Link to pic of RV window:
While somewhat entertaining (?), the descriptive text leaves a bit to be desired. I don't readily see how one would operate the latches with a screen in place. .... Unless the screen is a slider or roll-up "attachment" on the inside surface of the wall to be operated independent of opening/closing the window?
Any insights appreciated.
It has an inner frame that holds the screen and an outer frame that holds the push out window with hardware for the window inside the RV.
We used to have something similar to that in our motorhme. You could pull the blind up or leave it down, you could push the window open with no problems. As I remember it, the screen was not movable, but the window and the blinds were.
There's probably a video on there somewhere that explains it better than I just did.
It's a "not movable" screen that has me stumped. The latch would be on the outside and the operator on the inside, no?
Edited by - Owen on 08/13/2024 14:55:55
No, the latch or crank is on the inside. You crank it open from the inside of the RV. You have to remove the entire window and frame and put in the new frame for the crank out window. Then you have a separate frame to attach inside of the window. Two different mechanisms as I remember.
I think we're talking about different critters, Sherry.
I can see how these types of levers/cranks,
as used in conventional (?) awning windows for houses work, and I know how the gearbox w/crank mechanism on some travel trailer windows work, but ....
the pic in the OP shows 2 hand operated latches at the lower corners without any arm/lever/?? back to the interior side.... How would you operate those latches [i.e. the ones in the OP] with a screen in place?
I realize these are primarily emergency exits, but IF they're either closed or open to allow egress, then when would a screen be used?
[My interest in this is due to the original Jalousie style windows in our SurfSide trailer being due for "new and improved." So far I can't find awning style RV windows in a size that would work .... and am currently waiting for info* from a window manufacturer (?). I've found that some outfits, even those for residential housing, that advertise "custom made windows/doors" don't actually make the units ... just assemble the components in various configurations. i.e. kinda like telling me what I need/want. 
]
* = for this style
... with this type of opener lever 
although having the window partially open might not work all that well???
We had one like this one below and the screen was a separate installation than the window that opened. The window had 2 cranks that were inside and cranked the window open without bothering the screen.
Look here: amazon.com/Window-Emergency-53...4&sr=8-50
Like I said, I think we're not talking about the same "style/type" of window.
Your say your window "had two cranks" .... but I don't see any cranks on the one in your link ... just two latches along the bottom edge of the glass.
>>> How would you operate those ^^ latches [i.e. grab them by hand] when there's a screen in place in between? <<<
I'm not trying to be deliberately dense ... is there something "obvious" (?) that I'm missing.
Edited by - Owen on 08/14/2024 08:44:03
.... fruitless to this point.
Of the three outfits [one in Kelowna, BC. one in WA and one in IN] that say they manufacture or "custom build" windows [you design it, we build it] it turns out that none apparently do .... aside from some minor lay-out modifications.
Ya win some, ya lose some and some get rained out, I guess.
But, but, but, though I think the lever openers would be the best option, in my mind's eye I think I've got a opening mechinism that should be "orders of magnitude" (?) better that those commonplace dinky, malfunction-prone right-angle gear boxes ... an open worm gear with the "wheel" situated mid-way along the "bar" at the lower edge of the window.
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