US1437432A - Rain shield - Google Patents

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F. W. LORD.

RAIN SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 15, I92!- 4 431432, Patented Dem-5, 1922.

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FREDERICK "\V. LORD, OF NEW YORK, N.

RAIN SHIELD.

Application filed October 15, 1921. Serial No. 507,833.

T 0 all w 7mm it may concern Bait known that I, FREDERICK W. Loin), a citizen of the United States, and resident of borough oi Manhattan, county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rain Shields.

The object of this invention is to provide a shield or guard to be employed with a window and to prevent rain from blowing into the window when it is open and yet ad mitting air to enter to any desired amount.

The shield to accomplish this purpose should be adjustable to iit windows of difterent sizes and to accomplish this is another object of my invention.

A still further object of my invention is to produce a device cheap in construction and simple in operation and one so designed that its length of service or efficiency will not be limited by its operation under all conditions, by corrosion or climatic changes, nor will it become readily brolren.

Another object is to provide a simple means for securing the shield, a means that may be employed with any window and that will not require screws, bolts or other fastening means that mar the window casing thereof.

With these objects in view the following is what I consider the preferred way of carrying out this invention and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows;

The views are in perspective and are arranged as though the observer were exterior of the window looking inward.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a window wherein is arranged a shield of the preferred construction.

Fig. 2 is a fractional view also in perspective showing a slightly modified shield.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another modification.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a wedge member, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5--5 in Figure 3. I

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

its the window and window casing require no modification nor change for the most efficient use of my device and as these parts may be of ordinary construction and of any on the desirable shape or size I will refer to the casing by thereterence character 5 and with no detailed description.

Thewindow is provided with two sliding sashes, the upper sash being indicated. by the reference character 6 and the lower sash by the reference character 7. In the views the lower sash 7 is shown elevated to a desirable extent and resting upon the sill and projecting into the runway of the sashes to any desirable extent is my shield.

The shield is formed of two principal parts 8 and 9 these parts may be of any suitable material but I prefer that they be made from pressed board, card board, wood or sheet iron and ii' a paper product is used it should be waterprooted in any suitable manner. The part 8 is oblong and provided with a perforation '10 at the outer upper corner and at the directly opposite lower corner a part of the sheet or plate is cut away to provide the L-shaped recess ll.

Upon all of the edges of this member 8 I place a binder or channel formed of thin metal and secured by crimping the metal or by serrating the edges and forcing serrations into the body oi? the part 8. As this binder may becontinuous I will indicate it by the reference character 8.'

The part 9 is also oblong and along the shorter edges I place binding strips 12 and 12 similar to the binder 8 previously described. Upon the longer edges of the member 9 binding members are secured so as to project beyond the edges of this member 9, the excess of metal being turned as shown at 13 and 13 to provide supports and guides for the edges of the member 8. y The metallic binder 12, 12, 13 and 13 may be secured as are the binders 8 or in any other suitable manner and at the upper outer corner of the member 9 I provide a perforation, the lower outer corner being cut away to form an l. shaped recess 15 similar to the recess 11 previously described.

For securing this device in operative position, I produce a plurality of wedge shaped members shown in one position at 16 and 17 and upon an enlarged scale in Fig. at. These members should be formed of sheet metal of considerable flexibilityand resiliency and may be inserted into the run-way or guide way of either sash in the position shown or any point on the interior of the sash. When suitably placed these spring wedging members will not only serve to retain my shield but will also fulfill the functions of well designed anti-rattling devices.

From the perforations l0 and 14 in the members 8 and 9 and extending to next adjacent members 16 and 17 are chains or flexible members 18 and 19 secured in any desired manner to the parts of the shield and to the wedging member.

In Fig. 1 I show chains in Operable position. In Fig. 3 cords are employed and while the cords offer a ready means by which the angle of the device may be changed at will equal adjustability is found from the use of chains even though permanently see cured to their relative parts as the spring wedging members are so shaped and proportioned that they can be inserted between the sash and casing at almost any point.

When in operation the shouldersformec by the recesses 11 and in the device shown in Fig. 1 will rest against the windowcasing. The lower edge of theshield members projecting outward through the window.

In the device shown in Fig. 2, the recesses 11 and 15 are omitted and lugs 20 substituted. These lugs may be split to engage a weather strip if such be arranged in the guideway of the sash. These lugs may be spaced at distance from thelower edge of the shield and when so spaced the shield will if the lugs be of sutficient width, be supported by the lugs wedging in the guideway under which condition the chains may be omitted. I

In the construction shown in Figure 3, lugs 21 and 22 are shown arranged atthe lower edge of the members 23 and 2d and cords 25 and 26 are here employed. It will be understood however that parts of one device may be used with another and other modifications made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A rain shield comprising a plurality of members adjustable longitudinally, each of said members being provided with a recess at their lower edges, an abutment formed by said recess and means for retaining said shield in a window casing with the abutments resting upon the frame thereof. metallic members upon the longer edges of said adjustable members, the metallic members upon one said adjustable member being pro vided with inturned projections to movably engage the other said metallic member.

2. A rain shield comprising a plurality of oblong members adjustable longitudinally, reinforcing members upon the e ges of said adjustable members, certain of" said reinforcing members being inturned to engage the edges of the other said reinforcing memher, and each said oblong member being provided with recesses and perforations and flexible members adapted to engage between a window sash and casing to support said oblong members, in a window casing and to prevent the free movement of said sash.

A rain shield comprising a plurality of members adjustable longitudinally and having means for engaging a window casing, flexible members attached to said adjustable members, and a resilient wedge secured to each said flexible member and adapted to be inserted between the sash and easing of the window.

Signed at New York city, in the county and State of New York this 10 day of Sept, 1921.

FREDERICK W. LORD.

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