US572776A

US572776A - Interchangeable slat for shutters

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Publication number: US572776A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-12-08
Anticipated expiration: 1913-12-08

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(No Model.)

M. SHINSKY. r INTERGHANGBABLE SLAT FUR SHUTTBRS, BLINDS, &c. No. 572,776.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

MORRIS SIIINSKY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

INTERCHANGEABLE SLAT` FOR SHUTTERS, BLINDS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,776, dated. December 8, 1896.

Application tiled March 18, 1896. Serial No. 583,655. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, MORRIS SHINSKY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Interchangeable Slats for Shutters, Blinds, and the Like; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,v and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide interchangeable slats for shutters, blinds,and the like, simple, strong, and durable, and which can be easily and readily attached to and detached from frames of ordinary construction.

The invention consists in the improved interchangeable slats, in their connection with l the frame, and in the combination and arrangement of the various parts, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure lis a front elevation of a portion of a shutter-frame provided with my improved interchangeable slats; Fig. 2, an enlarged detail view of one of said slats, certain portions being broken away; Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 2; and Figs. 4 and 5 sectional views on the line .fr t of Fig. 2, illustrating the locking-pin or axis in normal and depressed position, respectively.

In said drawings, @represents the shutterframe, and b the slats, provided with hooks b' and connected in series and together by the bar or rod c, all of usual and well-known construction. Each'slat Y), which, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, is made of sheet metal, strengthened, as at b2, by overlapping the edges, is provided at each end with a metal strip or plate d, forming at substantially its center a channel e, cylindrical in cross-section and arranged parallel to the longitudinal edges of the slat, and adapted to receive a spiral spring h and a locking-pin or axis g, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The inner end of the spiral spring h bears against a projection f, arranged on the plate dor the slat b, and isthus prevented from leaving the channel e, as will be manifest.

The frame of the shutter is provided on its inside with sockets to receive the said locking-pins or axis, as in the usual construction. Should any one of the slats break'or become demolished, it is removed and replaced by a new one by simply inserting the locking-pin of one end of the slat into its respective socket of the frame, and then by depressing the locking-pin on the other end of the slat and moving it into position. The pin is then released and engages the socket provided for it. The-hook of the slat is then connected with the rod c, as will be manifest.

Ichan ging thev scope of my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l l. An article of manufacture consisting of a plate adapted to be secured at one end of `a shutter-Slat, having a centrally-situated longitudinal channel and an abutment made integral with said plate and at one end of said channel, and a spring-controlled pin lying in said channel and protruding from the free end thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. An article of manufacture consisting of a plate adapted to be secured at one end of a shutter-slat, having a centrally-situated longitudinal channel and an abutment made integral with said plate and at one end of said channel, a pin lying in said channel and protruding from the other end thereof and a spring arranged between said abutment and the pin, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a fastening for a detachable shutterslat, the combination with the slat of a plate adapted to be secured atone end thereof and IOO said plate, the abutment being situated at one end of the channel, and a spring-controlled pin lyingin said channel and protruding from the free end thereof, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of March, 1896.

MORRIS SHINSKY.

W'itnesses:

ALFRED G-ARTNER, DUNCAN M. RoBEn'rsoN.