Abstract: An interior wall system formed from two opposing walls. Each opposing wall is assembled from a plurality of composite wall panels, each wall panel having an exterior surface material and an interior layer of insulating material bonded to one side of the exterior surface material. Each opposing wall is anchored to top and bottom U-shaped support members and adjoining wall panels of each wall are connected by a plurality of retaining clips. The retaining clips may be adjusted in length to accommodate various widths between the opposing walls. Additionally, splines are inserted between the first and second walls along the seams between adjoining wall panels. The wall system also includes a door frame comprising first and second jamb members and a lintel member, each having a spacing member attached to approximately the center thereof. The spacing members are inserted between the opposing walls and are used to anchor the door frame in place.

Abstract: A security plate for entrance doors adapted to be secured by tamper resistant fasteners to the stop member of a door frame. The plate is elongated to extend above and below the lock area of the door. The plate has a relatively thick flat edge that abuts a closed door and the plate is formed with a concave portion adajcent the thick edge and connected thereto by a smooth tool-deflecting ramp.

Abstract: The frame shim comprises a first and a second elongated plate made of a porous material, which plates are located in planes extending parallel to each other and which are connected to each other along their longitudinal sides. A groove is formed in one longitudinal side of one of the plates, and a laterally located ridge is formed in a longitudinal side of the other plate, which ridge is set into the groove. The other longitudinal side of the laterally offset plate is strengthened and the door fittings are mounted to this longitudinal side. The legs of the groove are also strengthened. This allows the manufacture of the frame shim of a door from a plate made of a porous material.

Abstract: A door frame or jamb and hinge mount which is at once pre-hung and adjustable comprises a mounting bracket positionable immediately behind the body of the frame for rigid attachment to a hinge leaf disposed at a cutout in the frame and adjustable attachment to the frame body, via bolts. A cavity between the frame body and the structural material to which it is attached encompasses the mounting bracket and allows a range of vertical and horizontal adjustment, oversized adjustment holes allowing relative movement between the mounting bracket and the body when the bolts are loosened, notches in the periphery of the adjustment holes dimensioned to rest against the bolts attaching the bracket to the body, the notches indicating a known alignment of the hinge leaf and mounting bracket therefor, whereby the hinges can be set up at standardized positions and thereafter adjusted as required.

Abstract: A frame which is for mounting windows or pre-hung doors in openings of an existing structure and which includes an extruded metal or plastic outer frame, a wooden frame for the support of the extruded outer frame, fasteners which are used for attaching the outer frame at a window or door opening, and a molded cover which is secured to the outer frame and conceals the fasteners attaching the frame to the structure.

Abstract: A nonbracing self-framing window buck frame or surround for forming a framed window opening in a cast concrete wall or the like. The buck frame or surround comprises a support frame made of channel members arranged end-to-end to form a substantially rectangular framework. A window frame is fit within the framework formed by the channel members, such that a peripheral mounting flange on the window frame abuts one side of the framework. A frame structure adapted to receive nails or other fasteners abuts the peripheral mounting flange of the window frame, and means are provided for securing the support frame and frame structure together, with the peripheral mounting flange on the window frame being held securely between the frame structure and the support frame. The buck frame or surround, including the self-contained window frame, is positioned between wall forms, and concrete is poured around the buck frame or surround. After the concrete has cured, the forms are removed.

Abstract: The invention provides a door for buildings, comprising the outside panel thereof being larger in area than the inside panel thereof, the four edge faces of the door being provided on their outside portions with acute-angled projecting portions, the outside portions of the inner faces of a door frame being inclined toward the outside, the clearances between the inner faces of the door frame and the inside portions of the edge faces of the door being at least 6 mm each; and a door for buildings provided with a lock having clearances of at least 6 mm each over and under a dead bolt or a latch bolt when said bolt is inserted into a bolt recess.

Abstract: A sash assembly for a glazing panel. The sash members of the assembly are formed with a concave inner surface which contains a rigid reinforcement member.

Abstract: A door jamb reinforcer is disclosed which comprises at least one, and preferably two or more, reinforcing rods which are positioned internally along the depth of a door jamb adjacent the area of the bolt receiver or striker plate. The rods are used in conjunction with a brace bar which is positioned adjacent the striker plate, and extends above and below it on the edge of the door jamb. With the use of the bar and reinforcing rods of this invention, a door jamb's shear and tensile strength is increased to prevent the jamb from being splintered and broken during a potential forced entry.

Abstract: A window sash assembly which comprises an outer metal sash, an inner sash positioned and assembled indoors adjacent to said outer sash and a peripheral edge member positioned about the inner end of said inner sash to cover the adjacent open end of an indoor wall member, is disclosed. Said inner sash includes a main portion of adiabatic material which integrally includes said peripheral edge member at the inner end portion thereof to thereby form a sash main frame extending from said peripheral edge member to the indoor pieces of said outer sash. Metal upper and lower rail frames and metal left-hand and right-hand door boxing frames are positioned along about the inner periphery of said sash main frame. Said sash main frame is formed into a framework and said upper and lower rail frames and left-hand and right-hand door boxing frames are formed into a framework within said framework of the sash main frame.

Abstract: A window frame assembly which comprises a first intermediate frame member and a second intermediate frame member adapted to be inserted from opposite sides of a window opening to embrace the edges of the window opening. The first frame member has a locking channel extending about the periphery of its inner end and the second intermediate channel has locking tongues projecting inwardly therefrom which are adapted to be inserted within the locking channel of the first intermediate member. The second intermediate frame comprises a plurality of frame lengths connected to one another at opposite ends to form corners of the second intermediate frame. A locking tongue formed on each length terminates short of the corners of the second intermediate frame so that the locking tongues are independently flexible to facilitate the insertion of the locking tongues within the locking channels when the second intermediate frame is interlocked with the first intermediate frame in use.

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: Two members 2, each located in a heat sealable sheath 4, are joined together to form a right-angle joint. Two plates 8 of heat sealable material are attached to the associated ends 6 of the members 2 by means of dowels 10 inserted into holes 12 in the member ends. The outer surface 14 of each plate 8 is flush with its associated sheath end 4. The mounted plates 8 are hot-plate welded and then pressed together with the ends of the sheaths 4 to form the joint. The plates 8 provide additional strength to the joint.

Abstract: Window for construction vehicle cabs or the like having following features: provides maximum cross sectional area for viewing; can be fastened into place by screws turned home from the inside and which are hidden from view after installation; and comprises a minimum number of parts which must be handled at installation and so speeds up the process.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved prefabricated door assembly including a frame member, hinges, strike plates, and cover plates. The frame member is formed of a web having a first and second longitudinally extending portion and side flanges extending from the lateral edges of the web to circumscribe the wall. The web defines two slots extending the length of the frame and generally aligned substantially normal to each other. The hinges include hinge plates having two projecting tongues to engage the frame in the above slots. The strike plates and cover plates similarly include projecting tongues to engage the slots of the frame, so that the entire assembly results in a frame with a smooth, continuous, and pleasing surface.The web of the frame frequently includes a longitudinally-extending ridge complementary to a smaller, longitudinally extending groove on the plates, which induces flexion of the plates and results in better locking of the plates in the frame.

Abstract: Composite wood and metal building structure including a metal angle iron frame having an integral latch strike and dead bolt recess therein and a wood door hingedly secured within the frame for installation together therewith in a building opening, with one leg of the angle iron frame extending transversely of the door about the edges thereof and with the other leg of the angle iron door frame extending substantially in the plane of the door about the periphery of a building structure opening.

Abstract: A sliding window with a frame provided with a glazing adapted to be mounted in a wall of masonry, wood, or the like. The frame is composed of frame profiles joined at the corners and contains glass panes inserted therein. The glass panes are guided in grooves of the frame profiles and are horizontally displaceable. The frame profile members are constructed of an extrudable synthetic resinous material, with the profile members having a U-shaped cross sectional configuration made up of two projections fashioned as hollow chambers. An undercut mounting groove is arranged between the two projections and a web, connecting the projections, is formed of two juxtaposed hollow chambers. One of the juxtaposed hollow chambers facing a weather side of the window is provided with perforations for draining the mounting groove, with a second of the juxtaposed hollow chambers containing, if desired, an inserted reinforcing profile.

Abstract: The present invention is a prefabricated door frame assembly with improved characteristics which includes a frame member formed of a web with flanges extending from its lateral edges. The web includes a pair of grooves opening in a common transverse direction, one groove located near the center of the web and the other groove located proximate one lateral edge of the web, and a longitudinally extending recess between the grooves. In combination with the web, the assembly includes at least two hinge members, each having a hinge plate including a set of elongate tongues adapted to engage and mate with the respective grooves in the frame member and a separate elongate tongue projecting normal to the other tongues into the recess of the frame member. Also included are at least two bars slidable in the recess of the frame member, each bar defining a longitudinally extending slot on its outer surface to engage the separate elongate tongue of its respective hinge member.

Abstract: A glazed assembly is formed of a frame assembly and a sash assembly that is slideable in the frame assembly. The frame assembly is formed of at least four frame parts that have identical cross-sectional shapes. The sash assembly is formed of at least four sash parts that have identical cross-sectional shapes, and a glazing. The frame parts present engaging elements and guide grooves on the two sides thereof facing and opposite the sash assembly so that multiple glazed assemblies can be formed arranged in building block fashion both vertically and laterally of the one frame assembly. The sash parts also present engaging elements and guide grooves; all of said engaging elements have the same cross-sectional shape as a "T", while all of the guide grooves have identical cross-sectional shapes; and the guide grooves and engaging elements are intermating so that a glazed assembly may be formed of the fewest number of differently shaped parts.

Abstract: Window structure including a thermal break window frame and a sash coupler for selectively coupling movable window sash in inner and outer windows for movement together. The window frame includes an inner and outer frame portion and an insulating member which are constructed and arranged so that the insulating member is positioned between the inner and outer window frame portions with surface to surface contact therewith over a substantial area extending transversely of the plane of the window structure. The insulating member may be snapped, staked or crimped into assembly with the inner and outer frame portions and rigidly secures the inner and outer window frame portions together. The thickness of the insulating member may vary and it may be solid or hollow in accordance with rigidity and insulating requirements. The sash coupler is secured to a movable sash of the inner window and is formed to selectively engage a projection on a movable sash on the outer window.

Abstract: A device for mounting a door in a door opening defined by at least one wall dge, e.g. for a desk, cabinet or building structure, comprises a door frame member in the form of a U-profile which straddles this edge and is affixed thereto. According to the invention, on the edge turned toward the opening, the wall is provided with a mounting element having a rib projecting in the direction of the opening which is clamped against a retaining profile received within the frame member by the movement of a wedge by a screw which is inserted through a hole in the frame member and has its head located within a rabbet for the door set into the frame member. The retainer also has a flange which cooperates with a clamping member actuated by another screw located at the rabbet to engage a shank of a hinge pin or like element.

Abstract: A metal door or window frame comprises mobile and fixed frameworks each formed by a sub-frame including a substantially tubular section effective to be positioned on the side thereof facing the room interior and a cover section effective to be positioned on the side thereof facing outwards, between the sub-frames and the cover sections insulating material elements being provided for defining an uninterrupted heat insulating barrier therebetween.

Abstract: An improved method and assembly for cladding an existing, exterior window frame. Frame expander receptors are fastened to the window frame head and jamb members. Frame expanders are retained in receiving recesses of the receptors. Cladding portions of the expanders clad the frame members and cover the fasteners for pleasing appearance. Moisture barriers separate the fasteners and the frame from the environment. A sill nose cover clads the sill.

Abstract: In a double sash structure comprising a first sash facing to the outside and a second sash facing to the inside, a window frame of the first sash is formed of a metallic material and a window frame of the second sash, which is formed of a non-metallic material having a low heat conductivity, is disposed contiguously to the window frame of the first sash. By virtue of the low heat conductivity of the window frame of the second sash, lowering of the temperature in the room and formation of dew by condensation of moisture can be prevented. Accordingly, a double sash structure excellent in the heat-insulating property and having a beautiful appearance and an improved strength, which can be readily assembled, can be provided.

Abstract: A door frame which is for mounting pre-hung doors in door openings of an existing structure and which includes an extruded metal door frame, a wooden frame for support of the extruded metal frame, fasteners which attach the wooden support frame to the extruded metal door frame and are used for attaching the metal frame at a door opening, and a molded cover which is secured to the extruded metal frame and conceals the fasteners attaching the metal frame to the door opening.

Abstract: A casement type window is composed of a frame and sash which are independently made, each comprising a unitary prefabricated synthetic plastic shell having bonded therein a wooden frame which faces interiorly of the building wherein the window is mounted. Synthetic plastic elements of the frame or sash are accurately associated and brought together under pressure at mitered corner abutment joints which are heat fused to form an integral self supporting member before being united with their wooden frame components.

Abstract: A pocket door assembly including a header structure which comprises a first element which is generally planar and generally horizontal. Second, third, fourth and fifth elements are each generally planar and each depend from the first element in sequential generally parallel spaced relationship. A roller support channel has a generally J-shaped cross section. The roller support channel depends from the first element. A door is generally planar and a plurality of rollers extend upwards beyond the top of the door. The rollers are spaced a predetermined distance apart. The second and third elements include a plurality of slots spaced the predetermined distance apart and allow passage of the rollers into the roller support channel.

Abstract: A door frame kit comprises two stiles, a threshold member, and a lintel member, each stile preferably being engageable with said members irrespective of which end of the stile is uppermost. Each stile has a pair of flanges at at least one end. Each flange, which has a transverse projection, is insertable through a corresponding longitudinal opening in said one member, the stile and said one member abutting when the flange is so inserted. The other end of each stile is securable to the other member to complete a door frame.

Abstract: A door is disclosed which is primarily intended for application as a door being resistant to fire.This door having a more particularly metal frame, whereby disposed on the door frame is a material which foams under the effect of an increased temperature. Said material is applied in the form of a strip in the rebate of the door frame. Further, said material can be protected by means of a cover being wider than the strip of said foamable material, whereby the projecting portions of the cover bear tightly against the frame. One projecting part of the cover is disposed in one of the rooms, and the other projecting portion in the other of the rooms separated from one another by the door.

Abstract: Within an opening in a wall is placed a window or door having a frame, consisting of metal and plastic interlocked extrusions with a polyurethane core therein. The polyurethane core prevents penetration of condensate therethrough to the underlying casement consisting of wood studs, sheeting and dry wall.Within the frame is a sash comprised of a set of metal and plastic extrusions which are interlocked and also form a cavity with a solid polyurethane core. The two extrusions have glazing beads to receive a glazing consisting of a double pane of glass separated to provide an insulating dead air space.

Abstract: A door frame comprising wood frame members including a strike jamb, a hinge jamb, and a header, said frame members each being recessed longitudinally to provide a rabbet having a major surface and a minor surface perpendicular to said major surface, a slot substantially coplanar with the major surface of said rabbet extending into a non-recessed portion of said member, and a substantially J-shaped metal frame reinforcing member having a major flange, a minor flange substantially parallel to said major flange, and a connecting web substantially perpendicular to said major and minor flanges, said minor flange engaging the major surface of said rabbet and extending into said slot, and the major flange of said reinforcing member extending in engagement with the outer surface of said member.

Abstract: A split mullion window frame has opposite frame members adapted for either attaching the window frame to adjacent building structure or to an adjacent such frame. Both frame members employ a nailing flange for attaching opposite sides of the frame to a building structure. According to the invention, outer portions of the nailing flanges are removable and the inner portion of one of the nailing flanges is offset so that, having removed the outer portions, the window frame members can be nested together with their respective inner flange portions overlapping. A second set of flanges is provided. They parallel the nailing flanges but are the same length as the inner portions of the nailing flanges. The second flanges are also mutually offset so as to overlap when the frame members are nested together, thereby forming a rigid interconnection between adjacent frame members of two windows mounted side-by-side without use of a separate mullion strip.

Abstract: Transparent storm sash panes are carefully measured and precut for particular window dimensions. The precut rectangular pane is positioned in a gauging slot of a storm sash fabricating apparatus in which an adjustable stop is moved into opposition with a punch unit engaging opposite edges of the pane to thereby establish the proper length of a storm sash frame side to be punched from an extrusion of aluminum or the like. The punch is operated to form an interlocking end on one frame side and simultaneously to form such end on another frame side. Two pairs of frame sides thus produced in the apparatus are placed over the marginal edges of the precut pane, the frame sides being of channel formation, and are secured rigidly at the four corners of the pane by corner end caps or connectors having recesses to interlock with punched tabs on the opposite ends of the frame members. Accuracy of size, durability and economy of manufacturing for the storm sashes are assured.

Abstract: A building kit for vertically or horizontally slidable windows which includes a multiple-chambered blind frame profile member fashioned of a synthetic resinous material which is identical for all four sides of the windows and sash profiles of hollow synthetic resinous material which are identical for all four sides of the window as well as an optional horizontal running track. The blind frame profile is fashioned so as to be planar on a side facing the sash except for approximately a centrally arranged projecting guide tongue strip extending in the longitudinal direction of the blind frame profile. An open undercut guide groove is provided in the blind frame profile member followed on each side of the chamber. To seal the sash along the corresponding inside of the window the blind frame is connected with a U-shaped end profile of a synthetic resinous material which is at most half of the width of the blind frame.

Abstract: A fire resistant aluminum door frame assembly is provided which comprises a partition wall having a door opening therethrough; a header assembly; opposing jamb assemblies; a strike assembly disposed along one jamb assembly; at least one hinge assembly disposed along the opposite jamb assembly; and a door member supported within said door opening by said hinge assembly and having a lockset engaging said strike assembly; whereby upon exposure to extreme heat, the door frame assembly accommodates expansion of the header and jamb assemblies without buckling, and said strike and hinge assemblies respectively maintain said door support and lockset engagement of the door member, wherein said door frame assembly attains a fire rating.

Abstract: A doorframe assembly for hollow-wall partition construction is disclosed and comprises metal backer jamb members adapted for attachment to opposite sides of a door opening, a metal header member adapted for attachment to an upper horizontal side of a door opening, vinyl jamb members snap-engaged with the metal backer jamb members, a vinyl header cover snap-engaged with the metal header member, hinge plate means for supporting a door attached within a hinge plate recess along a wall portion of a vinyl jamb member at the hinge side of the door opening, strike plate means adapted for receiving lockset means attached within a strike plate recess along a wall portion of a vinyl jamb member at the lockset side of the door opening, wherein said assembly provides an easily installed, finished, and mortised construction.

Abstract: A thermal-break window of extruded frame members interconnected to form a substantially rectangular frame for encasing a glass panel in which each of the frame members is formed with a channel along its axial length. This channel contains a material of low thermal conductivity hardened in situ and with a strip of the extruded material along the channel being removed, effectively separating thereby each of the extruded frame members into two sections along their entire lengths, representing exterior and interior sections, that remain joined only by the material of low thermal conductivity. Consequently, the exterior frame sections are and remain thermally insulated from the interior frame sections. Furthermore, certain of the extruded frame members are designed to snap-fit to one another, providing for ease and simplicity in assembly.

Abstract: An entrance door having its top and bottom rails pivotally connected with arms supported for rotation by a shaft bearing journalled in the door jamb. The door jamb includes a tension member preventing distortion of the door jamb and displacement of the shaft supporting thrust bearing by the mass of the door thus insuring free swinging door movement.

Abstract: A double window construction and particularly an interior storm window construction wherein the framing or frame of the storm window is uniquely configured to provide both window support for the storm windows installed and also a smooth interior finish relative to the window opening being accommodated. The windows themselves are chamfered at their outer edges to provide for ease of installation in tracks or channels formed by resilient ribs. The sides of each rectangular storm window, as to the frame, are generally L-configured in transverse cross-section and include outwardly facing support ribs for providing support as well as space to receive a settable fluid substance such as silicone rubber, whereby to provide a secure support for the frame. The inner edges of the frame sides are preferably cut at the job site to abut directly the interior surface of the existing window frame.

Abstract: A window frame of extruded material having vertical members including sash guides wherein the vertical members are identical but reversed with respect to each other and in mirror-image relation; the sill and header are identical but inverted and reversed end for end with respect to each other. Each frame may be constructed of an identical pair each of two different members. The sill slopes downwardly toward the exterior of the frame. The sill and header are notched at right angles to the outer and inner surfaces to form corner seams which carry out the horizontal lines of the window frame and which do not require exact and difficult mitering to obtain a perfect seam. Such joints do not open during shipping and handling as do miter joints. The sash frame elements are made from a third extrusion. The vertical members and the sill and header are provided with sash supports in which the outer sash edge rides against an end wall of a vertical channel which faces into the window.

Abstract: A clamping device for clamping a structure, such as a door or window case, nto a frame of substantially U-shape cross-section, and which has an inner web wall with an offset portion and a sidewall on each side, comprises, a clamping body of substantially U-shape cross-section. The clamping body has a back web wall adapted to be secured to the structure and a leg wall on each side of the web wall which extends outwardly therefrom. At least a portion of the length of each of the leg walls is resilient so that it may be bent inwardly or outwardly. The substantially U-shaped abutment has a back abutment wall which is adapted to be slidably engaged into a receiving groove at the offset portion of the frame. It includes an abutment sidewall on each side which is disposed alongside the respective ones of the leg walls. A clamp member is movably disposed between the side leg walls of the clamping body and it is displaceable to move these walls into clamping engagement with the sidewall of the abutment.

Abstract: A multiple track window, preferably with extruded plastic framing and glazing sealing strips, is described. Glazing panels are releaseably held and slideable for opening within side framing channels which are formed by releaseably interlocking members which may be integrally hinged to one another. The glazing panels are also directly removeable from the channels formed. Sealing strips with tubular protrusions are attached to adjacent edges of the glazing panels and provide a seal at their central meeting. Such a sealing strip is also adapted for use as a sill sealing strip. Thus, a tightly sealable and efficient insulating window formed from improved elements in accordance with the disclosure is provided. The glazing panels of the window may be opened to adapt to climactic conditions or ventilation requirements, or may be removed for cleaning, maintenance or other reason.

Abstract: A metal door frame assembly comprising two jambs and a lintel, all of the same crosssectional shape, which includes a central door striker portion flanked on its two sides by an inner web and an outer web respectively, each web terminating in a respective end flange which itself terminates in a inturn flange, each inturn flange terminating in an returned flange. Assembly of the jambs and lintel is effected by mitre joints, and at each mitre joint there is a bridging strip which extends between the facing surfaces of the end flanges, and which bears against the rear surfaces of the inner and outer webs of the jamb and lintel. The bridging strip is retained in position by a pair of locking plates, each of which has a pair of tabs which engage respective apertures in the returned flanges of the jamb and lintel.

Abstract: The invention provides a structural assembly for use in a building comprising a sub-frame structural element and a metal window frame element; said sub-frame element itself comprising a strip of corrosion-resistant liquid-impermeable material (e.g.

Abstract: An improved prefabricated door frame construction is disclosed. A frame member is provided which includes a central web spanning the width of the wall and a pair of side flanges which fit over the edges of the wall circumscribing the opening. The web includes a pair of grooves opening in a common transverse direction, one of which is near the center of the web and the other near one edge. Hinge members are provided each having a hinge plate which includes a pair of elongate tongues which engage and mate with the respective grooves of the frame member. Cover plate sections are provided, each of which also has a pair of elongate tongues which engage with the respective grooves. The cover plate sections are cut to fit the gaps between the hinge plates and the ends of the frame member to provide a finished structure.

Abstract: A window assembly is mounted in a socket window opening of a motor vehicle with the interior side of the window frame substantially coplanar with the body flange in the window opening and the exterior side of the assembly. The window assembly is secured in place by means of self-tapping screws or other fasteners that extend through perforations in the window frame in the body flange into the window frame. In the best embodiment of the invention a stationary window and a sliding window are mounted wholly within the space forming the socket and substantially the entire window frame is also mounted within the socket.

Abstract: Modular case and frame sections for assembly into a self-supporting case and frame for lifting and/or sliding doors and/or windows, the case section being a hollow generally rectangular element having a pair of main chambers and a smaller chamber therebetween, first recess means on said element and guide means received therewithin. Said frame is defined by a pair of hollow side parts and a hollow bridging part, second and third recess means defined by said side and bridging parts, said second recess means being larger in cross section than the first recess means and capable of receiving connection means, closing means and carriage means therein.

Abstract: A door jamb comprising, a first sheet metal section having a flat portion for attachment to a vertical face of an aperture in a wall and a pair of channel-shaped portions on either side of said flat portion, an inner flank of one channel-shaped portion being connected by said flat portion to an inner flank of the other channel-shaped portion, a second sheet metal section for accommodating one edge of a door leaf, said second sheet metal section including a pair of longitudinal flange portions, each of which is slidably displaceable transversely of a respective one of the outer flanks of said channel-shaped portions, and fasteners for fastening each of said longitudinal flange portions in a selected transverse position on the respective one of said outer flanks.

Abstract: A doorframe assembly for partition wall construction is disclosed and comprises metal backer jamb members adapted for attachment to opposite sides of a door opening, vinyl jamb members snap-engaged with the metal backer jamb members, hinge plate means for supporting a door attached along a longitudinal recess portion of a vinyl jamb member at one side of the door opening, strike plate means adapted for receiving door locking means attached along a longitudinal recess of a vinyl jamb member at the opposite side of the door opening, and, mortising vinyl trim adhered along remaining open portions of the vinyl jamb members at both sides of the door opening and having a thickness substantially the same as the hinge plate means and strike plate means providing a mortised generally planar finished surface along the vinyl jamb members.

Abstract: This invention relates to a metal clad window product. The window frame and sash are basically made of milled, elongated wooden members with suitable interconnecting parts, such as mortises and tenons, at the ends of the same. A metal cladding member is attached to each elongated member before assembly of the window parts. The metal cladding member has flanges formed integral therewith which fit into rabbets in the sides of the elongated wooden members forming the frame and sash parts to secure the cladding to the part. The cladding includes an extension at one edge thereof which forms with suitable stop members in the assembled sash, a mounting for a glazing panel assembly. In the case of the window frame, the extension forms the mounting of the weather seal for sealing the sash to the window frame.