Patent ID: 7607262
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: E05B,E05C,E05D,E05Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An integrated tilt-latch/sash lock assembly for a sash window assembly, the sash window assembly having an upper sash window and a lower sash window slideable within a master frame, and a keeper connected to the upper sash window, the tilt-latch/sash lock assembly comprising: a rotor assembly configured to be supported by the lower sash window having a rotor configured for engaging the keeper; a spool configured to be supported by the lower sash window and operably connected with the rotor, the spool having a channel, the channel having a protrusion and a recess therein, wherein the protrusion is generally opposed to the recess; a pair of latch bolts configured to be supported by the lower sash window and each latch bolt configured to engage the master frame; a connector disposed within the channel and having a first end connected to one of the pair of latch bolts and a second end connected to the other of the pair of latch bolts, wherein the protrusion retains the connector within the channel; an actuator operably connected to the rotor, the actuator having a locked position wherein the rotor is adapted to engage the keeper, the actuator being moveable to an unlocked position wherein the rotor is adapted to disengage from the keeper, and being further moveable to a tiltable position wherein the rotor rotates to wind the connector thereby retracting the latch bolts from the master frame.