CEN/TS 13126-1:2004

This part specifies performance requirements for the strength and durability of fittings for the operation of movable leaves of windows and door height windows including requirements and test methods common to all fittings.This Technical Specification is applicable to the fittings suitable for windows and door height windows listed in Table 1 and illustrated in normative annex B, whatever the material used for the construction of the window. Table 1 - Window typesWindow typeDescriptionFigureASide-hung casement inward opening B1BSide-hung casement outward openingB1CBottom-hung casement inward opening and outward opening B2DTop-hung casement inward opening and outward openingB2ETilt and turn casement and turn and tilt casementB3FHorizontal pivot casementB4GVertical pivot casementB4HProjecting top-hung inward and outward opening casementB5JProjecting bottom-hung inward and outward opening casementB5KTop-hung projecting reversible casementB6LSide-hung projecting reversible casementB7MVertical sliding sashB8NHorizontal sliding sashB9PLifting sliding sashB10QFolding casement (centre pivot)B11RFolding outward opening casement (corner pivot)B12SFolding inward opening casement (corner pivot)B12TTilting sliding sashB13UTop-hung inward opening casement multi-lightB14VBottom-hung inward opening casement multi-lightB14WHorizontal balanced casementB15This Technical Specification does not apply to the following: -Fusible links, fittings for lifting side-hung casements; fittings for windows that remain parallel to their own plane and move perpendicular to it on pantograph type gear, devices that are used for the permanent connection of window frame members to each other, devices that are used for the permanent fixing of complete window assemblies into the structure of a building, mechanisms for the remote operation of windows, whether mechan