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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Volker Guelck, Calgary, CA;
Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
A sash lock for a sash window assembly is disclosed. The sash window assembly includes an upper sash window and a lower sash window. Each of the sash windows is mounted within opposed guide rails on a master frame. At least one of the sash windows is slidable within the frame relative to the other sash window. The sash lock comprises either a keeper, with a keeper opening, for mounting on a rail of one of the sash windows or a recess in the lower rail of the upper sash. The sash lock disclosed herein includes a housing having a hole, an actuator arm, and a cam having a cam element for receipt into the keeper opening or the recess. The locking assembly also includes a shaft extending through the housing hole and operably coupling the actuator arm to the cam.