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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Cynthia L Sheldon, Owatonna, MN (US);
Stephen O Myers, Naperville, IL (US);
Robbin J Delaske, Waterville, MN (US);
Joseph P Landherr, Rose Creek, MN (US);
Truth Hardware Corporation, Owatonna, MN (US);
Abstract
A position control mechanism for a double/single-hung window, including retractable plungers mountable on opposite sides of a window sash and received in a track on the frame to support the window sash for movement. An elongated member is secured at opposite ends to the plungers. A tilt latch actuator is mountable to the window sash between the plungers for pivoting about an axis, and includes a shaft with an opening therein oriented substantially radially relative to the axis and receiving the elongated member when secured to the first window sash. The ends of the shaft opening are substantially equal radial distances from the axis, and the elongated member is substantially linearly oriented when secured to the plungers with the plungers received in the one track. Guide openings defined by a bushing concentric with the axis are spaced from the shaft at substantially equal distances on opposite radial sides of the axis.