US1143863A - Window-screen. - Google Patents

Description

E. G. SCHENK.

WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION man s PT.1.19|4.

` Patented June 2 2, 1915.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent. 22, llgll5.

Afpbiicaaon mea september 1, 1914. serial No. 859,636.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD G. SCHENK, a citizen of thefUnited States, residing at Louisville, inthe county of Jefferson and State `of lKentucky, have invented certain new and `useful Improvements in lVindow- Screens-Lof which lthe following is a speciication." z' l, l

This vinvention relates to window screens whichrarvejc'iarried by a spring roller; and the invention has for its object to provide a simple-and cheap screen of this kind, togetherlwli'th novel and improved means for guiding the same and holding it against being {1,isi11faltsed-` Inx'odeiithat .the invention may be better under'stolr, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure"f1is-5gan elevation of the screen, with partsbroken away and-in section; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, Fig.-3 is-a cross section on the line 3*?) of Fig. 2,.and Fig. 4 is a vertical section ofi-,a modification showing a combined shade land screen.V

Reerring'specically to the drawing, 5 denotes the jambsrof a window frame. The screen is shown at 6, the same being carried by an ordinary spring roller 7 mounted at the head ofthe window frame. To the lower end ofthe-,screen 6 is secured a ri id rod 8v Awhich yextends yentirely across t e screen and carries anti-friction rollers 9 at its ends, said rollers working in guide channels 10 mounted in the inner edges of the jambs 5.

In order to prevent the wind from disarranging the screen 6, strips of cloth are stitched or otherwise secured to one side of the screen at vseveral points, in such a manner as to form pockets 11 to receive rigid cross bars 12 of wood or metal, said cross bars being long enough to project at their ends into the channels 10. The cross bars impart suici'ent rigidity to the screen to permit the use of ordinary mosquito netting or similar cheap screenabric, in view of which the screen can befeasily'and cheaply made. This material.alsoallows the screen to be readily wound -onf-the spring roller 7. The cross bars are removable from the pockets in order that thegscreen' may be taken down and washed.' ,y 1:11

In another form, this invention appears in a flexible screen 13 attached'to the bottom of an ordinary spring-wound lwindow shade 14, running in the channels. l() on the window jambs, the flexible screen `folding itself at the bottom of window,` when shade is pulled down. At the bottom of the shade is a rigid cross bar 15 extending at its `ends into the channels, to which cross bar the screen is attached.

I claim: V

1. The combination with the jambs of a window frame the inner edges of'which have guide channels; of a rolling screen composed of a flexible fabric having transverse pockets, and rigid cross bars removably mounted in said pockets and projecting. at A,their ends into the aforesaid guide channels.l

2. The combination of the jambs of a window frame, with a shade wound up on a spring roller, and having a rigid cross bar at the bottom, channels in said window jambs for guiding said shade and cross bar, a flexible screen attached to said cross bar, and having its edge extending into said channels on either side, and pockets in said screen at intervals for holding additional cross bars running in said channels to hold the said screen in position in said channels of said window jambs.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses. A

EDWARD G. SCHENK.

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