Improvements in and connected with Windows, Reflectors, Sky-lights, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1890
CODELETE DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Windows, Reflectors,
Sky-lights, and the like.
We, JOHANN BUSOHEK, of No. 12 Mariahilfer Strasse, Vienna, Austria, Mechanic,
and CARL GANZERT and JOHANN SCHIEL, trading under the style or firm of "Schiel
and Ganzert," of the Town of Kronstadt, Siebenbürgen, Austria, Manufacturers
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of Drawings and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to improvements in the adjusting and fixing of ventilating
windows, reflectors, sky-lights and the like, and consists principally of a device, by
means of which ventilating windows, reflectors, sky-lights, fan lights and the like can
be readily adjusted from any desired point into any desired position and securely held
in the saine.
A further arrangement is employed so that the sheets of glass need not
be fixed in the frames by means of putty, but are held by means of a suitable pressure
frame, a device being also employed to prevent the rain water from penetrating into
the walls of the building, thus retaining the same constantly dry.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, and
Figure 2 an elevation of our invention applied to a ventilating window.
The window f, which moves on its hinges c, c in the frame r, contains a number
of small frames corresponding with the number of panes in the window, said
small frames being arranged to turn on the hinges c¹, c', serving to hold the window
panes in position, and being held in closed position by appropriate buttons. The
advantage of this arrangement is, that a broken pane can be immediately replaced by
a reserve pane without having to disturb the old putty at all, or to put in a fresh
quantity.
One or more arms 6 are attached to the window frame, to which a bent lever h is
pivotally attached. A second arın bis attached to the outer frame or casing at about
the same height as the hinges c, to which a two-armed lever k is pivotted at i, said
lever being pivotted at the one end to the bent lever h and at the other end to the
limit or rod g, said rod being pivotally connected to the draw rod 2.
This rod z
runs in suitable guides and extends downward into a casing n, which serves as
guide for the said rod and to receive a counterweight m connected to the said
rod, said counterweight being so arranged that it will balance the window to be
operated.
It will be evident from the foregoing that when the counterweight m is raised or
lowered, the window will be opened or closed, and that the window being balanced
by the counterweight, the said window can be adjusted to a fraction of an inch.
We furthermore employ a spring lever & with stop pin s, so that the counterweight m
can be arrested at any desired position by the said pins gearing into suitable
borings in the casing n. The rod z can be let into the brick work and the opening
closed by one or more small narrow doors, and the counterweight can also be fixed
in position by any other appropriate means than described above.
The device for leading off rain water and the like is to be readily seen from
Figure 1 and consists of a slanting trough a, provided with an outlet tube leading into
the open air or into a suitable collecting vessel inside the building. When cast iron
window frames are used, the rebates in the frame can be so arranged that when the
window is closed it will form an almost hermotical closure.
We have only shown the improvements as applied to a window, but it will be
evident that the same can be as readily applied to a reflector, a skylight or other

page_text: similar arrangement and that our improved mode of adjustment and fixing can be
applied with great advantage to the socalled shed roofing of engineering shops and
the like in order to attain a better and thorough ventilation of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The arrangement of the arm on window frames, reflectors and the like in
connection with a system of levers hand and the draw rod z with or without the
limb or arm g, so that by means of the arm band by employing the counterweight m
on the draw rod, the part to be adjusted is held in any desired position, substantially
as set forth and shown.
2. The arrangement of small frames for holding each pane of glass in the windows,
reflectors and the like, substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The arrangement of grooves or troughs and outlet tubes for leading the rain
water off windows, reflectors and the like, substantially as set forth and shown.
Bated this 8th day of November 1889.
Ded Uus on tay Of Lovender LOON.
J. BUSCHEK.
CARL GANZERT.
J. SCHIEL.
Per W. H. Beck,
Agent.