US1095292A - Combined window shade and shutter. - Google Patents

Description

M. J. SMITH.

COMBINED WINDOW SHADE AND SHUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1913.

1,095,292, Patented May 5, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

CO BIN D wmnow SHADE AND'SHUTTER.

Patented May 5, 1914..

To all wlwmz't may concern:

residing Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Combined \Vindow Shade and Shutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its purpose to provide an improved construction of window shade-device in which the several arts are so designed and coiiperatively connected Whereby'the same, under one adjustment, serves as an ordinary window shade, and under another adjustment is adapted for forn'iing: "-'a substantially solid closure "of metal, serves-as a fire-proof shutter.

My inventionalso embodies a combined.

blindand "shutter construction, in which the blades are arranged vertically and adapted for being drawntogether like a bellows, an improved eoiipera'tive arrangement of supporting means on the window frame or casing including sub-frames uponwhich the entire shutter and blind mechanisms are mounted, and other means for holding the several blades relatively uniformly spaced apart,.and still further means for actuating the several blades for moving them while held projected .to their open position, to thereby cause vvthem to fold upon each other and to one side of the window casing; other devices mounted upon the window, frame being also provided for swinging the several blades to close upon and lap each other to-thereby provide, as it were, a solid shutter body, adapted for being held locked to itssaid closed position.

In its more complete nature, my invention consists of a combined shade and shutter means thatembodies the pecul ar construction and novel arrangement of the .Figure l is a perspective viewof a window equipped with my improved combined shade and shutter, the shade and shutter de vices for the upper sash being shown an. justed as a fire-proof shutter, and the like devices for thelower sash-being shown ad-- justed as a shade, the vanes of blades being at their mostwidely separated posltlons. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of Application filed November 20, 1913. Serial notaoao'z'a.

the window frame with my improvements applied, the several blades or-vanes being shown as drawn back to a closed up position. -Fig. 3 isa'zperspec'tive' view of the upper ends of one set of vanes or blades, the-supporting rod therefor, the rod holders and the flexible jorchain connections that join the front and the-'backedges of the said upper ends ofthewanes. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview-of; one of the vanes, with the guide rings at the upper and lower ends thereof. Fig. 5 is'a detail sectional view of one of the guide rings andiitshinged connection with fhe- Y bIa dcf or vane. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective-view of one of the rod holders, the gravity drop for-latch member thereof beingat its .1 'odj holding posit-ion. Fig. 7 is a silnilzar lview,thesaid latch membeg being shown 'swungflup Yto releasethe ro 1 In the drawing, I'have shown a window frame with an .upper and-a: lower sash, and each sash equipped with any-improved combined shade and shutter attachment.

The same numerals indicate like parts in the upper and lower .iattac-hnients and since the construction of the said two attachments and the manner of-operatingthe same are alike, I shall describe butfone ofthe said attachments ind'etail In carryingfout myfinvention, my combined shutter and windowTshade comprises a series of. vertically disposed blades or vanes 1, and they are connected with each "other by small chains-20,.at the top and the bottom, and at thffront and rear edges thereof, and the "said leaves are of such width and are spaced apart from each other a distance slightly less than the width of the blades, to thereby allow the several leaves orblades to lapupon each other when they are turned to their fiatWise position, (see Fig 1) to thereby form as it were, a solid body'for serving as a fire shutter, when the blades are made of metal.

Each blade or leaf 1, at the top and bottom of its backedge, carries a ring 2 and- .the said rings. are hlngedly connected to the moving the same, as desired and to that end, I use two cross rodsor bars 3, one of such rods formin a hanger and guide for the lower ends 0 the b ades or leaves 1, and the other, a hanger and guide for the upper ends of the sai blades, since the u per and lower rings 2-2 are loosely he d 'on their respective guide. and supporting rods, in the manner best shown in 1g. 5.

For quickly attaching to, or removing the rods from the window casing, I have provided the supporting device shown in detail in Figs. 6 and 7, one of such devices being employed for each end of the hangerpr guide rods 3. The said supporting devlce comprises a ban er bearing 4, the upper and lower ends 0 which are apertured as at 40 for receiving the attaching screws 41 while the body portion proper 42, is bent outwardly to a substantially fl-shape, to thereby project the hanger portion 43,

roper, inwardly and away from the windew frame or casing when the said bearing 4 is applied for use. The hanger portion 43 of the member 4 has a vertically elongated slot 45 that opens through the lower end 46 of the hanger 4.

By referring now more particularly to Figs. 6 and 7, it will be seen that each device 4 includes a ban er hook 5 that is pivotally sus ended over t e outer face of the bracket or anger portions 43. Hook 5, the general sha e of which is best shown in Figs. 6 an 7, is pivotally supported at a point directly above the slot 45 in the hanger 4 and the weight of the body thereof is so distributed that the said hook normally swings downwardly by its own gravity, so that its front or claw-like end '55 passes over the slot 45 (see Fig. 6). The upper. and lower edges of the claw-like end 55 of the hook 5 are curved eccentrically to the pivot of the hook, the reason for which will presently appear and the curvature of the said under edge of the hook and the heel or weighted portion 50, are relatively such that to release the hook from the bar it is only necessary to press against the said heel end 50 in the direction indicated in Fig. 7, to cause it to swing outwardly away from under the bar from the hanger bracket.

By reason of forming'the hangers 4 in the manner shown and described, and making the rods 3 of a length slightly greater than the distance between each opposing pair of the said devices, it is apparent, from Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, that in applying my improved combined shutter and blind appliance, it is only necessary to press the ends of the cross rods 3 up against the hooks 5, which, under such pressure, swing out to uncover the entrance of the slots in the brackets 4, it being also clear that sosoon as the ends of the rods pass up over the claw end of the hooks, the latter return to their normal position by gravity, close ofi' the slots and form hangers on which the rods are then supported.

The peculiar construction of the hanger allows a rod to slide into the slot from the bottom of the hanger upward and when pivoted in place the swin ing or gravit book 5 drops in place and t ereby holds t 1e rod in such posltion that it resists pressure on all sides and so closed upon that it cannot bounce or jump out when pushed in anydirection.

6 designates a ull cord or cablethat hangs pendently on t e window casing, passes through uide eyes 60, and then passes through afi of the upper rings 2, and is made fast to the outermost one of the leaves or blades 1. Bypulling on the cord 6, the outermost one of the leaves or blades is first pulled to slide inwardly on the guide rods 3 until it engages the next leaf or blade gathers against the said blade and additional ones or all of the other blades when it is desired to fold up the leaves or blades to give full clearance to the Window, as shown in Fig. 2, it being obvious that since the blades or leaves are flexibly connected at the upper and lower edges the said leaves successively fold up against or are pulled out from each other. 7 designates another pull cord at the other side of the Window that is so guided and connected with the outer leaf of the set of leaves or blades, so that in pulling on the said cord 7, the leaves are drawn out to their opened osition.

For swinging the blades on their pivots to partly or wholly close over each other, pull cords 8 are located at each side of the window frame that are guided in the eyes 80 on the window casing and join, by hook and eye connections with the outer edge of the outermost and innermost ones of the blades, as shown, it being apparent that by using the two side cords 8, the leaves can be swung laterally on their pivots, in either direction desired.

By reason of bodily supporting the blades or leaves upon an upper and a lower cross rod in the manner shown and described, and providing upper and lower supports having automatically adjustable hanger hooks that operate as stated, the entire leaf or blade holding structure can be bodily and quickly placed in operative position, as the operator in applying the said structure by lifting the upper cross bar up into position in the upper hanger devices can so hold the said structure that the lower cross rod simultaneously engages and moves into the hanging position onto the lower hanger device.

By reason-of curving the upper or bearin edge of the claw-like end 55 of the hoo eccentrically with respect to the pivot of the said hook, as before stated, while the hook is held to its slot closing position by its own gravity, it cannot, under normal conditions, move from its swung down or closing position until it is forcibly pushed backward by the pressure on the heel end thereof (see Fig. 7 it being obvious that when pressure is thus applied to the hook, the inside bearing curvature of the hook will cause the bar to rise up in the slot, the said inside curvature being also such that the bar when it is supported by the hook seats thereon in such a manner that it keeps the said hook to its spring or slot closing position.

What I claim is:

1. In a window shade, up er and lower supporting brackets each inc uding a member having an opening from beneath, of upper and lower slat supporting bars adapted to be bodily moved up into slots of said members and gravity dropped latch devices for automatically closing said slots and forming rest bearings for said rods and slats mounted on said su porting bars.

2. In a window sha e, the combination with the upper and lower transverse slat bars, of bar holding fixtures each comprising a member having a rod receiving slot opening from beneath, and a gravity actuated pivoted hook member adapted to drop beneath said rods to close said openings and form bearings for supporting said rods, said hook members being held to their slot closing position by its own gravity.

3. In a window shade, the combination with the upper and lower transverse slat bars, of bar holding fixtures each comprising a member having a rod receiving slot opening from beneath, and a gravity actuated pivoted hook member adapted to dro beneath said rods to close said openings an form bearings for supporting said rods, said hook member]: being held to their lsllot closin osition y its own ravity t e up er an d lower edges of the said hook being formed eccentrically with respect to the pivot of the hook.

4. In a window shade, the combination with the up er and lower sup orting rods, of slat members, rings mounted on said upper and lower rods, one On each rod for each slat member, pivotal connections between said slat members and their respective rings, pull cords for moving said slat members bodily long said rods, and flexi ble members connected with said slat members for moving them on their pivots to open or close the window opening.

5. In a Window shade, upper and lower supporting bars, slats, a ring for each slat on each bar, a pivotal connection between the respective slats and their respective rings, a pull cord passing through said rings and connected to one of said slats, said pull cord having its ends pendent at the sides of the window whereby all of said slats may be bodily moved along said rods to one side of the window frame, and flexible connections between the edges of said slats for spacing them apart, and means by which said slats may be moved on their pivot with the rings for opening or closing the window opening.

6. In combination with a shade supporting cross bar, of bar holding fixtures each comprising a member havig a bar receiving slot opening from beneath, and a gravity actuated hook member adapted to drop beneath the bar when the latter is ushed up past the said hook, the said h00 member having its upper and lower bar engaging edges formed eccentrically to its pivot whereby when the said bar is held within the slotted member the said bar engages and holds the hook from swingin back and when the bar is pushed upwar ly against the said hook it swings the said hook back to uncover the slot.

MARTIN JAMES SMITH. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. Wmson,

WM. G. Jonas.

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