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W; P. WOODRUFF.

Adjustable Metallic-Awnin No. 229,221. I Patented June 22,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. WOODRUFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE METALLIC AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,221, dated June 22, 1880. Application filed March 25, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM P. WUOD- RUFF, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Metallic Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improve- Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same extended. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same folded. Fig. ais an elevation of a part of one end.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish metallic awnings so constructed that they may be folded compactly against the front of buildings and readily extended again.

The invention consists in constructing a metallic awning of a set of overlapped top strips, sets of overlapped cud strips, the connecting and suspending cllains, the rod, the hinged supporting-bars, and the ropes and pulleys, whereby the awning will be supported, and can be extended and contracted, as will be hereinafter fully described. Arepresents thefroutof abuilding to which the awning is secured. The top of the awning is formed of strips, B, of sheet metal, of a len gth and breadth regulated by the size of the space to be covered by the awning.

Any desired number of strips B may be used, and the said strips are so arranged that the lower edge of each upper strip will overlap the upper edge of the next lower strip. The;

upper edge of the upper strip, B, is hinged to the wall of the building by staples, eyebolts, or other suitable means.

The strips B, near their ends, are connected and held from separating, so that their adjacent edges will not overlap, by chains 0, the upper ends of which are connected to the front of the building by staples, eyebolts, or other suitable means. The chains 0 are connected with each plate or strip B, except the upper strip near its upper edge, by staples riveted to the said strips B, or by other suitable means.

The chains 0 are formed of flat or plate links connected by rings, which flat links are made of such a length that there will be two links to each strip B, and every other ring will be connected with the upper edge of a strip, B. The lower ends of the chains 0 are connected with the lower edge of the lowest strip, B, or with a rod, D, extending along and secured to the lower edge of the said lowest strip, B.

The ends of the awning are formed of sheetmetal plates or strips E, the lower ends of which are pivoted, by a bolt, F, to brackets, eyebolts, or other supports, G, attached to the wall of the building. The outer ends of the strips E are made the wider, and are beveled to correspond with the inclination of the top of the awning when extended. The end strips E are so arranged that the lower edge of each upper strip, E, may overlap the upper edge of the next lower strip in the same manner as the top strips, B, overlap each other.

H are chains, which are made and attached to the end strips, E, and to the building in-the same manner as hereinbefore described with reference to the chains 0 and the top strips, B.

The lower part of the awning is held out from the building by the bars I, the outer ends of which are pivoted to the rod D, and their inner ends are hinged to the eyebolts or bracket G by the bolts F. The middle part of the top of the awning is supported by one or more bars, J which are made in two parts, the lower part being made hollow to receive the upper part, as shown in Fig. 2.

The lower end of the lower part of the bar J is hinged to the eyebolt or bracket G by the bolt F. The upper end of the upper part of the bar J is' hinged to a middle strip, B, near its upper edge, so .that it will not interfere with the folding of the strips B. This construction allows the" bar J to be extended as the awning is folded.

A set of bars, I J, is placed at, each end of 90 lower the awning squarely. Four (more or less) ropes, K, may be used, as the length of the awning may require.

The upper edge of the upper top strip, B, is covered with a cap, M, attached to the wall of the building;

The lower edge of the lowest end strip, E, may be notched or otherwise ornamented, and a strip, N, with a notched or otherwise ornamented lower edge, may be suspended from the rod D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An adjustable metallic awning constructed,- substantially as herein shown and described, with overlapped top strips, B, the overlapped e'nd strips, E, the chains G H, the

rod D, and the bars I J, whereby the awning is supportchfolded, and extended, as set forth. 2o

2. In an adjustable metallic awning, the combination, with the overlapped stripsB, of the rod D, the hinged bars I, and the hinged extension-bars J, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the awning is supported against sagging, as set forth.

3. In an adjustable metallic awning, the combination, with the overlapped strips B E, the rod D, and the hinged bars I J, of the ropes K and the pulleys L, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the awning is folded and extended, as set forth.

WILLIAM P. WOODRUFF.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIOK.

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