranged for vertical moven'ient in the frame, a screen movably disposed in and adapted to be housed within the well, an outwardly-projecting, substantially horizontal flange formed on the upper bar of the screenl'rame, said flange being adapted to overlap the wimlow-frame sill for ellectually closing the well when the screen is housed in the latter and also to bear beneath the lower edge of the sash for holding the frame firmly in relation thereto, and means for detachably k coupling the screen to the sash for movement therewith.

2. In a device of the elass'described, a win (low-frame having a well therebeneath provided with a discharge-port, a sash arranged for vertical movement in the frame, a screen movably disposed in and adapted to be housed within the well, an outwardly-mm jeoting, substantially horizontal flange formed on the upper bar of the screen-frame, said flange being adapted to overlap the windowframe sill for effectually closing the well when the screen is housed in the latter and also to bear beneath the sash for holding the screen rigid thereon, a gutter formed directly on the lower bar of the screen-frame by suitably bending said bar into shape, a dischargespout arranged over the port and connected at its upper end to the soreei'i-frame for communication with the gutter, the latter being inclined dmvnwardly toward the spout, and means for detachably coupling the screen to the sash for movement therewith.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ZACHARIAH L. l'l{AINHAM. Witnesses:

'F. S. COLEMAN,

P. C. ()MOIIUNDRO.

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