Patent ID: 9004143
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A window assembly comprising: a frame assembly, the frame assembly including an operating-side rail, a non-operating-side rail, a top rail and a bottom rail, the operating-side rail being connected to the top rail by a first corner clip and being connected to the bottom rail by a second corner clip, the non-operating side rail being connected to the top rail by a third corner clip and being connected to the bottom rail by a fourth corner clip; an interior glass panel mounted to the frame assembly at an interior side of the frame assembly; an exterior glass panel mounted to the frame assembly at an exterior side of the frame assembly opposite from the interior side; a blind assembly operably attached to the top rail between the glass panels; a follower carriage retained within the operating-side rail, the follower carriage being operably connected to the blind assembly such that movement of the follower carriage within the operating-side rail in a first direction causes adjustment of the blind assembly towards an open configuration and movement of the follower carriage within the operating-side rail in a second direction causes adjustment of the blind assembly towards a closed configuration; an operator magnetically coupled to the follower carriage at the interior glass panel, whereby movement of the operator causes corresponding movement of the follower carriage; the operating-side rail includes an operating-side exterior spacer plate and an operating-side interior spacer plate, the operating-side interior spacer plate being held apart from the operating-side exterior spacer plate by the first and second corner clips whereby the operating-side interior spacer plate is not in direct thermally conductive contact with the operating-side exterior spacer plate and wherein the operating-side interior spacer plate includes an inner lip, an intermediate lip, and an outer lip that each extend generally perpendicularly from an operating-side interior spacer plate base plate, wherein a first channel is formed by the outer lip, the base plate, and the intermediate lip, and wherein a second channel is formed by the intermediate lip, the base plate, and the inner lip, and wherein the spring holder includes a spring holder base mounted within the first channel and a spring holder body that extends into the second channel, the spring holder body extending through a notch in the intermediate lip; and the non-operating-side rail includes a non-operating-side exterior spacer plate and a non-operating-side interior spacer plate, the non-operating-side interior spacer plate being held apart from the non-operating-side exterior spacer plate by the third and fourth corner clips whereby the non-operating-side interior spacer plate is not in direct thermally conductive contact with the non-operating-side exterior spacer plate.