Abstract: A glass guide for guiding vertical movement of a window glass in a door panel of a vehicle. The glass guide is easily assembled with the door and prevents water from falling on a door lock device. The glass guide is mounted in the door panel at a location separated from a lower end of a glass run that is attached to a door frame of the door panel. Further, the glass guide includes a guide portion for guiding the window glass. A cover is arranged on an upper end of the guide portion. The cover includes an inclined surface, which is inclined with respect to and which intersects a lateral, vertical plane that is located at a lower end of the glass run.

Abstract: A mass transit vehicle window installation assembly for simplifying and accelerating the installation of window assemblies in vehicle window apertures. The assembly comprises a retainer that connects between a window assembly frame and a vehicle wall panel having a window aperture shaped to receive the window assembly where the window assembly frame has a planform shape that generally complements that of the window aperture. The retainer spaces such a window assembly frame from an inner peripheral surface of a complementary window aperture. The retainer is supported on either a window frame or a complementary window aperture in a position to center the window assembly as the window assembly is inserted into the aperture. This allows an operator to insert a window assembly into a window aperture after one or more of the window assembly retainers have been installed on one of the window frame and window aperture.

Abstract: A glass run of an automobile comprises a channel portion including a bottom portion and inner and outer side walls. The glass run further comprises inner and outer seal lips projecting into the channel portion from the inner and outer side walls respectively. The seal lips have back sides facing inside of the channel portion. At least the inner seal lip is thickened in its wall thickness at its middle portion in a manner that the back side of the seal lip projects more inwardly into the channel portion at the middle portion than at a root portion of the seal lip, thereby forming a convex at the middle portion on the back side of the seal lip while relatively forming a concave at the root portion on the back side of the seal lip. The glass run further comprises a sponge elasticity-reinforcing member provided between the root portion on the back side of the inner seal lip and the inner side wall.

Abstract: A sliding window assembly having a guide track and sliding pane geometry which ensures that the sliding pane maintains a vertical, untilted orientation when it is slid along the guide track to a closed position. The sliding pane is retained along its lower edge in the guide track for sliding horizontal sliding movement between open and closed positions. The pane has a projection extending downwardly from its lower edge adjacent its trailing edge when the pane is sliding toward the closed position, and the upper surface of the guide track along which the pane slides is generally horizontal except for an inclined section which slopes upwardly toward the closed position of the pane. The inclined section is located along the length of guide track so that it is immediately beneath the projection of the pane when it is in the closed position.

Abstract: A integrally formed synthetic resin lower sash for an automotive vehicle door structured so as to be disposed within a door panel and guide a window glass received within the door panel in a vertical direction. In order to reduce a frictional sound generated between a moving glass and the lower sash, the lower sash is constituted by an outer wing, an inner wing and a frame surrounding an edge portion of the window glass, a plurality of extending portions projecting toward the surface of the opposing window glasses and intermittently disposed to a direction of guiding the window glass are provided in the outer wing and the inner wing, and a projecting piece slidably in contact with each of inner and outer surfaces of the glass is extended in such a manner as to continue from the expanding portion, thereby forming a glass guide.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a window assembly comprising (a) a frame having opposed, vertical jambs with an upper sash guide rail, joined at their ends to the ends of opposed, horizontal top and bottom members forming, respectively, a header and a sill; (b) an upper and lower window sash, with the upper sash having stiles extending into the guide rails in the jamb to enable vertical sliding movement of the upper sash in the frame; (c) a parting rail mounted to the upper portion of each jamb in a channel adjacent to the upper sash guide rail to retain the upper sash within the frame, each parting rail having a longitudinal dimension about equal to the longitudinal dimension of the upper sash; (d) a parting rail spring means mounted in each channel to push the parting rail away from the jamb and towards the sash to hold the upper sash in place; and (e) a parting rail activator mounted on the upper outer edge of each upper sash; wherein the parting rail activator engages the parting rail when the upper

Abstract: A lower sash installed inside a door panel of, for instance, the door of an automobile so as to guide and hold window glass that is accommodated inside the door panel, the lower sash having a structure in which the sash has a channel shape in cross section comprising an outer-panel-side outer wing and an inner-panel-side inner wing formed as an integral part on either side of a frame plate, truss-form openings are formed in the frame plate, glass guides, which are elastic projections and respectively face the outer wing and inner wing, are arranged in an alternating manner so as to positionally correspond to the truss-form openings, and the wall thickness of the outer wing or inner wing is made thicker at a lower panel attachment end than the upper door sash end; and these elements are molded into an integral plastic unit.

Abstract: A jamb liner is provided for a window assembly including a frame and a sash operably mounted in the frame by use of the jamb liner. The jamb liner includes a sash-engaging portion having at least one pair of opposing wall sections and a bottom wall section defining a channel. An air-sealing portion extends from the opposing wall section for sealingly engaging the frame to prevent undesired flow of air between the jamb liner and the window frame. The air-sealing portion includes a root wall section that extends at an angle to one of the opposing wall sections, a resilient wall section that extends from the root wall section, and a frame-engaging wall section that extends from the resilient wall section.

Abstract: A jamb liner is mounted in the side jamb tracks of a window frame to mount window units of double hung windows for slidable movement between opened and closed positions. The liner includes transversely spaced channel guides, each guide mounting a guide member that is attached to the adjacent window unit. Flanges are joined to the guides for forming a close fit with the adjacent window unit while, to each guide, there is joined a wing to form a seal with the web of the adjacent jamb to block fluid flow between the window units and the side jamb from one transverse side of the unit sash to the other. The wings of the liner are arcuately curved to transversely diverge from one another in a direction toward the jamb web. The wings are of a substantially greater resiliency than the rest of the liner, said rest of the liner being semi-rigid and made of extruded plastic.

Abstract: A jamb liner is provided for a window assembly including a frame and a sash operably mounted in the frame by use of the jamb liner. The jamb liner includes a sash-engaging portion having at least one pair of opposing wall sections and a bottom wall section defining a channel. An air-sealing portion extends from the opposing wall sections for sealingly engaging the frame to prevent undesired flow of air between the jamb liner and the window frame. The air-sealing portion includes a root wall section that extends at an angle to one of the opposing wall sections, a resilient wall section that extends from the root wall section, and a frame-engaging wall section that extends from the resilient wall section. In one form, a pair of the resilient wall sections are provided for supporting the frame-engaging wall section, one extending from each opposing wall section in a bellows-like arrangement.

Abstract: A window assembly has a sash vertically movable within a window jamb and positioned in the jamb by elongated side guide tubes enclosing counter balance means and resiliently biased partially into engagement with side ploughs of said sash, with the guide tubes extending outwardly from channels provided in opposed side jamb members. The guide tubes prevent lateral displacement of the sash as the sash is positioned within and moves from a window open to a window closed position within the plane of the jamb. The guide tubes can be reciprocally and resiliently compressed into the channels to release the ploughs and sash whereby the sash can be removed from the window construction.

Abstract: A jamb liner for a window assembly permits tilt-takeout sashes to be assembled to form a standard window assembly without tilt or takeout capabilities. The liner has an extruded body with a pair of channels for engaging the sashes. The channels are interconnected by two webs. One of the webs forms adjacent portions of sash runs, and the other web forms a bow-shaped spring for urging the channels against the sashes.

Abstract: Counterbalance mechanisms for a vertically movable sash have components extending downward within guides on which the sash moves. The guides can move laterally of the sash to allow the sash to tilt and be removed from the window, and the counterbalance components are arranged within the guides to accommodate such lateral movement. Slots in the guides accommodate interconnections between counterbalance components within the guides and the sash running vertically against outward surfaces of the guides, and these interconnections also allow lateral movement of the guides and tilting of the sash. The guides are mounted on window jambs by resilient elements that bias the guides into engagement with sash grooves and also accommodate lateral movement of the guides out of the sash grooves, to allow the sash to tilt.

Abstract: A pre-assembled, spring loaded, block and tackle window sash balance assembly is adapted for providing vertical support for a window sash running in an elongated, generally upright sash run having a generally C-shaped guide channel extending along its plow region. The assembly comprises a generally U-shaped housing for a block and tackle spring balance device. The assembly further includes spaced slide means which are discrete from the housing itself and which are slidably interengageable with the guide channel for removeably attaching the assembly to the sash run. Accordingly, the block and tackle balance assembly may be pre-assembled and then conveniently and efficiently attached to the sash run and supported in a position to provide spring balanced support for a window sash mounted in the sash run.

Abstract: Stove-hearth combinations which comprise a combustion chamber having a pair of side walls supported on a base in opposing relation and joined by a rear wall. A cover or hood defines with the base and front edges of the side walls an opening to the chamber. Two doors are each hingedly associated with upper and lower pivot pins which when the door is in a closed position are disposed adjacent but outside a respective side wall front edge. Along upper and lower side edges of each side wall are formed parallel grooves adapted to be engaged slidably by the upper and lower pivot pins. As the door is opened from a stove to a hearth position the pivot pins are displaced along the grooves causing the door to be led gradually into a position along the outer side of its side wall.

Abstract: A spring-biased luggage panel covering the otherwise exposed luggage compartment of an automobile equipped with a rear tailgate. The panel is biased such that when the tailgate is opened, the luggage panel is automatically opened, and when the tailgate is closed, the panel is likewise automatically closed.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in a weather seal between a sash and an adjacent side of a window frame and more particularly relates to a weather seal which increases in sealing effect under the impact of wind pressure and consists of a jamb strip having a portion projecting outwardly of the side of a window frame alongside the adjacent side rail of a sash and a flexible weather strip is carried by said projection angled across the juncture of the side of the window frame and sash rail, the strip being positioned to be drawn against the jamb and sash rail, and the strip being pressed further thereagainst for increased sealing effect under the impact of wind pressure. The strip permits free movement of the sash without lessening its sealing effect.

Abstract: A tilting lever is mounted between a pivotal guide head and one side of a sliding door for a vehicle. The tilting lever is made of two angularly spaced arms with abutment surfaces at one end. The abutment surfaces engage with abutment surfaces and cam surfaces on the guide head and sliding door so as to hold the tilting lever in one of two positions. In one position the guide head is prevented from pivoting, while in the other position the sliding door is prevented from sliding. The guide head and sliding door are mounted together on a supporting arm pivoted to the body of the vehicle whereby the sliding door is first moved to an intermediate position and then to an open position.

Abstract: A supporting arm and a rod, each having one end pivoted to a guide head in which a sliding door for a vehicle is longitudinally movable and the other end pivoted to a vehicle body, are of equal length so as to form a parallelogram linkage. The pivots of the supporting arm and the rod are offset relative to each other, accordingly, when the sliding door is opened to an intermediate position parallel with the vehicle body, it will move perpendicularly to the vehicle body.