US1857717A - Hinge for window screens - Google Patents

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R. FOCARACCI HINGE FOR WINDOW SCREENS May 10, 1932 Filed Oct. 25, 1950 2. Sheets-Sheet Baa/"deaf MayIO, 1932. R. FocARAccl HINGE FOR WINDOW SCREENS 2 sheeis-sheet 2 Filed Oct. 25, 1930 gwue'ntoz R I [Zea/"a 0071 0} I I I v I l 1 v Patented May 10, 19327 RALPH rocARAcor, or'ivrIAMi", FLORIDA HINGE FOR WINDOW Application filed October 25, 19 30. SerialNo. 491,302. I i

' plied, and has for one of its objects to provide a hinge of this character which shall be adapted to permit a screen of this type to be hung with its top rail close to the head and its stiles close to the sides of a window frame.

The invention has for a further object to provide a hinge of the character stated which shall be adapted to be securedto a side of a Window frame by a single element functioning as its pivot and which shall be adapted to be secured to a stile of a screen without the aid of nails, screws or the like. i

The invention has for a further object to provide a hinge of the character stated which shall be adapted to permit a screen to be readily engaged therewith afterit has been secured to a window frame and which shall be adapted to permit the screen to be readily disengaged therefrom without disconnecting it from the window frame.

The invention has fora further object to provide a hinge of the character stated which shall be neat and highly attractive and which shall be simple and capable of being manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation illustrating the manner in which a screen is adapted to be hung in a window frame by hinges constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on a vertical plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the line 3+3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 with the screen occupying an outwardly extended 7 their frontand rear walls 9; contacting with position with respect to the Window frame. Figure 5is-1a plan View. of the blankfrom which'the hinge is formedyand Figure 6 is a perspectiveview ofIa -fragmentary upper end portion of thescreeni Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 designates the upper portion of atwindowrf'rame, Qthe upper portion of a screenequal in width and length to the frame, and 3 thehinges by which thescreen is hung in the frame.

The hingesB arelocated between thesides 4 of the frame 1 and the 'stiles'5 of;the screen 2, and are pivoted at their upper ends, asat 6, to the sides 4. The hinges 3 extend down wardly] from J their pivots 6 which :may consist ofnails', screws or the like. Thehinges 3 are ofchannel formation, and are open at, their upper andclosed at theirlowier ends. Ears 7 extending upwardly from the outer or side walls8fof thejhin'gesB, areprovided for the reception of the ,pivots6. Thehinges 3 receive the outer edge portions. of the stiles 5, theirjside walls 8 contacting ,with the; outer edges of, the stiles,

the frontand rear faces of the stiles, and their end walls 10 constitutes lugs fittingin notches 11 formed in the stiles The walls lQeXtend upwardly and inwardly from the 1 side walls .8, and the notches. 11 extend upwardly and inwardly from the outer edges ofthe stiles 15 so that the engagement between;v the; walls 10 and notches 11 will be such as to hold the hinges "3 against outward movements. from the screen, 2, especially when thescreen has swung outwardlyfrom the frame 1. To insure thefree movement of-the hinges 3 on the pivots ,6 washers, 12; are. mounted upon the pivots between the ears 7 and frame-sides i and washers 13 are mountedupon thepivots between the heads. thereof and the ears. Each of the hinges 3 isiadapted to be struck up from a single blank of sheet metal of suijti V able gage,the blankjbeing shown in Figure 5 and designated 14. In forming the hinge from the blank 14, the latter is bent along the dotted lines 15 and 16 to provide the hinge walls 8, 9*and10; The walls 9 are provided with extensions or tongues 17 which" are folded against the lower side of the wall K screen 2 maybe positione 10 so as to hold such wall against downward deflection by the weight of the screen 2. The blank 14 is provided at one end with an apertured extension which forms the ear 7.

In practice, the hinges ,3 are pivotally secured to the sides 4 of the window frame 1 throughthe medium of the elements 6, the screen 2 is then provided with the notches 11, and thereafter the screen is engaged with the hinges. By swinging the hinges 3 outward= 1y from the window frame 1 and deflecting them laterally, as suggested by dotted lines in Figure 4:, the upper end dportion of the between the hinges. After this has been done, the hinges 3 are moved into engagement with the screen 2,- and thereafter the screen is swung into the window frame 1. The hinges'3 occupy but little space between the window frame 1 and screen 2, and the upper edge portions of the stiles 5 of the screen maybe cut away to facilitate the application of the screen to the hinges; While the hinges 3 are engaged with the screen 2 in a manner to prevent the screen I from becoming accidentally detached therefrom while within the frame 1 and while in angular position with respect to the frame, the hinges may be readily disengaged from the screen when it is desired to remove the latter, and this may be done by first swinging the screen outwardly from the window frame 1, and then deflecting the hinges into the signature.

dotted line position in which they are shown in Figure '4.

While I have the invention, together with the structure which I now consider the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired, as fall;within the scope of the inven-' tion as claimed. 7

What is claimed is Y A hinge for connecting a movable frame to a fixed frame,- comprising a channel member adapted to receive a stile of the movable frame and adapted to have the upper end of its side wall pivoted to the fixed frame, a lug extending upwardly and inwardly from the lowerend of said wall and adapted't'o be embedded in said stile to secure said member to and hold it against lateral displacementf'rom the stile, and'extensions carried by the lower ends of the front and rear walls of said memher and underlying and contacting with said lug and adapted to be embedded in said stile. Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my RALPH FOCARACOI.

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