Window particularly for installation in an inclined roof surface

• US 5,689,916 A
• Filed: 05/31/1996
• Issued: 11/25/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: VKR Holding A/S (Villum Fonden)
• Original Assignee: V KANN Rasmussen Industri A/S
• Inventors: Kornerup, Klaus, Jensen, Jan Fahlen
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): COHEN, CURTIS A
• Application Number:
  US08/652,509
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 49/252, 49/246, 49/379, 49/248, 49/253, 52/100, 267/69, 267/70, 267/71, 267/72, 267/169, 267/175, 267/177, 16/199, 16/200
• US Class Current: 49/252
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/0357 the parts pivoting about an axis supported on a hinged frame or arms
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1058 for counterbalancing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/624 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/22 of not identical elements of the same category, e.g. combinations of not identical springs
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/242 arranged in parallel relationship
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/152 Roof windows

Abstract

A window, particularly for installation in an inclined roof surface, comprising a main frame and a frame hinged to the top thereof as well as a frame lifting arm inserted between the main frame and the frame, the arm having one end pivotally connected with a lateral member of the main frame or the frame and its other end pivotally connected with a slide shoe which in a longitudinally displaceable manner is connected with the corresponding lateral member of the main frame or the frame, respectively. The slide shoe is associated with a pre-stressed lifting spring, as a first coupling first coupling member on the slide shoe is adapted to engage with a second coupling member connected with the lifting spring when installing the window. Between the slide shoe and the lifting spring is an auxiliary spring, the pre-stressing of which can be adjusted in dependence on the roof inclination, by a manually operated adjusting element, for supplementing the spring force from the lifting spring within a given range of the opening angle of the window. The auxiliary spring can be accommodated in a spring box between an abutment which is stationary with respect to the spring box and an abutment which is movable along the spring box.

Claims

1. A window, particularly for installation in an inclined roof surface, having an opening angle and comprising a main frame (1) having a top and a frame (3,4) hinged to the top thereof as well as a frame lifting arm (5) inserted between the main frame and the frame, said arm having two ends, one end pivotally connected with a lateral member of one of the main frame and the frame, and its other end pivotally connected with a slide shoe (6) which in a longitudinally displaceable manner is connected with the corresponding lateral member of the other of the frame and the main frame, and which is associated with a pre-stressed lifting spring (13), as a first coupling member (8) on the slide shoe is adapted to be brought into engagement with a second coupling member (9) connected with the lifting spring when installing the window at the installation site, characterized in that an auxiliary spring (12) is located between the slide shoe (6) and the lifting spring (13), pre-stressing of which can be adjusted depending on the roof inclination, by means of a manually operated adjusting element, to exert a parallel spring force for supplementing the spring force from the lifting spring within a given range of the opening angle of the window.

2. A window as claimed in claim 1, in which the lifting spring (13) is installed as a compression spring at one end of a tie rod (10) connected with said second coupling member, characterized in that the auxiliary spring (12) is accommodated in a spring box (11) placed on the tie rod (10) between the lifting spring (13) and a guide rail (7) for the slide shoe (6), between an abutment (19) which is stationary with respect to the tie rod and an abutment (18) which is movable along the spring box and which constitutes said adjusting element.