March 31, 1942. A, E, DUTFIELD ETA-L ‘2,278,348 MOUNTING OF WINDOWS - AND LIKE PANELS Filed Jan. 11, 1940 _ Patented Mar. 31,1942 2,278,34 -

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7 2,278,348 I MOUNTING 0F WUQDOWS AND LIKE PANELS Albert Ernest Dut?eld, Park, , and Ernest John Rawlings, - , London, , assignors to Rawlings Manufacturing Company Limited, London, England; a British company Application January 11, 1940, Serial No. 313,444 ' In Great Britain July 20, 1938 5 Claims. (01; 189-78) The employment of a U-shaped strip composed This invention relates to the mounting of win of an L-shaped limb and a tip-up flap presents dows and like panels in frames and more particu the important advantage that it does not have to larlywhich to is mounting ?tted a byresilient means seatingof a metal memberem- frame _in I be mounted on the edge of the glass followed by ?tting .of the assembly somewhat blindly into the bracing the edge of the~glass panel or window. metal frame but on the contrary the resilient In known resilient seating members having a member (with its flap unfolded) may first be substantially U-shaped rubber channel portion ‘ placed in the metal frame followed by the plac for the reception of the edge of the glass panel ing of the glass in position with its edge in full and a laterally extending rubber portion integral 10V view and ?nally by the folding up of the flap. with the U-shaped portion and serving as a Thereafter the ?nishing piece is ?tted in posi— buttress with respect to the outer wall of the tion. channel, considerable care and time is required In' order that the invention may be clearly to seat the entire rubber seating member in the understood and readily carried into effect we will metal receiving frame or so-called pan, especially 15 now describe the same more fully with reference when the latter is formed with a receiving groove to the accompanying drawing in which or channel to secure the entire seating member Figures 1 and 2 are cross-sectional views of in position. The chief object of the present in the new mounting. vention is to provide an improved form of re Figure 3 is a part-perspective part-cross-sec silient: seating for the edge of the glass panel or tional view of an‘ improvement of the embodi window and more particularly to provide for 20 ment of Figures 1 and 2. greater ease of assembly, securing, and dis The metal frame consists of an upstanding mantling, and less liability to damage the seat wall A, and a base composed of two parts B and ing; incidentally the metal frame'itself is suited C connected by an intervening channel D. The to the improved resilient seating. 25 base part C is preferably slightly lower than the According to the present invention the mount base part B so as not to offer frictional resistance ing consists of a metal frame having a groove ‘to the entry of the U-shaped rubber strip E or channel extending along the base thereof, a constituted by the L-shaped limb E3 and the tip glass-receiving v substantially U-shaped rubber up ?ap E4. F is the strip-like packing or ?nish strip seated on the base of the metal frame and ing piece which is roughly triangular in shape composed of a substantially L-shaped limb and a and acts as a, buttress against the outer wall of tip-up ?ap integrally connected with the outer the U-shaped strip as shown in Figure 2. edge of the base portion of said L-shaped limb, The inter-engagement of the parts E4 and F and a separate strip-like packing or ?nishing may be strengthened and made neater by pro piece of rubber ‘engaging at its base wholly or 35 viding an overhanging lip or bead E1 on the part in part in the said groove or channel in the base E4 to engage the adjacent acute-angled edge of of the metal frame and engaging at one side with the part F. the adjacent wall of the substantially» U-shapedv If the U-shaped strip were of permanent chan rubber strip as a buttress therefor. ,i . - nel section it will be realised that the normal The employment of a seating member com 40 procedure would be for this strip to be ?tted on posed of a channel-shaped or channel-forming to the edge of the glass panel before the latter strip and a ?nishing piece of rubber as separately is placed in position in the metal frame. This seatable components presents an advantage over has several disadvantages, one being that time a single seating member with integral side strip and patience are needed to get the glass edge solid therewith in that the separately seatable into the channel (especially at corners), a sec ?nishing piece can be ?tted in position after the 7 ond being that the base of the strip necessarily placing in position of the glass panel with seating drags frictionally and tends to come off and member. away from the glass as the assembly of glass and ‘ The rubber packing or ?nishing piece is con-l strip is being forced over the base B of the metal veniently of approximately triangular shape in frame, and a third being that any imperfection cross-section, and the upstanding wall of the in the size of the glass may give rise to difficulty U-shaped strip engaged by one of the sides of in ?tting into the frame but the cause is not ap the ?nishing piece is preferably formed with an parent because the glass edge is at that time overhanging bead to engage and slightly over hidden in the U-shaped strip. hang the adjacent acute angled edge of the ?n The foregoing disadvantages are entirely ishing piece. 55 2 2,278,348 avoided by the construction according’to the placed the glass panel in position the ?ap E4 is present invention. It is seen that the U-shaped folded up to embrace the glass externally along strip is composed of the L-shaped limb ll!3 and ‘its edge and ?nally the finishing piece F is ap the flap E4 connected integrally with the limb plied. E3 by a narrow portion formed by a V-shaped What we claim is: cut E5. The ?ap E4 initially lies horizontally in l.v A mounting for glass panels comprising a or over the channel D of the metal frame as metal frame having a channel extending along shown in Figure 1 so that no obstruction is of the base thereof, a glass-receiving substantially fered to the positioning of the glass panel into U-shaped rubber strip seated on the base of the the L-shaped rubber limb, and, after the glass 10 metal frame and composed of a substantially is positioned, the flap E4 is then turned up as L-shaped limb and a. flap integrally connected by shown in Figure 2, and the finishing strip F is ' a weakened portion to the outer edge of the base then ?tted into co-operative position with it. portion of said L-shaped limb and movable into With this construction it will be understood that parallel relationship with said base portion and there is no frictional drag of a glass-embracing is a separate strip-like ?nishing‘piece engaging at U-shaped strip on the surface of the metal frame its base with the said channel of the metal frame base during assembly because the L-shaped limb and also engaging at one side with the adjacent and ?nishing strip can be merely laid in posi wall of said substantially u-shaped rubber strip tion against the metal frame without the glass as a buttress therefor. being present at that stage. Secondly the glass 20 ' 2. A mounting for glass panels comprising a itself is placed in position in the L-shaped limb metal frame having a channel extending along - and in so doing any fault due to the shape of the base thereof, a glass receiving substantially the glass is easily visible. Thirdly the outer base U-shaped rubber strip seated on the base of the part C of the metal frame can be actually some metal frame and composed of a substantially what higher than the base part B and thereby 25 L-shaped limb and a flap integrally connected increase the anchorage of the base of the fin by a reduced portion to the outer edge of the ishing piece F in the channel D of said metal base portion of said L-shaped limb and movable frame. into parallel relationship with said base portion It will be understood that the L-shaped limb and a separate strip-like ?nishing piece engag iiia may be actually L-shaped, or the included 30 ing at its base with the said channel of the metal angle and that of‘ the receiving portion ‘of the frame and also engaging at one side with the ad metal frame maybe slightly less-than 90° so that Jacent wall of the substantially U-shaped rub after having pushed the glass panel into position ber strip as a buttress therefor. . the tendency of the L-shaped limb E3 is to retain _3,._A mounting for glass panels comprising a the glass even before the flap E4 is folded up. 35 metal frame having a channel extending along Figure 2 also shows afeature related to the ?n the base thereof and an upstanding wall, a glass ' ishing piece F, namely the slight overlap of the receiving substantially U-shaped rubber strip base of the U-shaped strip with respect to a toe seated on the base of the metal frame and com portion F1 on the finishing piece, the anchorage posed of a substantially L-shaped limb and a flap of the toe portion being thereby improved. integrally connected by a weakened portion to Figure 3 illustrates an improvement on the the outer edge of the base portion of said i.~ construction shown in Figures 1 and 2 in that the a shaped limb and movable into parallel relation top edge of the vertical wall of the L-shaped limb ship with said base portion, the free edge of E3 is provided with a lip E extending laterally said ?ap having a ?ange extending laterally and downwardly to grasp‘ the-top edge of the 45 outwards and downwards therefrom’, a lip ex metal wall A of the metal frame. tending laterally outwards and downwards from The provision of the lip E presents the follow the free edge of the upstanding portion of the ing advantages. It prevents water such as may L-shaped limb for overlapping engagement with arise. from condensation on the intemal face of the top edge of said upstanding wall and a sep the'window of a vehicle from ?nding its way into arate strip-like ?nishing piece engaging at its the space between the aforesaid vertical wall of base with the said channel of the metal frame the U-shaped rubber strip 123E‘ and the adjacent and engaging also at one side with the adjacent vertical wall A of the metal frame. In this-way wall of the substantially U-shaped rubber strip the possibility of rust in the metal channel. is en as a buttress therefor, the top edge. of said ?n tirely obviated. Moreover, the aforesaid vertical 55 ishing piece ?tting under said ?ange on said metal wall A is itself protected from blows by. ‘the buffering action of the rubber overhanging lip. 4. A rubber strip for embracing the edge of a A further important advantage arises in us panel comprising a substantially U-shaped rub ing a U-shaped rubber strip constituted, as in. . ber strip composed of. asubstantially L-shaped the construction shown, by ‘an L-shaped limb 60 limbv and a flap integrally connected by a weak and a fold-up ?ap because with such a strip the eued portion to the outer edge of the base portion latter can be placed in position in the metal of said L-"shaped limb and movable into aligned frame and the lip E can be hooked over the edge relationship with said base portion. of the vertical wall A of the metal frame‘ and . 5. A rubber strip for embracing the edge of a thereby keep the strip in position without requir 65 panel comprising a substantially U-shaped rub ‘ ing any adhesive. As will be understood if the ber strip composed of a substantially L-shaped _ L-shaped limb E1i is held in position by its lip as limb and a flap integrally connected vby a reduced just described and the foldable ?apl'f‘ is lying . portion to the outer edge of the base portion of horizontally in line with the base portion of the said L-shaped limb and movable into aligned eventual channel as shown in Figure l, a glass relationship with said base portion. _ I panel can be advanced bodily into the metal frame to seat itself in the L-shaped limb while ALBERT mum's'r pump. the edges of ‘the glass are still exposed. Having manna-r somev RAWLINGS.