US1182502A - Screen and hanger therefor. - Google Patents

Description

JACOB ALPHEUS OVERLANDER. OF .NEW YORK, N.

OF LINCOLN. NEBRASKA.

SCREEN AND HANGER THEREEDR.

Lisanne.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lllatented May '9, 1916.

Application filed October 3l. 1911. Serial No. 657,695'.

lie it known that we. Jaron Amarins ()\i:iu,.\r mai and .lus-sr; Libro (l\'r.ni..\:\'onn, citizens ot' the lnited States. residing. respertively. in the Cit;y oi! New York. in the rounty and State ot New York. and in the. rit)Y ot Lincoln. in the eountiv of Lancaster' and itate of ebraska. have invented new and useful improvements in Screens and Hangers Theretor. as appears by the fob lowingr specification.

The invention relates to improvements in vertical slidable-screens for windows coinmuni)v used in dwelling houses in summer to prevent inem-sions of tiies and the like.

timone1 the objects ot the invention are the following: a simple means otl adjustment of the screen 'traine independent of window sashes. curtains or shutters. volontariV exit or egress for insectsv finding lodflment within the house and prevention ot ingress and regress of those 'from without.

The drawings illustrate briefly a practical application ot our invention.

Figure 1 is an elevation ot the window frame complete with, screen. screen frame. and hanger properly adjusted. Fig. 2. is a side riew ot screen. screen frame and hangrer detached. Fig. 3 is a cross section of Fig. l, taken on a line 3--3, showing among other things the screen frame and line. of attachment of the screen or wire Jfabric designated as the screen plane y. Fig. 4 consists ot diagrammatic views of the diversified and modified forms of application. Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the ofsets oe' niches in the upright members oi the screen trame.

Screen traine D connnises' two .lateral or upright members and two horizontal mem bers miter-jointed and secured together in the usual manner about a rectangular opening. as shown. which is covered b v the wire fabric designated screen plane y.' and is piioperly adjusted to the window frame A .inside ot' the window sashes. see Figs. 1 and The groove or channel 11. Fig. 3,l abutting the 'window trame in the two upright and lower horizontal members is adapted to retain thel supportino or suspension cableI 5, It preferred, a flexible steel or sheet metal band may replace 'the cable 5 and with a like effect.

At the iespeotive angles traine and in thlev groove or 3l, screweyes 8., Figs. l ar" of the window channel 11,' Fie'. l are entered through which cable 5 passed. h eld in position.y as stated. and kept taut by the turn buckle (i. .ily this means tree rertieal excursionsy o'li the sereen 1trame are provided 'inde pendent oi the window curtains. sashes or shutters and vice versa. The trame D. so constructed. has on each inner ma rgin ot the upright lmembers a notch. Figi. 5. positioned direetl)v opposite to -and horizontallv with each other. having vertical planes outwardly from and substantially parallel with the edgesl of the upright members and transverse planes intersecting at the outer surfate of the Aframe and divergringas they extend inward and downward. netting' is uniformly attached to the inner .l .rfaee ot the screen trame until the notches are reached. where it is looped or folded back upon itself. Fig, l, like a lip suspended in front ot' the pocket Jformed subscquently b v pushing` the screen into the notches oi' the frame before attachment. thus providing a trap in the screen at the pocket.. A small space intervenus between the, most dependent. portion oi the fold or loop and the` s reen ot' the outer sident the parket, which tapers downward and inward, as at 4. Fig. to admit ot free access there to. The sides of the pocket opposite the redoubled portion of the screen eonveree to form a basal angle at the outer surface ot the frame. through the apexY of which a plurality ot' holes are serially arranged as exit-s for the flies. ln lieu of the plurality of holes, as suggested, a slotted aperture 2, Fig. l, either with or without corrugated mareins, formed by attaching relatively large and small sections of wire fabric to the screen traine extending outwardly through the oti'set and terminating at the outer angle thereof. may be substituted. l i

ll'e may now briefly explain the operation of our improved screen. drawn over the window and screen down to the etiset. (see Fig. The insects are attracted by and approach the light. They alight upon the screen below the told thereot2 at the offset and tarel upward thereunder into the trap where theyy reach thel slotted aperture or plurality of holes. as the. ease ma r be. through which they escape. rtheir ingress or regress is made impossible by reason ci the angularity ot the planes ot the wire {abri-.Q in the oiiset apyrmiehing".f the apex at the exil;

Y., AND JESSE LLOYD OVERLANDER,

'lfhe wire fabric or The curtains are By the mechanism thus described and shown, We providea screen that is .the simplest possible, most easily constructed and manipulated, as Well as the least expensive.

Vhat We claim, is:

1. A combination comprising a screen frame, exterior marginal grooves in the members thereof abutting the window frame, a screen or Wire-fabric attached to the screen frame, screwy eyes, a turn'4 buckle,

'a supporting band or suspension cable adjusted therebyjto said window frame, said suspension cable forming a hanger for said screen 'frame and means retaining the screen frame' in slidable relation with the suspension cable,substantiallyc as shown.

. 2. A Window screen comprising a substan tially rectangular frame of standard thickness with the opposing ed es of the upright vmembers similarly notc led intermediate their ends, each of said notches having two transverse planes, converging and intersectlng' at a point coincident with the outer sur face of the frame and limited outwardly by a third plane substantially parallel with the edges of the upright members, a screen fabric attached to the inner surface ofthe frame provided with a looped portion suspended in front of a pocket formed by bending the fabric into t ie notches and ily-exits in said screen at the base of the pocket.

JACOB ALPI-[EUS OVERLANDER.

llf'itiiesses:

WALD M. CooNs, Y

W. Jon-N BROWN.

JESSE LLOYD VERLANDER:

Witnesses:

FRED MEREDITH, C. S. MEREDITH.

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