Fitting having support arm or swing arm for supporting a turning sash or a turning-tilting sash

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6772480
  • Patent Number
    6,772,480
  • Date Filed
    Friday, April 6, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, August 10, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A window sash (3) is mounted on a stationary frame (2) so as to be only rotatable about a horizontal axis but not tiltable using a lower corner bearing (5) such as is also used for turning-tilting fittings, and using an upper hinge bearing (9), which is connected to the sash via a support arm (11). The support arm (11) is sufficiently flexible in the vertical direction in order to be able to follow the vertical adjustment movements of the sash which are carried out at the corner bearing (5). Using a guide part (29a) engaging in the rabbet groove of the sash (3), the support arm (11) is guided vertically and is supported against motions perpendicular to the sash plane. For the left-right repositioning of the fitting, the support arm (11) is connected to the hinge bearing (9) by a turning bearing (69) turning about a horizontal axis, the turning bearing being configured in its radial direction so as to have spring elasticity, in order to be able to engage and disengage a locking projection (77,78) with the assigned locking recesses (75,76).
Description




The invention concerns a fitting having a support arm or a swing arm for supporting a turning sash and or a turning-tilting sash of a window, a door, or the like.




A fitting of this type having a swing arm for supporting a turning-tilting sash is known, for example, from European Patent 0 421 904 B1. It is composed of a hinged bearing to be secured on the frame, a swing arm connected to the sash so as to be able to pivot and to be latched, and a bearing bracket connecting the swing arm to the hinged bearing, the horizontal leg of the bearing bracket forming a guideway having an adjusting device for the end of the swing arm. The adjusting device makes it possible to adjust the effective length of the swing arm, in order, for example, to be able to straighten a sagging window sash. In order to be able to reposition the fitting to a right or left limit stop, the bearing bracket is mounted on the hinged bearing so as to turn about a horizontal axis, and it can be fixed in two turning positions, 180° apart, assisted by projections and recesses that interact together. For engaging and disengaging these projections and recesses, provision is made for a cam, to be turned using a tool. A fitting of this type having a swing arm is used for supporting a turning-tilting sash together with a corner bearing provided on the lower corner of the sash, the corner bearing essentially accepting the weight of the sash and making possible the turning movements about the vertical axis as well as the tilting movements about the horizontal axis.




Usually supported in conventional hinge joints are turning sashes that can only be turned about a vertical turning axis but cannot be tilted. But it is also known to modify the design for fittings for turning-tilting windows so that they can also be used for supporting turning sashes. This has essentially two advantages. First, the number of different fitting parts to be manufactured and stored is reduced if the same fitting parts can be used for supporting either a turning-tilting sash or a turning sash. Second, it is advantageous in two-sash windows having one turning-tilting sash and one turning sash if both sashes can be supported using identically shaped fitting parts supported at the same location, so that a symmetrical appearance results.




It is therefore known to adapt a fitting having a swing arm, such as in European Patent 0 421 904 B1, for the supporting of a turning sash such that the swing arm is replaced by a so-called “false shears arm,” i.e., a support arm, which is rigidly connected to the turning sash at the latter's upper horizontal rabbet surface. In one example known from practice, the support arm running in the upper horizontal rabbet space of the sash above the rabbet surface is screwed to a cuff (locking) bar secured in the rabbet surface groove at a plurality of locations, the cuff bar being additionally anchored on the sash by footings extending to the base of the rabbet surface groove to improve stability.




In adapting a fitting having a swing arm, provided for a turning-tilting sash, for the supporting of a turning sash, various problems and goal concepts arise. One of these problems concerns the possibility normally present in turning-tilting sashes of vertically adjusting the sash relative to the frame. For this purpose, the lower corner bearing is configured so as to be vertically adjustable. The swing arm of the turning-tilting fitting can follow such vertical adjustment motions because there is sufficient bearing play in the hinge pins connecting it to the cuff bar of the sash. In a turning sash, which is supported not with a swing arm but with a support arm that is to be rigidly attached to the sash, this bearing play is absent and with it the adjustability. Therefore, it would be desirable to configure the support arm so that it permits vertical adjustment movements also in a turning sash without the stability of the connection between support arm and sash being impaired, in particular for accommodating the forces acting perpendicular to the sash plane.




The task therefore arises to configure both the support arm as well as the parts connecting it to the frame-side hinge bearing so that the bearing-side end of the support arm has sufficient vertical freedom of motion relative to the sash frame for the purposes of adjustment, while at the same time being sufficiently supported and guided at the sash in order to be able to accommodate all the force components acting in the horizontal direction including those transverse to the sash plane. In this context, the further requirement arises that the elements functioning as guidance and support of the support arm must be configured so that they do not impair the use of the same fitting for the supporting of a turning-tilting sash, where the support arm is exchanged for a swing arm.




Furthermore, the fitting is to be simplified with respect to its manufacture and use. For a rational production process, the fitting should be configured so that to the greatest extent possible all parts can be manufactured exclusively using bending, stamping, and pressing processes, and that no parts are required to be made separately by casting. The simplification with respect to operation is first and foremost to relate to the right-left repositioning of the fitting. This is accomplished in the case of the known fitting according to European Patent 0 421 904 B1 by activating a cam, for which a tool, e.g., a wrench for socket head screws, is required. The fitting according to the invention is to be able to be repositioned without the assistance of a tool but also without impairing the reliability and stability of its being fixed in the one or the other position.




For achieving the stated objectives, the invention provides for a fitting as illustrated and described.




With the fitting according to the invention, a swing arm for supporting a turning-tilting sash or, alternatively, a support arm for supporting a turning sash can be employed, the support arm being flexible to the extent that it can follow the vertical adjustment movements of the sash relative to the frame in the same way that this is possible with a swing arm, due to the bearing play in the pivot pins. However, the stability and load-bearing capacity of the connection of the support arm to the sash is assured due to the fact that additional guiding means are provided which engage the rabbet groove of the sash, the guiding means guiding the support arm in the vertical direction. These guiding means, in this context, are configured so that they are present only together with the support arm and are omitted if, in place of a support arm, a swing arm is used for a turning-tilting sash. In this case, the rabbet surface groove is free of guiding parts engaging in it and can, as is necessary in a turning-tilting sash, accept a corner guide piece of a connecting rod, for example, for locking or releasing the swing arm.




Further features of the invention and their significance for the stated tasks and goals of the invention are yielded from the following description of the exemplary embodiments of the invention.











DEPICTED IN THE DRAWINGS ARE





FIG. 1

a two-sash window furnished with the fitting according to the invention;





FIG. 2

a first specific embodiment of the fitting in a side view;





FIG. 3

a top view of the support arm;





FIG. 4

a cross-section along line IV—IV in

FIG. 2

of the support arm, along with the sash frame depicted in the cross-section;





FIG. 5

a view of the fitting, partly in cross-section along line V—V of

FIG. 2

;





FIG. 6

a combined view of the individual parts of the fitting in accordance with

FIG. 2

;





FIG. 7

a perspective depiction of parts of the fitting according to

FIG. 2

;




FIG.


8


A and

FIG. 8B

a cross-section of the turning bearing of the fitting for the right-left repositioning;





FIG. 9

a side view of the fitting similar to

FIG. 2

, the support arm, however, being replaced by a swing arm;





FIG. 10

a second specific embodiment of the fitting in a similar depiction as in

FIG. 1

;





FIGS. 11

,


12


, and


13


individual combined views of the individual parts of the fitting in a side view, a front view, and a top view;





FIG. 14

a perspective depiction of the second specific embodiment;





FIG. 15

a third specific embodiment in a side view of the fitting according to the invention;





FIGS. 16

,


17


, and


18


combined views of the individual parts of the fitting according to

FIG. 15

in a front view, top view, and side view.











In the two-sash window depicted in

FIG. 1

, left sash


1


is a turning-tilting sash and right sash


3


is a turning sash. Turning-tilting sash


1


is supported in the usual fashion by lower turning-tilting corner bearing


6


and upper swing shears


7


having shears bearing


8


and, for the purposes of latching and opening, it has a conventional connecting rod mechanism (not depicted), which can be actuated by a handle


10


. The handle can be moved into three positions, corresponding to the closed position, the tilt opening for tilting about horizontal tilt axis A


1


, and the turn opening for turning about vertical turn axis A


2


. The swing shears have a swing arm


7


secured to the pivoting part of hinge bearing


8


. Swing arm


7


is hidden in the horizontal rabbet space of turning-tilting sash


1


, having clearance above the upper rabbet surface and it can be rigidly latched to the sash-side fitting using latching elements which are actuated using handle


10


, or it can be released for the sake of a pivoting motion for the tilt opening.




Turning sash


3


can only be turned about a vertical turn axis A


3


. However, it is also supported on the frame using a lower corner bearing


5


in combination with an upper hinge bearing


9


and a support arm


11


(also called “false shears arm”). Corner bearing


5


of turning sash


3


can be a turning-tilting corner bearing of the same type as corner bearing


6


of turning-tilting sash


1


, so that for both sashes only one type of corner bearing has to be manufactured and stored. Alternatively, corner bearing


5


of the turning sash can also be a pure turning bearing, able to turn only about the vertical axis A


3


.




In corner bearings


5


,


6


provision is made in a generally known manner for the possibility of vertical and horizontal adjustment, in order to be able to adjust the sash relative to the frame. The adjustment ranges are indicated with B


1


and B


2


and can amount in each case to several millimeters.




Upper hinge bearing


9


of turning sash


3


is of the same design as shears bearing


8


of turning-tilting sash


1


. The upper hinge bearing


9


is configured according to the invention such that either a swing arm


7


for a turning-tilting sash or a support arm


7


for a turning sash can be attached to it.




A first specific embodiment of swing arm


11


and its connection to hinge bearing


9


is depicted in

FIGS. 2 through 8

. Support arm


11


has a bearing-side segment


13


and a sash-side segment


15


, which are connected to each other by a bent segment


16


, so that they lie in different planes. Support arm


11


, in the specific embodiment depicted, is designed for use with a sash frame


3


, whose rabbet surface


19


has a rabbet surface groove, which, as is depicted in

FIG. 4

, has two ribs


21




a


projecting to the inside, which subdivide the groove into an upper groove part


22


for accommodating a cuff bar (if it is present) and a lower groove part


24


for accommodating a connecting rod. Sash-side segment


15


of support arm


11


is configured so that it fits into cuff bar groove


22


and then is roughly flush with rabbet surface


19


of sash frame


3


, as is depicted in cross-section in FIG.


4


. At its end sash-side segment


15


is bent in a U-shape, and bent part


23


has a smaller width, the width and depth of this U-shaped bent part


23


being so dimensioned that it can engage between ribs


21




a


into lower groove part


24


and can make contact with the base of the connecting rod. Using fastening bolts (not depicted), which are screwed through feed-through openings


25


of support arm


11


into sash frame


3


, sash-side segment


15


of support arm


11


is rigidly attached to the sash. Sash-side segment


15


preferably extends across approximately 75-80% of entire length of support arm


11


. Sash frame


3


is depicted in

FIG. 4

, by way of example, as a plastic frame, but the fitting according to the present invention can, of course, also be mounted on wooden, aluminum, and composite frames.




Bearing-side segment


13


of support arm


11


, across one portion of this length, forms a guiding segment


27


having reduced width. Connected to it is a leg


29


, bent at a right angle downwards, which at its lower end


29




a


expands to the same width as sash-side segment


15


of support arm


11


, i.e., having a width corresponding to the width of cuff bar groove


22


of the sash frame.




Hinge bearing


9


has a fixed bearing part


31


, which can be secured to window frame


3


using screws


33


and two protruding bearing lugs


35


for accommodating a vertical axle bolt


37


. A movable bearing part


39


is mounted on fixed bearing part


31


, the movable bearing part being composed of a bearing sleeve


41


, which surrounds axle bolt


37


and, via a connecting segment


43


, is connected to a bearing plate


45


(FIG.


5


), which is bent backwards at a right angle (in FIG.


2


and FIG.


6


).




Support arm


11


is connected to movable bearing part


39


of hinge bearing


9


via a bearing bracket


51


, whose vertical leg


53


grips bearing plate


45


of movable bearing part


39


from behind and is secured there in a manner yet to be explained. Horizontal leg


57


of bearing bracket


51


forms a U-shaped guideway


59


, open upwards, in which guide segment


27


of support arm


11


is supported so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction. Bordering on U-guideway


59


, horizontal leg


57


of bearing bracket


51


has an opening


58


, through which extends leg


29


of support arm


11


, bent at a right angle. In this leg


29


a tapped bore hole


61


is introduced, which, when support arm


11


is inserted into bearing bracket


51


, aligns with a feed-through opening


63


in vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


. An adjustment screw


65


can be screwed through feed-through opening


63


into tapped bore hole


61


of support arm


11


and functions to adjust support arm


11


relative to bearing bracket


51


and therefore relative to hinge bearing


9


. In this manner, sash frame


3


can be adjusted relative to window frame


1


in the horizontal direction, for example, to adjust a sagging sash frame.




Guide segment


27


of support arm


11


has at its upper edge slanted surfaces


27




a


that are beveled prism-like. The latter, as can be seen in

FIG. 5

, are overlapped by the upper edges of U-guideway


59


, that are pressed inwards, so that support arm


11


is undetachably secured in the U-guideway


59


of bearing bracket


51


. Tapped bore hole


61


can be provided with a thread in advance. However, it is preferably a question of a simple bore hole, into which the thread is cut using adjustment screw


65


that is configured as a self-tapping screw.




Support arm


11


is shaped form flattened wire material exclusively through bending, pressing, and stamping processing. For bending vertical leg


29


, care can be taken by using a suitable die that a thickening of the material


61




a


forms on the inner side, to increase the length of the bore hole in which adjustment screw


65


is set. In addition, bearing bracket


51


is so configured that it can be manufactured from planar material exclusively using bending, stamping, and pressing processes.




As already mentioned, lower corner bearing


5


of turning sash


3


provides for the possibility of a vertical adjustment in the adjustment range B


1


indicated in FIG.


1


. In order to be able to follow this adjustment, provision must be made also in the area of upper hinge bearing


9


and support arm


11


for corresponding vertical play. No vertical perpendicular play is provided in hinge bearing


9


. The gaps seemingly depicted in

FIG. 2

between the bearing sleeve


41


and bearing lugs


35


are in practice filled using friction-reducing shim rings made of brass or plastic. Therefore, provision is made according to the present invention in support arm


11


for the play necessary for the vertical adjustment, specifically as a result of the flexibility of support arm


11


, which is given above all in the area of bend


16


as well as between the latter and the closest attachment location on the sash frame. As a result, bearing-side segment


13


can move in the vertical direction relative to the part of sash-side segment


15


that is fixedly secured on the sash to the extent that it can follow the adjustment movements. End


29




a


of bracket


29


, bent at a right angle, is movably supported in vertical rabbet groove


22


of sash frame


3


, so that bearing-side segment


13


of support arm


11


is sufficiently supported and secured on the sash frame against forces acting perpendicular to the sash plane, without its movements being hindered in the vertical direction.




In what follows, the attachment of bearing bracket


51


to bearing plate


45


of movable bearing part


39


will be described, reference being made to

FIGS. 6

,


7


, and


8


. Vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


is supported on bearing plate


45


in a generally known manner so that it can be turned about a horizontal axis


67


and can be locked in two positions, 180° apart. This serves to reposition the fitting for a right or left limit stop. According to

FIG. 8A

, mounting plate


45


and vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


, abutting flush against the former's back side, are joined to each other by a rivet


69


, so as to be able to rotate but not to separate. Rivet


69


has a multiple-step diameter, specifically a head


69




a


, a middle segment


69




b


, and a rivet end


69




c


. It is introduced, together with an elastomer spring washer


71


surrounding its middle part


69




b


, into correspondingly stepped bearing openings


73


,


74


, of vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


and of mounting plate


45


, and it is secured by flattening its rivet end


69




c


. Bearing opening


73


of vertical leg


53


has larger dimensions than head


69




a


of rivet


69


, so that vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


can be displaced relative to bearing plate


45


in a direction transverse to axis


67


, in particular upwards, spring washer


71


being elastically deformed, as is shown in FIG.


8


B. The bearing opening


73


in vertical leg


55


of bearing bracket


51


, bearing opening


74


of mounting plate


45


, rivet


69


passing through both bearing openings


73


,


74


, and washer


71


configure a turning bearing


120


.




For securing bearing bracket


51


in the one or the other of its operational positions 180° apart, for the right or left limit stop, bearing plate


45


has at its upper and lower narrow sides, in each case, a locking notch


75


, into which one of two locking projections


77


can engage, which protrude on the inner side of vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


. In front of each locking notch


75


of bearing plate


45


, a rising guideway


79


is positioned. When bearing bracket


51


is turned about axis


67


, locking projection


77


, located in front in the direction of motion, is guided on guideway


79


such that the locking projection forces a transverse displacement of bearing bracket


51


relative to bearing plate


45


, with the elastic deformation of spring washer


71


, as indicated in

FIG. 8B

, until the respective locking projection


77


engages in locking notch


75


, due to the elastic resiliency of spring washer


71


, spring washer


71


as a result of its resiliency returning the parts to the concentric position with respect to turning axis


67


as indicated in FIG.


8


. For releasing the latch, the user must exert by hand a force effecting the transverse displacement of bearing bracket


51


relative to bearing plate


45


, in order to lift locking projection


77


out of locking notch


75


. Subsequently, the parts can be turned until the other locking projection


77


runs up against the other guideway


79


and then engages in the manner described in the other locking notch


75


. In this way, it is possible to effect the left-right repositioning of the fitting in the simplest way and without the assistance of a tool.




In the specific embodiment described, locking projections


77


, as depicted, are configured hook shaped, so that they also grasp from behind the side of mounting plate


45


that is turned away from leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


. In this way, the transmission of force between bearing bracket


51


and movable bearing part


39


of the hinge bearing is improved in the direction parallel to axis


67


.




The fitting according to the present invention is so designed that support arm


11


(false shears arm) for a turning sash can be exchanged for a swing arm (shears arm) for a turning-tilting sash, without any changes having to be made in the other components of the fitting.





FIG. 9

indicates a representation similar to

FIG. 2

, support arm


11


of

FIG. 2

, however, being replaced by a conventional swing arm


7


of a turning-tilting fitting. This swing arm differs from support arm


11


in that over its entire length it runs above rabbet surface


19


of the sash frame and it has a turning pin


83


, which is supported in a slot of the cuff bar (not depicted) of the sash, as well as a locking cam


85


, which cooperates with a locking pin (not depicted) of the sash-side fitting, in order to rigidly fix swing arm


7


as desired for the turning opening at the sash, or to release it for the tilting opening for the pivot motion relative to the sash. The end of swing arm


7


facing hinge bearing


9


is configured so as to be fully analogous to support arm


11


as described in

FIGS. 2 through 7

, with the sole difference that leg


87


, bent downwards at a right angle at the end of swing arm


7


, is so short, tapped bore hole


61


for the engagement of adjustment screw


63


being located in leg


87


, that leg


87


does not protrude into the rabbet groove of sash frame


3


. An engagement of bent leg


87


in the rabbet groove of the sash frame would hinder the release of swing arm


7


for the tilting opening and would also make it impossible to place cuff bars, corner repositioning devices, or the like in the rabbet groove of the sash frame in the area of the bearing-side upper corner.




In this way, all of the parts of the fitting, with the exception of support arm


11


or swing arm


7


, can be used without modification for a turning sash or a turning-tilting sash, so that the manufacture, storage, and processing of the fitting becomes quite significantly simpler.




A second specific embodiment of the invention is described on the basis of

FIGS. 10 through 14

. It differs from the embodiment described above in the configuration of bearing bracket


51


, both in what concerns its connection with support arm


11


as well as its support on bearing plate


45


. Support arm


11


′, depicted in

FIG. 10

, is configured so as to be essentially identical in its sash-side segment


15


and its bent segment


16


to support arm


11


in accordance with

FIG. 2

, and it is inserted and secured in the same manner as the latter in the cuff bar groove and connecting rod groove of sash frame


3


. Sash-side segment


13


′ forms a guide segment of smaller width, in which a longitudinal slot


91


having a cross-shaped extension


91




a


is configured (see FIG.


13


). Horizontal leg


57


′ of bearing bracket


51


is shaped as a U-guideway, open downwards, which movably accepts bearing-side segment


13


′ of support arm


11


.




In the upper wall of horizontal leg


57


′, i.e., of the U-guideway, a guide opening


93


is configured (FIG.


13


), in which a slide ring


95


is guided, which is penetrated by adjustment screw


65


mounted in vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


and is in threaded engagement with the former, preferably via a thread cut by adjustment screw


65


configured to be self-tapping. Slide ring


95


on its upper end has two lateral projections


95




a


, which contact diagonal surfaces


93




a


of guide opening


93


. The shank of glide ring


95


, connected from below, has a cross-section such that it fills cross-shaped extension


91




a


of support arm


11


′ in a positive fit, so that support arm


11


is connected via glide ring


95


, functioning as driver pin, to adjustment screw


65


and, by turning adjustment screw


65


can be shifted along the U-guideway in horizontal leg


57


′ of bearing bracket


71


.




Glide ring


95


has a shank-like downwards extension and, underneath bearing-side segment


13


′ of support arm


11


′, supports a guide piece


97


, which, as depicted in

FIG. 10

, with respect to the mounted fitting engages in rabbet surface groove


21


of the vertical rabbet surface of sash frame


3


(FIG.


10


), specifically in its lower groove part


24


functioning as connecting rod groove. Guide piece


97


thus supports bearing bracket


51


and therefore bearing-side segment


13


′ of support arm


11


′ on sash frame


3


in opposition to forces acting perpendicular to the sash plane, but it is movable vertically in rabbet surface groove


21


, so that bearing-side segment


13


′ of support arm


11


′ is not prevented from moving vertically relative to sash frame


3


and therefore from following a vertical displacement carried out at the corner bearing


5


(FIG.


1


).




The support described of bearing-side end


13


′ of support arm


11


′ in the vertical rabbet surface groove is achieved without support arm


11


′ having at its end a leg bent at a right angle, as is the case in the specific embodiment according to

FIGS. 2 through 10

. Support arm


11


′ can be replaced by a conventional swing arm for a turning-tilting window, if the latter's bearing-side end is configured in the same way as was described for support arm


11


and depicted particularly in FIG.


13


. When a swing arm is employed, guide piece


97


is omitted and a glide ring


95


is used, which is configured in the vertical direction to be significantly shorter, so that its shank does not extend into the area of the rabbet surface groove of the sash frame.




Glide ring


95


and guide piece


97


can be made of a suitable plastic.




Vertical leg


53


of bearing bracket


51


grips bearing plate


45


of movable bearing part


39


from behind and is mounted on bearing plate


45


in the same manner using rivet


69


and spring washer


71


so as to turn and be movable in a transverse direction in opposition to the spring force, as was described in the specific embodiment according to

FIGS. 2 through 8

. However, the cooperating locking projections and locking latches for fixing bearing bracket


51


in one of the two positions, 180° apart, relative to mounting plate


45


are differently configured than in the case of the previous specific embodiment. On vertical leg


53


of the bearing bracket, a single locking projection


78


is configured in the middle of the surface facing mounting plate


45


, the locking projection being able to latch optionally in one of two matching openings


76


, which are punched out in bearing plate


45


in the center and symmetrically above and below bearing opening


74


for rivet


69


. In front of each locking opening


67


, a guide groove


80


, open to the free edge of mounting plate


45


, is mounted, guide groove


80


supporting locking projection


78


of bearing bracket


51


and permitting it to latch into respective locking opening


76


, with initially deformation and then relaxation of spring washer


71


. Additionally, provision is made on bearing bracket


51


for hook-shaped support projections


89


, which grip bearing plate


45


at its upper edge from behind and from above, as was described for hook-shaped locking projections


77


of the specific embodiment according to

FIGS. 2 through 8

.




A third specific embodiment is described on the basis of

FIGS. 15 through 18

. In it provision is made beneath support arm


11


″ for a filler


101


, that is preferably made of plastic. Filler


101


is configured so that it can be inserted into upper horizontal rabbet surface groove


21


of sash frame


3


and that it fills up the groove to its deepest point. At the end facing hinge bearing


9


, filler


101


has an angle bend


103


, which engages in the vertical rabbet groove of sash frame


3


. Sash-side segment


15


of support arm


11


″ is fixedly connected at a suitable location, which is designated in

FIG. 15

as


105


, to sash frame


3


using a screw (not depicted), which is screwed through bore holes of support arm


11


′ and of filler


101


in the base of rabbet groove


21


. In this area, support arm


11


″ is preferably bent, as depicted, in the shape of a bend


107


running in a transverse direction, in order to improve its flexibility in the vertical direction. To the left of screw location


105


, support arm


11


″ is configured in the same manner as support arm


11


according to FIG.


2


and is attached in the area of its U-shaped bent end


23


in the connecting rod groove using a further screw.




The part of support arm


11


″ situated to the right of screw location


105


and bend


107


is, due to its flexibility, vertically movable relative to sash frame


3


in particular in the area of bend


107


and bent segment


16


, in order to be able to follow the adjustment movements of the sash that are effected at lower corner bearing


5


(FIG.


1


). In this vertical motion, support arm


11


″ is guided by filler


101


. For this purpose, filler


101


has on its upper side a guide projection


109


, which penetrates a guide opening


111


of support arm


11


″. In its upper area, guide projection


109


is configured to be U-shaped, having two legs which have beveled locking projections


113


protruding to the outside. Upon being inserted into guide opening


111


of support arm


11


″, the U-legs of guide projection


109


are pressed together until the projections


113


lock into place behind the longitudinal edges of rectangular guide opening


111


, so that filler


101


is permanently secured on support arm


11


″. Filler


101


has a second feed-through opening


115


for a second mounting screw, using which the filler can be secured to the base of rabbet groove


21


. An access opening


117


in support arm


11


″ having appropriately large dimensions, permits access to this mounting screw.




Bearing-side segment


13


of support arm


11


″, bearing bracket


51


, and hinge bearing


9


having movable bearing part


39


and support plate


45


are configured essentially identically as in the specific embodiment according to

FIGS. 10 through 13

, and for this reason will not be discussed once again in detail. It remains only to mention that slide ring


95


′, engaging in the extension


91




a


of slot


91


of support arm


11


″, is dimensioned in the vertical direction to be so short that it does not extend into the rabbet groove of sash frame


3


and also does not support a guide piece, such as guide piece


97


in FIG.


10


. This is possible because slide ring


95


does not have any guide function for the vertical movement of support arm


11


″ since this guidance is taken on by guide projection


109


of filler


101


. If, in place of support arm


11


″ for a turning sash, a swing arm for a turning-tilting sash (of course without filler


101


) is to be connected to bearing bracket


51


, slide ring


95


can therefore also be used unchanged and does not have to be exchanged for another slide ring.



Claims
  • 1. A fitting for mounting a door or window sash on a frame, using a bearing secured to the frame, the bearing having a bearing part, rotatable about a vertical axis, the bearing part having a bearing plate, which is located in a rabbet space parallel to a vertical rabbet surface of the sash, an arm arranged in an upper horizontal rabbet space of the sash, the arm being a support arm, connected to the sash, for mounting a turning sash and a bearing bracket connecting the arm to the bearing, the bearing bracket having a horizontal leg forming a receptacle having an adjustment device for the end of the arm, and a vertical leg, which grips the bearing plate of the bearing part from behind and is rotatably mounted on the bearing plate through a turning bearing having a horizontal axis of rotation, in order to be able to rotate the bearing bracket through 180° for a right/left repositioning of the fitting, wherein the bearing bracket includes at least one locking projection and the bearing plate includes at least one locking recess, wherein said at least one locking projection cooperates with said at least one locking recess in order to fix the bearing bracket in at least one position, and the locking projection configured to force a transverse displacement of the bearing bracket relative to the bearing plate in order to engage and disengage the at least one locking projection and the at least one locking recess, characterized in that the turning bearing is configured so as to have spring elasticity in its radial direction in order to make possible the displacement of the bearing bracket relative to the bearing plate.
  • 2. The fitting according to claim 1, wherein the turning bearing includes a spring washer that is elastically deformable in the radial direction, the spring washer engaging in the holes of the bearing bracket and of the bearing plate.
  • 3. The fitting according to claim 2, wherein the bearing plate includes at least one guideway and the at least one locking recess and the bearing bracket includes at least one projection, which guides the rotation of the bearing bracket relative to the bearing plate so as to force a radial displacement of the bearing bracket relative to the bearing plate and ensures the engagement of the at least one projection into the at least one locking recess.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
297 07 358 U Apr 1997 DE
Parent Case Info

This application is continuation of a Ser. No. 09/426,569 filed Oct. 22, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,286,262 which is a continuation of International Application PCT/EP98/02346 filed on Apr. 21, 1998, which are incorporated herein by reference.

US Referenced Citations (4)
Number Name Date Kind
1417758 McLaughlin May 1922 A
3591247 Berry et al. Jul 1971 A
5870801 Kim Feb 1999 A
5960518 Jeong Oct 1999 A
Foreign Referenced Citations (7)
Number Date Country
3223625 Dec 1983 DE
3702957 Jan 1987 DE
8911966 Nov 1989 DE
93 08 671 Oct 1994 DE
4403524 Aug 1995 DE
0 421 904 Apr 1991 EP
460422 Dec 1991 EP
Continuations (2)
Number Date Country
Parent 09/426569 Oct 1999 US
Child 09/827996 US
Parent PCT/EP98/02346 Apr 1998 US
Child 09/426569 US