US1602096A - Combined screen and storm window or door frame - Google Patents

Description

Patented Oct. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES JOHN S. BARNES, I' .ANN ABBOR, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED SCREEN AND STORE 'WDI'DOW 0B v:|3003 FBAIE.

Application led January 18. 1926. Y Serial Ro. 81,890.

My invention relates to a combined screen and storm window ordoor frame and the method of constructingsame, shown in the accompanying drawings and more particu- I` larly pointed out in the following speclfication and claims.

It is Well-known that .the usual screen door of commerce is of relativelyy light and frail construction, and as a result of the jar due to constantly closing under the urge of a spring or s rings, the door frame soon sags and its 1i e and periodof usefulness 1s limited.

It is also well-known that in certain climates it is frequently desirable and even necessary to substitute for the screen doors and windows employed during the summer months storm doors and windows for the Winter season in order to insureagainst the inclemencies of the weather and loss of heat by radiation.

It is therefore one of the objects of the present invention to provide a window or door frame which is adapted to remain in place throughout the year, the framel being permanently fitted with screen or interlaced guard wire, or both, and may also be provided with removable glass panels which may be quickly installed to convert the door Y or window frame into storm windows or doors during the winter season-'should the occasion require.

Another feature of the invention is to provide a wooden frame of inexpensive construction to which wire screening or an interlaced guard wire netting is nailed, the wood frame being litted with .an overlapping sheet metal frame adapted to give strength and rigidity to the wooden structure,to cover' the weather exposed surface of the latter,-to conceal the nails and marginal edge of the screen wire attachd to the wooden frame and to engage 'and support glass panels when it is desired to convert the screen door or window into a storm door or window. y

Another object of the invention includes the method of constructing the frame, hereinafter more fully described.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds the invention further resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the same.

In the accompanying drawings forming ypart of this specification:

.Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wooden window or door frame to which has been securedscreen wire tacked or nailed to the Wooden frame along the marginal edge of the wire, in the usual manner.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a window or door frame fitted with a detachable sheet metal frame covering the wooden frame and concealing the marginal edge of the screen or guard wire nailed to the latter.

Figure 3 is a similar perspective lview of a door frame fitted with a detachable sheet metal frame to stiften the structure and to support a removable glass panel in the upper opening of the frame and a removable sheet metal panel in the lower opening of the frame, the glass and sheet metal panels covering the screen wire which is permanently attached to the wooden frame.

.Figure .4 is a fragmentary perspective vlew showing a corner of the wooden door or window frame with the screen wireattached and a fragment of the removable glass panel held in place by the detachable heet metal frame secured to the Wood rame.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a wooden frame with screen wire attached, showing a fragment of the detachable sheet metal frame employed to stiffen the wooden frame and overlapping the marginal edge of the screen wire.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view through one member of the wooden frame; the detachable overlapping sheet metal frame and screen wire attached to the wooden frame.

Figure 7 .is a fragmentary perspective view of the sheet metal blank from which thedetachable metallic frame is constructed.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings:

A is awooden frame, the sides and ends being connected together at the corners by a tongue and groove or other joint. To this y 3,-the removable frame D when replacedy f job.

frame is secured a wire screen B, by tacks C driven through the marginal edge of the wire netting into the frame.

D is a sheet metal strip of substantially L-shaped form in cross-section slitted as at d that it may be bent at right angles to conform to the sides and end rails of the window or door frame. When bent at right angles, the overlapping portions or corners are spot-welded together as indicated at D1, or the may be riveted together, if preferred.

E dbnotes a plurality of screws employed to secure the removable sheet metal frame to the wooden frame.

When it is desired to convert the screen door into a storm door, the removable frame,

D is irst released and a glass panel F is inserted,as shown in Figures 3 and 4,-overlapping the screen wire. If desired, a sheet metal panel G may be employed in the lower portion of the door, as indicated in Figure securely holding the glass and sheet metal panels in position. e

In basement windows and other locations, it is often desirable to employ in connection with the wire screen, a guard wire as indicated in Figure 2. x

In fitting a wooden frame with the removable overlapping sheet metal frame, the sheet metal strips forming the removable metal frame are first slitted at the proper points as indicated at d. The metal strip is then bent at right angles to conform to the side and end walls of the wooden frame, the .y

overlapping corner portions are then spotwelded together-or otherwise secured,-as

indicated at D1 in Figure 5. The removable sheet metal frame is then secured by screws to the frame A to which'the screen wire has been permanently attached.

In order to insure a satisfactorily fitting screen or door frame in houses already erected, it is essential that the frames properly fit the window or door openings. and for this reason it is practically impossible-to carr commercial sizes in stock adapted to afford a satisfactory fit, and it is especially true in metal door frames owing tothe diiiiculty in altering the metal frame to tit the particular ,It is therefore one of thepurposes of the y present ,invention to provide the metal for constructing the receiving frame in L-shaped strips of standard length; the workman may then readily construct a metal frame to receive and iit any size wooden frame. It is then only necessary for the workman, after constructing the wooden screen lframes, to slit the metal strips at intervals corresponding with the length and width of the wooden frame he wishes to su port and inclose. The metallic strip may then be readily bent to surround and overlap the wooden frame, the overlapping corners of the-metallic strip being either s ot-welded or riveted together ;-the meta frame is then detachably se- 'cured to the wooden frame by screws-the glass or sheet metal panel covering the screen wirebeing gripped between the wooden and sheet metal frames as previously explained.

This invention therefore contemplates not only the ydevice itself, but the method of constructing the same.

In screen doors employing a central crossbar connecting the side rails of the frame together and to which the wire screen is secured, a sheet metal strip H is employed, overlapping the marginal edge of the wire to conceal they latter.,- the ends of the strip being riveted or spot-welded to the side members of the metallic frame.

While I have referred to my invention as particularly adapted for window and door frames, it will be obvious that it may be employed for factory partition walls, delivery car panels, animal cages, wire signs,

'and other installations.

1. In a device of the character described,

a wooden frame; a wire fabric nailed adjacent its marginal edge to the rails forming the wooden frame;v an imperforate panel covering the wire fabric and overlapping 'the marginal edge of the wooden frame; a

metal frame adapted to receive and su port the imperforate panel and wooden ame comprising a continuous substantially L- y shaped strip of metal having a resilient edge adapted to yieldingly bea-r upon said panel, with slits at spaced intervals corresponding with the length and width of the wooden frame, said strip being bent at right angles at the slitted portions to surround and overlap the wooden frame;means for ixedlysecuring together the overlapping ends of the said slitted portions of the metal frame, and a plurality of screws for detachably securing the metal frame to the wooden frame.

2. In a device of the characterdescribed, a wooden frame; a wire .screening secured along its marginal edges to the wooden frame; a removable `sheet metal frame adapted to o'verlap and stiien the wooden frame and also conceal the marginal edge of the wire screening secured tothe latter; said metal frame consisting of a strip of sheet metal. of substantially L-shaped form in lll cross-section, its innermarginal ed e nat the corners of the sheet metal frame being clined toward the face of the wooden ame, rigidly secured together, and means for de- 10 to provide a yielding edge, with transverse tachably securing the sheet metal frame to slits spaced apart at intervalscorresponding the wooden frame.

with the length and width of the wooden In testimony whereof, I sign this specififrame,` whereby said metal frame may be cation.

bent at right angles to surround and overlap the wooden frame, the overlapping portions JOHN S. BARNES.

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