Standardized framing section for closure wings
AssigneeHuron Window Corporation
InventorVictor William Fehr
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Abstract
A standard sized, or standard shaped profile for use as header, sill, latch jamb and/or striker jamb portions within a framing section, each of the standard shaped and sized profiles includes a first side and a second side wherein are provided mounting portions to mount the framing sections via a supplementary member engaged with the mounting portions to a wall adjacent an opening and thereby enable a wing pivoted from said completed frame to be swung inwardly in a first embodiment or outwardly in a second embodiment from framing sections made from the identical profiles.
Claims14
A standard substantially hollow profile having a predetermined load carrying ability for use in an assembly of framing sections for supporting a pivoting wing comprising one of a door and window within an opening in a building, said profile comprising a section having a top, two sides and a bottom, said top and bottom having extending within a hollow therebetween reinforcing portions extending substantially between said top and said bottom and joining said top and said bottom, said reinforcing portions creating a predetermined number of closed sections within the interior of said profile which rigidify the load carrying ability of said profile, said profile including proximate the top thereof adjacent one side thereof a pocket within which said wing may be located in use and when the wing is in a closed position, said pocket having disposed adjacent thereto a recess for receiving a seal, when installed in said profile said seal including at least one and preferably two tangs for a friction fit engagement within said recess to retain said seal in position for butting against the wing in a closed position, said profile having disposed proximate each side thereof a detent for engaging with a supplementary mounting member for mounting said profile adjacent a building opening, said detent being disposed proximate each side of said profile, wherein said standard profile may be joined with standard profiles so as to form a framing section which may be installed within openings within a building to pivotably retain said wing.
A framing section for a closure wing, said wing being pivotable proximate one side edge thereof to and from an open and closed position when a free side of the wing is moved to and from the open and closed position, said framing section comprising a standard section profile for providing a sill section, a header section, a striker jamb section and a hinge jamb section, all sections being interconnected at preferably mitered corners and being joined thereat, said framing section being mounted within an opening provided within a building, each framing section being rigidified by reinforcing portions within an interior hollow thereof, each framing section having two sides, a top and a bottom and having disposed proximate the sides thereof means for mounting said framing section to a supplementary portion to be fastened to said building, one side of said framing sections including a pocket located proximate the top of said framing section and extending toward the bottom of said framing section, said pocket also including a channel for receiving a seal, the top of said framing section being tapered toward one side of the section and extending from said pocket to that side, said taper being utilized to allow for the shedding of water, and snow from said framing section, said section also including drainage ports which extend through the reinforced sections within the hollow of the framing section to provide for the draining of water away from said framing section, wherein said framing section is mounted within the building opening by supplementary portions being fastened to normally wooden plates adjacent the opening of said building and wherein said supplementary portions engage with the means for mounting said framing section to the supplementary portions of said profile.
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