US1245249A

US1245249A - Screen for pocket-windows.

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Publication number: US1245249A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edmund H Lunken
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-05-23
Filing date: 1916-05-23
Publication date: 1917-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 1934-11-06

Description

EDMUND H. LUNKEN, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

scnnnn ron POCKETJNINDOWS.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application filed May 23, 1916; Serial No. 99,304.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND H. LUNKEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Screens for Pocketindows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion, reference being had to the-accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

lily invention relates to screens for use in pocket windows of the type wherein the sashes are slidable in the frame. of the win-' dow and the pocket is located' above the window opening and is of Stii'llClGIit size to receive both sashes. The building or a pocket in the walls of a building is a simple operation unless the pocket is too deep for standard construction. very convenient to have a pocket above a window opening within which th'e'window screens may be pushed, still to allow'for two sliding screens in a wall pocket as well as two sashes of standardlthickness,and the parting strips of the side-sash rails,

takes up more space than standard coninner and mounting it in the wall pocket during the winter months should be provided to get the full usefulness out of a wall pocket. 7

It is accordingly my object to provide a screen for pocket windows which is quickly and easily mountable in the window opening, and which has means of being supported in the pocket, during the winter months, in the pocket space usually employed for the lower sliding sash of the window, whereby said screen may be stored in the pocket ofthe window frame where it is to be used during the warmer months of the year. The structure of the screen so as to enable it to be easilyand quickly put inplace and held in position for use is one ofthe particular objects of my invention and also it is my object to provide for adjustment of the screen in the window opening so as to Thus while it is' allow for unexpected variations in size of the window openings.

These objects and other advantages tobe noted I" accomplishby that, certain con struction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

i In the drawing, Figure l is a fragmentary perspective View of the screen.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through a window showing the arrangement for storing the screen.

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section through the adjusting device for thetop of the screen.

Fig. 4 is a view on a larger scale of the upper portion of Fig. 2; Fig; 5 is a detail perspective of "one-of the retaining plates for holding the screen in" the pocket of a window. Y

' The window frame has the usual side rails- 1, 1, forthe sliding sashes. These rails extend' up into the pocket '2 and have the necessary parting strip 3 between thetwo sashes 4t and 5. Thepock-et isofasi'Ze to receive the sashes, but it is not large enough to receive also a pair of sliding screens for the reason above expressed, that to make it so would" require a modified construction that would changethe' whole structure of the house, from standard to special constructionf' Mounted on the side rails in the window; opening are'two angle iron-strips having one portion 6 lying along the rails and the other portion or flange, 7 extending laterally into the window opening. At the base, this. flange 7 is bent out along the sill 8 of the window frame and then upwardly at 9 to form a channel for engaging the lower cor-' nor of the screen. The flanges 7 have also suitable apertures 7 in their upper ends for mounting the screens.

The screens are in two sections, the upper 10, and the lower 11. There arehinges 12, 12, to join the two screens together, and these are preferably mounted so as to bring the abutting edges of the two screens so close together that they will not leave a gap between the screens. On the top of the screen 10 for the upperpart of the window. is mounted a plate 13' which'is slotted at 14 to receive screws 15 that screw into the upperp'railof the said screen. This plate has mountedon it the sliding pins 16 which l lo are adapted to'slide into engagement with the holes or'apertures 7 in the upper end of the angle iron member '7 above men tioned. The loosening of the screws 15 will result in allowing this plate 13 to be adjusted on the top of the upper screen a distance equal to the length of the slots 14 said plate.

The hinges on the two screen members are provided with a specialpintle 17 which has a return bend 18 on its inner endand the shank of which is quite long so as to permit of the moving outward of the outer end without separating the hinge members. There is also formed a suitable stop l7 on the pintle to prevent its removal.

As so constructed, the screens are mounted in the window as follows. The upper screen member is secured in the apertures in the angle iron strip by pushing the two pins 16 on the plate 13 into said apertures. Since the screen is hinged at the middle it can be swung outwardly from the window and the lower edge of the lower screen member dropped in behind the tongues or bends 9, thereby securely seating the lower screen member in the channel formed by said tongues. The hinged portion of the screens are then drawn up against the angle iron flange '7, by means ofthe handles formed on the hinge pintles as above noted, and the said pintles are then moved outwardly and the ends brought over the inside of the said flange 7.

Ifthe lower end of the lower screen does not properly seat at the base as above noted, the plate 13 is adjusted, by loosening the screws and allowing the screen to be raised or lowered with regard to said plate until it is properly seated at the base. The screen is then not only securely held in the window so as to protect the entire opening, but it is also locked on the inside by means of the hinge pintles, thereby preventing access to the inside of the window from the outside.

The screen may be opened to gain access through thewindow by sliding the pintles from locking position, lifting the lower screen out of the channel in which it is seated. By pressing the screens outwardly and raising with the hinge handles the lower corners are lifted out of the angles 9.

For removing the screen, one of the pins at the top is drawn out of engagement, the hinge pintles released and the screen raised out of the lower channel. The screen may then be tipped out at the top and allowed to flex outwardly at the middle with the lower edge of the screen held against the sill angle 9. The operator may then grasp the partly folded screens at the middle and bring them sidewise into the inside of the window.

On the outside of the lower screen are two headed pins 19. Set flush in the front wall of the pocket, near the window opening, are

two socket plates 20, having slots 21 larger than the heads of the pins, and preferably an elongated narrow slot at the base. In the top of the pocket is formed a channel to receive the top of the folded screens, by means preferably of a strip 22 screwed to the pocket top.

For mounting the screens in the pocket, therefore, they are folded together and pushed up into the pocket till their upper ends seat in the channel above mentioned. The pin heads are then moved into the holes in the socket plates, and the screens allowed to settle down, with the pins securely held in the said holes, or lower end of the narrow slots.

The screen as so mounted can remain over the winter, unless it is desired to raise the lower window sash into the pocket. This not usually desired in the winter, and accordingly the screen is not in the way of the usual winter use of the window. The position of the screen at the front of the pocket acts as a stop for the lower sash, as its top rail will contact with the lower edge of the bundle of screens, thereby preventing the wedging of the sash and screens together by a careless raising of the lower sash.

It would, of course, be much simpler to provide a sliding screen in a pocket window and simply slide the screens up into the pocket when not in use, but as explained at length above, this is not practical. The screen pro vided by me as above described, is therefore not of the sliding type, as thistype is difficult of removal, particularly if there are two sliding screens as are necessary in a pocket window where the protection of the entire window opening is called for at times.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a window having an opening, a sash, and a sash receiving pocket above said opening, a screen for said opening comprising screen members hinged together, means for supporting said screen in the window opening, and means on the screen and in the sash pocket for holding the screens within said pocket and free of the window sash for purposes of winter storage.

2. A screen for pocket windows of the character described, comprising screen members hinged together and. adapted to fill the window opening when unfolded, and to fit the pocket of said window when folded, and means on the screens and in the pocket portion of the window for supporting said screens within the pocket, said means comprising a channel or socket therefor at the upper endof the pocket, pins on the screens and sockets in the lower portion of the pocket to receive said pins.

3. In a pocket window, a window frame having a window opening and a pocket above it, a plurality of sliding sashes, a plurality of screens connected together and of the size of said sashes, means to retain the screens in the window opening, and means to retain them at the top and adjacent the orifice of the pocket in the place occupied by one of the window sashes.

4. In a window screen to completely screen a window opening, the combination with an abutment strip in the window opening, of a screen member, means thereon for suspending said member at the upper end of the window, means for adjusting the screen on said supporting means, and means for retaining the screen against the strip.

5. In a window screen to completely screen a window opening, a plurality of screen members hinged together, means for pivotally mounting the upper screen member to the window, means on the window engaging the lower end of the lower screen member, and means for locking the two screens against the window frame.

6. In a window screen, a plurality of screen members, means for pivoting the top member in a window opening, hinges for hinging the screens together, pintles for the hinges, means for holding the lower screen to the base of the window, said pintles being movable laterally in the hinges, for the purpose described.

7. In a window screen, a plurality of screen members pivoted together, means for detachably pivoting the top member in a window frame, a channel forming member for seating the bottom member of the screen, and means for locking the screens to the window adjacent their pivot point.

8. In a window screen, a plurality of screen members, means for detachably piv oting the top member in a window frame, a channel forming member for seating the bottom'member of the screen, and means for locking the screens to the window adjacent their pivot point, said means comprising sliding pins, and a flange in the window over which said pins are to be engaged.

EDMUND H. LUNKEN.

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

' Washington, D. G.