US1838085A

US1838085A - Window screen guide

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Publication number: US1838085A
Application number: US443443A
Authority: US
Inventors: Warren C Ellis
Original assignee: ELLIS PRODUCTS Co
Current assignee: ELLIS PRODUCTS Co
Priority date: 1930-04-11
Filing date: 1930-04-11
Publication date: 1931-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 1948-12-29

Description

Dec. 29, 1931. w. c. ELLIS 1,838,085

WINDOW SCREEN GUIDE Filed April 11, 1930 0 o o 0 r 0 ll 4 d Irwcnlor laid Z35 A llomey Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE 1 WARREN C. ELLIS, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, A SSIGNOR TO ELLIS PRODUCTS COMPANY WINDOW SCREEN GUIDE Application filed April 11,

This invention relates to new and. useful improvements in window screens and more particularly to devices of'this character of the rolling type.

An important object of the invention is to provide a window screen of the aforementioned character which embodies guide channels on opposite sides of the window frame of a construction adapting the same to be substituted in lieu of the usual parting strips which are disposed between the upper and lower sashes of a window.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a window screen of the character described which will be simple in construction,

strong, durable, eflicient in its use and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection w th the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts through the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a detail view in horizontal section through the lower portion of one of the screen guide and parting strips which are secured to the opposite sides of the window frame and showing the adjacent marginal portion of the screen in position there in Figure 2 is a detail view in elevation showing one of the combined guide and parting strips. I

Figure 3 is a view showing the lower portion of one of the strips separated.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view through a window frame showing the strips in position therein.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 1' designates generally a window frame comprising the sill 2, the stool 3, the vertical side members 5 and 6 between 0 which is mounted for vertical sliding movement in the usual manner the lower sash 7 and an upper sash (not shown).

Extending vertically on each of the side members 5 and 6 of the window frame 1 and between the upper and lower sashes is a 1930. semi so. 443,443.

formed as illustrated in Figure 2. A substantially U-shaped closure plate A is fixed vertically on each side portion of the sash 7 for sliding movement on the adjacent strips 19, as seen in Figure 4.

Rigidly secured to the lower edge of the meetmg rail of theupper window sash is a bar 24 for engagement with the pane 27 of the lower sash 7 in a manner to clean the same when said lower sash is raised or lowcred, as will be understood.

The strips 19 and channeled guide members 20 in addition to functioning as guide means for the screen 16 also constitute partlng strips for the upper and lower sashes of the window and the opposite sides of the members 20 may, if desired, be manufactured in a manner to have an inherent tendency to spring outwardly from the position illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. In this manner a tight and weatherproof joint is had for sealing the vertical side of the window sashes.

It is believed that the many advantages of a window screen constructed in accordance with this invention will be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction may be had which will fall within the scope of the inven-' tion as claimed.

What is claimed is 1. In a rolling window screen, a pair of opposed guides mounted on the vertical sides of the window frame, each guide comprising a pair of spaced, opposed metallic strips having one edge anchored to the window frame, and inturned flanges on the other edges of the strips disposed in overlapping engagement with each other.

2. In a rolling Window screen, a pair of opposed guides mounted on the vertical sides of the Window frame, each guide comprising a pair of spaced, opposed metallic strips having one edge anchored to the Window frame,

said strips being folded inwardly upon themselves for a portion of their length to define channels'for the reception of the screen, and inturned flanges on the free longitudinal edges of the strips disposed in overlapping engagement With each other.

In testimony whereof I afiix mysignaturel WARREN C. ELLIS.