US1792660A - Swiveling shade-roller-housing and curtain hanger - Google Patents

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Feb. 17, 1931. F. A. SMITH 1,792,650

SWIVELING SHADE ROLLER HOUSING AND CURTAIN HANGER Filed Oct. 15, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR FREDHP/CK A- 5/7/777 BY ATTORNEY Feb. 17, 1931. F. A. SMITH 1,792,650

SWIVELING SHADE ROLLER HOUSING AND CURTAIN HANGER Filed Oct. 15, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR FREDBQ/CK A.5M/7'H W @Mm ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 17, 1931 r UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE FREDERICK A. SMITH, or

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH 10 JOSEPH BLAEKER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

' SWIVELING SHADE-E-OLLER-I-IOUSING AND CURTAIN HANGER Application filed. October 15, 1928. Serial No. 312,730.

10 time allow an open space for ventilation,

butthis combined effect is impossible with window shades as installed at present where the plane of the shade is permanently parallel with the plane of the window.

In ground floor apartments or. in apartments facing courts, or under any other conditions where it is possible for outsiders to view the interior of the'rooms, the occupants are in the habitof lowering the window shadesso asto assure privacy but at the sametime this lowering of the shades obstructs the entrance for the air and eliminates ventilation and does not 'meet the demand of the building industry for a window shade which may be'completely lowered and yet leave a large air space for ventilation. This invention makes it possible to swivel the window shade on an angle to the plane of the window so as to provide ventilation and yet assure privacy. It enables the occupant to direct the air current at will..-

This invention relates particularly to a combined shade-roller-housing and window shade and the main object of this invention is to provide a housing into which a window shade may be inserted and supported on brackets and the combined housing and shade may be swiveled as a unit andplaced at an angle to the plane of the window so that one vertical edge of the shade is close to aninner vertical edge of the window frame and the other vertical edge is spaced away from the opposite inner vertical edge of the window frame, thus making it possible to lower the window-shade all the way down and yet allow a large open space to:

ventilation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a window-shade-housing which is sus pended by means of a pivot pin, around which the shade and housing may be swiveled to the right orleft so that the shade may be made to face the sun irrespective of the direction from which the suns rays strike the window, thus producing the combined eflect of glare elimination, increased ventilation, privacy, unobstructed view of the exterior and also limiting the upward movement of the shade.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combined window-shade-housing and curtain hanger whereby the window shade is supported inside and the curtain hanger is attached outside the window-shade-hous- 111g.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims which form part of this specification. It is understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Reference will now be had to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure l is a front elevation of a window equipped with double-hung sash and an assembled shade-roller housinginside of which a window shade is supported.

Figure 2 is a plan view of an assembled shade-roller-housing and window shade attached to a window frame or casement.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a tubular casing forming part of the housing. 7

Figure 4 is aview of a bracket-carrying end cap for the housing, having a rectangular aperture at the centre for the rectangular end of the shade-roller.

Figure 5 isv a view of a bracket-carrying end cap forthe housing, having a circular aperture at the center for the pin end of the shade-roller.

Figure 6 is a sectional view of a central connection used for attaching the housing to a window frame or casement, etc.

Figure 7 is a plan View of an adjustable curtain hanger and bracket for attaching the curtain hanger on a sl1adcroller housing.

The shade-roller housing comprises a casing 1, which is preferably of tubular crosssection, the lower side 2 being open, and the longitudinal edges 3 and 4; at the open side are rolled up. The open side 2, is placed approximately tangent to the peripheral wall 5 of the tubular casing, at the rear of the vertical center line.

At each end of the tubular casing there are mounted caps 6 and 7 of a predetermined depth. The caps are provided with concentric semi-circular corrugations. rugations 8 and 9 may be made to fit onto similarly shaped corrugations 10 and 11 at the ends of the tubular casing and serve to lock the caps on the casing.

The casing 1 is made of very thin sheet metal and being open the complete length at the lower side 2, the sides of the casing are easily pressed together. The caps 6 and 7 are made of comparatively thick metal and cannot be pressed together readily. When it is desired to attach an end cap, the end of the casing is pressed together with one hand and the cap is placed over the end of the casing with the other hand. The casing is then released and snaps back into its original tubular form the corrugation on the easing entering the corrugation in the end cap and both look together.

At the middle of the casing there is a clamping member 16, which grips the outer periphery of the casing. This clamping memher has the threaded end of a bolt 12 projecting vertically therefrom. The member 30, seats on the clamping member 16 and is designed to maintain the casing in a level position. A leather or fabric washer 29 is placed between the bracket 13 and the leveling member 30 and takes care of any undue friction. As best shown in Figure 7, the bracket 13 is fastened to the upper part of the window frame or casement 23 and has a bolt hole therein to receive the bolt 12 which is secured in position by a nut 1A. The casing is thus pivotally mounted on the bracket 13 and this forms a central connection 31 on which the casing may be swiveled and set on an angle to the plane of the window 15.

As best shown in Figure 5, one of the caps 6, has a rectangular aperture or bracket 19 for receiving the rectangular end of a shaderoller, and the other cap 7 shown in Figure 6 has a circular aperture or bracket 20 for vi receiving the pin end of the roller.

To provide for variations in the width of shades due to imperfections in shade manufacture or for variations in dimensions of window frames due to distortional causes, one or both end caps may be made deeper and These cor this makes it possible to increase the distance between the shade-roller-brackets in the housmg.

The caps 6 and 7 have cut away portions 21, 22, which correspond with the open side 2, of the casing and when the caps are on the casing, the rolled longitudinal edges 3 and 4: of the casing lock the caps in place against rotation. When the caps 6 and 7 are locked on the casing 1 and the central connection 31 is in position these assembled parts form a completed and self-contained housing 32, which may be parallel or inclined to the window.

As shown in Figure 7 a window shade of the usual spring-roller construction is mounted on the brackets within the housing. The shade fabric 17 can move freely between the rolled edges at the open side of the casing but the shade slat 18 being considerably wider cannot move past. Thus the bottom edge of the shade is prevented from rising into the housing and is always accessible to the occupants of the house.

It is to be noted that the shade-roller housing 32, need not be of tubular cross section but may be formed of a cheap frame work of wire or narrow sheet metal and bent so as to produce two shade-roller brackets and a central swiveling connection.

This shade-roller-housing makes it possible to mount the shade within the housing at the factory and the housing and shade may be installed as a unit on a window casement.

A swiveling shade-roller-housing and window shade installed in accordance with the subject matter of this invention makes it possible to swivel and place the shade on an angle to the plane of the window so that one side of the shade is close to the window frame and the other side of the shade is spaced away from the opposite side of the window frame, thus leaving a large air passage between the shade and the window frame and the angularly placed shade fabric provides an effective directing means to the flowing air.

Due to the close proximity of the ordinary shade to the sash and the tendency that the ordinary shade has to cut ofi the air stream, the ordinary shade flaps against and rattles the sash and the shade fabric causes a crackling noise and disturbs the occupants. This swiveling housing and shade may be placed about twelve inches away from one side of the window frame and permits the free flow of airbetween the shade and window frame, and accordingly this swiveling shade is not blown about or blown through the window like the ordinary shade and does not disturb the occupants of the house. A further result is that the shade stays clean and requires less replacement.

To facilitate the raising and lowering of all makes of window shades there is a cord 24 attached to the shade slat 18. With ordinary i shades as presently installed without housings, it is necessary to hold on to this cord until the upper limit of the shade movement is reached so as to prevent the cord from wind-- ing itself around the shade. When the cord is let loose and it winds itself around the shade. it becomes necessary to climb up on the window sill to get hold of the cord. This housing limits the upward movement of the window shade as the shade must come to a dead stop when the shade slat reaches the prising two arms 26, 27, one of which slides within the other. Both arms are supported on a central bracket 28, which may be fastened onto the central connection 31 of the housing. In this position the curtain hanger is fixed to the housing and swivels along with the housing.

It is to be noted that the shade-roller housing 32 is not limited in use to window shades but may be used for any number of purposes where a swiveling mounting device is desired for spring-rollers and that the spring-rollers may have attached thereto one of any variety of rollable fabrics and may be used for mounting maps and for advertising purposes, etc.

It is thus readily seen that there has been provided a swiveling shade-roller housing inside of which a shade may be mounted and swiveled as a unit, a shade-roller housing on the outside of which a curtain hanger and curtain may be attached and swiveled together with the shade, and which fully meets the demand of the building industry for a window shade which may be completely lowcred and ventilation.

Having thus described my invention, I: claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A mounting for a window shade, com-. prising a tubular casing adapted to have a shade roller mounted therein and having an opening extending the full length at the lowv er side, and adapted to permit the vertical edges of the shade to reach the extreme ends of the casing, a pivot member centrally mounted on the casing, an elongated bracket adapted to be fastened to a window casement and provided with an opening at its free end to receive said pivot member whereby said casing may be placed in various angular positions relative to the plane of the window and the said pivot member being provided with yet leave a large air passage for frictional means for yieldably clamping said casing against angular movement.

2. A mounting for a window shade, comprising a supporting member adapted to have a shade roller mounted therein and being open the full length at the lower side, and adapted to permit the vertical edges of the shade to reach theextreme ends of the supporting member, a pivot member centrally positioned on the supporting member, an elongated bracket adapted to be fastened to a window casement and provided with means for engaging said pivot member whereby said supporting member may be placed in angular positions relative to the plane of the window and the said pivot member being provided with means for yieldably clamping said supporting member against angular movement.

FREDERICK A. SMITH.

vided an adjustable curtain-hanger 25, com- V

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