Patent ID: 6088880
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
An adjustable shoe for use with a awning window hinge, the hinge having a longitudinally extending track attachable to a window opening, the track including a shoe support surface and a channel extending along the length of the shoe support surface at a transverse edge of the shoe support surface, the channel opening perpendicularly toward the shoe support surface, the hinge including further a sash arm attachable to a window sash and a guide arm pivotably attached at one end to the track and at the other end to the sash arm, the shoe comprising:a sole plate having a first side sized to fit adjacent to the shoe support surface and having a pivot pivotably receiving one end of the sash arm;a rail extending perpendicularly from the sole plate to fit within the channel when the first side of the sole plate is adjacent to the shoe support surface, the rail attached at a first end through a fulcrum to the sole plate in cantilevered fashion; anda wedge movably attached to the sole plate and the rail and positioned between the fulcrum and a second end of the rail to bend the rail outward from the sole plate thereby reducing clearance between the rail and the channel when the rail is so installed in the channel.