Adjustable window hinge
OwnerGermain Carrier, Gaetan Bissoninventors
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Abstract
There is provided an adjustable window hinge suitable for casement and awning windows, the window hinge having a longitudinally extending track securable to a window frame, a shoe slidable along the track, a sash arm having one end pivotably connected to the shoe and the other end connected to the window, a support frame having a first end pivotably connected to the sash arm and a second end pivotably connected to the track, the second end being pivotably connected to the track by a rack and pinion arrangement such that rotational movement of the pinion will result in a longitudinal displacement of the stud along the longitudinally extending track.
Claims10
In a window hinge having a longitudinally extending track securable to a window frame, a shoe slidable along said track, a sash arm having one end thereof pivotably connected to said shoe, and a support arm having a first end pivotably connected to said sash arm and a second end pivotably connected to said track, the improvement comprising:
- a stud extending between said second end of said support arm and said longitudinally extending track, said second end of said support arm being pivotable about said stud, said stud being connected to said track in a rack and pinion arrangement having a rack component and a pinion component such that rotational movement of said pinion component will result in a longitudinal movement of said stud along said longitudinally extending track.
An improved window frame arrangement comprising a window frame, a window mounted within said frame and pivotably moveable between open and closed positions, and a window hinge to permit pivotable movement between said open and closed positions, said window hinge having a longitudinally extending track secured to said window frame, a shoe slidable along said track, a sash arm in one end thereof pivotably connected to said shoe, a second end of said sash arm being connected to said window, a support arm having a first end pivotably connected to said sash arm and a second end pivotably connected to said track, said second end of said support arm having an aperture formed therein, a stud extending through said aperture and connected to said track in a rack and pinion arrangement having a rack component and a pinion component, said rack component being connected to said longitudinally extending track and said pinion component being connected to said stud such that rotational movement of said pinion component will result in a longitudinal movement of said stud along said longitudinally extending track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.