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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278185 | Restricting device The invention provides a restricting device for a closure including a vent hingedly connected to a frame, the restricting device comprising a plate (1,4) for mounting on a frame, an arm (7) for pivotally mounting on a vent and means for releasably inte... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7138182 | Temperable high shading performance coatings The invention provides temperable high shading performance low-emissivity coatings. The invention also provides insulating glass units, monolithic panes, and other substrates bearing such coatings. Further, the invention provides methods of producing coated substrat... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122252 | High shading performance coatings The invention provides high shading performance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention provides a monolithic pane bearing a high shading performance, low-emissivity coating. The invention also provides an insulating glass unit bearing a high shading performance, lo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7067195 | Coatings having low emissivity and low solar reflectance The invention provides low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention provides a monolithic pane bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Further, the invention provides an insulating glass unit bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063893 | Low-emissivity coating having low solar reflectance The invention provides low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention also provides a pane bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Further, the invention provides an insulating glass unit comprising first and second panes held in a sp... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7009086 | Use of molecular sieves for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins This invention relates to a process for converting an oxygenate feedstock to light olefins using a crystalline metalloaluminophosphate molecular sieve having a high metal content and a small particle size. It also relates to crystalline metalloaluminophosphate molec... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6904725 | Roof window with main frame and sash covering members In a roof window with a frame structure and an openable, pane supporting sash structure, the top, bottom and side members (1–8) of the frame and sash structures are for the major part made as wood profiles, which on the outwards facing sides are covered by ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6634727 | Closet doors with integrated shelves A closet door assembly includes at least one closet door having a back panel, an outer side panel, an inner side panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel connected to the back panel forming an interior space. At least one shelf is positioned within the inte... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6598346 | Device for turnable windows A device for turnable windows including a frame having a first side face and a second side face, each of the side faces of the frame including a longitudinal groove; a casement having a first edge side face and a second edge side face, the casement being ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6382743 | Door-hinging system for news-stands The news-stand body comprises a rotation-moulded plastic shell. The walls of the shell are arranged in folds, and the hinge-pin mounting holes are provided therein. The hinge pin straddles the folds, which provides for a secure and rigid mounting. The edg... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6023889 | Adjustable wall jamb An adjustable wall jamb is disclosed which can compensate for a variety of variations in wall structures when fitting a panel member thereto. One adjustable wall jamb is for a shower enclosure and affords a channel into which a portion of the wall panel i... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5398446 | Window with openable casement A window, arranged in a frame, rotatable by 180° around a central axis, having at least one casement which can be opened in a conventional manner. The window includes an insulating glass pane made of a colorless glass pane and a selective absorption pane... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5361538 | Gate for check-out lane A gate for a check-out aisle, which displays point-of-purchase merchandise when the gate is in both open and closed positions. The gate has an outer frame that is hingedly mounted along one edge to an edge of the check-out counter, enabling the gate to sw... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5083398 | Remote window lock A remote lock assembly for vertically pivoting windows has two resilient catches mounted in the vertical stile of a window sash one above the other. Opposite the lower catch is a cam housing with a recess in which the lower catch is engaged when the windo... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5070649 | Window, especially for installation in an inclined roof A window, particularly designed to be installed in an inclined roof, comprises a top-hinged sash which via a lifting arm is connected with a slide shoe displaceable along a guidance of a lateral frame member. An intermediate member is provided with a tran... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4671015 | Rapid dismount security door A quickly demountable security-conscious door having a four-pin engagement with the adjacent door frame and having a plurality of rack and pinion mechanisms for movement of the hinge pin and lock bolt members into engagement positions with respective rece... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4646491 | Partition with pivotable door for use in shower stalls A partition which constitutes one wall of a shower stall has a fixedly mounted upright wall member and an upright door member which is pivotable relative to the wall member about a vertical axis between a closed position in which one upright marginal port... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4611432 | Window, especially for installation in an inclined roof In a window comprising a main frame (1), an intermediate frame (3) hinged at the top of the latter and a sash (7) which is journalled as a pivot sash in the intermediate frame, said intermediate frame (3) is provided with an arresting means (5) in the are... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4486978 | Skylight The novel arrangement relates to a skylight with a case and a wing mounted thereon for pivoting about a horizontal axis and swinging about a further horizontal axis, the swinging axis being partially constituted by axial pins at the sides of the wing whic... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4480406 | Skylight In skylights wherein the wing may be selectively adjusted into a pivoting and swivel position, the wing is fixed with respect to the auxiliary frame in the pivoted opened position. If this fixation is removed due to a faulty operation, the upper, heavier ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4449327 | Tilting window, especially for installation in an inclined roof In a tilting window having a main frame (1), an intermediate frame (3) top-hinged therein, and a sash (7) pivotally mounted or tilting movement in the intermediate frame, said sash (7) comprises an arresting member (10) which is located in the vicinity of... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4428154 | Window safety lock A safety lock for a window mounted for pivotal movement about a centrally disposed vertical axis embodies a lock assembly housing mounted on the window sill intermediate the vertical axis and a window jamb. An elongated vertically extending locking member... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4388779 | Easy-to-open, pressure-resistant door assembly Between regions of different air pressure, a door pivots on an axis located a substantial distance from the nearest edge; this edge moves inwardly as the door pivots about the door axis in a first phase of opening movement to relieve the difference in pre... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4375736 | Shower door having adjustable pivot members A pivotal door for an entrance or passageway, and particularly for shower or bathtub enclosures, comprising a plurality of frame members, a panel mounted in said frame members, a channel provided in both top and bottom frame members, and a pair of pivot m... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4307542 | Window A window with a sash mounted in a frame has elongated draft stops extending along the rails of the sash. The draft stops are disposed in the frame and normally project out to overlap the sash rails. The draft stops are retractible outwardly beyond the out... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4306377 | Door suspension Suspension hardware for interior doors, such as closet or wardrobe doors and the like, incorporating overhead and floor mounted hardware assemblies, each incorporating a pair of angularly intersecting track means; the track means of cooperating assemblies... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4235048 | Reversible window unit for alternately reflecting and absorbing solar energy A multiple layer coating is disclosed which enables a window unit to function efficiently as a solar energy collector in winter and as a heat shield in summer. The coating comprises a layer of metal which provides high reflectance of incident solar energy... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4209946 | Pivot mechanism for pivoted windows A pivot mechanism for pivoted or reversible windows includes a stationary base adapted to be secured to a window frame member and a slide base slidably mounted on the stationary base and with which a window sash edge is pivotally engageable. A screw threa... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4174590 | Lower frame for pivoted window Disclosed is a structure of a lower frame for a pivoted window, which prevents intrusion of rain water into the room. The lower frame has a grooved section, and a rotation shaft is mounted on the bottom plate of the groove portion to support the pivoted w... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4156988 | Air-water sealing system for metal windows and other improvements An extruded aluminum window is provided with outer frame members for fastening to the building and inner frame members for fastening and holding one or more glass panes. The frames are provided with a sealing system which while allowing pressure equalizat... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4142272 | Adjustable-position pivot mechanism for pivoted windows Each of paired pivot mechanisms pivotally holding a window sash within a supporting frame comprises a stationary base screwed to one of the constituent members of the supporting frame and a pivot-carrying movable base fitted over the stationary base. By m... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4128967 | Windows and doors This invention relates to closure systems of the kind comprising a closure member such as a window or door movable within a fixed frame consisting of two frame-like parts which have a gap between them and are connected together by connector members such a... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4098026 | Window assembly A window assembly is provided for a building wall having an aperture which includes a housing nested and secured within said aperture having side plates, top and bottom plates. Each side plate has an inwardly opening upright recess of a predetermined hori... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4083150 | Door construction An improved, one piece, counterbalanced, canopy-type door. The door has a counterweight tube fixed to and extending along the upper edge thereof, which tube contains a counterweight mass. The counterweight tube projects outwardly beyond the front surface ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4081934 | Seasonably adjustable window A seasonably adjustable window includes four glass sheets mounted in spaced relationship and sealed at their marginal edges to provide dead airspaces therebetween. The outer glass sheets are selectively coated to provide the window (1) with a shading coef... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4080758 | Window safety system A window safety system for a window having a frame with a head, a sill, and side jambs defining a sash receiving opening, and a sash member mounted in said opening for pivotal movement about a vertical axis between closed, opened and reversed positions re... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4059924 | Operating mechanism for doors and windows A window assembly comprises a window sash having a pair of secondary stiles which are hinged to a surrounding frame and at one of their ends to opposite sides respectively of the sash, and operating and locking mechanism including an operating member havi... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4055024 | Roof window arrangement A roof window whose installed frame has upper and lower horizontal members and obliquely sloping side members has a casement attached to the upper frame member by two links fastened by fixed pivot pins to the respective center portions of the side rails o... | 10/25/1977 |
