Spring mounting arrangement for a sash window counterbalance arrangement
AssigneeOmega International Ltd.
InventorsHarold Keith Braid, Simon Christopher Braid
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Abstract
A sash window counterbalance arrangement for counterbalancing the weight of a sash window includes a spring support mounting located within a channel in a sash window jamb, a sash shoe slidable in the channel, a spring arrangement which generates a spring force between the mounting and sash shoe to counterbalance the weight of the window, the mounting including at least one mounting peg which projects from the mounting to engage a mounting aperture within one channel wall to locate and secure the mounting within the channel, with the mounting peg being resiliently biased into engagement with the aperture.
Claims10
A sash window counterbalance arrangement for counterbalancing the weight of a sash window comprising:
- a sash window jamb with a channel defined within said sash window jamb by a rear wall,
- a spring support mounting fitted within said channel, the spring support mounting comprising at least one retractable mounting peg movable between an extended position in which the retractable mounting peg projects from said spring support mounting to engage a mounting aperture defined within a wall of said channel to locate and secure said spring support mounting relative to said channel, and a retracted position, and
- at least one spring in combination with the spring support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.