US127781A - Improvement in awnings - Google Patents

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W. MATTHEWS.

Improvement in Awnings.

N0. Patented JuneH,187 2- FIG I. FIG 2.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WATSoN MATTHEWS, OF oEANeE, NEW JERSEY.

I MPROVEMENT IN AWNINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,781, dated June 11, 1872.

Specification of certain Improvements in Awnings, invented by WATSON MATTHEWS, of Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey.

Nature and Object of the Invention. I

Awnings for windows, as generally constructed, are attached at the top to the building or window-frame, above the top of the window,

and, when let down, form an unbroken barrier to the ingress of air from the point above the top of the window down to their lower edge, which seriously interferes with or entirely prevents any circulation of air or ventilation through the top of the window.

A principal feature of my invention consists in making the awning in two parts, or combining the main portion of the awning with a hood arranged above it in such a manner that when both are properly attached to the window-casin g or to the building and the awning arranged in position for use, the direct rays of the sun will be excluded and air still permitted to pass over the top of the principal portion of the awning and under the upper portion or hood, so as to enter the room over the top of the upper sash when the latter is lowered to admit it. Another feature of the said invention consists in i the combination with the awning made in two parts or provided with a hood, as above mentioned, of a sliding or movable bar, to which the upper part of the principal portion of the awning is connected, to allow the awning to be more compactly stowed when its use is not required, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

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General Description.

A is the window-frame, which may be of any ordinary construction. B is the upper and (l the lower sash of the window, which may also be of any ordinary construction. D is the main portion of the awning and E is the upper or auxiliary portion thereof. Both these parts are made in the general form in which awnings for windows are usually made, the upper portion E being, however,very short from top to bottom, asshown. The upper edge of this part E may be attached to the window-cap in any convenient manner, and the lower secured to a bar, F, bent in at the ends toward the window-casing, to attach it thereto. I prefer to attach this bar F to the window-frame by eye-bolts or a similar device, so that it may be turned upward to raise the lower edge of the partE whenever it may be desirable to do so. The lower portion D of the awning is constructed, in almost all respects, substantially similar to the most approved first-class window-awnings now in use, and is hung at the lower edge to a bar, G, of the usual construction for this class of awnings and having the usual sliding action to the vertical bars H H, which are attached to the casing or frame of the window. These bars H H extend upward to thetop of the window, or nearly so, and, besides being there attached, have staples or stops a a to support the bar I, to which the upper edge of the part D of the awning is attached. This bar I is con structed with holes or eyes in its ends to slide upon the bars H H. When the part D is lowered into position for use this bar I rests upon the staples or stops at a, which support it so as to keep the upper portion of this part D in position. When the awning is raised this bar I is allowed to slide freely upward to the upper ends of the bars H H, by which device the main body of the awning is allowed to be raised up entirely within the upper part E or hood, when not in use, which is a very important advantage, as it admits a considerably greater amount of light than would otherwise be the case, and also protects the main awningfrom the weather. J J are cords for raising the part 1) of the awnin g, which cords may be attached to the awnin g and otherwise hung in the usual manner. I have described the part E as an auxiliary awning, constructed in a similar manner to that usually adopted for stationary window-awnings; but it may be a wooden or iron hood of the same or any other suitable form and permanently or otherwise attached to the cap, and it may be also made ornamental, if desired.

In the use'of window awnings of the ordinary construction, and as ordinarily attached, when the awning was let down for use any breeze or current of air which might strike against the awning would be deflected upward and pass off against the wall of the building, and there was scarcely any tendency of any current of air to enter the room over the top of the upper sash, even if said sash were lowered to admit it. Consequently, the ventilation of a room by means of windows upon which awnings were used was very imperfect and unsatisfactory, and this defect could not be remedied by simply attaching the awning to the window in a position sufficiently low to admit air to enter over the top of it without at the same time admitting the direct rays of the sun. My invention, however, obviates those difficulties, and any breeze striking against the face of the outside of the part D will be deflected 0 lm'ms.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination of the awning or part D with the hood or part E, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination with the parts l) and E of the sliding bar I, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

WATSON MATTHEWS. Witnesses:

SAMUEL POOLE, THos. P. How.

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