US573803A

US573803A - Window-screen

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Publication number: US573803A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 1913-12-22

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. G. AGKLEY.

WINDOW SCREEN.

Patented Dec. 22, 1896.

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(No Model.)

W. G. .ACKLEY.. WINDOW SCREEN.

Patented Dec. 22, 1896.

sponding parts in all the figures of the draw- UNITED STATES VVILBUR O. ACKLEY, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

WINDOW- SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,803, dated December 22, 1896.

Application filed November 4, 1895. Serial No. 567,869. (No model.)

To all whom, it IILCLI/ (SO/LUCI'IL.

Be it known that I, WILBUR C. AOKLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawec and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful 'Window-Screen, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in window-screens.

The object of the present invention is to provide a windowscreen which will be capable of ready adjustment to suit the window to which it is to be applied and which will be adapted to be connected with the sash and to be antomatically brought into operative position when the window is open.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide means for guiding and supporting the screen and to enable the guides and supports to be adjusted to suit the size of the window.

Afurther object of the invention is to shield the screen from rain when it is rolled or folded and to exclude flies when the sash is partially raised by preventing them from passing between the sashes.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a window provided with a screen constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the supportingframe of the screen, the adjustable casing bein g removed. Fig. 4 is asectional view of the adjustable screen-roller. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the. adjustable weatherstrip. Fig. 6 is a similar view of a portion of the adjustable fly-eXcluding device. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower portion of the window, taken transversely of the screen. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view on line 0c 00 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference designate correings.

1 designates a rectangular supportingframe designed to be mounted on a window at the bottom thereof and constructed of suitable material, preferably sheet metal, and

comprising a bottom bracket 2, vertical guides 3, which form the sides of the frame, and a top piece 4, which connects the upper ends of the guides. The bracket 2 is adjusted to suit the width of a window to which the frame is to be applied and consists of a central section 5 and end sections 6, telescoping into the central section. The vertical guides 3 are provided with parallel sides or flanges to re ceive the side edges of a window-screen 7, and they are composed of telescoping sections, one section of each guide being provided with ways to receive the flanges of the othersection. The connecting top piece t is adjustable similar to the bracket, being composed of a central section 8 and end sections 9, telescoping into the central section.

The screen is arranged upon a spring-actuated roller 10, which is mounted detachably in suitable bearings of the bottom bracket 2, the latter being provided at its ends with upwardly-extending flanges or arms 11. The roller is adjustable and is provided with a spring-carrying section 12 and a section 13, having a tubular portion 14, receiving the section 12 and permitting the latter to telescope into it. In order to prevent the sections of the roller from accidentally moving inward on each other and withdrawing the journals from the bearings of the bracket 2, the roller is provided at the section 12 and at the tubular portion of the section 13 with threads formed by spiral depressions or grooves.

The screen may readily be cut the desired width to suit the window to which it is to be applied, and its free edge, which is detachably connected with the lower sash of the window, is provided with a sheet-metal binding-strip 15, which is folded on itself longitudinally and which receives the screen within its folds, and this binding-strip is designed to be constructed of separate sections in order to be adjustable. The free edge of the screen may be connected with the lower sash by any suitablemeans, such as hooks and eyes or the like, and the screen may also be applied to the top of a window and be connected with the upper sash, if desired. a

The adjustable semicylindrical casing 16 is secured to the frame at the bottom bracket, and it is constructed of sections and is adapted to be varied in length to suit the width of ICO the screen, and when the screen is wound around the roller it is concealed within the casing.

hen the screen is not in use and the window is closed, it is protected from rain and the like by a weather-strip l7, composed of telescoping sections and provided at its upper edge with a flange 18, which is secured to the window-sash. The bottom portion of the weather-strip extends outward from the sash at an inclination and is adapted to shed water and to prevent the same from coming in contact with the screen.

In order to prevent flies from entering a house through the space between the sashes when the lower sash is partly raised, an adjustable fly-excluding device 19 is mounted on the top of the lower sash and extends in- Ward toward the upper sash. The fly-excluding device is constructed of sheet metal and consists of flat strips or sections slidingly connected and adapted to telescope to suit the width of the window.

The fly-excluding device extends within a short distance of the glass of the upper sash,

leaving a suflicient space to clear the same,

but closing the space between the sash sutfioiently to exclude flies.

It will be seen that the window-screen is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is adjustable and is adapted to be readily applied to any ordinary window, and that it is protected from the weather.

It will also be seen that when the lower sash is partly raised flies are excluded from the space between the sashes and are prevented from entering a house in this manner.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificin g any advantages of the invention.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of a rectangular supporting-frame, an adjustable bottom bracket having telescoping sections and provided with bearings, vertical guides provided with said flanges and composed of adjustable sections telescoping on each other, and a connecting top piece composed of telescoping sections and capable of adjustment similar to the bottom bracket, an adjustable spring-actuated roller j ournaled in the said bearin gs and comprising the section 12 provided with a spirally-arranged groove, and the section 13 having a tubular portion with an interior spiral thread engaging the said spiral groove of the section 12 and formed by an exterior spiral depression or groove, a screen'mounted on the roller and arranged to run in the said guides and adapted to be connected with the window-sash, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a supporting-frame designed to be mounted on a window, capable of adjustment to suit the size of the same and provided with vertical guides, an adjustable roller journaled on the supporting-frame at the base thereof, and com prising two telescoping sections, one of the sections being provided With an exterior spiral groove and the other section having an interior spiral thread engaging the groove and formed by an exterior depression or groove, and a screen arranged on the roller and adapted to run in said guides, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILBUR- C. AOKLEY. \Vitnesses:

ALANSON BENNETT, E. O. SWORD.