Window systems
First Claim
1. A component for use in the construction of a sliding sash window assembly, the component comprising a cover member, means on the cover member for engagement with a recess in an outer frame of a window assembly to at least partially cover the recess, and locating means on the cover member engageable by a glazing member to permit fixed glazing of the associated region of the frame without removing the cover member.
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Abstract
A set of components for use in constructing a sliding sash window comprises an outer frame member having parallel longitudinally extending channels or recesses therein adapted to accommodate balance spring mechanisms, cover members engageable with the outer frame in order to enclose or partially enclose the channels or recesses at appropriate regions of the assembled frame and to hide the balance spring mechanisms from view, and glazing members engageable with retaiing means formed on the cover members to enable a portion of the outer frame to be fixed glazed without removing the cover members.
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- 1. A component for use in the construction of a sliding sash window assembly, the component comprising a cover member, means on the cover member for engagement with a recess in an outer frame of a window assembly to at least partially cover the recess, and locating means on the cover member engageable by a glazing member to permit fixed glazing of the associated region of the frame without removing the cover member.
- 3. A set of components for use in constructing a sliding sash window comprising an outer frame member provided with parallel longitudinally extending recesses therein adapted to accommodate balance spring mechanisms, a cover member engageable with said frame member in order to enclose or partially enclose said recesses at appropriate regions of the assembled frame, and a glazing member engageable with retaining means formed on said cover member to enable a portion of said outer frame to be fixed glazed without removing the cover member.
- 7. A window construction comprising an outer frame member at least the top and sides of which are formed from extruded plastics components having first and second spaced parallel inwardly opening recesses therein adapted to accommodate balance mechanisms for use in association with sliding sash frames, a sliding sash frame mounted in said outer frame for vertical sliding movement relative thereto in the plane of said first recesses and mounted on balance springs located within the first recesses in the side frame members, connecting means connecting upper regions of said balance spring assemblies with upper regions of the associated sash frame and movable along said recesses during opening and closing movement of the sash frame, said second recesses and those portions of said first recesses along which the connecting members do not move being closed or partially closed by cover members attached to said outer frame, and a portion of the window in the plane of said second recesses being fixed glazed by means of a glazing unit located therein and secured in placed by glazing members engaged with retaining members formed on the cover members attached to the associated recesses.
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