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US 2016/0356059 A1Published application
Powered sash lock and control systems therefor
AssigneeAmesbury Group, Inc.
InventorGary Newman
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Abstract
A system for locking a position of an operable sash in a window frame has a motor, a rotating element connected to the motor, and a sweep cam. The sweep cam is configured to rotatably engage a keeper disposed on a sash disposed opposite the operable sash. A spur gear operatively connects the rotating element to the sweep cam.
Claims20
A system for locking a position of an operable sash in a window frame, the system comprising:
- a motor;
- a rotating element connected to the motor;
- a sweep cam, wherein the sweep cam is configured to rotatably engage a keeper disposed on a sash disposed opposite the operable sash;
- and
- a spur gear operatively connecting the rotating element to the sweep cam.
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A system comprising:
- a motor comprising an output shaft disposed along an output shaft axis;
- a gear system operably connected to the motor;
- a sweep cam operably connected to the gear system, wherein the sweep cam is configured to rotate about a sweep cam axis substantially skew to the output shaft axis;
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- a controller operably connected to the motor for controlling an operation of the motor.
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A system comprising:
- a pair of motors;
- a worm gear disposed between the pair of motors;
- a pair of spur gears, each of the pair of spur gears offset from and operably engaged with the worm gear;
- a sweep cam gear disposed offset from and substantially between, and operably engaged with, the pair of spur gears;
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- a sweep cam operably engaged with the sweep cam gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.