WHIT OW HARDWARE NEY HITNEY WINDO CORPORATION BOs jee Safe Sr, a AYINN Sy Nie eri COPYRIGHT 1916, WHITNEY WINDOW CorpP., THIS UNUSUAL MINNEAPOLIS HOME IS TYPICAL OF THE CLASS OF RESIDENCES BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH WHITNEY WINDOW-HARDWARE. IN WHICH HE present day style of architecture is very T artistic from every standpoint. Yet, the thing of beauty has not always been a joy forever, because of the fact that in giving character to the work, it has not been possible heretofore to give some parts of the structure the necessary utility. Take, for instance, the windows. Until recently, to the average person, windows were simply windows and as long as they admitted a reasonable amount of light and air, when opened, performed their necessary functions. However, with the study of better light and more efficient home ventilation, came the sleeping porch and sun parlor. These required a window that would permit plenty of light and the benefit of the entire window opening, which is impossible with the usual types of windows. The only window that came near answering the requirement was the French or casement window. This style of window is not practical, however, for the purpose desired, because of the manner of control. They are hinged to swing outward or inward and, when of the French style and full length, they are made to swing in- side and therefore are not secure against weather conditions. The radical climatic changes in this country, as well as the wide variations in moisture conditions, make it impractical to fit the joints as closely as they must be to cope with these con- ditions. Consequently, it has been impossible to have windows of the casement style that would not leak or stick and whose adjusters were not con- stantly out of order. To make them leak-proof would mean that the windows would not have enough free space to permit swelling under damp conditions. To allow sufficient space for the win- dow to swell, meant that they were not leak-proof nor wind-proof. In one condition they were too loose and in the other too tight to open. Casement Window Requirements Most casement windows will fill some of the necessary requirements, yet, in order to give entire satisfaction, they should have all of the following qualifications: An artistic effect, both from the inside and out- side. Allow for a maximum or a minimum of ventila- tion without a draft. Always work easily and quietly. Open outward, out of the way and not interfere with the screens. Be self-adjusting, and stay rigidly just where you open them, so that the wind cannot rattle or slam them shut, thus enabling you to control the ventilation. Be easily moved to any point in the opening, permitting an unobstructed view. Be absolutely tight and weather-proof when closed. Be easily washed from the inside, thus eliminat- ing the use of ladders to wash the outside of the glass. These are the requirements that fit every Architect’s, Builder’s, and Contractor’s ideal. For years they have tried to secure a window with all of these advantages, but nothing on the market has ever satisfied them on every point, until the advent of the Whitney Casement Window Hardware You can use any style sash with Whitney Case- ment Window-Hardware and still enjoy all of the above advantages, in addition to overcoming the many troubles of ordinary casement windows. This is proven by the fact that Whitney Casement Window-Hardware is used in all types of residences, from the modest to the most palatial, in hotels, hospitals, schools, office buildings, amusement buildings, clubs, churches, libraries, apartment buildings, etc., from Coast to Coast. As one of Seattle’s most prominent Architects so aptly put it: ‘‘Architects have found the casement window almost indispensable to give character to some classes of work, but after having a delightful seance with some irate client who claims that the ‘window sticks, leaks, the adjusters won’t work, the fly screens are not right, etc.,’ they ofttimes feel like cutting them out. If one will examine the Whitney control, he will see how all of these troubles have been overcome in a very simple and clever manner.” Appearance Conforms with Best Architectural Standards The window with Whitney Hardware control when closed is, to all intents and purposes, the same as the commonly known casement window. Its means of operation is, however, entirely differ- ent from that of the old style hinged window. The reason for the superior appearance of the window with Whitney Hardware control over what is known as the double hung, weighted, or check rail sash, is the fact that the principal lines of the sash run up and down, which is the normal direction of growth and in conformity with the main lines of the structure in which it is used, while the check rail or double hung sash has the heavy meeting rails, which are at cross purposes to the proper and artistic lining of the building. The sash may be divided into small panes or fitted with art glass, according to the scheme of the designer, and with the same freedom that he would exercise in any window, bearing in mind, of course, that a circle or oval top sash may not be used without the aid of a transom, as the Whitney Casement Window-Hardware control is such that it necessitates that the head be parallel with the sill. Ventilation The subject of proper ventilation, especially in the home, is one so inexhaustible that we can only give you a few of the requirements in our limited space. Even the opening of the windows in the morning and airing out of the rooms is better than no air at all, but if we realize that sleeping in a room with an open window that enables us to have a circulation of air and yet eliminate the draft, is the most healthful condition we could possibly get to store up energy, no one would sleep in a room that would not permit of such conditions. Each day our physicians are bringing this fact home to us more forcefully by advising and urging us to keep out in the open air. Improper ventilation in the home causes the occupants’ vitality to be lowered, thus rendering them more susceptible to disease. The necessity for proper ventilation in the home is very apparent. Fresh air increases the vigor, as well as the resisting power of the body to disease and it helps burn up and clean and rid our tissues of waste products which are poisons, if retained, and, what is not least, it greatly reduces the risk of infection. Whitney Casement Window-Hardware control enables you to overcome these conditions. From the standpoint of ventilation, the Whitney type possesses more of the desirable and necessary requisites than any other casement window. The fact that the sash may be pushed to either side of the opening, leaving the rest free and unobstructed, permits the deflection of any breeze into the room if that is the desired condition, or by sliding the sash to the opposite side of the opening, it will baffle the breeze, and while admitting an abund- ance of fresh air, it prevents the force of the wind entering the room. When the wind is blowing directly upon the window, the windows may be opened a little way, so that the center projects out, leaving an opening top and bottom, of equal size, thus establishing an ideal form of ventilation without a draft. When in this position, the windows are not drawn far enough away from the side pockets into which they are fitted to allow the wind access at this point. In this position, the rising and heated atmosphere of the room naturally passes out through the top, while the cooler atmosphere finds entrance through the lower opening, and when the atmospherical conditions outside are such that there is a current of air passing directly from one opening to the other, there is naturally a siphon effect which draws out the foul air of the room. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ILLUSTRATION AND THE SET-IN VIEWS IS TO SHOW JUST HOW AND WHERE WHITNEY CASEMENT HARDWARE !S ATTACHED TO THE CASEMENT SASH. THE UPPER RIGHT HAND “*PHANTOM"” VIEW SHOWS THE FIXTURE FOR THE TOP OF THE SASH AS IT IS INSTALLED THE FIXTURE ITSELF IS SHOWN IN THE UPPER CERT CiRGEE: IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CIRCLE IS A “PHANTOM” VIEW OF THE BOTTOM FIXTURE AS IT IS INSTALLED, THE FIX- TURE ITSELF IS SHOWN IN THE LOWER CEE CIRGEE, Sleeping Porches and Sun Parlors The adaptation of the Whitney Casement Window-Hardware control to sleeping porches is most novel and useful. The openings can be ar- ranged to contain any mutliple of sash, each pair working independent of all other pairs, so that the opening may be arranged by throwing all pairs to one side, or by dividing the number of pairs and placing part on one side and part on the other, or you may open one pair and leave the balance closed. In this way you may have an opening of practically any width. With the Whitney control, the windows can be thrown entirely open, or any part of the opening may be closed. Thus, the closed portion of the opening acts as a protection and you may enjoy the fresh air as fully as though you were outdoors, without the force of the breeze blowing directly upon you. Consequently, you will readily realize the importance of having the Whitney control on the windows in every room. That any width of opening may be had with an unobstructed view, is admirably shown in the photographs herewith. Then, too, the fact that this opening can be instant- ly closed, if necessary, is a point which few, if any, windows have in their favor. This method of ventilation makes the Whitney Casement Window- Hardware control almost indispensable in any type of building or home, because it adds to the comfort and well-being of the occupants. The Ease of Operation The operation of windows with the Whitney Casement Window-Hardware control is so new and novel and yet so simple that a slight study of the phantom views, as shown on the opposite page will enable you to easily understand and appreciate the simplicity of the operation. While the windows are held perfectly rigid, both top and bottom, by the hardware, yet not being rigidly fastened to the frame, they may be moved from side to side, still retaining their connection with the window frame by means of the interlocking shoes in the track at the bottom of the frame and the roller guides running in the groove at the top of the frame. In a nutshell, the window with the Whitney con- trol is a real window when closed and an unob- structed opening when opened and moved to either side. This operation is entirely distinct from any of the other methods. While the casement window is hinged to the jamb, the window with Whitney Window-Hardware has no connection with it and is free to move away from them. Where the sash are arranged in pairs or in groups of pairs, the sash of the pairs are hinged together, each pair independent of the pair adjacent. The top and bottom of the sash stiles, which are not hinged to one another, being provided with the wooden roller at the top and with the sliding shoes at the bottom, both of which have connections with the frame. This, in addition to the fact that the sash are hinged together, enables the pair of sash to fold together in the shape of a V, though they still retain their connection with the frame, because of the roller and sliding shoe, the sash being hinged together, each sash presses the other and the brass stops or distance pieces that are placed in the track at the bottom of the sill, separate the sash from one another so that it is impossible for them to close tightly together, thus retaining their stability and preventing tipping. As a result, it is possible for you to have as large an opening as you may desire and to operate any one of the pair of sash in the opening without interfering with the other pairs in the opening. The operation of the single sash is slightly differ- ent from the double sash, though involving the same principle. The single sash openings consist of a track or guide on the sill interlocking with a sliding shoe. This shoe is attached to the sash by means of the pivot plate at the corner and a swing- ing arm is attached to the opposite corner of the window frame. A duplicate arm is connected to the top of the sash and the window frame, also the roller guide is placed at the corner of the window directly above the sliding shoe and fitted into a groove at the head. f The arms attached to the window and to the casing swing out as the window is opened, drawing the opposite edge of the sash away from the side of the frame, though still retaining its connection to the frame by means of the interlocking shoe and roller guide. These arms act as adjusters to hold the window in whatever position placed and by this operation make a self-adjusting window. With both the single and double sash, the feature of having the sash free from the sides of the frame, makes not only possible, but extremely convenient, the washing of the outside of the window from the inside of the room. This has been one of the main and unsurmountable objections to the use of case- ment windows. Screens While the screening of casement windows has been difficult, due to the interference of the ad- justers on the sill, this objection has been entirely overcome by the Whitney Casement Window- Hardware control, because they make the window self-adjusting. Sliding screens are used, so as to make the windows easily accessible. They are placed next to the sash on the inside. The shades and draperies are then placed on the inside of the screen. This allows the operation of the shades without opening the screens each time, and in ad- dition the screen acts as a protection against the shades and drapes being blown out of the window when open. We Furnish Only the Hardware We manufacture and sell only the hardware. The sash used can be of any metal or of wood con- struction. The hardware consists of a top fixture for each sash, which is a brass plate and which is screwed to the top of the sash and on which a wooden roller rolls in a groove at the top of the sill. A bottom fixture for each sash, which is a brass plate and which is screwed to the bottom of the sash, on which is pivoted a shoe that slides in a brass track that runs the entire length of the sill; a pair of hinge butts, one of which is attached to both sash a short distance from the top; the other being attached to both sash a short distance from the bottom. This lower hinge butt contains a handle with which the window is opened and closed; a pair of brass stops which are inserted in the track between the shoes at the bottom of the sill, so that the window can be opened to the proper point, thus retaining their stability and preventing tipping. A sufficient supply of brass screws and full direc- tions for attaching go with each set. Any carpenter can easily set the hardware without trouble. WHITNEY WINDOW CORPORATION, 305 Fifth Street So., Minneapolis, Minn. THIS MINNEAPOLIS HOME IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE MANY UNOBSTRUCTED OPENINGS THAT CAN BE HAD WITH WHITNEY CASEMENT WINDOW-HARDWARE. THIS SLEEPING PORCH IN A SEATTLE HOME, SHOWS HOW EASILY OUT OF DOORS CONDITIONS CAN BE SECURED BY THE USE OF WHITNEY CASEMENT WINDOW-HARDWARE. WHITNEY WINDOWS ON SUN PORCH :: :: ::) :: HENRY DICKINSON RESIDENCE, SEATTLE, WASH. UG AERO SVN 5X4 SN gl hot ROME RRC Op omen ape PLATE 1 a Ts _ ci) < : ae es 4 a - - _ = ~~ wr > ioe : te PLATE 13 SHOWING ARTISTIC EFFECT OF TRANSOMS WHITNEY WINDOWS Be ae EXTERIOR--VIEW PLATE 12 a See WHINE Ye WINDOWS yc) (see crs sil sem. ie ns PLATE 16 E. M. HENDEE’S RESIDENCE, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. GORDON ALLEN, ARCHITECT. BOSTON, MASS. :: Sigg HO PLATE 10 WHITNEY WINDOWS DR. A. P. ROGERS RESIDENCE, NEWTON CENTER, MASS. O. A. THAYER, ARCHITECT. BOSTON, MASS. PLATE 8 WHITNEY WINDOWS RESIDENCE OF W. G. PURCELL, ARCHITECT AND OWNER MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. r Pin al = a ~ » i « 7 _ Ue oe ww 2 PLATE 14 iT en 2 BR Gr %%y awe RESIDENCE OF HULBERT G RIPLEY, ARCHITECT AND OWNER WHITNEY WINDOWS RIPLEY, MASS. * aa i Si en WHITNEY WINDOWS <3 2 PLATE 35 Cc. A. BOEHME, ARCHITECT AND OWNER MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. :: 3: 2) ii) ti WHITNEY WINDOWS :: :: Baie CO ai se oa AR PLATE 30 HIGH SCHOOL AT ELLENDALE, NN. D. ss : GILBERT R. HORTON, ARCHITECT, JAMESTOWN N. D. PLATE 28 WHITNEY WINDOWS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, TACOMA, WASH. 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