Window-sill.

Application filed April 4,1903. Serial No. 151,082, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Charles L. Edmonds, a residentof Clarksburg,in the county of Harrison and State of West Virginia, have in5 vented a new and useful Improvement in Window-Sills; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to window-sills, and to has for i.ts object to provide a cheap and simple form of sill which will always be kept in place within the wall and be held by such wall from displacement, as well as one which will overcome the entrance of water, dirt, &c., 15 into such wall under the same.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement,construction,and combination of parts, as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described, and particularly 20 pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use my improved window-sill, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompany25 ing drawings, in which—

Figure 1 is a face view of a window containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of said window. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the 30 sill. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of a window containing a cap therein employing my invention, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of such cap.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate 35 like parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

A represents the window, in which 1 is the opening formed within the wall 2 for the frame and sash, (not shown,) and at the lower 40 end or bottom of this opening 1 is the windowsill 3, which is of the ordinary rectangular shape and is adapted to rest upon the lower face 4 of the opening 1 in the wall 2. The sill 3 when formed of stone, terra-cotta, &c., 45 is generally arranged upon the face 4, so that each end of such sill rests upon projecting portions 5 on each end of the faces 4, which form the opening or space 6 between such face 4 and the lower face 3' on the sill 3 for 50 overcoming the liability of breakage in the sill 3. A projecting ledge or flange'/ is formed on the front face 3 of the sill 3, and such flange extends entirely across said sill and below the lower face 3' thereof, so as to cover said space 6 and allow rain, water, &c., to 55 run or drip down along and off said front face 3 in order to overcome the entrance of such rain, water, &c., along said lower face 3' through the space G and into the face 4 of the wall 2. On each end 8 of the sill 3 are the 60 projections, lips, or flanges 9, which form the recesses 10, and between which the side faces 4' of the opening 1 in the wall 2 «are adapted to fit, so as to prevent the dropping out or displacement of the sill 3 from within 65 the opening 1 of said wall 2.

It will be evident that my invention can be used in connection with a window - cap such as is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, which cap 11 is also shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and is provided 70 with a single projection, lip, or flange 11' on each end 12 thereof, which forms a seat 12' therein, and such flanges 11' are adapted to bear against the side faces 4' of the wall 2 in the opening 1 and at the top of said opening, 75 so as to prevent the dropping out or displacement of said cap 11 and such cap being supported by said wall 2 beyond the side faces 4' thereof. This and various other modifications and changes in the construction and de- 80 sign of my improved window-sill may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

It will be obvious that as the window-open- 85 ing is formed during the building of the wall the sill and cap are set in position during such wall formation, so that all liability of the sill or cap becoming loosened from the mortar, as in ordinary cases, is overcome, and such sill 90 or cap will bear directly against such wall and so prevent the separation of such parts. It will also be apparent that the rain, water, &c., will run down and off the face of the sill, so preventing the entrance of the same in the 95 wall under the sill, as in ordinary cases, and thereby overcoming all liability of the dampening of a building by their contact with and entering such wall, and at the same time preventing in jury to such wall and unsightliness 100

736, thereof by the contact and entrance of the rain, water, snow, and dirt onto and into said wall at this point.