Having Raising And Lowering Means Patents (Class 119/411)
  • Patent number: 7377229
    Abstract: A window assembly and related method for dropdown feed doors and the like includes a rigid marginal frame configured for close reception in an associated opening in the feed door. A mullion has opposite ends connected with top and bottom portions of the frame. A latch arm is supported by the mullion, projects upwardly from the top portion of the frame, and is shifted between a locked position to retain the feed door in a raised, closed position, and an unlocked position to rotate the feed door to a lowered, open position. A latch actuator is mounted on the mullion at a selected position vertically spaced apart from the latch arm, and includes a slide which shifts between latched and unlatched positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: State Wide Aluminum, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Blazek, George K Abou-Khaled