US1414021A - Shade appliance - Google Patents

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A. c; HOUGH.

SHADE APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED J AN.29.1921.

" UNITED sr To' all 'whom t may conceit/1,:

ABe it known that I,- AZEL C.-HOUGH, of Janesville, in the county of Rockland State of Visconsinf,'a citizen of the United States of America, have invented a new and useful Shade Appliance, `of which the following is a specii'ication.- f

a 'My invention relates to improvements vin devices for use in connection with shades, and more especially those of the wood-slat porch-shade type, when the saine are located, inside of window sashes in buildings, -which sashes'have swinging Ventilating sections or ventilators, andl resides in antifriction means attached to or carried by such ventilators in contactingrelation to such shades, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Said anti-friction means is of the nature of a buffer, carried by* the ventilator and adapted to be contacted by vor to Contact with f a shade suspended at thetop in any suitable manner, `as bybeing attached tothe ceiling 'of-the room, or to brackets extending into the roomfron'i` points below `said ceiling,"or directly to the sash itself in'conn'ection,with -which Vsaid shade iseinployed.' Thebuffer is a horizontal member that is rigidly secured to the ventilatorin, the aforesaid sash at or near thewtop'ofV said ventilator on the insidey thereof, and mayextend either the width of said'ventilator or substantially the entire width of said sash, preferably the latter. The buiferrmust not, of course, be so'loiig as to interfere with the opening and closing 'of the ventilator, consequently said Vbuffer will ynot extend the full widthr of the associated shade in the event said shade be wider than the sash. d

The primaryobject of my invention is to provide a swinging/ventilator, in'4 a window sash, with means to prevent a shade supported inside 'of such sash from becoming abraded, cut, or worn by contact with said venti-y latcrwhen `:the latter is open, such contact,

iii-fact,` lbeing prevented, and this without theother hand. `fIn the absence of a device of this character the shade elements, Awheny thel 'shade is' in lowered position, become abr'aded and even cut through by the inner f top'fedge ofthes'win'ging ventilator,vwhen said ventilatoris'open, so 'that inv a lshort time the 'shadefbecomesfseriously impaired and may be so injuredy as to `render the same"V AZEL o. Hoces, .OFJANESVILLEL WISCONSIN.

SHADE APPLIANCE.

,A v Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted Alu-' 25, 1922,y Application ined January 29,1921. serial no. @insta` i iinit for further use. The frictionbetweeii thisdevice and the shade, owingto thecon-v this character which is very 'simple and inexpensive in construction, and may readily beapplied to any ventilator, so thatsaid device is capable oflarge use or of a wide application. l f

Another object -is tof'aflord anti-,friction means for thrusting inwardly a shade which is suspended close to the window, when the ventilator' is opened. Other objects and advantages will appear in the courseofthefollow-ing description.

I attain the objects and secure the ladvantages of my invention -by the means illus* trated in thek accompanying drawings, [iii whichf- Y' i 'f :Figure ljis aninsideelevation of al win- Vdow and shade, showing thejlatter unrolled: `vor lowered. in frontl of the-window sash, in?

which there isa ventilating section equipped with-a buffer that formstheessential element f the p. present invention, and which otherwise would be hidden thereby; Fig'.v 2,.

an end elevation ofthe elements illustrated l in the first view, and Fig. 3, an end elevation of a slightly different ,arrangement of the shade, the latter in this case being suspendso, A

ed from the sash, vinstead of from brackets'k as in the rst case.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout theV several views.

`In `the followingi description the ternisf front and rea-r, and. inside and "outside, Aor

equivalent expressions, as applied to the ele# ments in the dra-wings, respectively indicatel the'side of such elements that is toward the center of the room )in which they are lo-k cated, and the side of such elements that is next to the adjacent wall Vof. said room and' the window or sash set therein.

In the drawings, a shade is represented at 1,- and "the same is shown unrolled'ior let down to exclude the suns rays which pass through Vthe window? iii connection withv whichhthe shade is employed. roll-up cord 'forA the shade l" and fixtures for said cord areirespectively 'represented' at 2 and iio 8 3, in'Fig'. 1f, the same being omitted lfroml Figs.A 2'and3`. There is alsa-represented. a

steel -or other metallic sash 4 of a window,

which sash is provided in the center with ay `Ventilating section or ventilator 5. rlhe ventilator 5 at each end is pivotally connected, as at 6, with an adjacent rail of the sash. The axial line of the pivots, by means of which the ventilator 5 is connected with the window sash or with two of the rails thereof,is near the horizontal center of said ventilator, so that the latter can be tilted inwardly at the top and outwardly at the bottom for the admission of air.

Sashes having pivotally-connected ventilator sections, such as I have described above, are commonly used in the construction of concrete and brick buildings wherein no wood is employed.

The shade l is provided with the usual reenforcing moulding strips 7 at the top and bottom, and such shade may be attached, at the top directly Vto the support therefor by means of the top moulding, but in the first two views such moulding is attached to an auxiliary stripk S, which stripV is secured to the front ends of a pair of forwardly-extending brackets 9, and in Fig. 3 to a strip 10, The brackets 9 are secured at their rear ends to the upper part or top of the sash 4, adjacent to the sides thereof, and the strip 10 is also. attached to the upper part or top of the sash. These are but two of quite a number of different means by which the. shade l can be supported or suspended at the top, and the present invention is not affected materially or limited by or to any particular means of suspensionV for the shade. e

In the irst construction or arrangement the brackets 9 projectinto the room beyond the opening in the wall in which the window sash 4 is set, consequently the shade l may, if desired, be wider than said sash; while in the example shown in F ig. 3 the top of the shaderis supported within the aforesaid opening, and said shade must, therefore, be limited in width to the width of the opening.

The cord 2 is manipulated in the custommanner for rolling the shade and permitting the same to unroll.

Across the top of the ventilator 5 in each case is a buffer ll, which buffer on the side toward the interior of the room has a conves: surface. ln the present instance each buffer l1 consists of a sheet-metal member having an ovall or partly round shape in cross section, and of a flange 12 which is riveted or otherwise.securely attached'to the inner face'or side of the ventilator 5, at or adjacent to the top thereof. The buffer 1l may be no longer than the width of the ventilatorv 5 to which it is attached, but preferably said buffer will be as long as the Widthk ofthe sash 4, in order that said buffer shall present a greater amount of surface for contact With the shade l`, or have a longer range of contact, so that there will be no liability on the part of said shade of becoming distoi-ted by' reason of its contactual relationship with the buffer, as might sometimes occur if the buderl,l were shorter. n

l hen the shade l is let down in front of the ventilator 5, in the first construction or arrangement, it is supported bythe brackets 9 `a sidiicient distance from the sash l to enable the ventilator 5 to be opened tothe required eXtent without interfering` in any way with said shade. N ow, when `the'shade l is blown rearwardly or toward the' sash 4, by currents of outgoing air, it encounters f or is restrained by the contiguous ybuffer 11,

which projects beyond the upper inner edge of said ventilator, both inthis and the other example, and said shade is thus prevented from encountering said edge, as it would do in the absence of said buffer, and from being abraded, cut, or otherwiseinjuredby said edge. The. portion vof the buffer 1l which contacts with the shade l, or with which the shadecomes into ycont-act being course, in every case. Y In thejlf 1g.' 3 construction or arrangement,

when the shade is rolled up completely, and it is desired to unroll the same to av point below the vhorizont-al plane of the top of the ventilator 5 when open, it is necessary to lower the shade before said' section is tilted.

Then, when the ventilator 5 is tilted `or,`

opened, the buffer ll attached thereto kis brought into contact with the shade and thrusts the latter forwardly into the room, ahead of the top ofthe ventilatorand a sufficient distance to permit said ventilatorfto be opened to `the extent desired, and the' shade is held in this position as long as the ventilator remains open. ln this example, t-he buffer ll 'serves the double purpose of thrusting the shade inwardly or forwardly to permit the ventilator to be properlybperated, andv of affording a medium for redueingthe friction between the contacting members sol as to avoid abrading orfcutting the warp of the shade, .or lotherwise injuringy the shade, as Vwould occur fif'the latter .were

-to come into direct contact with the top'of serves the same purpose as in the firstV case,

and in 'additionthrusts the shade l into the rooinibeyond the vertical plane of the shade The object of the .buffer ll is.

support, which` planel isinside' of the' open-` ing in the Wallfor` the sash 4.

' ln Fig. 3 the shade '1 can be rolled up even when'the ventilator is fully `open 1l` affords simple, inexpensive, practicable,

and eiicient 4means for protecting a shade from a ventilator when open, and enabling said ventilator to be opened without injuring the shade when the latter is supported close to the Sash.'

porting means fon the shade maybe varied to a large extent structurally and inregard to location, and in addition it should be stated that more or less change in the shape, size, construction, and arrangement of the Abiil'er may be made, Aand all without departing from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of what is claimed.

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*e 1. In a hoi'izontally-arranged shadey appliance, of the cla-ss described, a windowsash-ventilating` section, a shade adapted to be let down inside of said section, the latter' being movable toward the former. when let down, and anti-friction means intervening between said sectionwhen open and said shade when let down. v Y

2. In a horizontally-arranged shade appliance,of the class described, .a window-` sash-ventilating section, a shade adapted to be let down inside of said section, the latter being movable toward the former when let 'down, and anti-friction means carried by` said section in contacting relationship with said shade when let down and moved toward the same. l 'K 3. In ahorizontally-ai'i'anged shade appliance, of the class described, a windowsashfventilating section, a shade adapted to he let down inside o'f said section, the latter being movable toward the ip'ornier when let down, and anti-friction means carried by said section to prevent contact between the same and said'shade when let down and the section is moved toward the shade.

4L. In a horizoiitally-arranged shade appliance,'of the class described, a window- Y sash-ventilating section, a shade adapted to be let down inside of said section, the latter being movable toward the 'former when let down, and anti-friction means carried by said section to thrust inwardly said shade when let down, and the Vsection. is moved top ward the saine.

5. In a lioiiZonta-lly-arranged shade apthe section isk being movable toward the former ywhen let down, andanti-riction meanscariied by said section tothriist inwardly said shade' when let down and the section is ,moved toward the same, and to yprevent the shade A Y from coming 'into contact `with said section. As already set out at some length, the sup.-

6.l In a'shade appliance, of the class 'described, a horizontally-hung, Y inwardlyshade adapted to be let down inside ofisaid section, and a horizontal buffer vcarriedfby that portion of said section which opens into swinging window-sash-ventilating section,"a

the room and toward the shade when let down, to prevent contact between saidsection and said shade. A, f l

7. In a horizontally-arranged shade ap- 75 pliance, of the class described,'a windowsash-Ventilating section, a shade .adapted to 'y be let down inside of said section, the latter being movable towardthe former when let-l do-wn, and a buffer having a-Vfiange for Yat@ tachment to said section, said buffer being interposed between said section, and said shade when let down andthe section is moved toward the same.

. 8. In' a horizontally-arranged shade'appliance, of the class described, a windowshadefventilating section,v a shade adapted down, and. a horizontal buffer carried bythat pliance of the class described, a 'window- `501615 ClOWIl lsdeof SaidV section', the latter .beingmovable toward theiforiner when ,letrff l i `portieri of said section which opens into the;DV 'room and towardthe shade when let'down, to prevent contact between said-section and tending beyond thef v sashsventilating section, a Ashade adapted to H be let down inside of such. section, the latter Vbeinginovable toward the Aformerr when let down, and a horizontal biiti'ei carried by that portion oi said section Vwhich opensinto the room and toward the shade when let down,

to prevent contact between said section and said shade, said buffer consisting of a rolled-4 up member having a part Jfor attachmentto the section. f AXELk C. IIOUGH. `Witnesses CRYSTAL E. SNYDER, HAZEL T. VVEiRIoK.

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