Abstract: A reduced visibility window/door screen includes a particularly formed narrow profile frame and mesh applied to the frame. The frame is formed from a single elongated member that is bent to form four corners and four corresponding sides, with joining of the adjacent first and second ends. A high-strength adhesive bonds the mesh to the frame, which is pinch rolled thereon for exceptional pull-out strength. Another embodiment includes a leaf spring movably secured to the frame, to bias and center the screen within the master frame. Another embodiment further includes a plunger pin slidably disposed in the frame with one end fixedly secured to the leaf spring, and handle movably connected to the other end of the plunger pin. The handle member being movable between first and second positions to respectively actuate the leaf spring between an undeformed condition, and a deformed, flattened condition permitting installation/removal of the screen.

Abstract: A sash window fastener includes: a latch assembly; a sash lock assembly mounted upon the meeting rail; and a stop member mounted to the master window frame. The lock assembly includes a pivotable cam to engage a keeper on the master frame to lock the window, and a pivotable follower arm. The arm interconnects with the latch assembly within the meeting rail, so cam rotation that drives arm rotation also causes translation of the latch. The cam may occupy: an extended position to secure the cam to the keeper, with the latch engaging the master frame to prevent tilting, and being positioned below a protrusion on the stop member to redundantly lock the window; a first retracted cam position permitting sliding of the window; and a second retracted position permitting tilting of the sash window. Additional protrusions may be used on the stop member to serve as vent stop positions.

Abstract: A mountable cover provides a shade or blind for a window and/or skylight. The mountable cover comprises a mounting frame having a top wall, side walls and a bottom wall adapted to be removably mounted within a window frame structure housing a window. The mounting frame is appointed to abut and sit flush against the window frame structure. Additionally, the mountable cover comprises a panel located within the mounting frame comprising a material adapted to interface with solar properties traversing the window and sit parallel to the window. The mountable cover further comprises fastening means appointed to engage with the window frame structure for mounting and removing the mounting frame from the window frame structure. Windows suitable for the mountable cover include a vast array of window structures, elevated windows, and skylights.

Abstract: A roller assembly for use with a sliding door, the roller assembly comprising upper and lower housings, a roller mounted in the upper housing, a shaft extending between the upper and lower housings with a spring extending about the shaft, and a screw-threaded member for securing the lower housing to the shaft at a desired location. The arrangement permits self adjustment of the door within a channel.

Abstract: A window that includes a door frame having a U-shaped top portion defining a channel with outer and inner lips joined by a base wall, and at least one reflective luminant component applied to overlie at least a portion of the inner surface of the inner lip. When illuminated, the reflective luminant component reflects light on the inside of the door.

Abstract: A window balance assembly may include a carrier, a spring element, and a mounting bracket. The spring element may include first and second portions. The first portion may be coupled to the carrier. The mounting bracket may engage the second portion of the spring element and may selectively engage the carrier. The mounting bracket may include a first mounting surface disposed at a non-perpendicular angle relative to an exterior surface of carrier when the window balance assembly is in an uninstalled configuration. The first mounting surface may be substantially parallel to the exterior surface of the carrier when the window balance assembly is in an installed configuration and the mounting bracket is disengaged from the carrier.

Abstract: A guide rail for a window lifter for raising and lowering a window pane or door system for a vehicle door having a carrier and at least two guide rails disposed on the carrier. The guide rails comprise a guide profile that can be twisted or bent for guiding an adjusting part of the window lifter coupled to the window pane along an adjusting direction predetermined by the guide rails and the guide profile comprises a base and two legs protruding at obtuse draft angles from the ends of the base, such that the size of the draft angles is proportional to the bending or twisting of the guide rails prescribed by the kinematics of the retraction of the window pane over the adjusting travel of the window pane.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sliding door arrangement including a sliding door, a rail system, with a rail which guides a sliding motion of the door, and an attenuation and retraction device, which brakes the sliding motion of the door at a brake position in the vicinity of a door end position and retracts the door to the end position. The door has a wheel, which is arranged to run on the rail, a pin, slideably mounted on the door, which is arranged to interact with the attenuation and retraction device, and optionally a pin movement limiting device, which, at least in a mounting position, limits the movement of the pin such that it does not extend further from the door than does said wheel.

Abstract: A sash for sliding doors or windows comprises: a main body (1) comprising an insulating chamber (2) obtained from respective glazing panels (3, 4) whose dimensions are larger than the dimensions of the chamber (2), so as to form a perimetric housing (5) which is open towards the outside; a rigid profile (6) forming a frame inside the main body (1) for each side of the main body (1) and designed to be stably accommodated in each housing (5); the rigid profile (6) forming a zone, open to the outside, equipped with accessories and in which means (8, 9, 10) for operating and/or driving the main body (1) in use are housed and/or are slidable; the three rigid profiles (6) each forming a channel (11) accommodating a rod (8) for operating the main means (9) and the accessory means (10) which drive and/or open and close the sash (100); each of the three rigid profiles (6) forming one upright (103) and two crosspieces (6m, 105) of the sash (100), the contiguous ends being shaped so that they are angled, in such a way t

Abstract: A panel or door suspension system used to hang sliding panels or doors. The panel members are hung by an upper bearing assembly with bearings on each side of the longitudinal axis of the panel thereby allowing the weight of the door to bear wholly on the upper bearings and to act centrally and downwardly between the bearings thereby preventing a moment on the bearings. A wedge member attached to the upper portion of the panel allows for vertical adjustment of the panel relative to the bearings and the door frame. A sill assembly beneath the panel allows for stable sliding operation of the panel member, provides for debris drainage and facilitates servicing of the members comprising the sill assembly.

Abstract: A balance assembly for a sliding sash window, where a spring-loaded pulley arrangement is interconnected between the window frame and the window, to counter the weight of the window, and permit ease of opening and closing the window. The spring-loaded pulley arrangement is located within a housing, which also facilitates attachment of the shoe. The shoe of this balance assembly being rotatable between a first and a second position to permit fitting the assembly into the side of the window frame, when the shoe is in the first position, and to permit final installation of the assembly when the shoe in the second position. The shoe is retained in the first and second positions by detents. This rotatable shoe feature permitting installation, of the Balance Assembly of this invention, into a window frame at later stages of the window assembly sequence.

Abstract: A sliding door assembly includes a sliding door that is slidingly mounted to a top track via one or more top guide assemblies. The sliding door is also slidingly mounted to a bottom track. Each top guide assembly includes a top guide wheel that rotationally mounts to the top guide assembly and engages the top track to guide the sliding door. The guide wheel rotates relative to the top guide assembly about an axis that extends horizontally in a direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of the sliding door. The guide wheel also movably mounts to the top guide assembly so that the guide wheel moves upwardly and downwardly relative to the top guide assembly and sliding door to correct for any variation in the gap between the top and bottom tracks.

Abstract: A roller assembly for a sliding door that slides along a track includes an anti-jump member engageable with the track to prevent the roller assembly from derailing. The roller assembly comprises a bracket adapted for attachment to the door, a roller mounting member slidably seated in the bracket, and a roller rotatably mounted on the roller mounting member for travel along the track. The anti-jump member is pivotably supported in and displaceably carried by the roller mounting member for movement between an extended operative position wherein an engagement portion on the lower end thereof rides in the track, and a retracted inoperative position, wherein the engagement portion is spaced upwardly from the track. The roller assembly is operable to slide the door with the anti-jump member in either the operative position or the retracted position.

Abstract: Window vent stop devices are provided by this invention which include housing and stop block portions in which the stop block is pivotally mounted within the housing to provide a first position for permitting at least one of the sashes of a window to slide freely by the other, and a second position which causes the stop block to impinge against the other sashes to limit the sliding movement of the sashes. The stop block includes an integral spring arm to assist it in moving from the first and second positions.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively securing a window sash to a window frame, including a longitudinally extending jamb liner secured to the frame adjacent one side of the sash, and a movable cam between the frame and the liner for selectively adjusting the spacing therebetween. Frictional locking surfaces are provided between the liner and the sash whereby the cam in a locking configuration biases the liner away from the frame and thereby against the sash to frictionally lock the sash against movement relative to the liner. The liner defines a portion of the track guiding the sash for substantially planar movement and the cam may also be selectively moved to a releasing configuration allowing the liner to sufficiently approach the frame to allow the sash to be cleared from the liner.

Abstract: An adjusting device for use in a work-well attachment mounted on a stile of a door body of a door unit has a plurality of resilient thrusting members mounted in a longitudinally extending engaging groove formed in the rear surface of the attachment, and fixing screws for adjustably mounting the attachment on a support wall formed on one end of the stile through the thrusting members interposed therebetween. After assembling the attachment with one end of the stile, the screws are inserted through holes formed in the attachment and holes formed in the thrusting member, respectively, and adjustably threaded through the support wall of the stile thereby adjustably fixing the attachment to the stile.

Abstract: A plastic liner is attached to the jamb of a vertical sliding window and has a continuous "U" channel with the channel opening facing the window opening and a block member slidingly engaged in the channel adapted to be coupled to the window sash and to one end of an elongated coil spring located in the channel which is attached at its other end to the liner. Primary frictional braking force is provided by a wing member inside the channel pushing against the block member so it rubs against a wall of the channel. The block member rides over a "T" shaped rail in the channel and carries a set screw which can be reached through the channel opening to be threaded through the block member into contact with the top surface of the rail member for manually adjusting the frictional braking force on the block member.

Abstract: A holder 10 for a sash 11 running in a resin jamb liner 12 applies adjustable friction to a track 20 in the sash plow region of the sash run of the jamb liner. Track 20 has parallel edge guides 21 that are L-shaped in cross section to project from the sash run and extend toward each other. Holder 10 includes a carriage 25 that fits within the plow 19 of sash 11, and carriage 25 has a pair of runners 27 and 28 whose lateral edges are trapped under guides 21 to confine the runners to vertical movement along the track. Carriage 25 also has a friction shoe 35 variably pressed against the sash run surface of the track by an adjustment screw 15. Balance spring 13 pulls upward on carriage 25; and platform 26, connected to carriage 25 by adjustment screw 15, straddles plow 19 and supports the lower corner of sash 11. Screw 15 adjusts the friction of holder 10 within the sash run by the pressure it applies to friction shoe 35.

Abstract: A positioner for a movable window sash embodies a guide bracket carried by the sash with one side of the guide bracket spaced from and facing an adjacent side of a window frame and extending in a plane which is inclined relative to a plane extending in the direction of movement of the sash with the opposite side of the guide bracket being parallel to said one side thereof. A wedge-like member has a first surface in sliding engagement with said one side of the guide bracket. A second surface of the wedge-like member extends parallel to and faces the adjacent side of a window frame and is movable into and out of engagement with the window frame in response to sliding movement of the wedge-like member in opposite directions. An actuator mounted for sliding movement along said opposite side of the guide bracket is operatively connected to the wedge-like member to move it in opposite directions. A resilient member urges the wedge-like member into engagement with the adjacent side of the window frame.

Abstract: A window conversion assembly is provided for use with a building window frame having a head jamb, opposed side jambs, and a bottom sill, the window assembly including a headpiece for mounting against the head jamb of the frame, a sill piece for mounting against the sill of the frame, with one or both of the headpiece and sill piece being resiliently mounted against the frame for accommodating any out-of-squareness of the frame, side members for mounting against the side jambs of the frame, and upper and lower sash windows for mounting within the headpiece, sill piece and side members to form a completed window assembly. The window assembly features full perimeter weather-stripping, utilizing high leaf weather-strips and corresponding deep receiving grooves in the windows to provide weather seals along the horizontal as well as vertical junctures between the window sashes and frame assembly members.

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

Abstract: A window construction comprising a master frame and a pair of glazed window sashes which are double-hung in the window frame for normal operation and are provided with means to permit inward tilting of the sashes for cleaning and servicing of the same as may be required. The master window frame and both of the sashes mounted therein are each formed of an assembly of sections having the same hollow cross-sectional shape throughout the lengths thereof to provide not only the master frame but also each sash with a perimetrally continuous plenum of confined air which effectively serves as a thermal insulating barrier. Each of the window sashes is fitted on its opposite side edges with hollow thermal insulating spring-pressed weatherstripping members which respectively resiliently engage and made weather-tight contact with vertically extending runways provided therefor in the opposite side rail members of the master frame.

Abstract: A storm window latch mechanism which permits easy removal of a storm window sash when the latch mechanism is placed in one position and yet positively secures said storm window sash within the mounting framework when the latch mechanism is in a second position with freely slidable up and down movement being permitted. The latch mechanism includes a spring slider assembly having a low friction slide component mounted on the face thereof, with retention prongs provided on each of the respective ends of the spring member for engagement in appropriate apertures of the window sash, and a positive acting lever and bias spring structure connected to the middle portion of the resilient flexible spring member for actuation thereof. The lever portion is provided with two adjustment recesses which cooperate with a properly configured channel member mountable upon the edge channel of the window sash.

Abstract: A holder adapted to develop a frictional resistance between a sash and a window frame sufficient to hold the sash in a selected position, but insufficient to prevent the sash from being raised or lowered. The sash holder includes a bracket for attachment to the upper corner of the sash, a vertical leg of the bracket extending downwardly between the sash and the window frame. A threaded receptacle forming part of the bracket is expanded by threading a screw into it from the top of the window sash. This urges the bracket vertical leg against the window frame to develop the desired frictional resistance to movement of the sash.