Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for unlocking, opening, closing and locking a vent sash. The system may include a push arm configured to extend to open the vent sash and retract to close the vent sash. The system may include a guide arm configured to extend to unlock the vent sash and retract to lock the vent sash. The system may include a handle extension configured to radially rotate substantially one hundred eighty degrees in a first direction on a single plane to extend the push arm and the guide arm. The handle extension may be configured to radially rotate substantially one hundred eighty degrees in a second direction on the single plane to retract the push arm and the guide arm.
Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for providing a window wall with flush slab edge covers. A window wall system can include a sill receptor configured to fixably attach to a top surface of a slab. The window wall system may include a head receptor configured to fixably attach to an underside surface of the slab. The window wall system can include a window wall panel including panel infill and a panel sill configured to detachably couple to the sill receptor. The window wall system may include a slab edge cover including cover infill. The slab edge cover can be configured to detachably couple to the window wall panel and the head receptor. In various embodiments, an exterior surface of the panel infill and an exterior surface of the cover infill are configured to flushly align when the slab edge cover is detachably coupled to the window wall panel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 7, 2013
Date of Patent:
February 24, 2015
Assignee:
Elston Window & Wall, LLC
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Evensen, James Jonathan White
Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for providing a window wall with flush slab edge covers. A window wall system can include a sill receptor configured to fixably attach to a top surface of a slab. The window wall system may include a head receptor configured to fixably attach to an underside surface of the slab. The window wall system can include a window wall panel including panel infill and a panel sill configured to detachably couple to the sill receptor. The window wall system may include a slab edge cover including cover infill. The slab edge cover can be configured to detachably couple to the window wall panel and the head receptor. In various embodiments, an exterior surface of the panel infill and an exterior surface of the cover infill are configured to flushly align when the slab edge cover is detachably coupled to the window wall panel.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 7, 2013
Publication date:
November 13, 2014
Applicant:
Elston Window & Wall, LLC
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Evensen, James Jonathan White
Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for unlocking, opening, closing and locking a vent sash. The system may include a base configured to attach to one or more of a vent stop and a window frame. The system may include a lever pivotably or slidably attached to the base. The lever may be configured to pivotably attach to a locking mechanism interface of the vent sash. The lever may be configured to pivot substantially ninety degrees in a first direction to an unlocked position. The lever may be configured to pivot substantially ninety degrees in a second direction to an opened position. The lever may be configured to pivot substantially ninety degrees in a third direction to a closed position. The lever may be configured to pivot substantially ninety degrees in a fourth direction to a locked position.