US1010700A

US1010700A - Screen.

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Publication number: US1010700A
Application number: US59019510A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Steger
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-11-01
Filing date: 1910-11-01
Publication date: 1911-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1928-12-05

Description

W. STEGER.

0 SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1910.

1,010,700. Patented Bea 5,1911.

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WILLIAM STEGER, OF LINDEN HEIGHTS, OHIO.

SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent. l Patented Dec, 5, 1911.

Application filed November 1, i910. Serial no. 590,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STEGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linden Heights, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Screen, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to screens for use in windowor door openings and has for its object, the provision of an all metal screen which is cheap tomanufacture and neat in appearance, it being possible to quickly and readily rewire the screen whenever desired, and without the necessity of employing tools of special construction.

A. further object is to "provide a screen which can be readily placed in orremoved from position and which utilizes resilient means for holding it. in any position to which it may be moved and without necessitating the employment of counter balances or the like. I

With the foregoingand other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made. within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown. In said drawings,-Figure 1 is a front elevation of awindow screenconstructed in accordance with the-present invention, the guide cleats being shown partly in section and partly in'elevationn Fig.- 2 is a top plan view of the screen, the cleats being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a por-.

tion of the screen. Fig. 4 is a section through one of the strips included in the screen structure. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a corner portion of a screen door having the present improvements embodied therein.- Fig. 6 is a section on line AB' Fig. 5.

Referring to the figures by characters of

reference

1 and 2 designate the stiles, and 3 and 4 designate the top and bottom strips,

respectively, of a window screen. Each stile.

and strip is formed of sheet met-a1 and consists of a metal strip having a longitudinally extending flange 5 along the outer edge thereof and the free longitudinal edge of this flange is curved inwardly to a slight extent as indicated at 6. The other longitudinal edge portion of the strip is folded upon itself, as indicated at 7 and is bent at an acute angle to the intermediate portion of the strip so as to overhang said intermediate portion and thus cooperate with the flange 5 to form a pocket or channel extending throughout the length of the strip. A retaining strip 8 is insertible into the channel and has one longitudinal edge portion bent at an obtuse angle, as at 9, while the other longitudinal edge portion is bent to overe hang the intermediate portion of the strip 8 and is curved transversely to form a stop flange 10. Each of the strips constituting the stile and top and bottom strips has its ends beveled so that, when the said stiles and top and bot-tom strips are assembled, the beveled end will fit snugly and form a rectangular frame. The meeting end portions of the stiles and top and bottom strips are preferably secured together by means of angular tie plates 11 riveted or otherwise secured to 1 one face of the meeting membersof the screen and having flanges 12 adapted to fit snugly upon the flanges 5 and 7 as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. i

Each of the

stiles

1 and 2 has one or more notches 13 cut into the flange 5 so as to permit a screw-driver or other similar tool to be inserted into the channel in the stile and back of the flange 10. The bottom strip at is similarly provided with a notch such as shown at 14:-

The rail 4 has one or more openings 15 cut into its strip 8, there being a box-like portion 16 upon the strip 8 and surrounding this opening. K These openings and the boxlike portion 16 are adapted to receive the fingers of the hand so that a grip may be conveniently had upon the screen for the purpose of shifting it vertically. Bow springs 17 are connected to the stile 2 close to the openings 15, one end of each sprlng being projected through a slot 18 within the flange 5 of the stile, while the other end of the screen toward one side of the window frame and compressing the springs 17, the other side of the screen will be free to swing past the narrow flange 21, thus enabling the screen to be bodily moved from the window opening. Springs 17, by bearing constantly against the adjacent guide cleat 19, serve to support the screen in any position to which it may be moved and, therefore, it becomes unnecessary to utilize counter-balances or the like.

The screen fabric, indicated at 22, is held upon the stiles, and the top and bottom strips, by the holding strips 8. When it is desired to place this fabric upon the screen, all of the strips 8 are removed. This is done by inserting the end of a screw-driver or the like into the recesses or

notches

13 and 14 so as to pry the strips 8 out of the channels in which they are located. The strip 8 of the upper or top strip 3 of the frame will thus be loosened sufliciently to permit it to be lifted out of its seat. The screen fabric is then placed upon the stiles and upon the top and bottom strips 3 and 4: and bent back into the channels and then the strips 8 are placed in the channels, the flanges 9 being first inserted after which the flanges 10 are pressed thereinto and sprung back of the curved edge portions 6 of the flanges 5. Obviously, whenever it is desired to rewire the screen, it is merely necessary to reverse the foregoing operation. 7

To embody the above described improvements in a door structure, it is merely necessary to form rabbets 23 in the stiles and the top and bottom strips of the door and to secure the metal stiles and top and bottom strips within the rabbets by means of screws 24 or the like. This is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In other respects the structure used in connection with a door is similar to that hereinbefore described with the exception that the corner plates 12 are dispensed with. If preferred, also, angular wear plates 25 may be secured to the door directly opposite the notches or recesses 26 which are formed in the flanges 27 and which correspond with the

notches

13 and 14 heretofore referred to.

It will be seen that, by constructing a screen in the manner described, the two faces thereof are practically flat and either of them can therefore lie close to a window sash or other structure and thus prevent insects from passing between the two structures.

What is claimed is l. A screen consisting of top, bottom and side members each made up of a longitudinally channeled strip having one of its flanges overhanging the intermediate portion of the strip, there being a notch in the other flange, a screen fabric having its edge portion seated within the channels, and means for holding the fabric within the channels, each of said means including an elongated strip having longitudinal flanges insertible into a channel and into frictional engagement with the fabric in said channel and with the notched flange.

2. A screen consisting of top, bottom and side members each formed of an elongated metallic strip having longitudinal side flanges, one of said flanges overhanging the intermediate portion of the strip and the two flanges cooperating to form a longitudinal channel, a screen fabric having its edge portions projecting into the channels, holding strips insertible into the channels and having means for frictionally engaging the fabric therein, there being a notch within one of the walls of each channel for the reception of a prying tool, one of said insertible strips having an opening, and a box-like extension upon the strip and surrounding the opening, said extension constituting a finger-receiving portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM STEGER.

WVitnesses N. W. DICK, DORA M. CHENEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by, addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.