Patent GB-655026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the windows of vehicles
IPC: B60J1/08
Filed: 1948-12-31
Abstract: 655,026. Window frames. YOUNG, W. Dec. 31, 1948. Nos. 33654/48 and 30961/49. [Class 20(iii)] A window comprises an outer or main flanged frame b which carries the window pane or panes g and which fits into the window opening with the flange b<SP>1</SP> overlapping the outer marginal edges of the opening, and a separate inner or finisher frame i which extends over and conceals the inner face of the main frame, the main frame being drawn into the window opening, so that its flange makes a weathertight joint with the marginal edge of the opening, by means of screws j inserted through holes in the finisher frame or in brackets p secured in the opening and screwed into tapped holes in the outer frame. The window opening of a vehicle, ship or building, is formed by a fixed frame a<SP>2</SP> carried by outer and inner panels a, a<SP>1</SP>. A rubber weather strip b<SP>2</SP> fits in a recess in the flange b<SP>1</SP> and seals against the panel a. The outer frame b has webs c, c<SP>1</SP> which form a channel c<SP>2</SP> to receive the moulding for the pane, and may have a guide rib a. A transverse member may be fitted to receive the edges of panes g, g<SP>2</SP> , and the member may carry a guide rib a<SP>2</SP>, house the window operating mechanism, or act as an abutment for weather stripping carried by a movable sash. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, a vertically sliding frame h is guided on ribs d, the lower half of channel c<SP>2</SP> occupied by a fixed frame and the upper half sealed by a moulding f<SP>1</SP>. The frame b may be made in two or more parts and joined, e.g. at the sides or corners by plates k fitting in channels formed between the flanges b<SP>1</SP> and j<SP>1</SP>, thus the complete frame b may be given any required arrangement of channels c<SP>2</SP> and ribs d. The finisher frame i of L-section with the vertical flange abutting the panel a<SP>1</SP> and the horizontal flange mating with a rib c<SP>3</SP> on the web c' is attached to the frame b by the screws j. Fittings on the frame b such as locks or catches may be concealed by the frame i. Fig. 5 shows a construction with fixed panes g, g<SP>2</SP> and a horizontally sliding pane g<SP>1</SP>, on outwardly turned flange i<SP>3</SP> on the frame i abutting a raised portion of the panel a. The frame i may carry a selfadjusting surround l pressed by springs l<SP>1</SP> to contact the web c<SP>1</SP>, and the flange i<SP>1</SP> may enter the recess of a frame m and be urged outwardly by a compression spring n therein, as in Fig. 6. A vertical flange i<SP>2</SP> which abuts the panel a<SP>1</SP> may also be fitted. The frame b shown in Fig. 7 is fixed to the frame a<SP>2</SP>, by screws j passing through bracket p, having flanges s which bear on the frame a<SP>2</SP>, and the frame i is attached by screws o to the frame a<SP>2</SP>. In the construction shown in Fig. 8 the bracket p carries a spring- loaded plunger q which co-operates with a flange r on the frame i, the frame i being pressed inwardly until the bulbous end r' of the flange r engages under the plunger q.