Robert M Lucci

US Patent:

6948279, Sep 27, 2005

Filed:

Apr 22, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/839161

Inventors:

William P. Newton - Spencerport NY, US
Robert M. Lucci - Rochester NY, US
Thomas F. Batten - Webster NY, US

Assignee:

Caldwell Manufacturing Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

E05F001/16

US Classification:

49446, 49453

Abstract:

A support system for a heavy sash that is laterally removable from between opposed window jambs includes a pair of sash support arms pivotally mounted on each sash stile and counterbalance shoes that engage the support arms to uphold the sash. The support arms, in inwardly dependent positions, can engage the shoes as the sash is lowered onto the shoes; and the support arms, in outwardly extending positions, support the weight of the sash on the shoes. Hooks dependent from the shoes can lock the shoes to the jambs during sash removal or replacement; and the sash support arms, the shoes, and the hooks are all preferably cut from metal extrusions.

US Patent:

7367162, May 6, 2008

Filed:

Dec 14, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/011288

Inventors:

Robert Michael Lucci - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Caldwell Manufacturing Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

E05D 15/02

US Classification:

49453, 49446, 49445

Abstract:

A system for supporting a window sash that allows for the removal of the sash from between opposed window jambs. The system supports the window sash through counterbalance shoes supporting sash support arms pivotally attached to the sash. The shoes include hooks which, in first positions, engage lances in the window jambs to hold the shoes in place as the sash is removed from or installed between the window lambs. The hooks, in second positions, engage pins extending from the support arms to retain the support arms on the shoes.

US Patent:

8146204, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Sep 28, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/568252

Inventors:

Robert M Lucci - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America LLC - Rochester NY

International Classification:

E05F 1/00

US Classification:

16197, 49181, 16193

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for reducing the torque of a compound balance in order to substantially cancel out the torsional force of the torsion spring acting on the spiral rod by creating an equal and opposing torsional force on the extension spring. The apparatus is an assembly connector that is non-permanently engaged with the extension spring, with the spiral rod being tensioned by the torsional force of the torsion spring. Alternatively, the extension spring may be turned in a direction to apply more torque than is required for operation of the compound balance. It is then engaged with a non pre-tensioned spiral rod sub-assembly to transfer the excess torque to the torsion spring of the spiral rod sub-assembly. In this manner, the opposing torsional forces of the torsion spring and the extension spring acting on the spiral rod substantially cancel out each other.

US Patent:

8302258, Nov 6, 2012

Filed:

Apr 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/437289

Inventors:

Robert M. Lucci - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, LLC - Rochester NY

International Classification:

E05F 1/00

US Classification:

16197, 49181, 16193

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for reducing the torque of a compound balance in order to substantially cancel out the torsional force of the torsion spring acting on the spiral rod by creating an equal and opposing torsional force on the extension spring. The apparatus is an assembly connector that is non-permanently engaged with the extension spring, with the spiral rod being tensioned by the torsional force of the torsion spring. Alternatively, the extension spring may be turned in a direction to apply more torque than is required for operation of the compound balance. It is then engaged with a non pre-tensioned spiral rod sub-assembly to transfer the excess torque to the torsion spring of the spiral rod sub-assembly. In this manner, the opposing torsional forces of the torsion spring and the extension spring acting on the spiral rod substantially cancel out each other.

US Patent:

20080235905, Oct 2, 2008

Filed:

Mar 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/694164

Inventors:

Robert M. Lucci - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

CALDWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. - Rochester NY

International Classification:

E05D 13/00

US Classification:

16197

Abstract:

A method and device for applying a pre-tensioned force to a spiral window balance. The spiral balance includes a containment tube, a spiral rod and a torsion spring that traverses the length of the containment tube. The device includes a pre-tensioning insert that is contained within an anchorage fixed within the upper end of the containment tube. At least one boss formed at the base of a bore within the pre-tensioning insert defines a channel that receives the upper end of the spiral rod. To apply a pre-tensioned force to the spiral balance, the lower end of the spiral rod is pulled from the lower end of the containment tube, turned a number of revolutions and reinserted into the containment tube without being allowed to rotate. The upper end of the spiral rod is non-rotatably retained within the channel by the boss to prevent it from losing its pre-tensioned force.

US Patent:

20100083464, Apr 8, 2010

Filed:

Sep 28, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/568288

Inventors:

Robert Lucci - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

CALDWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY - Rochester NY

International Classification:

E05F 7/00

US Classification:

16197

Abstract:

An apparatus and method to substantially cancel out the opposing torsional forces of the torsion spring of a spiral rod subassembly and the extension spring of a compound spiral rod balance on the carrier element. The extension spring and the rod spiral balance subassembly are parallel, connected at their lower ends to a carrier element and at their top ends either to an upper mounting cap or separately to the wall of the jamb channel. The spiral rod is turned a pre-determined number of times in a direction opposite from that in which the extension spring is turned so that the torsional forces acting on the carrier element from the torsion spring and the extension spring substantially cancel out each other. The balancing out of the counteracting torsional forces eliminates or substantially reduces the friction between the carrier element and the jamb channel.

US Patent:

60324171, Mar 7, 2000

Filed:

Aug 19, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/914624

Inventors:

Alan S. Jakus - Hemlock NY
Robert M. Lucci - Rochester NY
William P. Newton - Spencerport NY

Assignee:

Caldwell Manufacturing Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

E05D 1522

US Classification:

49181

Abstract:

A tilt sash counterbalance system has a carrier shoe with a locking cam that moves a locking component to a corner-to-corner locking position within a shoe channel. This is done by moving the locking component to a locked position where the locking component simultaneously increases both the width and the thickness of the carrier shoe. This presses the locking component into one inside corner of the shoe channel while pressing an opposite edge of the carrier shoe in a diagonally opposite direction against a diagonally opposite inside corner of the shoe channel.

US Patent:

20180187471, Jul 5, 2018

Filed:

Feb 26, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/905035

Inventors:

- Rochester NY, US
Robert M. Lucci - Rochester NY, US

International Classification:

E05F 15/652
E05D 15/06
E05D 15/08
E05F 15/665
E06B 3/46

Abstract:

A sliding closure assembly includes a frame assembly, at least one sliding closure panel, a second panel, and a powered actuator. The frame assembly has a first track portion, a second track portion, and a catch portion. The sliding closure panel slides within the first track portion of the frame assembly. The second closure panel is adjacent to the at least one sliding closure panel and is positioned within the second track portion of the frame assembly. The sliding closure panel slides within the first track portion of the frame such that an opening is formed through the sliding closure assembly when the sliding closure panel is in the opened position and the opening is closed when the sliding closure panel is in the closed position.