Abstract: A fenestration system includes a frame defining a sealing slot; a pane assembly assembled with the frame, the pane assembly defining an edge; a gap defined between the frame and the edge; and a fin seal defining a connector portion and a fin portion extending from the connector portion, the connector portion engaging the sealing slot, the fin portion extending across the gap and abutting the edge, the fin portion tapering in thickness between the connector portion and the edge.

Abstract: Exemplary implementations of a thermally-efficient slidable fenestration assembly are glass window systems or glass door systems having one or more sliding glass panels. The fenestration assemblies are adapted to be mounted in an architectural structure such as a building or house. Accessory channels in the fenestration framework may be provided to facilitate nail-fin, retro-fit or screen adaptors as means to attach the assembly to the surrounding architecture. Stiles, tracks and rails of the assembly are specifically configured to reduce heat transfer across the fenestration assembly, while simultaneously maintaining the structural integrity and durability of the overall assembly. Certain stile, track and rail components may comprise materials of relatively low conductivities. Preferred stile configurations include interlock elements arranged to reduce the assembly's vulnerability to tampering from a position outside of the fenestration.

Abstract: A door frame including an inside steel panel having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, and a C-shaped section with a first portion of the C-shaped section extending parallel to the inner surface of the inside steel panel; an outside steel panel having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, and a U-shaped section with a second portion of the C-shaped section extending perpendicular to the second inner surface of the outside steel panel; a first insulating material interposed between the first portion of the C-shaped section of the inside steel panel and the second inner surface of the outside steel panel to thermally isolate the inside steel panel and the outside steel panel from each other, and said inside steel panel and outside steel panel being secured together to form a thermal break system.

Abstract: A door assembly providing a door frame including an inside steel panel having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a C-shaped section extending about a periphery thereof with a portion of the C-shaped section extending in part parallel to the inner surface of the inside steel panel; an outside steel panel having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a C-shaped section extending about a periphery thereof with a portion of the C-shaped section extending in part parallel to the inner surface of the outside steel panel; an insulating material interposed between respective C-shaped sections of the inside steel panel and the outside steel panel to thermally isolate the inside steel panel and the outside steel panel from each other, and said inside steel panel and outside steel panel being secured together at respective C-shaped sections to form the thermal break system.

Abstract: A classroom barrier comprising a sliding panel or hinged panel designed to block a classroom door or window opening in certain emergency situations such as the presence of an armed assailant. The barrier is locked from the inside with no chance for it to be unlocked from the exterior. The classroom barrier is simple to operate, bullet resistant, and impenetrable for some predetermined length of time.

Abstract: A hung egress window allows the operable lower sash to travel a greater distance relative to a prior art hung window in order to give more clear space height for a given size window. This additional travel distance is achieved by lowering the location of the top rail of lower sash to be substantially below the bottom rail of the upper sash except where the seating flange of the top rail seats within a gasket lined seating pocket of the bottom rail of the upper sash. Additionally, the profile of the sill is lowered so that a portion of the flanges of the glazing pocket of the lower sash visibly extend above the sill.

Abstract: A safety gate has two frame assemblies, a shaft fixing assembly and a stretcher assembly. A relative distance between the two frame assemblies is fixed by the shaft fixing assembly first. The stretcher assembly further pushes the two frame assemblies outwardly so that the two frame assemblies tightly abut against two walls of a mounting premise and can be held on the walls securely. When the safety gate is not in use, the stretcher assembly is released to loosen the safety gate from the walls and the stretcher assembly can be moved to elsewhere. As the safety gate can be repeatedly mounted without having to readjust the relative distance between the two frame assemblies with the shaft fixing assembly, the operation of the safety gate is easy and convenient.

Abstract: A glass run includes an upper side portion, a front vertical portion, a rear vertical portion, a front corner portion, a rear corner portion and an ornamental molding portion. An upper end of the molding portion is integrally jointed to the rear corner portion, and a lower end of the ornamental molding portion extends obliquely so as to be positioned frontwardly of the rear corner portion. The ornamental molding portion includes a base part and an ornamental lip part. The base part and the ornamental lip part hold a tip end of an outer panel of the door frame. The ornamental lip part is formed such that an upper end thereof is formed continuously with an outer cover lip of the rear corner portion, and a lower end thereof contacts an outer weather strip.

Abstract: A sash window includes a support device disposed on a lower end portion of each sash and including a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the sash relative to a window frame, and a latch device disposed on an upper end portion of the sash for interlocking engagement with each jamb member to lock the sash in position against pivotal movement relative to the window frame. The window frame has a holder member for holding the pivot shaft in position against movement in inward and outward directions of the sash window when the sash is in a fully closed position. A first reinforcement member is mounted in at least one sash rail, and a second reinforcement member is mounted in a portion of each jamb member adapted for engagement with the latch device in the fully closed state of the sash, so as to indirectly reinforce the jamb member portion from inside the jamb member.

Abstract: An accessory for profiles used for making frames for sliding windows or doors comprising, amongst other things, a fixed frame formed by two crosspieces and two stiles; the profile forming the first lower crosspiece comprises two sliding tracks, parallel with one another, presented by a lower base body, and heat insulation elements; this profile having an element for connecting and joining two halves of the profile, transversally separate relative to the length of the tracks and together forming the whole of the lower crosspiece; this connecting and joining element also has heat insulation properties.

Abstract: An opening mechanism (1) includes a longitudinal guide (3) fixed to the frame of a furniture unit and, for each door (2), a first slide (4) sliding along the longitudinal guide (3), a second slide (5) which carries the door (2) and which slides transversally on the first slide (4) from a retracted position to an extracted position and vice versa and return elements to bring the second slide (5) back to the retracted position. The second slide (5) is able to rotate with respect to the first slide (4) and presents a curved space (8) in which guide elements (7), integral with the first slide (4). The first slide (4) further includes holding elements (10), controlled by a control surface (51) situated in the longitudinal guide (3), able to lock the second slide (5) in the extracted position when the door (2) is open to prevent the second slide (5) from being brought back to the retracted position by the return elements.

Abstract: A lift and sliding fenestration assembly includes a single or multi lift/slide panel assembly including at least a primary panel and an optional secondary panel, where the primary panel is slidable along a first plane. The fenestration assembly further includes a linkage system operatively coupled with the lift/slide panel assembly, and a handle is coupled with the linkage system. The handle has an open position and a closed position, and the handle is movable between an open position and a closed position. The handle travels in a second plane, and the second plane is transverse to the first plane. In a further option, the primary panel is slidable along the first plane when the handle is rotated and placed in an open position.

Abstract: A pair of interlocking bi-parting sliding doors includes a first sliding door and a second sliding door, wherein the first sliding door has a first meeting stile that includes a first side portion for maintaining a door glass panel and a first mating side portion for engaging the second sliding door, wherein the first mating side portion includes a plurality of recessed zones, and wherein the second sliding door has a second meeting stile that includes a second side portion for maintaining a door glass panel and a second mating side portion for engaging the first mating side portion of the first sliding door, wherein the second mating side portion includes a plurality of extensions, wherein when the first sliding door and the second sliding door are in a closed position, the plurality of extensions interlock with the plurality of recessed zones.

Abstract: A window includes at least one multiple pane unit (1, 2) mounted in an opening for sliding movement between an open position and a closed position. The multiple pane unit (1, 2) includes at least two panes (34, 38) in spaced disposition, and has a seal (30) disposed there between to form a sealed chamber between the two panes. At least one of the panes (38) extends beyond the seal (30). In an alternative aspect of the invention, there may be two such multiple pane units (1, 2) in a sliding or other type of window. In the closed positions of the window, portions of the seal (30) of the multiple pane units are aligned and one of the multiple pane units (1) has at least one of its panes (38) extending beyond the seal (30).

Abstract: A sliding window assembly includes two rectangular sash frames each enclosing an insulated glass panel unit and supported by a surrounding main support frame. At least one of the sash frames is supported for horizontal movement, and horizontally extending interlocking members are formed on the adjacent upper and lower horizontal frame members of the sash frame and main support frame. The interlocking members have interfitting horizontal hook portions positioned to permit each movable sash frame to move freely between a closed position and an open position. The interfitting hook portions are effective to engage and interlock each other in response to a substantial positive or negative windload or such a windload after an impact which breaks the glass panel unit, to limit deflection and prevent permanent deformation or release of the sash frame.

Abstract: The frame and the sash of the sliding door assembly are each made of plastic. The frame extrusion profile utilizes an opposing open-leg or C-channel construction that creates an interior accessory slot that is utilized throughout the overall construction to create a carrier that can accept a wide variety of snap-in accessory extrusions or components. Similarly, the sash extrusion profile allows for the use of snap-in accessories.

Abstract: A replacement parting stop installed in a double-hung window frame has a top groove on one side and a bottom groove on the other side. The grooves are equal in length to the top sash and bottom sash respectively. A pile weatherstrip has a base with protruding resilient ridges on each side along its length. The pile weatherstrip, cut into lengths equal to the top groove and bottom groove, is pressed into the grooves compressing the ridges with an airtight friction fit with the parting stop installed in place on the window frame. The weatherstrip is easily pulled out of the grooves and replaced as necessary with weatherstrip of a desired pile height to fill the gap between the parting stop and the sash.

Abstract: An two-piece interlock for sliding window or door frame assemblies comprises a glazing bead secured to a sash frame for engaging a sealed glass unit; and an elongated seal having a T-shaped rail slidable to a limited extent within a longitudinal slot formed in the glazing bead. The seal extends between the sash frames when they are moved to closed positions. The glazing bead and seal on one of the sash frames together define an elongated slot for receiving a tongue formed on the other sash frame in the closed position. The sash frame carrying the glazing bead and seal is slidable to a limited extent relative to the seal to facilitate installation or removal of the sash frame from the outer window or door frame.

Abstract: The covering section bar has a generally U-shaped inner housing defined by two side branches and a cross-bar, the first side branch having a fastening or snap-fastening shoulder and being elastically deformable at a first level of deformation, being of a thickness that is less than the mean thickness of the section bar, at least in the zone thereof where elastic deformation is required; the inner housing includes a first bearing zone corresponding to the fastening shoulder or situated close to the snap-fastening shoulder, a second bearing zone situated on the same side of the inner housing, and a third bearing zone situated on the second side branch and located in between the two first-mentioned bearing zones. The section bar covers either a panel or a panel-fastening section bar, after one or other of them has been inserted in its inner housing. The combination of the covering section bar and of the fastening section bar constitutes a panel frame element.

Abstract: A window assembly includes standard-sized sashes with lock and keeper rails that overlap and interlock such that adjacent sides of the rails are held in close proximity when the assembly is closed. The lock rail includes an exterior wall with an exterior edge that protrudes slightly. The keeper rail includes an interior wall with a first side, a substantially parallel second side and a top edge that extends between the two sides. The top edge includes an integral trough for receiving the protruding edge of the lock rail. When the assembly is closed, the protruding edge overlaps and interconnects with the keeper rail, such that the edge sits in the trough. The exterior wall of the lock rail is thus held in close proximity to the second side of the interior wall of the keeper rail and air flow between the rails is minimized. The rails preferably support strategically placed upper and lower gaskets, which are hidden from view when the assembly is closed.

Abstract: A construction kit for horizontally and vertically sliding window assemblies in which each window includes a sash. A meeting rail is connected to each sash and includes a slot at each of the inner and outer surfaces of the meeting rail. Weather stripping is fitted into the slot at outer surface of the meeting rail and is wrapped around the end of the meeting rail and secured within the slot at the inner surface of the meeting rail.

Abstract: A window structure includes a frame, two sliding panels and a locking element interlocking the sliding panels. The frame consists of two horizontal members, two vertical members and an upright middle pillar which interconnects the middle portions of the horizontal members. Each of the horizontal members has two parallel channels on two sides of the middle pillar, along which the sliding panels are slidable. Two endless slots are formed in the window structure on two sides of the middle pillar and are filled with two resilient primary sealing strips respectively so as to establish a liquid- and air-tight seal between the frame and the sliding panels. Two inclined guiding members are mounted in the frame so that the primary sealing strips are compressed gradually between the frame and the sliding panels when the sliding panels are moved from the middle pillar to the vertical members.

Abstract: A sliding door or window assembly which includes peripheral frames each encasing a glazing panel. Each frame is constructed of lightweight non-metallic material and includes rigid strengthening inserts fitted into the frame vertical members.

Abstract: A rectangular window frame includes a pair of vertical jamb members rigidly connected by a head member and a sill member all formed from extrusions of rigid plastics material. Each jamb and head member includes an inner section which snap-fits laterally into an outer section, and each outer section has a cross-sectional profile corresponding to that of the sill member to provide the frame with rigid fusion-welded mitered corner joints and a sill member with a low profile. The inner sections of the jamb and head members define channels for slidably receiving window units including a pair of rectangular sash frames each formed from extrusions and including snap-fit extruded cap members. The sash frames also receive removable extruded glazing strips which retain glass window panels within the sash frames.

Abstract: A single sliding sash window having a fixed sash and a movable sash includes an inverted L-shaped mounting flange formed integrally with the sill of a window frame and supporting thereon the fixed sash. One of opposed jambs of the window frame has a longitudinal guide groove sealingly receiving therein an abutment stile of the fixed sash. Upper and lower attachment members extend between the opposite jamb of the window frame and a meeting stile of the fixed sash and they are secured respectively to a head and the sill of the window frame by screws.

Abstract: A weatherstrip (20) for use with a slideable panel unit having a first panel and second panel, one of the panels being a slideable panel is disclosed. The weatherstrip (20) includes an engaging member (21) having a leading edge (26a-c) and having a first end (21a), a center region (21b) and a second end (21c). An offset member (22) is cooperatively connected to the engaging member (21), wherein when the offset member (22) is connected to one of the panels, the engaging member (21) is in a generally parallel spaced relationship to one of the panels. The leading edge (26b) of the engaging member (21) is in inwardly displaced at the center region (21b) with respect to the leading edge (26a) and (26c) at the ends (21a and c), whereby the inward displaced region (21b) reduces clashing between the panels when one of the panels is bowed.

Abstract: A sliding window having two or more removable sashes each having a sash frame supporting a sealed doubled glazing unit, the sash frame having a sash head and a sash sill made from a thermally insulating plastic material extrusion presenting a hollow structure with two spaced apart guiding legs adapted to engage into and slide along corresponding head track and sill track members. The head track and sill track members provide a pair of guide grooves for the slidable sash and a pair of guide grooves of the same spacing for the fixed sash. A runner or a plurality of runners of appropriate anti-friction material may be disposed between the guiding legs of the sash sill and they bear upon a horizontal bearing surface provided on the sill track between the guide grooves of the corresponding pair thereof. The runners prevent contact between the guiding legs of the sash sill and the bottom of the guide grooves of the sill track.

Abstract: A sash frame for a sliding window construction comprises four frame members formed from plastics material and of identical cross-sectional profile, the frame members being fused or welded together at their corners and incorporating fixed abutments for engagement with a glazing unit, the frame also including removable glazing beads attachable to the frame members such that the glazing unit may be inserted laterally into the frame and retained in engagement with the abutments by attachment of the glazing beads to the assembled frame.

Abstract: A sliding door assembly of the type at least partially formed from extruded material components wherein the assembly includes at least one movable panel and one stationary or fixed panel. The door assembly includes a lock assembly structured and positioned to be interconnected between portions of the two panels to prevent relative movement therebetween. Both of the panels are supported on a track assembly incorporating various components including a removable, snap-in threshold and a similarly removable track runner for support of the movable panels thereon.

Abstract: A vehicle cap construction comprises a rigid framework having interconnected frame sections which form both frames for the closures, such as the windows, hatches, etc., and the sole skeletal support for the cap. Two of the frame sections form base rails which are adapted for direct connection to the vehicle bed, and the closures are mounted directly in the closure frame without any intermediate framing.

Abstract: A sliding glass door assembly comprises a frame of rigid plastic, for example polyvinyl chloride, extruded in the form of a plurality of adjacent hollow sections. The upright and horizontal frame members are attached together by screws extending horizontally through the upright members into longitudinally extending screw bosses in the horizontal frame members. The frame members include depending guides for supporting door panels, at least one of which slides open and closed. The door panels are formed of vertical and horizontal sash members which support at least one, but preferably several, glass panels. The sash members are also formed of plural hollow sections that cooperate for strength, and are attached by screw bosses.

Abstract: A window construction (20) includes a support frame (22) having a front channel member (52) for receiving a slidable window sash (26), and a rear channel (56) for receiving a fixed window sash (24). Front and rear channels (54) and (56) are divided by a central flange (52). Weatherstrip means (136) are mounted on sashes (24) and (26) to project transversely outwardly from the sashes to press against the adjacent face of support frame central flange (52) and against an adjacent surface of the opposite sash to thereby form an unbroken seal around the entire perimeter of each sash. The support frame 22 also includes a compound shaped mounting flange (32) having a diagonal section (76) extending outwardly and diagonally forwardly from front channel (54), and a perimeter section (78) extending outwardly from the outer edge of the diagonal section (76) to lie in a plane forwardly offset from and substantially parallel to the plane defined by sashes (24) and (26).

Abstract: A window assembly having a formed frame comprising left and right window jambs, a sill plate jamb and a top plate jamb for hanging a plurality of window panes, as well as an outside screen, these panes each carrying a first and second weather seal, the first seal of which meets a juxtaposed surface on the frame normal to that pane of glass, the second seal being positioned from the first seal to meet with a surface canted from the position of the first frame surface on the mating jamb.

Abstract: A pair of rectangular sash, framing glass panes for normally closing an opening in a wall, overlap each other at one end, with one sash slidable horizontally relative to the other to open said opening. Each overlapping end includes a vertical sash rail provided with horizontally spaced inner and outer vertical flanges extending toward the opposite end of the sash that carries those flanges, with all of the flanges disposed between the rails. The inner flanges of the two rails are spaced apart and located between the outer flanges in overlapping engagement with them to interlock the two rails. Disposed in the space between the inner flanges is a pair of vertical weather-sealing strips, each of which is connected to a sash. The strips extend toward each other and into contact to form a weather seal between the rails.

Abstract: Window insulating apparatus consisting of a plurality of low thermal conductivity panels slidably carried in a conventional window frame.

Abstract: A window sash construction is disclosed for wood framed windows in which a particular stile-rail and check rail member configuration is utilized to adapt a given sash to both vertical double hung and horizontal sliding installations, each sash unit being constructed with a common stile and rail sectional configuration such that all stile and rail members may be provided by two sash member types differing only in having two different end configurations and a common check rail shape in oder to assemble the universal sash units. A reversible common check rail configuration is also provided such that the sash units can be oriented in any mating arrangement while obtaining a proper seal.

Abstract: Complete thermal insulation of metal rails and stiles in vertically or horizontally sliding or rolling windows or doors is provided by including in the frame thereof centered rigid plastic shapes which extend between panels of the windows or doors. All rails and stiles of each panel are thereby exposed only to either interior or exterior ambient temperatures.

Abstract: Window insulating apparatus consisting of a plurality of low thermal conductivity panels slideably carried in a conventional window frame.

Abstract: A pair of sliding window sashes have overlapping ends, each of which includes a vertical sash rail to which a vertical metal bar is joined between the rail and the other sash. Each bar has a pair of vertical slots in it separated by a vertical flange and facing the opposite end of the sash that carries the bar with the outer side wall of the outer slot forming a tongue extending into the outer slot in the other bar to interlock the two bars while the window is closed. The inner side wall of each groove extends outwardly beyond that groove toward the opposite end of the sash to form a vertical flange. A vertical sealing weather strip is connected to the side of each bar opposite its slots and engages the flange on the other bar to form a seal.

Abstract: A two lite single hung window with a top fixed lite having a structure permitting affixation within the window frame involving only two screws, providing a window frame opening free of any middle rail when both lites are removed from the frame.

Abstract: In a window assembly having a pair of sashes mounted within a supporting frame for relative horizontal movement, each sash is integrally provided with a pair of opposed rims defining an outwardly open channel along each of its top and bottom horizontal members and along one of its side vertical members which is to be held against one of the jambs of the supporting frame upon closure of the sash. When the sashes are moved to their closed positions, a plurality of vertical rolls mounted in selected positions inside the channels of each sash ride on respective raised roll seats formed on stationary flanges intruding into the respective channels from the supporting frame. Upon resulting lateral displacement of the sashes relative to the supporting frame, sealing strips also arranged internally of the channels become pressed against the flanges.