US1399878A - Window-screen construction - Google Patents

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W. H. RAY.

WINDOW SCREEN CONSIRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, I9I9.

Pawmea 1060.13, 1921.

W. H. RAY.

WINDOW SCREEN CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.28,1919.

1 ,399,878. Y Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

W. H. RAY.

WINDOW SCREEN CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2a, 1919.

1,399,878, Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

TEW

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM. EL RAY, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN.

WINDON-SCREEN CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed. February $38, 1919.

To all @0.7mm it may concern Be it known that I, ILLIAM H. RAY, of Monroe, Michigan, in the county of Monroe, in said State, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vlindow-Soreen Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window screens, and more especially those which are adapted to be raised and lowered, or moved out of the window in some manner when not needcd; and the improvement, in the specific application thereof hereinafter described, relates more particularly to the inclosed bodies of automobiles, and contemplates the provision in suoli a structure of window sashes which can be raised and lowered, as welles screens which can be raised and lowered, whereby the closed body is adapted for use in summer as well as in winter.

Generally stated, therefore, rthe object of the invention is to provide a novel and com paratively inexpensive and simple window construction of the foregoing general character, involving a sash which can be easily raised and lowered, and a screen which can be readily raised and lowered, and a means whereby both the sash yand the screen can be stored out of the way when not in use.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features of construction tending to increase the general eiiiciency and desira bility of a window sash and screen construe` tion of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends the invention consists in matters herein setV forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsn Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion of an automobile body, showing a sash and screen construction embodying the principles of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the upper portion of the screen.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but show- Speeii'lcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Deo. 13, 1921.

Serial No. 279,813.

Fig. 7 is a perspective of the upper portion of the sash.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical section of the lower portions of the screen and sash, and adjacent portions of the window'frame, and of the lock for the sash.

9 is an inside front elevation of the said lock.

As thus illustrated, the automobile body comprises a side frame (1) of suitable character, and a top (2) that extends over the frame, it being understood that the body is thus provided with the usual or suitable openings in the'frame. The under side of the top is provided with parallel guides (3), which extend horizontally in a direction right angles to the plane of the upright frame (1), and similar guides (1) are pro vided immediately below said other guides, being preferably formed by sheet metal strips suitably bent to provide the grooves which form the guides.

The window sash (5) is of any suitable character, and is provided at its upper end with pivots which engage the openings (7) when the ash is down, and which slide in the guides (3) when the sash is moved into its storage position under the top.

rllhe screen is of any suitable character, and has its upper end provided with pivots which slide in the guides (4) when the screen is raised and pushed horizontally into its storage position, but when the screen is down the pivots (9) then en ge the recesses (10) in the frame. The ne of the screen have strips of felt (11) which bear against the frame to malte it tight, and similar strips (12) are provided on the side edges of the sash. rllhe lower portion of the window frame has a ridge (13) which is engaged by the groove (111) in the lower edge of the screen vhen the latter is down. The lower portion of the window frame is also provided with a ledge which is engaged by the catch (16) on the screen when the latter is down, and said catch occupies a no 'ch of any suitable character (not shown) in the upper portion (17 of the frame when the screen is raised, so that the ring or handle (18) of the catch is in position to be employed to pull the screen outwardly and then downwardly into the window. The lower portion of the sash is provided with a lock to engage the recess (19) in the frame,

thereby to prevent the sash from swinging outwardly. rlhis lock comprises a vertically movable member (20) which is made hollow to receive the cam (21) mounted on the transverse pivot (22), said member (20) having its upper portion provided with a ridge (23) which bears upon the top of the cam. Said cam has a handle (24) adapted to swing downwardly into the recess (25) formed in the member (20), and by this movement of thc handle, said member' is raised from the notch (19) in the frame, thereby unlocking the sash. When the sash is raised, 'and the handle swung into the recess (25), as shown in Fig. 3, said handle projects outwardly into position to be employed to pull the sash outwardly and then downward into the frame. Springs (26) are interposed between the top of the member (20) and the upper wall (27) of the sheet metal casing in which the mechanism of the lock is inclosed, whereby the memberr(20) is yieldingly held in its locking position.

Springs (28) are provided to bear upon the sash (5) when in raised or storage position, so that it willnot rattle iup and down.

The top of the body has a lower wall (29) below the storage position of the sash and screen, which wall can be of'any suitable ma terial, whereby the sash and screen 'are concealed from view, andare practically inside of `the structure of the top when in raised or storage position.

rllhe weather strip (30) of any suitable material is preferably interposed between the ridge (13) and the inner side of the sash (5) to inalre a tight joint, and the strips (11) bear against the vertical stops (31) at the sides of the window frame when the screen is moved outwardly, and then swung downwardly to its position in the frame. The. recesses (10) are so formed that the screen can be raised slightly when in lowered position, in order to Vdisengage the groove (14e) at its lower edge from the ridge (13), whereby the screen may then be swung outwardly and into a horizontal position in order to bring it into alinement with the guides (4) previously described.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the sash (5) is down in place in the wndow frame, the body of the car will be closed, it being understood that all of the openings of the body are thus equipped with movablesashes. However, in summer time, the sashes can be raised and moved into their overhead storage positions in the top of the body, and the screens can then be pulled out- Y ward and downward into the 'opening or window frames of the body.

Opf course, with the construction shown and described, the sash must be in raised position to permit the screen to be raised or lowered. llVhen the screen is down, the sash canbe pulled down from the outside.

If both the screen and the sash are down, then the screen can be raiser slightly and swung inwardly, thereby affording access 'to the lock, so that the sash can be unlocked; and then the sash can be raised from the outside and moved into storage position in the top, leaving the screen down. Also, of course, the sash can be swung outward a little at the lower edge thereof, and held in this position by the handle (2l), thus affording ventilation. The construction is such, it will be seein-that the screen 8 is manually release-ble and operable entirely from within the automobile, and this is also true of the sash 5, for when the screen is in its storage position it not necessary to go outside of the automobile to release the sash from its lowered position. Inl other words, when-the sash is in raised position, the screen 'can be released and raised without the necessity of going outside of the automobile to manipulate any .devices or parts of the structure, and when the screen is in raised position and the sash is down, the latter can be released and manually raised from within the automobile, as at such time no manipulation of any devices` outside is necessary. Also, it will be seen that the top portion of the sash in the` plane of 'its horizontally disposed guides 3, and'that the top portion of the screen 8 is in the horizontally disposed plane of its guides 4, when the sash and screen are in their lowered positions. The top portion of the window frame preferably has a weather strip 32 against which the upper portion 33 of the sash bears, when the sash is in lowered or closed position, thereby to maire the win.- dow dust and air tight at the top thereof. Thus, as stated, notwithstanding that the top portion of the Sash is tightly closed when the sash is lowered, the sash can be raised without any manipulation of any parts outside. The screen is a sash, of course, as well as the outer sash in which the glass carried, and thus either sash isl adapted to be released and manually manipulated from the inside of the automobile in the n'ianner explained.

In the combination of the glass window sash and the wire screen sash in one and the same window frame structure, with provisions for storing the two sashcs in "an overhead position, Vit will be seen that one sash is necessarilyhigher than the other.V

1. In a convertible summer and winter top for an automobile, an upright frame, a top above said frame', inclosing means including a screen and comprising a movable sash which is higher than the screen for said frame, and horizontally disposed guides extending over the upper end of the screen and disposed in position in said top to receive the sash, with the upper end of the sash in the plane of said guides, whereby the sash may be swung outward at its lower end and then raised and moved horizontally over the screen and into an overhead storage position under the top, the sash being manually releasable and operable in this manner entirely from within the automobile;

V2. A structure as specified in claim l, said screen being of less height than the sash, and means whereby said screen is movable downwardly from the storage position thereof below the stored sash to a position in said frame, so that the sash and screen are adapted to be used interchangeably in sait frame.

3. A structure as specified in claim l, with the limitations of claim 2, having guides for the screen, all of said guides extending horizontally below the top, and the sash and screen having pivots that slide in said guides and which permit either the sash or the screen to swing downward after being moved outwardly below said top.

4. A structure as specified in claim 1, with theI limitations of claim 2, the screen being movable from either position thereof only when the sash is in raised position, and means for retaining the lower edges of the sash and the screen in position when lowered into the frame.

5. A structure as specified in claim 1, in combination with a lock for the lower edge of the sash, having a swinging handle for operating said lock and which extends outward horizontally in the plane of the sash from its position above to afford means for pulling the sash down into the frame.

6. The structure covered by claim 5, in which said lock has a locking element which is movable up and down in the lower'portion of the sash, and a cam operated by said handle to raise and lower said element, the loch being formed with clearance for permitting the handle to move into the position which it must assume to form the means for pulling the sash downward into the frame.

7. In an automobile, a top extending overhead, a frame below the outer edge of the top, summer and winter inclosing means including a sash and a movable screen of different heights in said frame, so that the sash extends above the screen, and means whereby said screen is manually releasable and operable entirely from within the automobile and is movable into a storage position under the top, and whereby the sash is m0vable into and out of said top.

8. In an automobile, the combination of a frame, an overhead top, a movable sash for said frame, a screen which is movable into and out of the frame, the sash and screen being of different heights and means whereby the sash is manually releasable and controllable entirely from within the automobile and is adapted to be raised into a storage po sition under the top.

9. In window construction, the combination of a sash, means whereby said sash is movable upwardly into an overhead position for storage, a screen of less height than the sash for the window, and means whereby said screen has an overhead storage position and is movable downwardly therefrom after the sash is raised, both the sash and the screen being manually releasable and controllable entirely from the inside thereof.

10. A structure as specified in claim 9, said means comprising guides for holding the screen and sash horizontally, one below the other, and pivots on said sash and screen to engage said guides, in combination with devices to lock the lower edges of the sash and screen in place when lowered from the storage position thereof.

11. A structure as specified in claim 7, said sash being movable upwardly into a storage position in the top, a lock for the lower portion of said sash, said lock having an operating handle which extends upwardly between the sash and screen, when the sash and screen are both down, and which extends outward from its upper position to form a handle for raising and lowering the sash, said screen when lowered being movable inwardly a distance at its lower edge to afford access to said handle.

12. The structure covered by claim 5, said handle being adapted to extend upwardly between the sash and screen, when both the sash and the screen are in lowered position, and to extend outwardly at the top of the frame when the sash is in the storage position thereof.

13. In an automobile, an upright frame, a top above said frame, a movable sash disposed in said frame, and guides in said top to receive the sash, so that the sash may be raised and stored in an overhead position under the top, in combination with a screen of less height than the sash, and means whereby said screen is movable downwardly from the storage position thereof below the stored sash to a position in said frame, so that the sash and screen are adapted to be used interchangeably in said frame.

14. In an automobile, an upright frame, a top above said frame, a movable sash disposed in said frame, and guides in said top to receive the sash, so that the sash may be raised and stored in an overhead position under the top, in combination, with a screen of less height than the sash, and means whereby said screen is movable downwardly from the storage position thereof below the stored sash to a position in said frame, sothat the sash and screen are adapted to be used interchangeably in said frame, having guides for the screen, all of said guides extending horizontally below the top, and the sash and screen having pivots that slide in said guides and which permit either the sash or the screen to swing downward after being moved outwardly below said top.

15;V In an automobile, an upright frame, a top above said frame, a movable sash disposed in said frame, and guides in said top to receive the sash, so that the sash may be raised and stored in an overhead position under the top, in combination with a screen of less heivht than the sash, and means whereby said screen is movable downwardly from the storage positionthereof below the storedsash to a position in said frame, so that the sash andsereen are adapted to be used interchangeably in said frame, the screen being movable from either position thereof only when'the sash is in raised position, andV means for retaining the lower to receive the sash, so that the sash may bel raised and stored in an overhead position under the top, in combination with a lockv for the lower edge of the sash, having a swinging handle for operating said lock and to ai'ord means ior pulling the sash down into the frame, said lock having a locking element which is movable up andl down `in the lower portion of the sash,and Y a cani operated by said handle to raise and lower said element, the lock being formedv with clearance for permitting the handle to move into the position which it must assume to form the means for pulling the sash downward into the iframe. i i

WILLIAM H. RAY.

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