Flush sliding window assembly
AssigneeTaylor Made Group, LLC
InventorThomas J. Bender
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Abstract
A sliding window assembly includes a window frame supporting a main glass with an opening, and a carriage coupled in the window frame and supporting a slider glass sized to fit into the opening in the main glass. The carriage is displaceable in the window frame between an open position, a ready position, and a closed position. The slider glass is disposed in the opening when the carriage is in the closed position. A lever assembly connects the carriage and the window frame. The carriage is linearly displaceable in a first direction between the open position and the ready position, and the carriage is linearly displaceable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between the ready position and the closed position.
Claims19
A sliding window assembly comprising:
- a window frame supporting a main glass with an opening, the window frame including a timer bearing and a main track;
- a carriage coupled in the window frame and supporting a slider glass sized to fit into the opening in the main glass, wherein the carriage is displaceable between an open position, a ready position, and a closed position, the carriage including a bearing track in which the timer bearing is engaged;
- a glider positioned in the main track;
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- a lever assembly connecting the carriage with the glider,
- wherein the bearing track is shaped such that the carriage is linearly displaceable on the timer bearing in a first direction between the open position and the ready position, and such that the carriage is linearly displaceable on the timer bearing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between the ready position and the closed position.
A sliding window assembly comprising:
- a window frame supporting a main glass with an opening;
- a carriage coupled in the window frame and supporting a slider glass sized to fit into the opening in the main glass, wherein the carriage is displaceable in the window frame between an open position, a ready position, and a closed position, the slider glass being disposed in the opening when the carriage is in the closed position;
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- a lever assembly connecting the carriage and the window frame,
- wherein the carriage is linearly displaceable in a first direction between the open position and the ready position, and wherein the carriage is linearly displaceable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between the ready position and the closed position.
A method of operating a sliding window assembly including a window frame supporting a main glass with an opening, a carriage coupled in the window frame and supporting a slider glass sized to fit into the opening in the main glass, a glider positioned in a main track of the window frame, and a lever assembly connecting the carriage with the glider, the method comprising closing the sliding window assembly by:
- (a) displacing the carriage with the lever assembly in a first linear direction from an open position to a ready position;
- (b) after step (a), displacing the carriage with the lever assembly in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction from the ready position to a closed position;
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- (c) after step (b), locking the carriage in the closed position with the lever assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.