Dual window assembly
AssigneeYoshida Kogyo K. K.
InventorKinji Ishida
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Abstract
A dual window assembly comprises an interior window unit adapted to be mounted within an opening in a building wall and an exterior window unit adapted to be mounted on the exterior of the opening. First and second frames of the units have respective first and second mounting flanges which are to be secured together by means of connector strips.
Claims21
A dual window assembly for covering an opening in in a building wall having an exterior siding, said dual window assembly comprising, in combination:
- (a) an interior window unit including a first rectangular frame supporting a first pair of sashes, said frame being adapted to be disposed in the wall opening and having means by which it may, by a first set of fasteners, be secured to and supported by the wall, and further having a first mounting flange composed of vertical portions integral with the four sides of said first frame;
- (b) an exterior window unit including a second rectangular frame supporting a second pair of sashes, said second frame being adapted to project into the wall opening from the exterior while extending outwardly beyond the siding, the inner portion of such inward projection comprising a second mounting flange composed of port integral with the four sides of said second frame, and disposed adjacent to but spaced from said first mounting flange;
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- (c) a connector having a first section held against said first mounting flange by said first set of fasteners, and a second section secured to said second mounting flange by a second set of fasteners, whereby said exterior window unit is supported by said interior window unit.
An exterior window unit for covering a building wall opening on the exterior side of a building wall having an exterior siding, there being mounted within the opening an interior window unit on the interior side of the exterior siding, the interior window unit including a first frame secured by a first set of fasteners to the framework of the building wall and having a first mounting flange, said exterior window unit comprising, in combination:
- (a) a second frame for extending beyond the thickness of the exterior siding of the building wall, said second frame having a second mounting flange;
- (b) a pair of sashes mounted within said second frame in parallel closely spaced planes;
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- (c) a connector for interconnecting said second frame with the first frame of the interior window unit, said connector comprising a pair of first and second sections and a second set of fasteners, said first section being adapted to be secured by said first set of fasteners to the first mounting flange on the first frame and said second section being securable by said second set of fasteners to said second mounting flange on said second frame.
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