Abstract: A vinyl window or door screen frame which does not require clips or hooks for installation. The frame contains corner keys formed at angles greater than 91.degree. which provide a slight bow along each side of the screen frame. This feature allows the screen frame to fit snugly into the window frame. The use of vinyl makes the screen frame flexibly rigid and thus allows for the bow in the frame. The frame stays in place due to the compression force between the window frame and the bowed edges of the screen frame.

Abstract: An extruded rail adjacent to the glazing in a window has a pair of integrally extruded receivers adapted to attachingly receive predetermined window glazing bead brackets which are each adapted to mate with the receivers. The glazing can be installed from either the exterior side or the interior side of the window, and can be located closer to one or the other of the sides by attachment sequence and selection of the predetermined bead brackets.

Abstract: A window frame includes tubular sill, head and jamb members of extruded plastics material, and each member has laterally spaced inner and outer walls integrally connected by laterally extending transverse walls. A nailing flange projects laterally outwardly from each outer wall for securing the frame within a wall opening, and each frame member has an integral exterior portion projecting outwardly from the corresponding nailing flanges. The exterior portion of each frame member cooperates with an exterior transverse wall to define a groove or channel extending laterally inwardly from the outer wall for receiving the edge portion of exterior siding. Narrower frame members also have cavities within the interior transverse walls for receiving the edge portions of interior wood sill, head and jamb extenders.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermally efficient and low maintenance enclosed structure, such as a sunroom, made from a framework of joined structural members, thermally insulating kick panels, windows, optional door assembly, optional skylights, and a roof. The structural members include reinforced and non-reinforced polyvinyl chloride extrusions. The structural members are joined together at joints using hardware which cannot be seen from inside or outside the enclosure thereby enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the enclosure. Machines for making the enclosure from a small number of extruded profiles are also described.

Abstract: A maintenance free composite door frame and a method for making the door frame. The composite door frame includes a plurality of framing members, each including a core formed from a foamed or cellulosic material that includes a wall surface adapted to be mounted within a cavity formed in the wall of the house or other building with which the frame is to be used, and a door surface is opposed to the wall surface and is adapted to extend within the cavity. The core preferably includes an elongate base member and an elongate stop member mounted on the base member in a parallel relationship to the base member. Each framing member further includes a resilient shell, which is preferably formed from a waterproof material, and which may be snap-fit on the core. The shell forms a continuous waterproof expanse which generally conforms to the shape and configuration of the core to cover and protect the door surface of the core and the lateral edges extending between the core's wall surface and the door surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite comprising a thermoplastic resin and a glass fabric that can be used in the form of a linear extrudate as a structural member or as a repair unit. The resin glass fiber composite structural member can be manufactured in an extrusion process. The linear extrudate can have a cross-section of any arbitrary shape or can be a regular geometric shape. The profile is made by first preforming the glass fabric into a useful shape, combining the preform fabric with melt resin and extruding the resin and glass fiber in a useful shape. When contacted with melt resin, the glass fiber becomes intimately contacted with and substantially coated with the melt resin.

Abstract: A component for a window frame includes a first elongate member having an open side and a second elongate member. The second elongate member is attachable to the first elongate member at the open side. This defines with said first elongate member a closed space within said component. The component also includes ventilating apertures.

Abstract: An improved door jamb and brickmold assembly is provided wherein an extruded thermoplastic molding and stop member is secured to wooden support members to define the door jambs and mullions of a door and jamb assembly. The co-extruded plastic molding and stop members define both the stops of the assembly and the exposed decorative molding portion and also protect the wooden support members from exposure to the elements.

Abstract: A frame member is extruded from a composite material including plastic and wood fiber. A plastic end cap is sonically welded to a cut end of the frame member despite the presence of wood fiber at the interface.

Abstract: A pinch welt for trimming a flange formed on a vehicle body panel is disclosed. The welt includes a rigid insert made of a thermoplastic or synthetic rubber material that is compatible with the material of an outer decorative layer of the welt so as to allow the pinch welt to be readily recyclable as a single unit after use. The material of the insert has a resilience that allows the welt to be readily secured to the flange in a resilient manner. The insert is shaped by cooperating continuous forming rolls in an extrusion process that provides oppositely extending tines in which a thin webbing is formed between the tines.

Abstract: A universal frame renders a double hung pocket replacement window suitable for window out--window in replacement and/or new construction installation, and likewise, renders a casement pocket replacement window suitable for window out--window in replacement and/or new construction installation, and likewise, renders a picture pocket replacement window suitable for window out--window in replacement and/or new construction installation, and likewise, renders a glider pocket replacement window suitable for window out--window in replacement and/or new construction installation, thereby giving rise to economies of scale in the manufacturing and distributing processes for a variety of windows.

Abstract: In a resin window frame (2, 4), an outer frame member (2a, 4a) made of resin blended with cellulose-based fine powder has a hollow portion, and a wooden core member (2b, 4b) having shape and size corresponding to the hollow portion of the outer frame member (2a, 4a) is engagedly inserted into the hollow portion of the outer frame member (2a, 4a).

Abstract: A plastic article such as a thermoplastic extruded door frame or laminated composite floor for railroad cars having at least one internal cavity wherein the cavity is filled with an intumescent. When exposed to fire, such an article retards or inhibits the break-through of fire into an adjoining compartment or room for a sufficient time to allow occupants thereof to evacuate the adjoining compartment or to extinguish the fire. The article has at least one internal cavity filled with an intumescent and meets the requirements of ASTM E 152. The plastics employed herein may be either thermoplastic or thermoset.

Abstract: A window frame construction particularly useful in a manufactured housing unit to provide a structure for receiving and supporting at least one window and to provide coverage of ends of siding applied to the exterior of the housing unit. The window frame includes a window body member to generally circumscribe an opening in the housing unit, with a J-rail return member integrally formed therewith to provide a flange member for attachment of the window frame to the housing unit and to cover and secure ends of the siding in a slot formed between the flange member and the return member of the J-rail return. The return member has sufficient width to cover the siding ends even when the siding contracts during lowered temperatures. The window frame, in the preferred form, is constructed from extruded vinyl, and it is used principally for vinyl siding.

Abstract: A closure assembly is provided assembled from framing sections being fiberglass pultrusions having thin walls, sufficiently thin so as to require reinforcing of the pultrusion proximate the ends and at predetermined positions to allow for (i)joining adjacent pultrusions together and (ii) assembling hardware to the pultrusion, (iii) mounting the pultrusions when assembled in an opening.

Abstract: An improved door jamb and brickmold assembly has a rectangular wooden jamb and a unitary co-extruded thermoplastic member mounted to said jamb and defining both the door stop and the brickmold of the assembly. In one embodiment, an elongated securing tab projects from the brickmold and is positioned to overly the exterior surface of a building in which the assembly is mounted for securing the brickmold to the building.

Abstract: A composite thermally insulated architectural frame member is provided which is comprised first metal section, a second metal section and a preformed thermal break section. The first metal section has a longitudinal inner channel. The second metal section has an extension positioned within the channel of the first section in a predetermined spaced apart relationship from the first metal section. The second metal section is positioned in a longitudinal channel in the thermal break section in a spaced apart relationship from the first metal section. The composite metal frame member is assembled by inserting the thermal break section laterally into the channel of the first metal frame section and then inserting the second metal frame section laterally the channel in the thermal break section. The dimensions of the respective sections are selected so the sections snap lock together.

Abstract: A modular anti-warping door panel for use in the construction of a door or door panels. The door panel comprises a rigid reinforcing frame constructed of material resistant to warping. The reinforcing frame is defined by two spaced apart elongated rigid members and one or more transverse spaced members. The reinforcing frame is retained in an elongated butte stile and a lock stile and a top and bottom rail. The stiles and rails are formed as hollow members of rectangular cross-section forming a peripheral panel frame. The two elongated rigid members are retained along an inner peripheral channel of the rectangular door frame. Panels are retained in an opening defined by the inner peripheral channel. A rigid post is secured in the butte and lock stiles along an outer edge portion thereof and concealed within the hollow stiles.

Abstract: A window assembly having improvements for thermal efficiency is described. Dead air spaces are created in and around the frame of the window assembly through the addition of nonconductive members. The nonconductive members, and the dead air spaces thereby created, reduce thermal conduction by the frame and improve thermal efficiency of the window. The nonconductive members may be adapted to cover air pockets within the frame, such as between opposing support legs. Other nonconductive members may be adapted to cap exposed portions of the frame. Other nonconductive members may be adapted to hold a panel against the frame.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an extruded thermoplastic, thin-walled, high definition profile structure having a central hollow cross sectional member with at least two flange members extending perpendicularly therefrom and longitudinally therewith wherein at least one flange member extends from one side of the cross sectional member and at least one flange member extends from the other side thereof. Preferably, there are three flange members extending from one side forming channel-like recesses and one flange extending from the other side of the cross sectional member.Also included herein are particular thermoplastic resins that can be employed in making the profile structure of this invention. For example, the profile can be a composite comprising a substrate of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and a thin outer layer of polyvinyl chloride or a blend of polyvinyl chloride and acrylic-styrene-acrylonitrile.

Abstract: An extruded aluminum window frame is shown having a thermal barrier held in place within the extrusion by channels having circular C-shaped insulation end pockets. An extrusion bridge is preferably located between the circular C-shaped insulation pockets in skip-debridged form within a polyurethane thermal barrier or may be conventionally located below the polyurethane thermal barrier for entire removal.

Abstract: A composite framing member especially suited for use as a stile in a stile and rail door or window assembly. The framing member includes a hollow member, preferably manufactured from a fiberglass reinforced plastic. The hollow member is overlayed with two wood edge inserts and two wood overlays to give the appearance of a solid wood door or window assembly. The edge inserts include surfaces which are coplanar with the longitudinal surfaces of the hollow member, and the overlays are affixed to both the longitudinal surfaces and the coplanar surfaces of the edge inserts to provide added strength at glue lines. The composite framing member further provides a passage within which a locking mechanism may be disposed, yet not visible or accessible, which gives added security.

Abstract: A window assembly includes adjacent first and second windows and a reinforcing mullion connecting the windows. The mullion comprises hollow polymeric first and second lineals and a metal reinforcing bar between the lineals. Interior and exterior face caps attached to the lineals span a gap between them. A securement means is also provided for connecting an end portion of the metal reinforcing bar to a support structure surrounding a window opening in a building. The mullion adds rigidity to the assembly, thereby increasing its design allowable size.

Abstract: A window frame construction particularly useful in a manufactured housing unit to provide a structure for receiving and supporting at least one window and to provide coverage of ends of siding applied to the exterior of the housing unit. The window frame includes a window body member to generally circumscribe an opening in the housing unit, with a J-rail return member integrally formed therewith to provide a flange member for attachment of the window frame to the housing unit and to cover and secure ends of the siding in a slot formed between the flange member and the return member of the J-rail return. The return member has sufficient width to cover the siding ends even when the siding contracts during lowered temperatures. The window frame, in the preferred form, is constructed from extruded vinyl, and it is used principally for vinyl siding.

Abstract: A refrigerator door assembly is mounted on a stationary frame of a refrigeration unit and comprises a door frame integrally molded about a thermo-pane in sealing relationship therewith. The door frame is hingedly mounted on the stationary frame of the refrigeration unit by a pair of upper and lower hinge pins. A torsion bar, integrally molded within the door frame and secured to one of the hinge pins, functions to constantly apply a closing force on the door frame to move the door assembly into sealing contact with the stationary frame of the refrigeration unit.

Abstract: A construction for removably retaining a first sheet of glazing adjacent to a second sheet of glazing is disclosed including a fixed frame member adapted to be attached to a glazing cap, and a removable retaining flange connectable to the fixed frame member. The flange-holding side wall of the fixed frame member has a shoulder containing a longitudinal groove adjacent to the flange, and a longitudinal recess having an upper edge and a lower edge including a catch. The retaining flange connects to the fixed frame member by nesting the upper end edge of a vertical leg of the flange into the flange-holding groove of the frame member and locking a lip of the flange member to the catch along the lower edge of the fixed frame recess. When the fixed frame member and the removable retaining flange are connected, the flange of the fixed frame member and the horizontal leg of the removable retaining flange removably brace a first sheet of glazing therebetween.

Abstract: A window assembly comprises frame and sash members that are each one-piece of integrally-molded plastic material. The frame and sash members are each molded by delivering molten plastic to respective mold cavities defined between outer and inner multiple-member rectangular sub-assemblies. Different size frames and sashes are formed by inserting/removing inner and outer extension members of appropriate length from the mold sub-assemblies.

Abstract: A window frame is made of a plastic material which is secured together by utilization of corner key pieces at each of the four corners joining the header and the sill with a pair of jambs. The corner key pieces may be initially stapled or screwed to the frame members to create a stable unit prior to the permanent securement of the various members by means of ultra-sound welding.

Abstract: In a method for laminating a plastic web onto a plastic substrate, the web is moved past an adhesive coating station where one surface is coated with a mixture made of solvent and resin particles. The substrate is moved past a cleaning station, where a surface is also coated with a mixture made of solvent and resin. After the web and substrate pass through drying chambers, the coated surfaces are pressed together with rollers and heat is applied. The method is particularly suitable for laminating strips bearing a woodgrain pattern onto extruded thermoplastic members which are thereafter cut into segments for use in making prefabricated window systems.

Abstract: A molding for a UPVC sealed unit double glazed window or door comprises core and adaptor sections which may be assembled together to provide L, T or Z cross sections, in which the adaptor sections are provided with tongues which are longitudinally slidably insertable in grooves formed in the core section and are laterally retained therein. Profiled glazing strips have an angled tongue for insertion and retention within a groove of a core section by the presence of the glazing and sealing gaskets.

Abstract: This peripheral member is for use in a frame holding one or more window panes and in a framework for attachment along the inside of a window opening in a building structure. It has a hollow rectangular main body and a narrower rectangular extension. The main body and the extension form a right-angled inside corner where their adjoining sides present intersecting longitudinal recesses. These sides of the main body and the extension have longitudinal grooves located away from the inside corner. The remaining faces of the main body and the extension are flat, including a face on the extension that is a co-planar continuation of a corresponding face on the main body.

Abstract: A window including a sash assembly having a combination support and screw attachment bar for use with a plastic box-like girder is disclosed. The structural support fits within the plastic girder to provide additional structural rigidity and includes an extension portion adapted to receive a fastening means for providing a secure fastening arrangement for a window latch or other apparatus. The identical structural support may be used in other portions of the window to provide additional structural strength adjacent a lift bar portion for manually manipulating a sash assembly.

Abstract: This is a window assembly with one sliding window, one fixed window and a rectangular framework made up of extruded framework members with the same cross-sectional profile except for small segments that are removed in the framework members along which the sliding windows slide. Three of these framework members support the fixed window pane along three edges. The sliding window has extruded peripheral members along its edges which have the same cross-sectional profile as one another except where small segments are removed in two of them to slidably interfit with the two framework members along which the sliding window slides. An additional peripheral member of this cross-section is part of the framework and supports the fixed window along its remaining edge. Springs inside the two framework members along which the sliding windows slide urge the sliding window to an open position.

Abstract: A sturdy, low profile window having a window frame and at least one sash. The window frame includes a welded master frame and window frame inserts. The window frame inserts in cooperation with the master frame form the window frame. The sash of the low profile window includes a glazing, master sash, and sash inserts. The sash inserts in cooperation with the master sash form the sash and retain the glazing within the sash. The sash of the present invention is confined within the window frame to produce the low profile window.

Abstract: A prefabricated slider window system includes a main frame made from extruded thermoplastic members. Windows are mounted in the main frame for horizontal sliding movement. The main frame includes a bottom frame portion having channels for guiding the bottom sides of the windows, and a top frame portion having channels for guiding the top sides of the windows. The channels are deeper in the top frame portion than in the bottom frame portion to permit the windows to be raised out of the channels in the bottom frame portion. The raised windows can then be removed from the main frame so that the outdoor sides of the windows can be cleaned.

Abstract: Window frames formed from pultruded glass fibre reinforced resin material are shaped so that a movable portion of the frame includes a hollow profile, an opening in which is closed by a separate strip interlocking with the profile and carrying a weatherstripping blade. A corner member is defined by a pair of plate-like legs interconnected at right angles, each of which slides into a slot in the profile defined by shoulders on the side walls and a recess on the outer wall. The corner member is then screwed to the part through the recess on the outer wall.

Abstract: A window frame made, for example, of a vinyl material is secured together by the utilization of corner key pieces at each of the four corners joining the header and the sill with a pair of side frames. After the frame pieces have been assembled they are permanently secured by the use of ultra-sound welding.

Abstract: A window frame assembly includes a frame member having a longitudinally extending channel with a bottom surface and front and rear walls. Each wall has a longitudinally extending recess adjacent to the bottom surface. The window frame assembly also has a plurality of support members for a window unit, the support members being longitudinally spaced along the channel. Each support member rests on the bottom surface of the channel and has front and rear longitudinally extending projections in snapping engagement in the recesses in the front and rear walls of the channel.

Abstract: The invention provides a thermal break configuration in a flush glazed, two-piece mullion which permits a reduced face dimension without reducing the depth of the glazing channels of the mullion. The invention is directed to a thermal break segmented filler assembly for the shallow glazing pocket in narrow flush glazed two-piece framing for curtainwalls, storefronts, and the like. The two-piece mullions have a major portion and a filler portion, both of which are extruded profiles. The filler assembly incorporates a thin thermal break which makes it possible to reduce the mullion face dimension and still provide a glazing pocket depth equal to that of conventional flush glazed thermal framing. The thin thermal break of the filler assembly includes a plastic channel extrusion having rigid upturned legs with relatively soft barbs which engage channels in aluminum extrusion filler halves. The thermal break filler element is snap fit onto and between the filler halves to form a three-piece filler assembly.

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: The specification discloses an improved skylight construction having a foamable gasket providing a weather seal between the curb and dome. The gasket is applied to the curb and cured prior to mounting of the dome. Consequently, the gasket does not adhere to the dome upon dome removal, permitting the dome to be easily replaced or inverted on the curb for low-profile transportation and storage.

Abstract: In a frame-shaped window member (1 or 2) including a framed core (10) made from wood material and provided with a covering (11) moulded thereon, preferably polyurethane, and supporting on its side facing the open air a weather-resisting shield (12), the part (11') of the covering facing the inside air has a far larger thickness and thus a corresponding minor permeability to vapor than the adjacent covering parts (11") which fully or partly cover the remainder of the surface of the core.

Abstract: A window construction has a frame with side members having longitudinal slots along the outer periphery thereof and expansion members engaging the slots and movable between closed positions and open positions in which the width of the frame is effectively increased, thereby to facilitate installation of the window frame. The frame also has a sill member and a head member and the side members, the sill member and the head member have casing slot portions that together provide a casing slot extending completely around the window frame, for sealingly receiving a casing therein. The window also has inner and outer sashes each having bottom, top and side members, and inner and outer moldings in snap-fit engagement therewith. The snap-fit engagement holds inner and outer panes in sealing engagement with the bottom, top and side members.

Abstract: An extruded frame member includes an elongated molded body of a one-piece construction having at least one elongated sheet-like wall having at least one elongated projection formed on one side of the wall and extending longitudinally of the molded body. A reinforcing wire is embedded in and extends along the elongated projection. The molded body is made of a thermoplastic resin. The reinforcing wire includes a bundle of fibers joined together by a thermosetting resin impregnated in the fiber bundle. The fibers have a higher melting point than the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: An improved frame assembly for doors, windows and the like is disclosed. A frame receives a central panel which defines an edge about its exterior perimeter. The frame comprises a first and second skins in opposed relationship defining a cavity therebetween. The interior edge of the frame has internal support ribs which act in conjunction with the interior edge of the frame to grip the edge of the central panel while the exterior edges of the skins are separated by a sizable insert. The cavity between the skins is filled with a foamable insulating material which surrounds the edge of the central panel and forms a weathertight seal.

Abstract: Molded window assembly includes a window frame having a generally flat bottom wall to which a transom stiffener is attached, and a sill extending downwardly from the front edge of the bottom wall in front of the stiffener. End blocks are telescopically received in opposite ends of the stiffener to take up any clearance space between the ends of the stiffener and the adjacent sides of spaced apart wall studs in an opening in an exterior wall in which the window assembly is mounted above a window or patio door unit therebelow. Universal nailing plates at the outer ends of the end blocks facilitate attachment of the ends of the stiffener to the sides of the wall studs for transferring the weight of the window assembly to the wall studs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite bar for example for window or door frames or shutters comprising a plastic hollow profile bar with an inner and outer surface.Adjacent said surfaces substantially parallel thereto a metal flange is inserted into the interior of the plastic hollow profile bar. To increase the resistance to bending of this frame with respect to forces perpendicular to the window pane or door leaf without substantially reducing the thermal insulation the two metal flanges are connected together in shear-transmitting manner without metallic contact.

Abstract: An improved refrigerator door structure, the mounting frame and door thereof being fabricated of fiberglass, fiberglass reinforced thermoplastic, or other lightweight material. An innermost and an outermost glass pane are sealably mounted within the door frame to enclose one or more sheets of heat reflective transparent plastic material space parallel to and laterally from the panes and sealably attached to the frame so as to prevent flow of air past any of the plastic sheets or glass panes. The heat reflective plastic surface serves as a barrier to our flow and also serves as a barrier to radiated heat.

Abstract: A skylight that may have a domed-type or flat-type glazing and which is adapted to fit within the opening of a roof or the like having a peripheral frame which is fixed to the roof about the opening. The frame is constructed including a base frame and an operating leaf frame usually referred to as an operating leaf frame or operating leaf. A retainer is used for securing the skylight cover over the operating leaf frame. The frame comprises a rigid plastic profile (core) having high temperature resistant properties and a plastic capping material extruded over the external exposed surface of the core to protect the profile from weathering. There is also preferably provided with the profile and capping, a flexible gasket means which may include respective gaskets associated with both the base frame and the operating leaf frame.

Abstract: Window frames and sashes are molded of fabricated fibrous wool impregnated with a binder and coated with a resin which soaks into the surface to form a strong protective skin.