# US 9,038,333 B2 · Common window frame > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,333 B2 - Document ID: US9038333B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/273,215 - Filed: 2014-05-08 - Published: 2014-11-13 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-08 - Assignees: Ply Gem Industries, Inc. - Applicants: Ply Gem Industries, Inc. - Inventors: Colin David Campbell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038333B2 ## CPC - E06B 7/16: Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings ({specially adapted for fireproof or similar closures E06B5/164; } E06B7/098 takes precedence {; fixed sealing joints E04B1/68; devices for fitting sealing strips E04F21/00}) - E06B 1/366: {Mullions or transoms therefor} - E06B 1/702: {Window sills} - E06B 3/44: Vertically-sliding wings - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) ## Abstract Disclosed is an operating-fixed-operating window with a common frame. The window frame includes a sill with a sill lock and sill tower upwardly extending from the sill. The window frame also includes a head disposed atop the window frame, at least one jamb and at least one operating window frame. The window also includes at least one fixed window frame with a sill cover disposed atop the sill, the sill cover engaged with the sill lock and the sill tower. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A common window frame comprising: a sill; a sill lock, the sill lock further comprising a front face and a rear face the rear face having a longitudinally extending groove, and a sill tower, the sill tower extending upwardly from a back surface of the sill; a header disposed atop the window frame; at least one jamb running vertically between the header and sill; at least one combination fixed-operating window frame; and at least one fully fixed window frame with a sill cover, the sill cover further comprising an upper surface, a lower surface and a longitudinally extending slot in the lower surface wherein the slot is configured with a forward wall and a rear wall for receiving the sill lock, the sill cover disposed atop the sill, the sill cover engaged with the sill lock and the sill tower. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The common window frame of claim 1, wherein the sill lock slot further comprises a longitudinally extending protrusion on the rear wall for interlocking with the groove of the sill lock. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The common window frame of claim 2, wherein the sill tower further comprises an upper end and a lower end, the upper end including a longitudinally extending opening, the longitudinally extending opening configured to receive a weather seal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The common window frame of claim 3, wherein the sill cover upper surface further comprises an upwardly and rearwardly extending flange for engagement with the sill tower and for obscuring the weather seal from view. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The common window frame of claim 1, wherein a flexible wipe is secured to a bottom surface of the sill cover. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The common window frame of claim 1, wherein the at least one operating window frame further comprises an upper fixed window frame with a lower rail and a lower moveable window frame with an upper rail. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The common window frame of claim 6, wherein the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame further comprises a flexible wipe retained within a slot and an outwardly and upwardly extending flange adjacent the slot. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The common window frame of claim 7, wherein the lower rail of the upper fixed window frame further comprises a downwardly extending flange. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The common window frame of claim 8, wherein when the lower rail of the upper fixed window frame and the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame are adjacent one another the flexible wipe contained within the slot of the lower rail of the upper fixed window engages a surface of the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame thereby preventing the intrusion of moisture past the flexible wipe. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The common window frame of claim 8, wherein when the downwardly extending flange of the lower rail of the upper fixed window frame is adjacent the upwardly extending flange of the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame the flanges are further operable to prevent the intrusion of water past the flanges. ### Claim 11 A common window frame comprising: a sill; a sill lock with a front face and a rear face wherein the rear face includes a longitudinally extending groove; a sill cover with an upper surface, a lower surface and a longitudinally extending sill lock slot in the lower surface, the sill lock slot configured with a forward wall and a rear wall for receiving the sill lock, the sill lock slot further comprising a longitudinally extending protrusion on the rear wall for engagement with the longitudinally extending groove of the sill lock; a sill tower upwardly extending from a back surface of the sill; a head disposed atop the window frame; at least one jamb; at least one fixed glazing with the sill cover disposed atop the sill, the sill cover engaged with the sill lock and the sill tower; and at least one combination moveable and fixed window unit separated from the fixed window by at least one mull post. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The common window frame of claim 11, wherein the sill tower further comprises an upper end and a lower end, the upper end including a longitudinally extending opening, the longitudinally extending opening configured to receive a fin-seal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The common window frame of claim 11, wherein the sill cover upper surface further comprises an upwardly and rearwardly extending flange for engagement with the sill tower and for obscuring the fin-seal from view. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The common window frame of claim 11, wherein a flexible wipe is secured to a bottom surface of the sill cover. ### Claim 15 A common window frame comprising: at least one fixed glazing within the common window frame; at least one combination fixed and moveable combination glazing adjacent the fully fixed glazing; a sill; a sill lock with a front face and a rear face where in the rear face of the sill lock includes a longitudinally extending groove; a sill tower, the sill tower upwardly extending from a back surface of the sill with an upper end and a lower end, the upper end further comprising longitudinally extending opening, the longitudinally extending opening configured to receive a weather seal; a sill cover with an upper surface, a lower surface and a longitudinally extending slot in the lower surface, the slot further comprising a forward wall and a rear wall, the rear wall comprising a longitudinally extending protrusion for interlocking with the groove of the sill lock, the sill cover upper surface further comprising an upwardly and rearwardly extending flange for engagement with the upper end of the sill tower for obscuring the weather seal from view; a head disposed atop the common window frame; and at least one mull post disposed between the fixed glazing and the at least one combination fixed and moveable glazing. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The common window frame of claim 15, wherein a flexible wipe is secured to a bottom surface of the sill cover. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The common window frame of claim 15, wherein the at least one operating window frame further comprises an upper fixed window frame with a lower rail and a lower moveable window frame with an upper rail. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The common window frame of claim 17, wherein the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame further comprises a flexible wipe retained within a slot and an outwardly and upwardly extending flange adjacent the slot. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The common window frame of claim 18, wherein the lower rail of the upper fixed window frame further comprises a downwardly extending flange. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The common window frame of claim 19, wherein when the lower rail of the upper fixed window frame and the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame are adjacent one another the flexible wipe contained within the slot of the lower rail of the upper fixed window engages a surface of the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame thereby preventing the intrusion of moisture past the flexible wipe. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The common window frame of claim 19, wherein when the downwardly extending flange of the lower rail of the upper fixed window frame is adjacent the upwardly extending flange of the upper rail of the lower moveable window frame the flanges are further operable to prevent the intrusion of water past the flanges.