US2318100A - Concealed storm window and screen - Google Patents

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- May 4, 1943. O 2,318,100

CONCEALED STORM wnwow AND SCREEN Filed Dec. 31, 1942 INVENTOR. BY WHRUUD Patented May 4, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,318,100 CONCEALED" STORM WINDOW AND SCREEN William Rood, Des Moines, Iowa Application December 31, 1942, Serial No. 470,796

Claims.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a storm window and screen, which are permanently attached to the building or dwelling, may be efliciently weather stripped, and which can .be moved into the position over the window opening at the will of the user.

A further object of this invention is to provide a. storm window and screen, which, when not in have overcome such disadvantages a will be appreciated and as will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

Referring to the drawing, I have used the numeral ID to designate a dwelling having the window frame ll therein. This window frame contains the usual type of window l2 as illustrated in Fig. 2. It is to such a dwelling and window' frame that I attach my device, which I'will now describe.

A housing is built on either side of the frame I I and designated by the numerals l3. A shutter I4 is hinged to the outside vertical 'side wall of the box l3 in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The numeral l5 indicates a screen hinged to the inner edge of the shutter I4 through the medium of the off-set hinges I6. I have used the numerals H to indicate storm windows hingedly secured to the frame ll adjacent the window openpointed out in my-claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of my storm window, screen and concealing shutter with portions broken away to more fully illustrate its structure.

Fig. 2 is a top cross sectional view of my device and more fully illustrates its structure.

Fig. 3 is a top cross sectional view more fully illustrating the hingirzg action of the window, screen and shutter.

The storm windows have heretofore comprised a window set in a frame and temporarily secured over the window opening by various temporary means. The window so constructed must be manually placed in position and removed from the window frame, thus necessitating considerable labor in the fall of the year, and in the spring of the year. Each window must be marked relative to its matching frame and the windows must be stored in a place sufliciently large to accommodate their large bulk. Thus the storm windows are subjected to considerable handling, warp, abuse and other damage. These storm windows can not be satisfactorily weather stripped in view of the continued handling and storage of these windows. Furthermore, due to the work of installing the windows they can not be removed for temporary climate changes and are consequently put on the dwelling early in the fall and removed late in the spring. The same is true of screens, and when both are used as separate window coverings, it necessitates taking down one of them and replacing the other in the window frame. Thus two changes are required every year. I

ing and capable of being swung to their closed position as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

By this structure, the screen l5 may be folded back upon the shutter I l and the shutter closed as shown in Fig. 2, thereby concealing the screen or screens when the storm window I1 is covering the opening in the frame. When it is desired to remove the storm windows and have the screens l5 covering the opening, the shutters M are swung outwardly, the screens hinged on the offset hinge IE to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, after which the storm windows H are swung to the position formerly occupied by the screens I5 and the shutters are again closed, thereby concealing the storm windows behind the shutters while the screens are in place over the window opening.

By this arrangement, the act of changing from storm windows to screens or from screens to storm windows is but a matter of a few seconds, inasmuch as the only operation necessary is to swing out the shutters, and thereby have immediately accessible either the screens or storm win-' dows- The shutters are permanently attached to the dwelling and conceal, at all times, the window covering not in use. The unused window covering is protected by the shutter and box l3 and weather stripping may be placed on the storm window without fear of damaging the weather stripping as would be the case if the windows were entirely removed. The whole unit may be ,made up or pre-fabricated and attached to the ter in its closed position.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a concealed storm window and screen which fulfills all of my objects, which may be prefabricated for attachment to window frames, and which permits all of the necessary window coverings to be attached to'the dweling at all times. My device is versatile in its uses, refined in appearance and presents many more obvious advantages.

Some changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device without departing from the true spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which can be reasonably included in their scope.

I claim: 7

1. In a device of the class described, a window frame, a storm window hinged to one of the vertical side portions of said frame and capable of being swung to a position for closing the opening in said frame, a shutter element, a means for hinging said shutter element to a dwelling adjacent said window frame, a screen hingedly secured to the marginal edge of said shutter element through the medium of an off-set hinge for permitting said screen to be swung to a position over said window frame at times, and a box element for enclosing said screen or said storm window when either are swung to their open positions.

2. In a device of the class described, a window frame, storm windows hingedly secured to each of thevertical side edges of said frame and capable of being swung to a position for closing said frame, a shutter member hingedly secured at a distance from said frame and capable of folding over each of said storm windows when said storm windows are in an open position, and a screen hingedly secured to the free end of said shutter members and capable. of being swung to a position for. closing said window frames when said storm windows are in an open position.

3. In a device of the class described, a window frame supported by a building, storm windows hingedly secured to the two opposite parallel vertical edges of said frame and capable of closing the opening in said frame at times, the shutter.elements hingedly secured to said building and capable of closing over said storm windows when said storm windows are in an open position, screened windows operatively secured to said shutter elements and capable of closing the opening in said frame when said storm windows are in an open position, and a frame member for enclosing said storm window or said screen window when they are in an open position.

4. In a device of the class described, a window frame supported by a building, a box member secured adjacent said window frame, a shutter element hingedly secured to the outer portion of said box away from said window frame, a window covering hingedly secured to the inner edge of said shutter and capable of being enclosed in said box when in a closed position and of covering said window opening when in an open position, and a second window covering hingedly secured to the vertical side wall of said window frame and capable of being swung to a position for closing the opening in said window frame or of being enclosed within said box when said first mentioned covering is in a position for covering said frame.

5. In combination with a building and a window frame, a box element secured adjacent said window frame, a shutter member closing the forward portion of said box and hingedly secured thereto, a storm window hingedly secured to said frame and capable of being enclosed in said box when not in use, and a screen window capable of covering the opening in said frame and capable of being enclosed in said box when not in use.

WILLIAM B. ROOD.

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