US1619635A - Shade or awning raising device - Google Patents

Description

March 1927.

H. H. ROLLINS SHADE OR AWNING RAlVISING DEVICE kBY A TTORNE Y.

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Patented Mar. l, 1927.

1,619,635 NT OFFICE.

HENRY H. ROL'LINS, OF PHOENIX, ARlZONA.

SHADE OR RAISING DEVICE.

Application -led may 9,

This invention relates to awning raising devices and pertains particularly to a device in which an awning may be raised or lowered from the interior of a building, with quickness and ease.

The primar;Y object of l.this invention is the provision, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, oi a means whereby .an awning may be raised from the 4interior ot a building without the use ot' ropes or pulleys, and such means is further employed for locking the awning in lowered position so that the saine may be used as a window protector in addition to its use as a shade for the window.

The invention contemplates the provision of a. jointed arm, formed in three or tour sections, and thisarm is extended through a triangular passage formed transyersely through the window frame over which an awning is secured so that, a person upon the inside ot the window can extend or re tract the awning controllingarni through the aperture to raise or lower the awning. Provision is made in the aperture whereby the arm can be secured in a plurality of positions to hold the awning high up or at an inclination before the window. Then the awning is fully down the arin extends completely through the window frame and is so formed that it hangs directly down along the inner face thereof against which it can be secured thus fastening the awning in depending` position before the window.

A final object ot' this invention is the provision, in a manner as hereinafter set torth, ot an awning manipulating means which is simple in construction, light but strong and durable, and easy to operate.

In the drawing z Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a window frame and through an awning secured thereto, showing the device embodying this invention as applied.

Figure 2 is a section taken upon the line 2 2 ot Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout, a window traine is indicated generally by the numeral 1. This t 1aine comprises the usual sill f2 top 3 and sides il, one only of which sides shown. .An upper and lower sash is indicated respectively by the numerals 5 and G.

Formed through one side ot the frame is a slot or passage indicated generally by thev numeral 7, the bottom 8 ot this passage be- 18275. Serial .No 29,168.

inghorizontal and. the ltop portion v9 inclined upwardly as shown from the inner side to the outer side of the traine. In conjunction with a rectangular awning frame indicated at 10, which is pivotallysecured as at 11 to the top part ot the window `traine upon the outside and which also has thereover andcarries the awning 12, there is secured the `jointed arm indicated generally by the numeral 18. his arm is formed in three sections 111, 15 .and 1.6 respeetivelyiand extends through vthe slot 7 .as shown. rilhe joints are hingedly secured togethery as shown, the hinge 2l between the sections 14k and 15 being freely pivoted while the connection between the portions 15 and 16 is a butt-hinge 22, by means of which these two sections will assume the rigid extended position shown in dotted lines Figure 1, when the awning is raised to its full height. The outer Yend of the portion 14 is riveted as at 17 to one side ofthe said `trame. The length ot' the section 14 is substantially equal with the distance through the slot 7 or in other words with the thickness of the window frame 1 thus when the awning is in down position as shown, hanging vertically, the pivoted end of the portion 14 comes just beyond the inner tace of the trame so that the portions 15 and 1G can depend along the inner "ace or". the saine. In this position the arm is engaged under the right angled end ot a hook member 18 to secure it in position thus preventing the awning from being raised by one upon the outside oi2 the window. Y

Extending.transversely of the constricted inner portion of the slot 7 is a pin 19 and the portions 15 and 16 of the arm 13 have their lower edge notched as at 2O for engagement over the pin 19 so that the' arm can be held in several extended positions. 1t can readily be seen from the foregoing description that when the section 16 of the arm 13 is released from engagement under the right angled portion of the hook 18 that by drawing the arm in or forcing the same outwardly through the slot 7 the awning can be raised or lowered and when the awning has been moved to the desired position it can be so held by engaging the pin 19 in one of the notches 2Or in the under edge of the arm.

Although there has been shownand described an awning mounted upon a. metal frame it is to be understood that this device f can be as readily adapted for use on a solid an appropriately formed slot through one side thereof, comprising an arm formed into an outer, intermediate and an inner section and adapted to extend through said slot, said outer section being adapted to have one end rigidly secured to an awning frame mounted to swing outwardly from said window frame, a hinge connection between said outer section and the intermediate section, a buttI hinge connection between said intermediate section and the inner section, permitting the inner section to swing from aligned relation to the intermediate section to nearly right angled relation thereto, said inner portion When in the latter position With the. intermediate portion extendedrthrough said slot, lying against the inner Jface of said trame,

` means for securing the intermediate portion when extended through the slot, and an angled securing member attached to the inner face o' the frame with one portion thereof in spaced parallel relation thereto, beneath which said inner portion is adapted to engage to prevent the shifting of the arm from the outside of the Window. l

In testimony whereof, I affixmy signature i hereto.

HENRY H. ROLLINS.

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