A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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The present invention provides a sensor system to reliably alert and inform a user of the status of a window. In particular, the present invention provides a sensor system which reliably informs the user if the window is both in a closed position and also that the locking mechanism (espagnolette locking mechanism) is in the locked configuration. The present invention thereby provides two independent sensor systems within the casement window handle assembly (10) which are arranged to verify that the window handle (12) is in the locked configuration and also that the window sash (114) is in the closed position relative to the window frame (112). The casement window handle assembly (10) comprises a first sensor for indicating the position of the window handle and this comprises a first sensor component mounted to the pivotal/movable handle (12) and a second component fixed within the mounting base (14). In the preferred embodiment the fixed component is provided by a reed switch (22) located on a board (printed circuit board 24) provided within the mounting base (14). The first component comprises a magnet (20) which is housed within a rotatable boss (21) through which the spindle extends or is housed in the spindle (121) itself.
The present invention provides a sensor system to reliably alert and inform a user of the status of a window. In particular, the present invention provides a sensor system which reliably informs the user if the window is both in a closed position and also that the locking mechanism (espagnolette locking mechanism) is in the locked configuration. The present invention thereby provides two independent sensor systems within the casement window handle assembly (10) which are arranged to verify that the window handle (12) is in the locked configuration and also that the window sash (114) is in the closed position relative to the window frame (112). The casement window handle assembly (10) comprises a first sensor for indicating the position of the window handle and this comprises a first sensor component mounted to the pivotal/movable handle (12) and a second component fixed within the mounting base (14). In the preferred embodiment the fixed component is provided by a reed switch (22) located on a board (printed circuit board 24) provided within the mounting base (14). The first component comprises a magnet (20) which is housed within a rotatable boss (21) through which the spindle extends or is housed in the spindle (121) itself.
Casement window handle sensor
DERHAM MICHAEL (author)
2021-12-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E05B
LOCKS
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Schlösser
HANDLE MALFUNCTION PREVENTING DEVICE AND CASEMENT WINDOW
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