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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2002
Mark B. Eenigenburg, Lansing, IL (US);
Dean Pettit, St. John, IN (US);
Aaron Eiger, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott Rote, New Lenox, IL (US);
Scott Zeeb, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark B. Eenigenburg, Lansing, IL (US);
Dean Pettit, St. John, IN (US);
Aaron Eiger, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott Rote, New Lenox, IL (US);
Scott Zeeb, Chicago, IL (US);
Newell Operating Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An integrated tilt/sash lock assembly for a sash window is disclosed. The sash window assembly has an upper sash window and a lower sash window slideable within a master frame, the integrated assembly has a keeper adapted to be connected to the upper sash window. A rotor assembly is adapted to be supported by the lower sash window, the rotor assembly having a rotor connected to a spool. A latch bolt is adapted to be supported by the lower sash window and is adapted to engage the master frame. A connector has a first end connected to the spool and a second end connected to the latch bolt. An actuator is connected to the rotor assembly. The actuator has a locked position wherein the rotor engages the keeper. The actuator is moveable to an unlocked position wherein the rotor assembly is disengaged from the keeper, and is further moveable to a tiltable position wherein the connector retracts the latch bolt from the master frame.